My students demanded to know why I had come to school in these clothes. When I walked into my classroom in my alternative/punk attire (I know that it was alternative/punk because one of my students set the record straight when an unwitting student had the audacity to describe my outfit as gothic), questions fired from all sides of the room. When this happens, readers are supposed to ask themselves, "Why would the character act this way?" This question leads readers to make valuable inferences and even to foreshadow where they might not otherwise. (I talk about this book in more detail here.) One of these signposts is called "Contrasts & Contradictions" and occurs whenever a character behaves unexpectedly. Probst describe different "signposts" readers should look for as they read. If you haven't read Notice and Note yet, I highly recommend it! In this book, authors Kylene Beers and Robert E. It was Contrasts & Contradictions day-the day I introduced my favorite reading strategy to the class. No, a certain party-supply establishment had not experienced gastro-instestinal distress of any kind. This transformed my teaching over several years until one day I stood in front of my students with combat boots, fingerless gloves, a leather vest, a studded belt, dark lipstick, winged eyeliner, and a black wig. Probst, I stopped teaching books and started using books to teach reading strategies instead. My plan had worked.Īs a Literature teacher, I used to teach books to my students, but after reading The Book Whisperer, by Donalyn Miller, and Notice and Note, by Kylene Beers and Robert E. I peeked through my fake black bangs and smiled behind my mask.
"You look like Party City threw up on you." Hey, I love learning about learning.How I Introduce the Contrasts and Contradictions Signpost in Reading Class Ultimately, I decided that an essential question is a deep question - one that that leads to more questions and cannot be answered simply with a yes or no response. Yes, one category is called Tough Questions, which to me is the same as Essential Questions. But my mentor at my new school four years ago turned me on to this Notice and Note process. The more questions I had, the more confused I became. I googled, “What is an essential question?” And of course, I fell into the rabbit hole of what makes a good question. So I did what all teachers do when they don’t know and they don’t want to ask. I wanted to have the right - the most essential - questions on my bulletin board. Have your heard of ‘essential questions?’ When I first started teaching high school five years ago, the department chair told me, “Be sure that you have your Essential Questions posted for all to see somewhere in the classroom.”
After all, we all have essential questions, such as Who am I? Why am I here? What’s the meaning? The word ‘essential’ has taken on such important meaning this year, with the rise in respect for essential workers. And questioning is what we want young people to do - in literature and in life. You’re using the signposts to get into the characters of ask the book questions. When discussing literature, there’s often no right or wrong answer. When discussing literature with your students or homeschoolers, consider using Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading. What should we notice in a book? How do we note what we read? And in the teaching book Notice and Note, you’re given six avenues - ways to go or topics of conversation. A signpost is usually found at a crossroads.
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