+Conversing with Text

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+Three Levels of Connection

Text-to-Self (T-S)Text-to-Text (T-T)Text-to-World (T-W)

Connecting with a text is not so different from connecting with your friends…

+What do you talk about with your friends?Your life (Friend-Self)Books you’ve read or movies you’ve watched (Friend-Text)

Worldviews and current events (Friend-World)

Make these same connections with the books you read.

+Text-to-SelfRelate what you read to something in your own life.

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+Text-to-TextRelate what you read to something you have read in another book, article, or magazine.

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+Text-to-WorldRelate what you read to your observations of society, current events, or a historical theme.

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+Annotating TextExcerpt from The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai with annotated text connections.

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Write your connections in your book or in a journal. Then,

discuss these connections with friends who are reading the

same book. This is a great way to prepare for a book club

meeting or a literature class.