Ready Steady Read Together
When Life Gives You Mangoes: Fiction 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?
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s eye sunglasses, like a celebrity.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
B) What impression do you get of Uncle Eldorath?
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Let me read today's text
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There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s-eye sunglasses, like a celebrity. That’s according to Gaynah. I haven’t seen her yet, but Gaynah says she saw her get off the city bus by the roundabout with a woman that looked like her mother, and they are heading up the hill.
The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
New people don’t come to Sycamore. Not since the witch doctor episode. The last time someone new came here, it was two tourists with video cameras. They were driving to the Bob Marley museum and got lost. But we suspect they were some of the diehard fans who were desperate to meet Eldorath, my uncle, the man who sees ghosts.
It’s the story that brought shame and fear on the community. Pastor Brown was the most vocal. He said any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man, that my uncle was inviting evil into our community. So Eldorath was given a new name: the witch doctor.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Tourists thought differently. My uncle was a tourist attraction. They wanted to know if he could see their mother, their father, their best friend who had passed. Uncle Eldorath wasn’t easy to find, though: his house was way up on the hill, and he rarely left it. Pastor Brown told us never to give anyone directions. When they couldn’t find him, they gave us sweets as a thank you for helping them get on the right road. Gaynah saw this as an insult and threw hers in the bush.
“Do they think I’ve never seen sweets?” she said in complete disgust. “My brother sends me American sweets every month.”
The new girl would be the second stranger to ever venture up Sycamore Hill in the last year. And no one can stop talking about it. If this is true and a girl is really coming here, then it could change our entire summer.
Nothing exciting ever happens here.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
speculating
diehard fans
witch doctor episode
vocal
a godly man
venture
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From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 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
speculating
Explore
Find Read Talk
Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
speculating
Your turn
witch doctor episode
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
diehard fans
vocal
a godly man
venture
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s-eye sunglasses, like a celebrity. That’s according to Gaynah. I haven’t seen her yet, but Gaynah says she saw her get off the city bus by the roundabout with a woman that looked like her mother, and they are heading up the hill. The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her. New people don’t come to Sycamore. Not since the witch doctor episode. The last time someone new came here, it was two tourists with video cameras. They were driving to the Bob Marley museum and got lost. But we suspect they were some of the diehard fans who were desperate to meet Eldorath, my uncle, the man who sees ghosts. It’s the story that brought shame and fear on the community. Pastor Brown was the most vocal. He said any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man, that my uncle was inviting evil into our community. So Eldorath was given a new name: the witch doctor.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Tourists thought differently. My uncle was a tourist attraction. They wanted to know if he could see their mother, their father, their best friend who had passed. Uncle Eldorath wasn’t easy to find, though: his house was way up on the hill, and he rarely left it. Pastor Brown told us never to give anyone directions. When they couldn’t find him, they gave us sweets as a thank you for helping them get on the right road. Gaynah saw this as an insult and threw hers in the bush. “Do they think I’ve never seen sweets?” she said in complete disgust. “My brother sends me American sweets every month.” The new girl would be the second stranger to ever venture up Sycamore Hill in the last year. And no one can stop talking about it. If this is true and a girl is really coming here, then it could change our entire summer. Nothing exciting ever happens here.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
What did you notice?
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From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The entire village is buzzing.
This is the most excitement we have ever had,
and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves.
Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl.
Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s-eye sunglasses, like a celebrity. That’s according to Gaynah. I haven’t seen her yet, but Gaynah says she saw her get off the city bus by the roundabout with a woman that looked like her mother, and they are heading up the hill.
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Sycamore is a small, close-knit community because Gaynah notices the newcomers as soon as they arrive. It shows that everyone knows everyone else so someone new is easily spotted. It also hints that news travels fast in Sycamore.
Teach
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 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) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
B) What impression do you get of Uncle Eldorath?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the entire village is buzzing - within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl - no one can stop talking about it (the new girl’s arrival)
news or gossip travels fast in the close-knit community
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Text Mark Evidence - this (the new girl’s arrival) is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves - it (the new girl’s arrival) could change our entire summer - nothing exciting ever happens here
quiet or uneventful
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her - Pastor Brown told us never to give anyone (tourists) directions
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
suspicious of outsiders
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - new people don’t come to Sycamore - the new girl would be the second stranger to ever venture up Sycamore Hill in the last year
isolated/rarely visited
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Text Mark Evidence it’s (the witch doctor episode is) the storythat brought shame and fear on the community…inviting evil into our community
protective of the village’s reputation
Text Mark Evidence “Do they think I’ve never seen sweets?” she said in complete disgust
dislike being thought of as backward or poor
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence they (tourists) were driving…and got lost
remote/difficult to reach
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - not since the witch doctor episode (tourists seeking Eldorath) - Eldorath was given a new name: the witch doctor
treated with unkindness / called names
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Eldorath, my uncle, the man who sees ghosts - they (tourists) wanted to know if he could see their mother, their father, their best friend who had passed
special powers to see or talk witih the dead
B) What impression do you get of Uncle Eldorath?
Text Mark Evidence - we suspect they were some of the diehard fans who were desperate to meet Eldorat - my uncle was a tourist attraction
admired by outsiders
Text Mark Evidence - it’s the story (the witch doctor episode) that brought shame and fear on the community - any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man - my uncle was inviting evil into our community
feared or mistrusted by some villagers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence his house was way up on the hill, and he rarely left it
isolated/remains apart from the community
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘venture’?
Which One's Right?
Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Which answer best completes the sentence?
This suggests that everyone is…
A excited aboutthe new girl.
B curious aboutthe new girl.
D bored of thenew girl.
C fearful of thenew girl.
Tick Me
What do we learn about the new girl?
Tick all that apply:
A She wears her hair in Afro buns with bows.
B She is coming to see if Eldorath can talk to ghosts.
Check
C She wears cat’s eye sunglasses like a celebrity.
Click if correct
D Her mother lives in Sycamore and has greeted her at the bus.
Find Me
Find the word whichmeans ‘outspoken’:
Pastor Brown was the most vocal. He said any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man, that my uncle was inviting evil into our community.
Discuss then check
vocal
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use a bookmark.
Reveal
Never fold pages - use a fun bookmark instead!
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Ready Steady Read Together
When Life Gives You Mangoes: Fiction 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?
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s eye sunglasses, like a celebrity.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
B) What impression do you get of Uncle Eldorath?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s-eye sunglasses, like a celebrity. That’s according to Gaynah. I haven’t seen her yet, but Gaynah says she saw her get off the city bus by the roundabout with a woman that looked like her mother, and they are heading up the hill. The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her. New people don’t come to Sycamore. Not since the witch doctor episode. The last time someone new came here, it was two tourists with video cameras. They were driving to the Bob Marley museum and got lost. But we suspect they were some of the diehard fans who were desperate to meet Eldorath, my uncle, the man who sees ghosts. It’s the story that brought shame and fear on the community. Pastor Brown was the most vocal. He said any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man, that my uncle was inviting evil into our community. So Eldorath was given a new name: the witch doctor.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Tourists thought differently. My uncle was a tourist attraction. They wanted to know if he could see their mother, their father, their best friend who had passed. Uncle Eldorath wasn’t easy to find, though: his house was way up on the hill, and he rarely left it. Pastor Brown told us never to give anyone directions. When they couldn’t find him, they gave us sweets as a thank you for helping them get on the right road. Gaynah saw this as an insult and threw hers in the bush. “Do they think I’ve never seen sweets?” she said in complete disgust. “My brother sends me American sweets every month.” The new girl would be the second stranger to ever venture up Sycamore Hill in the last year. And no one can stop talking about it. If this is true and a girl is really coming here, then it could change our entire summer. Nothing exciting ever happens here.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
speculating
diehard fans
witch doctor episode
vocal
a godly man
venture
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 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
speculating
Explore
Find Read Talk
Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
speculating
Your turn
witch doctor episode
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
diehard fans
vocal
a godly man
venture
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s-eye sunglasses, like a celebrity. That’s according to Gaynah. I haven’t seen her yet, but Gaynah says she saw her get off the city bus by the roundabout with a woman that looked like her mother, and they are heading up the hill. The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her. New people don’t come to Sycamore. Not since the witch doctor episode. The last time someone new came here, it was two tourists with video cameras. They were driving to the Bob Marley museum and got lost. But we suspect they were some of the diehard fans who were desperate to meet Eldorath, my uncle, the man who sees ghosts. It’s the story that brought shame and fear on the community. Pastor Brown was the most vocal. He said any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man, that my uncle was inviting evil into our community. So Eldorath was given a new name: the witch doctor.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Tourists thought differently. My uncle was a tourist attraction. They wanted to know if he could see their mother, their father, their best friend who had passed. Uncle Eldorath wasn’t easy to find, though: his house was way up on the hill, and he rarely left it. Pastor Brown told us never to give anyone directions. When they couldn’t find him, they gave us sweets as a thank you for helping them get on the right road. Gaynah saw this as an insult and threw hers in the bush. “Do they think I’ve never seen sweets?” she said in complete disgust. “My brother sends me American sweets every month.” The new girl would be the second stranger to ever venture up Sycamore Hill in the last year. And no one can stop talking about it. If this is true and a girl is really coming here, then it could change our entire summer. Nothing exciting ever happens here.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The entire village is buzzing.
This is the most excitement we have ever had,
and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves.
Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl.
Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The entire village is buzzing. This is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves. Within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl. Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
There is a new girl arriving in Sycamore. Her hair is in two Afro buns with big white bows, and she is wearing cat’s-eye sunglasses, like a celebrity. That’s according to Gaynah. I haven’t seen her yet, but Gaynah says she saw her get off the city bus by the roundabout with a woman that looked like her mother, and they are heading up the hill.
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Sycamore is a small, close-knit community because Gaynah notices the newcomers as soon as they arrive. It shows that everyone knows everyone else so someone new is easily spotted. It also hints that news travels fast in Sycamore.
Teach
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 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) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
B) What impression do you get of Uncle Eldorath?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the entire village is buzzing - within minutes all the kids are gathered at the edge of the road, waiting for the new girl - no one can stop talking about it (the new girl’s arrival)
news or gossip travels fast in the close-knit community
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Text Mark Evidence - this (the new girl’s arrival) is the most excitement we have ever had, and no one wants to miss seeing it for themselves - it (the new girl’s arrival) could change our entire summer - nothing exciting ever happens here
quiet or uneventful
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her - Pastor Brown told us never to give anyone (tourists) directions
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
suspicious of outsiders
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - new people don’t come to Sycamore - the new girl would be the second stranger to ever venture up Sycamore Hill in the last year
isolated/rarely visited
A) What impression do you get of Sycamore and its residents?
Text Mark Evidence it’s (the witch doctor episode is) the storythat brought shame and fear on the community…inviting evil into our community
protective of the village’s reputation
Text Mark Evidence “Do they think I’ve never seen sweets?” she said in complete disgust
dislike being thought of as backward or poor
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence they (tourists) were driving…and got lost
remote/difficult to reach
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - not since the witch doctor episode (tourists seeking Eldorath) - Eldorath was given a new name: the witch doctor
treated with unkindness / called names
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Eldorath, my uncle, the man who sees ghosts - they (tourists) wanted to know if he could see their mother, their father, their best friend who had passed
special powers to see or talk witih the dead
B) What impression do you get of Uncle Eldorath?
Text Mark Evidence - we suspect they were some of the diehard fans who were desperate to meet Eldorat - my uncle was a tourist attraction
admired by outsiders
Text Mark Evidence - it’s the story (the witch doctor episode) that brought shame and fear on the community - any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man - my uncle was inviting evil into our community
feared or mistrusted by some villagers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence his house was way up on the hill, and he rarely left it
isolated/remains apart from the community
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘venture’?
Which One's Right?
Everyone is speculating on why she is here and what might be wrong with her.
Which answer best completes the sentence? This suggests that everyone is…
A excited aboutthe new girl.
B curious aboutthe new girl.
D bored of thenew girl.
C fearful of thenew girl.
Tick Me
What do we learn about the new girl?
Tick all that apply:
A She wears her hair in Afro buns with bows.
B She is coming to see if Eldorath can talk to ghosts.
Check
C She wears cat’s eye sunglasses like a celebrity.
Click if correct
D Her mother lives in Sycamore and has greeted her at the bus.
Find Me
Find the word whichmeans ‘outspoken’:
Pastor Brown was the most vocal. He said any man who claims to see ghosts is not a godly man, that my uncle was inviting evil into our community.
Discuss then check
vocal
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use a bookmark.
Reveal
Never fold pages - use a fun bookmark instead!
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: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.