Ready Steady Read Together
When Life Gives You Mangoes: Fiction 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?
Sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try.
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 can you infer about Gaynah?
B) What do we learn about Clara?
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Let me read today's text
Explore
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants.
Calvin doesn’t answer her. Maybe he doesn’t hear, or maybe he does but doesn’t care to meet the new girl.
“I’ll tell him about the new girl at the game tomorrow,” I say, feeling a little sorry for her. The game is ‘pick leaf’, and all the kids on the hill play it every summer.
Gaynah snorts, “If you remember.”
“Really?” I say through clenched teeth.
Mama tells me I must think before I have an outburst. “If you pause for five seconds, you will have a completely different reaction,” she says. So I count as Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the blue dress she is wearing.
One.
Two.
Three.
“Well, it’s true. Everyone knows you don’t remember anything.”
That’s not true. I remember some things. I remember when Gaynah is a good friend and when she is not. I remember what happened a few weeks ago, even last month. Even some things last year.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer. Sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try. Sometimes Mama fills in the blanks. She’ll say, “You spent the summer down at the river” or “You went to the beach with Gaynah, do you remember?” She’ll tell me small details, like what I was wearing, what time we left for the beach, how we had a nice snapper for dinner that Papa had caught on his fishing trip. Sometimes those memories stick so fast, I think they’re mine, but they’re not. They are hers.
Sometimes, like now, Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else. That I’m different. She frowns at me. “You’re not going to cry, are you?”
“No.”
Four.
Five.
She sighs, standing up, “You’re such a baby, Clara. You cry about everything.” She circles her finger beside her head.
I’m on my feet before I know it. “I am not crazy!” I scream.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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stiffen
outburst
clenched
reaction
exotic
memory lapse
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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
stiffen
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Find Read Talk
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
stiffen
Your turn
clenched
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
outburst
reaction
exotic
memory lapse
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants.
Calvin doesn’t answer her. Maybe he doesn’t hear, or maybe he does but doesn’t care to meet the new girl.
“I’ll tell him about the new girl at the game tomorrow,” I say, feeling a little sorry for her. The game is ‘pick leaf’, and all the kids on the hill play it every summer.
Gaynah snorts, “If you remember.”
“Really?” I say through clenched teeth.
Mama tells me I must think before I have an outburst. “If you pause for five seconds, you will have a completely different reaction,” she says. So I count as Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the blue dress she is wearing.
One.
Two.
Three.
“Well, it’s true. Everyone knows you don’t remember anything.”
That’s not true. I remember some things. I remember when Gaynah is a good friend and when she is not. I remember what happened a few weeks ago, even last month. Even some things last year.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer. Sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try. Sometimes Mama fills in the blanks. She’ll say, “You spent the summer down at the river” or “You went to the beach with Gaynah, do you remember?” She’ll tell me small details, like what I was wearing, what time we left for the beach, how we had a nice snapper for dinner that Papa had caught on his fishing trip. Sometimes those memories stick so fast, I think they’re mine, but they’re not. They are hers.
Sometimes, like now, Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else. That I’m different. She frowns at me. “You’re not going to cry, are you?”
“No.”
Four.
Five.
She sighs, standing up, “You’re such a baby, Clara. You cry about everything.” She circles her finger beside her head.
I’m on my feet before I know it. “I am not crazy!” I scream.
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...
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer.
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
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson,
and I remember I am twelve years old.
I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic.
I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing,
but I don’t do that anymore.
Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer.
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
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer.
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 can you infer about Gaynah?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants.
A) What can you infer about Gaynah?
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Gaynah might be a bit demanding or spoiled as she pouts to get what she wants. She might be bossy or enjoys being the leader in the activities as she is upset that others aren’t staying to see the new girl she discovered.
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 can you infer about Gaynah?
B) What do we learn about Clara?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I remember when Gaynah is a good friend and when she is not
is unkind at times
Text Mark Evidence Calvin doesn’t answer her (Gaynah)…maybe he doesn’t hear her or maybe he doesn’t care to meet the new girl
ignored by other children
A) What can you infer about Gaynah?
Text Mark Evidence Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the dress she is wearing
fussy about her appearance
Text Mark Evidence - Gaynah snorts….if you remember - Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else - she (Gaynah) frowns at me…you’re not going to cry, are you - you’re such a baby, Clara…you cry about everything
teases Clara
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (Clara) feeling a little sorry for her (Gaynah when Calvin ignores her)
kind/empathetic
Text Mark Evidence - I say through clenched teeth - Mama tells me I must think before I have an outburst - I am not crazy…I scream
struggles to control her temper
B) What do we learn about Clara?
Text Mark Evidence I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old
her full name and age
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence I live on a small island that tourists call exotic
where she lives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I know I used to love surfing every morning…but I don’t do that anymore
hobbies she used to enjoy
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer
an event affected her memory
B) What do we learn about Clara?
struggles to control her memories
Text Mark Evidence sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try
Text Mark Evidence Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else…that I’m different
views herself as different
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
Gaynah snorts, “If you remember.”
“Really?” I say through clenched teeth.
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The word ‘clenched’ suggests that Clara is feeling…
A confused.
B angry.
D pain.
C excited.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 exotic
4 lapse
1 stiffen
2 reaction
A response
B failure of memory
C unusual or foreign
D to tense up
Click if correct
Check
Fill the Gaps
clenched
reaction
outburst
“Really?” I say through teeth.
Mama tells me I must think before I have an . “If you pause for five seconds, you will have a completely different ,” she says. So I count as Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the blue dress she is wearing.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Tick Me
Which themes are shown in this extract?
Tick one
A memory
B friendship and conflict
Check
C being different
Click if correct
D all of the above
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
connect with characters.
Reveal
Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.
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Ready Steady Read Together
When Life Gives You Mangoes: Fiction 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?
Sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try.
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 can you infer about Gaynah?
B) What do we learn about Clara?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants. Calvin doesn’t answer her. Maybe he doesn’t hear, or maybe he does but doesn’t care to meet the new girl. “I’ll tell him about the new girl at the game tomorrow,” I say, feeling a little sorry for her. The game is ‘pick leaf’, and all the kids on the hill play it every summer. Gaynah snorts, “If you remember.” “Really?” I say through clenched teeth. Mama tells me I must think before I have an outburst. “If you pause for five seconds, you will have a completely different reaction,” she says. So I count as Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the blue dress she is wearing. One. Two. Three. “Well, it’s true. Everyone knows you don’t remember anything.” That’s not true. I remember some things. I remember when Gaynah is a good friend and when she is not. I remember what happened a few weeks ago, even last month. Even some things last year.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer. Sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try. Sometimes Mama fills in the blanks. She’ll say, “You spent the summer down at the river” or “You went to the beach with Gaynah, do you remember?” She’ll tell me small details, like what I was wearing, what time we left for the beach, how we had a nice snapper for dinner that Papa had caught on his fishing trip. Sometimes those memories stick so fast, I think they’re mine, but they’re not. They are hers. Sometimes, like now, Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else. That I’m different. She frowns at me. “You’re not going to cry, are you?” “No.” Four. Five. She sighs, standing up, “You’re such a baby, Clara. You cry about everything.” She circles her finger beside her head. I’m on my feet before I know it. “I am not crazy!” I scream.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
stiffen
outburst
clenched
reaction
exotic
memory lapse
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
stiffen
Explore
Find Read Talk
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
stiffen
Your turn
clenched
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
outburst
reaction
exotic
memory lapse
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants. Calvin doesn’t answer her. Maybe he doesn’t hear, or maybe he does but doesn’t care to meet the new girl. “I’ll tell him about the new girl at the game tomorrow,” I say, feeling a little sorry for her. The game is ‘pick leaf’, and all the kids on the hill play it every summer. Gaynah snorts, “If you remember.” “Really?” I say through clenched teeth. Mama tells me I must think before I have an outburst. “If you pause for five seconds, you will have a completely different reaction,” she says. So I count as Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the blue dress she is wearing. One. Two. Three. “Well, it’s true. Everyone knows you don’t remember anything.” That’s not true. I remember some things. I remember when Gaynah is a good friend and when she is not. I remember what happened a few weeks ago, even last month. Even some things last year.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer. Sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try. Sometimes Mama fills in the blanks. She’ll say, “You spent the summer down at the river” or “You went to the beach with Gaynah, do you remember?” She’ll tell me small details, like what I was wearing, what time we left for the beach, how we had a nice snapper for dinner that Papa had caught on his fishing trip. Sometimes those memories stick so fast, I think they’re mine, but they’re not. They are hers. Sometimes, like now, Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else. That I’m different. She frowns at me. “You’re not going to cry, are you?” “No.” Four. Five. She sighs, standing up, “You’re such a baby, Clara. You cry about everything.” She circles her finger beside her head. I’m on my feet before I know it. “I am not crazy!” I scream.
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...
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer.
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
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson,
and I remember I am twelve years old.
I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic.
I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing,
but I don’t do that anymore.
Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer.
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
I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old. I know I live on a small island that tourists call exotic. I know I used to love surfing every morning while Papa went fishing, but I don’t do that anymore. Something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer.
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 can you infer about Gaynah?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I feel Gaynah stiffen beside me. “But you’ll miss the new girl.” She pouts, because Gaynah thinks pouting gets her anything she wants.
A) What can you infer about Gaynah?
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Gaynah might be a bit demanding or spoiled as she pouts to get what she wants. She might be bossy or enjoys being the leader in the activities as she is upset that others aren’t staying to see the new girl she discovered.
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 can you infer about Gaynah?
B) What do we learn about Clara?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I remember when Gaynah is a good friend and when she is not
is unkind at times
Text Mark Evidence Calvin doesn’t answer her (Gaynah)…maybe he doesn’t hear her or maybe he doesn’t care to meet the new girl
ignored by other children
A) What can you infer about Gaynah?
Text Mark Evidence Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the dress she is wearing
fussy about her appearance
Text Mark Evidence - Gaynah snorts….if you remember - Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else - she (Gaynah) frowns at me…you’re not going to cry, are you - you’re such a baby, Clara…you cry about everything
teases Clara
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (Clara) feeling a little sorry for her (Gaynah when Calvin ignores her)
kind/empathetic
Text Mark Evidence - I say through clenched teeth - Mama tells me I must think before I have an outburst - I am not crazy…I scream
struggles to control her temper
B) What do we learn about Clara?
Text Mark Evidence I remember that my name is Clara Dee-Henson, and I remember I am twelve years old
her full name and age
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence I live on a small island that tourists call exotic
where she lives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I know I used to love surfing every morning…but I don’t do that anymore
hobbies she used to enjoy
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence something happened that made me forget everything that happened last summer
an event affected her memory
B) What do we learn about Clara?
struggles to control her memories
Text Mark Evidence sometimes the memories come back to me in drips, like a tap that won’t turn off no matter how hard I try
Text Mark Evidence Gaynah uses my memory lapse to remind me that I’m not like everyone else…that I’m different
views herself as different
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
Gaynah snorts, “If you remember.” “Really?” I say through clenched teeth.
Which answer best completes the sentence? The word ‘clenched’ suggests that Clara is feeling…
A confused.
B angry.
D pain.
C excited.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 exotic
4 lapse
1 stiffen
2 reaction
A response
B failure of memory
C unusual or foreign
D to tense up
Click if correct
Check
Fill the Gaps
clenched
reaction
outburst
“Really?” I say through teeth. Mama tells me I must think before I have an . “If you pause for five seconds, you will have a completely different ,” she says. So I count as Gaynah fidgets with her bag and smooths the blue dress she is wearing.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Tick Me
Which themes are shown in this extract?
Tick one
A memory
B friendship and conflict
Check
C being different
Click if correct
D all of the above
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
connect with characters.
Reveal
Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.
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.
clenched
outburst
reaction