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Rumaysa: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment.
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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 does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
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Let me read today's text
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Rumaysa refused to let sleep take her drooping eyes just yet. She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights. It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes. It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment.
It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s. The pages of her copy were well worn; it was her most treasured possession.
She had also found a small book inside it with instructions on how to pray five times a day. Rumaysa liked how the prayers broke up her day, giving her something to do in between spinning straw. She didn’t think Cordelia had meant to give it to her, but she was glad for it.
Rumaysa wondered what other books were out there in the world. If she ever got out of the tower, maybe she could have her own library. She smiled at the thought, imagining walls lined with books. But then her face fell.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When will I get out of here, she wondered for the millionth time. Rumaysa sighed and got off her bed. She traipsed over to the window and looked outside at the forest. Rumaysa had, of course, been trying over the years to escape the tower. She knew that hers was not a normal life. Zabina had tried carrying her out – which had quickly failed – she’d tried screaming for help for hours until she’d lost her voice. She’d tried pretending to be ill so she could go and see a healer, but Cordelia had just told her to stop complaining.
Rumaysa liked to daydream – or nightdream, you might call it at this hour – and imagine a world beyond the forest, beyond these four walls. She was a princess fighting battles out in the fields, saving her people from destruction. Or she was a baker in a cosy shop, in a village where everybody knew everyone’s business. An ocean explorer with glittering magical fins for legs. The dreams went on and on.
But at the end of all of them, Rumaysa would return home to her parents.
But they were only dreams.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
drooping
most treasured possession
magnificent
traipsed
healer
destruction
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
drooping
Explore
Find Read Talk
Rumaysa refused to let sleep take her drooping eyes just yet. She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
drooping
magnificent
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
most treasured possession
traipsed
healer
destruction
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Rumaysa refused to let sleep take her drooping eyes just yet. She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights. It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes. It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment.
It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s. The pages of her copy were well worn; it was her most treasured possession.
She had also found a small book inside it with instructions on how to pray five times a day. Rumaysa liked how the prayers broke up her day, giving her something to do in between spinning straw. She didn’t think Cordelia had meant to give it to her, but she was glad for it.
Rumaysa wondered what other books were out there in the world. If she ever got out of the tower, maybe she could have her own library. She smiled at the thought, imagining walls lined with books. But then her face fell.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
When will I get out of here, she wondered for the millionth time. Rumaysa sighed and got off her bed. She traipsed over to the window and looked outside at the forest. Rumaysa had, of course, been trying over the years to escape the tower. She knew that hers was not a normal life. Zabina had tried carrying her out – which had quickly failed – she’d tried screaming for help for hours until she’d lost her voice. She’d tried pretending to be ill so she could go and see a healer, but Cordelia had just told her to stop complaining.
Rumaysa liked to daydream – or nightdream, you might call it at this hour – and imagine a world beyond the forest, beyond these four walls. She was a princess fighting battles out in the fields, saving her people from destruction. Or she was a baker in a cosy shop, in a village where everybody knew everyone’s business. An ocean explorer with glittering magical fins for legs. The dreams went on and on.
But at the end of all of them, Rumaysa would return home to her parents.
But they were only dreams.
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...
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment. It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s.
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
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room,
if even just for a moment.
It was the only book Rumaysa owned
where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour.
All her other books had names like Cordelia’s.
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
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment. It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s.
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 does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights. It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes. It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment.
How does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
This shows one of the ways Rumaysa copes with being trapped in the tower is to escape into her favourite book.
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 does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - it was a relief to step into someone else’s life (in a book) and escape her tower room - it (her favourite book) was her most treasured possession
uses books to escape mentally
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence she had also found a small book… with instructions on how to pray five times a day… the prayers broke up her day, giving her something to do between spinning straw
spiritual practice/prayer
How does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Text Mark Evidence - Rumaysa wondered what other books were out there in the world - if she ever got out of the tower, maybe she could have her own library - Rumaysa liked to daydream – or nightdream…and imagine a world beyond the forest, beyond these four walls - the dreams went on and on - at the end of all of them (dreams), Rumaysa would return home to her parents
using her imagination/imagining different lives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - Rumaysa had…been trying over the years to escape the tower - Zabina (the owl) had tried carrying her out
attempts to escape
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘drooping’?
Tick Me
Why was One Thousand and One Nights Rumaysa’s most treasured possession?
Tick two
A It was the only thing she owned given to her by her parents.
B It had characters who looked like her with names like hers.
Check
C She had written it herself when she wasn’t spinning straw.
Click if correct
D It helped her escape her tower by imagining other lives and places.
Which One's Right?
Rumaysa sighed and got off her bed. She traipsed over to the window and looked outside at the forest.
The word ‘traipsed’ suggests that Rumaysa walked…
B nervously and carefully
A quickly and excitedly
D quietly and secretly
C slowly and wearily
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A fancy or beautiful
1 drooping
B damage or ruins
2 magnificent
C sagging or hanging
Check
3 treasured
Click if correct
D loved or valued
4 destruction
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new worlds.
Reveal
Immerse yourself in imaginative settings and ideas.
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 4
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 relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment.
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 does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Rumaysa refused to let sleep take her drooping eyes just yet. She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights. It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes. It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment. It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s. The pages of her copy were well worn; it was her most treasured possession. She had also found a small book inside it with instructions on how to pray five times a day. Rumaysa liked how the prayers broke up her day, giving her something to do in between spinning straw. She didn’t think Cordelia had meant to give it to her, but she was glad for it. Rumaysa wondered what other books were out there in the world. If she ever got out of the tower, maybe she could have her own library. She smiled at the thought, imagining walls lined with books. But then her face fell.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When will I get out of here, she wondered for the millionth time. Rumaysa sighed and got off her bed. She traipsed over to the window and looked outside at the forest. Rumaysa had, of course, been trying over the years to escape the tower. She knew that hers was not a normal life. Zabina had tried carrying her out – which had quickly failed – she’d tried screaming for help for hours until she’d lost her voice. She’d tried pretending to be ill so she could go and see a healer, but Cordelia had just told her to stop complaining. Rumaysa liked to daydream – or nightdream, you might call it at this hour – and imagine a world beyond the forest, beyond these four walls. She was a princess fighting battles out in the fields, saving her people from destruction. Or she was a baker in a cosy shop, in a village where everybody knew everyone’s business. An ocean explorer with glittering magical fins for legs. The dreams went on and on. But at the end of all of them, Rumaysa would return home to her parents. But they were only dreams.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
drooping
most treasured possession
magnificent
traipsed
healer
destruction
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
drooping
Explore
Find Read Talk
Rumaysa refused to let sleep take her drooping eyes just yet. She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
drooping
magnificent
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
most treasured possession
traipsed
healer
destruction
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Rumaysa refused to let sleep take her drooping eyes just yet. She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights. It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes. It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment. It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s. The pages of her copy were well worn; it was her most treasured possession. She had also found a small book inside it with instructions on how to pray five times a day. Rumaysa liked how the prayers broke up her day, giving her something to do in between spinning straw. She didn’t think Cordelia had meant to give it to her, but she was glad for it. Rumaysa wondered what other books were out there in the world. If she ever got out of the tower, maybe she could have her own library. She smiled at the thought, imagining walls lined with books. But then her face fell.
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
When will I get out of here, she wondered for the millionth time. Rumaysa sighed and got off her bed. She traipsed over to the window and looked outside at the forest. Rumaysa had, of course, been trying over the years to escape the tower. She knew that hers was not a normal life. Zabina had tried carrying her out – which had quickly failed – she’d tried screaming for help for hours until she’d lost her voice. She’d tried pretending to be ill so she could go and see a healer, but Cordelia had just told her to stop complaining. Rumaysa liked to daydream – or nightdream, you might call it at this hour – and imagine a world beyond the forest, beyond these four walls. She was a princess fighting battles out in the fields, saving her people from destruction. Or she was a baker in a cosy shop, in a village where everybody knew everyone’s business. An ocean explorer with glittering magical fins for legs. The dreams went on and on. But at the end of all of them, Rumaysa would return home to her parents. But they were only dreams.
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...
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment. It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s.
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
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room,
if even just for a moment.
It was the only book Rumaysa owned
where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour.
All her other books had names like Cordelia’s.
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
It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment. It was the only book Rumaysa owned where the characters had similar names to her and shared her skin colour. All her other books had names like Cordelia’s.
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 does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
She opened up her favourite book, One Thousand and One Nights. It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes. It was a relief to step into someone else’s life and escape her tower room, if even just for a moment.
How does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
This shows one of the ways Rumaysa copes with being trapped in the tower is to escape into her favourite book.
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 does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - it was a relief to step into someone else’s life (in a book) and escape her tower room - it (her favourite book) was her most treasured possession
uses books to escape mentally
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence she had also found a small book… with instructions on how to pray five times a day… the prayers broke up her day, giving her something to do between spinning straw
spiritual practice/prayer
How does Rumaysa cope with being locked in the tower?
Text Mark Evidence - Rumaysa wondered what other books were out there in the world - if she ever got out of the tower, maybe she could have her own library - Rumaysa liked to daydream – or nightdream…and imagine a world beyond the forest, beyond these four walls - the dreams went on and on - at the end of all of them (dreams), Rumaysa would return home to her parents
using her imagination/imagining different lives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - Rumaysa had…been trying over the years to escape the tower - Zabina (the owl) had tried carrying her out
attempts to escape
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘drooping’?
Tick Me
Why was One Thousand and One Nights Rumaysa’s most treasured possession?
Tick two
A It was the only thing she owned given to her by her parents.
B It had characters who looked like her with names like hers.
Check
C She had written it herself when she wasn’t spinning straw.
Click if correct
D It helped her escape her tower by imagining other lives and places.
Which One's Right?
Rumaysa sighed and got off her bed. She traipsed over to the window and looked outside at the forest.
The word ‘traipsed’ suggests that Rumaysa walked…
B nervously and carefully
A quickly and excitedly
D quietly and secretly
C slowly and wearily
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A fancy or beautiful
1 drooping
B damage or ruins
2 magnificent
C sagging or hanging
Check
3 treasured
Click if correct
D loved or valued
4 destruction
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new worlds.
Reveal
Immerse yourself in imaginative settings and ideas.
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.