Teaching students to connect to a text they are reading has so many benefits including increasing their reading comprehension, deepening their understanding, and building their interest/motivation. This writing assignment involves students making three different connections to the text they are reading whether it be a poem, song, novel, short story, etc. Such connections are text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text.

Handouts are ready to go! Just print and hand to students. They include modeled examples, a scoring rubric, step-by-step student instructions, "Making Connections" Definition Sheet, outline, and more.

A must have for ELA teachers looking for the perfect writing assignment for students! Usable for any text! A great way to assess student learning!