The best way for a reader to make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt is by thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend’s choices. This connection aligns with the speaker's feelings of concern for T.J. as he appears to be making a possibly harmful decision by going with the Simmses, paralleling the reader's own experiences of being worried about friends and their choices.
Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
When I reached the church steps, I looked back again. T.J. was still there, an indistinct blur blending into the gathering dusk, and I began to think that perhaps he would not go with the Simmses. But then the rude squawk of the truck's horn blasted the quiet evening, and T.J. turned his back on us and fled across the field.
How best could a reader make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt?
by thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend’s choices
by listening to a friend’s story about learning how to drive a truck
by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family
by listening to a story about a bad decision someone made that caused problems
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