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Happy New Years: Making Text
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What you will learn from this videoWhat you will learn

You will identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections while reading.
You will explain how making connections helps you understand new information in a text.
You will create your own meaningful connection to a text and explain how the connection supports understanding.

Discussion Questions
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  How did Frankie’s text-to-world connection help him understand Nowruz and plan his New Year party? Use details to support your answer.
  Lex, Noor, and Frankie each connect the Nowruz article to something different. Why do you think making different kinds of connections can help readers learn from a text?
  If you were helping Frankie add one more New Year tradition to the party, what connection would you make to a book, your life, or the world? Explain how your connection relates to the article.
Vocabulary
- tradition DEFINE
- custom DEFINE
- text-to-world connection DEFINE
- text-to-text connection DEFINE
- text-to-self connection DEFINE
- symbolize DEFINE
- prosperity DEFINE
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Level 1

What are the three types of connections readers can make while reading?

Level 2

Choose one Nowruz detail from the video and explain whether it is a text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connection.

Level 3

Think of something you read recently. What connection can you make to it, and how does that connection help you understand the text better?

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