Ready Steady Read Together
Werewolf Club Rules: Poetry Lesson 3
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?
Bubbled letters float.
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)
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
B) How does the poet’s use of language compare the lettering style to actual bubbles?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Bubble Writing
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Lifespans like raindrops,
like vibrations on tongues.
An A ascends, tilts its roof as it rises.
An i isochronally spins around its dot,
slipping into the curving hug of an r’s grasp.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The bubbled letters form words, an alphabet aerial array.
A large P pogos up the ladder of an E,
an a rolls apple-like down an r’s kick.
The right angle of an l softens into a bend.
Bubbled letters float.
Two P’s flank the wet-burst wisp of an O.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for defintions!
sheens
isochronally
ascends
aerial array
flank
wisp
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
sheens
Explore
Find Read Talk
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
sheens
Your turn
ascends
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
isochronally
aerial array
flank
wisp
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Bubble Writing
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Lifespans like raindrops,
like vibrations on tongues.
An A ascends, tilts its roof as it rises.
An i isochronally spins around its dot,
slipping into the curving hug of an r’s grasp.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The bubbled letters form words, an alphabet aerial array.
A large P pogos up the ladder of an E,
an a rolls apple-like down an r’s kick.
The right angle of an l softens into a bend.
Bubbled letters float.
Two P’s flank the wet-burst wisp of an O.
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...
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Lifespans like raindrops,
like vibrations on tongues.
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
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Lifespans like raindrops,
like vibrations on tongues.
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
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Lifespans like raindrops,
like vibrations on tongues.
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
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
The poet says the letters ‘float’. I think he wants us to imagine actual bubbles when we picture ‘bubble letters’, instead of just a style of writing.
Reveal Explainer
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
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
B) How does the poet’s use of language compare the lettering style to actual bubbles?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - an A ascends, tilts its roof as it rises - a large P pogos up - bubbled letters float
letters drift or bounce upwards
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
Text Mark Evidence - an i isochronally spins around its dot - an a rolls apple-like down - an l softens into a bend
letters turn or bend
Text Mark Evidence - (an i) slipping into the curing hug of an r’s grasp - the bubbled letters form words, an alphabet aerial array - two P’s flank the wet-burst wisp of an O
letters group together or make formations
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - rounded swells - curving hug of an r’s grasp - the right angle of an l softens into a bend
the curved shape/able to change shape
B) How does the poet’s use of language compare the lettering style to actual bubbles?
Text Mark Evidence rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins
shiny, iridescent appearance
Text Mark Evidence - lifespans like raindrops - the wet-burst wisp of an O
fragile, short-lived and likely to pop
Text Mark Evidence - bubbled letters float - an alphabet aerial array
light and airy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - bubble letters float - spins around - pogos up - rolls apple-like down
bubble-like movement
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'sheen'?
Which One's Right?
Which is the closest in meaning to ‘whisper-thin skins’?
B the letters movevery quietly
A the letters need to be peeled, like oranges
C the letters are coveredin a sticky substance
D the letters' surfacesare very delicate
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A move upward
1 ascend
B be alongside
2 array
C a group or arrangement
Check
3 flank
Click if correct
D a small, thin amount of something
4 wisp
Tick Me
What is the author’s message in Bubble Writing?
Tick one
A) The poet thinks the rules of handwriting are important.
B) The poet likes to daydream when he has to do boring writing tasks.
Check
C) The poet wants to show how words can come to life in a magical way.
Click if correct
D) The poet thinks only straight lines should be used when writing.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
draw what you imagine.
Reveal
Sketch scenes or feelings inspired by the poem.
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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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Werewolf Club Rules: Poetry Lesson 3
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?
Bubbled letters float.
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)
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
B) How does the poet’s use of language compare the lettering style to actual bubbles?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Bubble Writing
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins. Lifespans like raindrops, like vibrations on tongues. An A ascends, tilts its roof as it rises. An i isochronally spins around its dot, slipping into the curving hug of an r’s grasp.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The bubbled letters form words, an alphabet aerial array. A large P pogos up the ladder of an E, an a rolls apple-like down an r’s kick. The right angle of an l softens into a bend. Bubbled letters float. Two P’s flank the wet-burst wisp of an O.
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for defintions!
sheens
isochronally
ascends
aerial array
flank
wisp
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
sheens
Explore
Find Read Talk
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
sheens
Your turn
ascends
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
isochronally
aerial array
flank
wisp
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Bubble Writing
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins. Lifespans like raindrops, like vibrations on tongues. An A ascends, tilts its roof as it rises. An i isochronally spins around its dot, slipping into the curving hug of an r’s grasp.
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The bubbled letters form words, an alphabet aerial array. A large P pogos up the ladder of an E, an a rolls apple-like down an r’s kick. The right angle of an l softens into a bend. Bubbled letters float. Two P’s flank the wet-burst wisp of an O.
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...
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins. Lifespans like raindrops, like vibrations on tongues.
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
Bubbled letters float.
Rounded swells speaking stars,
rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
Lifespans like raindrops,
like vibrations on tongues.
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
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins. Lifespans like raindrops, like vibrations on tongues.
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
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Bubbled letters float. Rounded swells speaking stars, rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins.
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
The poet says the letters ‘float’. I think he wants us to imagine actual bubbles when we picture ‘bubble letters’, instead of just a style of writing.
Reveal Explainer
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
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
B) How does the poet’s use of language compare the lettering style to actual bubbles?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - an A ascends, tilts its roof as it rises - a large P pogos up - bubbled letters float
letters drift or bounce upwards
A) How do we know the letters are moving?
Text Mark Evidence - an i isochronally spins around its dot - an a rolls apple-like down - an l softens into a bend
letters turn or bend
Text Mark Evidence - (an i) slipping into the curing hug of an r’s grasp - the bubbled letters form words, an alphabet aerial array - two P’s flank the wet-burst wisp of an O
letters group together or make formations
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - rounded swells - curving hug of an r’s grasp - the right angle of an l softens into a bend
the curved shape/able to change shape
B) How does the poet’s use of language compare the lettering style to actual bubbles?
Text Mark Evidence rainbow sheens swimming in whisper-thin skins
shiny, iridescent appearance
Text Mark Evidence - lifespans like raindrops - the wet-burst wisp of an O
fragile, short-lived and likely to pop
Text Mark Evidence - bubbled letters float - an alphabet aerial array
light and airy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - bubble letters float - spins around - pogos up - rolls apple-like down
bubble-like movement
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'sheen'?
Which One's Right?
Which is the closest in meaning to ‘whisper-thin skins’?
B the letters movevery quietly
A the letters need to be peeled, like oranges
C the letters are coveredin a sticky substance
D the letters' surfacesare very delicate
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A move upward
1 ascend
B be alongside
2 array
C a group or arrangement
Check
3 flank
Click if correct
D a small, thin amount of something
4 wisp
Tick Me
What is the author’s message in Bubble Writing?
Tick one
A) The poet thinks the rules of handwriting are important.
B) The poet likes to daydream when he has to do boring writing tasks.
Check
C) The poet wants to show how words can come to life in a magical way.
Click if correct
D) The poet thinks only straight lines should be used when writing.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
draw what you imagine.
Reveal
Sketch scenes or feelings inspired by the poem.
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.