Connection Ideas*

Adapted by Cheryl A. Miles from Connector's Evidence Planner-Inquiry Unlimited http://inquiryunlimited.org/lit/litcir/connectevid.html

Connecting an experience in this reading (page) to an event or experience in your own life

  • this reading reminded me of the time...
  • I began to think of the time when...

Connecting a setting/place in this reading (page) to a setting/place in your life

  • this setting reminds me of __________ because
  • I began to think of __________because...

Connecting a character in this reading (page) to someone you know

  • _______ is a lot like ________ because...
  • _______ reminds me of _________ because...

Connecting a setting/place in this reading (page) to a setting/place in another story

Connecting a character in this story (page) to a character in another story

  • The character ______ reminds me of the character ______ in ______ because...
  • ______ reminds me of ______ in ______ because ...
 Connecting to a job, activity, interest or a skill (something the character is very good at) of a character in this story that you think would be useful in real life