Fast and Curious: Notice and Note

Match the following signpost with the clue

• A word or phrase that you don't know

• Numbers and Stats

• Contradicts your thinking, contrasts

• Quoted Words

• No interpretation, seems unreasonable

• Absolute or Extreme Language

• Specific numbers or statistical info

• Word Gaps

• The author quotes someone's words

• Contrast and Contradiction

What of the following are the three big questions?

• What surprised me?

• What does the author think I already know?

• What changed, challenged or confirmed what I already know?

• What is nonfiction?

A nonfiction book is one that tells you ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   about the world around you. It can cover almost any topic, from wild animals to Vikings. If it's about something that ​ (c)   or something that ​ (d)   , it is nonfiction.​

• facts
• information
• really happened
• really exists
• stories
• entertains
• didn't happen
• doesn't exist

Contrast and Contradiction

• Something that contradicts what you know or think, or shows you a sharp contrast between people, groups, ideas

• Specific numbers or statistical info

• A statement that allows for no interpretation or seems unreasonable

• The author quotes someone's words

Numbers and Stats

• Something that contradicts what you know or think, or shows you a sharp contrast between people, groups, ideas

• Specific numbers or statistical info

• A statement that allows for no interpretation or seems unreasonable

• The author quotes someone's words

Absolute or Extreme Language

• Something that contradicts what you know or think, or shows you a sharp contrast between people, groups, ideas

• Specific numbers or statistical info

• A statement that allows for no interpretation or seems unreasonable

• The author quotes someone's words

Quoted Words

• Something that contradicts what you know or think, or shows you a sharp contrast between people, groups, ideas

• Specific numbers or statistical info

• A statement that allows for no interpretation or seems unreasonable

• The author quotes someone's words

Word Gaps

• Something that contradicts what you know or think, or shows you a sharp contrast between people, groups, ideas

• Specific numbers or statistical info

• A word or phrase you don't know

• The author quotes someone's words

Organize Signposts and the Three Big Questions

Groups:

(a) Signpost

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(b) Three Big Questions

• What surprised me?

• Numbers and Stats

• Contrast and Contradiction

• What changed, challenged, or confirmed what I already know?

• Word Gaps

• Absolute or Extreme Language

• What does the author think I already know?

• Quoted Words

A post with signs on it to direct travelers, something that points the way