So that about does it for Contrasts and Contradictions. (we only did it whole group and orally before) They worked in pairs to make note of the C/C in the short story. Now that the students were becoming more familiar with the ideas of what it means for a character to act out of the ordinary, I gave them a little foldable I created asking them to actually list out the instances in "Thank You, Ma'am" where the Contrasts and Contradictions moments occurred. We created the same t-chart as with the Presto movie to map out the contradicting character actions. This was a bit more challenging this time, as the students wanted to list all of the things *they* thought were weird (ie: bats eating bugs) and not thinking about that being out of the ordinary for *that* character. (just like my friend Kathie at Tried and True Teaching Tools did) I read the book to the students and, again, they noted when the character acted in a way that contradicted with what they thought would happen. We then did a lesson another day using the book Stellaluna The other side was labeled "Why did the character act this way?" Then the students told me all of the times they jotted down when one of the characters acted in an unexpected way, and the reason for it. One side of the t-chart was for "Characters Actions". As we were watching, I had the students note the times when they asked themselves "Why did the character act this way?" After a lot of laughing on the students' part (it was a funny movie that they LOVED), we created a T-chart on the board. Signposts Here are the names of the signposts. anchor question: Why is the character doing. Title: Link to the Video: Grade Level: Signposts : Lesson Idea: (A website with links to many videos and ideas for teaching literacy. This is a funny little short movie about a magician's bunny who acts in very unexpected ways. They may not look like signposts you see on our roads, but they are similar because they help us know what to watch for. I find the Contrasts and Contradictions signpost to be most useful for teaching conflict and inferencing. The next time we visited the signposts, I showed the students the Pixar short Presto. ![]() Having the kids write this down really helped them to begin to internalize the information. They wrote the information in their journals as I was writing on the poster. Click the link above that will take you to my Amazon Affliate link to purchase the book.ĭuring that introduction lesson, I created this anchor chart with the students. There are a lot of great ideas contained within the book itself that will be helpful to you as a teacher when teaching the signposts. I highly recommend purchasing the book and starting with this lesson, if you haven't. Contrast a character goes against what hes said or done before - he does or. To introduce the signpost to my fifth graders, I began with the "Thank You, Ma'am" lesson in the book. ![]() I wanted to share with you a few of the things we did in class that helped the students to really grasp the idea of a character acting out of the norm for that particular character. We finally began looking at the Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading signposts this week, starting with the tried and true Contrasts and Contradictions.
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