SCIW (“skew”)
These 4 letters remind us to ‘drink in’ info from traffic signs one gulp at a time. So, approaching a sign, ask yourself what’s its …
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It’s just like walking towards someone holding a book. Is it big or small, shut or open, thick/thin, in colour or not, with pictures or just words? How are the pages laid out? Now you’re closer, do the words look like speech or a list, a poem or a dense novel?
Notice how we’ve not yet READ any words from that book. Yet already we know a lot of what to expect before deciding if we want (or need) to engage with the “unfolding story”.
Here’s an example.
Notice how we’ve not yet READ any words from that book. Yet already we know a lot of what to expect before deciding if we want (or need) to engage with the “unfolding story”.
Here’s an example.