Deepening+Literacy

toc =Deepening Literacy: Text to Self; Text to Text; Text to World=

Rationale:
 * Reading comes alive when we make connections beyond the text itself. This is a skill that can be practiced and learned.

In this strategy students will:
 * 1) Strengthen their literacy skills
 * 2) Make connections between the reading an themselves
 * 3) Make connections between the reading and other texts
 * 4) Make connections between the reading and the larger world

Procedure:
 * 1) Building Background Knowledge
 * After reading a piece of text, ask students questions that draw out the factual information of the reading.
 * 1) Understanding Main Idea and Cause and Effect
 * Ask students about the central purpose, meaning and outcomes involved in the reading.
 * 1) Text to Self
 * After reading ask students to write and then discuss questions that relate to themselves. Example prompts include:
 * 1) What I just read reminds me of the time when I...
 * 2) I agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life...
 * 3) I don't agree with what I just read because in my own life...
 * 4) Text to Text
 * After reading, ask students to write and discuss about how the text reminds them of another piece of text. For example, "What I just read reminds me of another story/book/poem I read because..."
 * 1) Text to World
 * After reading ask student to write and then discuss how the reading relates to the larger world: Example prompts include:
 * 1) What I just read reminds me of this thing that happened in history because...
 * 2) What I just read reminds me of what's going on in the world now because...