Ready Steady Read Together
A Poem for Every Night of the Year: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
The Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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Today's Question(s)
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
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Let me read today's text
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Moon Child by Sue Hardy-Dawson
In the darkness while you sleep
across the sky, Moon Child creeps
around the galaxy of dreams
collecting magic wishing beans.
And where a child sleeps below
he drops a tiny bean to grow
on the countryside or town,
cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Where the roads and houses meet
on tenements, city streets
in the streetlamp’s soft red glow
where only magic beans will grow.
Grey savannas and dry plains
on caravans, midnight trains
under leaves of forest trees
tropical islands, out to sea.
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
On rowing boats, ocean liners
narrow barges, junks from China
beyond the brown river’s flow
where only magic beans will grow.
In houses built on wooden stilts,
tents of canvas, hide or silk,
on shanty shacks made from clay
under thatch or grey blue slate.
Here to stay or passing by
under the ground, way up high,
tower block and bungalow
where only magic beans will grow.
On the banks of muddy creeks
high on icy mountain peaks.
Underneath the ice and snow
where only magic beans will grow.
Through the night so dark and deep
across the sky Moon Child creeps
dropping magic wishing beans
to fill your head with magic dreams.
Travelling the desert sands
jungle huts in distant lands
under rooves, beneath the stars
coming home by plane or car.
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
rowing boats, ocean liners, narrow barges, junks from China
tenements
stilts
tents of canvas, hide or silk
under thatch or grey blue slate
shanty shacks
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. 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
tenements
Explore
Find Read Talk
And where a child sleeps below
he drops a tiny bean to grow
on the countryside or town,
cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Where the roads and houses meet
on tenements, city streets
in the streetlamp’s soft red glow
where only magic beans will grow.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
tenements
Your turn
rowing boats, ocean liners, narrow barges, junks from China
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stilts
tents of canvas, hide or silk
shanty shacks
under thatch or grey blue slate
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Moon Child by Sue Hardy-Dawson
In the darkness while you sleep
across the sky, Moon Child creeps
around the galaxy of dreams
collecting magic wishing beans.
And where a child sleeps below
he drops a tiny bean to grow
on the countryside or town,
cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Reveal Vocabulary
Where the roads and houses meet
on tenements, city streets
in the streetlamp’s soft red glow
where only magic beans will grow.
Grey savannas and dry plains
on caravans, midnight trains
under leaves of forest trees
tropical islands, out to sea.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
On rowing boats, ocean liners
narrow barges, junks from China
beyond the brown river’s flow
where only magic beans will grow.
Reveal Vocabulary
In houses built on wooden stilts,
tents of canvas, hide or silk,
on shanty shacks made from clay
under thatch or grey blue slate.
Here to stay or passing by
under the ground, way up high,
tower block and bungalow
where only magic beans will grow.
On the banks of muddy creeks
high on icy mountain peaks.
Underneath the ice and snow
where only magic beans will grow.
Through the night so dark and deep
across the sky Moon Child creeps
dropping magic wishing beans
to fill your head with magic dreams.
Travelling the desert sands
jungle huts in distant lands
under rooves, beneath the stars
coming home by plane or car.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans. And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
In the darkness while you sleep
across the sky, Moon Child creeps
around the galaxy of dreams
collecting magic wishing beans.
And where a child sleeps below
he drops a tiny bean to grow
on the countryside or town,
cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans. And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Reveal Explainer
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
This suggests that children who are in the outskirts of cities, in towns and more rural areas, all receive magic wishing beans.
Teach
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm
children in rural locations
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Text Mark Evidence - where the roads and houses meet on tenements, city streets - tower block and bungalow
children in urban locations
Text Mark Evidence - grey savannas and dry plains - under leaves of forest trees, tropical islands, out to sea - beyond the brown river’s flow - on the banks of muddy creeks - high on icy mountain peaks - underneath the ice and snow - travelling the desert sands - jungle huts in distant lands - under the ground, way up high
children in distant or remote places
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - on caravans, midnight trains - on rowing boats, ocean liners, narrow barges, junks from China - coming home by plane or car - here to stay or passing by
children on modes of transport
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Text Mark Evidence - in houses built on wooden stilts - tents of canvas, hide or silk - on shanty shacks made from clay - under thatch or grey blue slate - under rooves, beneath the stars
children in all types of houses
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘thatch’?
Match Me
Match each type of boat to the correct image:
4 junk
1 rowing boat
3 narrow barge
2 ocean liner
Check
Click if correct
Tick Me
What does this poem suggest about the Moon Child?
Tick two
A He is magical.
B He is frightening.
Check
C He is mysterious.
Click if correct
D He is invisible.
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from the poem:
A travelling the desert sands, jungle huts in distant lands
1 alliteration
B through the night so dark and deep
2 hyperbole
C where only magic beans will grow
Check
3 rhyme
Click if correct
D around the galaxy of dreams
4 repetition
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Poem for Every Night of the Year: Poetry Lesson 2
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
The Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
Today's Question(s)
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Moon Child by Sue Hardy-Dawson
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans.
And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Where the roads and houses meet on tenements, city streets in the streetlamp’s soft red glow where only magic beans will grow.
Grey savannas and dry plains on caravans, midnight trains under leaves of forest trees tropical islands, out to sea.
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
On rowing boats, ocean liners narrow barges, junks from China beyond the brown river’s flow where only magic beans will grow.
In houses built on wooden stilts, tents of canvas, hide or silk, on shanty shacks made from clay under thatch or grey blue slate.
Here to stay or passing by under the ground, way up high, tower block and bungalow where only magic beans will grow.
On the banks of muddy creeks high on icy mountain peaks. Underneath the ice and snow where only magic beans will grow.
Through the night so dark and deep across the sky Moon Child creeps dropping magic wishing beans to fill your head with magic dreams.
Travelling the desert sands jungle huts in distant lands under rooves, beneath the stars coming home by plane or car.
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
rowing boats, ocean liners, narrow barges, junks from China
tenements
stilts
tents of canvas, hide or silk
under thatch or grey blue slate
shanty shacks
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. 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
tenements
Explore
Find Read Talk
And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Where the roads and houses meet on tenements, city streets in the streetlamp’s soft red glow where only magic beans will grow.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
tenements
Your turn
rowing boats, ocean liners, narrow barges, junks from China
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stilts
tents of canvas, hide or silk
shanty shacks
under thatch or grey blue slate
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Moon Child by Sue Hardy-Dawson
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans.
And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Reveal Vocabulary
Where the roads and houses meet on tenements, city streets in the streetlamp’s soft red glow where only magic beans will grow.
Grey savannas and dry plains on caravans, midnight trains under leaves of forest trees tropical islands, out to sea.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
On rowing boats, ocean liners narrow barges, junks from China beyond the brown river’s flow where only magic beans will grow.
Reveal Vocabulary
In houses built on wooden stilts, tents of canvas, hide or silk, on shanty shacks made from clay under thatch or grey blue slate.
Here to stay or passing by under the ground, way up high, tower block and bungalow where only magic beans will grow.
On the banks of muddy creeks high on icy mountain peaks. Underneath the ice and snow where only magic beans will grow.
Through the night so dark and deep across the sky Moon Child creeps dropping magic wishing beans to fill your head with magic dreams.
Travelling the desert sands jungle huts in distant lands under rooves, beneath the stars coming home by plane or car.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans. And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps
around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans.
And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow
on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
In the darkness while you sleep across the sky, Moon Child creeps around the galaxy of dreams collecting magic wishing beans. And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
And where a child sleeps below he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm.
Reveal Explainer
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
This suggests that children who are in the outskirts of cities, in towns and more rural areas, all receive magic wishing beans.
Teach
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence he drops a tiny bean to grow on the countryside or town, cosy cottage, sleepy farm
children in rural locations
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Text Mark Evidence - where the roads and houses meet on tenements, city streets - tower block and bungalow
children in urban locations
Text Mark Evidence - grey savannas and dry plains - under leaves of forest trees, tropical islands, out to sea - beyond the brown river’s flow - on the banks of muddy creeks - high on icy mountain peaks - underneath the ice and snow - travelling the desert sands - jungle huts in distant lands - under the ground, way up high
children in distant or remote places
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - on caravans, midnight trains - on rowing boats, ocean liners, narrow barges, junks from China - coming home by plane or car - here to stay or passing by
children on modes of transport
How does the poet show that all children, no matter where they are, receive magic dreams from wishing beans?
Text Mark Evidence - in houses built on wooden stilts - tents of canvas, hide or silk - on shanty shacks made from clay - under thatch or grey blue slate - under rooves, beneath the stars
children in all types of houses
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘thatch’?
Match Me
Match each type of boat to the correct image:
4 junk
1 rowing boat
3 narrow barge
2 ocean liner
Check
Click if correct
Tick Me
What does this poem suggest about the Moon Child?
Tick two
A He is magical.
B He is frightening.
Check
C He is mysterious.
Click if correct
D He is invisible.
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from the poem:
A travelling the desert sands, jungle huts in distant lands
1 alliteration
B through the night so dark and deep
2 hyperbole
C where only magic beans will grow
Check
3 rhyme
Click if correct
D around the galaxy of dreams
4 repetition
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.