Ready Steady Read Together
Where Zebras Go: 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?
And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time, I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
B) How does the poem’s layout help you imagine the panda’s movements, appearance or character?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
depths of an ocean in still dark eyes
pluck green rattan
ghost fish
leaf cloaked wastes of ice
ebony
claimed
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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
depths of an ocean in still dark eyes
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
depths of an ocean in still dark eyes
ghost fish
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
pluck green rattan
ebony
leaf cloaked wastes of ice
claimed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Half light, half shadow I come and go, from those who’ve claimed my lands below. And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo. And though I’m close you’ll never know.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Half light, half shadow I come and go,
from those who’ve claimed my lands below.
And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two,
for most of the time I slowly chew,
on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo.
And though I’m close you’ll never know.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Half light, half shadow I come and go, from those who’ve claimed my lands below. And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo. And though I’m close you’ll never know.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘high in the mountain forests’ tell us about the where the panda lives and roams. This suggests the panda lives in remote high elevations, in mountainous, forested areas. The word ‘hide’ tells us that it likes to remain out of sight, suggesting that panda is a cautious or shy creature.
Teach
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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 do we learn about the panda from the poem?
B) How does the poem’s layout help you imagine the panda’s movements, appearance or character?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - high in the mountain forests, I hide - I slowly go, among the leaf cloaked wastes of ice
habitat is cold and mountainous
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - I hide, the depths of an ocean in still dark eyes - quiet as a ghost…I pluck green rattan - and though I’m close you’ll never know
quiet and secretive or mysterious
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - I, half in shadow and half in light, I am neither black nor yet all white - I am snow on dark rocks, ebony on snow - half light, half shadow I come and go
striking black and white colouring
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence yet I see all as I slowly go
observant
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - I slowly go among the leaf cloaked wastes of ice - and though I’m close you’ll never know
moves gently and gracefully
Text Mark Evidence I come and go from those who’ve claimed my lands below
vulnerable as habitat is under threat
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence and whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time, I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo
diet
Practise & Apply
words form the shape of a panda reflecting the topic of the poem
Acceptable Answers
the contrast between the black text on the white paper reflects the panda’s colouring
B) How does the poem’s layout help you imagine the panda’s movements, appearance or character?
words are spread out with gaps, making the reader search for them, just like a panda hiding in the forest is hard to spot
some words are placed carefully to match the panda’s features, such as the description of its eyes appearing within dark eye patches
Click on each number to reveal acceptable answers
the poet uses first person, I, so it seems the panda speaks directly to the reader
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ebony’?
True or False?
'Panda' is a rhyming poem which tells a story.
True
False
Tick Me
What might a panda eat?
Tick one:
A fish
B eggs
Check
C bamboo
Click if correct
D all of the above
Which One's Right?
I am almost a dream from long ago.
This suggests that pandas are…
B have existed for as long as dinosaurs.
A lazy and like to sleep.
D move in a slow, dreamlike manner.
C rare and at riskof extinction.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Where Zebras Go: 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?
And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time, I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
B) How does the poem’s layout help you imagine the panda’s movements, appearance or character?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
depths of an ocean in still dark eyes
pluck green rattan
ghost fish
leaf cloaked wastes of ice
ebony
claimed
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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
depths of an ocean in still dark eyes
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
depths of an ocean in still dark eyes
ghost fish
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
pluck green rattan
ebony
leaf cloaked wastes of ice
claimed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Half light, half shadow I come and go, from those who’ve claimed my lands below. And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo. And though I’m close you’ll never know.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Half light, half shadow I come and go,
from those who’ve claimed my lands below.
And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two,
for most of the time I slowly chew,
on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo.
And though I’m close you’ll never know.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Half light, half shadow I come and go, from those who’ve claimed my lands below. And whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo. And though I’m close you’ll never know.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘high in the mountain forests’ tell us about the where the panda lives and roams. This suggests the panda lives in remote high elevations, in mountainous, forested areas. The word ‘hide’ tells us that it likes to remain out of sight, suggesting that panda is a cautious or shy creature.
Teach
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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 do we learn about the panda from the poem?
B) How does the poem’s layout help you imagine the panda’s movements, appearance or character?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - high in the mountain forests, I hide - I slowly go, among the leaf cloaked wastes of ice
habitat is cold and mountainous
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - I hide, the depths of an ocean in still dark eyes - quiet as a ghost…I pluck green rattan - and though I’m close you’ll never know
quiet and secretive or mysterious
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - I, half in shadow and half in light, I am neither black nor yet all white - I am snow on dark rocks, ebony on snow - half light, half shadow I come and go
striking black and white colouring
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence yet I see all as I slowly go
observant
A) What do we learn about the panda from the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - I slowly go among the leaf cloaked wastes of ice - and though I’m close you’ll never know
moves gently and gracefully
Text Mark Evidence I come and go from those who’ve claimed my lands below
vulnerable as habitat is under threat
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence and whilst I fish or steal an egg or two, for most of the time, I slowly chew, on the high cool forests of sweet bamboo
diet
Practise & Apply
words form the shape of a panda reflecting the topic of the poem
Acceptable Answers
the contrast between the black text on the white paper reflects the panda’s colouring
B) How does the poem’s layout help you imagine the panda’s movements, appearance or character?
words are spread out with gaps, making the reader search for them, just like a panda hiding in the forest is hard to spot
some words are placed carefully to match the panda’s features, such as the description of its eyes appearing within dark eye patches
Click on each number to reveal acceptable answers
the poet uses first person, I, so it seems the panda speaks directly to the reader
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ebony’?
True or False?
'Panda' is a rhyming poem which tells a story.
True
False
Tick Me
What might a panda eat?
Tick one:
A fish
B eggs
Check
C bamboo
Click if correct
D all of the above
Which One's Right?
I am almost a dream from long ago.
This suggests that pandas are…
B have existed for as long as dinosaurs.
A lazy and like to sleep.
D move in a slow, dreamlike manner.
C rare and at riskof extinction.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.