Matching Pairs MAKING ASSOCIATIONSOnline version Read the definition and look for relationships between concepts in our topic. by ESTEFANY MARIN SILVA ESTUDIANTE ACTIVO 1 Connections with other texts 2 A person with a list of words 3 Prior knowledge 4 Connections with things in the world 5 Personal connections After reading about African elephants, you might think, “This reminds me of a Facebook post I read by the founder of Save the Elephants about the effects of poaching.” We think about what we already know about the topic. We also remember experiences that relate to the topic. After previewing a passage about elephants, you may think, “This passage reminds me of the elephant safari I went on in Thailand.” The people who had memorized by linking the concepts remember more words. After reading about Asian elephants, you might say, “This reading reminds me of another book I read, but that one discussed the African species, which seems to be slightly different from the Asian species.”
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