Quarter 2, Week 2 – Making Connections

This week we discussed Making Connections. We discussed the three types of Making Connections to Text; Text-to-self connections, Text-to-text connections, and Text-to-world connections. We also read the poem "Footprints in the Sand" that show connection and ask for so ideas so our teacher will know the level of our knowledge about this topic. We also show the questions that concern each type of connection. About the activities, we are given a quiz for us to challenge our understanding of our topic connection and also given a performance task to fulfill like making a blog every week.

One of the types of making a connection to text is the Text-to-self connection that is the personal connections that you make between yourself and the selection you are dealing with, while Text-to-Text connections are connections where you relate one material to another that you have read or have already come across. The Text-to world is the larger connections that a reader brings to a reading situation including our perception of the world which might vary since we have various sources of learning things beyond personal experiences such as television, radio, magazines, articles, movies, etc. We do some activities like a Text analysis to help us identify the text easier. We also do a Poster analysis and a Values Infusion. An example of a Values Infusion is; Do you believe that you can build healthy connections with other people? How are you going to do it in your family? In your school? In your community?.