Ready Steady Read Together
Words Can Fly: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
Imagine if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Youier
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
if flowers didn’t flower because their neighbours were flowerier
if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
and trees did not branch because the forest was branchier
what a world it would be if nature compared
you, my friend, must stop all that no one can be more you
you are youier.
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
because
would
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
refused
dare
ceased
glow
gale
compared
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. 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
refused
Explore
Find Read Talk
Youier
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
refused
Your turn
ceased
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dare
glow
gale
compared
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Youier
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
Reveal Vocabulary
if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
if flowers didn’t flower because their neighbours were flowerier
if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
and trees did not branch because the forest was branchier
Reveal Vocabulary
what a world it would be if nature compared
you, my friend, must stop all that no one can be more you
you are youier.
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier if streams ceased to flow
because the rivers were flowier
if snow didn’t dare to fall
because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow
because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar
because lions were roarier
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow
because the rivers were flowier
if snow didn’t dare to fall
because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow
because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar
because lions were roarier
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier if streams ceased to flow
because the rivers were flowier
if snow didn’t dare to fall
because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow
because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar
because lions were roarier
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow
because the rivers were flowier
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Reveal Explainer
The poet is comparing the moon and the sun. Both look bright in the sky. The sun is bright because it makes its own light. The moon reflects the sun’s light. The moon is not as bright as the sun because it is not a light source. However, both are beautiful and shiny in their own ways.
Teach
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Text Mark Evidence if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
both streams and rivers have flowing water
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier
both snow and rain come from clouds and fall from the sky
Text Mark Evidence if planets did not glow because stars were glowier
both planets and stars are objects in space and can appear bright in the sky (planets reflect the Sun’s light)
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Text Mark Evidence if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
both tigers and lions are big cats that roar
Text Mark Evidence if flowers didn’t flower because their neighbours were flowerier
both flowers and their neighbours are flowering plants
Text Mark Evidence if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
both breeze and gale are types of wind
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence and trees did not branch because the forest was branchier
both trees and forests grow branches
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘glow’?
Find Me
Find two words which meanthe same as ‘wind’:
if a breeze didn’t blow
because the gale was blowier
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
breeze
gale
Link Me
Link each made-up playful word with its meaning in the poem:
A makes winds that are stronger
1 flowier
B drops from the sky more often or heavier
2 fallier
C water runs faster and stronger
Check
3 glowier
Click if correct
D shines brighter
4 blowier
Tick Me
No one can be more you you are youier.
What does the poet mean by the made-up word ‘youier’?
Tick one:
A Be more like everyone else.
B Grow bigger and taller.
Check
C Don’t try to stand out.
Click if correct
D Be more like yourself.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
memorise a poem.
Reveal
Practise reciting a favourite poem from memory.
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: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Words Can Fly: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
Imagine if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Youier
Imagine if the moon refused to shine because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
if flowers didn’t flower because their neighbours were flowerier
if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
and trees did not branch because the forest was branchier
what a world it would be if nature compared
you, my friend, must stop all that no one can be more you you are youier.
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
because
would
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
refused
dare
ceased
glow
gale
compared
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. 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
refused
Explore
Find Read Talk
Youier
Imagine if the moon refused to shine because the sun was shinier
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
refused
Your turn
ceased
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dare
glow
gale
compared
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Youier
Imagine if the moon refused to shine because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
Reveal Vocabulary
if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
if flowers didn’t flower because their neighbours were flowerier
if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
and trees did not branch because the forest was branchier
Reveal Vocabulary
what a world it would be if nature compared
you, my friend, must stop all that no one can be more you you are youier.
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Imagine if the moon refused to shine because the sun was shinier if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier if planets did not glow because stars were glowier if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Imagine if the moon refused to shine
because the sun was shinier
if streams ceased to flow
because the rivers were flowier
if snow didn’t dare to fall
because rain was fallier
if planets did not glow
because stars were glowier
if tigers did not roar
because lions were roarier
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Imagine if the moon refused to shine because the sun was shinier if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier if planets did not glow because stars were glowier if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
Explore
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Imagine if the moon refused to shine because the sun was shinier if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Reveal Explainer
The poet is comparing the moon and the sun. Both look bright in the sky. The sun is bright because it makes its own light. The moon reflects the sun’s light. The moon is not as bright as the sun because it is not a light source. However, both are beautiful and shiny in their own ways.
Teach
From: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Text Mark Evidence if streams ceased to flow because the rivers were flowier
both streams and rivers have flowing water
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if snow didn’t dare to fall because rain was fallier
both snow and rain come from clouds and fall from the sky
Text Mark Evidence if planets did not glow because stars were glowier
both planets and stars are objects in space and can appear bright in the sky (planets reflect the Sun’s light)
What are some things the poet compares and how is each pair alike?
Text Mark Evidence if tigers did not roar because lions were roarier
both tigers and lions are big cats that roar
Text Mark Evidence if flowers didn’t flower because their neighbours were flowerier
both flowers and their neighbours are flowering plants
Text Mark Evidence if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
both breeze and gale are types of wind
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence and trees did not branch because the forest was branchier
both trees and forests grow branches
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘glow’?
Find Me
Find two words which meanthe same as ‘wind’:
if a breeze didn’t blow because the gale was blowier
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
breeze
gale
Link Me
Link each made-up playful word with its meaning in the poem:
A makes winds that are stronger
1 flowier
B drops from the sky more often or heavier
2 fallier
C water runs faster and stronger
Check
3 glowier
Click if correct
D shines brighter
4 blowier
Tick Me
No one can be more you you are youier.
What does the poet mean by the made-up word ‘youier’?
Tick one:
A Be more like everyone else.
B Grow bigger and taller.
Check
C Don’t try to stand out.
Click if correct
D Be more like yourself.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
memorise a poem.
Reveal
Practise reciting a favourite poem from memory.
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: Words Can Fly by Donna Ashworth © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.