Ready Steady Read Together
Atlas of Ocean Adventures: Non-Fiction Lesson 2
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?
The South Orkney Islands lie several hundred kilometres from the tip of Antarctica. Each year, these remote, rocky coasts play host to a noisy collection of visitors: elephant seals.
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From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
B) What are the challenges of being the largest male elephant seal?
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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
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Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
intimidate his opponent
squaring up for a fight
stored-up blubber
propel
amplifies
detect vibrations
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 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
squaring up for a fight
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
squaring up for a fight
intimidate his opponent
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stored-up blubber
propel
amplifies
detect vibrations
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose. Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength. But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting. Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose.
Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength.
But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting.
Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding,
leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose. Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength. But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting. Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The males arrive in August, hauling up onto the beaches to fight for a patch of territory for the breeding season. The females come ashore in September and gather in groups named harems, each defended by a dominant male.
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
Reveal Explainer
If an elephant seal is the largest, it is the dominant male, or the strongest male in the group. This means he is certain to get a harem and have the chance to breed, or become the father of baby seals.
Teach
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 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) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
B) What are the challenges of being the largest male elephant seal?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the largest males are called the beachmasters…each with a harem of up to 100 females
able to breed with females
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
Text Mark Evidence this large male has won a prize strip of beach
have their own territory
Text Mark Evidence - in a battle like this, size matters, and biggest usually means best - the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent - he (beachmaster) rears up tall, showing off his strength - the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory - the bigger the bull, the louder his bellow…often, a fierce roar is enough to scare a rival away
able to scare or defeat smaller males
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - the males arrive…hauling up onto the beaches to fight for a patch of territory for the breeding season - this large male has won a prize strip of beach, but he can’t rest easy - he will need to fight many similar battles every day to defend his turf - a bull stays on the beach to defend his territory
must protect and defend his territory
Acceptable Answers
B) What are the challenges of being the largest male elephant seal?
Text Mark Evidence a rival is squaring up for a fight, keen for a chance to mate with the females
must fight to protect his harem
Text Mark Evidence - the rival doesn’t back down so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting - a wrestling match between two bulls can last for half an hour
risks getting hurt
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a bull stays on the beach to defend his territory, which means he might have to go three months without food, living off stored-up blubber and losing nearly half his body weight
risks his health
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
• Trunklike nose amplifies male’s roars
Which is the best definition for ‘amplifies’?
B copies a sound
A makes something louder
C makes a soundlast longer
D makes somethingshake or vibrate
Find Me
Find three different words which mean ‘the one competing against’ or ‘the competitor’:
A rival is squaring up for a fight, keen for a chance to mate with the females. In a battle like this, size matters, and biggest usually means best. First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose. Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength. But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting. Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
3 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
opponent
rival
challenger
Fill the Gaps
prey
amplifies
propel
vibrations
• Back flippers seal through water
• Large eyes seek underwater
• Trunklike nose male’s roars
• Whiskers detect in the water
• Front flippers for steering
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Sequence Me
How will a beachmaster defend his harem?
Put the following steps in the correct order:
A) The beachmaster will bellow through its trunklike nose.
B) He will wrestle and bite the rival.
C) He will rear up to show his strength.
D) The challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Atlas of Ocean Adventures: Non-Fiction Lesson 2
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?
The South Orkney Islands lie several hundred kilometres from the tip of Antarctica. Each year, these remote, rocky coasts play host to a noisy collection of visitors: elephant seals.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
B) What are the challenges of being the largest male elephant seal?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
intimidate his opponent
squaring up for a fight
stored-up blubber
propel
amplifies
detect vibrations
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 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
squaring up for a fight
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
squaring up for a fight
intimidate his opponent
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stored-up blubber
propel
amplifies
detect vibrations
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose. Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength. But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting. Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose.
Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength.
But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting.
Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding,
leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose. Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength. But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting. Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
Explore
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The males arrive in August, hauling up onto the beaches to fight for a patch of territory for the breeding season. The females come ashore in September and gather in groups named harems, each defended by a dominant male.
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
Reveal Explainer
If an elephant seal is the largest, it is the dominant male, or the strongest male in the group. This means he is certain to get a harem and have the chance to breed, or become the father of baby seals.
Teach
From: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 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) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
B) What are the challenges of being the largest male elephant seal?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the largest males are called the beachmasters…each with a harem of up to 100 females
able to breed with females
A) What are the benefits of being the largest male elephant seal?
Text Mark Evidence this large male has won a prize strip of beach
have their own territory
Text Mark Evidence - in a battle like this, size matters, and biggest usually means best - the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent - he (beachmaster) rears up tall, showing off his strength - the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory - the bigger the bull, the louder his bellow…often, a fierce roar is enough to scare a rival away
able to scare or defeat smaller males
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - the males arrive…hauling up onto the beaches to fight for a patch of territory for the breeding season - this large male has won a prize strip of beach, but he can’t rest easy - he will need to fight many similar battles every day to defend his turf - a bull stays on the beach to defend his territory
must protect and defend his territory
Acceptable Answers
B) What are the challenges of being the largest male elephant seal?
Text Mark Evidence a rival is squaring up for a fight, keen for a chance to mate with the females
must fight to protect his harem
Text Mark Evidence - the rival doesn’t back down so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting - a wrestling match between two bulls can last for half an hour
risks getting hurt
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a bull stays on the beach to defend his territory, which means he might have to go three months without food, living off stored-up blubber and losing nearly half his body weight
risks his health
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
• Trunklike nose amplifies male’s roars Which is the best definition for ‘amplifies’?
B copies a sound
A makes something louder
C makes a soundlast longer
D makes somethingshake or vibrate
Find Me
Find three different words which mean ‘the one competing against’ or ‘the competitor’:
A rival is squaring up for a fight, keen for a chance to mate with the females. In a battle like this, size matters, and biggest usually means best. First, the beachmaster tries to intimidate his opponent by bellowing through his trunklike nose. Then, he rears up tall, showing off his strength. But the rival doesn’t back down, so the two must slug it out, wrestling and biting. Eventually, the challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding, leaving the winner to enjoy his victory – for now.
3 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
opponent
rival
challenger
Fill the Gaps
prey
amplifies
propel
vibrations
• Back flippers seal through water • Large eyes seek underwater • Trunklike nose male’s roars • Whiskers detect in the water • Front flippers for steering
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Sequence Me
How will a beachmaster defend his harem? Put the following steps in the correct order:
A) The beachmaster will bellow through its trunklike nose.
B) He will wrestle and bite the rival.
C) He will rear up to show his strength.
D) The challenger retreats, bruised and bleeding.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: Atlas of Ocean Adventures by Emily Hawkins © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
propel
prey
amplifies
vibrations