Ready Steady Read Together
Werewolf Club Rules: Poetry Lesson 4
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?
…because of all the eyes.
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)
A) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
B) Why do you think the potato was thrown out?
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Let me read today's text
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Joseph Found These Potatoes
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
I found it in the school garden,
a yard with one small almond tree
on a terrace of two tiers.
It lay in the Shetland-black dirt of the lowest level,
tendrils spreading around it like veins,
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
nodules sprouting from this vein, from that vein,
a clustering of spuds to be boiled.
I next see them in a tank in the classroom,
King Edwards on fresh soil.
“Joseph found these potatoes outside.
We’re going to see if they will grow.”
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
discarded
tiers
terrace
tendrils
nodules
clustering
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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
discarded
Explore
Find Read Talk
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
discarded
Your turn
terrace
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tiers
tendrils
nodules
clustering
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Joseph Found These Potatoes
Reveal Vocabulary
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
I found it in the school garden,
a yard with one small almond tree
on a terrace of two tiers.
It lay in the Shetland-black dirt of the lowest level,
tendrils spreading around it like veins,
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
nodules sprouting from this vein, from that vein,
a clustering of spuds to be boiled.
I next see them in a tank in the classroom,
King Edwards on fresh soil.
“Joseph found these potatoes outside.
We’re going to see if they will grow.”
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...
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
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
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
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
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
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) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
A) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
Reveal Explainer
We make chips from potatoes. The poet has used chip-maker instead of calling it a potato, like in a kenning poem.
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) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
B) Why do you think the potato was thrown out?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - mash-giver - jacket-wearer
ways potatoes can be cooked
A) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
Text Mark Evidence a clustering of spuds
the eyes are sumbols of future potatoes
Text Mark Evidence King Edwards
by the variety of potato
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why do you think the potato was thrown out?
Text Mark Evidence because of the wrinkled skin
it looks too old to eat
Text Mark Evidence - because of all of the eyes - tendrils spreading around it like veins - nodules sprouting
it has started to go bad
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'tiers'?
Find Me
Find three ways of saying that someone got rid of the potato:
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin,
because of all of the eyes.
2 Discuss then check
3 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
chucked away
thrown out
discarded
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
True or False?
The potato was discarded because it was too small to use.
True
False
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) Someone threw the potato away.
B) The teacher told the class about the potato.
C) The potato was put in a tank.
D) The potato was found in the school yard.
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...
explore different styles.
Reveal
Read rhyming poems, free verse, haikus and limericks.
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 4
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?
…because of all the eyes.
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) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
B) Why do you think the potato was thrown out?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Joseph Found These Potatoes
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes. I found it in the school garden, a yard with one small almond tree on a terrace of two tiers. It lay in the Shetland-black dirt of the lowest level, tendrils spreading around it like veins,
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
nodules sprouting from this vein, from that vein, a clustering of spuds to be boiled. I next see them in a tank in the classroom, King Edwards on fresh soil. “Joseph found these potatoes outside. We’re going to see if they will grow.”
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
discarded
tiers
terrace
tendrils
nodules
clustering
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
discarded
Explore
Find Read Talk
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
discarded
Your turn
terrace
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tiers
tendrils
nodules
clustering
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Joseph Found These Potatoes
Reveal Vocabulary
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes. I found it in the school garden, a yard with one small almond tree on a terrace of two tiers. It lay in the Shetland-black dirt of the lowest level, tendrils spreading around it like veins,
Explore
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
nodules sprouting from this vein, from that vein, a clustering of spuds to be boiled. I next see them in a tank in the classroom, King Edwards on fresh soil. “Joseph found these potatoes outside. We’re going to see if they will grow.”
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...
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes.
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
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker.
Chucked away the mash-giver.
Discarded the jacket-wearer
because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes.
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
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes.
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) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer
A) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
Reveal Explainer
We make chips from potatoes. The poet has used chip-maker instead of calling it a potato, like in a kenning poem.
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) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
B) Why do you think the potato was thrown out?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - mash-giver - jacket-wearer
ways potatoes can be cooked
A) What unique names does the poet use to describe the potato? What do they mean?
Text Mark Evidence a clustering of spuds
the eyes are sumbols of future potatoes
Text Mark Evidence King Edwards
by the variety of potato
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why do you think the potato was thrown out?
Text Mark Evidence because of the wrinkled skin
it looks too old to eat
Text Mark Evidence - because of all of the eyes - tendrils spreading around it like veins - nodules sprouting
it has started to go bad
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'tiers'?
Find Me
Find three ways of saying that someone got rid of the potato:
Someone had thrown out the chip-maker. Chucked away the mash-giver. Discarded the jacket-wearer because of the wrinkled skin, because of all of the eyes.
2 Discuss then check
3 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
chucked away
thrown out
discarded
From: Werewolf Club Rules! by Joseph Coelho © 2014. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
True or False?
The potato was discarded because it was too small to use.
True
False
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) Someone threw the potato away.
B) The teacher told the class about the potato.
C) The potato was put in a tank.
D) The potato was found in the school yard.
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...
explore different styles.
Reveal
Read rhyming poems, free verse, haikus and limericks.
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.