1. Bell Work:
Take out your Composition Book, title a new page of notes “Notice and Note Signposts” and today’s date.
Take out your September Book Report form to refer to later.

2. Notice & Note Signpost Lesson
Introduction:

3. The 6 Signposts Contrasts & Contradiction Aha Moment Tough Questions
Words of the Wiser
Again & Again
Memory Moment

4. With your shoulder partner:
Take turns trying to say all six of the Notice and Note Signposts until you can say all six.

5. Contrasts and Contradictions
Notice & Note Signpost #1

6. Notice and Note Signpost #1: Contrasts & Contradictions & The Unexpected
When you are reading and you notice…
a character’s actions are contradictory to (different than) how the character has acted in the past.
a difference among characters (a way that one character acts versus another) is revealed.
a character acts differently than how YOU would behave in a similar situation.
there are contrasting/unexpected story elements, such as plot, setting, etc.

7. Signpost #1 Continued… Contrasts & Contradictions & The Unexpected
You should stop and ask yourself:
“Why is the character doing that?” OR “Why are the characters so different from each other?” OR “Why would the author choose to do this?”
The answers could help you make a prediction or make an inference about the plot and conflict and author’s purpose.
Possible ANCHOR QUESTIONS

8. With your shoulder partner:
Partner #1: What should you notice about contrasts and contradictions when reading?
Partner #2: What questions should you stop and ask yourself?

9. Aha Moment i.e. Epiphany Notice & Note Signpost #2

10. Stop! Notice and Note Signpost #2:
Aha Moment
When you are reading and suddenly a character realizes, understands, or finally figures something out (an “Ah-ha!”)…
You should stop and ask yourself:
“How might this realization be
important or change things?”
If the character figured out a problem, you probably just learned about the CONFLICT.
If the character understood a life lesson, you probably just learned the THEME.
ANCHOR QUESTION

11. With your shoulder partner:
Partner #1: What does Aha mean?
Partner #2: What questions should you stop and ask yourself?

12. Tough Questions Notice & Note Signpost #3

13. Stop! Notice and Note Signpost #3:
Tough Questions
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…(the answer may shape his/her life)…
You should stop and ask yourself:
“What does this question tell me
about the character?” OR “How might
the character answer it?” OR “How
might the answer affect the story?”
The answers will tell you about the CONFLICT and might foreshadow later events.
Possible ANCHOR QUESTIONS

14. With the student behind or in front of you:
Partner #1: What question should you stop and ask yourself?
Partner #2: What will the answers tell you about?

15. Words of the Wiser Notice & Note Signpost #4

16. Stop! Notice and Note Signpost #4:
Words of the Wiser
When you are reading and a character takes the main character aside and gives serious advice that is helpful at this moment in the story but could also be helpful throughout life…
You should stop and ask yourself:
“What’s the life lesson, and how
might it affect the character?”
Whatever the lesson is, you’ve probably found a THEME for the story.
ANCHOR QUESTION

17. With the student behind or in front of you:
Partner #1: What question should you stop and ask yourself?
Partner #2: What will the answers tell you about?

18. Again and Again AKA Repetition Notice & Note Signpost #5

19. Stop! Notice and Note Signpost #5:
Again and Again
When you are reading and you notice a word, phrase, object, situation, or idea mentioned over and over…
You should stop and ask yourself:
“Why does this keep showing up again and again?”
The answers will tell you about the THEME and CONFLICT, or they might foreshadow what will happen later.
ANCHOR QUESTION

20. With your shoulder partner:
Partner #1: What question should you stop and ask yourself?
Partner #2: What will the answers tell you about?

21. Memory Moments AKA Flashback Notice & Note Signpost #6

22. Stop! Notice and Note Signpost #6:
Memory Moment
When you are reading and the author interrupts the action to reveal a memory…
You should stop and ask yourself:
“Why or how might this memory be important?”
The answers will tell you about the THEME, CONFLICT, or might foreshadow what will happen later in the story.
ANCHOR QUESTION

23. With your shoulder partner:
Partner #1: What question should you stop and ask yourself?
Partner #2: What will the answers tell you about?

24. Ticket out the door: List the six (6) Notice and Note Signposts
Choose one of the six and explain what questions you should ask for it and what it helps you to find.