Ready Steady Read Together
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ruffled’?
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 pungent
4 crystal
1 haste
2 weary
B hurry
C tired
A clear
D strong smelling
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the poems from this unit which describe the moon as having human qualities.
Tick all that apply
A The Mother Moon
B A Sea-Song
Check
C From Drifting Flowers of the Sea
Click if correct
D Winken, Blynken and Nod
Link Me
Link each poem from this unit with the correct description:
A Someone waits on the beach in the morning for the return of a loved one.
1 The Mother Moon
B The moon and sea are compared to mother and her child.
2 A Sea-Song
3 From Drifting Flowers of the Sea
C Three children dream of an imaginary land as they fall asleep.
Check
Click if correct
D White flowers drift gently to the shore at night.
4 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
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Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Prepare a poem from this unit to read aloud and perform.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
waves kiss and retract
horizon
a perfect bubble of air
sings to you
enticing
beyond
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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A Beach on a Foggy Day
by Jade Anouka
There’s something truly magical
About looking out from a beach On a foggy day.
The soft sand sinking beneath your shoes
As the waves kiss
And retract from you
Calling you in
Pushing you away
Calling you in again.
You can’t see how far you can see
All you can see is sky
The sky and sea as one
The horizon nowhere.
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Creatures fly into it Others fly back
Changed?
They’ve been where you wish to
The mysterious space
Beyond the fog
Beyond the sea
Where the horizon must be.
That magical place you want to see
So far away
When looking out from a beach
On a foggy day.
You look around
You’re in a perfect bubble of air
All around is water
You can taste it
The sea or the sky or both.
The mystery of what’s beyond
Sings to you
Enticing you into a dream
A day dream
A dream of what’s out there
Inside the fog
Beyond the sea
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
The mystery of what’s beyond
Sings to you
Enticing you into a dream
A day dream
A dream of what’s out there
Inside the fog
Beyond the sea
1) Circle the word which has the closest meaning to enticing:
confusing
whispering
pushing
luring
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Find and copy one word the poet uses to describe a beach on a foggy day.
Acceptable Answers:
RevealAnswer
3) Tick (✓) the statement which best summarises the poem.
Tick one
The poet warns about the dangers of being on the beach in bad weather.
The poet was hoping for a sunny, clear day on the beach and is disappointed in the fog.
The poet enjoys being surrounded by sea and sky and imagining what is beyond the horizon.
The poet prefers seeing the horizon and the birds instead of having to imagine them in the fog.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Which words does the author use to make the sea seem alive? Find and copy two pieces of evidence from the text.
Acceptable Answers:
- as the waves kiss (and retract from you)
- (waves) calling you in
- (waves) pushing you away
- (waves) calling you in again
- (the mystery of what’s beyond) sings to you
- (waves beyond the fog) enticing you into a dream
RevealAnswer
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ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
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Ready Steady Read Together
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ruffled’?
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 pungent
4 crystal
1 haste
2 weary
B hurry
C tired
A clear
D strong smelling
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the poems from this unit which describe the moon as having human qualities.
Tick all that apply
A The Mother Moon
B A Sea-Song
Check
C From Drifting Flowers of the Sea
Click if correct
D Winken, Blynken and Nod
Link Me
Link each poem from this unit with the correct description:
A Someone waits on the beach in the morning for the return of a loved one.
1 The Mother Moon
B The moon and sea are compared to mother and her child.
2 A Sea-Song
3 From Drifting Flowers of the Sea
C Three children dream of an imaginary land as they fall asleep.
Check
Click if correct
D White flowers drift gently to the shore at night.
4 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Prepare a poem from this unit to read aloud and perform.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
waves kiss and retract
horizon
a perfect bubble of air
sings to you
enticing
beyond
Explore
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
A Beach on a Foggy Day
by Jade Anouka
There’s something truly magical About looking out from a beach On a foggy day. The soft sand sinking beneath your shoes As the waves kiss And retract from you Calling you in Pushing you away Calling you in again. You can’t see how far you can see All you can see is sky The sky and sea as one The horizon nowhere.
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Creatures fly into it Others fly back Changed? They’ve been where you wish to The mysterious space Beyond the fog Beyond the sea Where the horizon must be. That magical place you want to see So far away When looking out from a beach On a foggy day.
You look around You’re in a perfect bubble of air All around is water You can taste it The sea or the sky or both. The mystery of what’s beyond Sings to you Enticing you into a dream A day dream A dream of what’s out there Inside the fog Beyond the sea
From: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
The mystery of what’s beyond Sings to you Enticing you into a dream A day dream A dream of what’s out there Inside the fog Beyond the sea
1) Circle the word which has the closest meaning to enticing:
confusing
whispering
pushing
luring
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Find and copy one word the poet uses to describe a beach on a foggy day.
Acceptable Answers:
RevealAnswer
3) Tick (✓) the statement which best summarises the poem.
Tick one
The poet warns about the dangers of being on the beach in bad weather.
The poet was hoping for a sunny, clear day on the beach and is disappointed in the fog.
The poet enjoys being surrounded by sea and sky and imagining what is beyond the horizon.
The poet prefers seeing the horizon and the birds instead of having to imagine them in the fog.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Which words does the author use to make the sea seem alive? Find and copy two pieces of evidence from the text.
Acceptable Answers:
RevealAnswer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
join a book club.
Reveal
Talk to others about books you've read to get new perspectives.
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: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet by Sabrina Mahfouz © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.