Fiction and Nonfiction Signposts

This signpost is when a character stops and asks themselves a difficult question.

• Memory Moment

• Tough Question

• Aha Moment

• Contrast and Contradiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This signpost is when you notice a word, phrase, object or event used over and over.

• Aha Moment

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Words of the Wiser

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This signpost is when an older characters gives advice to the main character that helps them on their journey or helps them solve a problem.

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Tough Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This signpost is when the author leaves the current action of the story to tell you something from their past or another character's past.

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Memory Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Aha Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This signpost is when a character says or does something different than what we would expect or a character acts differently than they previously.

• Aha Moment

• Word of the Wiser

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

This signpost is when a character suddenly realizes or discovers something.

• Words of the Wiser

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

• Tough Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does this question make me wonder about? This is the anchor question for which fiction signpost?

• Tough Question

• Words of the Wiser

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why does continue to happen over and over? This is the anchor question for which fiction signpost?

• Tough Question

• Again and Again

• Aha Moment

• Memory Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What's the life lesson and how might it affect the character? This is the anchor question for which fiction signpost?

• Memory Moment

• Tough Question

• Words of the Wiser

• Contrast and Contradiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why might this flashback or memory be important? This is the anchor question for which fiction signpost?

• Memory Moment

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

• Contrast and Contradiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.W.6.9A