Making Text Connections

This worksheet helps sixth-grade students practice making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to deepen their reading comprehension.

Grade 6 ELA ReadingReading Comprehension StrategiesMaking Text Connections

Use This Worksheet

Includes

Text4 Short AnswerFill in the Blanks

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2

Topics

ELAReadingText ConnectionsReading ComprehensionGrade 6

8 sections · Free to use · Printable

← More ELA worksheets for Grade 6

Making Text Connections

Name:

Date:

Score:

Read the passage below. Then, answer the questions by making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.

The Secret Garden

Mary Lennox was a disagreeable, sickly, ill-tempered girl who had been born in India and had always been waited upon. When her parents died suddenly, she was sent to live with her uncle, Mr. Craven, at Misselthwaite Manor in England. Misselthwaite was a gloomy, sprawling house full of locked rooms and secrets. Mary soon discovered a hidden garden, forgotten for ten years, and through its restoration, she began to transform, finding friendship, health, and happiness.

1. Have you ever felt like an outsider or had to adjust to a new environment, like Mary? Explain your experience and how it connects to Mary's feelings in the story.

2. Can you think of another book or story where a character undergoes a significant change or transformation, similar to Mary's in 'The Secret Garden'? Describe the character and their transformation, drawing parallels to Mary.

3. 'The Secret Garden' explores themes of nature's healing power and the importance of companionship. How do these themes relate to real-world situations or issues you've observed or learned about? Provide an example.

Read each statement and identify if it is a Text-to-Self (TS), Text-to-Text (TT), or Text-to-World (TW) connection.

4. Reading about Mary's loneliness reminds me of how I felt when I moved to a new school.

5. This story makes me think of the efforts to restore abandoned urban gardens in my city.

6. The way Mary changes after finding the garden is similar to how the Grinch's heart grew in 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'.

7. Choose one aspect of 'The Secret Garden' (e.g., a character's emotion, a setting, a plot event) and write your own text connection (TS, TT, or TW). Clearly explain your connection.