When one thing makes you think of something else, you are making connections.

Good Readers Make Connections Objectives: Activate schema automatically

Use personal experiences to connect to their reading

Evaluate pros and cons of situations by activating schema

Know the difference between connections and coincidences

Taking the time to think about what we read in the text,

connecting to it our self, another text, or the world.

This deepens and extends our understandi

ng.

Taking what we read in a text,

briefly connecting it to our self,

another text, or the world but it

does not deepen or extend our

understanding.

Deep Connections

Flat Connections

Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare

“Aw. I can do that with my eyes closed!” Richie croaked.

“You let’em bodycheck you, twerp. I told you to stay out of the way!”

Richie yelled.

“Come on kid. Let’s give them their money’s worth.” Richie

winked.

arrogant, conceited

cruel, mean, unkind

encouraging, kind

Pull

PullThis sample lesson uses the

book Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare by Patricia Polacco. Click on the blank sections of the chart for sample answers to appear.