Aha Moments

Rafiki helps Simba reach an AHA moment about what he should do next.  What is his AHA moment?

• Simba is not responsible for his father's death.  
• He will change for his father
• Rafiki helps him change his behavior
• He decides Rafiki has contradicted his previous behavior

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Luke is a third child in the book, Among the Hidden.  He describes being bored and lonely, but then has an AHA moment.  What is it? 

• He can help other thirds come out of hiding.
• He decides to fight back and come out of hiding
• His behavior changes drastically as he decides to help.
• His behavior contrasts with his previous behavior

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In The Maze Runner, Thomas has an AHA moment when he goes into the maze after Minho and Alby.  What is it? 

• He realizes Alby is badly hurt
• He realizes the maze is haunted
• He realizes what a dangerous situation he's gotten himself into, and that he will likely not survive
• He realizes that Minho was wrong about the maze, and that grievers aren't real

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When Ben is about to be banished, Thomas is trying to figure out how it will happen.  Suddenly, it dawns on him that...

• Ben will be banished if he doesn't say something
• Ben will not be banished after all
• The collar will go around a griever's neck
• the collar is for putting Ben into the maze

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In the short film, "Snack Attack," the old lady has an AHA moment when...

• She realizes that she'd been eating the boy's snack the whole time
• She realizes the boy was being selfish
• She realizes that she should have shared her snack
• She realizes that you should treat others the way you want to be treated

When you come across an AHA moment in your book, you should ask yourself...

• Why is the character doing that?
• How might this change things?
• What is the theme?
• Why didn't he think of that earlier?

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If a character has an AHA moment and figures out a problem, you probably just learned about the...

• characters
• genre
• setting
• conflict

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If a character has an AHA moment and understands a life lesson, you probably just learned about the...

• theme
• conflict
• genre
• setting

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What is theme?

• The underlying message the author is trying to teach you
• The main idea of the plot
• The entire plot of the story
• A summary of the story written by the author

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Why is an AHA moment a way to tell the theme?

• The character fails to learn a valuable lesson
• The reader can understand the plot better
• The character suddenly realizes the life-lesson, and that helps the reader learn the lesson
• The theme has nothing to do with AHA moments, but with contrasts and contradictions

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