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Coming to England: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
The streets were said to be paved with gold.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
B) What impact did the thought of moving to England have upon Floella and her family?
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Let me read today's text
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There was always talk of someone who had left the island, who had gone to England to be met with open arms. Fantastic stories of how life was wonderful and how much money could be made; of how the islanders were wanted and needed to help Britain build herself up again in the years after the war, and how people could better themselves overnight. The streets were said to be paved with gold. Life was far from unbearable in Trinidad but many people were tempted by these stories and couldn’t resist the opportunity. Not only unskilled workers but artists, writers, musicians, students, as well as assorted intellectuals made the decision to leave their tropical island home.
As children we didn’t take much notice of all this talk. It was almost like the stories Dardie had made up for us. But all of a sudden the stories got very close to home. While in bed one night Sandra and I overheard Dardie telling Marmie that he wanted to go and make a new life in England. Some nights, in bed, I could hear Marmie crying, saying she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I felt so reassured by those words, they were my only comfort during those restless nights. I started to have dreams, bad dreams, nightmares of being left alone, falling with no one to catch me. Then finally it was decided that all eight of us couldn’t go at once, so Dardie would go first and send for us later. I was so relieved that Marmie wasn’t going to leave us too. I was sad to see Dardie go, so I cried a little when he left, but was soon back to my old self. Life hadn’t changed much as Marmie was still with us, things were almost back to normal, no more constant talk of going back to England. But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
unbearable
assorted intellectuals
unskilled workers
reassured
devastated
vow
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From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. 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
unbearable
Explore
Find Read Talk
The streets were said to be paved with gold. Life was far from unbearable in Trinidad but many people were tempted by these stories and couldn’t resist the opportunity.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
unbearable
Your turn
unskilled workers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
assorted intellectuals
reassured
devastated
vow
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
There was always talk of someone who had left the island, who had gone to England to be met with open arms. Fantastic stories of how life was wonderful and how much money could be made; of how the islanders were wanted and needed to help Britain build herself up again in the years after the war, and how people could better themselves overnight. The streets were said to be paved with gold. Life was far from unbearable in Trinidad but many people were tempted by these stories and couldn’t resist the opportunity. Not only unskilled workers but artists, writers, musicians, students, as well as assorted intellectuals made the decision to leave their tropical island home.
As children we didn’t take much notice of all this talk. It was almost like the stories Dardie had made up for us. But all of a sudden the stories got very close to home. While in bed one night Sandra and I overheard Dardie telling Marmie that he wanted to go and make a new life in England. Some nights, in bed, I could hear Marmie crying, saying she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
I felt so reassured by those words, they were my only comfort during those restless nights. I started to have dreams, bad dreams, nightmares of being left alone, falling with no one to catch me. Then finally it was decided that all eight of us couldn’t go at once, so Dardie would go first and send for us later. I was so relieved that Marmie wasn’t going to leave us too. I was sad to see Dardie go, so I cried a little when he left, but was soon back to my old self. Life hadn’t changed much as Marmie was still with us, things were almost back to normal, no more constant talk of going back to England. But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
But then the unthinkable happened:
Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us,
because she was going to join Dardie in England without us.
I was devastated;
she was going to break her vow,
she had said she would never leave us.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
There was always talk of someone who had left the island, who had gone to England to be met with open arms. Fantastic stories of how life was wonderful and how much money could be made...
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
This suggests that those who moved to England were warmly welcomed. The phrase ‘always talk of someone’ shows that many stories were shared about people having good experiences after moving.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. 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 was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
B) What impact did the thought of moving to England have upon Floella and her family?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the islanders were wanted and needed to help Britain build herself up again
valued and encouraged to move
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
Text Mark Evidence - fantastic stories of how life was wonderful (in England) - people would better themselves overnight (in England)
better life
Text Mark Evidence - stories of how much money could be made (in England) - the streets (in England) were said to be paved with gold
richer and more successful
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
separation from father
Text Mark Evidence - Dardie telling Marmie that he wanted to go and make a new life in England - I was sad to see Dardie go, so I cried a little when he left
Acceptable Answers
separation from mother
Text Mark Evidence - the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us - I was devastated…she (Marmie) was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us
B) What impact did the thought of moving to England have upon Floella and her family?
Text Mark Evidence - I could hear Marmie crying, saying she would never leave us - I started to have dreams, bad dreams, nightmares of being left alone, falling with no one to catch me
emotional upset
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all eight of us couldn’t go (to England) at once
family torn apart
Quiz Time
Start
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 devastated
4 vow
1 unbearable
2 reassured
C an oath or promise
B too awful to endure
A comforted or cheered up
D extremely sad or shocked
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the statement which is a fact not an opinion:
Tick one
A Life in England was fantastic and a lot of money could be made.
B The streets in England were paved with gold.
Check
C Many unskilled workers and assorted intellectuals left their tropical island home.
Click if correct
D People could better themselves overnight in England.
Link Me
Link each phrase with its correct meaning from the text:
A something really upsetting or surprising occurred
1 met withopen arms
B people were very kind and welcoming
Check
2 better themselves overnight
3 the streets were said to be paved with gold
Click if correct
C a place where it is easy to become rich
D quickly change their lives to be happier or more successful
4 the unthinkable happened
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Floella’s Dardie moved to England but her Marmie stayed with the family.
B) Floella’s Marmie decided to leave her children behind and join her husband in England.
C) The family heard tempting stories of how life in England was better than in Trinidad.
D) Floella’s parents began discussing the possibility of moving.
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...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin & Joelle Avelino © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Coming to England: 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?
The streets were said to be paved with gold.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
B) What impact did the thought of moving to England have upon Floella and her family?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
There was always talk of someone who had left the island, who had gone to England to be met with open arms. Fantastic stories of how life was wonderful and how much money could be made; of how the islanders were wanted and needed to help Britain build herself up again in the years after the war, and how people could better themselves overnight. The streets were said to be paved with gold. Life was far from unbearable in Trinidad but many people were tempted by these stories and couldn’t resist the opportunity. Not only unskilled workers but artists, writers, musicians, students, as well as assorted intellectuals made the decision to leave their tropical island home. As children we didn’t take much notice of all this talk. It was almost like the stories Dardie had made up for us. But all of a sudden the stories got very close to home. While in bed one night Sandra and I overheard Dardie telling Marmie that he wanted to go and make a new life in England. Some nights, in bed, I could hear Marmie crying, saying she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I felt so reassured by those words, they were my only comfort during those restless nights. I started to have dreams, bad dreams, nightmares of being left alone, falling with no one to catch me. Then finally it was decided that all eight of us couldn’t go at once, so Dardie would go first and send for us later. I was so relieved that Marmie wasn’t going to leave us too. I was sad to see Dardie go, so I cried a little when he left, but was soon back to my old self. Life hadn’t changed much as Marmie was still with us, things were almost back to normal, no more constant talk of going back to England. But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
unbearable
assorted intellectuals
unskilled workers
reassured
devastated
vow
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. 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
unbearable
Explore
Find Read Talk
The streets were said to be paved with gold. Life was far from unbearable in Trinidad but many people were tempted by these stories and couldn’t resist the opportunity.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
unbearable
Your turn
unskilled workers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
assorted intellectuals
reassured
devastated
vow
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
There was always talk of someone who had left the island, who had gone to England to be met with open arms. Fantastic stories of how life was wonderful and how much money could be made; of how the islanders were wanted and needed to help Britain build herself up again in the years after the war, and how people could better themselves overnight. The streets were said to be paved with gold. Life was far from unbearable in Trinidad but many people were tempted by these stories and couldn’t resist the opportunity. Not only unskilled workers but artists, writers, musicians, students, as well as assorted intellectuals made the decision to leave their tropical island home. As children we didn’t take much notice of all this talk. It was almost like the stories Dardie had made up for us. But all of a sudden the stories got very close to home. While in bed one night Sandra and I overheard Dardie telling Marmie that he wanted to go and make a new life in England. Some nights, in bed, I could hear Marmie crying, saying she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
I felt so reassured by those words, they were my only comfort during those restless nights. I started to have dreams, bad dreams, nightmares of being left alone, falling with no one to catch me. Then finally it was decided that all eight of us couldn’t go at once, so Dardie would go first and send for us later. I was so relieved that Marmie wasn’t going to leave us too. I was sad to see Dardie go, so I cried a little when he left, but was soon back to my old self. Life hadn’t changed much as Marmie was still with us, things were almost back to normal, no more constant talk of going back to England. But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
But then the unthinkable happened:
Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us,
because she was going to join Dardie in England without us.
I was devastated;
she was going to break her vow,
she had said she would never leave us.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
But then the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us. I was devastated; she was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
There was always talk of someone who had left the island, who had gone to England to be met with open arms. Fantastic stories of how life was wonderful and how much money could be made...
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
This suggests that those who moved to England were warmly welcomed. The phrase ‘always talk of someone’ shows that many stories were shared about people having good experiences after moving.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. 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 was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
B) What impact did the thought of moving to England have upon Floella and her family?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the islanders were wanted and needed to help Britain build herself up again
valued and encouraged to move
A) How was life in England made to sound attractive or enticing?
Text Mark Evidence - fantastic stories of how life was wonderful (in England) - people would better themselves overnight (in England)
better life
Text Mark Evidence - stories of how much money could be made (in England) - the streets (in England) were said to be paved with gold
richer and more successful
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
separation from father
Text Mark Evidence - Dardie telling Marmie that he wanted to go and make a new life in England - I was sad to see Dardie go, so I cried a little when he left
Acceptable Answers
separation from mother
Text Mark Evidence - the unthinkable happened: Marmie started asking family and friends if they would look after us, because she was going to join Dardie in England without us - I was devastated…she (Marmie) was going to break her vow, she had said she would never leave us
B) What impact did the thought of moving to England have upon Floella and her family?
Text Mark Evidence - I could hear Marmie crying, saying she would never leave us - I started to have dreams, bad dreams, nightmares of being left alone, falling with no one to catch me
emotional upset
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all eight of us couldn’t go (to England) at once
family torn apart
Quiz Time
Start
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 devastated
4 vow
1 unbearable
2 reassured
C an oath or promise
B too awful to endure
A comforted or cheered up
D extremely sad or shocked
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the statement which is a fact not an opinion:
Tick one
A Life in England was fantastic and a lot of money could be made.
B The streets in England were paved with gold.
Check
C Many unskilled workers and assorted intellectuals left their tropical island home.
Click if correct
D People could better themselves overnight in England.
Link Me
Link each phrase with its correct meaning from the text:
A something really upsetting or surprising occurred
1 met withopen arms
B people were very kind and welcoming
Check
2 better themselves overnight
3 the streets were said to be paved with gold
Click if correct
C a place where it is easy to become rich
D quickly change their lives to be happier or more successful
4 the unthinkable happened
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Floella’s Dardie moved to England but her Marmie stayed with the family.
B) Floella’s Marmie decided to leave her children behind and join her husband in England.
C) The family heard tempting stories of how life in England was better than in Trinidad.
D) Floella’s parents began discussing the possibility of moving.
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...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin & Joelle Avelino © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.