Ready Steady Read Together
Cherry Moon: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Find Me
Find the example of repetition:
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
Discuss then check
non-stop
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 jangled
4 medley
1 sleek
2 sprites
A fairy-like creatures
B smooth and glossy
C a mixture of sounds
D a metallic crashing sound
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link the words or phrases from Hide and Seek with the correct poetic feature:
A repetition
1 the waves trumpeted
B personification
2 fat green seaweed slapped the sand
C alliteration
3 squarking gulls
Check
Click if correct
4 I stopped...forest stopped...sea stopped
D onomatopoeia
Tick Me
Which is the main message of the poem Hide and Seek?
Tick one
A Nature is always peaceful and quiet.
B True peace can be found inside yourself.
Check
C Forests have great hiding places for hide and seek.
Click if correct
D Loud sounds in nature can be scary.
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Prepare a poem from this unit to read aloud and perform.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
unfurl
jagged
caper
throbbing
bustling
prism
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
STOP THE WORLD
stop the world
so I can leap onto
a rainbow and
cartwheel down a
carnival of colour
stop the world
so I can watch
a galaxy of buds as
they unfurl into
starry flowers
slow blink by
slow blink
stop the world so I can burrow inside
this jagged rock and
explore every ancient and
faraway place
it’s ever travelled stop the world
so I can caper with
the clouds and
float puff-like into
anything I want
stop the world
so I can run roaring
with the lions and
be on their team whenever they need me stop the world
so I can smell each
throbbing scent as it
circles and
whirls its way into
the big fat air stop the world
so I can pop inside
a polka dot
and decorate any
bustling butterfly
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
stop the world
so I can plunge
under the sea and
discover every
fish-slippery
secret
stop the world
so I can rocket
through the stars
and count all the
zillions of light beams
stop the world
so I can scrunch up in a
soft-sailing snowflake and
see winter through
a prism of shiny crystals
stop the world
so I can look
inside myself and
discover all the
deep-down
ready-to-burst
hidden
magic
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) In the poem, it says ‘stop the world so I can burrow inside this jagged rock’. Circle the word which has the closest meaning to burrow:
to stay
to crawl
to climb
to tunnel
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Match the poetic feature to the correct example from the poem:
a soft-sailing snowflake
repetition
alliteration
flowers slow blink
personification
stop the world
metaphor
a galaxy of buds
Check
Practise & Apply
3) What might ‘discover all the deep-down ready-to-burst hidden magic’ mean?
Acceptable Points
Accept references to someone’s inner potential, creativity, talents, emotions or personal strength. Possible acceptable answers:
- you have special things about you that you haven’t realised yet
- everyone has amazing things inside, like talents or ideas, even if they don’t see them right away
- it means you’re full of creativity or feelings that are just waiting to come out
- just as nature is full of beauty, colour and mystery, so are people
RevealAnswer
4) Which of these is the main theme or message of the poem?
Tick one
It is important to stop time so you never have to grow up and can play forever.
Imagination helps us explore amazing places and discover hidden magic of nature.
The poem is about wishing for time to stop so you never have to face challenges.
It is important to move quickly through life and not stop to look around.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of words.
If you like this book, you might like...
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 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Find Me
Find the example of repetition:
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
Discuss then check
non-stop
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 jangled
4 medley
1 sleek
2 sprites
A fairy-like creatures
B smooth and glossy
C a mixture of sounds
D a metallic crashing sound
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link the words or phrases from Hide and Seek with the correct poetic feature:
A repetition
1 the waves trumpeted
B personification
2 fat green seaweed slapped the sand
C alliteration
3 squarking gulls
Check
Click if correct
4 I stopped...forest stopped...sea stopped
D onomatopoeia
Tick Me
Which is the main message of the poem Hide and Seek?
Tick one
A Nature is always peaceful and quiet.
B True peace can be found inside yourself.
Check
C Forests have great hiding places for hide and seek.
Click if correct
D Loud sounds in nature can be scary.
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Prepare a poem from this unit to read aloud and perform.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
unfurl
jagged
caper
throbbing
bustling
prism
Explore
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
STOP THE WORLD
stop the world so I can leap onto a rainbow and cartwheel down a carnival of colour stop the world so I can watch a galaxy of buds as they unfurl into starry flowers slow blink by slow blink
stop the world so I can burrow inside this jagged rock and explore every ancient and faraway place it’s ever travelled stop the world so I can caper with the clouds and float puff-like into anything I want stop the world so I can run roaring with the lions and
be on their team whenever they need me stop the world so I can smell each throbbing scent as it circles and whirls its way into the big fat air stop the world so I can pop inside a polka dot and decorate any bustling butterfly
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
stop the world so I can plunge under the sea and discover every fish-slippery secret stop the world so I can rocket through the stars and count all the zillions of light beams
stop the world so I can scrunch up in a soft-sailing snowflake and see winter through a prism of shiny crystals
stop the world so I can look inside myself and discover all the deep-down ready-to-burst hidden magic
From: Cherry Moon by Zaro Well © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) In the poem, it says ‘stop the world so I can burrow inside this jagged rock’. Circle the word which has the closest meaning to burrow:
to stay
to crawl
to climb
to tunnel
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Match the poetic feature to the correct example from the poem:
a soft-sailing snowflake
repetition
alliteration
flowers slow blink
personification
stop the world
metaphor
a galaxy of buds
Check
Practise & Apply
3) What might ‘discover all the deep-down ready-to-burst hidden magic’ mean?
Acceptable Points
Accept references to someone’s inner potential, creativity, talents, emotions or personal strength. Possible acceptable answers:
RevealAnswer
4) Which of these is the main theme or message of the poem?
Tick one
It is important to stop time so you never have to grow up and can play forever.
Imagination helps us explore amazing places and discover hidden magic of nature.
The poem is about wishing for time to stop so you never have to face challenges.
It is important to move quickly through life and not stop to look around.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of words.
If you like this book, you might like...
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.