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Printables
Curated OER

Paper Chain Connections

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Make real connections in literature and in life. While reading, class members fill out links for a chain, circling the connection type, noting the page number, and commenting on each one. When they've completed all the links, they cut...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: Book Excerpts

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on making connections with the text including text to self, text to text, and text to world. It provides links to book excerpts from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and information...
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Graphic
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Making Connections

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when making text to self, text, and world connections while reading a text. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Making Connections

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A slide show with thirty-two slides explaining how to use text to self, text to text, and text to world connections to improve reading comprehension.
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Interactive
Other

Into the Book: Making Connections: The Mountain of Understanding

For Students 7th
A learning game in which students make text to text and text to world connections in order to make their way to the top of the mountain.