6.ELAR.5.E
Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
Grade 6 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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connectionspersonal experiencesideastextssociety
Skills
- make connections (to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society) #dok2
- compare (personal experiences, ideas, texts, and society) #dok2
- relate (text content to self, other texts, and broader societal issues) #dok3
- analyze (relationships among text, personal experience, and societal context) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify connections between a text and my personal experiences. #dok1
- I can make connections between ideas in different texts. #dok2
- I can compare characters' experiences in a text to situations in society. #dok2
- I can relate what I read to issues or events in the real world. #dok3
- I can analyze how my background influences my understanding of a text. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Readers gain a deeper understanding of a text by connecting its ideas to their own experiences, other texts, and society.
- Making connections between texts, self, and society enriches interpretation and meaning.
Essential Questions
- How does my own experience help me understand this text?
- What connections can I make between this text and other texts I have read?
- How do the themes or situations in this text relate to real-world issues?
- Why is it important to connect texts to personal and societal experiences?
- How do my connections influence my understanding of the text?