comprehending :: activating prior knowledge :: making connections :: projective connection ::
text to text
Working Definition
A projective text to text connection occurs when what has been read in a previous text is used to better understand or infer a current text. For example, "I get it, because I read this book last week where something similar happened. I bet the same thing is happening in this book."
Prompts
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What happened in your reading that reminded you of something that happened in a different book? Record what happened in each book. Make a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the events in the two books.
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Record a connection that helps you to understand the text. Explain how this connection helps you to understand the text.
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Record a connection that helps you to understand the text. Explain how this connection could help someone else to understand the text.
