Ready Steady Read Together
The Island at the End of Everything: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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 author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time. The trees have grown tangled together, and the branches hang heavy with fruit. Datu leans out as we pass and snatches one. I laugh with the others as the skin splits in his hand, but when he turns it over the pulp is black and teeming with flies. We all stop laughing as he throws it from the cart. He sits with his dirty hand outstretched, watching it carefully as if it might try to leap on to his face.
We do not stop again until the trees thin and suddenly end. Ahead the sea is flat as a puddle, the same purple-bruised grey as the dusk sky. We have travelled a whole day away from Culion Town. Nanay will be making dinner, or else sitting on our front step with a cup of cooling tea. Perhaps Bondoc and Capuno are with her. I see her as clearly as if I were there too. I close my eyes for a moment. I must keep this picture safe.
The beach here is made of uneven stone slabs that turn to drums beneath the horses’ hooves. A harbour, hastily built. It curves like a necklace laid out at the edge of the forest, jewel-bright lamps lit at unsteady intervals. Unfinished though it is, it feels far too grand to be sitting here in the middle of nowhere. Mr Zamora must have ordered the Sano port to be one of the first things built. The stars are sifted through thin clouds and the moon is just gathering strength. And sitting in the water is a boat, bigger than the one that brought the Touched.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
“A ship!” says one of the boys excitedly, but it is not all how I thought a ship would be. There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain. We cross the narrow plank and Kidlat holds my hand to steady himself as the boat rocks. We are led into the low-ceilinged cabin, where we are seated on benches along the walls. Everything is metal and bolted to the floor. The smell is metallic too, and strong. It sends queasiness spreading through my stomach.
Everyone floods to press their hands against the large back window, to watch the hilly, jagged outline of Culion drop back to lie low on the horizon. Even the boys, who care so much about seeming tough, cry when we lose the necklace lights of the harbour to the distance of the night.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
untended
hastily
teeming with flies
unsteady intervals
belching
queasiness
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
untended
Explore
Find Read Talk
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time. The trees have grown tangled together, and the branches hang heavy with fruit.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
untended
Your turn
teeming with flies
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hastily
unsteady intervals
belching
quesiness
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time. The trees have grown tangled together, and the branches hang heavy with fruit. Datu leans out as we pass and snatches one. I laugh with the others as the skin splits in his hand, but when he turns it over the pulp is black and teeming with flies. We all stop laughing as he throws it from the cart. He sits with his dirty hand outstretched, watching it carefully as if it might try to leap on to his face.
We do not stop again until the trees thin and suddenly end. Ahead the sea is flat as a puddle, the same purple-bruised grey as the dusk sky. We have travelled a whole day away from Culion Town. Nanay will be making dinner, or else sitting on our front step with a cup of cooling tea. Perhaps Bondoc and Capuno are with her. I see her as clearly as if I were there too. I close my eyes for a moment. I must keep this picture safe.
The beach here is made of uneven stone slabs that turn to drums beneath the horses’ hooves. A harbour, hastily built. It curves like a necklace laid out at the edge of the forest, jewel-bright lamps lit at unsteady intervals. Unfinished though it is, it feels far too grand to be sitting here in the middle of nowhere. Mr Zamora must have ordered the Sano port to be one of the first things built. The stars are sifted through thin clouds and the moon is just gathering strength. And sitting in the water is a boat, bigger than the one that brought the Touched.
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
“A ship!” says one of the boys excitedly, but it is not all how I thought a ship would be. There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
We cross the narrow plank and Kidlat holds my hand to steady himself as the boat rocks. We are led into the low-ceilinged cabin, where we are seated on benches along the walls. Everything is metal and bolted to the floor. The smell is metallic too, and strong. It sends queasiness spreading through my stomach.
Everyone floods to press their hands against the large back window, to watch the hilly, jagged outline of Culion drop back to lie low on the horizon. Even the boys, who care so much about seeming tough, cry when we lose the necklace lights of the harbour to the distance of the night.
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...
There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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
There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts.
Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed.
It is as miserable as the reason it is here,
a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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
There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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 author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time... Datu leans out as we pass and snatches one. I laugh with the others as the skin splits in his hand, but when he turns it over the pulp is black and teeming with flies... He sits with his dirty hand outstretched, watching it carefully as if it might try to leap on to his face.
How does the author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
The use of the words untended and abandoned give the sense of something that has been neglected. Instead of the mango being sweet and juicy, it is rotten and covered with bugs. Datu acts as if his hand is infected. This reflects the sickness spoiling the beautiful island.
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 author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Text mark
Find the answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
The author creates an atmosphere of sadness and despair using the following:
How does the author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Text Mark Evidence - the same purple-bruised sky as the dusk sky - jewel-bright lamps lit at unsteady intervals - stars are sifted through thin clouds - moon is just gathering strength - just a metal column belching smoke - it sends queasiness spreading through my stomach
words about weakness/sickness/pain
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - it is not at all how I thought a ship would be - as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of the rain
words expressing disappointment or hopelessness
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
words linked to loss
Text Mark Evidence - I must keep this picture (of my mother) safe - even the boys who care so much about being tough, cry when we lose (sight of the island)
How does the author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Text Mark Evidence - hastily built - unfinished...it feels far too grand to be sitting here in the middle of nowhere
words about not belonging
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'untended'?
Fill the Gaps
hull
masts
belching
There are no sails, no rope ladders or .Just a metal column smoke and a grey, smooth , thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
True or False?
Ami closes her eyes to keep this picture safe to help her remember her mother.
False
True
Match Me
Match each word/phrase to its correct definition:
unsteady intervals
queasiness
belching
hastily
C burping or giving off smoke
B doing something quickly, hurriedly
A things happening at uneven times
D feeling like you might be sick
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...
join a book club.
Reveal
Talk to others about books you've read to get new perspectives.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Island at the End of Everything: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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 author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time. The trees have grown tangled together, and the branches hang heavy with fruit. Datu leans out as we pass and snatches one. I laugh with the others as the skin splits in his hand, but when he turns it over the pulp is black and teeming with flies. We all stop laughing as he throws it from the cart. He sits with his dirty hand outstretched, watching it carefully as if it might try to leap on to his face. We do not stop again until the trees thin and suddenly end. Ahead the sea is flat as a puddle, the same purple-bruised grey as the dusk sky. We have travelled a whole day away from Culion Town. Nanay will be making dinner, or else sitting on our front step with a cup of cooling tea. Perhaps Bondoc and Capuno are with her. I see her as clearly as if I were there too. I close my eyes for a moment. I must keep this picture safe. The beach here is made of uneven stone slabs that turn to drums beneath the horses’ hooves. A harbour, hastily built. It curves like a necklace laid out at the edge of the forest, jewel-bright lamps lit at unsteady intervals. Unfinished though it is, it feels far too grand to be sitting here in the middle of nowhere. Mr Zamora must have ordered the Sano port to be one of the first things built. The stars are sifted through thin clouds and the moon is just gathering strength. And sitting in the water is a boat, bigger than the one that brought the Touched.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
“A ship!” says one of the boys excitedly, but it is not all how I thought a ship would be. There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain. We cross the narrow plank and Kidlat holds my hand to steady himself as the boat rocks. We are led into the low-ceilinged cabin, where we are seated on benches along the walls. Everything is metal and bolted to the floor. The smell is metallic too, and strong. It sends queasiness spreading through my stomach. Everyone floods to press their hands against the large back window, to watch the hilly, jagged outline of Culion drop back to lie low on the horizon. Even the boys, who care so much about seeming tough, cry when we lose the necklace lights of the harbour to the distance of the night.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
untended
hastily
teeming with flies
unsteady intervals
belching
queasiness
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
untended
Explore
Find Read Talk
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time. The trees have grown tangled together, and the branches hang heavy with fruit.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
untended
Your turn
teeming with flies
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hastily
unsteady intervals
belching
quesiness
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time. The trees have grown tangled together, and the branches hang heavy with fruit. Datu leans out as we pass and snatches one. I laugh with the others as the skin splits in his hand, but when he turns it over the pulp is black and teeming with flies. We all stop laughing as he throws it from the cart. He sits with his dirty hand outstretched, watching it carefully as if it might try to leap on to his face. We do not stop again until the trees thin and suddenly end. Ahead the sea is flat as a puddle, the same purple-bruised grey as the dusk sky. We have travelled a whole day away from Culion Town. Nanay will be making dinner, or else sitting on our front step with a cup of cooling tea. Perhaps Bondoc and Capuno are with her. I see her as clearly as if I were there too. I close my eyes for a moment. I must keep this picture safe. The beach here is made of uneven stone slabs that turn to drums beneath the horses’ hooves. A harbour, hastily built. It curves like a necklace laid out at the edge of the forest, jewel-bright lamps lit at unsteady intervals. Unfinished though it is, it feels far too grand to be sitting here in the middle of nowhere. Mr Zamora must have ordered the Sano port to be one of the first things built. The stars are sifted through thin clouds and the moon is just gathering strength. And sitting in the water is a boat, bigger than the one that brought the Touched.
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
“A ship!” says one of the boys excitedly, but it is not all how I thought a ship would be. There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain. We cross the narrow plank and Kidlat holds my hand to steady himself as the boat rocks. We are led into the low-ceilinged cabin, where we are seated on benches along the walls. Everything is metal and bolted to the floor. The smell is metallic too, and strong. It sends queasiness spreading through my stomach. Everyone floods to press their hands against the large back window, to watch the hilly, jagged outline of Culion drop back to lie low on the horizon. Even the boys, who care so much about seeming tough, cry when we lose the necklace lights of the harbour to the distance of the night.
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...
There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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
There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts.
Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed.
It is as miserable as the reason it is here,
a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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
There are no sails, no rope ladders or masts. Just a metal column belching smoke and a grey, smooth hull, thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
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 author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
We pass an untended grove of mangoes and the too sweet smell makes my mouth water. The grove has obviously been abandoned for a long time... Datu leans out as we pass and snatches one. I laugh with the others as the skin splits in his hand, but when he turns it over the pulp is black and teeming with flies... He sits with his dirty hand outstretched, watching it carefully as if it might try to leap on to his face.
How does the author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
The use of the words untended and abandoned give the sense of something that has been neglected. Instead of the mango being sweet and juicy, it is rotten and covered with bugs. Datu acts as if his hand is infected. This reflects the sickness spoiling the beautiful island.
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 author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Text mark
Find the answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
The author creates an atmosphere of sadness and despair using the following:
How does the author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Text Mark Evidence - the same purple-bruised sky as the dusk sky - jewel-bright lamps lit at unsteady intervals - stars are sifted through thin clouds - moon is just gathering strength - just a metal column belching smoke - it sends queasiness spreading through my stomach
words about weakness/sickness/pain
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - it is not at all how I thought a ship would be - as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of the rain
words expressing disappointment or hopelessness
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
words linked to loss
Text Mark Evidence - I must keep this picture (of my mother) safe - even the boys who care so much about being tough, cry when we lose (sight of the island)
How does the author create atmosphere and what is the impact of the author’s words and phrases?
Text Mark Evidence - hastily built - unfinished...it feels far too grand to be sitting here in the middle of nowhere
words about not belonging
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'untended'?
Fill the Gaps
hull
masts
belching
There are no sails, no rope ladders or .Just a metal column smoke and a grey, smooth , thin and pointed. It is as miserable as the reason it is here, a storm cloud offering no hope of the relief of rain.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
True or False?
Ami closes her eyes to keep this picture safe to help her remember her mother.
False
True
Match Me
Match each word/phrase to its correct definition:
unsteady intervals
queasiness
belching
hastily
C burping or giving off smoke
B doing something quickly, hurriedly
A things happening at uneven times
D feeling like you might be sick
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...
join a book club.
Reveal
Talk to others about books you've read to get new perspectives.
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.
masts
belching
hull