Amos and Boris Text Connections

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Amos and Boris Making Text Connections


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Activity Overview

Text Connections
Text to Text Connection that reminds you of something in another book or story
Text to Self Connection that reminds you of something in your life.
Text to World Connection that reminds you of something happening in the world.

Making connections is a very important skill to acquire and perfect. Amos and Boris is a great story for students to connect to on many different levels. In this activity, students will be making text to text, text to self, and text to world connections. Students should choose which connection they want to make first and work to write a narrative for that. Once all three connections have been made, students can work on their illustrations.



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Template and Class Instructions

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Student Instructions

Create a storyboard that shows connections you have made with Amos and Boris. Include a connection for text to text, text to world, and text to self.


  1. Click "Start Assignment".
  2. Identify parts of Amos and Boris that you connect with.
  3. Parts from the Amos and Boris go on the left side. The connections you make go on the right side.
  4. Create an image for each connection using scenes, characters, items, and text boxes.
  5. Write a description of how the text relates to another text, the world, and you.

Text Connections T-Chart Template

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