Exploring Notice and Note Signposts

The video reviews six signposts to aid students in close reading. These include identifying contrasts, contradictions, and changes in characters, recognizing wise words or life lessons, understanding aha moments, spotting repeated elements, noting memory moments, and exploring tough questions. The video emphasizes using bookmarks to identify critical text elements.

What is the purpose of the six signposts in close reading?

• To improve students' handwriting

• To teach students grammar

• To support students with close reading

• To help students write essays

What should you ask yourself when a character acts in a way that contradicts what they have said or what we expect them to do?

• What will happen next?

• Why would the character act this way?

• Who is the main character?

• Where is the story set?

What is the second signpost in close reading?

• Contrasts, Contradictions, and Change

• Wise Words

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

What should you look for in the Wise Words signpost?

• A list of characters

• A description of the setting

• An important life lesson or advice

• A character's dream

What is the third signpost in close reading?

• Contrasts, Contradictions, and Change

• Wise Words

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

What should you do when a character suddenly realizes or understands something?

• Ignore it

• Ask yourself how it might change things

• Write it down

• Tell a friend

What is the fourth signpost in close reading?

• Wise Words

• Contrasts, Contradictions, and Change

• Again and Again

• Aha Moment

What should you look for in the Again and Again signpost?

• A repeated word, phrase, image, or event

• A character's name

• The author's name

• The title of the book

What is the fifth signpost in close reading?

• Tough Questions

• Memory Moment

• Wise Words

• Contrasts, Contradictions, and Change

What should you ask yourself when a character remembers something?

• What is the title of the book?

• Why is this memory important?

• What is the weather like?

• Who is the author?