Ready Steady Read Together
The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘meadow’?
Which One's Right?
I’m not too keen on their children
Dashing all over the place…
What were the children doing?
B skipping and jumping
A walking their dogs
D playing hide and seek
C running about
Match Me
Match each word to its correct meaning:
3 yap
4 give voice to
1 menacing
2 nip
C frightening
B say or express
A bite or pinch
D bark or yelp
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem from this unit with the sentence that describes it:
A A loud noise makes the river peaceful again.
1 Oh, Baby!
2 Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
B A funny thing happens on a grey day.
3 Daddy Fellinto the Pond
C I love this slurpy, wiggly food!
Check
D Life has changed and it is noisier and messier.
4 Ready,Steady - Moo!
Click if correct
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
In small groups, prepare a versefrom Ready, Steady – Moo! to read aloud and to perform.
Common Exception Words
Explore
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
chomp
peel
core
pluck
greedy
snatch
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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I’m an Apple
by Clive Riche
I’m a red apple.
Eat me.
Chew me and chomp me,
Sweetly.
Pick me and peel me,
But buy me, don’t steal me,
For I’m a red apple,
Eat me.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I’m a green apple,
Bake me.
Into hot pies and sweet puddings
Make me.
Cut me and core me,
But please don’t ignore me,
For I’m a green apple,
Bake me.
I’m a gold apple.
Leave me.
Don’t pluck me, and please don’t be
Greedy.
You’ve eaten too much,
So don’t snatch and don’t touch.
Let me stay in the sunlight,
Leave me.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Cut me and core me,
But please don’t ignore me,
Circle the word which best completes the sentence.
The apple wants you to…
be greedy
pluck it
let it rot
use it
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) How is the gold apple different to the red and green apples?
Tick (✓) one:
It wants to be made into pies and puddings.
It can’t wait to be picked.
It wants to stay in the sunlight.
It wants to be chewed and chomped.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Name two things the apples don’t want you to do.
Acceptable Answers:
- steal me
- ignore me
- pluck me
- be greedy
- snatch
- touch
Also accept the above answers preceded by don’t as they appear in the poem and any other answer which reflects understanding, such as ‘take it out of sunlight’.
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different styles.
Reveal
Read rhyming poems, free verse, haikus and limericks.
If you like this book, you might like...
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: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘meadow’?
Which One's Right?
I’m not too keen on their children Dashing all over the place…
What were the children doing?
B skipping and jumping
A walking their dogs
D playing hide and seek
C running about
Match Me
Match each word to its correct meaning:
3 yap
4 give voice to
1 menacing
2 nip
C frightening
B say or express
A bite or pinch
D bark or yelp
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem from this unit with the sentence that describes it:
A A loud noise makes the river peaceful again.
1 Oh, Baby!
2 Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
B A funny thing happens on a grey day.
3 Daddy Fellinto the Pond
C I love this slurpy, wiggly food!
Check
D Life has changed and it is noisier and messier.
4 Ready,Steady - Moo!
Click if correct
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
In small groups, prepare a versefrom Ready, Steady – Moo! to read aloud and to perform.
Common Exception Words
Explore
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
chomp
peel
core
pluck
greedy
snatch
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
I’m an Apple by Clive Riche
I’m a red apple. Eat me. Chew me and chomp me, Sweetly. Pick me and peel me, But buy me, don’t steal me, For I’m a red apple, Eat me.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I’m a green apple, Bake me. Into hot pies and sweet puddings Make me. Cut me and core me, But please don’t ignore me, For I’m a green apple, Bake me.
I’m a gold apple. Leave me. Don’t pluck me, and please don’t be Greedy. You’ve eaten too much, So don’t snatch and don’t touch. Let me stay in the sunlight, Leave me.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Cut me and core me, But please don’t ignore me,
Circle the word which best completes the sentence. The apple wants you to…
be greedy
pluck it
let it rot
use it
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) How is the gold apple different to the red and green apples?
Tick (✓) one:
It wants to be made into pies and puddings.
It can’t wait to be picked.
It wants to stay in the sunlight.
It wants to be chewed and chomped.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Name two things the apples don’t want you to do.
Acceptable Answers:
- steal me
- ignore me
- pluck me
- be greedy
- snatch
- touch
Also accept the above answers preceded by don’t as they appear in the poem and any other answer which reflects understanding, such as ‘take it out of sunlight’.RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different styles.
Reveal
Read rhyming poems, free verse, haikus and limericks.
If you like this book, you might like...
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: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.