Ready Steady Read Together
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
I can't believe you are really here at last!
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)
What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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Let me read today's text
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The two children were silent for a moment or two, as the carriage galloped on its way. The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards, gradually thawing her numbed and chilled feet, but the sweetest thing of all was the friendly pressure of Bonnie’s hand and the loving brightness of her smile as she turned, every now and then, to scan her cousin.
“I can’t believe you are really here at last!” she said. “What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games! And in the summer we can go for excursions on the wolds with the pony-trap. If only Mamma and Papa did not have to go away it would be quite perfect.”
She sighed.
“Poor Bonnie,” said Sylvia impulsively, squeezing her cousin’s hand. “Perhaps it will not be for very long.” She received a grateful pressure in return, and they were silent again, listening to the crunch of the wheels on the snow and the cry of the wolf-pack, now becoming fainter behind them in the distance.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
There was something magical about this ride which Sylvia was to remember for the rest of her life – the dark, snow-scented air blowing constantly past them, the snugness and security of the carriage, and above all Bonnie’s happy welcoming presence beside her. Sylvia found her eyelids closing despite all her efforts to keep awake. But she had hardly more than dozed off when the carriage stopped with a clattering and a barking of dogs, and many shouts of greeting. Looking eagerly out of the window, she saw the great, rosy, glittering Willoughby Chase, with every window shining a golden welcome. They had arrived.
Bonnie had the carriage unlatched in a moment and leaped out into the snow, turning to help her cousin with affectionate care. Sylvia was stiff and dazed with fatigue, and as Bonnie led her tenderly up the great curving flight of steps and into the hall, she received only a vague impression of many lights and much warmth.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
excursions
carriage
thawing
presence
impulsively
pony-trap
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
carriage
Explore
Find Read Talk
The two children were silent for a moment or two, as the carriage galloped on its way. The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards,...
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Your turn
carriage
thawing
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
excursions
pony-trap
impulsively
presence
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The two children were silent for a moment or two, as the carriage galloped on its way. The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards, gradually thawing her numbed and chilled feet, but the sweetest thing of all was the friendly pressure of Bonnie’s hand and the loving brightness of her smile as she turned, every now and then, to scan her cousin.
“I can’t believe you are really here at last!” she said. “What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games! And in the summer we can go for excursions on the wolds with the pony-trap. If only Mamma and Papa did not have to go away it would be quite perfect.”
She sighed.
“Poor Bonnie,” said Sylvia impulsively, squeezing her cousin’s hand. “Perhaps it will not be for very long.” She received a grateful pressure in return, and they were silent again, listening to the crunch of the wheels on the snow and the cry of the wolf-pack, now becoming fainter behind them in the distance.
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
There was something magical about this ride which Sylvia was to remember for the rest of her life – the dark, snow-scented air blowing constantly past them, the snugness and security of the carriage, and above all Bonnie’s happy welcoming presence beside her.
Sylvia found her eyelids closing despite all her efforts to keep awake. But she had hardly more than dozed off when the carriage stopped with a clattering and a barking of dogs, and many shouts of greeting. Looking eagerly out of the window, she saw the great, rosy, glittering Willoughby Chase, with every window shining a golden welcome. They had arrived.
Bonnie had the carriage unlatched in a moment and leaped out into the snow, turning to help her cousin with affectionate care. Sylvia was stiff and dazed with fatigue, and as Bonnie led her tenderly up the great curving flight of steps and into the hall, she received only a vague impression of many lights and much warmth.
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...
“What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games!"
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
"What delightful times we shall have!
Oh, I can't wait to show you everything - the ponies
- my father has bought a new little quiet one for you,
in case you are not used to riding
- and the hot-house flowers, and my collects, and the wolf-hounds.
We shall have such games!"
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
“What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games!"
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Strategy: Main Point & Read Between the Lines
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
What's the main idea of the text?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards, gradually thawing her numbed and chilled feet, but the sweetest thing of all was the friendly pressure of Bonnie’s hand and the loving brightness of her smile as she turned, every now and then, to scan her cousin.
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Bonnie’s warmth and kindness make Sylvia feel welcome and comforted.
Reveal Explainer
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
What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - here at last - can't wait - something magical about this ride - quite perfect
happy to be together
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Text Mark Evidence - can't wait to show you everything - what delightful times we shall have - we shall have such games - can go for excursions on the wolds - quite perfect
became friends quickly and planned for adventures
Text Mark Evidence - squeezing her cousin's hand - received a grateful pressure in return - Bonnie's happy welcoming presence
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
reassured by each other
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'thawing'?
Match Me
Match the nouns with the adjectives from the text...
feet
air
rugs
ride
A magical
D numbed
Check
Click if correct
B snow-scented
C delicious
Find Me
Which word in the text below means to to do something without thinking about the consequences first?
“Poor Bonnie,” said Sylvia impulsively, squeezing her cousin’s hand. “Perhaps it will not be for very long.” She received a grateful pressure in return, and they were silent again.
Discuss then check
impulsively
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
What vehicle was used to collect Sylvia from the train station?
Tick one
A) train
B) pony-trap
Check
C) carriage
Click if correct
D) car
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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 3
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?
I can't believe you are really here at last!
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)
What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The two children were silent for a moment or two, as the carriage galloped on its way. The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards, gradually thawing her numbed and chilled feet, but the sweetest thing of all was the friendly pressure of Bonnie’s hand and the loving brightness of her smile as she turned, every now and then, to scan her cousin. “I can’t believe you are really here at last!” she said. “What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games! And in the summer we can go for excursions on the wolds with the pony-trap. If only Mamma and Papa did not have to go away it would be quite perfect.” She sighed. “Poor Bonnie,” said Sylvia impulsively, squeezing her cousin’s hand. “Perhaps it will not be for very long.” She received a grateful pressure in return, and they were silent again, listening to the crunch of the wheels on the snow and the cry of the wolf-pack, now becoming fainter behind them in the distance.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
There was something magical about this ride which Sylvia was to remember for the rest of her life – the dark, snow-scented air blowing constantly past them, the snugness and security of the carriage, and above all Bonnie’s happy welcoming presence beside her. Sylvia found her eyelids closing despite all her efforts to keep awake. But she had hardly more than dozed off when the carriage stopped with a clattering and a barking of dogs, and many shouts of greeting. Looking eagerly out of the window, she saw the great, rosy, glittering Willoughby Chase, with every window shining a golden welcome. They had arrived. Bonnie had the carriage unlatched in a moment and leaped out into the snow, turning to help her cousin with affectionate care. Sylvia was stiff and dazed with fatigue, and as Bonnie led her tenderly up the great curving flight of steps and into the hall, she received only a vague impression of many lights and much warmth.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
excursions
carriage
thawing
presence
impulsively
pony-trap
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
carriage
Explore
Find Read Talk
The two children were silent for a moment or two, as the carriage galloped on its way. The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards,...
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Your turn
carriage
thawing
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
excursions
pony-trap
impulsively
presence
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The two children were silent for a moment or two, as the carriage galloped on its way. The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards, gradually thawing her numbed and chilled feet, but the sweetest thing of all was the friendly pressure of Bonnie’s hand and the loving brightness of her smile as she turned, every now and then, to scan her cousin. “I can’t believe you are really here at last!” she said. “What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games! And in the summer we can go for excursions on the wolds with the pony-trap. If only Mamma and Papa did not have to go away it would be quite perfect.” She sighed. “Poor Bonnie,” said Sylvia impulsively, squeezing her cousin’s hand. “Perhaps it will not be for very long.” She received a grateful pressure in return, and they were silent again, listening to the crunch of the wheels on the snow and the cry of the wolf-pack, now becoming fainter behind them in the distance.
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
There was something magical about this ride which Sylvia was to remember for the rest of her life – the dark, snow-scented air blowing constantly past them, the snugness and security of the carriage, and above all Bonnie’s happy welcoming presence beside her. Sylvia found her eyelids closing despite all her efforts to keep awake. But she had hardly more than dozed off when the carriage stopped with a clattering and a barking of dogs, and many shouts of greeting. Looking eagerly out of the window, she saw the great, rosy, glittering Willoughby Chase, with every window shining a golden welcome. They had arrived. Bonnie had the carriage unlatched in a moment and leaped out into the snow, turning to help her cousin with affectionate care. Sylvia was stiff and dazed with fatigue, and as Bonnie led her tenderly up the great curving flight of steps and into the hall, she received only a vague impression of many lights and much warmth.
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...
“What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games!"
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
"What delightful times we shall have!
Oh, I can't wait to show you everything - the ponies
- my father has bought a new little quiet one for you,
in case you are not used to riding
- and the hot-house flowers, and my collects, and the wolf-hounds.
We shall have such games!"
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
“What delightful times we shall have! Oh, I can’t wait to show you everything – the ponies – my father has bought a new little quiet one for you, in case you are not used to riding – and the hot-house flowers, and my collections, and the wolf-hounds. We shall have such games!"
Explore
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Strategy: Main Point & Read Between the Lines
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
What's the main idea of the text?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
The soft rugs were delicious to Sylvia, and the grateful warmth of the foot-warmer as it struck upwards, gradually thawing her numbed and chilled feet, but the sweetest thing of all was the friendly pressure of Bonnie’s hand and the loving brightness of her smile as she turned, every now and then, to scan her cousin.
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Bonnie’s warmth and kindness make Sylvia feel welcome and comforted.
Reveal Explainer
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
What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - here at last - can't wait - something magical about this ride - quite perfect
happy to be together
A) What do you think of the relationship between Bonnie and Sylvia?
Text Mark Evidence - can't wait to show you everything - what delightful times we shall have - we shall have such games - can go for excursions on the wolds - quite perfect
became friends quickly and planned for adventures
Text Mark Evidence - squeezing her cousin's hand - received a grateful pressure in return - Bonnie's happy welcoming presence
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
reassured by each other
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'thawing'?
Match Me
Match the nouns with the adjectives from the text...
feet
air
rugs
ride
A magical
D numbed
Check
Click if correct
B snow-scented
C delicious
Find Me
Which word in the text below means to to do something without thinking about the consequences first?
“Poor Bonnie,” said Sylvia impulsively, squeezing her cousin’s hand. “Perhaps it will not be for very long.” She received a grateful pressure in return, and they were silent again.
Discuss then check
impulsively
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
What vehicle was used to collect Sylvia from the train station?
Tick one
A) train
B) pony-trap
Check
C) carriage
Click if correct
D) car
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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.