Fiction Signposts Practice

A word/idea keeps showing up, repeated

• Contrasts and Contradiction
• Again and Again
• Words of the Wiser
• Tough Question

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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

The character has a sudden realization

• Words of the Wiser
• Tough Question
• Memory Moment
• Aha Moment

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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

An older character gives advice

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

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Rapunzel finally realizes that she's the "lost" princess and remembers her mother and father, she is exemplifying...

• Tough Question

• Aha Moment

• Contrast and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

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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

"Corey usually talks a lot, but lately she's been really quiet. "This is an example of...

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

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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

"Luke Garner suddenly understood, and he finally realized what he had to do." This is an example of...

• Aha! Moment

• Tough Questions

• Quotations

• Numbers & Stats

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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

"A boy named Salva loses his family and asks "How will I go on without them?" This is a...

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Tough Question

• Life Lesson

• Memory Moment

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is it important to notice a CONTRAST AND CONTRADICTION moment?

• It shows a character is changing and developing
• It shows the reader is surprised by what the author has said
• It shows the character has learned something important
• It shows the character is questioning how he/she should act

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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

In a TOUGH QUESTION situation, the character

• suddenly realizes something important
• starts to think about the major problem he/she is facing
• acts differently from what is expected
• is given advice by an older or wiser character

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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

Why is it important to notice an AHA MOMENT?

• it shows how a character figures something out which will cause him or her to change behavior
• it shows how the character acts in an unexpected way
• it shows how a character is questioning a life event
• it shows how the character recalls 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