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A Poem for Every Night of the Year: Poetry Lesson 3
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 sun has long been set, the stars are out by twos and threes...
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From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
B) When is the poem set?
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Let me read today's text
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The Sun Has Long Been Set by William Wordsworth
The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
Who would go ‘parading’
In London, and ‘masquerading’,
On such a night of June
With all that beautiful soft half-moon,
And all these innocent blisses?
On such a night as this is!
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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thrushes
sovereign cry
gushes
hollow of the sky
masquerading
innocent blisses
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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
thrushes
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Find Read Talk
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes,
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
thrushes
Your turn
gushes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sovereign cry
hollow of the sky
masquerading
innocent blisses
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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The Sun Has Long Been Set by William Wordsworth
The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
Who would go ‘parading’
In London, and ‘masquerading’,
On such a night of June
With all that beautiful soft half-moon,
And all these innocent blisses?
On such a night as this is!
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
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
The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
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
The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
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
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
Reveal Explainer
The poet helps the reader imagine a calm night sky with the gentle light of just a few stars. It is a peaceful scene.
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
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
B) When is the poem set?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Sights:
Text Mark Evidence with all that beautiful soft half-moon
twilight or the night sky
Text Mark Evidence - the little birds…among the bushes and trees - there’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes
birds
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
Sounds:
Text Mark Evidence - the little birds are piping yet - there’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes - the cuckoo’s sovereign cry fills all the hollow of the sky
birdsong
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - a far-off wind that rushes - a sound of water that gushes
nature sounds
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where and when is the poem set?
When?
Text Mark Evidence a night of June
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘gushing’?
Which One's Right?
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.
The word sovereign compares the cuckoo’s cry to the cry of a...
B soldier
A monarch
C musician
D singer
True or False?
The poet prefers parades and masquerades to being in nature.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
sovereign
hollow
masquerading
And the cuckoo’s cry
Fills all the of the sky.
Who would go ‘parading’
In London, and ‘ ’,
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
combine poems with art.
Reveal
Create colourful or expressive art to match the feelings of a poem.
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 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?
The sun has long been set, the stars are out by twos and threes...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
B) When is the poem set?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Sun Has Long Been Set by William Wordsworth
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky. Who would go ‘parading’ In London, and ‘masquerading’, On such a night of June With all that beautiful soft half-moon, And all these innocent blisses? On such a night as this is!
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!
thrushes
sovereign cry
gushes
hollow of the sky
masquerading
innocent blisses
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
thrushes
Explore
Find Read Talk
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes,
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
thrushes
Your turn
gushes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sovereign cry
hollow of the sky
masquerading
innocent blisses
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
The Sun Has Long Been Set by William Wordsworth
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky. Who would go ‘parading’ In London, and ‘masquerading’, On such a night of June With all that beautiful soft half-moon, And all these innocent blisses? On such a night as this is!
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: A Poem for Every Night of the Year selected by Allie Esiri © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky.
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
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky.
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
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees; There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, And a far-off wind that rushes, And a sound of water that gushes, And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky.
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
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The sun has long been set, The stars are out by twos and threes, The little birds are piping yet Among the bushes and trees;
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
Reveal Explainer
The poet helps the reader imagine a calm night sky with the gentle light of just a few stars. It is a peaceful scene.
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
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
B) When is the poem set?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Sights:
Text Mark Evidence with all that beautiful soft half-moon
twilight or the night sky
Text Mark Evidence - the little birds…among the bushes and trees - there’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes
birds
A) How does the poet use sights and sounds to celebrate nature?
Sounds:
Text Mark Evidence - the little birds are piping yet - there’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes - the cuckoo’s sovereign cry fills all the hollow of the sky
birdsong
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - a far-off wind that rushes - a sound of water that gushes
nature sounds
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where and when is the poem set?
When?
Text Mark Evidence a night of June
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘gushing’?
Which One's Right?
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry Fills all the hollow of the sky.
The word sovereign compares the cuckoo’s cry to the cry of a...
B soldier
A monarch
C musician
D singer
True or False?
The poet prefers parades and masquerades to being in nature.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
sovereign
hollow
masquerading
And the cuckoo’s cry Fills all the of the sky. Who would go ‘parading’ In London, and ‘ ’,
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
combine poems with art.
Reveal
Create colourful or expressive art to match the feelings of a poem.
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.
sovereign
hollow
masquerading