RSRT Y4 L1 Make Your Own Magic

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Make Your Own Magic: Non-Fiction Lesson 1

What do you think you know?

What?

Who?

Why?

Where?

How?

When?

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What do you know and think?

You may be wondering, how can someone read minds?

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From: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

How does the author use language to make the trick seem impressive, magical or surprising?

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Let me read today's text

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Predict the Future

Reading this story, you may be wondering, how can someone read minds? It’s a good question. Is it psychology? Is it years of disciplined practice of the deductive arts? Or is it mere trickery? I couldn’t possibly say. However, I would love to share with you a fun little trick you can use to blow the minds of others. I’m going to teach you how to predict the future. A big claim, I know, but it’s impromptu, works any time and will make you look like a mathematical genius.

The Trick

Here’s what happens:

• You grab a piece of paper or a napkin – whatever’s to hand – and scribble something down, unseen by your volunteer. They will wonder what it is – an evil curse, an ancient spell… Only time will tell.

Adapted from: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.

• You then ask your volunteer to think of a three-digit number and type it into the calculator on their phone. But tell them, to make it more random and more challenging for you, to make sure that all the digits are different. So nothing obvious, like 333, 444, etc.

• Tell the spectator to reverse that number in their head. So if they thought of 123, they would now be thinking of 321. Make sense?

• Tell them that to make this incredibly random they should subtract whichever their smaller number from their bigger number and hit equals.

• To jumble things up one final time, tell the spectator to take the number on their screen and reverse it, so that they have an entirely new number, then to add that new number to the one already on their screen. Then hit equals again without letting you see anything.

• So you have a final number. You say to the spectator, “Can we both agree that had you thought of a number even one digit different at the beginning, you would now have a totally different answer?”

• You then turn over the piece of paper you wrote on at the start of the trick, and – lo and behold – you predicted your volunteer’s final number, right down to the last digit. They are amazed and fully convinced of the power of prediction.

Adapted from: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.

Vocabulary

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disciplined practice

mere trickery

deductive arts

impromptu

spectator

power of prediction

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From: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. 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

disciplined practice

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Find Read Talk

Predict the Future

Reading this story, you may be wondering, how can someone read minds? It’s a good question. Is it psychology? Is it years of disciplined practice of the deductive arts? Or is it mere trickery?

Reveal Vocabulary

Adapted from: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.

disciplined practice

Your turn

deductive arts

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

mere trickery

impromptu

spectator

power of prediction

Use your text

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Vocabulary Check & Re-read

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Reveal Vocabulary

Predict the Future

Reading this story, you may be wondering, how can someone read minds? It’s a good question. Is it psychology? Is it years of disciplined practice of the deductive arts? Or is it mere trickery? I couldn’t possibly say. However, I would love to share with you a fun little trick you can use to blow the minds of others. I’m going to teach you how to predict the future. A big claim, I know, but it’s impromptu, works any time and will make you look like a mathematical genius.

The Trick

Here’s what happens:

• You grab a piece of paper or a napkin – whatever’s to hand – and scribble something down, unseen by your volunteer. They will wonder what it is – an evil curse, an ancient spell… Only time will tell.

Explore

Adapted from: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.

Reveal Vocabulary

• You then ask your volunteer to think of a three-digit number and type it into the calculator on their phone. But tell them, to make it more random and more challenging for you, to make sure that all the digits are different. So nothing obvious, like 333, 444, etc.

• Tell the spectator to reverse that number in their head. So if they thought of 123, they would now be thinking of 321. Make sense?

• Tell them that to make this incredibly random they should subtract whichever their smaller number from their bigger number and hit equals.

• To jumble things up one final time, tell the spectator to take the number on their screen and reverse it, so that they have an entirely new number, then to add that new number to the one already on their screen. Then hit equals again without letting you see anything.

• So you have a final number. You say to the spectator, “Can we both agree that had you thought of a number even one digit different at the beginning, you would now have a totally different answer?”

• You then turn over the piece of paper you wrote on at the start of the trick, and – lo and behold – you predicted your volunteer’s final number, right down to the last digit. They are amazed and fully convinced of the power of prediction.

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Adapted from: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.

Fluency

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Let me use my reader's voice...

Is it years of disciplined practice of the deductive arts? Or is it mere trickery? I couldn’t possibly say. However, I would love to share with you a fun little trick you can use to blow the minds of others. I’m going to teach you how to predict the future.

What did you notice?

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From: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn

Your Turn

Echo Read

Is it years of disciplined practice of the deductive arts?

Or is it mere trickery?

I couldn’t possibly say.

However, I would love to share with you a fun little trick you can use to blow the minds of others.

I’m going to teach you how to predict the future.

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From: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Sound like a reader!

Stand up!

Choral Read

Is it years of disciplined practice of the deductive arts? Or is it mere trickery? I couldn’t possibly say. However, I would love to share with you a fun little trick you can use to blow the minds of others. I’m going to teach you how to predict the future.

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From: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

How does the author use language to make the trick seem impressive, magical or surprising?

Be a detective and look for clues!

Teach

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

Reading this story, you may be wondering, how can someone read minds? It’s a good question. Is it psychology?

How does the author use language to make the trick seem impressive, magical or surprising?

Reveal Explainer

The words ‘read minds’ suggest something impossible, making the trick sound extraordinary. The words imply the magician has special abilities, making the trick feel impressive, awe-inspiring and truly magical.

Teach

From: Make Your Own Magic by Joel M © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Stop

What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?

Teach

Your Turn

How does the author use language to make the trick seem impressive, magical or surprising?

Text mark

Find the answers

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Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - blow the minds of others - I’m going to teach you to predict the future - it’s impromptu, works any time - make you look like a mathematical genius - they are amazed and fully convinced of the power of prediction

big claims

How does the author use language to make the trick seem impressive, magical or surprising?

Text Mark Evidence - years of disciplined practice of deductive arts - an evil curse, an ancient spell… only time will tell - lo and behold - without letting you see anything

mysterious language

Go to the next slide for more....

Text Mark Evidence - to make it more random and more challenging for you, to make sure all the digits are different - nothing obvious like 333, 444, etc - to make this incredibly random

unpredictable number

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

How does the author use language to make the trick seem impressive, magical or surprising?

Text Mark Evidence - tell the spectator to reverse that number in their head - subtract whichever their smaller number from their bigger number and hit equals - tell the spectator to take the number on their screen and reverse it…then to add that new number to the one already on their screen

challenging steps

Text Mark Evidence you predicted your volunteer’s number, right down to the last digit

big reveal

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

Start

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘spectator’?

Fill the Gaps

disciplined

trickery

deductive

Reading this story, you may be wondering, how can someone read minds? It’s a good question. Is it psychology? Is it years of practice of the arts? Or is it mere ?

Discuss then check

Click if correct

Find Me

Find the word which suggests the trick has not been planned or rehearsed:

However, I would love to share with you a fun little trick you can use to blow the minds of others. I’m going to teach you how to predict the future. A big claim, I know, but it’s impromptu, works any time and will make you look like a mathematical genius.

Discuss then check

impromptu

Sequence Me

Put the steps in the correct order:

A) Add that to your number.

B) Select a three-digit number and reverse it.

C) Reverse the answer again.

D) Subtract the smaller number from the larger.

Click if correct

Check

Feedback: Who did what well?

FindRead Talk

EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

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Copyright Notice

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disciplined

deductive

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