Identify the Guidepost
When a character realizes something important.
What is an AHA MOMENT?
The name of the contraption that Natalie, Twig, and Dari drop at the Egg Drop Contest.
What is S'meggs?
To search through things in a hurried and messy way
What is rummage?
Calculate
What is calculator?
The "S" in S.T.E.P.
What is "Say the Problem"?
When the author repeats a word/phrase or uses an object or image repeatedly.
What is AGAIN & AGAIN?
Natalie makes dduk on New Year's. This dish is believed to represent this.
What is luck?
Impossible to understand
What is incomprehensible?
Economy
What is economist?
The "T" in S.T.E.P.
What is "Think of Solutions"?
A reflection by the character that interrupts the forward progress of the story.
What is MEMORY MOMENT?
City where Twig buys the figurine she gives to Natalie.
What is Paris?
Something very wrong or unfair
What is a travesty?
Speak
What is speaker?
The "E" in S.T.E.P.
What is "Explore Consequences"?
A sharp difference between what we would expect and what we observe a character doing.
What is CONTRAST & CONTRADICTION?
The U.S. state where the Cobalt Blue Orchid grows.
What is New Mexico?
Something unusual or different from what is expected
What is an anomaly?
Cartoon
What is cartoonist?
The "P" in S.T.E.P.
What is "Pick the Best Solution"?
The advice or insight offered to the main character by a more experienced or older character.
What is WORDS OF THE WISER?
Type of company that Mr. Neely worked for before becoming a teacher?
What is a pharmaceutical company?
Appearing in a large or threatening way
Incinerate
What is incinerator?
The acronym is used to help students problem-solve when social conflicts arise.
What is S.T.E.P.?