Ready Steady Read Together
Overheard in a Tower Block: 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?
It was a zombie of a block.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet make the tower block seem alive?
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
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Let me read today's text
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Binley House
The cold whistle of wind
from the corridors of Binley House
became the block’s hiss for more.
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
The slam of distant doors
from the homes within Binley House
became the block’s rumble of hunger.
The bin chute
made the mouth of the block.
Every day we fed it…
We fed the block our lives:
the good times, the bad times,
evenings spent with friends who lived
above, below and side by side.
dinners left to go stone cold,
bags of clothes from missed fathers,
tissues soaked in tears.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
TV aerials
bin chute
satellite dishes
rumble of hunger
stone cold
corridors
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. 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
TV aerials
Explore
Find Read Talk
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
TV aerials
Your turn
satellite dishes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
bin chute
stone cold
corridors
rumble of hunger
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Binley House
The cold whistle of wind
from the corridors of Binley House
became the block’s hiss for more.
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
The slam of distant doors
from the homes within Binley House
became the block’s rumble of hunger.
The bin chute
made the mouth of the block.
Every day we fed it…
We fed the block our lives:
the good times, the bad times,
evenings spent with friends who lived
above, below and side by side.
dinners left to go stone cold,
bags of clothes from missed fathers,
tissues soaked in tears.
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
The bin chute
made the mouth of the block.
Every day we fed it…
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
The bin chute
made the mouth of the block.
Every day we fed it…
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
The bin chute
made the mouth of the block.
Every day we fed it…
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes,
rusted, but still they stared.
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
The poet has used a simile to compare the large rounded shape of satellite dishes to the building’s eyes. This makes it seem as if it is alive and watching the people who live inside it.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. 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 make the tower block seem alive?
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it was a zombie of a block
use of metaphor comparing the tower block to a monster
A) How does the poet make the tower block seem alive?
Text Mark Evidence - the bin chute made the mouth of the block - every day we fed it (the tower block) - we fed the block our lives
describes feeding the tower block
Text Mark Evidence - the cold whistle of wind from the corridors of Binley House became the block’s hiss for more - the slam of distant doors from the homes within Binley House became the block’s rumble of hunger
describes the block as able to speak or make noises when it was hungry
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - TV aerials like dead branches - satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted - it was a zombie of a block - the block’s rumble of hunger
decaying, neglected and lifeless
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the cold whistle of wind from the corridors of Binley House - dinners left to go stone cold
cold or unpleasant
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Text Mark Evidence we fed it… tissues soaked in tears
full of sadness
Text Mark Evidence - we fed it…dinners left to go stone cold - we fed it…bags of clothes from missed fathers
full of broken families/abandonment
Text Mark Evidence - the cold whistle of wind... became the block’s hiss for more - the slam of distant doors from homes within Binley House
noisy or unsettling
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence we fed the block our lives: the good times, the bad times
full of good times mixed with challenges
Text Mark Evidence evenings spent with friends who lived above, below and side by side
full of friendship
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘satellite dish’?
True or False?
All experiences within Binley House were unhappy and unpleasant.
True
False
Tick Me
Tick the themes which are evident in the poem.
Tick two
A Hopes and dreams
B Urban life and hardship
Check
C Community and connection
Click if correct
D Magic and adventure
Link Me
Link each poetic feature withthe correct example from the poem:
1 alliteration
A TV aerials like dead branches
2 personification
B the block’s hiss for more
Check
3 metaphor
C it was a zombie of a block
Click if correct
4 simile
D the whistle of wind
5 onomatopoeia
E the bin chute made the mouth of the block
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn about poets.
Reveal
Read about the lives of famous poets and what inspired them.
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: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Overheard in a Tower Block: 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?
It was a zombie of a block.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet make the tower block seem alive?
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Binley House
The cold whistle of wind from the corridors of Binley House became the block’s hiss for more.
TV aerials like dead branches, satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. It was a zombie of a block.
The slam of distant doors from the homes within Binley House became the block’s rumble of hunger.
The bin chute made the mouth of the block. Every day we fed it…
We fed the block our lives: the good times, the bad times, evenings spent with friends who lived above, below and side by side.
dinners left to go stone cold, bags of clothes from missed fathers, tissues soaked in tears.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
TV aerials
bin chute
satellite dishes
rumble of hunger
stone cold
corridors
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. 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
TV aerials
Explore
Find Read Talk
TV aerials like dead branches, satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. It was a zombie of a block.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
TV aerials
Your turn
satellite dishes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
bin chute
stone cold
corridors
rumble of hunger
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Binley House
The cold whistle of wind from the corridors of Binley House became the block’s hiss for more.
TV aerials like dead branches, satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. It was a zombie of a block.
The slam of distant doors from the homes within Binley House became the block’s rumble of hunger.
The bin chute made the mouth of the block. Every day we fed it…
We fed the block our lives: the good times, the bad times, evenings spent with friends who lived above, below and side by side.
dinners left to go stone cold, bags of clothes from missed fathers, tissues soaked in tears.
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
TV aerials like dead branches, satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. It was a zombie of a block. The bin chute made the mouth of the block. Every day we fed it…
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
TV aerials like dead branches,
satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared.
It was a zombie of a block.
The bin chute made the mouth of the block.
Every day we fed it…
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
TV aerials like dead branches, satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. It was a zombie of a block. The bin chute made the mouth of the block. Every day we fed it…
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
TV aerials like dead branches, satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared.
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
The poet has used a simile to compare the large rounded shape of satellite dishes to the building’s eyes. This makes it seem as if it is alive and watching the people who live inside it.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. 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 make the tower block seem alive?
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it was a zombie of a block
use of metaphor comparing the tower block to a monster
A) How does the poet make the tower block seem alive?
Text Mark Evidence - the bin chute made the mouth of the block - every day we fed it (the tower block) - we fed the block our lives
describes feeding the tower block
Text Mark Evidence - the cold whistle of wind from the corridors of Binley House became the block’s hiss for more - the slam of distant doors from the homes within Binley House became the block’s rumble of hunger
describes the block as able to speak or make noises when it was hungry
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - TV aerials like dead branches - satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted - it was a zombie of a block - the block’s rumble of hunger
decaying, neglected and lifeless
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the cold whistle of wind from the corridors of Binley House - dinners left to go stone cold
cold or unpleasant
B) What impression do you get of Binley House and what it was like living there?
Text Mark Evidence we fed it… tissues soaked in tears
full of sadness
Text Mark Evidence - we fed it…dinners left to go stone cold - we fed it…bags of clothes from missed fathers
full of broken families/abandonment
Text Mark Evidence - the cold whistle of wind... became the block’s hiss for more - the slam of distant doors from homes within Binley House
noisy or unsettling
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence we fed the block our lives: the good times, the bad times
full of good times mixed with challenges
Text Mark Evidence evenings spent with friends who lived above, below and side by side
full of friendship
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘satellite dish’?
True or False?
All experiences within Binley House were unhappy and unpleasant.
True
False
Tick Me
Tick the themes which are evident in the poem.
Tick two
A Hopes and dreams
B Urban life and hardship
Check
C Community and connection
Click if correct
D Magic and adventure
Link Me
Link each poetic feature withthe correct example from the poem:
1 alliteration
A TV aerials like dead branches
2 personification
B the block’s hiss for more
Check
3 metaphor
C it was a zombie of a block
Click if correct
4 simile
D the whistle of wind
5 onomatopoeia
E the bin chute made the mouth of the block
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn about poets.
Reveal
Read about the lives of famous poets and what inspired them.
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: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.