Tough Questions

Match the signpost to the following definition.
-Questions a character raises that reveal his or her inner struggles

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Tough Questions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the definition of Tough Questions?

• When the author interrupts the action to tell you about a memory.

• When a character asks herself a very difficult question.

• When you notice a word, phrase, or situation mentioned over and over

• When a character does something that contrasts with what you'd expect or contradicts his earlier acts or statements

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

(Salva) felt sick at the thought of those men..If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men?
This passage is an example of what signpost?

• Aha Moment

• Tough Question

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What are the clues in the text that you are seeing a Tough Question?

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

• A repeated image, phrase or reference

• Character asks self or another character a hard question

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What important question should you ask yourself when you notice a Tough Question?

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

• What does this question make me wonder about?

• Why might this memory be important?

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When you are reading and the character is confused or uncertain and asks him/herself a difficult question that doesn’t have an easy answer.

• Memory Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Tough Questions

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When the character asks himself or herself a really difficult question.

• Words of the wiser

• Aha moments

• Again and Again

• Tough question

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the signpost to the following definition: Questions a character raises that reveal his or her inner struggles

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Tough Questions

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the definition of Tough Questions?

• When the author interrupts the action to tell you about a memory.

• When a character asks herself a very difficult question.

• When you notice a word, phrase, or situation mentioned over and over

• When a character does something that contrasts with what you'd expect or contradicts his earlier acts or statements

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

(Salva) felt sick at the thought of those men..If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? This passage is an example of what signpost?

• Aha Moment

• Tough Question

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3