Text To Self Connections
Funds of Knowledge
This reading comprehension instructional strategy focuses on relating texts to a student's life. This activity is for developing readers. It promotes making connections between literature and students' home life, communities, as well as feelings and dreams. Students can write an illustrated essay about a topic from the text. They can include their own prior knowledge and experiences about the topic. The students can also write a letter to the author explaining their feelings about the text. They can focus on the story elements of the book and how they feel about the author's choices. In this researched based strategy it was found that students comprehend literature better when they can make a connection between their own experiences and the story.