Ready Steady Read Together
Cloud Busting: 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?
Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
B) How has the poet used all the senses to describe life?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Isn’t Life Wonderful?
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips?
Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
Isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow seeping through every pore?
Isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber on the side?
Isn’t life pop music, class music, a box of paints and a world through each door?
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night?
Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore?
Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
seeping through every pore
rip-roaring
phoenix
dazzling
magnificent
lapping
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. 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
rip-roaring
Explore
Find Read Talk
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips?
Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
rip-roaring
seeping through every pore
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
phoenix
dazzling
magnificent
lapping
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Isn’t Life Wonderful?
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips?
Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
Isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow seeping through every pore?
Isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber on the side?
Isn’t life pop music, class music, a box of paints and a world through each door?
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night?
Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore?
Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight,
a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night?
Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore? Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight,
a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night?
Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods
or warm waves lapping a sandy shore?
Isn’t life anything, everything you make it
and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight,
a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night?
Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore? Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips?
Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Reveal Explainer
The poet compares life to yummy ice cream with chocolate chunks. This suggests that life can be fun, enjoyable and sweet.
Teach
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. 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) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
B) How has the poet used all the senses to describe life?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber on the side
life is enjoyable and full of pleasure
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride
life is fun and exciting
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life…a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride
life can have ups and downs
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow
life is colourful and full of variety
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life…a box of paints - isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak
life is beautiful and full of wonder
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life…a world through each door - isn’t life a burst of light…a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night
life is magical
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life…silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore
life is peaceful and relaxing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life anything, everything you make it then much…much more
life is whatever you choose for it to be
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips - isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber
sense of taste
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride - isn’t life…warm waves lapping a sandy shore
sense of touch or feeling
B) How has the poet used all the senses to describe life?
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow - isn’t life a box of paints - isn’t life a burst of light…a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night
sense of sight
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride - isn’t life pop music, class music
sense of hearing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life a scent to delight
sense of smell
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘dazzling’?
Fill the Gaps
dazzling
magnificent
lapping
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, in the night?
Isn’t life a mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves a sandy shore?
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A grand and impressive
1 rip-roaring
B flowing through
2 seeping
C loud and exciting
Check
3 magnificent
Click if correct
D gently splashing
4 lapping
Tick Me
What is the key message of the poem?
Tick one:
A Life is all about food and wild rides.
B Life is boring and predictable.
Check
C Life is colourful, magical and full of possibility.
D Life is always easy, carefree and never has any challenges.
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
Reveal
draw what you imagine.
Sketch scenes or feelings inspired by the 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: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Cloud Busting: 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?
Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
B) How has the poet used all the senses to describe life?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Isn’t Life Wonderful?
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips? Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride? Isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow seeping through every pore? Isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber on the side? Isn’t life pop music, class music, a box of paints and a world through each door? Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night? Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore? Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
seeping through every pore
rip-roaring
phoenix
dazzling
magnificent
lapping
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. 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
rip-roaring
Explore
Find Read Talk
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips? Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
rip-roaring
seeping through every pore
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
phoenix
dazzling
magnificent
lapping
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Isn’t Life Wonderful?
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips? Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride? Isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow seeping through every pore? Isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber on the side? Isn’t life pop music, class music, a box of paints and a world through each door? Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night? Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore? Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night? Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore? Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight,
a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night?
Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods
or warm waves lapping a sandy shore?
Isn’t life anything, everything you make it
and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night? Isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore? Isn’t life anything, everything you make it and then much, much, so much, oh much, more?
Explore
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips? Isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride?
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Reveal Explainer
The poet compares life to yummy ice cream with chocolate chunks. This suggests that life can be fun, enjoyable and sweet.
Teach
From: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004. 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) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
B) How has the poet used all the senses to describe life?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber on the side
life is enjoyable and full of pleasure
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life a theme park, a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride
life is fun and exciting
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life…a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride
life can have ups and downs
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow
life is colourful and full of variety
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life…a box of paints - isn’t life a magnificent mountain peak
life is beautiful and full of wonder
A) What does the poem suggest about life from the comparisons?
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life…a world through each door - isn’t life a burst of light…a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night
life is magical
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life…silent woods or warm waves lapping a sandy shore
life is peaceful and relaxing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life anything, everything you make it then much…much more
life is whatever you choose for it to be
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life cherry ice cream with chunky chocolate chips - isn’t life roast lamb and Mum’s rice with slices of cucumber
sense of taste
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride - isn’t life…warm waves lapping a sandy shore
sense of touch or feeling
B) How has the poet used all the senses to describe life?
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life all the shades of the rainbow - isn’t life a box of paints - isn’t life a burst of light…a phoenix rising, dazzling in the night
sense of sight
Text Mark Evidence - isn’t life a rolling, rip-roaring rollercoaster ride - isn’t life pop music, class music
sense of hearing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence isn’t life a scent to delight
sense of smell
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘dazzling’?
Fill the Gaps
dazzling
magnificent
lapping
Isn’t life a burst of light, a scent to delight, a phoenix rising, in the night? Isn’t life a mountain peak or silent woods or warm waves a sandy shore?
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A grand and impressive
1 rip-roaring
B flowing through
2 seeping
C loud and exciting
Check
3 magnificent
Click if correct
D gently splashing
4 lapping
Tick Me
What is the key message of the poem?
Tick one:
A Life is all about food and wild rides.
B Life is boring and predictable.
Check
C Life is colourful, magical and full of possibility.
D Life is always easy, carefree and never has any challenges.
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
Reveal
draw what you imagine.
Sketch scenes or feelings inspired by the 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: Cloud Busting by Marjorie Blackman © 2004 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
dazzling
magnificent
lapping