Family Support: Connecting to the Text!!



Learning Target: Members of your family will be able to make text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world connections to the stories and characters to better understand what it takes to never lose hope.

Evidence of Learning: Family members will be able to make at least 3 connections to the lesson. The connections must be different types: text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world. Finally, they will also be able to clearly explain how their connection helped them understand what it means to never lose hope.

Different Types of Connections to Make:
  • Ø Text-to-Self: connections that are made between what the student is reading and their own experiences and feelings
  • Ø Text-to-Text: connections between the book and previous books the reader has read before
  • Ø Text-to-World: connections between the readers book and things that are going on in the world

Directions: You are to read 2 different short stories that relate to the theme of never losing hope. Read one of the books together, as a family, and read the other book independently. This lesson consists of 2 parts. For each part, you are to answer questions 1-5 and make at least one different type of connection in the table below. Each family member needs a worksheet.



Part 1: Guided Practice (work together as a family)
  1. Book title:
  2. Type of Connection: Text-to-


  3. Passage from book:


  4. Connection


  5. 5. How did this help me understand what it means to never lose hope in difficult times?

Part 3: Independent Practice
  1. Book title:
  2. Type of Connection: Text-to-


  3. Passage from book:


  4. Connection


How did this help me understand what it means to never lose hope in difficult times?

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