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Overheard in a Tower Block: Poetry Lesson 3
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?
The duo duelled with their dual swords...
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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 has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
B) What is the setting (where and when) of the poem?
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Let me read today's text
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The Duelling Duo (Part One)
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort.
One would hit – one would miss
in the mine-dark night
with its coal-fist mist.
One blade rang on a helmet,
hand tight on a hilt-rung sword,
both proving their mettle
in this mourning morning.
The duo duelled
with their dual swords
hacking left then right,
their metal ringing,
each convinced they were right.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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pitch
duelled
ramparts
dual
hilt-rung sword
mettle
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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
pitch
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Find Read Talk
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
pitch
Your turn
ramparts
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
duelled
dual
hilt-rung sword
mettle
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Duelling Duo (Part One)
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort.
One would hit – one would miss
in the mine-dark night
with its coal-fist mist.
One blade rang on a helmet,
hand tight on a hilt-rung sword,
both proving their mettle
in this mourning morning.
The duo duelled
with their dual swords
hacking left then right,
their metal ringing,
each convinced they were right.
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...
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort. The duo duelled with their dual swords hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
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
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort.
The duo duelled
with their dual swords
hacking left then right,
their metal ringing,
each convinced they were right.
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
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort. The duo duelled with their dual swords hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
In the pitch of night
two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand
as they sashed and fought
on the highest ramparts
of the crumbling fort.
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
The poem occurs at night and the poet has called the two fighters, knights. Night and knight are homophones and which link the setting of the poem with the characters. The double meaning of the words has more of an impact upon the reader.
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 has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
B) What is the setting (where and when) of the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort
the near homophone connects the action to the setting
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
Text Mark Evidence the duo duelled with their dual swords
similar sounding words tell that two people are fighting with two swords in a catchy way
Text Mark Evidence hacking left then right… each convinced they were right
the homophone shows the direction of the fighting and that both fighters think they are correct
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence one would hit – one would miss in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist
use of a near homophone connects the fighting with the gloomy atmosphere
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence one would hit – one would miss in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist
use of a metaphor to link a strike with the mist acting like a fist
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
Text Mark Evidence their metal ringing… both proving their mettle
the homophones link their weapons with their courage
Text Mark Evidence in this mourning morning
the homophones link the time with the sadness of the fighting
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - in the pitch of night - in the mine-dark night - in the coal-fist mist
the duel occurs in the darkness of a hazy night
B) What is the setting (where and when) of the poem?
Text Mark Evidence on the highest ramparts of a crumbling fort
the duel occurs on the walls of an old castle which is falling apart
Text Mark Evidence in this mourning morning
either the duel occurs in the early hours of the morning when it is still dark or the fighting continued through until morning
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ramparts’?
Which One's Right?
..both proving their mettle in this mourning morning.
Which poetic feature is this an example of?
A onomatopoeia
B alliteration
D personification
C simile
Find Me
Find the word which shows thepoet’s sadness at the fighting:
One blade rang on a helmet,
hand tight on a hilt-rung sword,
both proving their mettle
in this mourning morning.
Discuss then check
mourning
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 dual
4 mettle
1 pitch
2 duel
A courage or resilience
B fight between two
C having two parts
D dark, sticky tar
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...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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 3
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?
The duo duelled with their dual swords...
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 has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
B) What is the setting (where and when) of the poem?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Duelling Duo (Part One)
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought, with a sword in each hand as they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort.
One would hit – one would miss in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist. One blade rang on a helmet, hand tight on a hilt-rung sword, both proving their mettle in this mourning morning.
The duo duelled with their dual swords hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pitch
duelled
ramparts
dual
hilt-rung sword
mettle
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
pitch
Explore
Find Read Talk
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought, with a sword in each hand as they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
pitch
Your turn
ramparts
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
duelled
dual
hilt-rung sword
mettle
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Duelling Duo (Part One)
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought, with a sword in each hand as they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort.
One would hit – one would miss in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist. One blade rang on a helmet, hand tight on a hilt-rung sword, both proving their mettle in this mourning morning.
The duo duelled with their dual swords hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
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...
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought, with a sword in each hand as they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort. The duo duelled with their dual swords hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
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
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought,
with a sword in each hand as they slashed and fought
on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort.
The duo duelled with their dual swords
hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
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
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought, with a sword in each hand as they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort. The duo duelled with their dual swords hacking left then right, their metal ringing, each convinced they were right.
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 has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
In the pitch of night two knights shared a thought, with a sword in each hand as they sashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort.
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
The poem occurs at night and the poet has called the two fighters, knights. Night and knight are homophones and which link the setting of the poem with the characters. The double meaning of the words has more of an impact upon the reader.
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 has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
B) What is the setting (where and when) of the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they slashed and fought on the highest ramparts of the crumbling fort
the near homophone connects the action to the setting
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
Text Mark Evidence the duo duelled with their dual swords
similar sounding words tell that two people are fighting with two swords in a catchy way
Text Mark Evidence hacking left then right… each convinced they were right
the homophone shows the direction of the fighting and that both fighters think they are correct
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence one would hit – one would miss in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist
use of a near homophone connects the fighting with the gloomy atmosphere
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence one would hit – one would miss in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist
use of a metaphor to link a strike with the mist acting like a fist
A) How has the poet used wordplay to enhance the poem?
Text Mark Evidence their metal ringing… both proving their mettle
the homophones link their weapons with their courage
Text Mark Evidence in this mourning morning
the homophones link the time with the sadness of the fighting
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - in the pitch of night - in the mine-dark night - in the coal-fist mist
the duel occurs in the darkness of a hazy night
B) What is the setting (where and when) of the poem?
Text Mark Evidence on the highest ramparts of a crumbling fort
the duel occurs on the walls of an old castle which is falling apart
Text Mark Evidence in this mourning morning
either the duel occurs in the early hours of the morning when it is still dark or the fighting continued through until morning
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ramparts’?
Which One's Right?
..both proving their mettle in this mourning morning.
Which poetic feature is this an example of?
A onomatopoeia
B alliteration
D personification
C simile
Find Me
Find the word which shows thepoet’s sadness at the fighting:
One blade rang on a helmet, hand tight on a hilt-rung sword, both proving their mettle in this mourning morning.
Discuss then check
mourning
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 dual
4 mettle
1 pitch
2 duel
A courage or resilience
B fight between two
C having two parts
D dark, sticky tar
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...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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.