Ready Steady Read Together
Cherry Moon: Poetry Lesson 4
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?
…a cacophony of forest-cackle, a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above…
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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 poet’s search for peace and quiet?
B) How does the poem show nature as powerful and full of sound and life?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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HIDE AND SEEK
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods
looking for quiet
instead
a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble
sprang towards me while
a tweedledum of pandemonium
circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun
jangled copper
between the leaves
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
so much for the forest
I went to the sea
searching for quiet
but the waves trumpeted
a rumbling ruckus
a crash of crinkle-crests while
squarking gulls sky-dived into
wind-trembled sea and
seashells crunched underfoot
as a medley of
fat green seaweed
slapped the sand
non-stop non-stop
but then I turned
and quiet tagged me
I stopped
forest stopped
sea stopped
I found quiet
it must have been hiding
the whole time
inside my words
inside of me
so much for the sea
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
cacophony
pandemonium
hullabaloo
jangled
ruckus
medley
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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
cacophony
Explore
Find Read Talk
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods
looking for quiet
instead
a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
cacophony
Your turn
hullabaloo
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
pandemonium
jangled
ruckus
medley
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
HIDE AND SEEK
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods
looking for quiet
instead
a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble
sprang towards me while
a tweedledum of pandemonium
circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun
jangled copper
between the leaves
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
so much for the forest
I went to the sea
searching for quiet
but the waves trumpeted
a rumbling ruckus
a crash of crinkle-crests while
squarking gulls sky-dived into
wind-trembled sea and
seashells crunched underfoot
as a medley of
fat green seaweed
slapped the sand
non-stop non-stop
but then I turned
and quiet tagged me
I stopped
forest stopped
sea stopped
I found quiet
it must have been hiding
the whole time
inside my words
inside of me
so much for the sea
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods
looking for quiet
instead
a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble
sprang towards me while
a tweedledum of pandemonium
circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun
jangled copper
between the leaves
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
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods looking for quiet
instead a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me
while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods
looking for quiet
instead
a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble
sprang towards me while
a tweedledum of pandemonium
circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun
jangled copper
between the leaves
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 poem show the poet’s search for peace and quiet?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek
my turn
I slipped into the woods
A) How does the poem show the poet’s search for peace and quiet?
Reveal Explainer
This is an example of personification. The poet is playing hide and seek with quiet, as if it were a playmate. My turn suggests that the poet is ‘it’ and is seeking quiet.
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 poet’s search for peace and quiet?
B) How does the poem show nature as powerful and full of sound and life?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I slipped into the woods looking for quiet - I went to the sea searching for quiet
seeking quiet
A) How does the poem show the poet’s search for peace and quiet?
Text Mark Evidence - so much for (finding quiet in) the forest - so much for (finding quiet in) the sea
disappointment as only found noise
Text Mark Evidence but then I turned and quiet tagged me
quiet found the poet
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I found quiet…it must have been hiding the whole time inside my words…inside of me
found inner peace
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - a cacophony of forest-cackle - a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me - a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above - it (the forest) was a free-for-all - even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
noises / power of the forest
B) How does the poem show nature as powerful and full of sound and life?
Text Mark Evidence - the waves trumpeted a rumbling ruckus - a crash of crinkle-crests - squarking gulls sky-dived into a wind-trembled sea - seashells crunched underfoot - a medley of fat green seaweed slapped the sand non-stop
noises / power of the sea
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find at least two words which mean ‘loud noise, confusion or disorder’:
instead
a cacophony of forest-cackle
a hullabaloo of beast-babble
sprang towards me while
a tweedledum of pandemonium
circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun
jangled copper
between the leaves
1 Discuss then check
cacophony
2 Discuss then check
hullabaloo
pandemonium
3 Discuss then check
free-for-all
4 Discuss then check
True or False?
The poet feels disappointed that they never find quiet.
True
False
Tick Me
a crash of crinkle-crests
Which poetic features are used in this line?
Tick two
A onomatopoeia
B personification
Check
C repetition
Click if correct
D alliteration
Sequence Me
Put the statements in the correct order to show the poet’s journey in the poem:
A) Quiet tags the poet instead of the poet finding quiet.
B) The poet finds noisy waves and squarking birds.
C) The poet only finds animal noises and chaos.
D) The poet slips into the woods to seek quiet.
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...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new 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 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 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?
…a cacophony of forest-cackle, a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above…
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 poet’s search for peace and quiet?
B) How does the poem show nature as powerful and full of sound and life?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
HIDE AND SEEK
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek my turn I slipped into the woods looking for quiet instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above it was a free-for-all and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
so much for the forest
I went to the sea searching for quiet but the waves trumpeted a rumbling ruckus a crash of crinkle-crests while squarking gulls sky-dived into wind-trembled sea and seashells crunched underfoot as a medley of fat green seaweed slapped the sand non-stop non-stop
but then I turned and quiet tagged me I stopped forest stopped sea stopped
I found quiet it must have been hiding the whole time inside my words inside of me
so much for the sea
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
cacophony
pandemonium
hullabaloo
jangled
ruckus
medley
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
cacophony
Explore
Find Read Talk
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek my turn I slipped into the woods looking for quiet instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
cacophony
Your turn
hullabaloo
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
pandemonium
jangled
ruckus
medley
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
HIDE AND SEEK
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek my turn I slipped into the woods looking for quiet instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above it was a free-for-all and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
so much for the forest
I went to the sea searching for quiet but the waves trumpeted a rumbling ruckus a crash of crinkle-crests while squarking gulls sky-dived into wind-trembled sea and seashells crunched underfoot as a medley of fat green seaweed slapped the sand non-stop non-stop
but then I turned and quiet tagged me I stopped forest stopped sea stopped
I found quiet it must have been hiding the whole time inside my words inside of me
so much for the sea
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...
I decided to play a game with quiet hide and seek my turn I slipped into the woods looking for quiet instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above it was a free-for-all and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
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
I decided to play a game with quiet
hide and seek my turn
I slipped into the woods looking for quiet
instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me
while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above
it was a free-for-all
and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I decided to play a game with quiet hide and seek my turn I slipped into the woods looking for quiet instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above it was a free-for-all and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
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 poem show the poet’s search for peace and quiet?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I decided to play a game with quiet hide and seek my turn I slipped into the woods
A) How does the poem show the poet’s search for peace and quiet?
Reveal Explainer
This is an example of personification. The poet is playing hide and seek with quiet, as if it were a playmate. My turn suggests that the poet is ‘it’ and is seeking quiet.
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 poet’s search for peace and quiet?
B) How does the poem show nature as powerful and full of sound and life?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I slipped into the woods looking for quiet - I went to the sea searching for quiet
seeking quiet
A) How does the poem show the poet’s search for peace and quiet?
Text Mark Evidence - so much for (finding quiet in) the forest - so much for (finding quiet in) the sea
disappointment as only found noise
Text Mark Evidence but then I turned and quiet tagged me
quiet found the poet
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I found quiet…it must have been hiding the whole time inside my words…inside of me
found inner peace
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - a cacophony of forest-cackle - a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me - a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above - it (the forest) was a free-for-all - even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
noises / power of the forest
B) How does the poem show nature as powerful and full of sound and life?
Text Mark Evidence - the waves trumpeted a rumbling ruckus - a crash of crinkle-crests - squarking gulls sky-dived into a wind-trembled sea - seashells crunched underfoot - a medley of fat green seaweed slapped the sand non-stop
noises / power of the sea
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find at least two words which mean ‘loud noise, confusion or disorder’:
instead a cacophony of forest-cackle a hullabaloo of beast-babble sprang towards me while a tweedledum of pandemonium circled above it was a free-for-all and even the sun jangled copper between the leaves
1 Discuss then check
cacophony
2 Discuss then check
hullabaloo
pandemonium
3 Discuss then check
free-for-all
4 Discuss then check
True or False?
The poet feels disappointed that they never find quiet.
True
False
Tick Me
a crash of crinkle-crests
Which poetic features are used in this line?
Tick two
A onomatopoeia
B personification
Check
C repetition
Click if correct
D alliteration
Sequence Me
Put the statements in the correct order to show the poet’s journey in the poem:
A) Quiet tags the poet instead of the poet finding quiet.
B) The poet finds noisy waves and squarking birds.
C) The poet only finds animal noises and chaos.
D) The poet slips into the woods to seek quiet.
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...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new 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 from: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.