MS Notice and Note: Big Questions

• I was shocked about . . .
• I was surprised when . . .
• I never thought about  . . .
• I could not believe . . .
• Really?

There are four main categories of surprise:

• New information ("I didn't know that!")
• Suspicious information ("Really? Is that true?")
• Clarifying information ("Oh! Now I get it!")
• A different perspective ("I hadn't thought of it that way" or "How could anyone think that way?" or "This surprises me. Is there another way to see this?") p.82 Notice and Note Nonfiction Beers & Probst.

• I did not know . . .
• I was confused by . . .
• The author assumed . . .
• The author thought I knew. . .

Students identify four types of problems:

1. The author thought I'd know what this word means (Vocabulary)
2. The author thought I could picture this (Visualising)
3. The author thought I'd know something about this (Prior knowledge)
4. The author thought I'd get how this happens (Sequencing or causal relationships) p. 92 Notice and Note Nonfiction Beers & Probst

• I did not know . . .
• I was confused by . . .
• The author assumed . . .
• The author thought I knew. . .