Ready Steady Read Together
When Life Gives You Mangoes: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me.
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 Rudy?
B) How does the author show that Clara is uncomfortable, distrustful or afraid?
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Let me read today's text
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Rudy crosses her legs, resting her elbows on her knees, staring out to the ocean.
“I’m so glad we came here.” She sighs. “It’s the best decision Mum ever made.”
“I heard that you don’t remember anything about last year. Is that true?” she asks.
I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me. My chest closes in, and I don’t know why she’s asking me this. Gaynah must have been talking about me again. Telling people my business.
I feel Rudy take my hand, and she is smiling at me. “It’s OK. I don’t remember things sometimes. My mum says it only happens when I don’t want to do something, like make my bed or put the rubbish out. Selective memory, she calls it.” She giggles and it forces me to smile.
We sit in silence with only the sound of the waves lapping on to the side of the wall.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Did I tell you I want to be a West End star when I’m older?” She catches my blank face. “It’s a place with theatres and lights and hundreds of musicals on all the time. Some of the stages are big; some are small. Sometimes really big celebrities perform there. If you want to be a star, that’s where you have to go.” She takes a breath. “What do you want to be when you grow up? A dancer, a singer, a movie star?” Her eyes grow wide. “A pirate?” I am afraid to tell her I used to want to be a surfer. I don’t think she would understand why a girl from Sycamore would want to surf. I told Mama once and she asked me why. I told her I didn’t know why – I just knew that was what I wanted to do because I loved the water so much. “I want to be a nurse, like Mama used to be,” I tell her.
She beams. “That sounds like a perfect job.”
I can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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!
business
lapping
selective memory
musicals
celebrities
beams
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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
business
Explore
Find Read Talk
I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me. My chest closes in, and I don’t know why she’s asking me this. Gaynah must have been talking about me again. Telling people my business.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
business
Your turn
selective memory
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lapping
musicals
celebrities
beams
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Rudy crosses her legs, resting her elbows on her knees, staring out to the ocean.
“I’m so glad we came here.” She sighs. “It’s the best decision Mum ever made.”
“I heard that you don’t remember anything about last year. Is that true?” she asks.
I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me. My chest closes in, and I don’t know why she’s asking me this. Gaynah must have been talking about me again. Telling people my business.
I feel Rudy take my hand, and she is smiling at me. “It’s OK. I don’t remember things sometimes. My mum says it only happens when I don’t want to do something, like make my bed or put the rubbish out. Selective memory, she calls it.” She giggles and it forces me to smile.
We sit in silence with only the sound of the waves lapping on to the side of the wall.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Did I tell you I want to be a West End star when I’m older?” She catches my blank face. “It’s a place with theatres and lights and hundreds of musicals on all the time. Some of the stages are big; some are small. Sometimes really big celebrities perform there. If you want to be a star, that’s where you have to go.” She takes a breath. “What do you want to be when you grow up? A dancer, a singer, a movie star?” Her eyes grow wide. “A pirate?” I am afraid to tell her I used to want to be a surfer. I don’t think she would understand why a girl from Sycamore would want to surf. I told Mama once and she asked me why. I told her I didn’t know why – I just knew that was what I wanted to do because I loved the water so much. “I want to be a nurse, like Mama used to be,” I tell her.
She beams. “That sounds like a perfect job.”
I can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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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 can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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 can’t tell her what I really want to do.
Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand.
But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world,
she will want to know why I no longer surf,
and I don’t know why.
I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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 can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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 Rudy?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Rudy crosses her legs, resting her elbows on her knees, staring out to the ocean. “I’m so glad we came here.” She sighs. “It’s the best decision Mum ever made.”
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Rudy is enjoying her time in Sycamore and that she appreciates her mother’s decision. She is happy and positive about being in Sycamore.
A) What can you infer about Rudy?
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 Rudy?
B) How does the author show that Clara is uncomfortable, distrustful or afraid?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I feel Rudy take my hand, and she is smiling at me
friendly and kind
A) What can you infer about Rudy?
Text Mark Evidence - she giggles and it forces me to smile - she (Rudy) beams
cheerful and able to cheer others
Text Mark Evidence I want to be a West End star when I’m older…if you want to be a star, that’s where you have to go
wants to be a performer
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I heard that you don’t remember anything about last year…is that true
curious about Clara
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close - my chest closes in
physical reactions or discomfort
Text Mark Evidence - as if the waves might rise up and take me - if I tell her the truth, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why…I just know I’m afraid of the water now
emotional reaction/fear of the water
B) How does the author show that Clara is uncomfortable, distrustful or afraid?
Text Mark Evidence Gaynah must have been talking about me again…telling people my business
guarded/defensive
Text Mark Evidence - I’m afraid to tell her I used to want to be a surfer…I don’t think she would understand - Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand
fear of being misunderstood/distrustful
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I can’t tell her what I really want to do
keeping secrets
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘beams’?
True or False?
Clara wants to be a nurse when she is older.
True
False
Which One's Right?
We sit in silence with only the sound of the waves lapping on to the side of the wall.
Which answer best completes the sentence?The word ‘lapping’ suggests that the waves are…
A crashing
B gentle
C fast
D noisy
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Clara and Rudy become friends.
B) Rudy and her mother came to Sycamore.
C) An event happened to make Clara fearful of water.
D) Rudy asks Clara about what happened last year.
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...
share a story.
Reveal
Read your favourite fiction book aloud to a friend or family member.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
When Life Gives You Mangoes: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me.
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 Rudy?
B) How does the author show that Clara is uncomfortable, distrustful or afraid?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Rudy crosses her legs, resting her elbows on her knees, staring out to the ocean. “I’m so glad we came here.” She sighs. “It’s the best decision Mum ever made.” “I heard that you don’t remember anything about last year. Is that true?” she asks. I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me. My chest closes in, and I don’t know why she’s asking me this. Gaynah must have been talking about me again. Telling people my business. I feel Rudy take my hand, and she is smiling at me. “It’s OK. I don’t remember things sometimes. My mum says it only happens when I don’t want to do something, like make my bed or put the rubbish out. Selective memory, she calls it.” She giggles and it forces me to smile. We sit in silence with only the sound of the waves lapping on to the side of the wall.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Did I tell you I want to be a West End star when I’m older?” She catches my blank face. “It’s a place with theatres and lights and hundreds of musicals on all the time. Some of the stages are big; some are small. Sometimes really big celebrities perform there. If you want to be a star, that’s where you have to go.” She takes a breath. “What do you want to be when you grow up? A dancer, a singer, a movie star?” Her eyes grow wide. “A pirate?” I am afraid to tell her I used to want to be a surfer. I don’t think she would understand why a girl from Sycamore would want to surf. I told Mama once and she asked me why. I told her I didn’t know why – I just knew that was what I wanted to do because I loved the water so much. “I want to be a nurse, like Mama used to be,” I tell her. She beams. “That sounds like a perfect job.” I can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
business
lapping
selective memory
musicals
celebrities
beams
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
business
Explore
Find Read Talk
I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me. My chest closes in, and I don’t know why she’s asking me this. Gaynah must have been talking about me again. Telling people my business.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
business
Your turn
selective memory
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lapping
musicals
celebrities
beams
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Rudy crosses her legs, resting her elbows on her knees, staring out to the ocean. “I’m so glad we came here.” She sighs. “It’s the best decision Mum ever made.” “I heard that you don’t remember anything about last year. Is that true?” she asks. I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close, as if the waves might rise up and take me. My chest closes in, and I don’t know why she’s asking me this. Gaynah must have been talking about me again. Telling people my business. I feel Rudy take my hand, and she is smiling at me. “It’s OK. I don’t remember things sometimes. My mum says it only happens when I don’t want to do something, like make my bed or put the rubbish out. Selective memory, she calls it.” She giggles and it forces me to smile. We sit in silence with only the sound of the waves lapping on to the side of the wall.
Explore
From: When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Did I tell you I want to be a West End star when I’m older?” She catches my blank face. “It’s a place with theatres and lights and hundreds of musicals on all the time. Some of the stages are big; some are small. Sometimes really big celebrities perform there. If you want to be a star, that’s where you have to go.” She takes a breath. “What do you want to be when you grow up? A dancer, a singer, a movie star?” Her eyes grow wide. “A pirate?” I am afraid to tell her I used to want to be a surfer. I don’t think she would understand why a girl from Sycamore would want to surf. I told Mama once and she asked me why. I told her I didn’t know why – I just knew that was what I wanted to do because I loved the water so much. “I want to be a nurse, like Mama used to be,” I tell her. She beams. “That sounds like a perfect job.” I can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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...
I can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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 can’t tell her what I really want to do.
Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand.
But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world,
she will want to know why I no longer surf,
and I don’t know why.
I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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 can’t tell her what I really want to do. Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand. But if I tell her the truth, that I want to surf all over the world, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why. I just know I’m afraid of the water now.
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 Rudy?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Rudy crosses her legs, resting her elbows on her knees, staring out to the ocean. “I’m so glad we came here.” She sighs. “It’s the best decision Mum ever made.”
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Rudy is enjoying her time in Sycamore and that she appreciates her mother’s decision. She is happy and positive about being in Sycamore.
A) What can you infer about Rudy?
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 Rudy?
B) How does the author show that Clara is uncomfortable, distrustful or afraid?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I feel Rudy take my hand, and she is smiling at me
friendly and kind
A) What can you infer about Rudy?
Text Mark Evidence - she giggles and it forces me to smile - she (Rudy) beams
cheerful and able to cheer others
Text Mark Evidence I want to be a West End star when I’m older…if you want to be a star, that’s where you have to go
wants to be a performer
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I heard that you don’t remember anything about last year…is that true
curious about Clara
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I pull my legs up to my chest and hold them close - my chest closes in
physical reactions or discomfort
Text Mark Evidence - as if the waves might rise up and take me - if I tell her the truth, she will want to know why I no longer surf, and I don’t know why…I just know I’m afraid of the water now
emotional reaction/fear of the water
B) How does the author show that Clara is uncomfortable, distrustful or afraid?
Text Mark Evidence Gaynah must have been talking about me again…telling people my business
guarded/defensive
Text Mark Evidence - I’m afraid to tell her I used to want to be a surfer…I don’t think she would understand - Rudy might be a nice person and she might understand
fear of being misunderstood/distrustful
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I can’t tell her what I really want to do
keeping secrets
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘beams’?
True or False?
Clara wants to be a nurse when she is older.
True
False
Which One's Right?
We sit in silence with only the sound of the waves lapping on to the side of the wall.
Which answer best completes the sentence?The word ‘lapping’ suggests that the waves are…
A crashing
B gentle
C fast
D noisy
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Clara and Rudy become friends.
B) Rudy and her mother came to Sycamore.
C) An event happened to make Clara fearful of water.
D) Rudy asks Clara about what happened last year.
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...
share a story.
Reveal
Read your favourite fiction book aloud to a friend or family member.
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.