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SIGNPOST QUESTIONS

SIGNPOST Again & Again QUESTION #1 What did you find that keeps coming up over and over? What words told you this was going to be an Aha Moment? What character action or feeling was unexpected? What was happening when the character recalled the memory? How did you know this was going to be a tough question? PAGE QUESTION #2 Why do you think the author keep repeating this word, phrase, image, idea, or situation? What realization came to the characters mind? What was unexpected about the action/feeling? What memory came to the characters mind? What did you wonder about when you thought about the question? QUESTION #3 What does this Again and Again signpost lead you to think is going to happen later in the story? How is this realization likely to be important in the story? Why do you think the character acted/felt that way? Why do you think this memory is important to the character or to the story? How is this question important to the story and how do you think the character will answer it? (Or, how will his or her answer affects the events in the story that follow?) How do you think this will affect the main character (or the one who received the advice)?

AHA Moment Contrasts & Contradictions Memory Moment Tough Questions

Words of the Wiser

What did you see that told you this was going to be a Words-or-the-Wiser moment?

What advice or insight did the wiser character share?

SIGNPOST QUESTIONS
SIGNPOST Again & Again QUESTION #1 What did you find that keeps coming up over and over? What words told you this was going to be an Aha Moment? What character action or feeling was unexpected? What was happening when the character recalled the memory? How did you know this was going to be a tough question? PAGE QUESTION #2 Why do you think the author keep repeating this word, phrase, image, idea, or situation? What realization came to the characters mind? What was unexpected about the action/feeling? What memory came to the characters mind? What did you wonder about when you thought about the question? QUESTION #3 What does this Again and Again signpost lead you to think is going to happen later in the story? How is this realization likely to be important in the story? Why do you think the character acted/felt that way? Why do you think this memory is important to the character or to the story? How is this question important to the story and how do you think the character will answer it? (Or, how will his or her answer affects the events in the story that follow?) How do you think this will affect the main character (or the one who received the advice)?

AHA Moment Contrasts & Contradictions Memory Moment Tough Questions

Words of the Wiser

What did you see that told you this was going to be a Words-or-the-Wiser moment?

What advice or insight did the wiser character share?

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE / October

Name __________________________

1. Identify at least 4 signposts from October. Indicate the page numbers of these signposts on the chart. Then choose two of these signposts to write about in the boxes below. VERY JUICY WRITING! 2. Choose two signposts from October and write your responses in the box below. Please be sure to read each question carefully. 3. Choose one signpost from your SSR book and write your responses in the third box. SIGNPOST QUESTION #1 PAGE QUESTION #2 QUESTION #3

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