Making ConnectionsMaking ConnectionsPresented by:Tri Ilma Septiana

What are Connections?

–your own life and experiences –other forms of literature, magazine –society and the world–film, theatre, television, radio and music

• Connections are link that readers can make between what they are reading and things they already know or experienced previously. How do readers make

connections? Good readers use their own background knowledge

and prior experiences to make connections. Connections also can be down through:

What are the objectives of connections?

• Stimulate readers’ cognitive (knowledge and thoughts) and affective (feelings and emotions) perception.

• Increase awareness, make reading more relevant, enjoy and meaningful.

• More involved, engaged, and give opportunity to reader to compare different texts.

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Types of Connections

Text-to-Self (T-S) Text – to Text (T-T)

Text-to-World (T-W)

Connection:Text – to - Self

• These are connections that readers make between the text (what you are reading) and their own past experiences and/or background knowledge.

• Text-to-self connections help readers in visualizing a scene, sympathizing with a character or figure, or predicting possible meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary.

Connection:Text – to - World

• These are connections that readers make between the text and the bigger issues, events, or concerns of society.

• To make these types of connections the reader must think about what is going on in the world around them.

Connection:Text – to - Text

• These are connections that readers make between the text they are reading and other texts the reader has read before.

• Other kinds of texts might include books, poems, scripts, songs, or anything written.

• Readers could even include movies or television shows that you have seen before.• Effective readers think

within the text.• Effective readers think

beyond the text. • Effective readers think

about the text.

The Ways to Start your Connections …“That reminds me of . . . ““Remember when . . . ““This is like . . . ““This character makes me think of . . .”“This setting reminds me of . . . ““There is a connection between myself and . . . because . . .“I have also experienced it when . . .“I ever shared this experience with . . .“Many people feel this way because . . .

“We usually see this in society when . . .“The character probably acts this way

because . . .

Model of ConnectingName : Ilma Date: March 26, 2014Topic : Crimea votes on whether to secede from Ukraine

Text to Self Text to World Text to Text This conflict remind me of

Timor Leste that was separated with Indonesia on 2000.

This is like was going on Indonesia, some provinces like Aceh, Djokjakarta, and Papua ever asked for Referendum to Central Government.

I remember when Timor Leste became a new nation , there were many people became homeless and life uncertainly.

Many politicians assumed that separation was caused by the different of belief (India – Pakistan), Race (Serbia – Montenegro), Ideology (South Korea – North Korea), and interest (Cina – Hongkong – Tibet).

There is connection between separation movement (individual or group) and group’s interest because they want to takeover natural sources (GAM, OPM, RMS).

Both UN and US often become judge and they monitor the process of referendum (votes).

• I ever seen in television and mass media, the foreign journalists came to conflict area and reported the process of referendum subjectively (they usually support the building of a new nation). -Seputar Indonesia-

• I remember when a certain region declared to be a free nation, the opposite figure will appear to public and invite people to support the movement. (e.g. Xanana Gusmao – Timor Leste, Dalai Lama – Tibet, and Mu Ali Jinah – Pakistan).

–Republika-

Response Options for Sharing Connections …• Verbal Reponses –

The reader would discuss the connections they made with a text aloud with others in a group.

• Written Responses –The reader would write the connections they could make with a text down on a sheet of paper or in a response journal.

“To every text, a reader brings his/her personality, present mood, and memories, making each person’s experience of text almost as unique as a fingerprint.”

(Laura Robb)