Ready Steady Read Together
Safiyyah's War: 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?
“Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) How does the author show the generosity of the Muslim community?
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic.
“Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
Yemma and Khala ran into the kitchen, standing on ladders to get down the huge trays and spare cups. As they set about filling them with water, Safiyyah emptied two big bags of biscuits stuffed with nuts and dates onto another tray, sugar powder and crumbs flying everywhere. Next, she piled on pastries and cakes and fetched the untouched pancakes from the courtyard table too. Baba and Ammo Imam arrived to carry the big round trays out through the streets. Setti arrived from upstairs and added a dozen sweet oranges that she’d pulled apart into individual segments onto one of the trays. Within minutes, Safiyyah saw what had rattled Ammo Imam so. She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
A man around Baba’s age limped barefoot, staring ahead as if seeing right through the people and buildings. Almost everyone’s clothes were tattered and dirty, as if they’d been sleeping rough for weeks. A skinny donkey pulled a cart with mattresses tied to it, an elderly woman sleeping on top. Three young children who looked like siblings had dirty loops of yellow ribbon strung around their arms. Safiyyah wondered if it was to prevent them getting lost. Wheelbarrows, pushchairs and bicycles were weighed down with bags and sacks, precious possessions proving there was a life before this. Baba approached the mass of refugees, and Yemma began handing out cups of water to people. Some people swigged the water back as if they hadn’t drunk in days, offering nods of gratitude, while others walked on as if oblivious to anything around them.
Safiyyah handed out biscuits. A little boy clutching a photo frame and two books to his chest took half a pancake, his eyes lighting up ever so slightly at the sight of food. A woman with dirt on her face and in her hair popped an orange segment in her mouth. She closed her eyes when the sweetness hit, offering Safiyyah a tiny smile. She cringed at the sight of an old woman’s bloodied arm wrapped in a crusted scarf that barely covered the wounds. Safiyyah passed a pastry to a boy around her age who was carrying a small cat. Its body was twisted a little, in a way that didn’t seem right, and Safiyyah hoped desperately that it was simply asleep.
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
frantic
trudging
refugees
despair
weary
oblivious
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 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
frantic
Explore
Find Read Talk
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic. “Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
frantic
Your turn
refugees
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
trudging
despair
weary
oblivious
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic.
“Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
Yemma and Khala ran into the kitchen, standing on ladders to get down the huge trays and spare cups. As they set about filling them with water, Safiyyah emptied two big bags of biscuits stuffed with nuts and dates onto another tray, sugar powder and crumbs flying everywhere. Next, she piled on pastries and cakes and fetched the untouched pancakes from the courtyard table too. Baba and Ammo Imam arrived to carry the big round trays out through the streets. Setti arrived from upstairs and added a dozen sweet oranges that she’d pulled apart into individual segments onto one of the trays. Within minutes, Safiyyah saw what had rattled Ammo Imam so. She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
A man around Baba’s age limped barefoot, staring ahead as if seeing right through the people and buildings. Almost everyone’s clothes were tattered and dirty, as if they’d been sleeping rough for weeks. A skinny donkey pulled a cart with mattresses tied to it, an elderly woman sleeping on top. Three young children who looked like siblings had dirty loops of yellow ribbon strung around their arms. Safiyyah wondered if it was to prevent them getting lost. Wheelbarrows, pushchairs and bicycles were weighed down with bags and sacks, precious possessions proving there was a life before this. Baba approached the mass of refugees, and Yemma began handing out cups of water to people. Some people swigged the water back as if they hadn’t drunk in days, offering nods of gratitude, while others walked on as if oblivious to anything around them.
Safiyyah handed out biscuits. A little boy clutching a photo frame and two books to his chest took half a pancake, his eyes lighting up ever so slightly at the sight of food. A woman with dirt on her face and in her hair popped an orange segment in her mouth. She closed her eyes when the sweetness hit, offering Safiyyah a tiny smile. She cringed at the sight of an old woman’s bloodied arm wrapped in a crusted scarf that barely covered the wounds. Safiyyah passed a pastry to a boy around her age who was carrying a small cat. Its body was twisted a little, in a way that didn’t seem right, and Safiyyah hoped desperately that it was simply asleep.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before,
far too many to count.
The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces.
It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair.
The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded.
Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic.
“Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
The word ‘frantic’ hints at Ammo Imam’s panic at the size of the crowd. They have enough cups for the whole congregation of the mosque for the Eid celebrations, so there must be nearly that many refugees. He thinks there may be more than a hundred.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 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
B) How does the author show the generosity of the Muslim community?
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
she had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
far too many to count
the dense crowd trailed slowly
the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
the mass of refugees
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - Ammo Imam burst through… he seemed frantic - Yemma and Khala ran into the kitchen to get down the huge trays and spare cups
sense of urgency to help
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - they set about filling them (cups) with water - Safiyyah emptied two big bags of biscuits…onto another tray - she (Safiyyah) piled on pastries and cakes and fetched the untouched pancakes
prepared food and drink
B) How does the author show the generosity of the Muslim community?
Text Mark Evidence she (Safiyyah)…fetched the untouched pancakes from the courtyard table too
shared the food they were planning to eat themselves
Text Mark Evidence - Baba and Ammo Imam arrived to carry the big round trays out through the streets - Yemma began handing out cups of water to people - Safiyyah handed out biscuits - Safiyyah passed a pastry to a boy
people helped to serve
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Setti arrived from upstairs and added a dozen sweet oranges
shared their own personal food supplies, not just food from the Mosque
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - God only knows the last time they age and drank - people swigged the water back as if they hadn’t drunk in days - eyes lighting up ever so slightly at the sight of food
hungry and thirsty
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Text Mark Evidence - people trudging along - dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces - a man around Baba’s age limped barefoot - an elderly woman sleeping on top (of the mattress)
tired and struggling to walk
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair
hopeless
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - a man…staring ahead as if seeing right though the people and buildings - others walked on as if oblivious to anything around them
state of shock
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Text Mark Evidence - almost everyone’s clothes were tattered and dirty, as if they’d been sleeping rough for weeks - three young children…had dirty loops of yellow ribbon - a woman with dirt on her face and in her hair
dirty
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she cringed at the sight of an old woman’s bloodied arm
wounded
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘oblivious’?
Fill the Gaps
weary
trudging
despair
Within minutes, Safiyyah saw what had rattled Ammo Imam so. She had never seen that many people along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like . The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Link Me
Link each person with the correct description:
A sleeping on a mattress on a cart pulled by a donkey
1 a man around Baba’s age
Check
B clutching a photo frame and two books
2 an elderly woman
Click if correct
C limping and unaware of his surroundings
3 three young children
D tied with yellow ribbons to prevent them from getting lost
4 a little boy
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Yemma, Khala and Safiyyah quickly prepared large trays with filled food and cups of water.
B) Safiyyah and her family handed out food and drink to the hungry refugees.
C) Baba and Ammo Imam carried the large trays out into the streets.
D) Ammo Imam gave instructions to get food and water for the refugees.
E) A huge crowd of weary refugees trudged along the cobbles in silence.
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...
say what's next.
Reveal
Predict what might happen next in the story.
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: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
trudging
despair
weary
RSRT Y6 L3 Safiyyah's War
Literacy Counts
Created on September 5, 2025
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Urban Illustrated Presentation
View
3D Corporate Reporting
View
Discover Your AI Assistant
View
Vision Board
View
SWOT Challenge: Classify Key Factors
View
Explainer Video: Keys to Effective Communication
View
Explainer Video: AI for Companies
Explore all templates
Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Safiyyah's War: 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?
“Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) How does the author show the generosity of the Muslim community?
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic. “Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.” Yemma and Khala ran into the kitchen, standing on ladders to get down the huge trays and spare cups. As they set about filling them with water, Safiyyah emptied two big bags of biscuits stuffed with nuts and dates onto another tray, sugar powder and crumbs flying everywhere. Next, she piled on pastries and cakes and fetched the untouched pancakes from the courtyard table too. Baba and Ammo Imam arrived to carry the big round trays out through the streets. Setti arrived from upstairs and added a dozen sweet oranges that she’d pulled apart into individual segments onto one of the trays. Within minutes, Safiyyah saw what had rattled Ammo Imam so. She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
A man around Baba’s age limped barefoot, staring ahead as if seeing right through the people and buildings. Almost everyone’s clothes were tattered and dirty, as if they’d been sleeping rough for weeks. A skinny donkey pulled a cart with mattresses tied to it, an elderly woman sleeping on top. Three young children who looked like siblings had dirty loops of yellow ribbon strung around their arms. Safiyyah wondered if it was to prevent them getting lost. Wheelbarrows, pushchairs and bicycles were weighed down with bags and sacks, precious possessions proving there was a life before this. Baba approached the mass of refugees, and Yemma began handing out cups of water to people. Some people swigged the water back as if they hadn’t drunk in days, offering nods of gratitude, while others walked on as if oblivious to anything around them. Safiyyah handed out biscuits. A little boy clutching a photo frame and two books to his chest took half a pancake, his eyes lighting up ever so slightly at the sight of food. A woman with dirt on her face and in her hair popped an orange segment in her mouth. She closed her eyes when the sweetness hit, offering Safiyyah a tiny smile. She cringed at the sight of an old woman’s bloodied arm wrapped in a crusted scarf that barely covered the wounds. Safiyyah passed a pastry to a boy around her age who was carrying a small cat. Its body was twisted a little, in a way that didn’t seem right, and Safiyyah hoped desperately that it was simply asleep.
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
frantic
trudging
refugees
despair
weary
oblivious
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 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
frantic
Explore
Find Read Talk
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic. “Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
frantic
Your turn
refugees
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
trudging
despair
weary
oblivious
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic. “Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.” Yemma and Khala ran into the kitchen, standing on ladders to get down the huge trays and spare cups. As they set about filling them with water, Safiyyah emptied two big bags of biscuits stuffed with nuts and dates onto another tray, sugar powder and crumbs flying everywhere. Next, she piled on pastries and cakes and fetched the untouched pancakes from the courtyard table too. Baba and Ammo Imam arrived to carry the big round trays out through the streets. Setti arrived from upstairs and added a dozen sweet oranges that she’d pulled apart into individual segments onto one of the trays. Within minutes, Safiyyah saw what had rattled Ammo Imam so. She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
A man around Baba’s age limped barefoot, staring ahead as if seeing right through the people and buildings. Almost everyone’s clothes were tattered and dirty, as if they’d been sleeping rough for weeks. A skinny donkey pulled a cart with mattresses tied to it, an elderly woman sleeping on top. Three young children who looked like siblings had dirty loops of yellow ribbon strung around their arms. Safiyyah wondered if it was to prevent them getting lost. Wheelbarrows, pushchairs and bicycles were weighed down with bags and sacks, precious possessions proving there was a life before this. Baba approached the mass of refugees, and Yemma began handing out cups of water to people. Some people swigged the water back as if they hadn’t drunk in days, offering nods of gratitude, while others walked on as if oblivious to anything around them. Safiyyah handed out biscuits. A little boy clutching a photo frame and two books to his chest took half a pancake, his eyes lighting up ever so slightly at the sight of food. A woman with dirt on her face and in her hair popped an orange segment in her mouth. She closed her eyes when the sweetness hit, offering Safiyyah a tiny smile. She cringed at the sight of an old woman’s bloodied arm wrapped in a crusted scarf that barely covered the wounds. Safiyyah passed a pastry to a boy around her age who was carrying a small cat. Its body was twisted a little, in a way that didn’t seem right, and Safiyyah hoped desperately that it was simply asleep.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before,
far too many to count.
The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces.
It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair.
The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded.
Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
She had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair. The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Explore
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Ammo Imam burst through the courtyard doors. He seemed frantic. “Quickly, bring water and food! We’ll need the cups we use for Eid, at least one hundred, more if we have them. Many more refugees are arriving from the north and God only knows the last time they ate and drank.”
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
The word ‘frantic’ hints at Ammo Imam’s panic at the size of the crowd. They have enough cups for the whole congregation of the mosque for the Eid celebrations, so there must be nearly that many refugees. He thinks there may be more than a hundred.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 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
B) How does the author show the generosity of the Muslim community?
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
she had never seen that many people trudging along the cobbles before
A) What words and phrases does the author use to express how large the crowd of refugees is?
far too many to count
the dense crowd trailed slowly
the thunder of a thousand weary footsteps sounded
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
the mass of refugees
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - Ammo Imam burst through… he seemed frantic - Yemma and Khala ran into the kitchen to get down the huge trays and spare cups
sense of urgency to help
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - they set about filling them (cups) with water - Safiyyah emptied two big bags of biscuits…onto another tray - she (Safiyyah) piled on pastries and cakes and fetched the untouched pancakes
prepared food and drink
B) How does the author show the generosity of the Muslim community?
Text Mark Evidence she (Safiyyah)…fetched the untouched pancakes from the courtyard table too
shared the food they were planning to eat themselves
Text Mark Evidence - Baba and Ammo Imam arrived to carry the big round trays out through the streets - Yemma began handing out cups of water to people - Safiyyah handed out biscuits - Safiyyah passed a pastry to a boy
people helped to serve
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Setti arrived from upstairs and added a dozen sweet oranges
shared their own personal food supplies, not just food from the Mosque
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - God only knows the last time they age and drank - people swigged the water back as if they hadn’t drunk in days - eyes lighting up ever so slightly at the sight of food
hungry and thirsty
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Text Mark Evidence - people trudging along - dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces - a man around Baba’s age limped barefoot - an elderly woman sleeping on top (of the mattress)
tired and struggling to walk
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it was more than just exhaustion, it looked like despair
hopeless
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - a man…staring ahead as if seeing right though the people and buildings - others walked on as if oblivious to anything around them
state of shock
C) What can we infer about the physical condition and emotional state of the refugees?
Text Mark Evidence - almost everyone’s clothes were tattered and dirty, as if they’d been sleeping rough for weeks - three young children…had dirty loops of yellow ribbon - a woman with dirt on her face and in her hair
dirty
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she cringed at the sight of an old woman’s bloodied arm
wounded
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘oblivious’?
Fill the Gaps
weary
trudging
despair
Within minutes, Safiyyah saw what had rattled Ammo Imam so. She had never seen that many people along the cobbles before, far too many to count. The dense crowd trailed slowly, exhaustion visible on their faces. It was more than just exhaustion, it looked like . The people were silent, only the thunder of a thousand footsteps sounded. Safiyyah couldn’t see where the beginning or end of the moving line was.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Link Me
Link each person with the correct description:
A sleeping on a mattress on a cart pulled by a donkey
1 a man around Baba’s age
Check
B clutching a photo frame and two books
2 an elderly woman
Click if correct
C limping and unaware of his surroundings
3 three young children
D tied with yellow ribbons to prevent them from getting lost
4 a little boy
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Yemma, Khala and Safiyyah quickly prepared large trays with filled food and cups of water.
B) Safiyyah and her family handed out food and drink to the hungry refugees.
C) Baba and Ammo Imam carried the large trays out into the streets.
D) Ammo Imam gave instructions to get food and water for the refugees.
E) A huge crowd of weary refugees trudged along the cobbles in silence.
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...
say what's next.
Reveal
Predict what might happen next in the story.
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: Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
trudging
despair
weary