Ready Steady Read Together
The Travel Book: Non-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?
It’s home to the ancient ruins of Rome, and has brought us some of the greatest thinkers, artists and explorers that have ever lived.
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 OnlyWhat is the population size of Italy?
C) Compared to other cities, what makes Venice unique?
A) Explain what makes the Colosseum’s design interesting. Name two things.
B) Who created the ‘pizza Margherita’?
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain means you'll never go back to Rome. There are more than 150 canals in Venice. Fruit fights using oranges always happen in February.
D) Use the text to decide whether the statements are true or false.
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
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re-enactment of a medieval battle
civilisation
imports
garnished
Renaissance
ornate
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
civilisation
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.
civilisation
Your turn
re-enactment of a medieval battle
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
imports
garnished
Renaissance
ornate
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
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Known as the floating city – even though it’s sinking! - Venice is made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges. Long, black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice. Each one is made of eight different types of wood, and they’re often seen with ornate chairs and decorations inside.
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
Known as the floating city – even though it’s sinking!
- Venice is made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges.
Long, black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice.
Each one is made of eight different types of wood,
and they’re often seen with ornate chairs and decorations inside.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Known as the floating city – even though it’s sinking! - Venice is made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges. Long, black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice. Each one is made of eight different types of wood, and they’re often seen with ornate chairs and decorations inside.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the population size of Italy?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
ITALY
Pop. Size: 59,831,093 (22nd)
Landmass (km2): 301,338 (72nd)
Life Expectancy: 82.03 (9th)
The word ‘population’ is a clue. I also know that the answer will be a number. I will ‘Look Around’ until I find the word ‘population’. Then I can ‘Find and Take’ the answer.
Reveal Explainer
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the population size of Italy?
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
C) Compared to other cities, what makes Venice unique?
A) Explain what makes the Colosseum’s design interesting. Name two things.
B) Who created the ‘pizza Margherita’?
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain means you'll never go back to Rome. There are more than 150 canals in Venice. Fruit fights using oranges always happen in February.
D) Use the text to decide whether the statements are true or false.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence 80,000 ancient Romans could fit inside
A) Explain what makes the Colosseum’s design interesting. Name two things.
Text Mark Evidence it could be emptied in less than ten minutes
Text Mark Evidence this (design with a passage under the seats) is what makes modern stadiums usable today
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Who created the ‘pizza Margherita’?
Text Mark Evidence a man called... created the 'Pizza Margherita'
Raffaele Esposito
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence known as the floating city - even though it's sinking!
affected by subsidence
C) Compared to other cities, what makes Venice unique?
Text Mark Evidence made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges
differences in geography
Text Mark Evidence long black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice
differences in transport
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
true
D) Use the text to decide whether the statements are true or false.
Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain means you'll never go back to Rome.
false
There are more than 150 canals in Venice.
true
Click on the statements to reveal the answer
Fruit fights using oranges always happen in February.
true
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'ornate'?
Find Me
What word is closest in meaning to the word ‘decorated’?
...a man called Raffaele Esposito created the ‘pizza Margherita’, a pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, the colours of the Italian flag.
Discuss then check
garnished
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
Which make of car is thought by many to be the most awesome?
Tick one
A) Ferrari
B) Lamborghini
Check
C) Lancia
Click if correct
D) Maserati
Link Me
Link each piece of information to the correct subheading:
1 The exit passage is called the vomitorium.
A Renaissance Man
2 Leonardo da Vinci invented the helicopter.
B Trevi Fountain
3 €3,000 worth of coins are thrown into the wishing well every day.
Check
C The Colosseum
Click if correct
4 The town of Ivrea imports 57,000 crates of fruit.
D Battle of the Oranges
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Travel Book: Non-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?
It’s home to the ancient ruins of Rome, and has brought us some of the greatest thinkers, artists and explorers that have ever lived.
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 OnlyWhat is the population size of Italy?
C) Compared to other cities, what makes Venice unique?
A) Explain what makes the Colosseum’s design interesting. Name two things.
B) Who created the ‘pizza Margherita’?
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain means you'll never go back to Rome. There are more than 150 canals in Venice. Fruit fights using oranges always happen in February.
D) Use the text to decide whether the statements are true or false.
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!
re-enactment of a medieval battle
civilisation
imports
garnished
Renaissance
ornate
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
civilisation
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.
civilisation
Your turn
re-enactment of a medieval battle
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
imports
garnished
Renaissance
ornate
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...
Known as the floating city – even though it’s sinking! - Venice is made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges. Long, black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice. Each one is made of eight different types of wood, and they’re often seen with ornate chairs and decorations inside.
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
Known as the floating city – even though it’s sinking!
- Venice is made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges.
Long, black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice.
Each one is made of eight different types of wood,
and they’re often seen with ornate chairs and decorations inside.
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Known as the floating city – even though it’s sinking! - Venice is made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges. Long, black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice. Each one is made of eight different types of wood, and they’re often seen with ornate chairs and decorations inside.
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 OnlyWhat is the population size of Italy?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
ITALY Pop. Size: 59,831,093 (22nd) Landmass (km2): 301,338 (72nd) Life Expectancy: 82.03 (9th)
The word ‘population’ is a clue. I also know that the answer will be a number. I will ‘Look Around’ until I find the word ‘population’. Then I can ‘Find and Take’ the answer.
Reveal Explainer
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the population size of Italy?
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
C) Compared to other cities, what makes Venice unique?
A) Explain what makes the Colosseum’s design interesting. Name two things.
B) Who created the ‘pizza Margherita’?
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain means you'll never go back to Rome. There are more than 150 canals in Venice. Fruit fights using oranges always happen in February.
D) Use the text to decide whether the statements are true or false.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence 80,000 ancient Romans could fit inside
A) Explain what makes the Colosseum’s design interesting. Name two things.
Text Mark Evidence it could be emptied in less than ten minutes
Text Mark Evidence this (design with a passage under the seats) is what makes modern stadiums usable today
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Who created the ‘pizza Margherita’?
Text Mark Evidence a man called... created the 'Pizza Margherita'
Raffaele Esposito
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence known as the floating city - even though it's sinking!
affected by subsidence
C) Compared to other cities, what makes Venice unique?
Text Mark Evidence made up of 118 islands and connected by more than 150 canals and 400 bridges
differences in geography
Text Mark Evidence long black boats called gondolas have become the symbol of Venice
differences in transport
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
true
D) Use the text to decide whether the statements are true or false.
Throwing a coin into the Trevi Fountain means you'll never go back to Rome.
false
There are more than 150 canals in Venice.
true
Click on the statements to reveal the answer
Fruit fights using oranges always happen in February.
true
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'ornate'?
Find Me
What word is closest in meaning to the word ‘decorated’?
...a man called Raffaele Esposito created the ‘pizza Margherita’, a pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, the colours of the Italian flag.
Discuss then check
garnished
From: The Travel Book by Malcolm Croft & Maggie Li © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Tick Me
Which make of car is thought by many to be the most awesome?
Tick one
A) Ferrari
B) Lamborghini
Check
C) Lancia
Click if correct
D) Maserati
Link Me
Link each piece of information to the correct subheading:
1 The exit passage is called the vomitorium.
A Renaissance Man
2 Leonardo da Vinci invented the helicopter.
B Trevi Fountain
3 €3,000 worth of coins are thrown into the wishing well every day.
Check
C The Colosseum
Click if correct
4 The town of Ivrea imports 57,000 crates of fruit.
D Battle of the Oranges
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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.