Ready Steady Read Together
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
When?
How?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
The house was all alight within, and the joyous hubbub of its activity contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of the wolves throughout.
How might this extract linkto the illustration?
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From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
B) How does the author make the house appear inviting?
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Let me read today's text
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It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold but from dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger.
Snow lay thick, too, upon the roof of Willoughby Chase, the great house that stood on an open eminence in the heart of the wold. But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window. The house was all alight within, and the joyous hubbub of its activity contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of the wolves throughout.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
In the nursery a little girl was impatiently dancing up and down before the great window, fourteen feet high, which faced out over the park and commanded the long expanse of road.
“Will she be here soon, Pattern? Will she?” was her continual cry.
“We shall hear soon enough, I dare say, Miss Bonnie,” was the inevitable cry from her maid, who, on hands and knees in front of the fire, was folding and goffering the frills of twenty lace petticoats.
The little girl turned again to her impatient vigil. She had climbed up to the window-seat, the better to survey the snowy park, and was jumping on its well-sprung cushions, covered in crimson satin. Each time she bounced, she nearly hit the ceiling.
“Give over, Miss Bonnie, do,” said Pattern after a while. “Look at the dust you’re raising. I can hardly see my tongs. Come and sit by the fire. We shall hear soon enough when the train’s due.”
Bonnie left her perch reluctantly enough and came to sit by the fire. She was a slender creature, small for her age, but rosy-cheeked, with a mass of tumbled black locks falling to her shoulders, and two brilliant blue eyes, equally ready to dance with laughter or flash with indignation.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
open eminence
pleated hills
wold
sombre
crenelated
corniced
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From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. 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
pleated hills
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Find Read Talk
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Your turn
pleated hills
wold
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
open emincence
crenelated
corniced
sombre
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check
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Reveal Vocabulary
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold. From dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger. Snow lay thick, too, upon the roof of Willoughby Chase, the great house that stood on an open eminence in the heart of the wold. But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window. The house was all alight within, and the joyous hubbub of its activity contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of the wolves throughout.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
In the nursery a little girl was impatiently dancing up and down before the great window, fourteen feet high, which faced out over the park and commanded the long expanse of road.
“Will she be here soon, Pattern? Will she?” was her continual cry.
“We shall hear soon enough, I dare say, Miss Bonnie,” was the inevitable cry from her maid, who, on hands and knees in front of the fire, was folding and goffering the frills of twenty lace petticoats.
The little girl turned again to her impatient vigil. She had climbed up to the window-seat, the better to survey the snowy park, and was jumping on its well-sprung cushions, covered in crimson satin. Each time she bounced, she nearly hit the ceiling.
“Give over, Miss Bonnie, do,” said Pattern after a while. “Look at the dust you’re raising. I can hardly see my tongs. Come and sit by the fire. We shall hear soon enough when the train’s due.”
Bonnie left her perch reluctantly enough and came to sit by the fire. She was a slender creature, small for her age, but rosy-cheeked, with a mass of tumbled black locks falling to her shoulders, and two brilliant blue eyes, equally ready to dance with laughter or flash with indignation.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home
- a warm and welcoming stronghold.
Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for,
its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky,
and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow,
each held a golden square of window.
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window.
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point & Read Between the Lines
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
What's the main idea of the text?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold.
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
Reveal Explainer
The setting sounds uninviting because it is dark and cold. The word dusk suggests it is getting darker. The snow is piled on the road which means there is a great amount of snow and is freezing outside.
Teach
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
B) How does the author make the house appear inviting?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - snow lay piled - from dawn men had been clearing it (the snow) - hundreds of them at work wrapped in sacking - bitter cold
unpleasantly cold with an excessive amount of snow
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
Text Mark Evidence - keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves - savage and reckless from hunger - hideous howling of the wolves throughout
dangerous and tense as there are savage and hungry wolves prowling around
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - great house - stronghold - well-cared for - numerous turrets and battlements - crenelated balconies
an impressive/large, sturdy and safe house
B) How does the author make the house sound inviting?
Text Mark Evidence contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of wolves
contrasts with the unpleasant environment
Text Mark Evidence - heart of the wold - an inviting home - warm and welcoming - alight within, and the joyous hubbub of activity
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
a cheerful and desirable place to be
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'pleated'?
True or False?
The house, Willoughby Chase, was equally as inviting as the land upon which it sat.
True
False
Find Me
Which word in thetext below means 'fierce and violent'?
There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger.
Discuss then check
savage
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
Tick the one which is not used to describe Willoughby Chase:
Tick one
A a golden square square of window
B grand wooden door
Check
C rosy herring-bone brick
Click if correct
D numerous turrets and battlements
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read together!
Reveal
Enjoy fiction as a shared experience with friends and family.
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: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
When?
How?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
The house was all alight within, and the joyous hubbub of its activity contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of the wolves throughout.
How might this extract linkto the illustration?
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
B) How does the author make the house appear inviting?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold but from dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger. Snow lay thick, too, upon the roof of Willoughby Chase, the great house that stood on an open eminence in the heart of the wold. But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window. The house was all alight within, and the joyous hubbub of its activity contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of the wolves throughout.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
In the nursery a little girl was impatiently dancing up and down before the great window, fourteen feet high, which faced out over the park and commanded the long expanse of road. “Will she be here soon, Pattern? Will she?” was her continual cry. “We shall hear soon enough, I dare say, Miss Bonnie,” was the inevitable cry from her maid, who, on hands and knees in front of the fire, was folding and goffering the frills of twenty lace petticoats. The little girl turned again to her impatient vigil. She had climbed up to the window-seat, the better to survey the snowy park, and was jumping on its well-sprung cushions, covered in crimson satin. Each time she bounced, she nearly hit the ceiling. “Give over, Miss Bonnie, do,” said Pattern after a while. “Look at the dust you’re raising. I can hardly see my tongs. Come and sit by the fire. We shall hear soon enough when the train’s due.” Bonnie left her perch reluctantly enough and came to sit by the fire. She was a slender creature, small for her age, but rosy-cheeked, with a mass of tumbled black locks falling to her shoulders, and two brilliant blue eyes, equally ready to dance with laughter or flash with indignation.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
open eminence
pleated hills
wold
sombre
crenelated
corniced
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. 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
pleated hills
Explore
Find Read Talk
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Your turn
pleated hills
wold
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
open emincence
crenelated
corniced
sombre
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold. From dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger. Snow lay thick, too, upon the roof of Willoughby Chase, the great house that stood on an open eminence in the heart of the wold. But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window. The house was all alight within, and the joyous hubbub of its activity contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of the wolves throughout.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
In the nursery a little girl was impatiently dancing up and down before the great window, fourteen feet high, which faced out over the park and commanded the long expanse of road. “Will she be here soon, Pattern? Will she?” was her continual cry. “We shall hear soon enough, I dare say, Miss Bonnie,” was the inevitable cry from her maid, who, on hands and knees in front of the fire, was folding and goffering the frills of twenty lace petticoats. The little girl turned again to her impatient vigil. She had climbed up to the window-seat, the better to survey the snowy park, and was jumping on its well-sprung cushions, covered in crimson satin. Each time she bounced, she nearly hit the ceiling. “Give over, Miss Bonnie, do,” said Pattern after a while. “Look at the dust you’re raising. I can hardly see my tongs. Come and sit by the fire. We shall hear soon enough when the train’s due.” Bonnie left her perch reluctantly enough and came to sit by the fire. She was a slender creature, small for her age, but rosy-cheeked, with a mass of tumbled black locks falling to her shoulders, and two brilliant blue eyes, equally ready to dance with laughter or flash with indignation.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home
- a warm and welcoming stronghold.
Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for,
its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky,
and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow,
each held a golden square of window.
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
But for all that, the Chase looked an inviting home – a warm and welcoming stronghold. Its rosy herring-bone brick was bright and well-cared for, its numerous turrets and battlements stood up sharp against the sky, and the crenelated balconies, corniced with snow, each held a golden square of window.
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point & Read Between the Lines
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
What's the main idea of the text?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
It was dusk – winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold.
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
Reveal Explainer
The setting sounds uninviting because it is dark and cold. The word dusk suggests it is getting darker. The snow is piled on the road which means there is a great amount of snow and is freezing outside.
Teach
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
B) How does the author make the house appear inviting?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - snow lay piled - from dawn men had been clearing it (the snow) - hundreds of them at work wrapped in sacking - bitter cold
unpleasantly cold with an excessive amount of snow
A) How does the author make the setting appear uninviting?
Text Mark Evidence - keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves - savage and reckless from hunger - hideous howling of the wolves throughout
dangerous and tense as there are savage and hungry wolves prowling around
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - great house - stronghold - well-cared for - numerous turrets and battlements - crenelated balconies
an impressive/large, sturdy and safe house
B) How does the author make the house sound inviting?
Text Mark Evidence contrasted with the sombre sighing of the wind and the hideous howling of wolves
contrasts with the unpleasant environment
Text Mark Evidence - heart of the wold - an inviting home - warm and welcoming - alight within, and the joyous hubbub of activity
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
a cheerful and desirable place to be
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'pleated'?
True or False?
The house, Willoughby Chase, was equally as inviting as the land upon which it sat.
True
False
Find Me
Which word in thetext below means 'fierce and violent'?
There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger.
Discuss then check
savage
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
Tick the one which is not used to describe Willoughby Chase:
Tick one
A a golden square square of window
B grand wooden door
Check
C rosy herring-bone brick
Click if correct
D numerous turrets and battlements
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read together!
Reveal
Enjoy fiction as a shared experience with friends and family.
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: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.