Ready Steady Read Together
Werewolf Club Rules: 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?
I hate spiders.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
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Let me read today's text
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I Hate Spiders
I hate spiders
with their legs like spines,
bodies like drops of madness,
their webs as inescapable as a maze of
torn net curtains One day I lost my grandmother’s ring,
the one she gave me years ago.
A special ring with a black bead centre
and diamonds like silk.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Then I saw it hanging gingerly in a spider’s web Right over my bed
As if placed for me to find.
I love spiders
With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles,
Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck.
Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
spines
inescapable
madness
gingerly
knitting needles
cocooning
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From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
spines
Explore
Find Read Talk
I hate spiders
With their legs like spines,
Bodies like drops of madness,
Their webs as inescapable as a maze of
Torn net curtains
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
spines
Your turn
madness
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
inescapable
gingerly
knitting needles
coccooning
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
I Hate Spiders
Reveal Vocabulary
I hate spiders
With their legs like spines,
Bodies like drops of madness,
Their webs as inescapable as a maze of
Torn net curtains
One day I lost my grandmother’s ring,
The one she gave me years ago.
A special ring with a black bead centre
And diamonds like silk.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Then I saw it hanging gingerly in a spider’s web
Right over my bed
As if placed for me to find.
I love spiders
With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles,
Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck.
Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I love spiders
With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles,
Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck.
Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I love spiders
With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles,
Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck.
Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I love spiders
With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles,
Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck.
Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I hate spiders
With their legs like spines,
Bodies like drops of madness,...
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The poet’s first line and the title of the poem show that at the beginning of the poem, the poet does not like spiders. The word 'change' in the question is a clue that the poet might not always hate spiders.'
Teach
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Beginning of the poem
End of the poem
The poet's descriptions and feelings are negative:
The poet's descriptions and feelings are positive:
Text Mark Evidence their legs like my grandmother's knitting needles
Text Mark Evidence their legs like spines
spider's legs compared to tools used by his grandmother
spider's legs compare to weapons
Text Mark Evidence bodies like drops of madness
Text Mark Evidence bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck
spider's bodies compared to his grandmother's jewellery
spider's bodies compared to craziness
Text Mark Evidence their webs as inescapable as a maze of torn net curtains
Text Mark Evidence their webs as cocooning as my grandmother's last hug
spider's webs compared to his grandmother's hug
spider's webs described as an ugly or damaged trap
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I love spiders
poet's opinion changes
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'spines'?
Fill the Gaps
madness
spines
inescapable
I hate spiders
With their legs like ,
Bodies like drops of ,
Their webs as as a maze of
Torn net curtains
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) A spider found his grandmother’s ring.
B) The poet loves spiders because they remind him of his grandmother.
C) The poet dislikes spiders.
D) The spider hung the ring in a web above the bed.
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘carefully’?
One day I lost my grandmother’s ring,
The one she gave me years ago.
A special ring with a black bead centre
And diamonds like silk. Then I saw it hanging gingerly in a spider’s web
Right over my bed
As if placed for me to find.
Discuss then check
gingerly
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Werewolf Club Rules: 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?
I hate spiders.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I Hate Spiders
I hate spiders with their legs like spines, bodies like drops of madness, their webs as inescapable as a maze of torn net curtains One day I lost my grandmother’s ring, the one she gave me years ago. A special ring with a black bead centre and diamonds like silk.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Then I saw it hanging gingerly in a spider’s web Right over my bed As if placed for me to find. I love spiders With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles, Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck. Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
spines
inescapable
madness
gingerly
knitting needles
cocooning
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
spines
Explore
Find Read Talk
I hate spiders With their legs like spines, Bodies like drops of madness, Their webs as inescapable as a maze of Torn net curtains
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
spines
Your turn
madness
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
inescapable
gingerly
knitting needles
coccooning
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
I Hate Spiders
Reveal Vocabulary
I hate spiders With their legs like spines, Bodies like drops of madness, Their webs as inescapable as a maze of Torn net curtains One day I lost my grandmother’s ring, The one she gave me years ago. A special ring with a black bead centre And diamonds like silk.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Then I saw it hanging gingerly in a spider’s web Right over my bed As if placed for me to find. I love spiders With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles, Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck. Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I love spiders With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles, Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck. Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I love spiders
With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles,
Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck.
Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I love spiders With their legs like my grandmother’s knitting needles, Bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck. Their webs as cocooning as a grandmother’s last hug.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I hate spiders With their legs like spines, Bodies like drops of madness,...
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The poet’s first line and the title of the poem show that at the beginning of the poem, the poet does not like spiders. The word 'change' in the question is a clue that the poet might not always hate spiders.'
Teach
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the poet’s feelings and descriptions of spiders change from the beginning to the end of the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Beginning of the poem
End of the poem
The poet's descriptions and feelings are negative:
The poet's descriptions and feelings are positive:
Text Mark Evidence their legs like my grandmother's knitting needles
Text Mark Evidence their legs like spines
spider's legs compared to tools used by his grandmother
spider's legs compare to weapons
Text Mark Evidence bodies like drops of madness
Text Mark Evidence bodies like the beautiful black pearls that hung around her neck
spider's bodies compared to his grandmother's jewellery
spider's bodies compared to craziness
Text Mark Evidence their webs as inescapable as a maze of torn net curtains
Text Mark Evidence their webs as cocooning as my grandmother's last hug
spider's webs compared to his grandmother's hug
spider's webs described as an ugly or damaged trap
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I love spiders
poet's opinion changes
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'spines'?
Fill the Gaps
madness
spines
inescapable
I hate spiders With their legs like , Bodies like drops of , Their webs as as a maze of Torn net curtains
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) A spider found his grandmother’s ring.
B) The poet loves spiders because they remind him of his grandmother.
C) The poet dislikes spiders.
D) The spider hung the ring in a web above the bed.
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘carefully’?
One day I lost my grandmother’s ring, The one she gave me years ago. A special ring with a black bead centre And diamonds like silk. Then I saw it hanging gingerly in a spider’s web Right over my bed As if placed for me to find.
Discuss then check
gingerly
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
spines
madness
inescapable