Table 3: Connection Ideas

Connection Associations Examples
Other books The Ninjas reminds me of another Ninja book.
This reminds me of Harry Potter.
It reminds me of a fairy tale.
It's like another book I read because there were 2 guys just like Ollie and Howard. There is one guy just like Pete. He thinks it's not right to take things from little kids.
It reminds me of a different book except the girl lived.
Television shows/movies ...Survivor, Pearl Islands
Once a girl on Survivor got sick too.
It reminded me of a Jimmy Neutron episode.
...reminds me of Titanic
When I watch the Discovery Channel they send divers down to look at the ocean.
This reminds me of the news of the boy getting attacked.
The book reminds me of the war.
Personal experiences relating to a character/event in the story ...NL camp when we had to work together to get a boat working to get to Fredericton from Oromocto.
This reminds me of the time I was looking for something to write about in grade 4.
Someone/something they know This reading reminds me of one of my teddy bears but my teddy bear isn't evil.
Howie reminds me of my dog because my dog is scared of everything.
It reminds me of when my mom is doing laundry but she doesn't suck on it.
It reminds me of my two dogs, Sassy and Justice. Justice is a rottie and Sassy looks like Hank.
Annie is like one of my friends.
This is a coincidence because my friend did a project about a swamp before.
It makes me think about when I write to my aunt in New Zealand.
It reminded me about the time we cleaned up at my grampy's camp.