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Billy is known around the city as a “tough guy”. He can usually be spotted speeding down the street on his Harley. He is covered in skull tattoos. Most people don't know Billy is a loving grandfather who spends Wednesday evenings rocking infants in the church nursery.
Words of the Wiser
Aha Moment
Tough Questions
Contrasts and Contradictions
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Charlotte forgot her lunch at home. In reading class, Charlotte read about a girl trying to bake the perfect batch of cookies. In history, Charlotte’s teacher talked about food eaten during the first Thanksgiving. Even in math class, the lesson on fractions reminded Charlotte of a delicious pizza. Her stomach growled.
Tough Questions
Memory Moment
Words of the Wiser
Again and Again
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Missy's best friend Penny stole the science test off of Mr. Phillip’s desk. She was offering cheat sheets to anyone who was willing to pay $5. Missy was conflicted: should she pay the money and make an A or tell the teacher and risk becoming everyone at school’s new target?
Words of the Wiser
Contrasts and Contradictions
Tough Questions
Again and Again
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What question should you ask yourself when you find a contrast or contradiction?
How might this change things?
What does this make me wonder about?
Why is the character doing that?
What is the lesson?
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An Aha Moment is when a character finally...
Does the opposite of what you'd expect
Get what he/she wants
Gives advice
Understands or realizes something
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What question should we ask when we see a words of the wiser moment?
What does this question make me wonder about?
Why is this memory important?
Why does this keep happening again and again?
What's the life lesson, and how might it affect the character?
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When the character asks himself or herself a really difficult question.Words of the wiserAha momentAgain and AgainTough questions
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When a character says or does something that's opposite of what he or she has been saying or doing all along.Aha momentTough questionsWords of the wiserContrasts and contradictions
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When a character takes the main character aside and gives serious advice.Words of the wiserTough questionsAha momentAgain and Again
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When a word, phrase, object or situation is mentioned over and over.Tough questionsAha momentAgain and AgainWords of the wiser
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When a character suddenly realizes, understands or finally figures something out.Tough questionsWords of the wiserAha momentAgain and Again
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When the author interrupts the action to tell you a memory.Memory momentContrasts and contradictionsTough questionsAha moment
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My older sister came over to me and let me know the secret to her success. "No matter how difficult it is, you have to keep trying. When I started at a new school it was difficult at first. Try joining a club to meet more people."
Contrasts & contradictions
Words of the Wiser
Memory Moment
Tough Questions
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Suddenly I realized what I could never see before. The truth is my grandma had been there for me all along. It all made sense.
Memory Moment
Tough Questions
Aha Moment
Again and Again
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Stop & Ask: What does this question make me wonder about?
Memory Moment
Again and Again
Tough Questions
Contrasts and Contradictions
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Stop & Ask: Why would the character act or feel this way?
Contrasts and Contradictions
Memory Moment
One More Time
Aha Moment
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Stop & Ask: Why might this memory be important?
contrast & contradictions
words of the wiser
Memory Moment
aha moment
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Stop & Ask: What is the life lesson and how could it affect the character?
aha moment
words of the wiser
tough questions
again & again
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The answers to tough questions will tell you about the character's
internal conflict
theme
external conflict
past
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Words of the Wiser usually help you learn about the
falling action
theme
conflict
exposition