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+Conversing with Text
Image courtesy of: wcet.wiche.edu
+Three Levels of Connection
Text-to-Self (T-S)Text-to-Text (T-T)Text-to-World (T-W)
Connecting with a text is not so different from connecting with your friends…
+What do you talk about with your friends?Your life (Friend-Self)Books you’ve read or movies you’ve watched (Friend-Text)
Worldviews and current events (Friend-World)
Make these same connections with the books you read.
+Text-to-SelfRelate what you read to something in your own life.
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+Text-to-TextRelate what you read to something you have read in another book, article, or magazine.
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+Text-to-WorldRelate what you read to your observations of society, current events, or a historical theme.
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+Annotating TextExcerpt from The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai with annotated text connections.
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Write your connections in your book or in a journal. Then,
discuss these connections with friends who are reading the
same book. This is a great way to prepare for a book club
meeting or a literature class.
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