Notice and Note Signposts
Cheat Sheet
Contrasts and Contradictions
- Explain the contrast/contradiction that you found
- Answer: Why is the character doing that?
Again and Again
- Explain what is repeated
- Answer: Why does this show up again and again? (what is the author trying to tell us?)
Words of the Wiser
- Explain the life lesson (include who said it and who they said it to)
- Answer: How might this affect the character?
Aha Moment
- Answer: What did your character realize/learn?
- Answer: How might this change things?
Memory Moment
- Describe the memory
- Answer: Why might this memory be important?
Tough Question
- Share the question
- Answer: What does this question make me wonder about?
- Answer: What do I think will happen now that this question has been asked?
Contrasts and Contradictions
- Explain the contrast/contradiction that you found
- Answer: Why is the character doing that?
Again and Again
- Explain what is repeated
- Answer: Why does this show up again and again? (what is the author trying to tell us?)
Words of the Wiser
- Explain the life lesson (include who said it and who they said it to)
- Answer: How might this affect the character?
Aha Moment
- Answer: What did your character realize/learn?
- Answer: How might this change things?
Memory Moment
- Describe the memory
- Answer: Why might this memory be important?
Tough Question
- Share the question
- Answer: What does this question make me wonder about?
- Answer: What do I think will happen now that this question has been asked?