Ready Steady Read Together
Against the Odds: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
Juanita Harrison was born in 1891 in Mississippi, USA. At the young age of 10, Juanita started work as a maid, which she described as “an endless round of cooking, washing and ironing”.
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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 old was Juanita when she began working?
B) What was the title of the book which Juanita wrote?
A) What was Juanita’s childhood like?
C) What two items did Juanita pack to help her earn money while she travelled?
D) Name three languages that Juanita could speak.
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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
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JUANITA HARRISON
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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earnings
references
bank failed
record
descriptive
published
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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
earnings
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Find Read Talk
JUANITA HARRISON
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
earnings
Your turn
bank failed
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
references
record
descriptive
published
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check
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Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
JUANITA HARRISON
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...
Juanita could speak French and Spanish as well as English. This helped her to find work in different countries along the way. When asked where her favourite place was, she always replied, “Can’t but help love the last place best.” She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places.
What did you notice?
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From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Juanita could speak French and Spanish as well as English.
This helped her to find work in different countries along the way.
When asked where her favourite place was, she always replied,
“Can’t but help love the last place best.”
She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places.
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
Juanita could speak French and Spanish as well as English. This helped her to find work in different countries along the way. When asked where her favourite place was, she always replied, “Can’t but help love the last place best.” She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places.
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: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question Only How old was Juanita when she began working?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Juanita Harrison was born in 1891 in Mississippi, USA. At the young age of 10, Juanita started work as a maid, which she described as “an endless round of cooking, washing and ironing”.
Teacher Model Question Only How old was Juanita when she began working?
Reveal Explainer
Working is a clue so I will look around for that word. I also know that her age will be a number. Juanita started working at the age of 10.
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) What was the title of the book which Juanita wrote?
A) What was Juanita’s childhood like?
C) What two items did Juanita pack to help her earn money while she travelled?
D) Name three languages that Juanita could speak.
Find the answers
Text mark
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Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence At the young age of 10, Juanita started work as a maid, which she described as “an endless round of cooking, washing and ironing.
hard work
A) What was Juanita’s childhood like?
Text Mark Evidence Juanita had little schooling
limited education
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What was the title of the book which Juanita wrote?
Text Mark Evidence The only record we have of Juanita's travels comes from her book My Great, Wide, Beautiful World.
My Great, Wide, Beautiful World
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What two items did Juanita pack to help her earn money while she travelled?
aprons
references
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
French
D) Name three languages that Juanita could speak.
Spanish
English
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) Juanita published a book about her travels.
B) Juanita quit her job in her thirties.
C) Juanita worked as a maid.
D) Juanita set sail on the SS Sierra Ventana.
Click if correct
Check
Which One's Right?
She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places. But after a few weeks or months of work, she would get itchy feet and move on again.
Which is closest in meaning to ‘itchy feet’?
A Her feet were sorefrom travelling too much
B She caught a rash onher feet when travelling
D She wanted to rest,put her feet up and relax
C She wanted to travelon to somewhere new
Find Me
Find two phrases which show that Juanita wanted to explore ‘new locations’.
But Juanita dreamed of more for herself. She had seen a magazine filled with pictures of interesting and foreign lands an made herself a promise that, one day, she would sail away to a far-off place.
Discuss then check
Discuss then check
far-off place
foreign lands
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
True or False?
It did not take Juanita long to save money for her trip.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use theclues.
Reveal
Use the context to figure out unfamiliar words.
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 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?
Juanita Harrison was born in 1891 in Mississippi, USA. At the young age of 10, Juanita started work as a maid, which she described as “an endless round of cooking, washing and ironing”.
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 old was Juanita when she began working?
B) What was the title of the book which Juanita wrote?
A) What was Juanita’s childhood like?
C) What two items did Juanita pack to help her earn money while she travelled?
D) Name three languages that Juanita could speak.
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
JUANITA HARRISON
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!
earnings
references
bank failed
record
descriptive
published
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
earnings
Explore
Find Read Talk
JUANITA HARRISON
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
earnings
Your turn
bank failed
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
references
record
descriptive
published
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
JUANITA HARRISON
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...
Juanita could speak French and Spanish as well as English. This helped her to find work in different countries along the way. When asked where her favourite place was, she always replied, “Can’t but help love the last place best.” She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places.
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
Juanita could speak French and Spanish as well as English.
This helped her to find work in different countries along the way.
When asked where her favourite place was, she always replied,
“Can’t but help love the last place best.”
She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places.
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
Juanita could speak French and Spanish as well as English. This helped her to find work in different countries along the way. When asked where her favourite place was, she always replied, “Can’t but help love the last place best.” She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places.
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: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question Only How old was Juanita when she began working?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Juanita Harrison was born in 1891 in Mississippi, USA. At the young age of 10, Juanita started work as a maid, which she described as “an endless round of cooking, washing and ironing”.
Teacher Model Question Only How old was Juanita when she began working?
Reveal Explainer
Working is a clue so I will look around for that word. I also know that her age will be a number. Juanita started working at the age of 10.
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) What was the title of the book which Juanita wrote?
A) What was Juanita’s childhood like?
C) What two items did Juanita pack to help her earn money while she travelled?
D) Name three languages that Juanita could speak.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence At the young age of 10, Juanita started work as a maid, which she described as “an endless round of cooking, washing and ironing.
hard work
A) What was Juanita’s childhood like?
Text Mark Evidence Juanita had little schooling
limited education
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What was the title of the book which Juanita wrote?
Text Mark Evidence The only record we have of Juanita's travels comes from her book My Great, Wide, Beautiful World.
My Great, Wide, Beautiful World
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What two items did Juanita pack to help her earn money while she travelled?
aprons
references
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
French
D) Name three languages that Juanita could speak.
Spanish
English
Click on the boxes to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) Juanita published a book about her travels.
B) Juanita quit her job in her thirties.
C) Juanita worked as a maid.
D) Juanita set sail on the SS Sierra Ventana.
Click if correct
Check
Which One's Right?
She enjoyed everywhere she went and was excited by ordinary life in extraordinary places. But after a few weeks or months of work, she would get itchy feet and move on again.
Which is closest in meaning to ‘itchy feet’?
A Her feet were sorefrom travelling too much
B She caught a rash onher feet when travelling
D She wanted to rest,put her feet up and relax
C She wanted to travelon to somewhere new
Find Me
Find two phrases which show that Juanita wanted to explore ‘new locations’.
But Juanita dreamed of more for herself. She had seen a magazine filled with pictures of interesting and foreign lands an made herself a promise that, one day, she would sail away to a far-off place.
Discuss then check
Discuss then check
far-off place
foreign lands
From: Against the Odds by Alastair Humphreys & Pola Mai © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
True or False?
It did not take Juanita long to save money for her trip.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use theclues.
Reveal
Use the context to figure out unfamiliar words.
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.