Ready Steady Read Together
The Goldfish Boy: Fiction 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?
My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
B) What do we learn about the main character?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Under my bed I had a secret box.
I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet. It would sit there patiently, keeping its treasures locked inside. Once I knew I could trust you, I’d let you kneel beside me as I carefully opened the crumbling lid. Clumps of mud would fall onto my carpet but, for once, I wouldn’t care. Your mouth would drop open, your eyes getting wider and wider as you gazed at the riches inside.
I wished my secret box was like that.
But it wasn’t.
My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top. The manufacturer’s name was printed around the sides and in the bottom corner at each end it read, in bold black type:
Contents: 100
I’d say there were probably around thirty left.
When I say probably I mean exactly. There were exactly thirty left.
Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t. He’d have been upset if he knew. Not so much at me, but more at Mum for ‘encouraging’ me.
“It’s not right, Sheila. What’re you doing giving him stuff like that for, eh? You’re just making him worse.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
That was how Dad would react.
He wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box, was impossible.
I lived, with my secret box under the bed, at number nine, Chestnut Close. My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it. I needed things to be right, and in my room I had complete control. All I had to do was keep on top of it.
Spending so much time in my room meant that I’d got to know the place well. For example, high in a corner above my bed there was a piece of wallpaper that, when you considered it from a certain angle, looked like a lion.
It wasn’t a fierce “king of the jungle” lion, but a funny-looking, gummy lion. Sometimes I would talk to him. I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’, but I was sure there was a textbook somewhere saying that what I was going through was completely normal:
“On around Day Ten it is inevitable that the unfortunate person who has chosen to spend the majority of his or her life inside, will become so bored that they’ll begin to talk to items around them. This is a normal occurrence and should not cause undue concern.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
considered it from a certain angle
clinical
manufacturer's
inevitable
occurrence
undue concern
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From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. 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
clinical
Explore
Find Read Talk
I wished my secret box was like that. But it wasn’t. My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
clinical
Your turn
manufacturer's
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
considered it from a certain angle
inevitable
occurrence
undue concern
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Under my bed I had a secret box.
I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet. It would sit there patiently, keeping its treasures locked inside. Once I knew I could trust you, I’d let you kneel beside me as I carefully opened the crumbling lid. Clumps of mud would fall onto my carpet but, for once, I wouldn’t care. Your mouth would drop open, your eyes getting wider and wider as you gazed at the riches inside.
I wished my secret box was like that.
But it wasn’t.
My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top. The manufacturer’s name was printed around the sides and in the bottom corner at each end it read, in bold black type:
Contents: 100
I’d say there were probably around thirty left.
When I say probably I mean exactly. There were exactly thirty left.
Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t. He’d have been upset if he knew. Not so much at me, but more at Mum for ‘encouraging’ me.
“It’s not right, Sheila. What’re you doing giving him stuff like that for, eh? You’re just making him worse.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
That was how Dad would react.
He wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box, was impossible.
I lived, with my secret box under the bed, at number nine, Chestnut Close. My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it. I needed things to be right, and in my room I had complete control. All I had to do was keep on top of it.
Spending so much time in my room meant that I’d got to know the place well. For example, high in a corner above my bed there was a piece of wallpaper that, when you considered it from a certain angle, looked like a lion.
It wasn’t a fierce “king of the jungle” lion, but a funny-looking, gummy lion. Sometimes I would talk to him. I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’, but I was sure there was a textbook somewhere saying that what I was going through was completely normal:
“On around Day Ten it is inevitable that the unfortunate person who has chosen to spend the majority of his or her life inside, will become so bored that they’ll begin to talk to items around them. This is a normal occurrence and should not cause undue concern.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
My bedroom was the best part of the house.
It was safe.
It was free from germs.
Out there, things were dangerous.
What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death.
It was quite obvious when you thought about it.
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it.
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Under my bed I had a secret box.
I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet.
Reveal Explainer
The author uses the word ‘secret’ which tells us that character doesn’t want people to know about the box. He keeps it hidden under his bed which tells us he doesn’t want the box to be seen.
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
Teach
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. 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 author show the theme of secrecy?
B) What do we learn about the main character?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet
description of hiding an imaginary box
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
Text Mark Evidence - once I knew I could trust you (he’d show the box) - Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t - he’d (Dad would) have been upset if he knew (my secret)
only shares secrets with people he trusts
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I lived, with my secret box under the bed
hides the clinical box
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden…I wished my secret box was like that - I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’
embarrassed of his box/ talking to the lion
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t - he’d have been upset if he knew - he (dad) wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box was impossible
trusts his mum/kept secrets from his dad
B) What do we learn about the main character?
Text Mark Evidence dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death
has a fear of germs
Text Mark Evidence - my bedroom was the best part of the house…it was safe - it (bedroom) was free from germs - out there (outside his bedroom), things were dangerous
feels safest in his bedroom
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - spending so much time in my room - the unfortunate person who has chosen to spend the majority of his or her life inside
hardly leaves his bedroom
Text Mark Evidence sometimes I would talk to him (the lion)
lonely/isolated
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘clinical’?
Which One's Right?
Sometimes I would talk to him. I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’, but I was sure there was a textbook somewhere saying that what I was going through was completely normal.
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The words ‘out there’ show that the character knew that talking to the lion was…
B fun and exciting
A common or normal
D far away or distant
C unusual or strange
Tick Me
He wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box, was impossible.
What does this suggest about how the character feels about the box and its contents?
Tick one
A He imagines the special, secret riches that are hidden inside the box.
B He needs the box to help him feel in control and safe.
Check
C The box reminds him of someone special and important to him.
Click if correct
D He only pretends the box is important to get attention.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
4 undue
1 clinical
3 occurrence
2 inevitable
C unavoidable
B plain and clean
A event or happening
D unnecessary
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...
ask "What if?"
Reveal
Imagine how the story would change if the characters made different choices.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Goldfish Boy: Fiction 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?
My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
B) What do we learn about the main character?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Under my bed I had a secret box. I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet. It would sit there patiently, keeping its treasures locked inside. Once I knew I could trust you, I’d let you kneel beside me as I carefully opened the crumbling lid. Clumps of mud would fall onto my carpet but, for once, I wouldn’t care. Your mouth would drop open, your eyes getting wider and wider as you gazed at the riches inside. I wished my secret box was like that. But it wasn’t. My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top. The manufacturer’s name was printed around the sides and in the bottom corner at each end it read, in bold black type: Contents: 100 I’d say there were probably around thirty left. When I say probably I mean exactly. There were exactly thirty left. Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t. He’d have been upset if he knew. Not so much at me, but more at Mum for ‘encouraging’ me. “It’s not right, Sheila. What’re you doing giving him stuff like that for, eh? You’re just making him worse.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
That was how Dad would react. He wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box, was impossible. I lived, with my secret box under the bed, at number nine, Chestnut Close. My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it. I needed things to be right, and in my room I had complete control. All I had to do was keep on top of it. Spending so much time in my room meant that I’d got to know the place well. For example, high in a corner above my bed there was a piece of wallpaper that, when you considered it from a certain angle, looked like a lion. It wasn’t a fierce “king of the jungle” lion, but a funny-looking, gummy lion. Sometimes I would talk to him. I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’, but I was sure there was a textbook somewhere saying that what I was going through was completely normal: “On around Day Ten it is inevitable that the unfortunate person who has chosen to spend the majority of his or her life inside, will become so bored that they’ll begin to talk to items around them. This is a normal occurrence and should not cause undue concern.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
considered it from a certain angle
clinical
manufacturer's
inevitable
occurrence
undue concern
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. 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
clinical
Explore
Find Read Talk
I wished my secret box was like that. But it wasn’t. My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
clinical
Your turn
manufacturer's
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
considered it from a certain angle
inevitable
occurrence
undue concern
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Under my bed I had a secret box. I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet. It would sit there patiently, keeping its treasures locked inside. Once I knew I could trust you, I’d let you kneel beside me as I carefully opened the crumbling lid. Clumps of mud would fall onto my carpet but, for once, I wouldn’t care. Your mouth would drop open, your eyes getting wider and wider as you gazed at the riches inside. I wished my secret box was like that. But it wasn’t. My box was clinical. It was made of white-and-grey cardboard and was the size and shape of a small shoebox with an oval hole in the top. The manufacturer’s name was printed around the sides and in the bottom corner at each end it read, in bold black type: Contents: 100 I’d say there were probably around thirty left. When I say probably I mean exactly. There were exactly thirty left. Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t. He’d have been upset if he knew. Not so much at me, but more at Mum for ‘encouraging’ me. “It’s not right, Sheila. What’re you doing giving him stuff like that for, eh? You’re just making him worse.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
That was how Dad would react. He wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box, was impossible. I lived, with my secret box under the bed, at number nine, Chestnut Close. My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it. I needed things to be right, and in my room I had complete control. All I had to do was keep on top of it. Spending so much time in my room meant that I’d got to know the place well. For example, high in a corner above my bed there was a piece of wallpaper that, when you considered it from a certain angle, looked like a lion. It wasn’t a fierce “king of the jungle” lion, but a funny-looking, gummy lion. Sometimes I would talk to him. I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’, but I was sure there was a textbook somewhere saying that what I was going through was completely normal: “On around Day Ten it is inevitable that the unfortunate person who has chosen to spend the majority of his or her life inside, will become so bored that they’ll begin to talk to items around them. This is a normal occurrence and should not cause undue concern.”
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
My bedroom was the best part of the house.
It was safe.
It was free from germs.
Out there, things were dangerous.
What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death.
It was quite obvious when you thought about it.
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
My bedroom was the best part of the house. It was safe. It was free from germs. Out there, things were dangerous. What people didn’t seem to understand was that dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death. It was quite obvious when you thought about it.
Explore
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Under my bed I had a secret box. I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet.
Reveal Explainer
The author uses the word ‘secret’ which tells us that character doesn’t want people to know about the box. He keeps it hidden under his bed which tells us he doesn’t want the box to be seen.
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
Teach
From: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017. 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 author show the theme of secrecy?
B) What do we learn about the main character?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden, smuggled upstairs and hidden behind the folds of my duvet
description of hiding an imaginary box
A) How does the author show the theme of secrecy?
Text Mark Evidence - once I knew I could trust you (he’d show the box) - Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t - he’d (Dad would) have been upset if he knew (my secret)
only shares secrets with people he trusts
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I lived, with my secret box under the bed
hides the clinical box
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - I would have liked to say it was a mysterious old wooden box that I’d found buried in the garden…I wished my secret box was like that - I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’
embarrassed of his box/ talking to the lion
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Mum knew all about my secret box but Dad didn’t - he’d have been upset if he knew - he (dad) wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box was impossible
trusts his mum/kept secrets from his dad
B) What do we learn about the main character?
Text Mark Evidence dirt meant germs and germs meant illness and illness meant death
has a fear of germs
Text Mark Evidence - my bedroom was the best part of the house…it was safe - it (bedroom) was free from germs - out there (outside his bedroom), things were dangerous
feels safest in his bedroom
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - spending so much time in my room - the unfortunate person who has chosen to spend the majority of his or her life inside
hardly leaves his bedroom
Text Mark Evidence sometimes I would talk to him (the lion)
lonely/isolated
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘clinical’?
Which One's Right?
Sometimes I would talk to him. I knew the whole talking-to-an-object thing was a bit ‘out there’, but I was sure there was a textbook somewhere saying that what I was going through was completely normal.
Which answer best completes the sentence? The words ‘out there’ show that the character knew that talking to the lion was…
B fun and exciting
A common or normal
D far away or distant
C unusual or strange
Tick Me
He wouldn’t understand that life for me at the moment, without that box, was impossible.
What does this suggest about how the character feels about the box and its contents?
Tick one
A He imagines the special, secret riches that are hidden inside the box.
B He needs the box to help him feel in control and safe.
Check
C The box reminds him of someone special and important to him.
Click if correct
D He only pretends the box is important to get attention.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
4 undue
1 clinical
3 occurrence
2 inevitable
C unavoidable
B plain and clean
A event or happening
D unnecessary
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...
ask "What if?"
Reveal
Imagine how the story would change if the characters made different choices.
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: Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.