Ready Steady Read Together
The Island at the End of Everything: Fiction Lesson 2
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?
The crab shells are crisp, the insides cooked into a lovely melting lightness, and we eat them whole.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Every day she insists we go to our favourite beach for lunch, though it is a long walk. It has the whitest sand and despite there being a small harbour with a pier nearby, none of the fishermen launch their boats from this side of the rocks, so often we are alone.
At the beach we haunch in the lapping waves and watch for the shrimp. The tide is coming in and they arrive like a flock of birds, tiny and blue-white. Nanay sieves them from the water with a piece of cotton. I scan for the scuttle of crabs, and one nips me on the toe before I can catch it.
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
She fries the shrimp with a little oil and garlic root in her shallow metal basin. It heats quickly and when it is hot enough she adds the crab.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
The crab shells are crisp, the insides cooked into a lovely melting lightness, and we eat them whole. The shrimp are so small they jump from the oil as it spits. I salvage some from the beach and I’m about to make Nanay laugh by pulling faces when the sand crunches between my teeth. We don’t really talk as we eat so it is barely noon when we swallow the last crab, split down the middle. Nanay is tired and her foot hurts, so she lies down in the shade with her face cloth on to stop sand going in her eyes and nostrils.
First I cover the fire pit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline. Then I pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it touching us. I dig with my hands as fast as I can, but it becomes harder when I get below the soft loose sand and reach the harder, damp stuff. The tide is creeping closer and I want to ask Nanay to move further up to stop it touching her, but I know she will say I am being silly. It is just a game.
Eventually I can’t stop the water lapping her feet – she can’t feel things on her soles anymore, which is another thing being Touched means for her – so I sit beside her and watch the sea instead. It seems to hold more light than the sun is giving it, as if there is a second sun or mirror below its surface, so the whole ocean dazzles at the sky. It is almost too bright to look at, and I am squinting when I notice the shape far out at sea.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
haunch
sieve
lapping
scuttle
salvage
acid
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. 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
haunch
Explore
Find Read Talk
On our fourth day of lunch at the beach we haunch in the lapping waves and watch for the shrimp. The tide is coming in and they arrive like a flock of birds, tiny and blue-white.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
haunch
Your turn
lapping
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sieve
scuttle
salvage
acid
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Every day she insists we go to our favourite beach for lunch, though it is a long walk. It has the whitest sand and despite there being a small harbour with a pier nearby, none of the fishermen launch their boats from this side of the rocks, so often we are alone.
At the beach we haunch in the lapping waves and watch for the shrimp. The tide is coming in and they arrive like a flock of birds, tiny and blue-white. Nanay sieves them from the water with a piece of cotton. I scan for the scuttle of crabs, and one nips me on the toe before I can catch it.
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
She fries the shrimp with a little oil and garlic root in her shallow metal basin. It heats quickly and when it is hot enough she adds the crab.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The crab shells are crisp, the insides cooked into a lovely melting lightness, and we eat them whole. The shrimp are so small they jump from the oil as it spits. I salvage some from the beach and I’m about to make Nanay laugh by pulling faces when the sand crunches between my teeth. We don’t really talk as we eat so it is barely noon when we swallow the last crab, split down the middle. Nanay is tired and her foot hurts, so she lies down in the shade with her face cloth on to stop sand going in her eyes and nostrils.
First I cover the fire pit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline. Then I pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it touching us. I dig with my hands as fast as I can, but it becomes harder when I get below the soft loose sand and reach the harder, damp stuff. The tide is creeping closer and I want to ask Nanay to move further up to stop it touching her, but I know she will say I am being silly. It is just a game.
Eventually I can’t stop the water lapping her feet – she can’t feel things on her soles anymore, which is another thing being Touched means for her – so I sit beside her and watch the sea instead. It seems to hold more light than the sun is giving it, as if there is a second sun or mirror below its surface, so the whole ocean dazzles at the sky. It is almost too bright to look at, and I am squinting when I notice the shape far out at sea.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
What did you notice?
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp
while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft.
We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Every day she insists we go to our favourite beach for lunch, though it is a long walk. It has the whitest sand and despite there being a small harbour with a pier nearby, none of the fishermen launch their boats from this side of the rocks, so often we are alone.
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
It is a place they love and it is part of their everyday routine. It is a special place they share together - away from others. It is worth the long walk as it is such a beautiful beach.
Reveal Explainer
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - we...watch for shrimp - Nanay sieves them from the water - I scan for a scuttle of crabs...catch it - we collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs - we eat them (the crabs) whole - we swallow the last crab
the coast provides food
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Text Mark EvidenceI cover the firepit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline
protective of the coast and don't want their home to be damaged
Text Mark Evidence pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it
enjoy playing games
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence watch the sea instead
enjoy observing the sea
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'haunch'?
Find Me
Which word means something sharp-tasting or sour which could burn skin?
First I cover the fire pit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline. Then I pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it touching us.
Discuss then check
acid
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A to move with short, quick steps
1 sieve
B to move or wash against something gently
2 scuttle
C to strain or separate things
3 salvage
Check
D to save something from being thrown away
4 lapping
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A Ami pretends the waves are acid and digs ditches.
B They dig a fire pit and cook the shrimp and crabs in a metal basin.
C They collect a basketful of shrimp and several crabs.
D Ami and Nanay walk to their favourite beach.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explorea series.
Reveal
Dive into a series to stay connected to characters you love.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Island at the End of Everything: Fiction Lesson 2
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?
The crab shells are crisp, the insides cooked into a lovely melting lightness, and we eat them whole.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Every day she insists we go to our favourite beach for lunch, though it is a long walk. It has the whitest sand and despite there being a small harbour with a pier nearby, none of the fishermen launch their boats from this side of the rocks, so often we are alone. At the beach we haunch in the lapping waves and watch for the shrimp. The tide is coming in and they arrive like a flock of birds, tiny and blue-white. Nanay sieves them from the water with a piece of cotton. I scan for the scuttle of crabs, and one nips me on the toe before I can catch it. Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home. She fries the shrimp with a little oil and garlic root in her shallow metal basin. It heats quickly and when it is hot enough she adds the crab.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
The crab shells are crisp, the insides cooked into a lovely melting lightness, and we eat them whole. The shrimp are so small they jump from the oil as it spits. I salvage some from the beach and I’m about to make Nanay laugh by pulling faces when the sand crunches between my teeth. We don’t really talk as we eat so it is barely noon when we swallow the last crab, split down the middle. Nanay is tired and her foot hurts, so she lies down in the shade with her face cloth on to stop sand going in her eyes and nostrils. First I cover the fire pit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline. Then I pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it touching us. I dig with my hands as fast as I can, but it becomes harder when I get below the soft loose sand and reach the harder, damp stuff. The tide is creeping closer and I want to ask Nanay to move further up to stop it touching her, but I know she will say I am being silly. It is just a game. Eventually I can’t stop the water lapping her feet – she can’t feel things on her soles anymore, which is another thing being Touched means for her – so I sit beside her and watch the sea instead. It seems to hold more light than the sun is giving it, as if there is a second sun or mirror below its surface, so the whole ocean dazzles at the sky. It is almost too bright to look at, and I am squinting when I notice the shape far out at sea.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
haunch
sieve
lapping
scuttle
salvage
acid
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. 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
haunch
Explore
Find Read Talk
On our fourth day of lunch at the beach we haunch in the lapping waves and watch for the shrimp. The tide is coming in and they arrive like a flock of birds, tiny and blue-white.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
haunch
Your turn
lapping
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sieve
scuttle
salvage
acid
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Every day she insists we go to our favourite beach for lunch, though it is a long walk. It has the whitest sand and despite there being a small harbour with a pier nearby, none of the fishermen launch their boats from this side of the rocks, so often we are alone. At the beach we haunch in the lapping waves and watch for the shrimp. The tide is coming in and they arrive like a flock of birds, tiny and blue-white. Nanay sieves them from the water with a piece of cotton. I scan for the scuttle of crabs, and one nips me on the toe before I can catch it. Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home. She fries the shrimp with a little oil and garlic root in her shallow metal basin. It heats quickly and when it is hot enough she adds the crab.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The crab shells are crisp, the insides cooked into a lovely melting lightness, and we eat them whole. The shrimp are so small they jump from the oil as it spits. I salvage some from the beach and I’m about to make Nanay laugh by pulling faces when the sand crunches between my teeth. We don’t really talk as we eat so it is barely noon when we swallow the last crab, split down the middle. Nanay is tired and her foot hurts, so she lies down in the shade with her face cloth on to stop sand going in her eyes and nostrils. First I cover the fire pit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline. Then I pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it touching us. I dig with my hands as fast as I can, but it becomes harder when I get below the soft loose sand and reach the harder, damp stuff. The tide is creeping closer and I want to ask Nanay to move further up to stop it touching her, but I know she will say I am being silly. It is just a game. Eventually I can’t stop the water lapping her feet – she can’t feel things on her soles anymore, which is another thing being Touched means for her – so I sit beside her and watch the sea instead. It seems to hold more light than the sun is giving it, as if there is a second sun or mirror below its surface, so the whole ocean dazzles at the sky. It is almost too bright to look at, and I am squinting when I notice the shape far out at sea.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
What did you notice?
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp
while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft.
We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Nanay offers to swap jobs and I managed to collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs, young enough for their shells to be soft. We dig out a fire pit and Nanay lights the wood she has brought from home.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Every day she insists we go to our favourite beach for lunch, though it is a long walk. It has the whitest sand and despite there being a small harbour with a pier nearby, none of the fishermen launch their boats from this side of the rocks, so often we are alone.
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
It is a place they love and it is part of their everyday routine. It is a special place they share together - away from others. It is worth the long walk as it is such a beautiful beach.
Reveal Explainer
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - we...watch for shrimp - Nanay sieves them from the water - I scan for a scuttle of crabs...catch it - we collect a basketful of shrimp while she gets several small crabs - we eat them (the crabs) whole - we swallow the last crab
the coast provides food
How does the coastal setting impact upon the lives of the characters?
Text Mark EvidenceI cover the firepit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline
protective of the coast and don't want their home to be damaged
Text Mark Evidence pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it
enjoy playing games
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence watch the sea instead
enjoy observing the sea
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'haunch'?
Find Me
Which word means something sharp-tasting or sour which could burn skin?
First I cover the fire pit, because the wind is blowing the flames too close to the treeline. Then I pretend the sea is acid and I must build trenches to stop it touching us.
Discuss then check
acid
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A to move with short, quick steps
1 sieve
B to move or wash against something gently
2 scuttle
C to strain or separate things
3 salvage
Check
D to save something from being thrown away
4 lapping
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A Ami pretends the waves are acid and digs ditches.
B They dig a fire pit and cook the shrimp and crabs in a metal basin.
C They collect a basketful of shrimp and several crabs.
D Ami and Nanay walk to their favourite beach.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explorea series.
Reveal
Dive into a series to stay connected to characters 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 Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.