Connection Between Two Items In Text Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RI.1.3

Core Standard
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Understanding how to define a relationship in a body of work is a difficult task. When you are making a connection you need to remember that you are not only looking at likenesses, but differences. At times we will be asked to examine a text entry and explore two events or subjects within that text. The best way to approach this is to create a mini-Venn diagram. What do they have in common? Where do they differ? These worksheets will walk us through making connections between multiple entities in a reading passage.

Connecting Items Worksheets To Print:

Animal Farm – Farmer Joe has a lot to say about his farm animals.

Happy Birthday – A little about Jack and Kate's birthdays.

Going to the Ranch – Pete is on his way to the ranch. Figure out how he should progress.

What am I Thinking? – Better yet, what is Mike about to do.

How to Get Ready for School – Time to break out the glue and scissors.

The Happy Cat – Jerry the cat was happy. Why was he happy? Well, four things happened today that made Jerry the cat happy.

How is Helen Feeling? – Look at the images. Then draw a line from the image to match the correct text.

My Family – Casa, Pipa, and Matt explain where they fit into the family.

Let's Go Surfing – Read the sentences then cut and paste them in the appropriate box.

The Shopping Trip – James bought 4 items in sequence and these items need to go into the four boxes.

I am in a Concert! – Yes! I am in a concert show. I am so excited!

Bake a Cake – Read the instructions for baking a cake and determine what sequence the steps should be in.

Sentences and Events – See if you can write 1, 2 or 3 in the circles to match the sequence of the descriptions.

What Does Terry Need? – Cut and paste the sentence in the correct order.

My Favorite Colors – " Think about your favorite, second favorite, and third favorite color. What are they?

A Good Strategy for Connecting Two Items in Text


It is possible that academic writing or an essay might contain more than one main idea. To connect these ideas, you can use the following techniques:


Use Transition


Transitions are really helpful when it comes to connecting two items in a text. Transitions provide a smooth shift from one idea to another. They also help compare and contrast the ideas. Transitions can be used between sentences or between paragraphs to relate two items. Writing that contains transitions is a lot easier to understand and comprehend.


Transitions can be anything from a word to a phrase and even a sentence. Longer texts also have paragraphs as transitions. It all depends on how you want to clarify the connection between the ideas to your readers. Transitions are basically a reminder for the readers about what they have just read. It also builds a pace for the upcoming idea and its relation with the previous one.


Take your time in deciding what sort of transitions you will be using. This is because just one transition throughout the text might feel repetitive and boring. These are some examples of transition words and phrases that can be used to connect two ideas in a text.


In contrast to


In addition to


For example
However
Therefore
Obviously
Consequently
In fact


Use Topic Sentences


Whenever you want to introduce a new idea while writing, try to switch to another paragraph. Each paragraph should contain a sentence at the beginning that would be the topic sentence. A topic sentence gives the reader an idea about what they will be reading further. You can start the topic sentence with a transition in the beginning. This would create a connection between the two different ideas.


Use Pointing Words


Pointing words are used to connect back to the previous idea. These words link the current information with the idea that you mentioned before.


For example,
This
Those
These
That

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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