English 6

Making Connections
between Information
Viewed and Personal
Experiences
Have you experienced
the following…
Crying while
reading
 Laughing
while reading
Feeling scared

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How do these emotions
happen while we are
reading?
MAKING
CONNECTIONS
• Past experience
• Emotion
• Knowledge
are the keys for you to be
engaged and hooked in
reading
 How?
• Using your own experiences and
prior knowledge, you can…

Connect Relate yourself

• With this, it would be easy for you to
understand and enjoy reading
 There are three ways in
connecting yourself in the
information or text that
you viewed or read.
1. Text-to-Text
2. Text-to-Self
3. Text-to-World
Text-to-Text
Text to Text
Reminding you of the
things that you have read
already because of almost
the same topic, story or
author.
Text to Text
Making connection with
the past articles or texts
that you read and the
present article or text that
you are reading.
Text to Text Hmmm… I enjoy
reading this, it
reminds me of the
story that I read
about The Legend of
the Red Mulberries

The story she is reading (present)

The Legend of the Mulberry Tree

(past)
QUESTIONS to connect…
• What does this remind me of in
another book I’ve read?

• How is this text similar/ different

to other things/books I’ve read?

• Have I read about something like

this before?
Text to Text
This story is
similar with the
one I read about
Harry Potter

The story she is reading (present)

Harry Potter (past)

Text-to-Self
Text to Self
Making connections
between a piece of
reading material and a
reader’s personal
experience or life.
Text to Self
While reading this “5
Heart-warming Stories
That Prove Dog is Man’s
Best Friend”, I
remember my pet dog
before he died.
The story she is reading (present)

Her lost pet (past experience)

Harry Potter (past)

5 Heart-warming Stories That
Prove Dog is Man’s Best
Friend
QUESTIONS to connect…
• Does it remind you of something
in your life?

• Does it affect your feeling?

• How is this different/ similar from

your experience?

• Can you relate it to your life?

Text to Self
OMG! Something similar
happened to me, when I
forgot to bring my
wallet.

Same experience happened

to the reader and to the
character of the story he is
reading.
Text to World
Text-to-World
Making connections by
bringing the reader to a
reading situation through
television, magazine,
newspaper, etc.
Text-to-World
Oh, this is what I
heard from the news,
that Cavite will also be
under Modified
Enhanced Community
Quarantine.

Current issue or something

related in the situation that
happening around her.
QUESTIONS to connect…
• How did that part relate to the
world around you?

• Does it remind you of something

in the real world?

• Does it have similarity/

difference to things that happen
in the real world?
Text-to-World
Is it true dad, that the
opening of classes will be
on August 24?

As a student, the girl

connects herself through the
information she read about
the opening of classes by
confirming to her dad
IMPORTANCE
of making connections
1. It helps readers understand how
the character feel.

1. It helps readers have a clearer

picture in their mind and engage
in reading.

1. It sets a purpose for reading and

keeps the reader focused.
 Text-to-Text
“According also to the
social media page of a
very known doctor, it is
not advisable to reuse
the surgical facemask.”
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
 Text-to-Self
“Good thing I also do the
same practice because I
am really scared to be
infected with virus.”
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
 Text-to-World
“According to the news, since
there is a big demand for
surgical mask because of
pandemic, some people hoard
this product and sell it for a
bigger price. This is against
Republic Act 7581 or the Price
Act, and RA 7394 or the
Consumer Act.”
CURRENT ISSUE
Now it’s your
turn!
 Compose a short
paragraph and make
a connection to the
following given
information
Text-to-Self
Text-to-World
Text-to-Text
How to make connections between
information viewed and personal
experiences?

1. Text-to-Text
2. Text-to-Self
3. Text-to-World