Ready Steady Read Together
The Travel Book: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Iceland
UK
Spain
Portugal
Ireland
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Romania
Poland
Germany
France
Italy
Hungary
Czech Republic
Austria
Slovakia
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Greece
Serbia and Montenegro
Moldova
Boznia and Herzegovnia
Croatia
Slovenia
Netherlands
Belgium
Denmark
Russia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Albania
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Click here to reveal country names
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
Bonjour! Baguettes, croissants, crêpes, croque monsieur, pains au chocolat.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow long can you expect to live for in France?
B) How many baguettes are sold every year in France?
A) Name three countries that border France?
C) Which layout features help me find the answer to question B?
D) Why might the Tour de France be considered a race of endurance?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
life expectancy
aristocrats
culinary
icon
esteemed
endurance
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. 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
life expectancy
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
life expectancy
Your turn
culinary
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
aristocrats
icon
esteemed
endurance
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The world’s most astonishing race of endurance and human spirit, the Tour de France has been around for more than a century! Every July, brave cyclists race approximately 3,500 km (2,200 mi) around France in a series of stages over 23 days. The fastest cyclist at each stage gets to wear the iconic yellow jersey.
What did you notice?
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The world’s most astonishing race of endurance and human spirit,
the Tour de France has been around for more than a century!
Every July, brave cyclists race approximately 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
around France in a series of stages over 23 days.
The fastest cyclist at each stage gets to wear the iconic yellow jersey.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The world’s most astonishing race of endurance and human spirit, the Tour de France has been around for more than a century! Every July, brave cyclists race approximately 3,500 km (2,200 mi) around France in a series of stages over 23 days. The fastest cyclist at each stage gets to wear the iconic yellow jersey.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow long can you expect to live for in France?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
FRANCE
Pop. Size: 66,028,467 (21st)
Landmass (km2): 640,679 (42nd)
Life Expectancy: 81.66 (13th)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow long can you expect to live for in France?
The words ‘expect to live’ are clues. I can ‘look around’ using the layout to help me, scanning for these words. When I find these words, I’ll read the sentence and ‘find and take’ the answer. I also know that the answer will be a number.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) How many baguettes are sold every year in France?
A) Name three countries that border France?
C) Which layout features help me find the answer to question B?
D) Why might the Tour de France be considered a race of endurance?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Germany
A) Name three countries that border France?
Italy
Spain
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How many baguettes are sold every year in France?
In France...
more than 10 billion
...per person
156 baguettes per person
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
The image of the baguette
C) Which layout features help me find the answer to question B?
The subtitle ‘BREAD END’
The ‘fact circle’ on top of the baguette
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence approximately 3,500km (2,200 mi)
long distance
D) Why might the Tour de France be considered a race of endurance?
Text Mark Evidence (the race lasts) 23 days
duration/length of time
Text Mark Evidence (the race consists of a) series of stages
multiple parts to the race
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence (participants are described as) brave cyclists
takes courage to do
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'aristocrats'?
True or False?
Every year, nine million people go to the Louvre to see the portrait of Marie Antoinette.
True
False
Find Me
Which word means the outer parts of a town or city?
On the outskirts of Vienna, Turkish soldiers decided to dig a tunnel to enter the city more easily.
Discuss then check
outskirts
Extract from: The Travel Book (text: Malcolm Croft/illustrations: Maggie Li) © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 culinary
4 life expectancy
1 icon
2 esteemed
C lifespan
B symbol
A linked to cooking
D respected
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...
focus on fun facts.
Reveal
Write down interesting or surprising facts you learn.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li, © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Travel Book: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Iceland
UK
Spain
Portugal
Ireland
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Romania
Poland
Germany
France
Italy
Hungary
Czech Republic
Austria
Slovakia
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Greece
Serbia and Montenegro
Moldova
Boznia and Herzegovnia
Croatia
Slovenia
Netherlands
Belgium
Denmark
Russia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Albania
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Click here to reveal country names
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
Bonjour! Baguettes, croissants, crêpes, croque monsieur, pains au chocolat.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow long can you expect to live for in France?
B) How many baguettes are sold every year in France?
A) Name three countries that border France?
C) Which layout features help me find the answer to question B?
D) Why might the Tour de France be considered a race of endurance?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
life expectancy
aristocrats
culinary
icon
esteemed
endurance
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. 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
life expectancy
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
life expectancy
Your turn
culinary
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
aristocrats
icon
esteemed
endurance
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The world’s most astonishing race of endurance and human spirit, the Tour de France has been around for more than a century! Every July, brave cyclists race approximately 3,500 km (2,200 mi) around France in a series of stages over 23 days. The fastest cyclist at each stage gets to wear the iconic yellow jersey.
What did you notice?
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The world’s most astonishing race of endurance and human spirit,
the Tour de France has been around for more than a century!
Every July, brave cyclists race approximately 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
around France in a series of stages over 23 days.
The fastest cyclist at each stage gets to wear the iconic yellow jersey.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The world’s most astonishing race of endurance and human spirit, the Tour de France has been around for more than a century! Every July, brave cyclists race approximately 3,500 km (2,200 mi) around France in a series of stages over 23 days. The fastest cyclist at each stage gets to wear the iconic yellow jersey.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow long can you expect to live for in France?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
FRANCE Pop. Size: 66,028,467 (21st) Landmass (km2): 640,679 (42nd) Life Expectancy: 81.66 (13th)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow long can you expect to live for in France?
The words ‘expect to live’ are clues. I can ‘look around’ using the layout to help me, scanning for these words. When I find these words, I’ll read the sentence and ‘find and take’ the answer. I also know that the answer will be a number.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) How many baguettes are sold every year in France?
A) Name three countries that border France?
C) Which layout features help me find the answer to question B?
D) Why might the Tour de France be considered a race of endurance?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Germany
A) Name three countries that border France?
Italy
Spain
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How many baguettes are sold every year in France?
In France...
more than 10 billion
...per person
156 baguettes per person
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
The image of the baguette
C) Which layout features help me find the answer to question B?
The subtitle ‘BREAD END’
The ‘fact circle’ on top of the baguette
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence approximately 3,500km (2,200 mi)
long distance
D) Why might the Tour de France be considered a race of endurance?
Text Mark Evidence (the race lasts) 23 days
duration/length of time
Text Mark Evidence (the race consists of a) series of stages
multiple parts to the race
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence (participants are described as) brave cyclists
takes courage to do
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'aristocrats'?
True or False?
Every year, nine million people go to the Louvre to see the portrait of Marie Antoinette.
True
False
Find Me
Which word means the outer parts of a town or city?
On the outskirts of Vienna, Turkish soldiers decided to dig a tunnel to enter the city more easily.
Discuss then check
outskirts
Extract from: The Travel Book (text: Malcolm Croft/illustrations: Maggie Li) © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 culinary
4 life expectancy
1 icon
2 esteemed
C lifespan
B symbol
A linked to cooking
D respected
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...
focus on fun facts.
Reveal
Write down interesting or surprising facts you learn.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li, © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.