Ready Steady Read Together
The Explorer: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat black capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
B) Which words or phrases does the author use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue about the map?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Monkeys and the Bees
It was just as Fred edged around the great trunk of the tree towards Con that he saw it: something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch.
His breath stopped. He leant backwards to see better.
“Fred!” said Con. “Don’t!”
“I’m fine.” He grabbed a handful of tree branch. “Look above your head.”
The red thing wasn’t a plant. It didn’t have the tinge of life to it.
“What is it?” She squinted upwards. “The leaves are in the way!”
“I think it’s leather.”
“Like, a handbag?”
“No. Something else.”
He edged round her and upwards. He unwound the thing from the tree as quickly as he could, his hands shaking. The branch he was on was broad and he sat down on it, his legs hanging on either side.
Con approached and sat facing him, hugging the trunk with one shaking arm. “Don’t open it now!” she said. “Wait until we’re on the ground, you idiot!”
“Just quickly,” said Fred. It was a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring and the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base. It was heavy. His hands were shaking as he opened it and pulled out a lump of metal. “A tobacco tin,” he said. It was rusty, but less rusty than the sardine can.
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Let me see?” said Con. There were words on the side. She whispered them aloud, as if they were a spell. “Collier’s Finest Tobacco. London, Piccadilly.” “There’s something else,” he said. The tree rocked suddenly in the wind and the thing slipped through his fingers. He caught it just in time; it was also rusty, and rough in his fingers. “A penknife!” he said.
“Is that everything?”
“I think so.”
He brushed away a stray bee and upturned the pouch over his palm. A piece of paper fell out.
“What’s that?” said Con. “A letter?”
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass.
“It’s a map,” he said.
Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
He studied it. It was sketched in ink, which had faded in the creases of the paper. There were thin lines for tributaries, and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon. In the far right-hand corner there was an X. It had been scratched so fiercely the pen had pierced the paper.
“What do you think it’s of? What’s the X stand for?” Con’s eyes were wide: she seemed to have forgotten they were thirty metres up in the sky.
“I don’t know.”
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base
a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring
tinge
tobacco tin
gestured
tributaries
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From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. 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
tinge
Explore
Find Read Talk
“I’m fine.” He grabbed a handful of tree branch. “Look above your head.” The red thing wasn’t a plant. It didn’t have the tinge of life to it. “What is it?” She squinted upwards. “The leaves are in the way!”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
tinge
a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base
tobacco tin
gestured
tributaries
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
It was just as Fred edged around the great trunk of the tree towards Con that he saw it: something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch.
His breath stopped. He leant backwards to see better.
“Fred!” said Con. “Don’t!”
“I’m fine.” He grabbed a handful of tree branch. “Look above your head.”
The red thing wasn’t a plant. It didn’t have the tinge of life to it.
“What is it?” She squinted upwards. “The leaves are in the way!”
“I think it’s leather.”
“Like, a handbag?”
“No. Something else.”
He edged round her and upwards. He unwound the thing from the tree as quickly as he could, his hands shaking. The branch he was on was broad and he sat down on it, his legs hanging on either side.
Con approached and sat facing him, hugging the trunk with one shaking arm. “Don’t open it now!” she said. “Wait until we’re on the ground, you idiot!”
“Just quickly,” said Fred. It was a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring and the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base. It was heavy. His hands were shaking as he opened it and pulled out a lump of metal. “A tobacco tin,” he said. It was rusty, but less rusty than the sardine can.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Let me see?” said Con. There were words on the side. She whispered them aloud, as if they were a spell. “Collier’s Finest Tobacco. London, Piccadilly.” “There’s something else,” he said. The tree rocked suddenly in the wind and the thing slipped through his fingers. He caught it just in time; it was also rusty, and rough in his fingers. “A penknife!” he said.
“Is that everything?”
“I think so.”
He brushed away a stray bee and upturned the pouch over his palm. A piece of paper fell out.
“What’s that?” said Con. “A letter?”
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass.
“It’s a map,” he said.
Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
He studied it. It was sketched in ink, which had faded in the creases of the paper. There were thin lines for tributaries, and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon. In the far right-hand corner there was an X. It had been scratched so fiercely the pen had pierced the paper.
“What do you think it’s of? What’s the X stand for?” Con’s eyes were wide: she seemed to have forgotten they were thirty metres up in the sky.
“I don’t know.”
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass. “It’s a map,” he said. Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat black capitals.
In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass.
“It’s a map,” he said.
Goosebumps rose on his arms.
Fred knew the power of maps.
They gestured to hidden things.
They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass. “It’s a map,” he said. Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
It was just as Fred edged around the great trunk of the tree towards Con that he saw it: something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch.
His breath stopped. He leant backwards to see better.
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘tied tightly’ show that the item did not end up in the tree by accident. Someone deliberately placed it there. The fact that it was so high up in the rainforest’s canopy suggests that its owner had hidden it in a place where it would be safe and unlikely to be found. This suggests it might contain something important or valuable.
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
Teach
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. 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 can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
B) Which words or phrases does the author use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue about the map?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the red thing wasn’t a plant - it didn’t have the tinge of life to it - I think it’s leather - a tobacco tin - there were words on the side…Collier’s Finest Tobacco…London, Piccadilly
it was man-made / out-of-place in the rainforest
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
Text Mark Evidence - something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch - he unwound the thing from the tree
it was hidden on purpose
Text Mark Evidence - the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base - it was rusty
it was old or historic
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence there were thin lines for tributaries and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon
it contained a map of the rainforest
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - they (maps) gestured to hidden things - they (maps) were line drawings of the world’s secrets - what’s the X stand for…I don’t know
words about secrets or hidden information
B) Which words or phrases does the author use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue about the map?
Text Mark Evidence - goosebumps rose on his (Fred’s) arms - Fred knew the power of maps - Con’s eyes were wide: she seemed to have forgotten they were thirty metres up in the sky
words showing emotional impact or power
Text Mark Evidence there were thin lines for tributaries, and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon…in the far right-hand corner there was an X
words suggesting the children might be near the X
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence in the far right-hand corner there was an X…it had been scratched so fiercely the pen had pierced the paper
words suggesting value, importance or treasure
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tributaries’?
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 embossed
4 gesture
1 tinge
2 remnant
C decorated with a carved or stamped design
B communicate using movement like waving
A hint of colour
D the leftover parts
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each item with the correct description:
A creased and sketched in ink
1 pouch
B remnants of gold writing on its base
2 tobacco tin
C a lump of metal
Check
3 penknife
Click if correct
D rusty and rough
4 map
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) The children noticed an X marking a spot on the map.
B) The children discovered a rusty tobacco tin inside the red leather pouch.
C) A map fell out of the tin into Fred’s hands.
D) Fred spotted something in the branches which looked unusual and out of place.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Explorer: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat black capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
B) Which words or phrases does the author use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue about the map?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Monkeys and the Bees
It was just as Fred edged around the great trunk of the tree towards Con that he saw it: something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch. His breath stopped. He leant backwards to see better. “Fred!” said Con. “Don’t!” “I’m fine.” He grabbed a handful of tree branch. “Look above your head.” The red thing wasn’t a plant. It didn’t have the tinge of life to it. “What is it?” She squinted upwards. “The leaves are in the way!” “I think it’s leather.” “Like, a handbag?” “No. Something else.” He edged round her and upwards. He unwound the thing from the tree as quickly as he could, his hands shaking. The branch he was on was broad and he sat down on it, his legs hanging on either side. Con approached and sat facing him, hugging the trunk with one shaking arm. “Don’t open it now!” she said. “Wait until we’re on the ground, you idiot!” “Just quickly,” said Fred. It was a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring and the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base. It was heavy. His hands were shaking as he opened it and pulled out a lump of metal. “A tobacco tin,” he said. It was rusty, but less rusty than the sardine can.
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Let me see?” said Con. There were words on the side. She whispered them aloud, as if they were a spell. “Collier’s Finest Tobacco. London, Piccadilly.” “There’s something else,” he said. The tree rocked suddenly in the wind and the thing slipped through his fingers. He caught it just in time; it was also rusty, and rough in his fingers. “A penknife!” he said. “Is that everything?” “I think so.” He brushed away a stray bee and upturned the pouch over his palm. A piece of paper fell out. “What’s that?” said Con. “A letter?” It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass. “It’s a map,” he said. Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets. He studied it. It was sketched in ink, which had faded in the creases of the paper. There were thin lines for tributaries, and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon. In the far right-hand corner there was an X. It had been scratched so fiercely the pen had pierced the paper. “What do you think it’s of? What’s the X stand for?” Con’s eyes were wide: she seemed to have forgotten they were thirty metres up in the sky. “I don’t know.”
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base
a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring
tinge
tobacco tin
gestured
tributaries
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. 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
tinge
Explore
Find Read Talk
“I’m fine.” He grabbed a handful of tree branch. “Look above your head.” The red thing wasn’t a plant. It didn’t have the tinge of life to it. “What is it?” She squinted upwards. “The leaves are in the way!”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
tinge
a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base
tobacco tin
gestured
tributaries
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
It was just as Fred edged around the great trunk of the tree towards Con that he saw it: something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch. His breath stopped. He leant backwards to see better. “Fred!” said Con. “Don’t!” “I’m fine.” He grabbed a handful of tree branch. “Look above your head.” The red thing wasn’t a plant. It didn’t have the tinge of life to it. “What is it?” She squinted upwards. “The leaves are in the way!” “I think it’s leather.” “Like, a handbag?” “No. Something else.” He edged round her and upwards. He unwound the thing from the tree as quickly as he could, his hands shaking. The branch he was on was broad and he sat down on it, his legs hanging on either side. Con approached and sat facing him, hugging the trunk with one shaking arm. “Don’t open it now!” she said. “Wait until we’re on the ground, you idiot!” “Just quickly,” said Fred. It was a red leather pouch with a leather drawstring and the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base. It was heavy. His hands were shaking as he opened it and pulled out a lump of metal. “A tobacco tin,” he said. It was rusty, but less rusty than the sardine can.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Let me see?” said Con. There were words on the side. She whispered them aloud, as if they were a spell. “Collier’s Finest Tobacco. London, Piccadilly.” “There’s something else,” he said. The tree rocked suddenly in the wind and the thing slipped through his fingers. He caught it just in time; it was also rusty, and rough in his fingers. “A penknife!” he said. “Is that everything?” “I think so.” He brushed away a stray bee and upturned the pouch over his palm. A piece of paper fell out. “What’s that?” said Con. “A letter?” It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass. “It’s a map,” he said. Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets. He studied it. It was sketched in ink, which had faded in the creases of the paper. There were thin lines for tributaries, and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon. In the far right-hand corner there was an X. It had been scratched so fiercely the pen had pierced the paper. “What do you think it’s of? What’s the X stand for?” Con’s eyes were wide: she seemed to have forgotten they were thirty metres up in the sky. “I don’t know.”
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass. “It’s a map,” he said. Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat black capitals.
In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass.
“It’s a map,” he said.
Goosebumps rose on his arms.
Fred knew the power of maps.
They gestured to hidden things.
They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
It was a sheet of paper from the blank end-pages of a book, marked in ink and labelled with neat block capitals. In the corner was a sketch of the points of a compass. “It’s a map,” he said. Goosebumps rose on his arms. Fred knew the power of maps. They gestured to hidden things. They were line drawings of the world’s secrets.
Explore
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
It was just as Fred edged around the great trunk of the tree towards Con that he saw it: something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch. His breath stopped. He leant backwards to see better.
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘tied tightly’ show that the item did not end up in the tree by accident. Someone deliberately placed it there. The fact that it was so high up in the rainforest’s canopy suggests that its owner had hidden it in a place where it would be safe and unlikely to be found. This suggests it might contain something important or valuable.
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
Teach
From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. 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 can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
B) Which words or phrases does the author use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue about the map?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the red thing wasn’t a plant - it didn’t have the tinge of life to it - I think it’s leather - a tobacco tin - there were words on the side…Collier’s Finest Tobacco…London, Piccadilly
it was man-made / out-of-place in the rainforest
A) What can you infer about the unusual object Fred found?
Text Mark Evidence - something red, the size of an apple, tied tightly with vines to the branch - he unwound the thing from the tree
it was hidden on purpose
Text Mark Evidence - the remnants of gold embossed writing on the base - it was rusty
it was old or historic
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence there were thin lines for tributaries and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon
it contained a map of the rainforest
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - they (maps) gestured to hidden things - they (maps) were line drawings of the world’s secrets - what’s the X stand for…I don’t know
words about secrets or hidden information
B) Which words or phrases does the author use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue about the map?
Text Mark Evidence - goosebumps rose on his (Fred’s) arms - Fred knew the power of maps - Con’s eyes were wide: she seemed to have forgotten they were thirty metres up in the sky
words showing emotional impact or power
Text Mark Evidence there were thin lines for tributaries, and a thick one for what he assumed must be the Amazon…in the far right-hand corner there was an X
words suggesting the children might be near the X
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence in the far right-hand corner there was an X…it had been scratched so fiercely the pen had pierced the paper
words suggesting value, importance or treasure
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tributaries’?
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 embossed
4 gesture
1 tinge
2 remnant
C decorated with a carved or stamped design
B communicate using movement like waving
A hint of colour
D the leftover parts
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each item with the correct description:
A creased and sketched in ink
1 pouch
B remnants of gold writing on its base
2 tobacco tin
C a lump of metal
Check
3 penknife
Click if correct
D rusty and rough
4 map
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) The children noticed an X marking a spot on the map.
B) The children discovered a rusty tobacco tin inside the red leather pouch.
C) A map fell out of the tin into Fred’s hands.
D) Fred spotted something in the branches which looked unusual and out of place.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
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: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.