Ready Steady Read Together
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
She'll half kill me if she hears me speak!
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) What does this text tell you about Lucy's character?
B) What does this text tell you about Miss Diana's character?
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Let me read today's text
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The door was opened by a thin, dirty child in a brown pinafore. Bonnie and Sylvia were not certain if the child was a boy or a girl until Miss Slighcarp said, “It’s you, is it, Lucy? Where is Mrs Brisket?”
“In here, please, miss,” Lucy said with a frightened gasp, and opened a door on one side of the entrance hall. Miss Slighcarp swept through, turning her head to say to Bonnie and Sylvia, “Wait there. Don’t speak or fidget.”
Somebody shut the door. The little girl, Lucy, picked up a broom several inches taller than herself and began to sweep the floor.
“Are you a pupil here?” Bonnie asked her curiously. The brown pinafore looked like some kind of uniform – but why was her hair cut so short, even shorter than a boy’s? And why was she doing the housework?
“Hush!” whispered Lucy. Her eyes flicked in terror towards the closed door. “She’ll half kill me if she hears me speak!”
“Who?” breathed Bonnie.
“Her. Mrs Brisket.”
Bonnie looked as if she was on the point of asking more questions, but Sylvia hushed her, not wishing to get Lucy into trouble, and Lucy herself resolutely turned her back and went on with her work, stirring up a cloud of dust in the dim and stuffy hall.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Suddenly Sylvia had a feeling that she was being watched. Meeting Sylvia’s eyes, a person slowly descended towards them. Miss Diana was a girl of about fifteen, tall and thin, with a pale, handsome, sharp-featured face. She walked with a slouch, and was very richly dressed in velvet, with a band of fur round her jacket and several bracelets. She carried a pair of silver skates.
She walked up to Bonnie and Sylvia, examining them coolly and insolently. She made no remark or friendly gesture of greeting; merely looked them up and down, and then, with a sudden quick movement, tugged off Sylvia’s white fur cap and tried it on herself. It was too small.
“Hm,” she said coldly. “What a nuisance you’re not bigger.” She dropped the cap disdainfully on the floor. Sylvia’s lips parted in indignation; even she, mild and good-tempered as she was, would have protested had she not noticed Lucy’s face behind the girl’s elbow, grimacing at her in an agony of alarm, evidently warning her not to object to this treatment.
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
disdainfully
resolutely
insolently
haughtily
petticoat
indignation
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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
resolutely
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Find Read Talk
Bonnie looked as if she was on the point of asking more questions, but Sylvia hushed her, not wishing to get Lucy into trouble, and Lucy herself resolutely turned her back and went on with her work, stirring up a cloud of dust in the dim and stuffy hall.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Your turn
resolutely
insolently
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
disdainfully
indignation
petticoat
haughtily
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check
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Reveal Vocabulary
The door was opened by a thin, dirty child in a brown pinafore. Bonnie and Sylvia were not certain if the child was a boy or a girl until Miss Slighcarp said, “It’s you, is it, Lucy? Where is Mrs Brisket?”
“In here, please, miss,” Lucy said with a frightened gasp, and opened a door on one side of the entrance hall. Miss Slighcarp swept through, turning her head to say to Bonnie and Sylvia, “Wait there. Don’t speak or fidget.”
Somebody shut the door. The little girl, Lucy, picked up a broom several inches taller than herself and began to sweep the floor.
“Are you a pupil here?” Bonnie asked her curiously. The brown pinafore looked like some kind of uniform – but why was her hair cut so short, even shorter than a boy’s? And why was she doing the housework?
“Hush!” whispered Lucy. Her eyes flicked in terror towards the closed door. “She’ll half kill me if she hears me speak!” “Who?” breathed Bonnie.“Her. Mrs Brisket.” Bonnie looked as if she was on the point of asking more questions, but Sylvia hushed her, not wishing to get Lucy into trouble, and Lucy herself resolutely turned her back and went on with her work, stirring up a cloud of dust in the dim and stuffy hall.
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
Suddenly Sylvia had a feeling that she was being watched. Meeting Sylvia’s eyes, a person slowly descended towards them. Miss Diana was a girl of about fifteen, tall and thin, with a pale, handsome, sharp-featured face. She walked with a slouch, and was very richly dressed in velvet, with a band of fur round her jacket and several bracelets. She carried a pair of silver skates. She walked up to Bonnie and Sylvia, examining them coolly and insolently. She made no remark or friendly gesture of greeting; merely looked them up and down, and then, with a sudden quick movement, tugged off Sylvia’s white fur cap and tried it on herself. It was too small. “Hm,” she said coldly. “What a nuisance you’re not bigger.” She dropped the cap disdainfully on the floor. Sylvia’s lips parted in indignation; even she, mild and good-tempered as she was, would have protested had she not noticed Lucy’s face behind the girl’s elbow, grimacing at her in an agony of alarm, evidently warning her not to object to this treatment.
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
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...
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
What did you notice?
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From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She said to Lucy,
"If either of the new girls is good at mending,
make her sew up my satin petticoat.
It's split."
Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out,
slamming the front door.
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
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
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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 and Read Between the Lines
What's the main idea in the text?
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
Teach
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
The door was opened by a thin, dirty child in a brown pinafore. Bonnie and Sylvia were not certain if the child was a boy or a girl until Miss Slighcarp said, “It’s you, is it, Lucy? Where is Mrs Brisket?”
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
Lucy seems neglected, as she is thin, dirty, and not well cared for.
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
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
B) What does this text tell you about Miss Diana’s character?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence picked up a broom several inches taller than herself
small
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
Text Mark Evidence - with a frightened gasp - eyes flicked in terror - kill me if she hears me speak - an agony of alarm
frightened
Text Mark Evidence resolutely turned her back and went on with her work
obedient out of fear
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
- very richly dressed in velvet - band of fur around her jacket - several bracelets
Text Mark Evidence
rich/wealthy
B) What does this text tell you about Miss Diana’s character?
- no remark or friendly gesture of greeting - coldly
unkind
snobby
- examining them coolly and insolently - merely looked them up and down
rude
- dropped the cap disdainfully - pushed haughtily past them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
selfish
tugged off Sylvia's white fur cap and tried it on herself
demanding
make her sew up my satin petticoat
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'petticoat'?
Match Me
Match the correct quote with the person who said it.
Miss Diana
Miss Slighcarp
Bonnie
Lucy
A "Are you a pupil here?"
D "Where is Mrs Brisket?"
C "What a nuisance you're not bigger."
B "She'll half kill me if she hears me speak!"
Check
Click if correct
Link Me
1 resolutely
A in a determined way
2 indignation
B in a way that suggests you don't like or respect it
3 disdainfully
C feeling angry because something seems unfair or wrong
Check
4 insolently
Click if correct
D in a rude way that doesn't show respect
Find Me
Which word in the text below means unfriendly and rude, considering yourself to be better than others?
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
Discuss then check
haughtily
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
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EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
She'll half kill me if she hears me speak!
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) What does this text tell you about Lucy's character?
B) What does this text tell you about Miss Diana's character?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The door was opened by a thin, dirty child in a brown pinafore. Bonnie and Sylvia were not certain if the child was a boy or a girl until Miss Slighcarp said, “It’s you, is it, Lucy? Where is Mrs Brisket?” “In here, please, miss,” Lucy said with a frightened gasp, and opened a door on one side of the entrance hall. Miss Slighcarp swept through, turning her head to say to Bonnie and Sylvia, “Wait there. Don’t speak or fidget.” Somebody shut the door. The little girl, Lucy, picked up a broom several inches taller than herself and began to sweep the floor. “Are you a pupil here?” Bonnie asked her curiously. The brown pinafore looked like some kind of uniform – but why was her hair cut so short, even shorter than a boy’s? And why was she doing the housework? “Hush!” whispered Lucy. Her eyes flicked in terror towards the closed door. “She’ll half kill me if she hears me speak!” “Who?” breathed Bonnie. “Her. Mrs Brisket.” Bonnie looked as if she was on the point of asking more questions, but Sylvia hushed her, not wishing to get Lucy into trouble, and Lucy herself resolutely turned her back and went on with her work, stirring up a cloud of dust in the dim and stuffy hall.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Suddenly Sylvia had a feeling that she was being watched. Meeting Sylvia’s eyes, a person slowly descended towards them. Miss Diana was a girl of about fifteen, tall and thin, with a pale, handsome, sharp-featured face. She walked with a slouch, and was very richly dressed in velvet, with a band of fur round her jacket and several bracelets. She carried a pair of silver skates. She walked up to Bonnie and Sylvia, examining them coolly and insolently. She made no remark or friendly gesture of greeting; merely looked them up and down, and then, with a sudden quick movement, tugged off Sylvia’s white fur cap and tried it on herself. It was too small. “Hm,” she said coldly. “What a nuisance you’re not bigger.” She dropped the cap disdainfully on the floor. Sylvia’s lips parted in indignation; even she, mild and good-tempered as she was, would have protested had she not noticed Lucy’s face behind the girl’s elbow, grimacing at her in an agony of alarm, evidently warning her not to object to this treatment. She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
disdainfully
resolutely
insolently
haughtily
petticoat
indignation
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
resolutely
Explore
Find Read Talk
Bonnie looked as if she was on the point of asking more questions, but Sylvia hushed her, not wishing to get Lucy into trouble, and Lucy herself resolutely turned her back and went on with her work, stirring up a cloud of dust in the dim and stuffy hall.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Your turn
resolutely
insolently
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
disdainfully
indignation
petticoat
haughtily
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The door was opened by a thin, dirty child in a brown pinafore. Bonnie and Sylvia were not certain if the child was a boy or a girl until Miss Slighcarp said, “It’s you, is it, Lucy? Where is Mrs Brisket?” “In here, please, miss,” Lucy said with a frightened gasp, and opened a door on one side of the entrance hall. Miss Slighcarp swept through, turning her head to say to Bonnie and Sylvia, “Wait there. Don’t speak or fidget.” Somebody shut the door. The little girl, Lucy, picked up a broom several inches taller than herself and began to sweep the floor. “Are you a pupil here?” Bonnie asked her curiously. The brown pinafore looked like some kind of uniform – but why was her hair cut so short, even shorter than a boy’s? And why was she doing the housework? “Hush!” whispered Lucy. Her eyes flicked in terror towards the closed door. “She’ll half kill me if she hears me speak!” “Who?” breathed Bonnie.“Her. Mrs Brisket.” Bonnie looked as if she was on the point of asking more questions, but Sylvia hushed her, not wishing to get Lucy into trouble, and Lucy herself resolutely turned her back and went on with her work, stirring up a cloud of dust in the dim and stuffy hall.
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
Suddenly Sylvia had a feeling that she was being watched. Meeting Sylvia’s eyes, a person slowly descended towards them. Miss Diana was a girl of about fifteen, tall and thin, with a pale, handsome, sharp-featured face. She walked with a slouch, and was very richly dressed in velvet, with a band of fur round her jacket and several bracelets. She carried a pair of silver skates. She walked up to Bonnie and Sylvia, examining them coolly and insolently. She made no remark or friendly gesture of greeting; merely looked them up and down, and then, with a sudden quick movement, tugged off Sylvia’s white fur cap and tried it on herself. It was too small. “Hm,” she said coldly. “What a nuisance you’re not bigger.” She dropped the cap disdainfully on the floor. Sylvia’s lips parted in indignation; even she, mild and good-tempered as she was, would have protested had she not noticed Lucy’s face behind the girl’s elbow, grimacing at her in an agony of alarm, evidently warning her not to object to this treatment. She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
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...
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
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
She said to Lucy,
"If either of the new girls is good at mending,
make her sew up my satin petticoat.
It's split."
Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out,
slamming the front door.
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
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
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 and Read Between the Lines
What's the main idea in the text?
Be a detective and look for clues!
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
Teach
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
The door was opened by a thin, dirty child in a brown pinafore. Bonnie and Sylvia were not certain if the child was a boy or a girl until Miss Slighcarp said, “It’s you, is it, Lucy? Where is Mrs Brisket?”
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
Lucy seems neglected, as she is thin, dirty, and not well cared for.
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
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
B) What does this text tell you about Miss Diana’s character?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence picked up a broom several inches taller than herself
small
A) What does this text tell you about Lucy’s character?
Text Mark Evidence - with a frightened gasp - eyes flicked in terror - kill me if she hears me speak - an agony of alarm
frightened
Text Mark Evidence resolutely turned her back and went on with her work
obedient out of fear
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
- very richly dressed in velvet - band of fur around her jacket - several bracelets
Text Mark Evidence
rich/wealthy
B) What does this text tell you about Miss Diana’s character?
- no remark or friendly gesture of greeting - coldly
unkind
snobby
- examining them coolly and insolently - merely looked them up and down
rude
- dropped the cap disdainfully - pushed haughtily past them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
selfish
tugged off Sylvia's white fur cap and tried it on herself
demanding
make her sew up my satin petticoat
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'petticoat'?
Match Me
Match the correct quote with the person who said it.
Miss Diana
Miss Slighcarp
Bonnie
Lucy
A "Are you a pupil here?"
D "Where is Mrs Brisket?"
C "What a nuisance you're not bigger."
B "She'll half kill me if she hears me speak!"
Check
Click if correct
Link Me
1 resolutely
A in a determined way
2 indignation
B in a way that suggests you don't like or respect it
3 disdainfully
C feeling angry because something seems unfair or wrong
Check
4 insolently
Click if correct
D in a rude way that doesn't show respect
Find Me
Which word in the text below means unfriendly and rude, considering yourself to be better than others?
She said to Lucy, “If either of the new girls is good at mending, make her sew up my satin petticoat. It’s split.” Then she pushed haughtily past them and went out, slamming the front door.
Discuss then check
haughtily
From: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken © 1962. 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...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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.