Ready Steady Read Together
Words Can Fly: 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?
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What is the main point or meaning of each verse of the poem?
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Let me read today's text
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Messy threads
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again
you take the thoughts all jumbled up
and sew them into lines
until your stitches make a shape
and you’re left feeling fine
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
and if you read a poem
that someone else has sewn
the pattern might be quite like yours
and you’d feel less alone
so pull those messy threads out
and weave them into art
and you’ll be left with tidy brains
with space for thoughts to start.
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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again
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
messy thread
jumbled up
stitch
sew
pattern
weave
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. 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
messy thread
Explore
Find Read Talk
Messy threads
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
messy thread
Your turn
stitch
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
jumbled up
sew
pattern
weave
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Messy threads
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again
you take the thoughts all jumbled up
and sew them into lines
until your stitches make a shape
and you’re left feeling fine
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
and if you read a poem
that someone else has sewn
the pattern might be quite like yours
and you’d feel less alone
so pull those messy threads out
and weave them into art
and you’ll be left with tidy brains
with space for thoughts to start.
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again
you take the thoughts all jumbled up
and sew them into lines
until your stitches make a shape
and you’re left feeling fine
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again
Reveal Explainer
‘Messy thread’ means the jumbled thoughts that we have in our head. ‘Stitch a picture’ means the pictures you imagine in your mind when you read or write. You could make sense out of these messy thoughts by writing them down into a poem.
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Teach
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What is the main point or meaning of each verse of the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Acceptable Answers
Verse 2
you take the thoughts all jumbled up
and sew them into lines
until your stitches make a shape
and you’re left feeling fine
Reveal Main Point
Put your messy ideas into words, line by line, and soon your poem will take shape. Your mind will feel calm and less jumbled.
Practise & Apply
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Acceptable Answers
Verse 3
and if you read a poem
that someone else has sewn
the pattern might be quite like yours
and you’d feel less alone
Reveal Main Point
Sometimes you feel like you are the only one to have certain thoughts and feelings. Then, you read a poem and see that someone else has thoughts and feelings like yours.
Practise & Apply
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Acceptable Answers
Verse 4
so pull those messy threads out
and weave them into art
and you’ll be left with tidy brains
with space for thoughts to start.
Reveal Main Point
When your head is full of messy thoughts, get them out of your head by writing them into a poem. You’re then ready for new ideas and to learn new things.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘pattern’?
Which One's Right?
You take the thoughts all jumbled up…
Which answer is the best match for ‘jumbled up’?
A tidy
B mixed up
C straight
D sorted
Tick Me
Why does the poet compare a poem to a messy thread?
Tick one:
A Poems are always long like thread.
B Poems are colourful like thread.
Check
C Poems help turn messy thoughts into clear ideas.
Click if correct
D Poems can help mend clothes.
Match Me
Match each word with the correct image:
3 sew
4 weave
1 thread
2 stitch
Check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Words Can Fly: 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?
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What is the main point or meaning of each verse of the poem?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Messy threads
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain and use to stitch a picture to make some sense again
you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
and if you read a poem that someone else has sewn the pattern might be quite like yours and you’d feel less alone
so pull those messy threads out and weave them into art and you’ll be left with tidy brains with space for thoughts to start.
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
again
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
messy thread
jumbled up
stitch
sew
pattern
weave
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. 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
messy thread
Explore
Find Read Talk
Messy threads
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain and use to stitch a picture to make some sense again
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
messy thread
Your turn
stitch
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
jumbled up
sew
pattern
weave
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Messy threads
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain and use to stitch a picture to make some sense again
you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
and if you read a poem that someone else has sewn the pattern might be quite like yours and you’d feel less alone
so pull those messy threads out and weave them into art and you’ll be left with tidy brains with space for thoughts to start.
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain and use to stitch a picture to make some sense again you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A poem is a messy thread
you pull out from your brain
and use to stitch a picture
to make some sense again
you take the thoughts all jumbled up
and sew them into lines
until your stitches make a shape
and you’re left feeling fine
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain and use to stitch a picture to make some sense again you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A poem is a messy thread you pull out from your brain and use to stitch a picture to make some sense again
Reveal Explainer
‘Messy thread’ means the jumbled thoughts that we have in our head. ‘Stitch a picture’ means the pictures you imagine in your mind when you read or write. You could make sense out of these messy thoughts by writing them down into a poem.
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Teach
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What is the main point or meaning of each verse of the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Acceptable Answers
Verse 2
you take the thoughts all jumbled up and sew them into lines until your stitches make a shape and you’re left feeling fine
Reveal Main Point
Put your messy ideas into words, line by line, and soon your poem will take shape. Your mind will feel calm and less jumbled.
Practise & Apply
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Acceptable Answers
Verse 3
and if you read a poem that someone else has sewn the pattern might be quite like yours and you’d feel less alone
Reveal Main Point
Sometimes you feel like you are the only one to have certain thoughts and feelings. Then, you read a poem and see that someone else has thoughts and feelings like yours.
Practise & Apply
What is the main point of each verse of the poem?
Acceptable Answers
Verse 4
so pull those messy threads out and weave them into art and you’ll be left with tidy brains with space for thoughts to start.
Reveal Main Point
When your head is full of messy thoughts, get them out of your head by writing them into a poem. You’re then ready for new ideas and to learn new things.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘pattern’?
Which One's Right?
You take the thoughts all jumbled up… Which answer is the best match for ‘jumbled up’?
A tidy
B mixed up
C straight
D sorted
Tick Me
Why does the poet compare a poem to a messy thread?
Tick one:
A Poems are always long like thread.
B Poems are colourful like thread.
Check
C Poems help turn messy thoughts into clear ideas.
Click if correct
D Poems can help mend clothes.
Match Me
Match each word with the correct image:
3 sew
4 weave
1 thread
2 stitch
Check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.