Notice and Note

As soon as he walked into the house, something wasn’t right. Even though she was usually greeted by the smell of freshly baked cookies, now her grandmother’s house smelled stale and musty. Lucy closed her eyes and imagined what this house was like before her grandmother passed away: warm and cozy, jazz music playing from the radio, and the smell of delicious cookies rising steadily in the oven.

• Tough Questions

• Aha Moment

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Looking for signposts helps us to...

• Read the text closely

• Think deeply about what's happening in the text and why it's happening.

• make Ms.Rice happy.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When a character is thinking about things that happened in the past, and this information is important to the story, we call this a....

• Tough Question

• Memory Moment

• A-Ha Moment

• Again and Again

• Contrast and contradiction

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

In the short film, "Snack Attack", there were multiple examples of signposts. What were they? (choose all that apply)

• Tough Questions: The young man asked himself why he ate the lady's cookies.

• C & C: The young man turned out to be kind and generous.

• Memory moment: The old lady remembered where she put her cookies.

• Words of the Wiser: The train conductor gives the lady a speech about paying attention and not jumping to conclusions.

• A-Ha: The woman realized her mistake and that she was at fault.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In the short excerpt, "Bedtime Story" from Despicable ME, Gru's behavior, when he seems sweet and calm and then says, "No Kisses!" is an example of...

• Contrast and Contradiction

• an A-HA moment

• A tough Question

• A Memory moment

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Match the signpost to the following quote from the authors.
- "These are moments when a character's sudden insight or understanding helps us understand the plot's movement, the development of the character, or the internal conflict he faces,"

• Again and Again

• Aha Moment

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Tough Questions 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the correct signpost to the following definition.
-A sharp contrast between what we would expect and what we observe the character doing

• Again and Again

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the signpost to the following clues.
- An interruption in the ongoing flow of the narrative
-Might take several paragraphs
 before we are returned to the present moment

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Again and Again

• Memory Moment

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a 'Memory Moment' in literature?

• A moment when a character recalls a past event that is significant to the story.

• A moment when a character realizes something important.

• A moment when a character faces a difficult decision.

• A moment when a character repeats an action.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3