Activity 1. Directions: Read each and answer each item. Identify each statement whether true or false. _____1. Making connections includes Text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world. _____2. Text-to-self connection is for passive readers. _____3. Connecting text to the reader's experiences creates confusion _____4. The more the readers relate to what they read, the more the information is retained. _____5. Critical thinkers study the text in isolation. _____6. Text-to-text connections require fact-based knowledge using comprehension questions. _____7. Recalling one specific passage may answer evaluation questions in making connections. _____8. Text-to-text connections may include comparing two connections in different stories _____9. A solid text-to-text connection occurs when students can apply what they've read from one text to another text. _____10. Text to self-connection focuses on the students' prior knowledge and experiences​