[Making Connections template](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P-go_bAba1EwfnqKF96uPn9GDHJX8r_A/view?usp=drive_link) > Featuring the most well-known three kinds of connections: [[text to text]]; text to self; text to world [Pausing to Connect template](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FtyF04bmakgIPCraR9QUFjcBla0zD-qr/view?usp=drive_link) > As you read a challenging text, you can use something like this to start making connections. [Making Connections Sentence Stems](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TKKK0GCfKo9SE29ijD7SN-BzsS8lol3Q/view?usp=drive_link) [Making Connections Sentence Stems (alternate version)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rWmyhI8cHnPdRFtQHZrxBLDWJd-Qd6Xb/view?usp=drive_link) > Sentence starters to help you write and think about connections and associations as you read. [“A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, with example marginal connections notes](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vf3BofGNNIvbH6Y58QiTXUAptvpOF6zv/view?usp=drive_link) (PDF with comments) [“Making Connections” by Birds on a Wire Productions](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mdeNHCywPfH-MvZSW0XDDYdD3Z6rBiWm/view?usp=drive_link) (VIDEO, 2012) ---- (these are one category of the [[reading and note-taking strategies]])