Ready Steady Read Together
Cherry Moon: Poetry 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?
A ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
B) Which words or phrases make the water seem magical?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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WATERFALL’S SONG
born in some long-ago
flicker of time
water arrives
first
a fragile drop
a quiet trickle
another time-tremble
sends it braiding through earth
surging all the way to
today
sheer-bubbling
fast-flowing
rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging
into perpetual swirls
dangerous dark pools
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
and all the while
crystalline spray wildly
laces through air
a bonanza of rainbow flecks
sparkling with abandon
the wind is enchanted
hurriedly flies off
(colourful new mist in tow)
vanishing in a breath from
today
only to be found
slow-seeping into
long-ago legends
or trickling quietly
into the future
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
flicker of time
perpetual
ceaseless torrent
crystalline
bonanza
with abandon
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
flicker of time
Explore
Find Read Talk
born in some long-ago
flicker of time
water arrives
first
a fragile drop
a quiet trickle
another time-tremble
sends it braiding through earth
surging all the way to
today
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
flicker of time
Your turn
ceaseless torrent
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
perpetual
crystalline
bonanza
with abandon
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
WATERFALL’S SONG
born in some long-ago
flicker of time
water arrives
first
a fragile drop
a quiet trickle
another time-tremble
sends it braiding through earth
surging all the way to
today
sheer-bubbling
fast-flowing
rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging
into perpetual swirls
dangerous dark pools
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
and all the while
crystalline spray wildly
laces through air
a bonanza of rainbow flecks
sparkling with abandon
the wind is enchanted
hurriedly flies off
(colourful new mist in tow)
vanishing in a breath from
today
only to be found
slow-seeping into
long-ago legends
or trickling quietly
into the future
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...
sheer-bubbling
fast-flowing
rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging
into perpetual swirls
dangerous dark pools
and all the while
crystalline spray wildly
laces through air
a bonanza of rainbow flecks
sparkling with abandon
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
sheer-bubbling
fast-flowing
rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging
into perpetual swirls
dangerous dark pools
and all the while
crystalline spray wildly
laces through air
a bonanza of rainbow flecks
sparkling with abandon
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
sheer-bubbling
fast-flowing
rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging
into perpetual swirls
dangerous dark pools
and all the while
crystalline spray wildly
laces through air
a bonanza of rainbow flecks
sparkling with abandon
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
born in some long-ago flicker of time
water arrives
first
a fragile drop
a quiet trickle
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
At the beginning of the poem, the poet uses personification by describing the drop as being ‘born’. The water droplet is described as something very delicate, like a newborn.
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 poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
B) Which words or phrases make the water seem magical?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - a quiet trickle…sends it braiding through earth - (the water is) slow-seeping - (the water is) trickling quietly
gentle and weaving delicately
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
Text Mark Evidence (the water is) surging all the way
growing in strength
Text Mark Evidence - (the water is) sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs - a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls - dangerous dark pools
powerful and tumbling
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - crystalline spray wildly laces through air - a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling - colourful new mist
beautiful and vibrant
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a bonanza of rainbow flecks
a treasure of colour
B) Which words or phrases make the water seem magical?
Text Mark Evidence the wind is enchanted
under a magic spell
Text Mark Evidence vanishing in a breath
disappears as if by magic
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the closest match for ‘crystalline’?
Find Me
Find two words which mean ‘endless’:
sheer-bubbling
fast-flowing
rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging
into perpetual swirls
dangerous dark pools
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
ceaseless
perpetual
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A in an uncontrolled way
1 torrent
B a large amount of treasure or good luck
2 crystalline
C clear and shiny
Check
3 bonanza
Click if correct
D gushing water
4 with abandon
Sequence Me
Put the steps in the water’s journey in the correct order:
A) The water surges in a torrent plunging down cliffs.
B) The droplets from the mist slowly seep into the future.
C) The water is born as a fragile drop and a quiet trickle.
D) The water transforms into a rainbow-like mist.
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...
think about meaning.
Reveal
Reflect on what the poet is trying to say.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Cherry Moon: Poetry 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?
A ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
B) Which words or phrases make the water seem magical?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
WATERFALL’S SONG
born in some long-ago flicker of time water arrives first a fragile drop a quiet trickle another time-tremble sends it braiding through earth surging all the way to today
sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls dangerous dark pools
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
and all the while crystalline spray wildly laces through air a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling with abandon
the wind is enchanted
hurriedly flies off (colourful new mist in tow) vanishing in a breath from today only to be found slow-seeping into long-ago legends or trickling quietly
into the future
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
flicker of time
perpetual
ceaseless torrent
crystalline
bonanza
with abandon
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
flicker of time
Explore
Find Read Talk
born in some long-ago flicker of time water arrives first a fragile drop a quiet trickle another time-tremble sends it braiding through earth surging all the way to today
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
flicker of time
Your turn
ceaseless torrent
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
perpetual
crystalline
bonanza
with abandon
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
WATERFALL’S SONG
born in some long-ago flicker of time water arrives first a fragile drop a quiet trickle another time-tremble sends it braiding through earth surging all the way to today
sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls dangerous dark pools
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
and all the while crystalline spray wildly laces through air a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling with abandon
the wind is enchanted
hurriedly flies off (colourful new mist in tow) vanishing in a breath from today only to be found slow-seeping into long-ago legends or trickling quietly
into the future
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...
sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls dangerous dark pools and all the while crystalline spray wildly laces through air a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling with abandon
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
sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs
a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls dangerous dark pools
and all the while crystalline spray wildly laces through air
a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling with abandon
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls dangerous dark pools and all the while crystalline spray wildly laces through air a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling with abandon
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
born in some long-ago flicker of time water arrives first a fragile drop a quiet trickle
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
At the beginning of the poem, the poet uses personification by describing the drop as being ‘born’. The water droplet is described as something very delicate, like a newborn.
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 poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
B) Which words or phrases make the water seem magical?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - a quiet trickle…sends it braiding through earth - (the water is) slow-seeping - (the water is) trickling quietly
gentle and weaving delicately
A) How does the poet describe the water’s movement and the way it changes over time?
Text Mark Evidence (the water is) surging all the way
growing in strength
Text Mark Evidence - (the water is) sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs - a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls - dangerous dark pools
powerful and tumbling
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - crystalline spray wildly laces through air - a bonanza of rainbow flecks sparkling - colourful new mist
beautiful and vibrant
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a bonanza of rainbow flecks
a treasure of colour
B) Which words or phrases make the water seem magical?
Text Mark Evidence the wind is enchanted
under a magic spell
Text Mark Evidence vanishing in a breath
disappears as if by magic
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the closest match for ‘crystalline’?
Find Me
Find two words which mean ‘endless’:
sheer-bubbling fast-flowing rock-rolling down cliffs a ceaseless torrent plunging into perpetual swirls dangerous dark pools
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
ceaseless
perpetual
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A in an uncontrolled way
1 torrent
B a large amount of treasure or good luck
2 crystalline
C clear and shiny
Check
3 bonanza
Click if correct
D gushing water
4 with abandon
Sequence Me
Put the steps in the water’s journey in the correct order:
A) The water surges in a torrent plunging down cliffs.
B) The droplets from the mist slowly seep into the future.
C) The water is born as a fragile drop and a quiet trickle.
D) The water transforms into a rainbow-like mist.
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...
think about meaning.
Reveal
Reflect on what the poet is trying to say.
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.