Ready Steady Read Together
Collected Poems for Children: Poetry 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?
Oh it would never do to let folks know…My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
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From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
B) How does Jane behave when there are no visitors?
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Let me read today's text
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My Sister Jane
And I say nothing – no, not a word
About our Jane. Haven’t you heard?
She’s a bird, a bird, a bird, a bird.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Each day (we daren’t send her to school)
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair
To cover her very crowy stare.
Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When visitors come she sits upright
(With her wings and her tail tucked out of sight).
They think her queer but extremely polite.
Then when the visitors have gone
She whips out her wings and with her wig on
Whirls through the house at the height of your head –
Duck, duck, or she’ll knock you dead.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
At meals whatever she sees she’ll stab it –
Because she’s a crow and that’s a crow habit.
My mother says ‘Jane! Your Manners! Please!’
Then she’ll sit quietly on the cheese,
Or play the piano nicely by dancing on the keys –
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
daren't
spectacles
pin crow legs
upright
queer
habit
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From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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
daren't
Explore
Find Read Talk
Each day (we daren’t send her to school)
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair
To cover her very crowy stare.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
daren't
Your turn
pin crow legs
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
spectacles
upright
queer
habit
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
My Sister Jane
And I say nothing – no, not a word
About our Jane. Haven’t you heard?
She’s a bird, a bird, a bird, a bird.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Each day (we daren’t send her to school)
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair
To cover her very crowy stare.
Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When visitors come she sits upright
(With her wings and her tail tucked out of sight).
They think her queer but extremely polite.
Then when the visitors have gone
She whips out her wings and with her wig on
Whirls through the house at the height of your head –
Duck, duck, or she’ll knock you dead.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Reveal Vocabulary
At meals whatever she sees she’ll stab it –
Because she’s a crow and that’s a crow habit.
My mother says ‘Jane! Your Manners! Please!’
Then she’ll sit quietly on the cheese,
Or play the piano nicely by dancing on the keys –
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair
To cover her very crowy stare.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair
To cover her very crowy stare.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair
To cover her very crowy stare.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
And I say nothing – no, not a word
About our Jane. Haven’t you heard?
She’s a bird, a bird, a bird, a bird.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
This shows that Jane doesn’t tell others that she is a bird and the whole family helps to keep Jane’s secret. ‘I say nothing’ and ‘no, not a word’ prove that the family is careful not to tell anyone that Jane is really a crow.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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 does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
B) How does Jane behave when there are no visitors?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence we daren’t send her (Jane) to school
kept hidden at home
Text Mark Evidence she (Jane) pulls on stockings of thick blue wool to make her pin crow legs look right
wears clothing to disguise her body
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
Text Mark Evidence then (Jane) fits a wig of curls on tight
covers her head
Text Mark Evidence then (Jane) fits…dark spectacles – a huge pair to cover her very crowy stare
covers her eyes/face
Text Mark Evidence when visitors come she (Jane) sits upright…they think her queer but extremely polite
sits politely to appear normal
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she (Jane) sits upright (with her wings and her tail tucked out of sight)
hides her bird features
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence when the visitors have gone she (Jane) whips out her wings and with her wig on whirls though the house at the height of your head
acts like a crow/flies around
B) How does Jane behave when there are no visitors?
Text Mark Evidence - at meals whatever she (Jane) sees she’ll stab it – because she’s a crow and that’s a crow habit - my mother says ‘Jane! Your Manners! Please!’ - she’ll (Jane will) sit quietly on the cheese or play the piano nicely by dancing on the keys
forgets her manners
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which is the best match for 'spectacles'?
Find Me
Find the word which means‘don’t have the courage to’:
Each day (we daren’t send her to school)
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool
To make her pin crow legs look right...
Discuss then check
daren't
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the poem....
Tick one
A Jane is a pet bird the family likes to dress up.
B Jane is a girl who dreams of becoming a bird and whirls around the house.
Check
C Jane is secretly a crow but pretends to be a polite girl for visitors.
Click if correct
D Jane has dark hair like black feathers and thin legs.
Which One's Right?
Which theme is the best match for the poem?
A nature and wildlife
B silliness and secrets
D friendship and kindness
C love and family
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn about poets.
Reveal
Read about the lives of famous poets and what inspired them.
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: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Collected Poems for Children: Poetry 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?
Oh it would never do to let folks know…My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
B) How does Jane behave when there are no visitors?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
My Sister Jane
And I say nothing – no, not a word About our Jane. Haven’t you heard? She’s a bird, a bird, a bird, a bird. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Each day (we daren’t send her to school) She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right, Then fits a wig of curls on tight, And dark spectacles – a huge pair To cover her very crowy stare. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When visitors come she sits upright (With her wings and her tail tucked out of sight). They think her queer but extremely polite. Then when the visitors have gone She whips out her wings and with her wig on Whirls through the house at the height of your head – Duck, duck, or she’ll knock you dead. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
At meals whatever she sees she’ll stab it – Because she’s a crow and that’s a crow habit. My mother says ‘Jane! Your Manners! Please!’ Then she’ll sit quietly on the cheese, Or play the piano nicely by dancing on the keys – Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
daren't
spectacles
pin crow legs
upright
queer
habit
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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
daren't
Explore
Find Read Talk
Each day (we daren’t send her to school) She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right, Then fits a wig of curls on tight, And dark spectacles – a huge pair To cover her very crowy stare.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
daren't
Your turn
pin crow legs
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
spectacles
upright
queer
habit
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
My Sister Jane
And I say nothing – no, not a word About our Jane. Haven’t you heard? She’s a bird, a bird, a bird, a bird. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Each day (we daren’t send her to school) She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right, Then fits a wig of curls on tight, And dark spectacles – a huge pair To cover her very crowy stare. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When visitors come she sits upright (With her wings and her tail tucked out of sight). They think her queer but extremely polite. Then when the visitors have gone She whips out her wings and with her wig on Whirls through the house at the height of your head – Duck, duck, or she’ll knock you dead. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Reveal Vocabulary
At meals whatever she sees she’ll stab it – Because she’s a crow and that’s a crow habit. My mother says ‘Jane! Your Manners! Please!’ Then she’ll sit quietly on the cheese, Or play the piano nicely by dancing on the keys – Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right, Then fits a wig of curls on tight, And dark spectacles – a huge pair To cover her very crowy stare. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right,
Then fits a wig of curls on tight,
And dark spectacles – a huge pair To cover her very crowy stare.
Oh it never would do to let folks know
My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right, Then fits a wig of curls on tight, And dark spectacles – a huge pair To cover her very crowy stare. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
And I say nothing – no, not a word About our Jane. Haven’t you heard? She’s a bird, a bird, a bird, a bird. Oh it never would do to let folks know My sister’s nothing but a great big crow.
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
This shows that Jane doesn’t tell others that she is a bird and the whole family helps to keep Jane’s secret. ‘I say nothing’ and ‘no, not a word’ prove that the family is careful not to tell anyone that Jane is really a crow.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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 does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
B) How does Jane behave when there are no visitors?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence we daren’t send her (Jane) to school
kept hidden at home
Text Mark Evidence she (Jane) pulls on stockings of thick blue wool to make her pin crow legs look right
wears clothing to disguise her body
A) How does Jane hide her true identity from visitors?
Text Mark Evidence then (Jane) fits a wig of curls on tight
covers her head
Text Mark Evidence then (Jane) fits…dark spectacles – a huge pair to cover her very crowy stare
covers her eyes/face
Text Mark Evidence when visitors come she (Jane) sits upright…they think her queer but extremely polite
sits politely to appear normal
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she (Jane) sits upright (with her wings and her tail tucked out of sight)
hides her bird features
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence when the visitors have gone she (Jane) whips out her wings and with her wig on whirls though the house at the height of your head
acts like a crow/flies around
B) How does Jane behave when there are no visitors?
Text Mark Evidence - at meals whatever she (Jane) sees she’ll stab it – because she’s a crow and that’s a crow habit - my mother says ‘Jane! Your Manners! Please!’ - she’ll (Jane will) sit quietly on the cheese or play the piano nicely by dancing on the keys
forgets her manners
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which is the best match for 'spectacles'?
Find Me
Find the word which means‘don’t have the courage to’:
Each day (we daren’t send her to school) She pulls on stockings of thick blue wool To make her pin crow legs look right...
Discuss then check
daren't
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the poem....
Tick one
A Jane is a pet bird the family likes to dress up.
B Jane is a girl who dreams of becoming a bird and whirls around the house.
Check
C Jane is secretly a crow but pretends to be a polite girl for visitors.
Click if correct
D Jane has dark hair like black feathers and thin legs.
Which One's Right?
Which theme is the best match for the poem?
A nature and wildlife
B silliness and secrets
D friendship and kindness
C love and family
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn about poets.
Reveal
Read about the lives of famous poets and what inspired them.
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: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.