Ready Steady Read Together
We Are Family: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘murky’?
Fill the Gaps
displeasing
scum
murky
By then, the water’s freezing cold,
All brown, and Floats all around. It’s so .
Enough to turn my tum!
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
4 wary
1 scathing
3 displeasing
2 hubbub
A cautious
B annoying
C critical
D confusion
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the correct example from the poem:
A Wary to splash and scrub
1 simile
B By then, the water’s freezing cold
2 hyperbole
C Or to cause a big hubbub when you’re THIRD in the bathtub
3 rhyme
Check
D It’s like washing in a sewer
Click if correct
4 alliteration
Speaking Spotlight
Debate
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Debate
Should schools ban branded items, like clothes and shoes, to make things fair for everyone?
I disagree because...
I agree because...
I see your point, but...
How do you know that?
Can you explain...
One reason is...
For
Against
Vocabulary
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treasured phrases
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upper
cement glue
outgrown
your lot
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From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Waste Not, Want Not
One of Dad’s most treasured phrases:
Waste Not, Want Not
He says, “When times are hard, kids, that is when
you make the most of what you’ve got.
If, when your teddies battle hard,
one should lose an eye,
don’t let the needle and the thread
simply pass you by.
If, when out walking you should lose
the upper from your shoe,
stitch that shoe back up again
and add some cement glue.
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
If you have games that you don’t need,
if you have toys that you’ve outgrown,
never throw them out because
another child is another home.”
To this day, Dad says, “I treasure things:
cheap or expensive, small or big.
It’s the way to be, especially
if you’ve no money to replace things with.
It’s like I say ten times a day:
you’ll be happy with your lot
if you follow just these four words:
Waste Not, Want Not.”
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) If, when your teddies battle hard…
Circle the word which best completes the sentence.
The word ‘battle’ suggests that the children played…
roughly
frequently
carefully
loudly
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) What is Dad suggesting when he says, ‘Don’t let the needle and thread simply pass you by’?
Accept references to repairing the teddy:
- to sew the eye back on
- to mend the teddy using the needle and thread
- to fix the teddy by sewing it
- to stitch the teddy
- to fasten the eye back on
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
3) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
‘Waste Not, Want Not’ was the poet’s treasured phrase.
Dad suggests using cement glue to reattach eyes to teddies.
Dad suggests donating toys no longer played with to other children.
Reveal Answer
Dad says that people will feel happier if they appreciate what they have.
Practise & Apply
4) What is the main message of the poem? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence make the most of what you’ve got
be grateful for what you have
Text Mark Evidence if you have toys that you’ve outgrown, never throw them out because another child is another home
share or rehome toys
Text Mark Evidence - if…one should lose an eye, don’t let the needle and thread simply pass you by - if…you should lose the upper from your shoe, stitch that shoe back up again
fix or repair broken things
Text Mark Evidence I treasure things…it’s the way to be, especially if you’ve no money to replace things with
care for the things you have
Text Mark Evidence you’ll be happy with your lot if you…waste not, want not
valuing what you have brings joy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
5) Match each poetic feature with the correct example from the poem:
metaphor
Waste Not, Want Not
personification
It’s like I say ten times a day
repetition
When your teddies battle hard
rhyme
Another child is another home
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
think about meaning.
Reveal
Reflect on what the poet is trying to say.
If you like this book, you might like...
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 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘murky’?
Fill the Gaps
displeasing
scum
murky
By then, the water’s freezing cold, All brown, and Floats all around. It’s so . Enough to turn my tum!
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
4 wary
1 scathing
3 displeasing
2 hubbub
A cautious
B annoying
C critical
D confusion
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the correct example from the poem:
A Wary to splash and scrub
1 simile
B By then, the water’s freezing cold
2 hyperbole
C Or to cause a big hubbub when you’re THIRD in the bathtub
3 rhyme
Check
D It’s like washing in a sewer
Click if correct
4 alliteration
Speaking Spotlight
Debate
Explore
Debate
Should schools ban branded items, like clothes and shoes, to make things fair for everyone?
I disagree because...
I agree because...
I see your point, but...
How do you know that?
Can you explain...
One reason is...
For
Against
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
treasured phrases
battle
upper
cement glue
outgrown
your lot
Explore
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Waste Not, Want Not
One of Dad’s most treasured phrases: Waste Not, Want Not He says, “When times are hard, kids, that is when you make the most of what you’ve got.
If, when your teddies battle hard, one should lose an eye, don’t let the needle and the thread simply pass you by.
If, when out walking you should lose the upper from your shoe, stitch that shoe back up again and add some cement glue.
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
If you have games that you don’t need, if you have toys that you’ve outgrown, never throw them out because another child is another home.”
To this day, Dad says, “I treasure things: cheap or expensive, small or big. It’s the way to be, especially if you’ve no money to replace things with.
It’s like I say ten times a day: you’ll be happy with your lot if you follow just these four words: Waste Not, Want Not.”
From: We Are Family by Oliver Sykes © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) If, when your teddies battle hard… Circle the word which best completes the sentence. The word ‘battle’ suggests that the children played…
roughly
frequently
carefully
loudly
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) What is Dad suggesting when he says, ‘Don’t let the needle and thread simply pass you by’?
Accept references to repairing the teddy:
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
3) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
‘Waste Not, Want Not’ was the poet’s treasured phrase.
Dad suggests using cement glue to reattach eyes to teddies.
Dad suggests donating toys no longer played with to other children.
Reveal Answer
Dad says that people will feel happier if they appreciate what they have.
Practise & Apply
4) What is the main message of the poem? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence make the most of what you’ve got
be grateful for what you have
Text Mark Evidence if you have toys that you’ve outgrown, never throw them out because another child is another home
share or rehome toys
Text Mark Evidence - if…one should lose an eye, don’t let the needle and thread simply pass you by - if…you should lose the upper from your shoe, stitch that shoe back up again
fix or repair broken things
Text Mark Evidence I treasure things…it’s the way to be, especially if you’ve no money to replace things with
care for the things you have
Text Mark Evidence you’ll be happy with your lot if you…waste not, want not
valuing what you have brings joy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
5) Match each poetic feature with the correct example from the poem:
metaphor
Waste Not, Want Not
personification
It’s like I say ten times a day
repetition
When your teddies battle hard
rhyme
Another child is another home
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
think about meaning.
Reveal
Reflect on what the poet is trying to say.
If you like this book, you might like...
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.
scum
murky
displeasing