Ready Steady Read Together
Beowulf: Fiction Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
In truth, their sleep was fitful. The warriors lay tossing and turning in their sleep.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
B) How can you tell Beowulf and his men are nervous?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win." So, Beowulf and his men went to their beds, but in truth their sleep was fitful. There was not one of them, not even Beowulf himself, who could be certain how the night would end. They did not know whether any of them would ever again see the light of dawn. They knew very well how many brave men this Grendel creature had dragged, lifeless and bleeding from Heorot. They knew how unlikely it was that some, or all of them, would ever again see their home. In silent prayer, each of them placed his life in the hands of God. Up from his lair and through the shadows came Grendel, while in Heorot the warriors lay tossing and turning in their sleep. Only one of them was left on ever watchful guard, every moment steeling himself for the battle he knew must come soon.
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
endeavours
fitful
triumph
warriors
tossing and turning
steeling
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From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
endeavours
Explore
Find Read Talk
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
endeavours
Your turn
triumph
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
fitful
warriors
tossing and turning
steeling
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win." So, Beowulf and his men went to their beds, but in truth their sleep was fitful. There was not one of them, not even Beowulf himself, who could be certain how the night would end. They did not know whether any of them would ever again see the light of dawn. They knew very well how many brave men this Grendel creature had dragged, lifeless and bleeding from Heorot. They knew how unlikely it was that some, or all of them, would ever again see their home. In silent prayer, each of them placed his life in the hands of God. Up from his lair and through the shadows came Grendel, while in Heorot the warriors lay tossing and turning in their sleep. Only one of them was left on ever watchful guard, every moment steeling himself for the battle he knew must come soon.
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win."
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered.
"Remember we fight this fight in his name.
I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength.
Let God choose which of us shall triumph
and we have no fear of losing.
Believe that, my friends, and we shall win."
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win."
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name...
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
Reveal Explainer
I think Beowulf and his men believe in God because they pray for his blessing before battle.
Teach
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
B) How can you tell Beowulf and his men are nervous?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence with my own God-given strength
warrior strength came from God
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
Text Mark Evidencelet God choose which one of us shall triumph
believes that God will choose good over evil
trust in God to keep them safe
Text Mark Evidence - in silent prayer - placed his life in the hands of God
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - sleep was fitful -lay tossing and turning in their sleep
they couldn't sleep
B) How can you tell Beowulf and his men are nervous?
Text Mark Evidence - not one...could be certain how the night would end - any of them would ever again see the light of dawn - knew how many brave men...dragged lifeless
they knew they might die/didn't know what would happen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - in silent prayer - placed his life in the hands of God
they prayed to God for help
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'steeling'?
True or False?
Beowulf and his men were certain that God would keep them safe in battle with Grendel.
True
False
Which One's Right?
What was Grendel doing during this part of the story?
A On ever watchful guard, steeling himself for battle
B Leaving his lair and wandering through the shadows
C Tossing and turning in his sleep
D Praying to God to help him win the battle
Find Me
Which word is anotherword for 'dead'?
They knew very well how many brave men this Grendel creature had dragged, lifeless and bleeding from Heorot. They knew how unlikely it was that some, or all of them, would ever again see their home.
Discuss then check
lifeless
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask "What if?"
Reveal
Imagine how the story would change if the characters made different choices.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Beowulf: Fiction Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
In truth, their sleep was fitful. The warriors lay tossing and turning in their sleep.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
B) How can you tell Beowulf and his men are nervous?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win." So, Beowulf and his men went to their beds, but in truth their sleep was fitful. There was not one of them, not even Beowulf himself, who could be certain how the night would end. They did not know whether any of them would ever again see the light of dawn. They knew very well how many brave men this Grendel creature had dragged, lifeless and bleeding from Heorot. They knew how unlikely it was that some, or all of them, would ever again see their home. In silent prayer, each of them placed his life in the hands of God. Up from his lair and through the shadows came Grendel, while in Heorot the warriors lay tossing and turning in their sleep. Only one of them was left on ever watchful guard, every moment steeling himself for the battle he knew must come soon.
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
endeavours
fitful
triumph
warriors
tossing and turning
steeling
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
endeavours
Explore
Find Read Talk
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
endeavours
Your turn
triumph
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
fitful
warriors
tossing and turning
steeling
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win." So, Beowulf and his men went to their beds, but in truth their sleep was fitful. There was not one of them, not even Beowulf himself, who could be certain how the night would end. They did not know whether any of them would ever again see the light of dawn. They knew very well how many brave men this Grendel creature had dragged, lifeless and bleeding from Heorot. They knew how unlikely it was that some, or all of them, would ever again see their home. In silent prayer, each of them placed his life in the hands of God. Up from his lair and through the shadows came Grendel, while in Heorot the warriors lay tossing and turning in their sleep. Only one of them was left on ever watchful guard, every moment steeling himself for the battle he knew must come soon.
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win."
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered.
"Remember we fight this fight in his name.
I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength.
Let God choose which of us shall triumph
and we have no fear of losing.
Believe that, my friends, and we shall win."
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember we fight this fight in his name. I shall cut short the monster's life with my own God-given strength. Let God choose which of us shall triumph and we have no fear of losing. Believe that, my friends, and we shall win."
Explore
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
"We ask the Lord to bless our endeavours tonight," Beowulf whispered. "Remember, we fight this fight in his name...
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
Reveal Explainer
I think Beowulf and his men believe in God because they pray for his blessing before battle.
Teach
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
B) How can you tell Beowulf and his men are nervous?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence with my own God-given strength
warrior strength came from God
A) How can you tell Beowulf and his men believe in God?
Text Mark Evidencelet God choose which one of us shall triumph
believes that God will choose good over evil
trust in God to keep them safe
Text Mark Evidence - in silent prayer - placed his life in the hands of God
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - sleep was fitful -lay tossing and turning in their sleep
they couldn't sleep
B) How can you tell Beowulf and his men are nervous?
Text Mark Evidence - not one...could be certain how the night would end - any of them would ever again see the light of dawn - knew how many brave men...dragged lifeless
they knew they might die/didn't know what would happen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - in silent prayer - placed his life in the hands of God
they prayed to God for help
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'steeling'?
True or False?
Beowulf and his men were certain that God would keep them safe in battle with Grendel.
True
False
Which One's Right?
What was Grendel doing during this part of the story?
A On ever watchful guard, steeling himself for battle
B Leaving his lair and wandering through the shadows
C Tossing and turning in his sleep
D Praying to God to help him win the battle
Find Me
Which word is anotherword for 'dead'?
They knew very well how many brave men this Grendel creature had dragged, lifeless and bleeding from Heorot. They knew how unlikely it was that some, or all of them, would ever again see their home.
Discuss then check
lifeless
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask "What if?"
Reveal
Imagine how the story would change if the characters made different choices.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
From: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.