Ready Steady Read Together
Overheard in a Tower Block: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘armour’?
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 reign
4 apparent
1 raze
2 pore
D to completely destroy
A tiny holes in the skin
B easy to notice
C to rule over a place
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem, The Duelling Duo, in the correct order:
A) The knights tried to raze the other to the ground under the sun’s rays.
B) Both thought that they were right as they fought in the fort.
C) The knights began to fight in the pitch of the night.
D) The knights proved their mettle with metal on the mourning morning.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from a poem in this unit:
1 the duo duelled with their dual swords
A rhyme
2 in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist
B alliteration
3 one blade rangon a helmet
Check
C personification
4 apparent in their blades, raised,
transparent in their eyes, glazed
Click if correct
D onomatopoeia
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Watch the video of Joseph Coelho and perform the poem.
Volume
Teacher Note: Look at plan for details.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
images
flavours
sighed
miles between me and the sun
battled
thumb through
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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Books Have Helped Me
Books have more images between their words
than any smart phone could hold.
More flavours than a thousand jelly beans.
More lives for you to live
than any computer game.
Books have helped me.
I’ve read about characters
who have laughed, cried and sighed like me.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Characters who have battled
monsters larger than any I could imagine.
Characters who have travelled distances longer
than there are miles between me and the sun.
When I thumb through a book
their pages whisper to me
that I’ll be all right.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Find and copy one word in the first verse which suggests that books come in a variety of types to suit different tastes.
Books have more images between their words than any smart phone could hold. More flavours than a thousand jelly beans. More lives for you to live than any computer game.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
2) Give two ways that the poet uses metaphor to make books seem exciting and engaging.
The poet compares books to things liked or enjoyed by most children:
Text Mark Evidence books have more images between their words than any smart phone could hold
Text Mark Evidence (books have) more flavours than a thousand jelly beans
compares books to jelly beans
compares books to smart phones
Text Mark Evidence (books have) more lives for you to live than any computer game
compares books to computer games
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
3) Using the text in the poem, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
The poem says books only tell stories about real people.
The poet uses books to travel to plays far away in his mind.
The poem says books are slightly less exciting than computer games.
The poem compares books to jelly beans to show they are sweet and tasty.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) When I thumb through a book their pages whisper to me that I’ll be all right.
Which poetic feature is used in this line?
metaphor
alliteration
personification
simile
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
5) In what ways have books helped the poet?
Text Mark Evidence books have more images between their words
Text Mark Evidence more lives for you to live than any computer game
books have given him exciting pictures and ideas
books have allowed him to experience the lives of different people and characters
Text Mark Evidence I’ve read about characters who have laughed, cried and sighed like me
Text Mark Evidence - more images…than any smart phone could hold - more lives…than any computer game
books have given him characters he can relate to
books have given him a hobby/entertainment away from devices
Text Mark Evidence their pages whisper to me that I’ll be all right
books have given him comfort and hope
Text Mark Evidence characters who have travelled distances longer than there are miles between me and the sun
books have enabled him to travel the world through characters
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
share poetry.
Reveal
Read a poem to someone else and discuss what it means for both of you.
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: 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 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘armour’?
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 reign
4 apparent
1 raze
2 pore
D to completely destroy
A tiny holes in the skin
B easy to notice
C to rule over a place
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem, The Duelling Duo, in the correct order:
A) The knights tried to raze the other to the ground under the sun’s rays.
B) Both thought that they were right as they fought in the fort.
C) The knights began to fight in the pitch of the night.
D) The knights proved their mettle with metal on the mourning morning.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from a poem in this unit:
1 the duo duelled with their dual swords
A rhyme
2 in the mine-dark night with its coal-fist mist
B alliteration
3 one blade rangon a helmet
Check
C personification
4 apparent in their blades, raised, transparent in their eyes, glazed
Click if correct
D onomatopoeia
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Watch the video of Joseph Coelho and perform the poem.
Volume
Teacher Note: Look at plan for details.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
images
flavours
sighed
miles between me and the sun
battled
thumb through
Explore
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Books Have Helped Me
Books have more images between their words than any smart phone could hold. More flavours than a thousand jelly beans. More lives for you to live than any computer game.
Books have helped me.
I’ve read about characters who have laughed, cried and sighed like me.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Characters who have battled monsters larger than any I could imagine.
Characters who have travelled distances longer than there are miles between me and the sun.
When I thumb through a book their pages whisper to me that I’ll be all right.
From: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Find and copy one word in the first verse which suggests that books come in a variety of types to suit different tastes.
Books have more images between their words than any smart phone could hold. More flavours than a thousand jelly beans. More lives for you to live than any computer game.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
2) Give two ways that the poet uses metaphor to make books seem exciting and engaging.
The poet compares books to things liked or enjoyed by most children:
Text Mark Evidence books have more images between their words than any smart phone could hold
Text Mark Evidence (books have) more flavours than a thousand jelly beans
compares books to jelly beans
compares books to smart phones
Text Mark Evidence (books have) more lives for you to live than any computer game
compares books to computer games
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
3) Using the text in the poem, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
The poem says books only tell stories about real people.
The poet uses books to travel to plays far away in his mind.
The poem says books are slightly less exciting than computer games.
The poem compares books to jelly beans to show they are sweet and tasty.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) When I thumb through a book their pages whisper to me that I’ll be all right.
Which poetic feature is used in this line?
metaphor
alliteration
personification
simile
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
5) In what ways have books helped the poet?
Text Mark Evidence books have more images between their words
Text Mark Evidence more lives for you to live than any computer game
books have given him exciting pictures and ideas
books have allowed him to experience the lives of different people and characters
Text Mark Evidence I’ve read about characters who have laughed, cried and sighed like me
Text Mark Evidence - more images…than any smart phone could hold - more lives…than any computer game
books have given him characters he can relate to
books have given him a hobby/entertainment away from devices
Text Mark Evidence their pages whisper to me that I’ll be all right
books have given him comfort and hope
Text Mark Evidence characters who have travelled distances longer than there are miles between me and the sun
books have enabled him to travel the world through characters
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
share poetry.
Reveal
Read a poem to someone else and discuss what it means for both of you.
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: Overheard in a Tower Block by Joseph Coelho © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.