Notice and Note Signposts

When a character (usually older) takes a main character aside and gives them advice, that signpost is called

• Contrast and Contradiction
• Words of the Wiser
• Aha Moment
• Tough Conversation

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When a character understands or realizes something, the character is having a(n)

• Again & Again Moment
• Memory Moment
• Contrast and Contradiction Moment
• Aha Moment

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Contrasts and Contradictions signpost is 

• When a character realizes or understands somthing
• When a character does something that contrast what you'd expect
• When you notice a word or phrase mentioned over and over
• When a character asks himself a  very difficult question

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

"It was then that I realized what I had to do.  It was like a lightening bolt striking from the sky.  DON'T LET HIM PASS!"

• Aha Moment
• Memory Moment
• Words of the Wiser
• Again and Again

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"(Salva) felt sick at the thought of those men..If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men?"
This passage is an example of what signpost?

• Aha Moment
• Tough Question
• Memory Moment
• Again and Again

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

"Vern would have never let her get out of the wagon untill she efigured out the turns.  Just like when he taught her how to ride, he kept putting her back on Freedom (her horse)."
This passage is an example of what signpost?

• Memory Moment
• Again and Again
• Tough Questions
• Aha Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"I were young once and I wanted things I could not get...You thought I was going to say but, didn't you?  You thought I was going to say but I didn't snatch people's pocketbooks..I have done things too, which I would not tell you son, nor God if He didn't already know.."
This is an example of what signpost?

• Memory Moment
• Contrast and Contradiction
• Aha Moment
• Tough Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the author stops the action to tell you about a memory, this is a

• Aha Moment
• Again and Again
• Words of the Wiser
• Memory Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5