Ready Steady Read Together
Gargling with Jelly: 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?
But all around her stomach swam half-digested bread and jam, and no matter how she tried she couldn’t hide what was inside…
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) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
B) What items can be seen in Cousin Lesley’s stomach?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Cousin Lesley’s See-through Stomach
Cousin Lesley took a pill
That made her go invisible.
Perhaps this would have been all right
If everything was out of sight.
But all around her stomach swam
Half-digested bread and jam,
And no matter how she tried
She couldn’t hide what was inside. In the morning we often noted How the toast and porridge floated, And how unappetising in the light Was the curry from last night.
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Some Gruyère had fallen victim
To her strange digestive system,
And there seemed a million ways
To digest old mayonnaise.
We were often fascinated
By the stuff left undigested,
A mish-mash of peas and jelly
Drifted round our cousin’s belly.
Certain bits of Cornish pastie
Looked repugnant and quite nasty,
While the strawberries from last year
Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me!
What a disgusting sight to see
Chewed up fish and cold brown tea
Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
half-digested / undigested
unappetising
noted
fallen victim
mish-mash
repugnant
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
half-digested / undigested
Explore
Find Read Talk
Cousin Lesley took a pill
That made her go invisible.
Perhaps this would have been all right
If everything was out of sight.
But all around her stomach swam
Half-digested bread and jam,
And no matter how she tried
She couldn’t hide what was inside.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
half-digested / undigested
noted
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unappetising
fallen victim
mish-mash
repugnant
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Cousin Lesley’s See-through Stomach
Reveal Vocabulary
Cousin Lesley took a pill
That made her go invisible.
Perhaps this would have been all right
If everything was out of sight.
But all around her stomach swam
Half-digested bread and jam,
And no matter how she tried
She couldn’t hide what was inside. In the morning we often noted How the toast and porridge floated, And how unappetising in the light Was the curry from last night.
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Some Gruyère had fallen victim
To her strange digestive system,
And there seemed a million ways
To digest old mayonnaise.
We were often fascinated
By the stuff left undigested,
A mish-mash of peas and jelly
Drifted round our cousin’s belly.
Certain bits of Cornish pastie
Looked repugnant and quite nasty,
While the strawberries from last year
Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me!
What a disgusting sight to see
Chewed up fish and cold brown tea
Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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...
Certain bits of Cornish pastie
Looked repugnant and quite nasty,
While the strawberries from last year
Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me!
What a disgusting sight to see
Chewed up fish and cold brown tea
Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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
Certain bits of Cornish pastie
Looked repugnant and quite nasty,
While the strawberries from last year
Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me!
What a disgusting sight to see
Chewed up fish and cold brown tea
Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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
Certain bits of Cornish pastie
Looked repugnant and quite nasty,
While the strawberries from last year
Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me!
What a disgusting sight to see
Chewed up fish and cold brown tea
Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Cousin Lesley took a pill
That made her go invisible.
Perhaps this would have been all right
If everything was out of sight.
A) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that the poem didn’t mind that his cousin was invisible. He might have gotten used to it if all of her, including her stomach, were invisible.
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) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
B) What items can be seen in Cousin Lesley’s stomach?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence we often noted…how unappetising in the light was the curry from last night
makes him not want to eat
A) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
Text Mark Evidence we were often fascinated by the stuff left undigested
found it interesting
Text Mark Evidence - certain bits of Cornish pastie looked repugnant and quite nasty - what a disgusting sight to see chewed up fish and cold brown tea
sickened
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
(half-digested) bread and jam
toast and porridge
curry (from last night)
Gruyère
B) What items can be seen in Cousin Lesley’s stomach?
old mayonnaise
(a mish-mash of) peas and jelly
(bits of) Cornish pastie
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
strawberries (from last year)
(chewed up) fish and cold brown tea
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mish-mash’?
Fill the Gaps
noted
half-digested
unappetising
But all around her stomach swam
bread and jam,
And no matter how she tried
She couldn’t hide what was inside.
In the morning we often How the toast and porridge floated,
And how in the light Was the curry from last night.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A noticed or observed
1 undigested
B food that has not been broken down
2 noted
C revolting and sickening
Check
3 victim
Click if correct
D a person who has been harmed or injured
4 repugnant
Sequence Me
Put the following events in order:
A) Toast and porridge floated in her stomach.
B) Cousin Lesley turned mostly invisible.
C) Chewed up fish and tea were seen in her stomach.
D) Cousin Lesley took a pill.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
create a reading nook.
Reveal
Set up a cozy space for reading with pillows and good lighting.
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 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?
But all around her stomach swam half-digested bread and jam, and no matter how she tried she couldn’t hide what was inside…
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) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
B) What items can be seen in Cousin Lesley’s stomach?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Cousin Lesley’s See-through Stomach
Cousin Lesley took a pill That made her go invisible. Perhaps this would have been all right If everything was out of sight. But all around her stomach swam Half-digested bread and jam, And no matter how she tried She couldn’t hide what was inside. In the morning we often noted How the toast and porridge floated, And how unappetising in the light Was the curry from last night.
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Some Gruyère had fallen victim To her strange digestive system, And there seemed a million ways To digest old mayonnaise. We were often fascinated By the stuff left undigested, A mish-mash of peas and jelly Drifted round our cousin’s belly. Certain bits of Cornish pastie Looked repugnant and quite nasty, While the strawberries from last year Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me! What a disgusting sight to see Chewed up fish and cold brown tea Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
half-digested / undigested
unappetising
noted
fallen victim
mish-mash
repugnant
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
half-digested / undigested
Explore
Find Read Talk
Cousin Lesley took a pill That made her go invisible. Perhaps this would have been all right If everything was out of sight. But all around her stomach swam Half-digested bread and jam, And no matter how she tried She couldn’t hide what was inside.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
half-digested / undigested
noted
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unappetising
fallen victim
mish-mash
repugnant
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Cousin Lesley’s See-through Stomach
Reveal Vocabulary
Cousin Lesley took a pill That made her go invisible. Perhaps this would have been all right If everything was out of sight. But all around her stomach swam Half-digested bread and jam, And no matter how she tried She couldn’t hide what was inside. In the morning we often noted How the toast and porridge floated, And how unappetising in the light Was the curry from last night.
Explore
From: Gargling with Jelly by Brian Patten © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Some Gruyère had fallen victim To her strange digestive system, And there seemed a million ways To digest old mayonnaise. We were often fascinated By the stuff left undigested, A mish-mash of peas and jelly Drifted round our cousin’s belly. Certain bits of Cornish pastie Looked repugnant and quite nasty, While the strawberries from last year Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me! What a disgusting sight to see Chewed up fish and cold brown tea Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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...
Certain bits of Cornish pastie Looked repugnant and quite nasty, While the strawberries from last year Were without the cream, I fear. And at dinner, oh dear me! What a disgusting sight to see Chewed up fish and cold brown tea Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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
Certain bits of Cornish pastie Looked repugnant and quite nasty, While the strawberries from last year Were without the cream, I fear.
And at dinner, oh dear me! What a disgusting sight to see Chewed up fish and cold brown tea Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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
Certain bits of Cornish pastie Looked repugnant and quite nasty, While the strawberries from last year Were without the cream, I fear. And at dinner, oh dear me! What a disgusting sight to see Chewed up fish and cold brown tea Where Cousin Lesley’s tum should be.
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) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Cousin Lesley took a pill That made her go invisible. Perhaps this would have been all right If everything was out of sight.
A) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that the poem didn’t mind that his cousin was invisible. He might have gotten used to it if all of her, including her stomach, were invisible.
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) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
B) What items can be seen in Cousin Lesley’s stomach?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence we often noted…how unappetising in the light was the curry from last night
makes him not want to eat
A) How does the poet feel about Cousin Lesley being invisible?
Text Mark Evidence we were often fascinated by the stuff left undigested
found it interesting
Text Mark Evidence - certain bits of Cornish pastie looked repugnant and quite nasty - what a disgusting sight to see chewed up fish and cold brown tea
sickened
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
(half-digested) bread and jam
toast and porridge
curry (from last night)
Gruyère
B) What items can be seen in Cousin Lesley’s stomach?
old mayonnaise
(a mish-mash of) peas and jelly
(bits of) Cornish pastie
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
strawberries (from last year)
(chewed up) fish and cold brown tea
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mish-mash’?
Fill the Gaps
noted
half-digested
unappetising
But all around her stomach swam bread and jam, And no matter how she tried She couldn’t hide what was inside. In the morning we often How the toast and porridge floated, And how in the light Was the curry from last night.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A noticed or observed
1 undigested
B food that has not been broken down
2 noted
C revolting and sickening
Check
3 victim
Click if correct
D a person who has been harmed or injured
4 repugnant
Sequence Me
Put the following events in order:
A) Toast and porridge floated in her stomach.
B) Cousin Lesley turned mostly invisible.
C) Chewed up fish and tea were seen in her stomach.
D) Cousin Lesley took a pill.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
create a reading nook.
Reveal
Set up a cozy space for reading with pillows and good lighting.
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.
half-digested
noted
unappetising