Making connections Readers make connections between what they know and what they read. Student: "When I make connections I'm thinking about my memories and the book all at once." Teacher: "Keeping in mind what you've just said about the main idea here, are there comparisons you can think of between this text and the one on global warming?" See Effective Literacy Practice Y1–4 p. 131 Effective Literacy Practice Y5–8 p. 142 Duffy pp. 81–86 Harvey and Goudvis pp. 67–80 Miller pp. 53–72 Other resources with a focus on making connections: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr100.htm Research and examples of how teachers activate prior knowledge building on their students' familiarity with a topic to develop comprehension. http://www.nwrel.org/learns/tutor/spr2001/part3.html Using the think aloud strategy to model making connections. Comprehension  |  ARB Home    Please Note: ARB material may be reproduced for school-based assessment purposes, not for sale or other purposes.   The ARBs   Assessment information   Support materials   Help   Contact us   Site map

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