Notice & Note: Literature Signposts

What is a Literature signpost?

• key events to look for in a work of fiction

• key terms

• vocabulary

• key events to look for in social studies

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an Aha Moment?

• When a character asks a difficult question

• When a character does something that contradicts what you would expect from them

• When a character realizes, understands, or finally figures out something

• When an author stops the action to share a memory

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a Contrast & Contradiction?

• When a character asks a tough question

• When a character figures something out

• When a character gets advice from another character

• When a character does something that is the opposite of what you would expect from them

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a tough question?

• When a character does the opposite of what you'd expect

• When a character realizes, understands, or figures something out

• When a character asks themselves about a difficult topic

• When a character gets advice from another character

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What Words of the Wiser?

• When a character does the opposite of what you'd expect

• When a character gets advice from another character

• When a character figures something out

• When a character asks themselves a difficult question

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Again & Again?

• When you notice a word, phrase, or situation repeatedly

• When a character gets advice

• When a character asks a tough question of themselves

• When a character does the opposite of what you'd expect

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a Memory Moment?

• When things happen over and over

• When a character asks a tough question

• When a character does the opposite of what you'd expect

• When an author interrupts the story to tell about something in the past

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In So B. It, When Heidi notices the gold watch on Thurman Hill's wrist; which signpost is that?

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Tough Questions

• Aha Moment

• Again & Again

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In Day of Tears, the rain is an example of which signpost?

• Tough Question

• Again & Again

• Words of the Wiser

• Aha Moment

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In So B. It, Bernie says to Heidi: "There are some things in life you just can't know." Which signpost is this?

• Again & Again

• Tough Question

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9