Ready Steady Read Together
Hot Like Fire: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
B) Why might Summer be compared to a barefoot boy?
C) What clues are there that Autumn is older?
D) Which season do you think has the saddest mood and why?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Seasons
Spring is a baby,
bright, fresh and new,
gurgling with the melting snow,
singing with the first cuckoo.
Summer is a barefoot boy,
fishing in the stream,
running through the waiting corn,
lazing in a dream.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Autumn’s a grown man, slowly walking by,
a limp in his careful footstep,
a shadow in one eye.
Winter is an aged sage,
with long snow-powdered hair.
He cuts a trench in the frozen ground,
And buries another year.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
gurgling
limp
cuckoo
sage
snow-powdered
trench
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From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. 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
gurgling
Explore
Find Read Talk
Seasons
Spring is a baby,
bright, fresh and new,
gurgling with the melting snow,
singing with the first cuckoo.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
gurgling
Your turn
cuckoo
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
limp
sage
snow-powdered
trench
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Seasons
Spring is a baby,
bright, fresh and new,
gurgling with the melting snow,
singing with the first cuckoo.
Summer is a barefoot boy,
fishing in the stream,
running through the waiting corn,
lazing in a dream.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Autumn’s a grown man, slowly walking by,
a limp in his careful footstep,
a shadow in one eye.
Winter is an aged sage,
with long snow-powdered hair.
He cuts a trench in the frozen ground,
And buries another year.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Summer is a barefoot boy, fishing in the stream,
running through the waiting corn,
lazing in a dream.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Summer is a barefoot boy,
fishing in the stream,
running through the waiting corn,
lazing in a dream.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Summer is a barefoot boy, fishing in the stream,
running through the waiting corn,
lazing in a dream.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Seasons
Spring is a baby,
bright, fresh and new,
gurgling with the melting snow,
singing with the first cuckoo.
Reveal Explainer
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
Spring is described as a baby because spring is the first season, when the year is just beginning, just like a baby is the first part of life, when it is just beginning.
Teach
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. 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) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
B) Why might Summer be compared to a barefoot boy?
C) What clues are there that Autumn is older?
D) Which season do you think has the saddest mood and why?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Spring is a baby,
bright, fresh and new
spring brings new life, as a baby is a new life
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
Text Mark Evidence Spring is a baby,
bright, fresh and new
spring is bright and happy like a baby
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence lazing in a dream
summer is playful, relaxed carefree like a barefoot boy
B) Why might Summer be compared to a barefoot boy?
Text Mark Evidence summer is a barefoot boy
Summer is warm so often children play barefoot - without shoes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a grown man
C) What clues are there that Autumn is older?
Text Mark Evidence slowly walking
Text Mark Evidence a limp
Text Mark Evidence a shadow in one eye so seems tired, sad or more serious
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Autumn or Winter as they seem slower and more serious and sad.
D) Which season do you think has the saddest mood and why?
Text Mark Evidence slowly walking by, a limp, a shadow in one eye
Autumn
Text Mark Evidence aged sage, buries another year
Winter
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for ‘cuckoo’?
Tick Me
Tick two things that Summer did:
Tick two:
A went fishing
B slowly walked by
Check
C ran through corn
Click if correct
D swam in the stream
Which One's Right?
Winter is an aged sage
This suggests that Winter is...
B old and happy
A old and foolish
D young and wise
C old and wise
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from the poem:
1 alliteration
A fishing in the stream, lazing in a dream.
2 metaphor
B barefoot boy
Check
3 rhyme
C Spring is a baby
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of 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: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Hot Like Fire: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
B) Why might Summer be compared to a barefoot boy?
C) What clues are there that Autumn is older?
D) Which season do you think has the saddest mood and why?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Seasons
Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new, gurgling with the melting snow, singing with the first cuckoo. Summer is a barefoot boy, fishing in the stream, running through the waiting corn, lazing in a dream.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Autumn’s a grown man, slowly walking by, a limp in his careful footstep, a shadow in one eye. Winter is an aged sage, with long snow-powdered hair. He cuts a trench in the frozen ground, And buries another year.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
gurgling
limp
cuckoo
sage
snow-powdered
trench
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. 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
gurgling
Explore
Find Read Talk
Seasons
Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new, gurgling with the melting snow, singing with the first cuckoo.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
gurgling
Your turn
cuckoo
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
limp
sage
snow-powdered
trench
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Seasons
Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new, gurgling with the melting snow, singing with the first cuckoo. Summer is a barefoot boy, fishing in the stream, running through the waiting corn, lazing in a dream.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Autumn’s a grown man, slowly walking by, a limp in his careful footstep, a shadow in one eye. Winter is an aged sage, with long snow-powdered hair. He cuts a trench in the frozen ground, And buries another year.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Summer is a barefoot boy, fishing in the stream, running through the waiting corn, lazing in a dream.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Summer is a barefoot boy,
fishing in the stream,
running through the waiting corn,
lazing in a dream.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Summer is a barefoot boy, fishing in the stream, running through the waiting corn, lazing in a dream.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Seasons
Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new, gurgling with the melting snow, singing with the first cuckoo.
Reveal Explainer
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
Spring is described as a baby because spring is the first season, when the year is just beginning, just like a baby is the first part of life, when it is just beginning.
Teach
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. 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) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
B) Why might Summer be compared to a barefoot boy?
C) What clues are there that Autumn is older?
D) Which season do you think has the saddest mood and why?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new
spring brings new life, as a baby is a new life
A) Why do you think Spring is described as a baby?
Text Mark Evidence Spring is a baby, bright, fresh and new
spring is bright and happy like a baby
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence lazing in a dream
summer is playful, relaxed carefree like a barefoot boy
B) Why might Summer be compared to a barefoot boy?
Text Mark Evidence summer is a barefoot boy
Summer is warm so often children play barefoot - without shoes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a grown man
C) What clues are there that Autumn is older?
Text Mark Evidence slowly walking
Text Mark Evidence a limp
Text Mark Evidence a shadow in one eye so seems tired, sad or more serious
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Autumn or Winter as they seem slower and more serious and sad.
D) Which season do you think has the saddest mood and why?
Text Mark Evidence slowly walking by, a limp, a shadow in one eye
Autumn
Text Mark Evidence aged sage, buries another year
Winter
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for ‘cuckoo’?
Tick Me
Tick two things that Summer did:
Tick two:
A went fishing
B slowly walked by
Check
C ran through corn
Click if correct
D swam in the stream
Which One's Right?
Winter is an aged sage This suggests that Winter is...
B old and happy
A old and foolish
D young and wise
C old and wise
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from the poem:
1 alliteration
A fishing in the stream, lazing in a dream.
2 metaphor
B barefoot boy
Check
3 rhyme
C Spring is a baby
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of 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: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.