ELA21.3.26

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.26

Use text comparisons (text to text, text to self, and text to world) to make meaning.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Comparison is identifying similarities between two things.
  • Text to text comparison means to identify similarities between two texts.
  • Text to self comparison means to identify similarities between a text and a personal experience.
  • Text to world comparison means to identify similarities between a text and a current event or background knowledge.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Compare two texts to make meaning of the information presented in the text.
  • Compare a text to their personal experiences to make meaning of the information presented in the text.
  • Compare a text to a current event or their background knowledge to make meaning of the information presented in the text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Their comprehension will be enhanced by making multiple connections between texts, themselves, and the real world.

Vocabulary

  • Text comparison
  • Text to text
  • Text to self
  • Text to world
  • Meaning
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