Ready Steady Read Together
Digging for Victory: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
B) How can you tell that Bonnie feels annoyed or resentful in this extract?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Tuesday 17th December 1940
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar,
Mother says,
in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way.
Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long –
he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave,
didn’t he?
Mother sighs.
We don’t know when that’ll be,
and now that he’s really flown the nest
for the good of the country,
it’s time that we play our part too.
I wrinkle my face up.
What do you mean?
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I mean, Bonnie,
that Father and I
have applied to have someone billeted here,
so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay.
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure
and we have a stranger coming to stay
(not that I was ever asked about it).
How exactly is that us playing a part in the war effort?
Boxing up Ralph’s childhood –
his hard-won marbles
(that he never let me play with),
the prize conker
(which I know I found),
and badly-painted tin soldiers
(in all the wrong colours) –
is the only part I get to play.
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I dig out Grandfather’s old zoetrope from under Ralph’s bed –
so that’s where it’s been!
It’s been years since we’ve played with it –
Ralph told Mother I’d lost it
(and, as usual, I took the blame).
I’m taking this to my room.
I place it in the middle of my windowsill.
Rising from its polished wooden base,
the round metal drum looks almost
lamp-like, but upside-down with
slits cut round the side.
I spin it really hard,
looking
through
one
of
the
gaps
and wonder (as I’ve always done) exactly how the drawings on
the inside seem to merge into one moving picture.
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
leave
billeted
flown the nest
war effort
zoetrope
merge
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. 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
leave
Explore
Find Read Talk
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar,
Mother says,
in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way.
Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long –
he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave,
didn’t he?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
leave
Your turn
flown the nest
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
billeted
war effort
zoetrope
merge
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Tuesday 17th December 1940
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar,
Mother says,
in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way.
Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long –
he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave,
didn’t he?
Mother sighs.
We don’t know when that’ll be,
and now that he’s really flown the nest
for the good of the country,
it’s time that we play our part too.
I wrinkle my face up.
What do you mean?
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I mean, Bonnie,
that Father and I
have applied to have someone billeted here,
so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay.
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure
and we have a stranger coming to stay
(not that I was ever asked about it).
How exactly is that us playing a part in the war effort?
Boxing up Ralph’s childhood –
his hard-won marbles
(that he never let me play with),
the prize conker
(which I know I found),
and badly-painted tin soldiers
(in all the wrong colours) –
is the only part I get to play.
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I dig out Grandfather’s old zoetrope from under Ralph’s bed –
so that’s where it’s been!
It’s been years since we’ve played with it –
Ralph told Mother I’d lost it
(and, as usual, I took the blame).
I’m taking this to my room.
I place it in the middle of my windowsill.
Rising from its polished wooden base,
the round metal drum looks almost
lamp-like, but upside-down with
slits cut round the side.
I spin it really hard,
looking
through
one
of
the
gaps
and wonder (as I’ve always done) exactly how the drawings on
the inside seem to merge into one moving picture.
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay. So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay (not that I was ever asked about it).
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I
have applied to have someone billeted here,
so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay.
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure
and we have a stranger coming to stay
(not that I was ever asked about it).
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay. So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay (not that I was ever asked about it).
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar,
Mother says,
in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way.
Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long –
he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave,
didn’t he?
The war has separated their family. This suggests Ralph has left to meet his squadron which shows the personal sacrifice Ralph has made for the war. The family is uncertain when he will return which suggests it will be a longer absence than Bonnie expected.
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. 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 has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
B) How can you tell that Bonnie feels annoyed or resentful in this extract?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - he’s (Ralph’s) really flown the nest for the good of the country - Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure
duty to country comes first/Ralph is serving in RAF
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
Text Mark Evidence - it’s time that we play our part too - boxing up Ralph’s childhood is the only part I get to play
everyone is expected to help, even children
Text Mark Evidence - Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay - we have a stranger coming to stay
the family must take in a stranger to help the war effort
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence we have a stranger coming to stay…not that I was ever asked about it
left out of decisions
B) How can you tell that Bonnie feels annoyed or resentful in this extract?
Text Mark Evidence - Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay - how exactly is that (billeted stranger) us playing a part in the war effort - boxing up Ralph’s childhood is the only part I get to play
feels her role is small or unfair
Text Mark Evidence - his hard-won marbles…that he never let me play with - the prize conker…which I know I found - Ralph told Mother I’d lost it…(Grandfather’s zoetrope) and, as usual, I took the blame
anger about her brother’s belongings/being blamed
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘merge’?
True or False?
Bonnie was to blame when the zoetrope went missing.
True
False
Link Me
Link each item with Bonnie’s thoughts about it:
A Bonnie thought it resembled an upside-down lamp.
1 marbles
B Ralph didn’t give her a turn with them.
2 conker
C Bonnie thought the colours were all wrong.
Check
3 tin soldiers
Click if correct
D Bonnie was sure it was the one she found.
4 zoetrope
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Bonnie discovered a stranger was coming to stay at their house.
B) Bonnie’s mother asked for her help carrying Ralph’s things to the cellar.
C) Bonnie moved the zoetrope in her room and gave it a spin.
D) Bonnie found her Grandfather’s missing zoetrope under Ralph’s bed.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Digging for Victory: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
B) How can you tell that Bonnie feels annoyed or resentful in this extract?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Tuesday 17th December 1940
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar, Mother says, in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way. Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long – he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave, didn’t he?
Mother sighs. We don’t know when that’ll be, and now that he’s really flown the nest for the good of the country, it’s time that we play our part too.
I wrinkle my face up. What do you mean?
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay.
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay (not that I was ever asked about it). How exactly is that us playing a part in the war effort?
Boxing up Ralph’s childhood – his hard-won marbles (that he never let me play with), the prize conker (which I know I found), and badly-painted tin soldiers (in all the wrong colours) – is the only part I get to play.
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I dig out Grandfather’s old zoetrope from under Ralph’s bed – so that’s where it’s been! It’s been years since we’ve played with it – Ralph told Mother I’d lost it (and, as usual, I took the blame). I’m taking this to my room.
I place it in the middle of my windowsill. Rising from its polished wooden base, the round metal drum looks almost lamp-like, but upside-down with slits cut round the side. I spin it really hard, looking through one of the gaps and wonder (as I’ve always done) exactly how the drawings on the inside seem to merge into one moving picture.
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
leave
billeted
flown the nest
war effort
zoetrope
merge
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. 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
leave
Explore
Find Read Talk
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar, Mother says, in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way. Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long – he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave, didn’t he?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
leave
Your turn
flown the nest
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
billeted
war effort
zoetrope
merge
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Tuesday 17th December 1940
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar, Mother says, in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way. Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long – he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave, didn’t he?
Mother sighs. We don’t know when that’ll be, and now that he’s really flown the nest for the good of the country, it’s time that we play our part too.
I wrinkle my face up. What do you mean?
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay.
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay (not that I was ever asked about it). How exactly is that us playing a part in the war effort?
Boxing up Ralph’s childhood – his hard-won marbles (that he never let me play with), the prize conker (which I know I found), and badly-painted tin soldiers (in all the wrong colours) – is the only part I get to play.
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I dig out Grandfather’s old zoetrope from under Ralph’s bed – so that’s where it’s been! It’s been years since we’ve played with it – Ralph told Mother I’d lost it (and, as usual, I took the blame). I’m taking this to my room.
I place it in the middle of my windowsill. Rising from its polished wooden base, the round metal drum looks almost lamp-like, but upside-down with slits cut round the side. I spin it really hard, looking through one of the gaps and wonder (as I’ve always done) exactly how the drawings on the inside seem to merge into one moving picture.
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay. So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay (not that I was ever asked about it).
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here,
so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay.
So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay
(not that I was ever asked about it).
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I mean, Bonnie, that Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay. So Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay (not that I was ever asked about it).
Explore
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Can you help me carry Ralph’s things down to the cellar, Mother says, in her that’s-what-you’re-going-to-do-anyway kind of way. Why? I ask. He’ll be back before long – he said he’ll visit us as soon as he’s got leave, didn’t he?
The war has separated their family. This suggests Ralph has left to meet his squadron which shows the personal sacrifice Ralph has made for the war. The family is uncertain when he will return which suggests it will be a longer absence than Bonnie expected.
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023. 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 has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
B) How can you tell that Bonnie feels annoyed or resentful in this extract?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - he’s (Ralph’s) really flown the nest for the good of the country - Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure
duty to country comes first/Ralph is serving in RAF
A) How has the war affected Bonnie’s family?
Text Mark Evidence - it’s time that we play our part too - boxing up Ralph’s childhood is the only part I get to play
everyone is expected to help, even children
Text Mark Evidence - Father and I have applied to have someone billeted here, so now we can all look forward to someone else coming to stay - we have a stranger coming to stay
the family must take in a stranger to help the war effort
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence we have a stranger coming to stay…not that I was ever asked about it
left out of decisions
B) How can you tell that Bonnie feels annoyed or resentful in this extract?
Text Mark Evidence - Ralph gets to fly away on an adventure and we have a stranger coming to stay - how exactly is that (billeted stranger) us playing a part in the war effort - boxing up Ralph’s childhood is the only part I get to play
feels her role is small or unfair
Text Mark Evidence - his hard-won marbles…that he never let me play with - the prize conker…which I know I found - Ralph told Mother I’d lost it…(Grandfather’s zoetrope) and, as usual, I took the blame
anger about her brother’s belongings/being blamed
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘merge’?
True or False?
Bonnie was to blame when the zoetrope went missing.
True
False
Link Me
Link each item with Bonnie’s thoughts about it:
A Bonnie thought it resembled an upside-down lamp.
1 marbles
B Ralph didn’t give her a turn with them.
2 conker
C Bonnie thought the colours were all wrong.
Check
3 tin soldiers
Click if correct
D Bonnie was sure it was the one she found.
4 zoetrope
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Bonnie discovered a stranger was coming to stay at their house.
B) Bonnie’s mother asked for her help carrying Ralph’s things to the cellar.
C) Bonnie moved the zoetrope in her room and gave it a spin.
D) Bonnie found her Grandfather’s missing zoetrope under Ralph’s bed.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.