1. Notice & Note Strategies for Close Reading Reading literary texts with deeper understanding.

2. Learning Target Success Criteria Learning Target: o Students will identify and recognize words, events, and/or images that are repeated through a text. o Students will find clues about a character, the plot or perhaps even the theme by examining these ‘Again and Again’ moments. Success Criteria: o While reading the example text, I will identify the ‘Again and Again’ moments and examine the importance of that moment.

3. Again and Again Much of what we learn about our friends – enemies, too! Comes from noticing patterns, repetitions. Example: o One day you’re sitting with a few friends when another one joins you. One of the original group grows quiet and after a few minutes gets up and leaves. You may not think anything of it at that moment, but if it happens again the next day and then again the next week, you’ll probably notice. o It’s the pattern, the repetition, the again and again, that lets you know something is up – if you notice it, and think about it.

4. Again and Again Obviously, noticing it isn’t enough. You have to do something with what you’ve noticed. You have to wonder about it, speculate what it might mean, and perhaps compare it with other incidents – otherwise, it won’t help you understand what’s going on. o Make mental notes (or when reading, actual written notes) about what it might mean. Ultimately, you’ll figure it out. o Your friends may have: had a falling out discovered they’re in competition for the same prize realized they like each other more than they thought and they don’t know what to do about it!

5. Again and Again An event may not seem significant the first time it occurs, but by the third time, you’ll begin to wonder what’s going on and start watching your friends more closely. You’ll probably ask yourself something like: o Why does this keep showing up again and again? These moments give you a glimpse into the theme and conflict, they may also foreshadow what will happen later.

6. Again and Again Good books often imitate life – so, ‘Again and Again’ moments happen in books too! When an author repeats something – a word, an image, or an event – it means something. Just like when you notice an Again and Again moment in life, when you see it in a book, you should ask yourself: o Why does this happen again and again?

7. Again and Again Let’s look for Again and Again moments in a few excerpts from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. We will start when Brian, the main character, is seated next to the pilot in a small plane flying over the forests in the far north.

8. Again and Again in Jackie’s Wild Seattle We’ve mentioned a few of the ideas that have come up again and again in our class novel. Now, go back to your Reader’s Response Journal and add these – I’m giving you the first 3 columns, you need to add your thoughts to the 4 th column. You may want to add them according to their page number. If you list them all together, you may want to leave space between ideas so you can add to the list when they come up again – you decide what works for you. But, you will jot them down

9. Pg #SignpostWhat I NoticedNote: What it means/ shows 1AA Shannon remembers Neal as a climb er 3AAShannon’s biggest hope for summer = climb ing 9AAShannon thinks Neal might comment on the climb ing she’s done 14AA Shannon mentions rock climb ing again 3AA See above! hope 20AA Hope less – Shannon & woman about catching possum 22AA Hope less – Shannon says about catching baby raccoons in the car 27AA Hope or Help – Shannon notices lost soul boy’s appealing eyes ???AAUncle Neal being tired or weak ???AACody’s fixation on disaster

10. Reading Journal for Jackie’s Wild Seattle Chapter 7 = Homework (DUE Mon) You are looking for CC’s, MM’s, TQ’s and now AA’s as well. o CC = Contrast and Contradictions o MM = Memory Moments o TQ = Tough Questions o AA = Again and Again