Ready Steady Read Together
Pinocchio by Pinocchio: Fiction Lesson 4
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 ears weren’t like mine at all, not small and wooden, but long and hairy!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
B) Name three things Pinocchio could have done to avoid catching donkey fever.
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Let me read today's text
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One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears.
I thought I must still be inside my dream.
But I wasn’t! This was real!
My ears weren’t like mine at all, not small and wooden, but long and hairy!
I sprang out of bed and ran to look in the mirror. I could hardly believe my eyes. I knocked my hand against the wall to be sure I was really awake.
I was!
Even as I looked in the mirror, my ears kept growing longer, hairier, donkier.
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I shrieked so loudly that my neighbour, a dormouse, came running in. “What’s up, Pinocchio?” he cried.
And then he saw my ears.
“Oh no,” said the Dozy Dormouse.
He felt my forehead.
“Oh no,” he said again. “I’m afraid you have the dreaded donkey fever. Sooner or later all the children catch it. In a few hours you will become a donkey. There’s no cure, nothing anyone can do. It starts with the ears – the rest soon follows.”
I cried bitter tears. “It’s not true,” I wailed, grasping my ears and trying to pull them off. “Please tell me it’s not true!”
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
again
could
children
eyes
hours
sure
any
even
should
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
fingering
dozy
shrieked
dreaded
bitter
wailed
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From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. 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
fingering
Explore
Find Read Talk
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
fingering
Your turn
shrieked
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dozy
dreaded
bitter
wailed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears.
I thought I must still be inside my dream.
But I wasn’t! This was real!
My ears weren’t like mine at all, not small and wooden, but long and hairy!
I sprang out of bed and ran to look in the mirror. I could hardly believe my eyes. I knocked my hand against the wall to be sure I was really awake.
I was!
Even as I looked in the mirror, my ears kept growing longer, hairier, donkier.
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I shrieked so loudly that my neighbour, a dormouse, came running in. “What’s up, Pinocchio?” he cried.
And then he saw my ears.
“Oh no,” said the Dozy Dormouse.
He felt my forehead.
“Oh no,” he said again. “I’m afraid you have the dreaded donkey fever. Sooner or later all the children catch it. In a few hours you will become a donkey. There’s no cure, nothing anyone can do. It starts with the ears – the rest soon follows.”
I cried bitter tears. “It’s not true,” I wailed, grasping my ears and trying to pull them off. “Please tell me it’s not true!”
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
What did you notice?
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From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“All you children are the same.”
“You think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me.
“You should have stayed at school and studied,”
“You should have stayed at home.” “I can’t help you now.” “No one can.”
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears. I thought I must still be inside my dream.
Reveal Explainer
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
It says he felt ‘rather odd’ which shows Pinocchio felt confused. He knew something was different but didn’t know what. He had a dream he was a donkey with long ears and might have worried it had really happened. He felt his ears to check if he was still dreaming.
Teach
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. 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 did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
B) Name three things Pinocchio could have done to avoid catching donkey fever.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I thought I must still be inside my dream - I knocked my hand against the wall to be sure I was really awake
thought it was a dream
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
Text Mark Evidence - I could hardly believe my eyes - it’s not true - please tell me it’s not true
shock and disbelief
Text Mark Evidence - I shrieked so loudly - I cried bitter tears - I wailed
upset and frightened
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence grasping my ears and trying to pull them off
wanted to get rid of them
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you think you can have what you like in life without working for it
worked hard
B) Name three things Pinocchio could have done to avoid catching donkey fever.
Text Mark Evidence you should have stayed at school and studied
stayed at school
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence you should have stayed at home
not run away / stayed at home
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘dozy’?
Which One's Right?
“I’m afraid you have the dreaded donkey fever.”
What does the word ‘dreaded’ tell us about donkey fever?
B It is common.
A It is easy to cure.
C It is exciting.
D It is scary.
True or False?
Pinocchio woke up and had ears that were wooden and hairy.
True
False
Tick Me
What lesson is the author trying to teach children?
Tick one
A You should always do what you want.
B Listen to advice and work hard.
Check
C Good things in life are easy to get.
Click if correct
D Cry when things go wrong.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places, and events as you read.
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: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Pinocchio by Pinocchio: Fiction Lesson 4
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 ears weren’t like mine at all, not small and wooden, but long and hairy!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
B) Name three things Pinocchio could have done to avoid catching donkey fever.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears.
I thought I must still be inside my dream.
But I wasn’t! This was real!
My ears weren’t like mine at all, not small and wooden, but long and hairy!
I sprang out of bed and ran to look in the mirror. I could hardly believe my eyes. I knocked my hand against the wall to be sure I was really awake.
I was!
Even as I looked in the mirror, my ears kept growing longer, hairier, donkier.
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I shrieked so loudly that my neighbour, a dormouse, came running in. “What’s up, Pinocchio?” he cried.
And then he saw my ears.
“Oh no,” said the Dozy Dormouse.
He felt my forehead.
“Oh no,” he said again. “I’m afraid you have the dreaded donkey fever. Sooner or later all the children catch it. In a few hours you will become a donkey. There’s no cure, nothing anyone can do. It starts with the ears – the rest soon follows.”
I cried bitter tears. “It’s not true,” I wailed, grasping my ears and trying to pull them off. “Please tell me it’s not true!”
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
again
could
children
eyes
hours
sure
any
even
should
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
fingering
dozy
shrieked
dreaded
bitter
wailed
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. 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
fingering
Explore
Find Read Talk
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
fingering
Your turn
shrieked
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dozy
dreaded
bitter
wailed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears.
I thought I must still be inside my dream.
But I wasn’t! This was real!
My ears weren’t like mine at all, not small and wooden, but long and hairy!
I sprang out of bed and ran to look in the mirror. I could hardly believe my eyes. I knocked my hand against the wall to be sure I was really awake.
I was!
Even as I looked in the mirror, my ears kept growing longer, hairier, donkier.
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I shrieked so loudly that my neighbour, a dormouse, came running in. “What’s up, Pinocchio?” he cried.
And then he saw my ears.
“Oh no,” said the Dozy Dormouse.
He felt my forehead.
“Oh no,” he said again. “I’m afraid you have the dreaded donkey fever. Sooner or later all the children catch it. In a few hours you will become a donkey. There’s no cure, nothing anyone can do. It starts with the ears – the rest soon follows.”
I cried bitter tears. “It’s not true,” I wailed, grasping my ears and trying to pull them off. “Please tell me it’s not true!”
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.” The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“All you children are the same.”
“You think you can have what you like in life without working for it.”
The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me.
“You should have stayed at school and studied,”
“You should have stayed at home.” “I can’t help you now.” “No one can.”
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“All you children are the same – you think you can have what you like in life without working for it.” The Dozy Dormouse wagged his little paw at me. “You should have stayed at school and studied, you should have stayed at home. I can’t help you now. No one can.”
Explore
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
One morning I woke up feeling rather odd. I’d been dreaming I was a donkey with long ears. I suppose that was why, when I woke up, I found myself fingering my ears. I thought I must still be inside my dream.
Reveal Explainer
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
It says he felt ‘rather odd’ which shows Pinocchio felt confused. He knew something was different but didn’t know what. He had a dream he was a donkey with long ears and might have worried it had really happened. He felt his ears to check if he was still dreaming.
Teach
From: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013. 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 did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
B) Name three things Pinocchio could have done to avoid catching donkey fever.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I thought I must still be inside my dream - I knocked my hand against the wall to be sure I was really awake
thought it was a dream
A) How did Pinocchio feel when he saw his donkey ears?
Text Mark Evidence - I could hardly believe my eyes - it’s not true - please tell me it’s not true
shock and disbelief
Text Mark Evidence - I shrieked so loudly - I cried bitter tears - I wailed
upset and frightened
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence grasping my ears and trying to pull them off
wanted to get rid of them
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you think you can have what you like in life without working for it
worked hard
B) Name three things Pinocchio could have done to avoid catching donkey fever.
Text Mark Evidence you should have stayed at school and studied
stayed at school
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence you should have stayed at home
not run away / stayed at home
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘dozy’?
Which One's Right?
“I’m afraid you have the dreaded donkey fever.”
What does the word ‘dreaded’ tell us about donkey fever?
B It is common.
A It is easy to cure.
C It is exciting.
D It is scary.
True or False?
Pinocchio woke up and had ears that were wooden and hairy.
True
False
Tick Me
What lesson is the author trying to teach children?
Tick one
A You should always do what you want.
B Listen to advice and work hard.
Check
C Good things in life are easy to get.
Click if correct
D Cry when things go wrong.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places, and events as you read.
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: Pinocchio by Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo © 2013 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.