Ready Steady Read Together
Welcome to My Crazy Life: Poetry 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?
There's a tightness in my stomach.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Anxiety by Joshua Seigal
Find the whole poem in Welcome to My Crazy Life
There’s a tightness in my stomach.
There’s a tingle in my brain.
There’s an adder in my bladder
and a viper in my veins.
There’s a ringing in my ears.
There’s a stiffness in my neck.
There’s a lizard in my gizzard
that I cannot keep in check.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
There’s a splinter in my sphincter.
There’s a groaning in my bones.
Don’t make me go outside today –
I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
adder
viper
bladder
veins
gizzard
sphincter
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. 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
adder
Explore
Find Read Talk
There’s a tightness in my stomach.
There’s a tingle in my brain.
There’s an adder in my bladder
and a viper in my veins.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
adder
Your turn
bladder
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
viper
veins
gizzard
sphincter
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
There’s a tightness in my stomach.
There’s a tingle in my brain.
There’s an adder in my bladder
and a viper in my veins.
There’s a ringing in my ears.
There’s a stiffness in my neck.
There’s a lizard in my gizzard
that I cannot keep in check.
There’s a splinter in my sphincter.
There’s a groaning in my bones.
Don’t make me go outside today –
I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
There’s a splinter in my sphincter.
There’s a groaning in my bones.
Don’t make me go outside today –
I want to stay at home.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
There’s a splinter in my sphincter.
There’s a groaning in my bones.
Don’t make me go outside today –
I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
There’s a splinter in my sphincter. There’s a groaning in my bones. Don’t make me go outside today – I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
There’s a tightness in my stomach.
There’s a tingle in my brain.
When you are anxious, you might not be able to eat, have stomach pains or feel like you are going to be sick.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
how the body reacts
Text Mark Evidence - tightness in my stomach - tingle in my brain - ringing in my ears
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
comparisons to squirmy, wriggly creatures
Text Mark Evidence- adder in my bladder- viper in my veins - lizard in my gizzard
Text Mark Evidence - stiffness in my neck - splinter in my sphincter - groaning in my bones
discomfort / pain
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - don't make me go outside today - want to stay at home
avoiding the world
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Fill the Gaps
stiffness
ringing
gizzard
There’s a in my ears.
There’s a in my neck.
There’s a lizard in my that I cannot keep in check.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
Which is the best summary of the poem?
Tick one
A Anxiety can make you feel poorly in your mind and body.
B It is exciting to go out and explore the world.
Check
C Anxiety can make you feel calm, relaxed and sleepy.
Click if correct
D People feel anxiety around some animals like snakes.
Find Me
Find two words which mean 'snake'.
There’s a tightness in my stomach.
There’s a tingle in my brain.
There’s an adder in my bladder
and a viper in my veins.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
viper
adder
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
gizzard
sphincter
bladder
veins
D a part of your body that holds your wee until you go to the toilet
C a muscle that helps control when you go to the toilet
B a special part of some animals' stomachs that helps grind up food
A tiny tubes inside your body that carry blood
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...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Welcome to My Crazy Life: Poetry 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?
There's a tightness in my stomach.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Anxiety by Joshua Seigal
Find the whole poem in Welcome to My Crazy Life
There’s a tightness in my stomach. There’s a tingle in my brain. There’s an adder in my bladder and a viper in my veins.
There’s a ringing in my ears. There’s a stiffness in my neck. There’s a lizard in my gizzard that I cannot keep in check.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
There’s a splinter in my sphincter. There’s a groaning in my bones. Don’t make me go outside today – I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
adder
viper
bladder
veins
gizzard
sphincter
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. 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
adder
Explore
Find Read Talk
There’s a tightness in my stomach. There’s a tingle in my brain. There’s an adder in my bladder and a viper in my veins.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
adder
Your turn
bladder
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
viper
veins
gizzard
sphincter
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
There’s a tightness in my stomach. There’s a tingle in my brain. There’s an adder in my bladder and a viper in my veins.
There’s a ringing in my ears. There’s a stiffness in my neck. There’s a lizard in my gizzard that I cannot keep in check.
There’s a splinter in my sphincter. There’s a groaning in my bones. Don’t make me go outside today – I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
There’s a splinter in my sphincter. There’s a groaning in my bones. Don’t make me go outside today – I want to stay at home.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
There’s a splinter in my sphincter.
There’s a groaning in my bones.
Don’t make me go outside today –
I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
There’s a splinter in my sphincter. There’s a groaning in my bones. Don’t make me go outside today – I want to stay at home.
Explore
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
There’s a tightness in my stomach. There’s a tingle in my brain.
When you are anxious, you might not be able to eat, have stomach pains or feel like you are going to be sick.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
how the body reacts
Text Mark Evidence - tightness in my stomach - tingle in my brain - ringing in my ears
How do the poet's word choices show anxiety?
comparisons to squirmy, wriggly creatures
Text Mark Evidence- adder in my bladder- viper in my veins - lizard in my gizzard
Text Mark Evidence - stiffness in my neck - splinter in my sphincter - groaning in my bones
discomfort / pain
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - don't make me go outside today - want to stay at home
avoiding the world
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Fill the Gaps
stiffness
ringing
gizzard
There’s a in my ears. There’s a in my neck. There’s a lizard in my that I cannot keep in check.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
Which is the best summary of the poem?
Tick one
A Anxiety can make you feel poorly in your mind and body.
B It is exciting to go out and explore the world.
Check
C Anxiety can make you feel calm, relaxed and sleepy.
Click if correct
D People feel anxiety around some animals like snakes.
Find Me
Find two words which mean 'snake'.
There’s a tightness in my stomach. There’s a tingle in my brain. There’s an adder in my bladder and a viper in my veins.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
viper
adder
From: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
gizzard
sphincter
bladder
veins
D a part of your body that holds your wee until you go to the toilet
C a muscle that helps control when you go to the toilet
B a special part of some animals' stomachs that helps grind up food
A tiny tubes inside your body that carry blood
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...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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: Welcome to My Crazy Life by Joshua Seigal © 2020 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
ringing
stiffness
gizzard