Ready Steady Read Together
Harry the Poisonous Centipede: 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 most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were the Hoo-Mins.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
B) Why has the author described everyday things in this way?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
page 16
But he most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were Hoo-Mins. “Once when I couldn’t find any food in the tunnels, I had to go up in the bright-time. All that bright light muddled me, and I got too far from the tunnel entrance. I was running back to it when a black shadow fell on me. You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!” They’re giant two-legses. As big as trees. Each one of their feet is as big as a whole hairy biter. They only come out in the bright-time. Their eyes must be in the round part at the top.
page 59
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
page 118
“It’s like – it's like the outside of the Up-Pipe,” said Harry. This was a very clever thing for him to say because it actually was a hollow metal bed-leg. They climbed up it and soon found themselves climbing on something much easier. It was soft and loose, like lots of spiders’ webs put together, only not sticky. They scrambled up it and found themselves on a flat surface. It was made of the same soft, warm stuff. “I think – we may be climbing on a Hoo-Min.”
They passed a nice little nest – just the right size for one of them to curl up in. (It was a tummy button, of course, but they didn’t know that.) The whole vast meat-mountain they were on heaved and shook. They ran through a heaving forest of hairs. And then The Noise started. It was a rumbling, gurgling, growly sound, a little like thunder, but wetter. It happened – then stopped – then it happened again.
They needed to get damp. They kept running towards the moist smell. The noise was coming from here but they didn’t care.
“A lovely wet tunnel!” breathed Harry.
And they both threw themselves down into it.
page 127
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
muddled
surface
scrambled
vast meat mountain
heaving
moist
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. 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
muddled
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Once when I couldn’t find any food in the tunnels, I had to go up in the bright-time. All that bright light muddled me, and I got too far from the tunnel entrance. I was running back to it when a black shadow fell on me.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
muddled
Your turn
scrambled
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
surface
vast meat mountain
heaving
moist
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
page 16
But he most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were Hoo-Mins. “Once when I couldn’t find any food in the tunnels, I had to go up in the bright-time. All that bright light muddled me, and I got too far from the tunnel entrance. I was running back to it when a black shadow fell on me. You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!” They’re giant two-legses. As big as trees. Each one of their feet is as big as a whole hairy biter. They only come out in the bright-time. Their eyes must be in the round part at the top.
page 59
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
page 118
“It’s like – it's like the outside of the Up-Pipe,” said Harry. This was a very clever thing for him to say because it actually was a hollow metal bed-leg. They climbed up it and soon found themselves climbing on something much easier. It was soft and loose, like lots of spiders’ webs put together, only not sticky. They scrambled up it and found themselves on a flat surface. It was made of the same soft, warm stuff. “I think – we may be climbing on a Hoo-Min.”
They passed a nice little nest – just the right size for one of them to curl up in. (It was a tummy button, of course, but they didn’t know that.) The whole vast meat-mountain they were on heaved and shook. They ran through a heaving forest of hairs. And then The Noise started. It was a rumbling, gurgling, growly sound, a little like thunder, but wetter. It happened – then stopped – then it happened again.
They needed to get damp. They kept running towards the moist smell. The noise was coming from here but they didn’t care.
“A lovely wet tunnel!” breathed Harry.
And they both threw themselves down into it.
page 127
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“You don’t know about shadows yet
because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining,
but it’s a dark thing that falls on you.
And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!”
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!”
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were Hoo-Mins.
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
The word Hoo-Mins sounds like humans. Harry's mum is describing humans as the most awful, most dangerous things.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
B) Why has the author described everyday things in this way?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
humans
Text Mark Evidence - giant two-legses - feet as big as a whole hairy biter - big as trees
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
Text Mark Evidence- bright-time- big-yellow-ball
daylight/sun
Text Mark Evidence - like the outside of the up-pipe - up the bed leg - soft and loose - like lots of spiders’ webs put together, only not sticky
bed with blanket
Go to the next slide for more...
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a nice little nest
tummy button
Acceptable Answers
human body
Text Mark Evidence whole vast meat-mountain
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
Text Mark Evidenceforest of hairs
beard
Text Mark Evidence - The Noise - rumbling, gurgling, growling sound, like thunder, but wetter
snoring
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
mouth
Text Mark Evidence - moist smell - a lovely wet tunnel
Acceptable Answers
imagine the setting through Harry's viewpoint as a small creature
B) Why has the author described everyday things in this way?
engage with the story and unpick clues
reconsider our opinion of bugs as scary or dangerous
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'surface'?
Tick Me
What is the message of this extract?
Tick one
A Centipedes enjoy basking in the warmth of the sun.
B Centipedes do not like lightning or thunder.
Check
C Centipedes like being in shadowy places.
Click if correct
D Insects are most afraid of humans because we are so much bigger than them.
Find Me
Find two words that mean 'slightly wet'.
It happened – then stopped – then it happened again. They needed to get damp. They kept running towards the moist smell. The noise was coming from here but they didn’t care.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
damp
moist
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
vast
heaving
muddled
scrambled
C to climb up something awkwardly
B very big and seems to go on forever
A moving up and down
D when things are mixed up and hard to understand
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...
look forclues.
Reveal
Notice how the author builds suspense or hints at future events.
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: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Harry the Poisonous Centipede: 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 most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were the Hoo-Mins.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
B) Why has the author described everyday things in this way?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
page 16
But he most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were Hoo-Mins. “Once when I couldn’t find any food in the tunnels, I had to go up in the bright-time. All that bright light muddled me, and I got too far from the tunnel entrance. I was running back to it when a black shadow fell on me. You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!” They’re giant two-legses. As big as trees. Each one of their feet is as big as a whole hairy biter. They only come out in the bright-time. Their eyes must be in the round part at the top.
page 59
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
page 118
“It’s like – it's like the outside of the Up-Pipe,” said Harry. This was a very clever thing for him to say because it actually was a hollow metal bed-leg. They climbed up it and soon found themselves climbing on something much easier. It was soft and loose, like lots of spiders’ webs put together, only not sticky. They scrambled up it and found themselves on a flat surface. It was made of the same soft, warm stuff. “I think – we may be climbing on a Hoo-Min.” They passed a nice little nest – just the right size for one of them to curl up in. (It was a tummy button, of course, but they didn’t know that.) The whole vast meat-mountain they were on heaved and shook. They ran through a heaving forest of hairs. And then The Noise started. It was a rumbling, gurgling, growly sound, a little like thunder, but wetter. It happened – then stopped – then it happened again. They needed to get damp. They kept running towards the moist smell. The noise was coming from here but they didn’t care. “A lovely wet tunnel!” breathed Harry. And they both threw themselves down into it.
page 127
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
muddled
surface
scrambled
vast meat mountain
heaving
moist
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. 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
muddled
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Once when I couldn’t find any food in the tunnels, I had to go up in the bright-time. All that bright light muddled me, and I got too far from the tunnel entrance. I was running back to it when a black shadow fell on me.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
muddled
Your turn
scrambled
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
surface
vast meat mountain
heaving
moist
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
page 16
But he most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were Hoo-Mins. “Once when I couldn’t find any food in the tunnels, I had to go up in the bright-time. All that bright light muddled me, and I got too far from the tunnel entrance. I was running back to it when a black shadow fell on me. You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!” They’re giant two-legses. As big as trees. Each one of their feet is as big as a whole hairy biter. They only come out in the bright-time. Their eyes must be in the round part at the top.
page 59
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
page 118
“It’s like – it's like the outside of the Up-Pipe,” said Harry. This was a very clever thing for him to say because it actually was a hollow metal bed-leg. They climbed up it and soon found themselves climbing on something much easier. It was soft and loose, like lots of spiders’ webs put together, only not sticky. They scrambled up it and found themselves on a flat surface. It was made of the same soft, warm stuff. “I think – we may be climbing on a Hoo-Min.” They passed a nice little nest – just the right size for one of them to curl up in. (It was a tummy button, of course, but they didn’t know that.) The whole vast meat-mountain they were on heaved and shook. They ran through a heaving forest of hairs. And then The Noise started. It was a rumbling, gurgling, growly sound, a little like thunder, but wetter. It happened – then stopped – then it happened again. They needed to get damp. They kept running towards the moist smell. The noise was coming from here but they didn’t care. “A lovely wet tunnel!” breathed Harry. And they both threw themselves down into it.
page 127
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“You don’t know about shadows yet
because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining,
but it’s a dark thing that falls on you.
And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!”
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“You don’t know about shadows yet because you’ve never been out in the bright-time when big-yellow-ball is shining, but it’s a dark thing that falls on you. And when you feel that shadow, you have to run like mad!”
Explore
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The most awful things of all, Belinda told him – the biggest and the most terrifyingly dangerous – were Hoo-Mins.
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
The word Hoo-Mins sounds like humans. Harry's mum is describing humans as the most awful, most dangerous things.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
B) Why has the author described everyday things in this way?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
humans
Text Mark Evidence - giant two-legses - feet as big as a whole hairy biter - big as trees
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
Text Mark Evidence- bright-time- big-yellow-ball
daylight/sun
Text Mark Evidence - like the outside of the up-pipe - up the bed leg - soft and loose - like lots of spiders’ webs put together, only not sticky
bed with blanket
Go to the next slide for more...
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a nice little nest
tummy button
Acceptable Answers
human body
Text Mark Evidence whole vast meat-mountain
A) How does the author describe everyday things and what is being described?
Text Mark Evidenceforest of hairs
beard
Text Mark Evidence - The Noise - rumbling, gurgling, growling sound, like thunder, but wetter
snoring
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
mouth
Text Mark Evidence - moist smell - a lovely wet tunnel
Acceptable Answers
imagine the setting through Harry's viewpoint as a small creature
B) Why has the author described everyday things in this way?
engage with the story and unpick clues
reconsider our opinion of bugs as scary or dangerous
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'surface'?
Tick Me
What is the message of this extract?
Tick one
A Centipedes enjoy basking in the warmth of the sun.
B Centipedes do not like lightning or thunder.
Check
C Centipedes like being in shadowy places.
Click if correct
D Insects are most afraid of humans because we are so much bigger than them.
Find Me
Find two words that mean 'slightly wet'.
It happened – then stopped – then it happened again. They needed to get damp. They kept running towards the moist smell. The noise was coming from here but they didn’t care.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
damp
moist
From: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
vast
heaving
muddled
scrambled
C to climb up something awkwardly
B very big and seems to go on forever
A moving up and down
D when things are mixed up and hard to understand
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...
look forclues.
Reveal
Notice how the author builds suspense or hints at future events.
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: Harry the Poisonous Centipede by Lynne Reid Banks © 1997 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.