Do Now:Quick Write

• Get out your Reading Journal• Date the entry and add it to your Table of

Contents

Do you ever feel like a teacher, or maybe one of your parents, is a broken record? What is it that he/she seems to repeat over and over? Why do you think that might be?

Notice & NoteStrategies for Close Reading

Reading literary texts with deeper understanding.

Learning TargetSuccess 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.

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.

Again and Again• 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!

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 happen again and again?

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?

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.

Again and Again• Let's STOP right here and notice how Paulsen is

using the AGAIN and AGAIN signpost.• Brian uses the word divorce twice and he

emphasizes it, too, by letting it stand alone as a one-word sentence. o he says that his thinking always started with that word.

• Now that we've noticed the repetition, we should now ask ourselves the anchor question, Why does this keep showing up again and again?

Again and Again• After reading just a few more lines, we see the

author is using this strategy, repetition, yet again.

• Discuss with your elbow partner:o where you have spotted this in the passageo why you think this keeps showing up again

and again

Again and Again• Let's read on. This time, as I read, highlight,

underline, or put an AA next to anything that you think is repeated, something the author probably wants us to notice as repetitious.

Again and Again• What repetitions did you notice?• Note the repetitions -the AGAIN and AGAIN- and

then ask yourself the anchor question: Why does this show up again and again? Record your answer in the margins.

• Now turn to your neighbor and discuss thoughts and observations.

Again and Again• Many of you noticed that another word is

beginning to show up again and again- Secret.o And we know it's important since it is capitalized. o Brian knows the secret that caused the divorce, and he

hasn't told anyone about it. o Why might the author be returning to this again and

again?

• If we read on in this novel, we would have to see if the divorce, and his feeling of being so alone because of it, play the important role in the story that we've been led to expect.

Again and AgainReview: Turn to your elbow partner and discuss these questions:

o Why should we be alert to the words, phrases, actions, or situations that the author shows us over and over?

o What should we stop and ask ourselves (anchor question) when we come across these Again and Again signposts?

Again and Againin 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 4th 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 need to jot them down.

Pg # Signpost

What I Noticed Note: What it means/ shows

1 AA Shannon remembers Neal as a climber

3 AA Shannon’s biggest hope for summer = climbing

9 AA Shannon thinks Neal might comment on the climbing she’s done

14 AA Shannon mentions rock climbing again

3 AA See above!

20 AA Hopeless – Shannon & woman about catching possum

22 AA Hopeless – Shannon says about catching baby raccoons in the car

27 AA Hope or Help – Shannon notices lost soul boy’s appealing eyes

??? AA Uncle Neal being tired or weak

??? AA Cody’s fixation on disaster

Reading Journalfor Jackie’s Wild

Seattle• Chapter 7 = Homework• You are looking for CC’s, MM’s, TQ’s and now AA’s as

well.o CC = Contrast and Contradictionso MM = Memory Momentso TQ = Tough Questionso AA = Again and Again