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Rumaysa: Fiction Lesson 3
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What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle.
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From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
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One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle. The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
The gold shimmered with the flickering light, but the room was still rather miserable to look at. The large spindle took up most of the space in the centre of the creaky oak floor, framed by a wooden bed and a cracked stove and sink. A small toilet at the back of the room had been curtained off with an old blanket. The only thing that was remotely nice were the piles of books stacked up against the cobblestone walls. The witch who held Rumaysa captive had given them to her from a young age – it saved her having to speak to the girl too much.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Rumaysa stopped singing as the edge of her frayed sleeve caught on her dark wooden spindle. She frustratedly pulled it off the spinning wheel, but it still created a new tear in her greyed and well-worn dress. She sighed in annoyance and continued working. She was a scrawny girl whose golden skin had a deathly pallor to it – probably because she’d been trapped in a tower her whole life. Her sharp face could probably cut something if you asked her nicely, and she wore a simple grey hijab on her head. Her eyes were big and honey-brown, sparkling with a fierce energy as she concentrated.
There was a rustling at the small window where the wisps of moonlight streamed into the tower through the thick trees outside. Rumaysa jumped, nearly dropping the straw in her hands, worried that the noise announced the arrival of the Witch.
But it was a beautiful owl that swooped into the bleak room. Her feathers were ruby red and glistened as though they were on fire.
“Rumaysa!” the owl hooted in greeting.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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dreary
scrawny
captive
a deathly pallor
hijab
glistened
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From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. 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
dreary
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Find Read Talk
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
dreary
Your turn
captive
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scrawny
a deathly pallor
hijab
glistened
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle. The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
The gold shimmered with the flickering light, but the room was still rather miserable to look at. The large spindle took up most of the space in the centre of the creaky oak floor, framed by a wooden bed and a cracked stove and sink. A small toilet at the back of the room had been curtained off with an old blanket. The only thing that was remotely nice were the piles of books stacked up against the cobblestone walls. The witch who held Rumaysa captive had given them to her from a young age – it saved her having to speak to the girl too much.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Rumaysa stopped singing as the edge of her frayed sleeve caught on her dark wooden spindle. She frustratedly pulled it off the spinning wheel, but it still created a new tear in her greyed and well-worn dress. She sighed in annoyance and continued working. She was a scrawny girl whose golden skin had a deathly pallor to it – probably because she’d been trapped in a tower her whole life. Her sharp face could probably cut something if you asked her nicely, and she wore a simple grey hijab on her head. Her eyes were big and honey-brown, sparkling with a fierce energy as she concentrated.
There was a rustling at the small window where the wisps of moonlight streamed into the tower through the thick trees outside. Rumaysa jumped, nearly dropping the straw in her hands, worried that the noise announced the arrival of the Witch.
But it was a beautiful owl that swooped into the bleak room. Her feathers were ruby red and glistened as though they were on fire.
“Rumaysa!” the owl hooted in greeting.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel,
the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody.
It was a curious thing, spinning straw,
but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked.
With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle.
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Both this story and Rapunzel have a character who was taken as a baby by a witch and held in a tower. The words dark and dreary suggest a sad, boring life, just like Rapunzel’s.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Rumaysa was…working with straw and a spindle - the large spindle took up most of the space in the centre of the creaky oak floor - her dark wooden spindle
presence of a spindle (Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel)
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Text Mark Evidence - the girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody - with each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold
beautiful/magical singing (Little Mermaid, some versions of Rapunzel)
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the straw she spun turned to gold…the gold shimmered with the flickering light
spinning straw into gold (Rumpelstiltskin)
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the room was still rather miserable to look at - the only thing that was remotely nice (about the tower) - she had been trapped in a tower her whole life
lonely, unpleasant setting (Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella)
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Text Mark Evidence - the witch who held Rumaysa captive - worried that the noise announced the arrival of the Witch
held captive by an evil witch (Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel)
Text Mark Evidence the edge of her frayed sleeve caught…it created a new tear in her greyed and well-worn dress
old, tatty clothes (Cinderella)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence It was a beautiful owl… ”Rumaysa!” the owl hooted in greeting
magical creatures/talking animals (Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, The Frog Prince)
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which is the best match for the ‘dreary’?
True or False?
The pile of books given to Rumaysa by the witch were the only thing remotely nice about the tower.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
pallor
scrawny
hijab
She was a girl whose golden skin had a deathly to it – probably because she’d been trapped in a tower her whole life. Her sharp face could probably cut something if you asked her nicely, and she wore a simple grey on herhead.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Find Me
Find the word which means‘shone or sparkled’:
But it was a beautiful owl that swooped into the bleak room. Her feathers were ruby red and glistened as though they were on fire.
Discuss then check
glistened
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
connect with characters.
Reveal
Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.
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: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Rumaysa: Fiction 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?
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle. The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold. The gold shimmered with the flickering light, but the room was still rather miserable to look at. The large spindle took up most of the space in the centre of the creaky oak floor, framed by a wooden bed and a cracked stove and sink. A small toilet at the back of the room had been curtained off with an old blanket. The only thing that was remotely nice were the piles of books stacked up against the cobblestone walls. The witch who held Rumaysa captive had given them to her from a young age – it saved her having to speak to the girl too much.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Rumaysa stopped singing as the edge of her frayed sleeve caught on her dark wooden spindle. She frustratedly pulled it off the spinning wheel, but it still created a new tear in her greyed and well-worn dress. She sighed in annoyance and continued working. She was a scrawny girl whose golden skin had a deathly pallor to it – probably because she’d been trapped in a tower her whole life. Her sharp face could probably cut something if you asked her nicely, and she wore a simple grey hijab on her head. Her eyes were big and honey-brown, sparkling with a fierce energy as she concentrated. There was a rustling at the small window where the wisps of moonlight streamed into the tower through the thick trees outside. Rumaysa jumped, nearly dropping the straw in her hands, worried that the noise announced the arrival of the Witch. But it was a beautiful owl that swooped into the bleak room. Her feathers were ruby red and glistened as though they were on fire. “Rumaysa!” the owl hooted in greeting.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
dreary
scrawny
captive
a deathly pallor
hijab
glistened
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. 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
dreary
Explore
Find Read Talk
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
dreary
Your turn
captive
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scrawny
a deathly pallor
hijab
glistened
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle. The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold. The gold shimmered with the flickering light, but the room was still rather miserable to look at. The large spindle took up most of the space in the centre of the creaky oak floor, framed by a wooden bed and a cracked stove and sink. A small toilet at the back of the room had been curtained off with an old blanket. The only thing that was remotely nice were the piles of books stacked up against the cobblestone walls. The witch who held Rumaysa captive had given them to her from a young age – it saved her having to speak to the girl too much.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Rumaysa stopped singing as the edge of her frayed sleeve caught on her dark wooden spindle. She frustratedly pulled it off the spinning wheel, but it still created a new tear in her greyed and well-worn dress. She sighed in annoyance and continued working. She was a scrawny girl whose golden skin had a deathly pallor to it – probably because she’d been trapped in a tower her whole life. Her sharp face could probably cut something if you asked her nicely, and she wore a simple grey hijab on her head. Her eyes were big and honey-brown, sparkling with a fierce energy as she concentrated. There was a rustling at the small window where the wisps of moonlight streamed into the tower through the thick trees outside. Rumaysa jumped, nearly dropping the straw in her hands, worried that the noise announced the arrival of the Witch. But it was a beautiful owl that swooped into the bleak room. Her feathers were ruby red and glistened as though they were on fire. “Rumaysa!” the owl hooted in greeting.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel,
the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody.
It was a curious thing, spinning straw,
but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked.
With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The young girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody. It was a curious thing, spinning straw, but something odd happened while Rumaysa worked. With each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
One dark and dreary night many years later, a young girl named Rumaysa was sitting in a small tower room lit by candlelight, working with straw and a spindle.
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Both this story and Rapunzel have a character who was taken as a baby by a witch and held in a tower. The words dark and dreary suggest a sad, boring life, just like Rapunzel’s.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Rumaysa was…working with straw and a spindle - the large spindle took up most of the space in the centre of the creaky oak floor - her dark wooden spindle
presence of a spindle (Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel)
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Text Mark Evidence - the girl sang a particular song as she hunched over the wheel, the long hours of the night filled with her soft melody - with each moment of her song, the straw she spun turned to gold
beautiful/magical singing (Little Mermaid, some versions of Rapunzel)
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the straw she spun turned to gold…the gold shimmered with the flickering light
spinning straw into gold (Rumpelstiltskin)
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the room was still rather miserable to look at - the only thing that was remotely nice (about the tower) - she had been trapped in a tower her whole life
lonely, unpleasant setting (Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella)
How is this story similar to other fairy tales?
Text Mark Evidence - the witch who held Rumaysa captive - worried that the noise announced the arrival of the Witch
held captive by an evil witch (Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel)
Text Mark Evidence the edge of her frayed sleeve caught…it created a new tear in her greyed and well-worn dress
old, tatty clothes (Cinderella)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence It was a beautiful owl… ”Rumaysa!” the owl hooted in greeting
magical creatures/talking animals (Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, The Frog Prince)
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which is the best match for the ‘dreary’?
True or False?
The pile of books given to Rumaysa by the witch were the only thing remotely nice about the tower.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
pallor
scrawny
hijab
She was a girl whose golden skin had a deathly to it – probably because she’d been trapped in a tower her whole life. Her sharp face could probably cut something if you asked her nicely, and she wore a simple grey on herhead.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Find Me
Find the word which means‘shone or sparkled’:
But it was a beautiful owl that swooped into the bleak room. Her feathers were ruby red and glistened as though they were on fire.
Discuss then check
glistened
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
connect with characters.
Reveal
Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.
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: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
scrawny
pallor
hijab