Ready Steady Read Together
Cherry Moon: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
B) How does the poet make the rock seem alive?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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DON'T BE BORED ROCK
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
maybe you were thrown up
sputtering red by
an ancient fuming volcano or
born with the planet in a
starless galactic bang
to be carved sharp by ice rounded by raging wind
but whichever it was
being still now is good
after all
you have so much to remember
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hurtling
sputtering
sleek
fuming
galactic
raging
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. 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
hurtling
Explore
Find Read Talk
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hurtling
Your turn
sleek
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sputtering
fuming
galactic
raging
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
DON'T BE BORED ROCK
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
maybe you were thrown up
sputtering red by
an ancient fuming volcano or
born with the planet in a
starless galactic bang
Reveal Vocabulary
to be carved sharp by ice rounded by raging wind
but whichever it was
being still now is good
after all
you have so much to remember
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
The poet is speaking directly to the rock, reminding it about its exciting past. Orange fire refers to the molten state of magma or lava, which forms igneous rock when it cools and hardens over time.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. 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 does the poem show the theme of change over time?
B) How does the poet make the rock seem alive?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you were thrown up sputtering red by an ancient fuming volcano
from molten lava
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
Text Mark Evidence - (once you were) hurtling silver sleek through deep sky - (you were) born with the planet in a starless galactic bang
from space / born with Earth
Text Mark Evidence (you were) carved sharp by ice… rounded by raging wind
changed appearance / erosion
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence you have so much to remember
reference to the rock’s past history
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - once you were orange fire - maybe you were thrown up
speaks directly to the rock using 2nd peson
B) How does the poet make the rock seem alive?
Text Mark Evidence - don’t be bored rock - you have so much to remember - (you were) born with the planet
gives it human qualities
Text Mark Evidence - you were…thundering down some mountain slope - (you were) hurtling…through deep sky
use of powerful action verbs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the closest match for ‘fuming’?
Which One's Right?
...once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope…
The word ‘thundering’ suggests the rock was..
A caught in a stormon a mountain
B rolling loudlyand forcefully
D flying through thesky uncontrollably
C resting and being still
Tick Me
Click here to reveal a passage from the poem...
Which poetic feature is ‘silver sleek’?
Tick one
A simile
B rhyme
Check
C alliteration
Click if correct
D personification
Fill the Gaps
galactic
fuming
sputtering
maybe you were thrown up
red by
an ancient volcano or
born with the planet in a
starless bang
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
don’t be bored rock
once you were orange fire
thundering down some
mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek
through deep sky
sputtering
fuming
galactic
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Ready Steady Read Together
Cherry Moon: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
B) How does the poet make the rock seem alive?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
DON'T BE BORED ROCK
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or hurtling silver sleek through deep sky maybe you were thrown up sputtering red by an ancient fuming volcano or born with the planet in a starless galactic bang
to be carved sharp by ice rounded by raging wind but whichever it was being still now is good after all you have so much to remember
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hurtling
sputtering
sleek
fuming
galactic
raging
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. 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
hurtling
Explore
Find Read Talk
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or hurtling silver sleek through deep sky
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hurtling
Your turn
sleek
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sputtering
fuming
galactic
raging
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
DON'T BE BORED ROCK
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or hurtling silver sleek through deep sky maybe you were thrown up sputtering red by an ancient fuming volcano or born with the planet in a starless galactic bang
Reveal Vocabulary
to be carved sharp by ice rounded by raging wind but whichever it was being still now is good after all you have so much to remember
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or hurtling silver sleek through deep sky
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire
thundering down some mountain slope or
hurtling silver sleek through deep sky
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or hurtling silver sleek through deep sky
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
The poet is speaking directly to the rock, reminding it about its exciting past. Orange fire refers to the molten state of magma or lava, which forms igneous rock when it cools and hardens over time.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. 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 does the poem show the theme of change over time?
B) How does the poet make the rock seem alive?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you were thrown up sputtering red by an ancient fuming volcano
from molten lava
A) How does the poem show the theme of change over time?
Text Mark Evidence - (once you were) hurtling silver sleek through deep sky - (you were) born with the planet in a starless galactic bang
from space / born with Earth
Text Mark Evidence (you were) carved sharp by ice… rounded by raging wind
changed appearance / erosion
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence you have so much to remember
reference to the rock’s past history
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - once you were orange fire - maybe you were thrown up
speaks directly to the rock using 2nd peson
B) How does the poet make the rock seem alive?
Text Mark Evidence - don’t be bored rock - you have so much to remember - (you were) born with the planet
gives it human qualities
Text Mark Evidence - you were…thundering down some mountain slope - (you were) hurtling…through deep sky
use of powerful action verbs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the closest match for ‘fuming’?
Which One's Right?
...once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope…
The word ‘thundering’ suggests the rock was..
A caught in a stormon a mountain
B rolling loudlyand forcefully
D flying through thesky uncontrollably
C resting and being still
Tick Me
Click here to reveal a passage from the poem...
Which poetic feature is ‘silver sleek’?
Tick one
A simile
B rhyme
Check
C alliteration
Click if correct
D personification
Fill the Gaps
galactic
fuming
sputtering
maybe you were thrown up red by an ancient volcano or born with the planet in a starless bang
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
don’t be bored rock once you were orange fire thundering down some mountain slope or hurtling silver sleek through deep sky
sputtering
fuming
galactic