Ready Steady Read Together
Hot Like Fire: 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?
Ah goin’ to live in de forest, just meself an’ me,
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) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
B) What natural materials will the speaker use in their new life in the forest?
C) Where does the speaker say they will swim?
D) What does the speaker decide to do before they go?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Just Wait
Ah goin’ to live in a de forest,
Just meself an’ me,
Ah goin’ to run away when it gets light
Just you wait an’ see.
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me
Not to paint me toenail red,
Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear,
Or what time to go to bed.
Nobody goin’ be there to criticise,
Ah goin’ be on me own,
Nobody to frown an’ make a fuss,
To groan an’ gripe an’ moan.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Me chair goin’ to be a tree stump, Me bed, banana trash,
Ah goin’ eat me food out o’ cocoa leaf,
Drink from a calabash.
Ah goin’ brush me teeth with chew stick,
An’ wash me face with dew,
Ah goin’ use withes to make ribbon,
An’ coconut husk make shoes.
Ah goin’ swim like turtle in the river,
Swing from the highes’ tree,
In fact, ah think ah goin’ go right now.
But first, let me see what on TV.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
gripe
calabash
banana trash
chew stick
withes
coconunt husk
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
gripe
Explore
Find Read Talk
Nobody goin’ be there to criticise, Ah goin’ be on me own, Nobody to frown an’ make a fuss, To groan an’ gripe an’ moan.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
gripe
Your turn
banana trash
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
calabash
chew stick
withes
coconut husk
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Just Wait
Ah goin’ to live in a de forest,
Just meself an’ me,
Ah goin’ to run away when it gets light
Just you wait an’ see.
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me
Not to paint me toenail red,
Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear,
Or what time to go to bed.
Nobody goin’ be there to criticise,
Ah goin’ be on me own,
Nobody to frown an’ make a fuss,
To groan an’ gripe an’ moan.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Me chair goin’ to be a tree stump, Me bed, banana trash,
Ah goin’ eat me food out o’ cocoa leaf,
Drink from a calabash.
Ah goin’ brush me teeth with chew stick,
An’ wash me face with dew,
Ah goin’ use withes to make ribbon,
An’ coconut husk make shoes.
Ah goin’ swim like turtle in the river,
Swing from the highes’ tree,
In fact, ah think ah goin’ go right now.
But first, let me see what on TV.
Reveal Vocabulary
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...
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me
Not to paint me toenail red,
Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear,
Or what time to go to bed.
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
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me
Not to paint me toenail red,
Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear,
Or what time to go to bed.
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
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me
Not to paint me toenail red,
Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear,
Or what time to go to bed.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me Not to paint me toenail red,
A) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
Reveal Explainer
Nobody will be there to tell the speaker not to paint their toenails red. (That is one thing - now we need to find the other two)
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) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
B) What natural materials will the speaker use in their new life in the forest?
C) Where does the speaker say they will swim?
D) What does the speaker decide to do before they go?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
Text Mark Evidence which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear
what to wear
Text Mark Evidence or what time to go to bed
when to go to bed
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence tree stump
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence banana trash
Text Mark Evidence cocoa leaf
B) What natural materials will the speaker use in their new life in the forest?
Text Mark Evidence calabash
Text Mark Evidence chew stick
Text Mark Evidence dew
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence withes
Text Mark Evidence coconut husks
Acceptable Answers
C) Where does the speaker say they will swim?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence in the river
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What does the speaker decide to do before they go?
Text Mark Evidence but first, let me see what on TV
check what is on TV
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
True or False?
The speaker is going to run away to the forest in the evening.
True
False
Tick Me
Which of these will the speaker do in the forest?
Tick two:
A swing in the trees
B search for turtles
Check
C swim in the river
Click if correct
D go fishing
Match Me
Match each object with what it will be made from:
3 cup
4 shoes
1 chair
2 bed
C tree stump
B banana trash
A coconut husk
D calabash
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Which words show that the speaker is planning to go to the forest immediately?
Ah goin’ swim like turtle in the river,
Swing from the highes’ tree,
In fact, ah think ah goin’ go right now.
But first, let me see what on TV.
right now
Discuss then check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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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Ready Steady Read Together
Hot Like Fire: 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?
Ah goin’ to live in de forest, just meself an’ me,
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) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
B) What natural materials will the speaker use in their new life in the forest?
C) Where does the speaker say they will swim?
D) What does the speaker decide to do before they go?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Just Wait
Ah goin’ to live in a de forest, Just meself an’ me, Ah goin’ to run away when it gets light Just you wait an’ see. Nobody goin’ be there to tell me Not to paint me toenail red, Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear, Or what time to go to bed. Nobody goin’ be there to criticise, Ah goin’ be on me own, Nobody to frown an’ make a fuss, To groan an’ gripe an’ moan.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Me chair goin’ to be a tree stump, Me bed, banana trash, Ah goin’ eat me food out o’ cocoa leaf, Drink from a calabash. Ah goin’ brush me teeth with chew stick, An’ wash me face with dew, Ah goin’ use withes to make ribbon, An’ coconut husk make shoes. Ah goin’ swim like turtle in the river, Swing from the highes’ tree, In fact, ah think ah goin’ go right now. But first, let me see what on TV.
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
gripe
calabash
banana trash
chew stick
withes
coconunt husk
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
gripe
Explore
Find Read Talk
Nobody goin’ be there to criticise, Ah goin’ be on me own, Nobody to frown an’ make a fuss, To groan an’ gripe an’ moan.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
gripe
Your turn
banana trash
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
calabash
chew stick
withes
coconut husk
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Just Wait
Ah goin’ to live in a de forest, Just meself an’ me, Ah goin’ to run away when it gets light Just you wait an’ see. Nobody goin’ be there to tell me Not to paint me toenail red, Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear, Or what time to go to bed. Nobody goin’ be there to criticise, Ah goin’ be on me own, Nobody to frown an’ make a fuss, To groan an’ gripe an’ moan.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Me chair goin’ to be a tree stump, Me bed, banana trash, Ah goin’ eat me food out o’ cocoa leaf, Drink from a calabash. Ah goin’ brush me teeth with chew stick, An’ wash me face with dew, Ah goin’ use withes to make ribbon, An’ coconut husk make shoes. Ah goin’ swim like turtle in the river, Swing from the highes’ tree, In fact, ah think ah goin’ go right now. But first, let me see what on TV.
Reveal Vocabulary
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...
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me Not to paint me toenail red, Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear, Or what time to go to bed.
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
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me
Not to paint me toenail red,
Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear,
Or what time to go to bed.
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
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me Not to paint me toenail red, Which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear, Or what time to go to bed.
Explore
From: Hot Like Fire and Other Poems by Valerie Bloom © 2002. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Nobody goin’ be there to tell me Not to paint me toenail red,
A) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
Reveal Explainer
Nobody will be there to tell the speaker not to paint their toenails red. (That is one thing - now we need to find the other two)
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) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
B) What natural materials will the speaker use in their new life in the forest?
C) Where does the speaker say they will swim?
D) What does the speaker decide to do before they go?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Name three things the speaker says nobody will be there to do.
Text Mark Evidence which dress, or blouse, or skirt to wear
what to wear
Text Mark Evidence or what time to go to bed
when to go to bed
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence tree stump
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence banana trash
Text Mark Evidence cocoa leaf
B) What natural materials will the speaker use in their new life in the forest?
Text Mark Evidence calabash
Text Mark Evidence chew stick
Text Mark Evidence dew
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence withes
Text Mark Evidence coconut husks
Acceptable Answers
C) Where does the speaker say they will swim?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence in the river
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What does the speaker decide to do before they go?
Text Mark Evidence but first, let me see what on TV
check what is on TV
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
True or False?
The speaker is going to run away to the forest in the evening.
True
False
Tick Me
Which of these will the speaker do in the forest?
Tick two:
A swing in the trees
B search for turtles
Check
C swim in the river
Click if correct
D go fishing
Match Me
Match each object with what it will be made from:
3 cup
4 shoes
1 chair
2 bed
C tree stump
B banana trash
A coconut husk
D calabash
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Which words show that the speaker is planning to go to the forest immediately?
Ah goin’ swim like turtle in the river, Swing from the highes’ tree, In fact, ah think ah goin’ go right now. But first, let me see what on TV.
right now
Discuss then check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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.