Ready Steady Read Together
The One and Only Ivan: Fiction 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 have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
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Let me read today's text
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The Loneliest Gorilla in the World When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river.
Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor. Mack says he’s worried. He says I’m not cute anymore. He says, “Ivan, you’ve lost your magic, old guy. You used to be a hit.”
It’s true that some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to. They stare through the glass, they cluck their tongues, they frown while I watch my TV.
“He looks lonely,” they say.
Not long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. “He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world,” he said, clutching his mother’s hand.
At times like that, I wish humans could understand me the way I can understand them.
It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The Nature Show I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days.
Alone.
For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth.
I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
Then one night, after I watched a movie about men in black hats with guns and feeble-minded horses, a different show came on.
It was not a cartoon, not a romance, not a western.
I saw a lush forest. I heard birds murmuring. The grass moved. The trees rustled.
Then I saw him. He was bit threadbare and scrawny, and not as good-looking as I am, to be honest. But sure enough, he was a gorilla.
As suddenly as he’d appeared, the gorilla vanished, and in his place was a scruffy white animal called, I learned, a polar bear, and then a chubby water creature called a manatee, and then another animal, and another.
All night I sat wondering about the gorilla I’d glimpsed. Where did he live? Would he ever come to visit? If there was a he somewhere, could there be a she as well?
Or was it just the two of us in all the world, trapped in our own separate boxes?
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
domain
dwell on
linger
feeble-minded
scrawny
threadbare
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From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. 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
domain
Explore
Find Read Talk
The Nature Show I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
domain
Your turn
linger
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dwell on
feeble-minded
threadbare
scrawny
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Loneliest Gorilla in the World When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river.
Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor. Mack says he’s worried. He says I’m not cute anymore. He says, “Ivan, you’ve lost your magic, old guy. You used to be a hit.”
It’s true that some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to. They stare through the glass, they cluck their tongues, they frown while I watch my TV.
“He looks lonely,” they say.
Not long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. “He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world,” he said, clutching his mother’s hand.
At times like that, I wish humans could understand me the way I can understand them.
It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The Nature Show I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days.
Alone.
For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth.
I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
Then one night, after I watched a movie about men in black hats with guns and feeble-minded horses, a different show came on.
It was not a cartoon, not a romance, not a western.
I saw a lush forest. I heard birds murmuring. The grass moved. The trees rustled.
Then I saw him. He was bit threadbare and scrawny, and not as good-looking as I am, to be honest. But sure enough, he was a gorilla.
As suddenly as he’d appeared, the gorilla vanished, and in his place was a scruffy white animal called, I learned, a polar bear, and then a chubby water creature called a manatee, and then another animal, and another.
All night I sat wondering about the gorilla I’d glimpsed. Where did he live? Would he ever come to visit? If there was a he somewhere, could there be a she as well?
Or was it just the two of us in all the world, trapped in our own separate boxes?
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days.
Alone.
For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth.
I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days.
Alone.
For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth.
I tried not to dwell on it.
Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days.
Alone.
For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth.
I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Loneliest Gorilla in the World When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river. Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor.
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
Ivan used to have the company of many humans who would come to visit. However, now there are fewer visitors and there are some days where no one visits him.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. 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 author show the theme of loneliness?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to
shorter visits by people
Text Mark Evidence - he looks lonely -he must be the loneliest gorilla in the world
pitied by humans
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
Text Mark Evidence I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone.
isolated
Text Mark Evidence - I thought I was the last gorilla on earth - it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you -would he (the gorilla) ever come to visit - if there was a he (male gorilla) somewhere, could there be a she (female gorilla) as well - was it just the two of us in all the world, trapped in our own separate boxes
wanting a gorilla companion
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Quiz Time
Start
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition.
3 threadbare
2 feeble-minded
4 scrawny
1 linger
C foolish or stupid
B to stay or remain
A shabby or tattered
D thin and weak
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Find the word which Ivan uses to refer to his cage or enclosure.
When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river.
Discuss then check
domain
Link Me
Link each expression from the story with its meaning.
A you werereally popular
1 like logs ona lazy river
B made a noise to show they dislike something
2 you’ve lostyour magic
Check
3 you used tobe a hit
C you’re not as exciting as you used to be
Click if correct
4 they clucktheir tongues
D moved along slowly
Tick Me
Which sentence best shows the message of these extracts?
Tick one
A Gorillas are dangerous animals which should always be kept behind glass.
B It’s fun for animals to live in shopping centres where lots of people can visit them.
Check
C Being alone for a long time can make someone feel sad and forgotten.
Click if correct
D Watching TV all day is the best way for animals and humans to be happy.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
say what's next.
Reveal
Predict what might happen next in the story.
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: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The One and Only Ivan: Fiction 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 have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Loneliest Gorilla in the World When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river. Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor. Mack says he’s worried. He says I’m not cute anymore. He says, “Ivan, you’ve lost your magic, old guy. You used to be a hit.” It’s true that some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to. They stare through the glass, they cluck their tongues, they frown while I watch my TV. “He looks lonely,” they say. Not long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. “He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world,” he said, clutching his mother’s hand. At times like that, I wish humans could understand me the way I can understand them. It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The Nature Show I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone. For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth. I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you. Then one night, after I watched a movie about men in black hats with guns and feeble-minded horses, a different show came on. It was not a cartoon, not a romance, not a western. I saw a lush forest. I heard birds murmuring. The grass moved. The trees rustled. Then I saw him. He was bit threadbare and scrawny, and not as good-looking as I am, to be honest. But sure enough, he was a gorilla. As suddenly as he’d appeared, the gorilla vanished, and in his place was a scruffy white animal called, I learned, a polar bear, and then a chubby water creature called a manatee, and then another animal, and another. All night I sat wondering about the gorilla I’d glimpsed. Where did he live? Would he ever come to visit? If there was a he somewhere, could there be a she as well? Or was it just the two of us in all the world, trapped in our own separate boxes?
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
domain
dwell on
linger
feeble-minded
scrawny
threadbare
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. 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
domain
Explore
Find Read Talk
The Nature Show I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
domain
Your turn
linger
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dwell on
feeble-minded
threadbare
scrawny
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Loneliest Gorilla in the World When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river. Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor. Mack says he’s worried. He says I’m not cute anymore. He says, “Ivan, you’ve lost your magic, old guy. You used to be a hit.” It’s true that some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to. They stare through the glass, they cluck their tongues, they frown while I watch my TV. “He looks lonely,” they say. Not long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. “He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world,” he said, clutching his mother’s hand. At times like that, I wish humans could understand me the way I can understand them. It’s not so bad, I wanted to tell the little boy. With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The Nature Show I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone. For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth. I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you. Then one night, after I watched a movie about men in black hats with guns and feeble-minded horses, a different show came on. It was not a cartoon, not a romance, not a western. I saw a lush forest. I heard birds murmuring. The grass moved. The trees rustled. Then I saw him. He was bit threadbare and scrawny, and not as good-looking as I am, to be honest. But sure enough, he was a gorilla. As suddenly as he’d appeared, the gorilla vanished, and in his place was a scruffy white animal called, I learned, a polar bear, and then a chubby water creature called a manatee, and then another animal, and another. All night I sat wondering about the gorilla I’d glimpsed. Where did he live? Would he ever come to visit? If there was a he somewhere, could there be a she as well? Or was it just the two of us in all the world, trapped in our own separate boxes?
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone. For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth. I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days.
Alone.
For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth.
I tried not to dwell on it.
Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone. For a while, when I was young and foolish, I thought I was the last gorilla on earth. I tried not to dwell on it. Still, it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you.
Explore
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Loneliest Gorilla in the World When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river. Lately, a day might go by without a single visitor.
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
Ivan used to have the company of many humans who would come to visit. However, now there are fewer visitors and there are some days where no one visits him.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012. 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 author show the theme of loneliness?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - some of my visitors don’t linger the way they used to
shorter visits by people
Text Mark Evidence - he looks lonely -he must be the loneliest gorilla in the world
pitied by humans
How does the author show the theme of loneliness?
Text Mark Evidence I have been in my domain for nine thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days. Alone.
isolated
Text Mark Evidence - I thought I was the last gorilla on earth - it’s hard to stay upbeat when you think there are no more of you -would he (the gorilla) ever come to visit - if there was a he (male gorilla) somewhere, could there be a she (female gorilla) as well - was it just the two of us in all the world, trapped in our own separate boxes
wanting a gorilla companion
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Quiz Time
Start
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition.
3 threadbare
2 feeble-minded
4 scrawny
1 linger
C foolish or stupid
B to stay or remain
A shabby or tattered
D thin and weak
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Find the word which Ivan uses to refer to his cage or enclosure.
When the Big Top Mall was first built, it smelled of new paint and fresh hay, and humans came to visit from morning till night. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river.
Discuss then check
domain
Link Me
Link each expression from the story with its meaning.
A you werereally popular
1 like logs ona lazy river
B made a noise to show they dislike something
2 you’ve lostyour magic
Check
3 you used tobe a hit
C you’re not as exciting as you used to be
Click if correct
4 they clucktheir tongues
D moved along slowly
Tick Me
Which sentence best shows the message of these extracts?
Tick one
A Gorillas are dangerous animals which should always be kept behind glass.
B It’s fun for animals to live in shopping centres where lots of people can visit them.
Check
C Being alone for a long time can make someone feel sad and forgotten.
Click if correct
D Watching TV all day is the best way for animals and humans to be happy.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
say what's next.
Reveal
Predict what might happen next in the story.
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: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.