Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Robot: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
B) How does the author give clues about what might happen next?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
As Roz wandered through springtime, she saw all the different ways that animals entered the world. She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched. She saw deer give birth to fawns who were up and running in a matter of minutes. Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath. And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch.
Roz was climbing down one of the forest cliffs when the accident happened. The wind started blowing out of the north, and suddenly clouds were rushing over the island. With the clouds came a spring shower. A downpour, actually. And there was our robot, clamping her hands onto a wet block of stone on the side of the cliff. But the block couldn’t handle the extra weight. And as the heavy robot hung there, cracks suddenly shot through the stone and it started breaking apart. Down went the robot, plummeting into the treetops below. She crashed through branch after branch before finally hooking an arm around one. Then she dangled there, gently swinging as rocks roared past her on their way to the forest floor.
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When the dust settled, Roz shimmied down the tree trunk. The ground was littered with broken rocks and splintered wood and pulverised shrubs. And within all that rubble was a goose nest that had been torn to shreds. Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
As Roz stood in the rain, staring down at those poor, life-less geese, her sensitive ears detected a faint peeping sound coming from somewhere nearby. She followed the peeps over to a clump of wet leaves on the ground. And when she peeled back the leaves, she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud.
“Mama! Mama!” peeped a tiny, muffled voice from within the egg.
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
goslings
plummeting
clamping
shimmied
pulverised
carnage
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. 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
goslings
Explore
Find Read Talk
Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath. And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
goslings
Your turn
clamping
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
plummeting
shimmied
pulverised
carnage
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
As Roz wandered through springtime, she saw all the different ways that animals entered the world. She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched. She saw deer give birth to fawns who were up and running in a matter of minutes. Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath. And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch.
Roz was climbing down one of the forest cliffs when the accident happened. The wind started blowing out of the north, and suddenly clouds were rushing over the island. With the clouds came a spring shower. A downpour, actually. And there was our robot, clamping her hands onto a wet block of stone on the side of the cliff. But the block couldn’t handle the extra weight. And as the heavy robot hung there, cracks suddenly shot through the stone and it started breaking apart. Down went the robot, plummeting into the treetops below. She crashed through branch after branch before finally hooking an arm around one. Then she dangled there, gently swinging as rocks roared past her on their way to the forest floor.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
When the dust settled, Roz shimmied down the tree trunk. The ground was littered with broken rocks and splintered wood and pulverised shrubs. And within all that rubble was a goose nest that had been torn to shreds. Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
As Roz stood in the rain, staring down at those poor, life-less geese, her sensitive ears detected a faint peeping sound coming from somewhere nearby. She followed the peeps over to a clump of wet leaves on the ground. And when she peeled back the leaves, she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud.
“Mama! Mama!” peeped a tiny, muffled voice from within the egg.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage.
The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes,
and something clicked deep inside her computer brain.
Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
As Roz wandered through springtime, she saw all the different ways that animals entered the world. She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched.
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Roz is paying attention to how babies are born and how families care for them. This is something humans do - they notice and think about other living things. It suggests Roz is curious and caring, like a person. She is learning from the world around her, like humans do.
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Teach
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. 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 Roz seem almost human?
B) How does the author give clues about what might happen next?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - she saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures - she saw deer give birth to fawns - many newborns were greeted by loving families - some were on their own from their very first breath
curious about animal families and births
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Text Mark Evidence many newborns were greeted by loving families
recognises love
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - there was our robot, clamping her hands onto a wet block of stone on the side of the cliff - she crashed through branch after branch before finally hooking an arm around one
instinct to save herself
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the robot stared at them (dead geese) with her softly glowing eyes - something clicked deep inside her computer brain…Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese - as Roz stood in the rain, staring down at those poor, life-less geese
shows sorrow or guilt
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Text Mark Evidence something clicked deep inside her computer brain
thinks or understands
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she followed the peeps…she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud
shows care or kindness
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence and, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch
hint about the goslings
B) How does the author give clues about what might happen next?
Text Mark Evidence - when the accident happened - the block couldn’t hold the extra weight
hint about the fall
Text Mark Evidence - her sensitive ears detected a faint peeping sound - peeped a tiny, muffled voice from within the egg
hint the egg survives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Mama! Mama!
hint about what might happen next
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘clamping’?
Find Me
Find two words that mean ‘broken into small pieces’:
When the dust settled, Roz shimmied down the tree trunk. The ground was littered with broken rocks and splintered wood and pulverised shrubs.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
pulverised
splintered
Which One's Right?
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘carnage’?
A mess
B destruction
C clutter
D confusion
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Roz was climbing a forest cliff.
B) The falling rocks had destroyed a nest.
C) The rocks broke apart and Roz fell.
D) Roz was caught in strong winds and a downpour.
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...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Robot: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
B) How does the author give clues about what might happen next?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
As Roz wandered through springtime, she saw all the different ways that animals entered the world. She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched. She saw deer give birth to fawns who were up and running in a matter of minutes. Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath. And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch. Roz was climbing down one of the forest cliffs when the accident happened. The wind started blowing out of the north, and suddenly clouds were rushing over the island. With the clouds came a spring shower. A downpour, actually. And there was our robot, clamping her hands onto a wet block of stone on the side of the cliff. But the block couldn’t handle the extra weight. And as the heavy robot hung there, cracks suddenly shot through the stone and it started breaking apart. Down went the robot, plummeting into the treetops below. She crashed through branch after branch before finally hooking an arm around one. Then she dangled there, gently swinging as rocks roared past her on their way to the forest floor.
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When the dust settled, Roz shimmied down the tree trunk. The ground was littered with broken rocks and splintered wood and pulverised shrubs. And within all that rubble was a goose nest that had been torn to shreds. Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese. As Roz stood in the rain, staring down at those poor, life-less geese, her sensitive ears detected a faint peeping sound coming from somewhere nearby. She followed the peeps over to a clump of wet leaves on the ground. And when she peeled back the leaves, she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud. “Mama! Mama!” peeped a tiny, muffled voice from within the egg.
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
goslings
plummeting
clamping
shimmied
pulverised
carnage
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. 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
goslings
Explore
Find Read Talk
Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath. And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
goslings
Your turn
clamping
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
plummeting
shimmied
pulverised
carnage
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
As Roz wandered through springtime, she saw all the different ways that animals entered the world. She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched. She saw deer give birth to fawns who were up and running in a matter of minutes. Many newborns were greeted by loving families. Some were on their own from their very first breath. And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch. Roz was climbing down one of the forest cliffs when the accident happened. The wind started blowing out of the north, and suddenly clouds were rushing over the island. With the clouds came a spring shower. A downpour, actually. And there was our robot, clamping her hands onto a wet block of stone on the side of the cliff. But the block couldn’t handle the extra weight. And as the heavy robot hung there, cracks suddenly shot through the stone and it started breaking apart. Down went the robot, plummeting into the treetops below. She crashed through branch after branch before finally hooking an arm around one. Then she dangled there, gently swinging as rocks roared past her on their way to the forest floor.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
When the dust settled, Roz shimmied down the tree trunk. The ground was littered with broken rocks and splintered wood and pulverised shrubs. And within all that rubble was a goose nest that had been torn to shreds. Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese. As Roz stood in the rain, staring down at those poor, life-less geese, her sensitive ears detected a faint peeping sound coming from somewhere nearby. She followed the peeps over to a clump of wet leaves on the ground. And when she peeled back the leaves, she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud. “Mama! Mama!” peeped a tiny, muffled voice from within the egg.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage.
The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes,
and something clicked deep inside her computer brain.
Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. The robot stared at them with her softly glowing eyes, and something clicked deep inside her computer brain. Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese.
Explore
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
As Roz wandered through springtime, she saw all the different ways that animals entered the world. She saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures until the chicks finally hatched.
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that Roz is paying attention to how babies are born and how families care for them. This is something humans do - they notice and think about other living things. It suggests Roz is curious and caring, like a person. She is learning from the world around her, like humans do.
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Teach
From: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018. 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 Roz seem almost human?
B) How does the author give clues about what might happen next?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - she saw birds guarding their eggs like treasures - she saw deer give birth to fawns - many newborns were greeted by loving families - some were on their own from their very first breath
curious about animal families and births
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Text Mark Evidence many newborns were greeted by loving families
recognises love
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - there was our robot, clamping her hands onto a wet block of stone on the side of the cliff - she crashed through branch after branch before finally hooking an arm around one
instinct to save herself
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the robot stared at them (dead geese) with her softly glowing eyes - something clicked deep inside her computer brain…Roz realised she had caused the deaths of an entire family of geese - as Roz stood in the rain, staring down at those poor, life-less geese
shows sorrow or guilt
A) How does Roz seem almost human?
Text Mark Evidence something clicked deep inside her computer brain
thinks or understands
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she followed the peeps…she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud
shows care or kindness
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence and, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch
hint about the goslings
B) How does the author give clues about what might happen next?
Text Mark Evidence - when the accident happened - the block couldn’t hold the extra weight
hint about the fall
Text Mark Evidence - her sensitive ears detected a faint peeping sound - peeped a tiny, muffled voice from within the egg
hint the egg survives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Mama! Mama!
hint about what might happen next
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘clamping’?
Find Me
Find two words that mean ‘broken into small pieces’:
When the dust settled, Roz shimmied down the tree trunk. The ground was littered with broken rocks and splintered wood and pulverised shrubs.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
pulverised
splintered
Which One's Right?
Two dead geese and four smashed eggs lay among the carnage. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘carnage’?
A mess
B destruction
C clutter
D confusion
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Roz was climbing a forest cliff.
B) The falling rocks had destroyed a nest.
C) The rocks broke apart and Roz fell.
D) Roz was caught in strong winds and a downpour.
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...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.