Ready Steady Read Together
Rumaysa: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘destruction’?
Find Me
Find the word thatmeans ‘beautiful or posh’:
It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes.
Discuss then check
magnificent
Link Me
Link each of Rumaysa’s daydreams with the correct activity:
A have magical fins instead of legs
1 librarian
B know all the gossip in the village
2 princess
C fighting battles and saving people
Check
3 baker
Click if correct
4 ocean explorer
D create walls lined with books
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best describes the theme or message:
Tick one
A Imagination and reading can bring joy in hard times.
B Magic can quickly solve any problem.
Check
C Hopes and dreams are useless when you are alone.
Click if correct
D You should never try to escape doing your chores.
Speaking Spotlight
Role on the Wall
Explore
Role on the Wall
Think
Say
Do
Then bring the character to life!
First
Feel
Describe
Behave
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
talons
lunge
momentarily mesmerised
dazedly
ridiculously
none the wiser
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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The next day, Zabina was determined to cheer up Rumaysa. “I have something for you! It’s a scarf!” Zabina said proudly, pulling a piece of gold fabric from behind her back with her talons. “Thought you might like a new hijab.”
Rumaysa’s brown eyes widened in surprise. She got up to go and get a closer look. “Wow, it’s lovely,” she said feeling slightly cheered. She reached for the scarf, curious to see what it felt like. It looked so silky and soft.
As Zabina passed it over, a gust of wind caught the fabric and it slipped from Rumaysa’s fingers out of the window.
“Oops,” said Zabina.
Rumaysa had to lunge, grabbing the end of it before it fell away. Half hanging out of the window, she looked down momentarily mesmerised by the gold fabric spilling down the tower wall.
She gazed at the hijab for a few moments, and then dazedly drew herself back inside, clutching the scarf to her chest. Her heart began to pound faster and faster.
“I have an idea,” she said slowly.
“What? What is it?” Zabina asked.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“I’m going to escape,” she breathed. “I’m going to escape! Zabina, you’re a genius!” Rumaysa needed to be smart. She could take a small amount of straw every night, just enough so that Cordelia wouldn’t notice, and she could use it to make a new hijab. A very long hijab that would reach from her tower window to the forest floor.
Zabina was watching her curiously with her wide blue eyes.
“It might take a while, maybe a whole month. The tower is ridiculously high… But if I can spin some gold threads into the hijab, it will be strong enough to hold my weight as I climb down the tower! Maybe I can finally escape this prison and go and find my parents!” Rumaysa said excitedly.
Days and days passed, and Rumaysa felt that her scarf would never be long enough. It was tiring spinning gold during the day and trying to make her escape scarf at night. Cordelia continued to seem none the wiser about the missing gold.
Every night Rumaysa measured the scarf with Zabina, who would take off from the window ledge and shout, “Rumaysa, Rumaysa, let down your hijab!” chuckling to herself as she did. Rumaysa had read a similar line once in a book, and Zabina could not stop laughing about it.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Half hanging out of the window, she looked down momentarily mesmerised by the gold fabric spilling down the tower wall. Circle the word which has the closest meaning to mesmerised:
worried
saddened
fascinated
confused
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Zabina brought Rumaysa the scarf because it was her birthday.
Rumaysa’s heart was pounding because she was angry when the scarf blew away.
Rumaysa decided to spin bits of straw into gold to strengthen the hijab.
Zabina helped Rumaysa measure the scarf every night.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Every night Rumaysa measured the scarf with Zabina, who would take off from the window ledge and shout, “Rumaysa, Rumaysa, let down your hijab!” chuckling to herself as she did.
Why does Zabina chuckle as she says these words?
Accept any reference to a link between this story and Rapunzel:
Examples:
- It’s like what the prince says in Rapunzel.
- Rumaysa is making a long hijab to climb out of the tower, like Rapunzel does with her hair.
- Zabina finds it funny to copy the Rapunzel story.
- It is like the line from another fairy tale, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair.”
- She finds it funny to pretend she is part of the Rapunzel story.
Also accept reference to the famous line without naming the fairy tale:
- She’s copying a fairy tale line and thinks it’s funny.
RevealAnswer
4) Remembering the whole story, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
Rumaysa spent her days spinning straw into gold and reading.
Samar stole from the Witch’s garden to feed his hungry wife.
Rumaysa thought of a clever plan to escape from the tower.
Zabina gave Rumaysa a golden silky scarf to use as a new hijab.
On the night the baby was born, the Witch took her from Naina and Samar.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Reveal
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Ready Steady Read Together
Rumaysa: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘destruction’?
Find Me
Find the word thatmeans ‘beautiful or posh’:
It had beautiful drawings of palaces and animals, women in hijabs and men in magnificent robes.
Discuss then check
magnificent
Link Me
Link each of Rumaysa’s daydreams with the correct activity:
A have magical fins instead of legs
1 librarian
B know all the gossip in the village
2 princess
C fighting battles and saving people
Check
3 baker
Click if correct
4 ocean explorer
D create walls lined with books
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best describes the theme or message:
Tick one
A Imagination and reading can bring joy in hard times.
B Magic can quickly solve any problem.
Check
C Hopes and dreams are useless when you are alone.
Click if correct
D You should never try to escape doing your chores.
Speaking Spotlight
Role on the Wall
Explore
Role on the Wall
Think
Say
Do
Then bring the character to life!
First
Feel
Describe
Behave
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
talons
lunge
momentarily mesmerised
dazedly
ridiculously
none the wiser
Explore
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
The next day, Zabina was determined to cheer up Rumaysa. “I have something for you! It’s a scarf!” Zabina said proudly, pulling a piece of gold fabric from behind her back with her talons. “Thought you might like a new hijab.” Rumaysa’s brown eyes widened in surprise. She got up to go and get a closer look. “Wow, it’s lovely,” she said feeling slightly cheered. She reached for the scarf, curious to see what it felt like. It looked so silky and soft. As Zabina passed it over, a gust of wind caught the fabric and it slipped from Rumaysa’s fingers out of the window. “Oops,” said Zabina. Rumaysa had to lunge, grabbing the end of it before it fell away. Half hanging out of the window, she looked down momentarily mesmerised by the gold fabric spilling down the tower wall. She gazed at the hijab for a few moments, and then dazedly drew herself back inside, clutching the scarf to her chest. Her heart began to pound faster and faster. “I have an idea,” she said slowly. “What? What is it?” Zabina asked.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“I’m going to escape,” she breathed. “I’m going to escape! Zabina, you’re a genius!” Rumaysa needed to be smart. She could take a small amount of straw every night, just enough so that Cordelia wouldn’t notice, and she could use it to make a new hijab. A very long hijab that would reach from her tower window to the forest floor. Zabina was watching her curiously with her wide blue eyes. “It might take a while, maybe a whole month. The tower is ridiculously high… But if I can spin some gold threads into the hijab, it will be strong enough to hold my weight as I climb down the tower! Maybe I can finally escape this prison and go and find my parents!” Rumaysa said excitedly. Days and days passed, and Rumaysa felt that her scarf would never be long enough. It was tiring spinning gold during the day and trying to make her escape scarf at night. Cordelia continued to seem none the wiser about the missing gold. Every night Rumaysa measured the scarf with Zabina, who would take off from the window ledge and shout, “Rumaysa, Rumaysa, let down your hijab!” chuckling to herself as she did. Rumaysa had read a similar line once in a book, and Zabina could not stop laughing about it.
From: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Half hanging out of the window, she looked down momentarily mesmerised by the gold fabric spilling down the tower wall. Circle the word which has the closest meaning to mesmerised:
worried
saddened
fascinated
confused
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Zabina brought Rumaysa the scarf because it was her birthday.
Rumaysa’s heart was pounding because she was angry when the scarf blew away.
Rumaysa decided to spin bits of straw into gold to strengthen the hijab.
Zabina helped Rumaysa measure the scarf every night.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Every night Rumaysa measured the scarf with Zabina, who would take off from the window ledge and shout, “Rumaysa, Rumaysa, let down your hijab!” chuckling to herself as she did.
Why does Zabina chuckle as she says these words?
Accept any reference to a link between this story and Rapunzel:
Examples:
- It’s like what the prince says in Rapunzel.
- Rumaysa is making a long hijab to climb out of the tower, like Rapunzel does with her hair.
- Zabina finds it funny to copy the Rapunzel story.
- It is like the line from another fairy tale, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair.”
- She finds it funny to pretend she is part of the Rapunzel story.
Also accept reference to the famous line without naming the fairy tale:RevealAnswer
4) Remembering the whole story, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
Rumaysa spent her days spinning straw into gold and reading.
Samar stole from the Witch’s garden to feed his hungry wife.
Rumaysa thought of a clever plan to escape from the tower.
Zabina gave Rumaysa a golden silky scarf to use as a new hijab.
On the night the baby was born, the Witch took her from Naina and Samar.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore audiobooks.
Reveal
Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
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: Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.