LAST WEEK, WE BEGAN

A NEW PROJECT

Called What’s Your Story?!

Let’s refresh your memory… Project “What’s Your Story”

Requirements: Retell the story

You all read your story. You all did a Plot Diagram

Use 5 Vocabulary Words You are completing the

worksheet so you understand what they are. (Due Wednesday)

Explain the message You all wrote down the theme,

so you are half way there.

Here’s what you have left to do…

Make your “text connections.” (We will do this today)Text to SelfText to TextText to World

Here’s what you have left to do…

Make your powerpoint slide (You can do this on your own)

Put together your presentation (We will do this later this week). Plan what you will say

to retell the story. Make sure you use your

Vocabulary words Explain the author’s

message.

MAKING TEXT CONNECTIONS

During your “Need to Knows” many of you asked…

“WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE

ANY CONNECTIONS TO THE SHORT

STORY?”

Don’t worry…

Connections always exist.You don’t have to like the storyYou don’t have to like the characters…

In order to make good text connections, all you need to do is think carefully.

Usually, it’s a matter of asking yourself the right questions.

Text connections… The easiest way to

make connections is to compare and contrast:

Compare = How things are the same

Contrast = How things are different.

To make a text to self connection… Pick one or more of

the following and answer it:Explain how you

might be the same as characters in the story.

Explain how you might be different from characters in the story.

To make a text to self connection…

Relate your own life to situations or events that happen in the story.

Relate the lesson, theme, or moral to your own opinions.

Discuss or interpret a specific quote in the text.

To make a text to text connection…

Compare and contrast your short story with another one.

Ask yourself if they come from the same genre.

Explain if the stories you chose have similar themes.

YOU AUTOMATICALLY HAVE TWO STORIES YOU COULD CHOOSE FROM! (BUT YOU CAN

CHOOSE OTHERS)

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Make a text to world or text to society connection by… Explaining why the

author would write a story like this.

Ask yourself why the story is significant or famous.

Discuss what the theme means for people in general.

You may want to research the story, author, or genre to help.

Remember, it’s all aboutthinking critically!!!