1. Notice and Note
Be able to identify 6 signposts that highlight important moments in your reading experience and help you read the text more closely.

2. Aha Moments Clues Phrases that express suddenness: What Is It???
“Suddenly I understood ”
“It came to me in a flash that. . .”
“The realization hit me like a lightening bolt ”
“In an instant I knew. . .”
What It Shows:
Character Development, Internal Conflict, & Plot
What Is It???
When you’re reading and suddenly a character realizes, understands, or finally figures something out . . .
Ask Yourself:
How might this change things?

3. What’s the Aha Moment???
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4. How Should You Write About “Aha” Moments?
The realization that came to the character’s mind is___________________________.
The words that told me this was going to be an Aha Moment were_____________________.
This realization is important to the story because_____________________________.
Add page numbers to support your claims!

5. Again & Again
Clues
-A word is repeated, sometimes used in an odd way, over and over in the text.
-An image reappears several times during the course of the text.
What It Shows:
Plot, Setting, Symbolism, Theme, Character Development, & Conflict
What Is It???
When you’re reading and events, images, or particular words recur in the text.
Ask Yourself:
Why might the author bring this up again and again???

6. What is the Again and Again???
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7. How Should You Write About Things That Occur Again and Again?
What I find that keeps coming up again and again is_____________________________.
The author keeps repeating this word, phrase, image, or idea or situation because_____________________________.
This signpost leads me to think that ______________________ is going to happen later in the story.
Add page numbers to support your claims!

8. Memory Moment
Clues
The flow of the text is interrupted by a character’s memory, which often takes several paragraphs before returning to the present moment.
What It Shows:
Character Development, Plot, Theme, Relationship Between Character and Plot
What Is It???
When you’re reading and a recollection by a character interrupts the forward progress of the story.
Ask Yourself:
Why might this memory be important?

9. What is the Memory Moment???
From The Hunger Games

10. How Should I Write About Memory Moments?
What was happening when the character recalled the memory was_________________________________.
The memory that came to the character’s mind was_________________________________.
This memory is important to the character or story because_________________________.
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11. Words of the Wiser Clues
The main character and another go off alone. They have a quiet, serious moment where the wiser character shares wisdom to help the main character solve a problem or make a decision.
What It Shows:
Theme, Internal Conflict, Relationship Between Character and Plot
What Is It???
When you’re reading and a wiser character (usually older) offers advice about life to the main character.
Ask Yourself:
What’s the life lesson and how might it affect the character?

12. What Are the Words of the Wise???
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From The Lion King

13. How Should I Write About Words of the Wiser?
What I saw that told me that this was going to be a Words-of-the-Wiser moment was__________________________________.
The advice or insight the wiser character shared was________________________________.
This advice will affect the main character or the one who received the advice by________________________________.
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14. Tough Questions Clues What Is It???
Phrases expressing serious doubt/confusion:
“What could I possibly do to . . .?”
“I couldn’t image how I could cope with . . .”
“How could I ever understand why she. . .”
“Never had I been so confused about. . .”
What It Shows:
Internal Conflict, Theme, Character Development
What Is It???
When you’re reading and questions a character raises reveal his or her inner struggles.
Ask Yourself:
What does this question make me wonder about?

15. What Are the Tough Questions???
From Glued

16. How Should I Write About Tough Questions?
I knew this was going to be a tough question because______________________________.
I wondered ____________________________ when I thought about the question.
This question is important to the story because____________________________.
The character will answer the question by________________________________.
The character’s answer will affect the events in the story that follow by______________________.
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17. Contrasts and Contradictions
Clues
A character behaves or thinks in a way we don’t expect, or a part of the setting is something we would not expect.
What It Shows:
Character Development, Internal Conflict, Theme, Relationship Between Setting and Plot
What Is It???
When you’re reading and you observe a sharp contrast between what you expect and what you observe the character doing; behavior that contradicts a character’s prior behavior patterns.
Ask Yourself:
Why would the character act (feel) this way?

18. What Are the Contrasts and Contradictions???
From Divergent

19. How Should I Write About Contrasts & Contradictions?
The character’s action or feeling that was unexpected was_________________________.
What was unexpected about the action/feeling was______________________________.
I think the character acted/felt that way because___________________________.
Add page numbers to your claims!

20. “Signposts Book Club Entry #1” 9/20/17
Directions: As you read Ch. 1 (p.15) and Ch. 2 of The Gun, write down at least 3 different signposts that you find.