Notice and Note

Which of the questions below is NOT a Notice and Note question?

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

• What surprised me?

• What did the author think I already knew?

• What's the big idea?

When you are reading and the author shows you a difference between what you know and what is happening in the text the author is using . . .

• Absolute Language

• Quoted Words

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Numbers and statistics

What are the clues in the text that you are seeing a Words of the Wiser?

• Characters say, "I realized... " or "Suddenly I knew..." or "Now I know why.."

• "I suddenly remember..." or "I remember..." or a character starts thinking back

• A wiser, often older, character offers a life lesson, usually in a quiet moment

• Character asks self or another character a hard question

What are the clues in the text that you are seeing a Memory Moment?

• "I suddenly remember..." or "I remember..." or a character starts thinking back

• Character asks self or another character a hard question

• A repeated image, phrase or reference

• Characters say, "I realized... " or "Suddenly I knew..." or "Now I know why.."

Choose the Notice and Note Signpost for the following anchor question:

Why might this memory be important?

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What are the clues in the text that you are seeing an Again and Again?

• Characters say, "I realized... " or "Suddenly I knew..." or "Now I know why.."

• Character asks self or another character a hard question

• "I suddenly remember..." or "I remember..." or a character starts thinking back

• A repeated image, phrase or reference

What are the clues in the text that you are seeing a Aha! Moment?

• A repeated image, phrase or reference

• Author shows feelings or actions the reader hasn't seen before or doesn't expect

• Characters say, "I realized... " or "Suddenly I knew..." or "Now I know why.."

• "I suddenly remember..." or "I remember..." or a character starts thinking back

What are the clues in the text that you are seeing a Contrast and Contradiction?

• Author shows feelings or actions the reader hasn't seen before or doesn't expect

• Characters say, "I realized... " or "Suddenly I knew..." or "Now I know why.."

• Character asks self or another character a hard question

• A wiser, often older, character offers a life lesson, usually in a quiet moment

What important question should you ask yourself when you notice a Memory Moment?

• Why is the character doing that or acting this way?

• How might this change things?

• Why might this memory be important?

• Why does this keep happening again and again?

What important question should you ask yourself when you notice a Words of the Wiser?

• What is the life lesson AND how might it affect the character?

• Why does this keep happening again and again?

• How might this change things?

• Why is the character doing that or acting this way?