Ready Steady Read Together
The Island at the End of Everything: 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?
The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise. It seems an impossible distance, and I am afraid of what we will find there.
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)
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
B) How has Kidlat’s presence made the situation even more challenging?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I hesitate at the top of the cliff, my heart pounding. The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise. It seems an impossible distance, and I am afraid of what we will find there. But Mari takes my hand and squeezes it. “Come on.” We plunge down the path and I land in a bundle by Mari’s feet. “We did it!” I cry, but Mari is not looking at me. Her eyes are wide, staring up the slope behind us. I turn. This is one thing we haven’t planned for. There, making his unsteady way down the twilight cliff, is Kidlat. “Stop!” I shout, but he is already halfway, reaching the dangerous scree towards the base of the cliff. Mari shoves her pillowcase at me and clambers up to meet him. I expect her to turn him around but she helps him navigate down. “What are you doing?” “We don’t have time to take him back,” says Mari, regaining her breath. “And we can’t leave him here. He’ll have to come.” I stare down at the silent child.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
“It’s all right,” I say softly. It looks like he is biting down on his thumb rather than sucking it. I reach out a hand and lay it lightly on the crook of his small arm. Kidlat sits on the beach as we ready Lihim, tying on the bedsheet sail and guiding the oars into their grooves. Mari helps Kidlat aboard and takes an oar in her good hand. “Ready?” I say. She nods, her pale skin flushed. I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself. “We need to get clear of the cliffs,” says Mari, nodding at the empty sail. “They’re stopping the wind. We’ll have to row.” The sea is not calm like it was the day of our first crossing. Or perhaps it is because we are in a boat that is so much smaller that the waves feel bigger. After only a few minutes Kidlat goes pale and uses the bucket to be sick into. Mari rinses it out and takes over bailing out the water seeping in through holes that are only noticeable because of the bubbles springing from them.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
scree
navigate
clambers
crook of his small arm
haul
precariously
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
scree
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Stop!” I shout, but he is already halfway, reaching the dangerous scree towards the base of the cliff. Mari shoves her pillowcase at me and clambers up to meet him.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
scree
Your turn
clambers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
navigate
crook of his small arm
haul
precariously
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
I hesitate at the top of the cliff, my heart pounding. The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise. It seems an impossible distance, and I am afraid of what we will find there. But Mari takes my hand and squeezes it.
“Come on.”
We plunge down the path and I land in a bundle by Mari’s feet.
“We did it!” I cry, but Mari is not looking at me. Her eyes are wide, staring up the slope behind us. I turn. This is one thing we haven’t planned for.
There, making his unsteady way down the twilight cliff, is Kidlat.
“Stop!” I shout, but he is already halfway, reaching the dangerous scree towards the base of the cliff. Mari shoves her pillowcase at me and clambers up to meet him. I expect her to turn him around but she helps him navigate down.
“What are you doing?”
“We don’t have time to take him back,” says Mari, regaining her breath. “And we can’t leave him here. He’ll have to come.”
I stare down at the silent child.
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
“It’s all right,” I say softly. It looks like he is biting down on his thumb rather than sucking it. I reach out a hand and lay it lightly on the crook of his small arm.
Kidlat sits on the beach as we ready Lihim, tying on the bedsheet sail and guiding the oars into their grooves. Mari helps Kidlat aboard and takes an oar in her good hand.
“Ready?” I say.
She nods, her pale skin flushed. I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself.
“We need to get clear of the cliffs,” says Mari, nodding at the empty sail. “They’re stopping the wind. We’ll have to row.”
The sea is not calm like it was the day of our first crossing. Or perhaps it is because we are in a boat that is so much smaller that the waves feel bigger. After only a few minutes Kidlat goes pale and uses the bucket to be sick into. Mari rinses it out and takes over bailing out the water seeping in through holes that are only noticeable because of the bubbles springing from them.
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
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself.
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
I push us out into deeper water.
When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard
and haul myself over the side of the boat.
It rocks precariously,
and some water seeps in
through the patched crack below the lip,
but soon it rights itself.
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
I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself.
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
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
I hesitate at the top of the cliff, my heart pounding. The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise.
Reveal Explainer
Ami's hesitation shows that she might have doubts about the journey or what she might find when she reaches the island. My heart pounding shows that she is nervous and fearful about the task ahead of her.
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
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
B) How has Kidlat’s presence made the situation even more challenging?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
describes the danger
Text Mark Evidence - impossible distance - unsteady - dangerous - precariously - water seeps in - not calm - waves feel bigger
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
Text Mark Evidence - clambers up - regaining her breath - haul myself
describes the physical struggles
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
unexpected problem
Text Mark Evidence this is one thing we hadn’t planned for
B) How has Kidlat’s presence made the situation even more challenging?
Text Mark Evidence - we don’t have time to take him back...And we can’t leave him here. He’ll have to come - she helps him navigate down - Kidlat goes pale and uses the bucket to be sick into
extra responsibility/needs care and help
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'crook of his small arm'?
True or False?
Mari and Ami are relieved when Kidlat joins them because he is strong and capable.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A a pile of small, loose rocks at the bottom of a hill or mountain
1 scree
B in a way that is not safe or steady
2 navigate
C to pull or carry something heavy with a lot of effort
Check
3 haul
Click if correct
D to find your way to a place, or figure out how to get somewhere
4 precariously
Tick Me
What challenges do the children face once they are in the boat?
Tick two
A They only have two lifejackets but there are three of them.
B The waves are large compared to their small boat.
Check
C It is too windy for them to steer properly.
Click if correct
D Water is seeping in through holes in the boat.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places and events as you read.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Island at the End of Everything: 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?
The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise. It seems an impossible distance, and I am afraid of what we will find there.
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)
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
B) How has Kidlat’s presence made the situation even more challenging?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I hesitate at the top of the cliff, my heart pounding. The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise. It seems an impossible distance, and I am afraid of what we will find there. But Mari takes my hand and squeezes it. “Come on.” We plunge down the path and I land in a bundle by Mari’s feet. “We did it!” I cry, but Mari is not looking at me. Her eyes are wide, staring up the slope behind us. I turn. This is one thing we haven’t planned for. There, making his unsteady way down the twilight cliff, is Kidlat. “Stop!” I shout, but he is already halfway, reaching the dangerous scree towards the base of the cliff. Mari shoves her pillowcase at me and clambers up to meet him. I expect her to turn him around but she helps him navigate down. “What are you doing?” “We don’t have time to take him back,” says Mari, regaining her breath. “And we can’t leave him here. He’ll have to come.” I stare down at the silent child.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
“It’s all right,” I say softly. It looks like he is biting down on his thumb rather than sucking it. I reach out a hand and lay it lightly on the crook of his small arm. Kidlat sits on the beach as we ready Lihim, tying on the bedsheet sail and guiding the oars into their grooves. Mari helps Kidlat aboard and takes an oar in her good hand. “Ready?” I say. She nods, her pale skin flushed. I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself. “We need to get clear of the cliffs,” says Mari, nodding at the empty sail. “They’re stopping the wind. We’ll have to row.” The sea is not calm like it was the day of our first crossing. Or perhaps it is because we are in a boat that is so much smaller that the waves feel bigger. After only a few minutes Kidlat goes pale and uses the bucket to be sick into. Mari rinses it out and takes over bailing out the water seeping in through holes that are only noticeable because of the bubbles springing from them.
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
scree
navigate
clambers
crook of his small arm
haul
precariously
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
scree
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Stop!” I shout, but he is already halfway, reaching the dangerous scree towards the base of the cliff. Mari shoves her pillowcase at me and clambers up to meet him.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
scree
Your turn
clambers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
navigate
crook of his small arm
haul
precariously
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
I hesitate at the top of the cliff, my heart pounding. The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise. It seems an impossible distance, and I am afraid of what we will find there. But Mari takes my hand and squeezes it. “Come on.” We plunge down the path and I land in a bundle by Mari’s feet. “We did it!” I cry, but Mari is not looking at me. Her eyes are wide, staring up the slope behind us. I turn. This is one thing we haven’t planned for. There, making his unsteady way down the twilight cliff, is Kidlat. “Stop!” I shout, but he is already halfway, reaching the dangerous scree towards the base of the cliff. Mari shoves her pillowcase at me and clambers up to meet him. I expect her to turn him around but she helps him navigate down. “What are you doing?” “We don’t have time to take him back,” says Mari, regaining her breath. “And we can’t leave him here. He’ll have to come.” I stare down at the silent child.
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
“It’s all right,” I say softly. It looks like he is biting down on his thumb rather than sucking it. I reach out a hand and lay it lightly on the crook of his small arm. Kidlat sits on the beach as we ready Lihim, tying on the bedsheet sail and guiding the oars into their grooves. Mari helps Kidlat aboard and takes an oar in her good hand. “Ready?” I say. She nods, her pale skin flushed. I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself. “We need to get clear of the cliffs,” says Mari, nodding at the empty sail. “They’re stopping the wind. We’ll have to row.” The sea is not calm like it was the day of our first crossing. Or perhaps it is because we are in a boat that is so much smaller that the waves feel bigger. After only a few minutes Kidlat goes pale and uses the bucket to be sick into. Mari rinses it out and takes over bailing out the water seeping in through holes that are only noticeable because of the bubbles springing from them.
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...
I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself.
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
I push us out into deeper water.
When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard
and haul myself over the side of the boat.
It rocks precariously,
and some water seeps in
through the patched crack below the lip,
but soon it rights itself.
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
I push us out into deeper water. When I am up to my chest I kick my legs hard and haul myself over the side of the boat. It rocks precariously, and some water seeps in through the patched crack below the lip, but soon it rights itself.
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
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
I hesitate at the top of the cliff, my heart pounding. The shadow of Culion Island is pinkening in the sunrise.
Reveal Explainer
Ami's hesitation shows that she might have doubts about the journey or what she might find when she reaches the island. My heart pounding shows that she is nervous and fearful about the task ahead of her.
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
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
B) How has Kidlat’s presence made the situation even more challenging?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
describes the danger
Text Mark Evidence - impossible distance - unsteady - dangerous - precariously - water seeps in - not calm - waves feel bigger
A) How have the author’s words and phrases helped the reader to understand the challenging task?
Text Mark Evidence - clambers up - regaining her breath - haul myself
describes the physical struggles
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
unexpected problem
Text Mark Evidence this is one thing we hadn’t planned for
B) How has Kidlat’s presence made the situation even more challenging?
Text Mark Evidence - we don’t have time to take him back...And we can’t leave him here. He’ll have to come - she helps him navigate down - Kidlat goes pale and uses the bucket to be sick into
extra responsibility/needs care and help
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'crook of his small arm'?
True or False?
Mari and Ami are relieved when Kidlat joins them because he is strong and capable.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A a pile of small, loose rocks at the bottom of a hill or mountain
1 scree
B in a way that is not safe or steady
2 navigate
C to pull or carry something heavy with a lot of effort
Check
3 haul
Click if correct
D to find your way to a place, or figure out how to get somewhere
4 precariously
Tick Me
What challenges do the children face once they are in the boat?
Tick two
A They only have two lifejackets but there are three of them.
B The waves are large compared to their small boat.
Check
C It is too windy for them to steer properly.
Click if correct
D Water is seeping in through holes in the boat.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places and events as you read.
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.