Ready Steady Read Together
We Are Family: Poetry Lesson 4
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?
By then, the water’s freezing cold, all murky brown, and scum floats all around.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
B) How can you tell the poet doesn’t like bath time?
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Let me read today's text
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Bath Time
I don’t mean to sound scathing
Or to cause a big hubbub
But what the heck’s the use in bathing
When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
By then, the water’s freezing cold,
All murky brown, and scum
Floats all around. It’s so displeasing.
Enough to turn my tum!
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
But I know I am not the most Wary to splash and scrub. My little brother’s got it worse than me Cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub!
Not to mention FIVE and SIX. They’ve no bath-water rescuer! No fancy fix or tricks for them, it’s Like washing in a sewer!
Yuck!
So maybe I need to keep quiet? I may not be second or first… But third place is no reason to complain – there are others who’ve got it far worse!
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
scathing
murky
hubbub
wary
scum
displeasing
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From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. 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
scathing
Explore
Find Read Talk
Bath Time
I don’t mean to sound scathing
Or to cause a big hubbub
But what the heck’s the use in bathing
When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
scathing
Your turn
hubbub
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
murky
scum
displeasing
wary
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Bath Time
I don’t mean to sound scathing
Or to cause a big hubbub
But what the heck’s the use in bathing
When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
By then, the water’s freezing cold,
All murky brown, and scum
Floats all around. It’s so displeasing.
Enough to turn my tum!
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
But I know I am not the most Wary to splash and scrub. My little brother’s got it worse than me Cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub!
Not to mention FIVE and SIX. They’ve no bath-water rescuer! No fancy fix or tricks for them, it’s Like washing in a sewer!
Reveal Vocabulary
Yuck!
So maybe I need to keep quiet? I may not be second or first… But third place is no reason to complain – there are others who’ve got it far worse!
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub? By then, the water’s freezing cold, All murky brown, and scum Floats all around. It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
What did you notice?
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I don’t mean to sound scathing
Or to cause a big hubbub
But what the heck’s the use in bathing
When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
By then, the water’s freezing cold,
All murky brown, and scum
Floats all around.
It’s so displeasing.
Enough to turn my tum!
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub? By then, the water’s freezing cold, All murky brown, and scum Floats all around. It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. 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 humour in his poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I don’t mean to sound scathing
Or to cause a big hubbub
But what the heck’s the use in bathing
When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
Reveal Explainer
A bath is something to help you get clean. The poet has stressed that he is ‘THIRD’ in the tub so we can guess that all the dirt from the people who bathed first and second is still in the bath. His words ‘what the heck’s the use’ is a silly way to imply that he is going to end up still dirty or even dirtier after the bath than before.
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
Teach
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. 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 humour in his poem?
B) How can you tell the poet doesn’t like bath time?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - by then, the water’s freezing cold, all murky brown, and scum floats all around - like washing in a sewer
use of exaggeration
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
Text Mark Evidence - (bath time is) enough to turn my tum - they’ve (those who bathe last) no bath-water rescuer - no fancy fix or tricks for them (those who bathe last)
use of playful language
Text Mark Evidence - my little brother’s got it worse than me cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub - not to mention FIVE and SIX…they’ve no bath-water rescuer - third place is no reason to complain – there are others who’ve got it far worse
comparisons with siblings
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - what the heck’s the use in bathing - I don’t mean to sound scathing or cause a big hubbub
complaining tone
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the water’s freezing cold, all murky brown, and scum floats all around - it (bath) is so displeasing - it’s like washing in a sewer - yuck
unpleasant bath description
B) How can you tell the poet doesn’t like bath time?
Text Mark Evidence it’s so displeasing…enough to turn my tum
sickens him
Text Mark Evidence - they’ve (brothers) got no bath-water rescuer - no fancy fix or tricks for them (brothers)
need saving from bath time
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I know I am not the most wary to splash and scrub
reluctant to have a bath
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘scum’?
True or False?
The poet would rather take a bath last than third.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means‘careful or cautious’:
But I know I am not the most
Wary to splash and scrub.
My little brother’s got it worse than me
Cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub!
Discuss then check
wary
Tick Me
It’s like washing in a sewer!
Which poetic feature is used in this sentence?
Tick all that apply:
A personification
B simile
Check
C onomatopoeia
Click if correct
D hyperbole
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
We Are Family: Poetry 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?
By then, the water’s freezing cold, all murky brown, and scum floats all around.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
B) How can you tell the poet doesn’t like bath time?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Bath Time
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub? By then, the water’s freezing cold, All murky brown, and scum Floats all around. It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
But I know I am not the most Wary to splash and scrub. My little brother’s got it worse than me Cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub!
Not to mention FIVE and SIX. They’ve no bath-water rescuer! No fancy fix or tricks for them, it’s Like washing in a sewer!
Yuck!
So maybe I need to keep quiet? I may not be second or first… But third place is no reason to complain – there are others who’ve got it far worse!
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
scathing
murky
hubbub
wary
scum
displeasing
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. 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
scathing
Explore
Find Read Talk
Bath Time
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
scathing
Your turn
hubbub
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
murky
scum
displeasing
wary
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Bath Time
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub? By then, the water’s freezing cold, All murky brown, and scum Floats all around. It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
But I know I am not the most Wary to splash and scrub. My little brother’s got it worse than me Cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub!
Not to mention FIVE and SIX. They’ve no bath-water rescuer! No fancy fix or tricks for them, it’s Like washing in a sewer!
Reveal Vocabulary
Yuck!
So maybe I need to keep quiet? I may not be second or first… But third place is no reason to complain – there are others who’ve got it far worse!
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub? By then, the water’s freezing cold, All murky brown, and scum Floats all around. It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
What did you notice?
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub
But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
By then, the water’s freezing cold,
All murky brown, and scum Floats all around.
It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub? By then, the water’s freezing cold, All murky brown, and scum Floats all around. It’s so displeasing. Enough to turn my tum!
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I don’t mean to sound scathing Or to cause a big hubbub But what the heck’s the use in bathing When you’re THIRD in the bathtub?
Reveal Explainer
A bath is something to help you get clean. The poet has stressed that he is ‘THIRD’ in the tub so we can guess that all the dirt from the people who bathed first and second is still in the bath. His words ‘what the heck’s the use’ is a silly way to imply that he is going to end up still dirty or even dirtier after the bath than before.
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
Teach
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. 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 humour in his poem?
B) How can you tell the poet doesn’t like bath time?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - by then, the water’s freezing cold, all murky brown, and scum floats all around - like washing in a sewer
use of exaggeration
A) How does the poet use humour in his poem?
Text Mark Evidence - (bath time is) enough to turn my tum - they’ve (those who bathe last) no bath-water rescuer - no fancy fix or tricks for them (those who bathe last)
use of playful language
Text Mark Evidence - my little brother’s got it worse than me cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub - not to mention FIVE and SIX…they’ve no bath-water rescuer - third place is no reason to complain – there are others who’ve got it far worse
comparisons with siblings
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - what the heck’s the use in bathing - I don’t mean to sound scathing or cause a big hubbub
complaining tone
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the water’s freezing cold, all murky brown, and scum floats all around - it (bath) is so displeasing - it’s like washing in a sewer - yuck
unpleasant bath description
B) How can you tell the poet doesn’t like bath time?
Text Mark Evidence it’s so displeasing…enough to turn my tum
sickens him
Text Mark Evidence - they’ve (brothers) got no bath-water rescuer - no fancy fix or tricks for them (brothers)
need saving from bath time
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I know I am not the most wary to splash and scrub
reluctant to have a bath
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘scum’?
True or False?
The poet would rather take a bath last than third.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means‘careful or cautious’:
But I know I am not the most Wary to splash and scrub. My little brother’s got it worse than me Cos he’s FOURTH in the bathtub!
Discuss then check
wary
Tick Me
It’s like washing in a sewer! Which poetic feature is used in this sentence?
Tick all that apply:
A personification
B simile
Check
C onomatopoeia
Click if correct
D hyperbole
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.