Ready Steady Read Together
Against the Odds: Non-Fiction 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?
Proud and exhausted, Junko had become the first woman in history to climb Mount Everest.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow is the presentation of the Seven Summits in the nonfiction text helpful to the reader?
B) Why couldn’t the entire team go to the summit of the mountain?
A) How does the first paragraph show Junko’s resilience?
C) Which were most important to Junko? Tick two.
- fame and recognition- making memories - expensive gifts and presents - travel
D) What four items are required to complete the Seven Summits challenge?
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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
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JUNKO TABEI
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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ascent
tonnes
avalanche
suffocated
remote
summits
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From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. 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
ascent
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
ascent
Your turn
avalanche
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tonnes
suffocated
remote
summits
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
JUNKO TABEI
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain and began the long and difficult climb. But early in the ascent, an avalanche struck their tent and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath tonnes of snow. Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain
and began the long and difficult climb.
But early in the ascent, an avalanche struck their tent
and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath tonnes of snow.
Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated.
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain and began the long and difficult climb. But early in the ascent, an avalanche struck their tent and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath tonnes of snow. Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated.
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
Teacher Model Question Only How is the presentation of the Seven Summits in the nonfiction text helpful to the reader?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow is the presentation of the Seven Summits in the nonfiction text helpful to the reader?
Reveal Text Marks
The subheading ‘THE SEVEN SUMMITS’ helps the reader to quickly locate the information on the page. The paragraph provides more details. The chart of the mountains is useful because it visually represents seven mountains, and they are in height order with the tallest at the top and the shortest at the bottom.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) Why couldn’t the entire team go to the summit of the mountain?
A) How does the first paragraph show Junko’s resilience?
C) Which were most important to Junko? Tick two.
D) What four items are required to complete the Seven Summits challenge?
Find the answers
- fame and recognition- making memories - expensive gifts and presents - travel
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence buried Junko…beneath tonnes of snow…Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated… they were frightened and bruised, but kept going
continued despite fear and injury
A) How does the first paragraph show Junko’s resilience?
Text Mark Evidence Junko encouraged her team by remaining positive…the team kept climbing the mountain
optimistic outlook despite near-death experience
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why couldn’t the entire team go to the summit of the mountain?
Text Mark Evidence As there weren’t enough oxygen bottles for everyone to continue, Junko’s teammates selected her to go on to the summit.
there weren’t enough oxygen bottles for everyone to continue
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
fame and recognition
C) Which were most important to Junko? Tick two.
making memories
expensive gifts and presents
Click here to reveal answers
travel
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
skill
D) What four items are required to complete the Seven Summits challenge?
persistence
patience
Click on the each box to reveal acceptable answers
(a fair amount of) money
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for the word 'avalanche'?
Link Me
Link each mountain from the Seven Summits with its correct height:
A 5,895 m
1 Everest
B 4,892 m
2 Denali
C 8,849 m
Check
3 Kilimanjaro
Click if correct
D 6,190 m
4 Vinson
Fill the Gaps
tonnes
ascent
avalanche
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain and began the long and difficult climb. But early in the ,an struck their tent and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath of snow.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each subheading with the correct content of that section:
2 First Woman in History
1 Tackling Everest
4 The Seven Summits
3 Making Memories
C This challenge involves climbing the highest mountain on each continent.
B Junko was treated like a superstar by thousands of fans.
A Junko and her team nearly died under snow.
D Junko marvelled at how narrow and steep it was.
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...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai, © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Against the Odds: Non-Fiction 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?
Proud and exhausted, Junko had become the first woman in history to climb Mount Everest.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow is the presentation of the Seven Summits in the nonfiction text helpful to the reader?
B) Why couldn’t the entire team go to the summit of the mountain?
A) How does the first paragraph show Junko’s resilience?
C) Which were most important to Junko? Tick two.
- fame and recognition- making memories - expensive gifts and presents - travel
D) What four items are required to complete the Seven Summits challenge?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
JUNKO TABEI
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
ascent
tonnes
avalanche
suffocated
remote
summits
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. 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
ascent
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
ascent
Your turn
avalanche
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tonnes
suffocated
remote
summits
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
JUNKO TABEI
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain and began the long and difficult climb. But early in the ascent, an avalanche struck their tent and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath tonnes of snow. Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain
and began the long and difficult climb.
But early in the ascent, an avalanche struck their tent
and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath tonnes of snow.
Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated.
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain and began the long and difficult climb. But early in the ascent, an avalanche struck their tent and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath tonnes of snow. Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated.
Explore
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
Teacher Model Question Only How is the presentation of the Seven Summits in the nonfiction text helpful to the reader?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow is the presentation of the Seven Summits in the nonfiction text helpful to the reader?
Reveal Text Marks
The subheading ‘THE SEVEN SUMMITS’ helps the reader to quickly locate the information on the page. The paragraph provides more details. The chart of the mountains is useful because it visually represents seven mountains, and they are in height order with the tallest at the top and the shortest at the bottom.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) Why couldn’t the entire team go to the summit of the mountain?
A) How does the first paragraph show Junko’s resilience?
C) Which were most important to Junko? Tick two.
D) What four items are required to complete the Seven Summits challenge?
Find the answers
- fame and recognition- making memories - expensive gifts and presents - travel
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence buried Junko…beneath tonnes of snow…Luckily, some other team members dug them out before they suffocated… they were frightened and bruised, but kept going
continued despite fear and injury
A) How does the first paragraph show Junko’s resilience?
Text Mark Evidence Junko encouraged her team by remaining positive…the team kept climbing the mountain
optimistic outlook despite near-death experience
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why couldn’t the entire team go to the summit of the mountain?
Text Mark Evidence As there weren’t enough oxygen bottles for everyone to continue, Junko’s teammates selected her to go on to the summit.
there weren’t enough oxygen bottles for everyone to continue
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
fame and recognition
C) Which were most important to Junko? Tick two.
making memories
expensive gifts and presents
Click here to reveal answers
travel
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
skill
D) What four items are required to complete the Seven Summits challenge?
persistence
patience
Click on the each box to reveal acceptable answers
(a fair amount of) money
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for the word 'avalanche'?
Link Me
Link each mountain from the Seven Summits with its correct height:
A 5,895 m
1 Everest
B 4,892 m
2 Denali
C 8,849 m
Check
3 Kilimanjaro
Click if correct
D 6,190 m
4 Vinson
Fill the Gaps
tonnes
ascent
avalanche
Junko and her teammates arrived at the foot of the world’s highest mountain and began the long and difficult climb. But early in the ,an struck their tent and buried Junko and four of her friends beneath of snow.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each subheading with the correct content of that section:
2 First Woman in History
1 Tackling Everest
4 The Seven Summits
3 Making Memories
C This challenge involves climbing the highest mountain on each continent.
B Junko was treated like a superstar by thousands of fans.
A Junko and her team nearly died under snow.
D Junko marvelled at how narrow and steep it was.
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...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai, © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
ascent
avalanche
tonnes