Ready Steady Read Together
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet: Poetry 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?
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night sailed off in a wooden shoe…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
B) How has the poet used symbols in his poem to represent other things?
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Let me read today's text
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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
by Eugene Field
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked of the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!”
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea–
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish–
Never afeard are we!”
So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam–
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
’Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea–
But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one’s trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken,
And Nod.
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
crystal
herring fish
dew
ruffled
afeard
trundle-bed
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From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. 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
crystal
Explore
Find Read Talk
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
crystal
Your turn
dew
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
herring fish
ruffled
afeard
trundle-bed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked of the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!”
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea–
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish–
Never afeard are we!”
So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam–
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
’Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea–
But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one’s trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
Wynken, Blynken,
And Nod.
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea–
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish–
Never afeard are we!”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea–
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish–
Never afeard are we!”
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea–
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish–
Never afeard are we!”
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
I can infer that Wynken, Blynken and Nod are names of people. A wooden shoe, like a clog, would be too small for three people to fit inside and couldn’t be used as a sailboat. This suggests a made-up world or the use of imagination.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. 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) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
B) How has the poet used symbols in his poem to represent other things?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - sailed on a river of crystal light, into a sea of dew - nets of silver and gold have we - as they rocked in the wooden shoe - all night long their nets they threw to the stars in the twinkling foam - down from the skies came the wooden shoe
fantastical, unreal images
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
Text Mark Evidence - the old moon asked of the three - the old moon laughed and sang a song - so cried the stars to the fishermen three
giving human qualities to objects (personification)
Text Mark Evidence ’twas all so pretty a sail it seemed as if it could not be
hints that it is impossible
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed of sailing that beautiful sea - so shut your eyes while mother sings of wonderful sights that be
references to dreams or sleep
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence sailed on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew
drifting to sleep in the moonlight and awakening in the morning
Text Mark Evidence - the little stars were the herring fish - all night long their nets they threw to the stars in the twinkling foam
children are trying to catch, or wish upon, stars
B) How has the poet used symbols in his poem to represent other things?
Text Mark Evidence Wynken and Blyken are two little eyes
eyes that are heavy with sleep
Text Mark Evidence Nod is a little head
a head falling forward drifting into sleep
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the wooden shoe that sailed the skies is a wee one’s trundle-bed…so shut your eyes…and you shall see the beautiful things
a child’s bed that carries the children off into dreams
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘trundle-bed’?
Fill the Gaps
herring
dew
crystal
Discuss then check
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed on a river of light,
Into a sea of . “Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked of the three.
“We have come to fish for the fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!”
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) They used nets of silver and gold to try to catch stars in the twinkling foam.
B) Wynken, Blynken and Nod sail off in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light.
C) The wooden shoe drifted down from the skies to bring the three home.
D) The old moon asked where they were going and sang them a song.
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summarises the poem.
Tick one
A Three sleepy children join fishermen at night to catch herring.
B Three children become astronauts and fly to the stars.
Check
C A mother sings a lullaby about wonderful sights as her children drift off to sleep.
Click if correct
D Wynken, Blynken and Nod are pirates who sail the seas looking for treasure.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet: Poetry 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?
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night sailed off in a wooden shoe…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
B) How has the poet used symbols in his poem to represent other things?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
by Eugene Field
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. “Where are you going, and what do you wish?” The old moon asked of the three. “We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we!” Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea– “Now cast your nets wherever you wish– Never afeard are we!” So cried the stars to the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
All night long their nets they threw To the stars in the twinkling foam– Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, Bringing the fishermen home; ’Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed As if it could not be, And some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed Of sailing that beautiful sea– But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one’s trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
crystal
herring fish
dew
ruffled
afeard
trundle-bed
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. 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
crystal
Explore
Find Read Talk
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
crystal
Your turn
dew
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
herring fish
ruffled
afeard
trundle-bed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. “Where are you going, and what do you wish?” The old moon asked of the three. “We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we!” Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea– “Now cast your nets wherever you wish– Never afeard are we!” So cried the stars to the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
All night long their nets they threw To the stars in the twinkling foam– Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, Bringing the fishermen home; ’Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed As if it could not be, And some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed Of sailing that beautiful sea– But I shall name you the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one’s trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea– “Now cast your nets wherever you wish– Never afeard are we!”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea–
“Now cast your nets wherever you wish– Never afeard are we!”
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea– “Now cast your nets wherever you wish– Never afeard are we!”
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
I can infer that Wynken, Blynken and Nod are names of people. A wooden shoe, like a clog, would be too small for three people to fit inside and couldn’t be used as a sailboat. This suggests a made-up world or the use of imagination.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. 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) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
B) How has the poet used symbols in his poem to represent other things?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - sailed on a river of crystal light, into a sea of dew - nets of silver and gold have we - as they rocked in the wooden shoe - all night long their nets they threw to the stars in the twinkling foam - down from the skies came the wooden shoe
fantastical, unreal images
A) How does the setting seem imaginary or like a dream?
Text Mark Evidence - the old moon asked of the three - the old moon laughed and sang a song - so cried the stars to the fishermen three
giving human qualities to objects (personification)
Text Mark Evidence ’twas all so pretty a sail it seemed as if it could not be
hints that it is impossible
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - some folks thought ’twas a dream they’d dreamed of sailing that beautiful sea - so shut your eyes while mother sings of wonderful sights that be
references to dreams or sleep
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence sailed on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew
drifting to sleep in the moonlight and awakening in the morning
Text Mark Evidence - the little stars were the herring fish - all night long their nets they threw to the stars in the twinkling foam
children are trying to catch, or wish upon, stars
B) How has the poet used symbols in his poem to represent other things?
Text Mark Evidence Wynken and Blyken are two little eyes
eyes that are heavy with sleep
Text Mark Evidence Nod is a little head
a head falling forward drifting into sleep
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the wooden shoe that sailed the skies is a wee one’s trundle-bed…so shut your eyes…and you shall see the beautiful things
a child’s bed that carries the children off into dreams
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘trundle-bed’?
Fill the Gaps
herring
dew
crystal
Discuss then check
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed on a river of light, Into a sea of . “Where are you going, and what do you wish?” The old moon asked of the three. “We have come to fish for the fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we!”
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) They used nets of silver and gold to try to catch stars in the twinkling foam.
B) Wynken, Blynken and Nod sail off in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light.
C) The wooden shoe drifted down from the skies to bring the three home.
D) The old moon asked where they were going and sang them a song.
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summarises the poem.
Tick one
A Three sleepy children join fishermen at night to catch herring.
B Three children become astronauts and fly to the stars.
Check
C A mother sings a lullaby about wonderful sights as her children drift off to sleep.
Click if correct
D Wynken, Blynken and Nod are pirates who sail the seas looking for treasure.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
crystal
dew
herring