Ready Steady Read Together
Secrets of a Sun King: Fiction Lesson 1
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?
I realised it as Anubis, the Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
B) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound precious?
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Let me read today's text
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This was Grandad’s package, not mine, I warned myself. But the urge to look inside was too strong. I opened it.
Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep. It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
The box was full of musty-smelling straw. Digging my hand in, I could feel something cold and smooth. At first glance, it looked like a metal jar or vase of some sort. I took it out and held it to the light. My breath was caught. It was, without doubt, the most incredible thing I’d ever seen.
The jar had a stopper in the top that wouldn’t shift. It was fascinating! The stopper was shaped like an animal’s head, with a long pointy snout and stand-up ears. I realised it as Anubis, the Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld. I had seen it in pictures Grandad had showed me, and our many visits to museums.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
The lid didn’t want to come off, though. I tried pulling it, turning it. I even held the whole jar upside down and gave it a little shake. There were no signs that it was meant to open, yet it seemed hollow. Though I might have been imagining it, when I shook it, something seemed to move inside.
Now, I’d been in Grandad’s shop enough to know a nice object when I saw one, but this jar was seriously old-looking. Generally, the things Grandad collected weren’t. They were fakes – copies of lovely old things at affordable prices. You could buy them in the street in Egypt, apparently.
This jar was in a whole different league. It was covered all over in little pictures of animals and birds and squiggly lines: hieroglyphics. Though the jar was grimy with dirt, you could see it was made out of gold. To be honest, it was so beautiful, it made me a bit afraid. The only place I’d ever seen things half as magnificent was in cabinets at the British Museum. I couldn’t think why my Grandad had been sent something quite so extraordinary.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
urge
clasp
port
musty
shift
different league
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. 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
urge
Explore
Find Read Talk
This was Grandad’s package, not mine, I warned myself. But the urge to look inside was too strong. I opened it. Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep...
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
urge
Your turn
port
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
clasp
musty
shift
different league
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
This was Grandad’s package, not mine, I warned myself. But the urge to look inside was too strong. I opened it. Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep. It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside. The box was full of musty-smelling straw. Digging my hand in, I could feel something cold and smooth. At first glance, it looked like a metal jar or vase of some sort. I took it out and held it to the light. My breath was caught. It was, without doubt, the most incredible thing I’d ever seen. The jar had a stopper in the top that wouldn’t shift. It was fascinating! The stopper was shaped like an animal’s head, with a long pointy snout and stand-up ears. I realised it as Anubis, the Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld. I had seen it in pictures Grandad had showed me, and our many visits to museums.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The lid didn’t want to come off, though. I tried pulling it, turning it. I even held the whole jar upside down and gave it a little shake. There were no signs that it was meant to open, yet it seemed hollow. Though I might have been imagining it, when I shook it, something seemed to move inside. Now, I’d been in Grandad’s shop enough to know a nice object when I saw one, but this jar was seriously old-looking. Generally, the things Grandad collected weren’t. They were fakes – copies of lovely old things at affordable prices. You could buy them in the street in Egypt, apparently. This jar was in a whole different league. It was covered all over in little pictures of animals and birds and squiggly lines: hieroglyphics. Though the jar was grimy with dirt, you could see it was made out of gold. To be honest, it was so beautiful, it made me a bit afraid. The only place I’d ever seen things half as magnificent was in cabinets at the British Museum. I couldn’t think why my Grandad had been sent something quite so extraordinary.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
It was similar to the ones I'd seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside.
At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn't been open for years.
It opened now, though, smooth as anything -
almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep. It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years.
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
The rough wood makes it seem old and worn and the rusty hinges show it hasn’t been opened or cared for in a long time.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
B) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound precious?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - clasp and hinges rusty - hadn’t been opened for years - wouldn’t shift - lid didn’t want to come off - pulling it, turning it - gave it a little shake
difficult to open
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
Text Mark Evidence - musty-smelling - seriously old-looking - grimy with dirt
it looks old
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - my breath caught - most incredible thing I’d ever seen - fascinating - so extraordinary - willing me to look inside
Lilian's reaction to its beauty
B) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound precious?
Text Mark Evidence- so beautiful it made me a bit afraid- know a nice object when I saw one
its beauty
Text Mark Evidence made out of gold
it was worth money
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - covered in...hieroglyphics - the only place I'd ever seen things half as magnificent was in cabinets at the British Museum
its importance in history
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'clasp'?
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
shift
port
urge
musty
A a strong dark red type of wine
C a strong desire or impulse
D make something move, even just a little bit
B smelling wet and unpleasant
Check
Click if correct
True or False?
Anubis was an Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld.
False
True
Find Me
Which word in the text means a type of writing using pictures and symbols?
This jar was in a whole different league. It was covered all over in little pictures of animals and birds and squiggly lines: hieroglyphics. Though the jar was grimy with dirt, you could see it was made out of gold.
Discuss then check
hieroglyphics
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. 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...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Secrets of a Sun King: Fiction Lesson 1
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?
I realised it as Anubis, the Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
B) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound precious?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
This was Grandad’s package, not mine, I warned myself. But the urge to look inside was too strong. I opened it. Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep. It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside. The box was full of musty-smelling straw. Digging my hand in, I could feel something cold and smooth. At first glance, it looked like a metal jar or vase of some sort. I took it out and held it to the light. My breath was caught. It was, without doubt, the most incredible thing I’d ever seen. The jar had a stopper in the top that wouldn’t shift. It was fascinating! The stopper was shaped like an animal’s head, with a long pointy snout and stand-up ears. I realised it as Anubis, the Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld. I had seen it in pictures Grandad had showed me, and our many visits to museums.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
The lid didn’t want to come off, though. I tried pulling it, turning it. I even held the whole jar upside down and gave it a little shake. There were no signs that it was meant to open, yet it seemed hollow. Though I might have been imagining it, when I shook it, something seemed to move inside. Now, I’d been in Grandad’s shop enough to know a nice object when I saw one, but this jar was seriously old-looking. Generally, the things Grandad collected weren’t. They were fakes – copies of lovely old things at affordable prices. You could buy them in the street in Egypt, apparently. This jar was in a whole different league. It was covered all over in little pictures of animals and birds and squiggly lines: hieroglyphics. Though the jar was grimy with dirt, you could see it was made out of gold. To be honest, it was so beautiful, it made me a bit afraid. The only place I’d ever seen things half as magnificent was in cabinets at the British Museum. I couldn’t think why my Grandad had been sent something quite so extraordinary.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
urge
clasp
port
musty
shift
different league
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. 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
urge
Explore
Find Read Talk
This was Grandad’s package, not mine, I warned myself. But the urge to look inside was too strong. I opened it. Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep...
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
urge
Your turn
port
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
clasp
musty
shift
different league
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
This was Grandad’s package, not mine, I warned myself. But the urge to look inside was too strong. I opened it. Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep. It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside. The box was full of musty-smelling straw. Digging my hand in, I could feel something cold and smooth. At first glance, it looked like a metal jar or vase of some sort. I took it out and held it to the light. My breath was caught. It was, without doubt, the most incredible thing I’d ever seen. The jar had a stopper in the top that wouldn’t shift. It was fascinating! The stopper was shaped like an animal’s head, with a long pointy snout and stand-up ears. I realised it as Anubis, the Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld. I had seen it in pictures Grandad had showed me, and our many visits to museums.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The lid didn’t want to come off, though. I tried pulling it, turning it. I even held the whole jar upside down and gave it a little shake. There were no signs that it was meant to open, yet it seemed hollow. Though I might have been imagining it, when I shook it, something seemed to move inside. Now, I’d been in Grandad’s shop enough to know a nice object when I saw one, but this jar was seriously old-looking. Generally, the things Grandad collected weren’t. They were fakes – copies of lovely old things at affordable prices. You could buy them in the street in Egypt, apparently. This jar was in a whole different league. It was covered all over in little pictures of animals and birds and squiggly lines: hieroglyphics. Though the jar was grimy with dirt, you could see it was made out of gold. To be honest, it was so beautiful, it made me a bit afraid. The only place I’d ever seen things half as magnificent was in cabinets at the British Museum. I couldn’t think why my Grandad had been sent something quite so extraordinary.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
It was similar to the ones I'd seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside.
At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn't been open for years.
It opened now, though, smooth as anything -
almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years. It opened now, though, smooth as anything – almost, rather creepily, as if it was willing me to look inside.
Explore
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Wrapped in the paper was a rough wooden box. It was about 15 cm tall and 8 cm deep. It was similar to the ones I’d seen Dad bring home at Christmas with a bottle of port inside. At the top was a lid, the clasp and hinges rusty, like it hadn’t been opened for years.
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
The rough wood makes it seem old and worn and the rusty hinges show it hasn’t been opened or cared for in a long time.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
B) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound precious?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - clasp and hinges rusty - hadn’t been opened for years - wouldn’t shift - lid didn’t want to come off - pulling it, turning it - gave it a little shake
difficult to open
A) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound old?
Text Mark Evidence - musty-smelling - seriously old-looking - grimy with dirt
it looks old
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - my breath caught - most incredible thing I’d ever seen - fascinating - so extraordinary - willing me to look inside
Lilian's reaction to its beauty
B) Explain how the words the author used make the jar sound precious?
Text Mark Evidence- so beautiful it made me a bit afraid- know a nice object when I saw one
its beauty
Text Mark Evidence made out of gold
it was worth money
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - covered in...hieroglyphics - the only place I'd ever seen things half as magnificent was in cabinets at the British Museum
its importance in history
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'clasp'?
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
shift
port
urge
musty
A a strong dark red type of wine
C a strong desire or impulse
D make something move, even just a little bit
B smelling wet and unpleasant
Check
Click if correct
True or False?
Anubis was an Egyptian God who guided souls to the underworld.
False
True
Find Me
Which word in the text means a type of writing using pictures and symbols?
This jar was in a whole different league. It was covered all over in little pictures of animals and birds and squiggly lines: hieroglyphics. Though the jar was grimy with dirt, you could see it was made out of gold.
Discuss then check
hieroglyphics
From: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018. 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...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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: Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.