Ready Steady Read Together
Overheard in a Tower Block: 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 park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes...
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 Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
B) How does Richmond Park show the theme of the beauty and diversity of nature?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Richmond Park
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong
replaced shouts,
where marshes
replaced monsters.
I ran in my red trainers
to Richmond Park.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Trees of every shade of green.
Horse chestnut trees with conkers –
like fists
begging to be conquered,
waiting to be knocked.
Richmond Park.
Deer with chestnut eyes,
their irises like black diamonds.
Richmond Park.
Arcing canes of blackberries,
berries like black-eye clusters,
like frogspawn,
protected by inch-long thorns
promising to prick.
Richmond Park.
Danger and adventure wrapped
in its dark fronds,
and at its centre lay two deep ponds.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
veiled
arcing
marshes
clusters
irises
fronds
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
veiled
Explore
Find Read Talk
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong
replaced shouts,
where marshes
replaced monsters.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
veiled
Your turn
marshes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
arcing
clusters
irises
fronds
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Richmond Park
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong
replaced shouts,
where marshes
replaced monsters.
I ran in my red trainers
to Richmond Park.
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Trees of every shade of green.
Horse chestnut trees with conkers –
like fists
begging to be conquered,
waiting to be knocked.
Richmond Park.
Deer with chestnut eyes,
their irises like black diamonds.
Richmond Park.
Arcing canes of blackberries,
berries like black-eye clusters,
like frogspawn,
protected by inch-long thorns
promising to prick.
Richmond Park.
Danger and adventure wrapped
in its dark fronds,
and at its centre lay two deep ponds.
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...
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong
replaced shouts,
where marshes
replaced monsters.
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
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong
replaced shouts,
where marshes
replaced monsters.
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
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong
replaced shouts,
where marshes
replaced monsters.
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
A) How does Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A park,
where trees
veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries
disguised the stench from the bins.
A) How does Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
In Binley House, the poet described TV aerials like dead branches and satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. In Richmond Park, the TV aerials and satellite dishes are obscured or hidden by the trees. It sounds like Richmond Park is full of nature compared to Binley House which was dominated by man-made features.
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 Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
B) How does Richmond Park show the theme of the beauty and diversity of nature?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins
smells pleasant
A) How does Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
Text Mark Evidence birdsong replaced shouts
feels peaceful
Text Mark Evidence marshes replaced monsters
feels safer
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - begging to be conquered - adventure wrapped in its dark fronds
full of life and adventure (unlike the zombie-like block)
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes - the sweet scent of winter berries - trees of every shade of green - horse chestnut trees with conkers - arcing canes of blackberries - danger and adventure wrapped in its dark fronds
full of trees, plants and fruit
B) How does Richmond Park show the theme of the beauty and diversity of nature?
Text Mark Evidence - birdsong replaced shouts - deer with chestnut eyes
full of wildlife
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - marshes replaced monsters - at its centre lay two deep ponds
habitats for plants and animals
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘iris’?
Match Me
Match each line with the poetic device used:
1 trees of every shade of green
2 conkers – like fists
3 conkers...to be conquered
4 conkers... waiting to be knocked
A personification
B simile
C imagery
D homophone wordplay
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A to move in a curved shape
1 veil
B to cover or hide
Check
2 arc
Click if correct
C a large,divided leaf
3 cluster
D a bunch of small, closely packed things
4 frond
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best summarises the poem:
Tick one
A Richmond Park is full of adventure, beauty and hidden dangers.
B Richmond Park is about the rubbish, noise and hardship in the city.
Check
C Richmond Park is a boring, empty place where nothing exciting happens.
Click if correct
D Richmond park is a small, tidy garden with many frogs.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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 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 park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes...
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 Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
B) How does Richmond Park show the theme of the beauty and diversity of nature?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Richmond Park
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes, where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins. Where birdsong replaced shouts, where marshes replaced monsters.
I ran in my red trainers to Richmond Park.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Trees of every shade of green. Horse chestnut trees with conkers – like fists begging to be conquered, waiting to be knocked.
Richmond Park. Deer with chestnut eyes, their irises like black diamonds.
Richmond Park. Arcing canes of blackberries, berries like black-eye clusters, like frogspawn, protected by inch-long thorns promising to prick.
Richmond Park. Danger and adventure wrapped in its dark fronds, and at its centre lay two deep ponds.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
veiled
arcing
marshes
clusters
irises
fronds
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
veiled
Explore
Find Read Talk
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes, where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins. Where birdsong replaced shouts, where marshes replaced monsters.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
veiled
Your turn
marshes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
arcing
clusters
irises
fronds
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Richmond Park
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes, where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins. Where birdsong replaced shouts, where marshes replaced monsters.
I ran in my red trainers to Richmond Park.
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Trees of every shade of green. Horse chestnut trees with conkers – like fists begging to be conquered, waiting to be knocked.
Richmond Park. Deer with chestnut eyes, their irises like black diamonds.
Richmond Park. Arcing canes of blackberries, berries like black-eye clusters, like frogspawn, protected by inch-long thorns promising to prick.
Richmond Park. Danger and adventure wrapped in its dark fronds, and at its centre lay two deep ponds.
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...
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes, where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins. Where birdsong replaced shouts, where marshes replaced monsters.
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
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes,
where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins.
Where birdsong replaced shouts,
where marshes replaced monsters.
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
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes, where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins. Where birdsong replaced shouts, where marshes replaced monsters.
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
A) How does Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A park, where trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes, where the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins.
A) How does Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
In Binley House, the poet described TV aerials like dead branches and satellite dishes like dead eyes, rusted, but still they stared. In Richmond Park, the TV aerials and satellite dishes are obscured or hidden by the trees. It sounds like Richmond Park is full of nature compared to Binley House which was dominated by man-made features.
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 Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
B) How does Richmond Park show the theme of the beauty and diversity of nature?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the sweet scent of winter berries disguised the stench from the bins
smells pleasant
A) How does Richmond Park contrast with Binley House and the surrounding city?
Text Mark Evidence birdsong replaced shouts
feels peaceful
Text Mark Evidence marshes replaced monsters
feels safer
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - begging to be conquered - adventure wrapped in its dark fronds
full of life and adventure (unlike the zombie-like block)
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - trees veiled the aerials and satellite dishes - the sweet scent of winter berries - trees of every shade of green - horse chestnut trees with conkers - arcing canes of blackberries - danger and adventure wrapped in its dark fronds
full of trees, plants and fruit
B) How does Richmond Park show the theme of the beauty and diversity of nature?
Text Mark Evidence - birdsong replaced shouts - deer with chestnut eyes
full of wildlife
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - marshes replaced monsters - at its centre lay two deep ponds
habitats for plants and animals
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘iris’?
Match Me
Match each line with the poetic device used:
1 trees of every shade of green
2 conkers – like fists
3 conkers...to be conquered
4 conkers... waiting to be knocked
A personification
B simile
C imagery
D homophone wordplay
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A to move in a curved shape
1 veil
B to cover or hide
Check
2 arc
Click if correct
C a large,divided leaf
3 cluster
D a bunch of small, closely packed things
4 frond
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best summarises the poem:
Tick one
A Richmond Park is full of adventure, beauty and hidden dangers.
B Richmond Park is about the rubbish, noise and hardship in the city.
Check
C Richmond Park is a boring, empty place where nothing exciting happens.
Click if correct
D Richmond park is a small, tidy garden with many frogs.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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.