Ready Steady Read Together
Gargling with Jelly: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
B) How does the poet make the argument between the uncles sound funny rather than serious?
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Let me read today's text
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Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong
Uncle
Right said
he knew the
right way to build
a boat. Uncle Wrong was
convinced it would never float.
“Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.
I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-
fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong,
“he’d rue the day. Before he could blink, that boat would
sink.”
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
T h
e
y
quibbled and they squabbled and I’d heard it all before, so I built
my own boat and sailed from the seashore, while Uncle
Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they
stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea).
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
convinced
rue the day
gloat
quibbled
squabbled
bitterly
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From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. 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
convinced
Explore
Find Read Talk
Uncle
Right said
he knew the
right way to build
a boat. Uncle Wrong was
convinced it would never float.
“Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
convinced
Your turn
gloat
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
rue the day
quibbled
squabbled
bitterly
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong
Uncle
Right said
he knew the
right way to build
a boat. Uncle Wrong was
convinced it would never float.
“Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.
I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-
fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong,
“he’d rue the day. Before he could blink, that boat would
sink.”
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
T h
e
y
quibbled and they squabbled and I’d heard it all before, so I built
my own boat and sailed from the seashore, while Uncle
Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they
stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea).
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.” “I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day.” “Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat.
Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float.
“Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.”
“I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.”
“If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day.”
“Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.” “I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day.” “Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat. I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.”
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
The names of the uncles are opposites which hints at them being very different. Uncle Right is bragging about his boat-building abilities. However, Uncle wrong thinks the opposite, that Right’s boat would sink.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. 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) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
B) How does the poet make the argument between the uncles sound funny rather than serious?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence please don’t gloat…I’m sure this boy would like to float in a (Uncle Right’s) super-fantabulous fan-terrific boat
competitive with each other
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
Text Mark Evidence if he did (get in Right’s boat) he’d rue the day…that boat would sink
critical of the other’s ability
Text Mark Evidence - they quibbled and squabbled and I’d heard it all before - while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly
frequently argue
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Uncle Right…Uncle Wrong
use of silly names
B) How does the poet make the argument between the uncles sound funny rather than serious?
Text Mark Evidence this boy would like to float in a super-fantabulous fan-terrific boat
use of silly/made-up words
Text Mark Evidence they quibbled and they squabbled
use of words which mean fighting over nothing important
Text Mark Evidence I’d heard it all before, so I built my own boat and sailed from the seashore
the boy reacts calmly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea)
they take breaks in fighting to eat
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘gloat’?
Which One's Right?
“If he did,” said Wrong,
“he’d rue the day. Before he could blink, that boat would
sink.”
Which answer is the closest in meaning to ‘rue’?
A remember
B regret
C celebrate
D enjoy
Find Me
Find two words which mean ‘to argue’:
T
h
e
y
quibbled and they squabbled and I’d heard it all before, so I built
my own boat and sailed from the seashore, while Uncle
Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they
stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea).
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
quibbled
squabbled
Tick Me
Why has the poet presented the poem in this layout?
Tick one
A To make it easier to read quickly
B To confuse the reader
C To make the poem look like the boat the boy builds
D To rhyme all the words perfectly
Check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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:Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Gargling with Jelly: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
B) How does the poet make the argument between the uncles sound funny rather than serious?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat. I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super- fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day. Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
T h e y quibbled and they squabbled and I’d heard it all before, so I built my own boat and sailed from the seashore, while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea).
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
convinced
rue the day
gloat
quibbled
squabbled
bitterly
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. 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
convinced
Explore
Find Read Talk
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
convinced
Your turn
gloat
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
rue the day
quibbled
squabbled
bitterly
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat. I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super- fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day. Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
T h e y quibbled and they squabbled and I’d heard it all before, so I built my own boat and sailed from the seashore, while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea).
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.” “I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day.” “Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat.
Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float.
“Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.”
“I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.”
“If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day.” “Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat.” “I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.” “If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day.” “Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Uncle Right said he knew the right way to build a boat. Uncle Wrong was convinced it would never float. “Wrong,” said Right, “please don’t gloat. I’m sure this boy would like to float in a super-fabulous fan-terrific boat.”
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
The names of the uncles are opposites which hints at them being very different. Uncle Right is bragging about his boat-building abilities. However, Uncle wrong thinks the opposite, that Right’s boat would sink.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. 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) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
B) How does the poet make the argument between the uncles sound funny rather than serious?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence please don’t gloat…I’m sure this boy would like to float in a (Uncle Right’s) super-fantabulous fan-terrific boat
competitive with each other
A) What can you infer about the relationship between Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong?
Text Mark Evidence if he did (get in Right’s boat) he’d rue the day…that boat would sink
critical of the other’s ability
Text Mark Evidence - they quibbled and squabbled and I’d heard it all before - while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly
frequently argue
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Uncle Right…Uncle Wrong
use of silly names
B) How does the poet make the argument between the uncles sound funny rather than serious?
Text Mark Evidence this boy would like to float in a super-fantabulous fan-terrific boat
use of silly/made-up words
Text Mark Evidence they quibbled and they squabbled
use of words which mean fighting over nothing important
Text Mark Evidence I’d heard it all before, so I built my own boat and sailed from the seashore
the boy reacts calmly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea)
they take breaks in fighting to eat
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘gloat’?
Which One's Right?
“If he did,” said Wrong, “he’d rue the day. Before he could blink, that boat would sink.”
Which answer is the closest in meaning to ‘rue’?
A remember
B regret
C celebrate
D enjoy
Find Me
Find two words which mean ‘to argue’:
T h e y quibbled and they squabbled and I’d heard it all before, so I built my own boat and sailed from the seashore, while Uncle Right and Uncle Wrong argued bitterly (though they stopped at lunchtime and sometimes during tea).
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
quibbled
squabbled
Tick Me
Why has the poet presented the poem in this layout?
Tick one
A To make it easier to read quickly
B To confuse the reader
C To make the poem look like the boat the boy builds
D To rhyme all the words perfectly
Check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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:Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.