Ready Steady Read Together
Where Zebras Go: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘to feel sorry about something’:
Well OK Dad, it was something like this. At first I found him slimy and I regret, wet.
I know of course looks aren’t everything,
I’m just not really sure about green.
Discuss then check
regret
Fill the Gaps
hatch
dreamy
hygienic
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate.
It really isn’t , a point I tried but failed to make.
Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a date.
So we live in a pond, where he is king.
The children will in early spring.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Match Me
Match each word from this unit with the correct definition:
3 footfall
4 hygienic
1 venom
2 ponder
A think carefully
B clean and healthy
C poison or toxin
D the sound of footsteps
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem from this unit to the correct description:
A A stealthy creature with amber eyes and a thunderous voice prowls the shrinking forest.
1 Panda
2 A Questionof a Snake
B A hooded misunderstood creature has a nasty reputation and is hated and alone.
Check
C Love is found in an unlikely place and the hatchlings are due in the spring.
Click if correct
3 Making Tigers
4 The Frog Princess
D High in the mountains, a gentle creature, half light, half shadow, slowly chews sweet bamboo.
Speaking Spotlight
Character Monologue
Explore
Character Monologue
Imagine yourself in the shoes of The Frog Princess.
Express yourself
Speak clearly
Practise first
Imagine the scene
Understand your character
Eye contact
Gesture
Be confident
Then perform
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
urban
jellied and greased
buccaneer
his grand country seat
craftily creeps
slinks
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Then with sliced mutton sliver and sausage for sweet… Circle the word which best completes the sentence.
The word sliver means…
a leg of lamb
a noisy sound
a thin piece
a big chunk
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) So while the house dozes and Heel-Nipper sleeps…
What do you think Heel-Nipper is referring to?
Acceptable answers:
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Which sentence is the best summary for the poem?
Tick one:
Old Foxy sneaks through the city while everyone sleeps.
Old Foxy loves to eat chicken and pizza.
Old Foxy craftily hunts for leftover food from bins at night.
Old Foxy lives in a grand mansion in the countryside.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Name two things the fox easts midweek.
Acceptable answers:
- fish heads/fish heads with leeks/leeks
- crisp rinds of bacon/bacon
- pizza
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...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Where Zebras Go: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘to feel sorry about something’:
Well OK Dad, it was something like this. At first I found him slimy and I regret, wet. I know of course looks aren’t everything, I’m just not really sure about green.
Discuss then check
regret
Fill the Gaps
hatch
dreamy
hygienic
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate. It really isn’t , a point I tried but failed to make. Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a date. So we live in a pond, where he is king. The children will in early spring.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Match Me
Match each word from this unit with the correct definition:
3 footfall
4 hygienic
1 venom
2 ponder
A think carefully
B clean and healthy
C poison or toxin
D the sound of footsteps
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem from this unit to the correct description:
A A stealthy creature with amber eyes and a thunderous voice prowls the shrinking forest.
1 Panda
2 A Questionof a Snake
B A hooded misunderstood creature has a nasty reputation and is hated and alone.
Check
C Love is found in an unlikely place and the hatchlings are due in the spring.
Click if correct
3 Making Tigers
4 The Frog Princess
D High in the mountains, a gentle creature, half light, half shadow, slowly chews sweet bamboo.
Speaking Spotlight
Character Monologue
Explore
Character Monologue
Imagine yourself in the shoes of The Frog Princess.
Express yourself
Speak clearly
Practise first
Imagine the scene
Understand your character
Eye contact
Gesture
Be confident
Then perform
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
urban
jellied and greased
buccaneer
his grand country seat
craftily creeps
slinks
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Then with sliced mutton sliver and sausage for sweet… Circle the word which best completes the sentence. The word sliver means…
a leg of lamb
a noisy sound
a thin piece
a big chunk
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) So while the house dozes and Heel-Nipper sleeps… What do you think Heel-Nipper is referring to?
Acceptable answers:
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Which sentence is the best summary for the poem?
Tick one:
Old Foxy sneaks through the city while everyone sleeps.
Old Foxy loves to eat chicken and pizza.
Old Foxy craftily hunts for leftover food from bins at night.
Old Foxy lives in a grand mansion in the countryside.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Name two things the fox easts midweek.
Acceptable answers:
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...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
hygienic
dreamy
hatch