Making Connections to

A Long Way Gone

English 11
 Metacognition: thinking about thinking
(we consciously decide to think about
what our brain is doing)
Metacognitive strategy: a strategy used
Metacognition to develop our metacognition
Making connections: a metacognitive
strategy used to develop our ability to
comprehend what we read, and to train
our brains to make faster connections
 We make 3 specific types
of connections as we read
Text to - self
Making Text to world
Connections
Text to text (or media)
These are categories, and many
types of connections may fit more
than one category
 Step 1: Find 2 quotes from A Long Way
Gone chs. 9-11 to which you can make
authentic connections
Step 2: Display these quotes on a white
piece of paper
Assignment Step 3: Make connections, using some type
of organization/ categorization (filling the paper)
You should have at least 2 of each type of
connection (connected to either quote)
You may find that one quote has more
connections than another
Add a question you could ask of each quote
 For my connections, I used the
following organization:
Blue: text to world
I called these world connections
Organization Red: questions
Purple: text to text/media
I specified which connection (movie, tv, book)
Green: text to self connections
I called these personal connections