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Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright!: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
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From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
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Let me read today's text
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Miracle
by Leonard Clark
In June after a brief shower,an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven. In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague. The frenzied croaking died down, they move solitary into damp garden corners, under stones, on to reedy river banks, juicy prey for sharp-eyed heron. Next year, the same miracle.
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
astounding
darting
legions
plague
frenzied
solitary
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From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. 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
astounding
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Find Read Talk
In June after a brief shower, an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
astounding
Your turn
legions
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
darting
plague
frenzied
solitary
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Miracle
by Leonard Clark
In June after a brief shower,an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven. In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague. The frenzied croaking died down, they move solitary into damp garden corners, under stones, on to reedy river banks, juicy prey for sharp-eyed heron. Next year, the same miracle.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising. April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
In March they choked the pools and ditches,
and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs
floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen,
speckled trout rising.
April, legions of darting tadpoles,
needle tails and bullet heads growing,
until, one evening, the cycle almost over,
first frogs leaping out
to cover the land like a plague.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising. April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Miracle
by Leonard Clark
In June after a brief shower,an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven.
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
Reveal Explainer
The word ‘miracle’ suggests that the frogs appear in such a sudden and overwhelming way it seems unnatural, mysterious and almost magical. By naming the poem ‘Miracle’, the poet shows he finds the life cycle of a frog to be extraordinary and remarkable.
Teach
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. 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 make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence as if…they (frogs) had fallen down from heaven
simile comparing the sudden appearance of frogs to a downpour
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
Text Mark Evidence they (frogs) choked the pools and ditches
personification suggesting pools ‘couldn’t breathe’ due to crowds of frogs
Text Mark Evidence legions of darting tadpoles
metaphor comparing tadpoles to armies of soldiers
Text Mark Evidence needle tails and bullet heads
metaphor describing the shape of the tadpole
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague
simile comparing the masses of frogs to disease spreading
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 1
In June after a brief shower,
an astounding appearance of little green frogs,
as if a miracle had happened,
and they had fallen down from heaven.
Reveal Main Point
In the warm, wet weather, multitudes of frogs emerge as if from nowhere.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 2
In March they choked the pools and ditches,
and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs
floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen,
speckled trout rising.
Reveal Main Point
Frogs invade all watery places and lay masses of frog spawn.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 3
April, legions of darting tadpoles,
needle tails and bullet heads growing,
until, one evening, the cycle almost over,
first frogs leaping out
to cover the land like a plague.
Reveal Main Point
Frog spawn hatches into tadpoles, which eventually grow into frogs and leave the water.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 4
The frenzied croaking died down,
they move solitary into damp garden corners,
under stones, on to reedy river banks,
juicy prey for sharp-eyed heron.
Reveal Main Point
Frogs return to living alone, hiding in gardens and riverbanks to avoid predators.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 5
Next year, the same miracle.
Reveal Main Point
The life cycle begins again next year.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘solitary’?
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
1 astounding
4 frenzied
3 plague
2 legion
A wild and out of control
B swarm or infestation
C group or crowd
D astonishing
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the lines in the poem which are examples of alliteration:
Tick all that apply:
A an astounding appearance of little green frogs
B they choked the pools and ditches
Check
C first frogs leaping out
Click if correct
D under stones to reedy river banks
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) Tadpoles hatch and grow into frogs.
B) Large numbers of frogs suddenly appear.
C) Frogs return to hidden places to remain safe from predators.
D) Frogs lay masses of eggs in puddles and ponds.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Reveal
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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: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright!: Poetry 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?
Masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Miracle
by Leonard Clark
In June after a brief shower,an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven. In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague. The frenzied croaking died down, they move solitary into damp garden corners, under stones, on to reedy river banks, juicy prey for sharp-eyed heron. Next year, the same miracle.
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
astounding
darting
legions
plague
frenzied
solitary
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. 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
astounding
Explore
Find Read Talk
In June after a brief shower, an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
astounding
Your turn
legions
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
darting
plague
frenzied
solitary
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Miracle
by Leonard Clark
In June after a brief shower,an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven. In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague. The frenzied croaking died down, they move solitary into damp garden corners, under stones, on to reedy river banks, juicy prey for sharp-eyed heron. Next year, the same miracle.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising. April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
In March they choked the pools and ditches,
and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs
floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
April, legions of darting tadpoles,
needle tails and bullet heads growing,
until, one evening, the cycle almost over,
first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising. April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague.
Explore
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Miracle
by Leonard Clark
In June after a brief shower,an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven.
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
Reveal Explainer
The word ‘miracle’ suggests that the frogs appear in such a sudden and overwhelming way it seems unnatural, mysterious and almost magical. By naming the poem ‘Miracle’, the poet shows he finds the life cycle of a frog to be extraordinary and remarkable.
Teach
From: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020. 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 make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence as if…they (frogs) had fallen down from heaven
simile comparing the sudden appearance of frogs to a downpour
A) How does the poet make comparisons using poetic features to help the reader visualise the frogs’ life cycle?
Text Mark Evidence they (frogs) choked the pools and ditches
personification suggesting pools ‘couldn’t breathe’ due to crowds of frogs
Text Mark Evidence legions of darting tadpoles
metaphor comparing tadpoles to armies of soldiers
Text Mark Evidence needle tails and bullet heads
metaphor describing the shape of the tadpole
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague
simile comparing the masses of frogs to disease spreading
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 1
In June after a brief shower, an astounding appearance of little green frogs, as if a miracle had happened, and they had fallen down from heaven.
Reveal Main Point
In the warm, wet weather, multitudes of frogs emerge as if from nowhere.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 2
In March they choked the pools and ditches, and then masses of black-centred jelly eggs floating with moorhens and tiny water-boatmen, speckled trout rising.
Reveal Main Point
Frogs invade all watery places and lay masses of frog spawn.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 3
April, legions of darting tadpoles, needle tails and bullet heads growing, until, one evening, the cycle almost over, first frogs leaping out to cover the land like a plague.
Reveal Main Point
Frog spawn hatches into tadpoles, which eventually grow into frogs and leave the water.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 4
The frenzied croaking died down, they move solitary into damp garden corners, under stones, on to reedy river banks, juicy prey for sharp-eyed heron.
Reveal Main Point
Frogs return to living alone, hiding in gardens and riverbanks to avoid predators.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Summarise each verse by describing what occurs in the life cycle of the frog.
Verse 5
Next year, the same miracle.
Reveal Main Point
The life cycle begins again next year.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘solitary’?
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
1 astounding
4 frenzied
3 plague
2 legion
A wild and out of control
B swarm or infestation
C group or crowd
D astonishing
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the lines in the poem which are examples of alliteration:
Tick all that apply:
A an astounding appearance of little green frogs
B they choked the pools and ditches
Check
C first frogs leaping out
Click if correct
D under stones to reedy river banks
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) Tadpoles hatch and grow into frogs.
B) Large numbers of frogs suddenly appear.
C) Frogs return to hidden places to remain safe from predators.
D) Frogs lay masses of eggs in puddles and ponds.
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...
explore audiobooks.
Reveal
Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
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: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters © 2020 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.