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Ready Steady Read Together

The Explorer: Fiction Lesson 3

What do you think you know?

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.

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What do you know and think?

The vulture in the tree only ruffled its feathers. It was enormous, as broad as a Labrador around the middle, and its eyes watched the tiny animal hungrily.

How might this extract link to the illustration?

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From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

A) How does the author that the baby sloth is vulnerable and helpless?

B) How does the author show that Lila is determined to rescue and protect the baby sloth?

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Let me read today's text

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Abacaxi

Above their heads rose a great flowering white tree. From one of the branches hung a small animal, unlike anything Fred had ever seen before. It was looking up with huge eyes at a vulture in the branches above its head. On the ground below it were three chunks of pineapple, untouched. And some distance away two more vultures crouched over the corpse of a larger version of the same animal. “Get away!” yelled Lila. She ran forward, kicking at the birds. “Get away from it!” The two vultures on the ground took off, startled, but the vulture in the tree only ruffled its feathers. It was enormous, as broad as a Labrador around the middle, and its eyes watched the tiny animal hungrily. The animal on the branch let out a mew like a cat. It was grey-brown with a cream face, a dog-like snout and immense black eyes. Its arms were long and chicken-bone thin, ending in curved claws. It was small enough to cup in your hands. Lila ran to the base of the tree, gripped the lowest branch and scrabbled with her feet against the trunk. The vulture, feeling the tree shake, flapped its wings, cawed and disappeared. Lila hauled herself into the branches. Her knees were shaking. Her breath was unusually loud. She sat on the branch where the animal was perched and began to scoot forward, both hands gripping tight. With quivering fingers, she unwound its legs from the branch and rewound them around her arm. The creature let out a mewling sound.

From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Lila began to edge backwards along the branch. Fred could hear her whispering prayers under her breath. She stumbled as she landed on the ground and half fell, but made sure to keep the arm with the animal high above her head. Max ran to her. “What is it? Let me see!” “It’s a sloth,” said Lila. Her voice was hushed with awe. “A baby sloth.” Fred stepped closer. It was one of the most extraordinary things he’d ever seen. It was very ugly and very beautiful, both at once. Its fur still had the fluffiness of babyhood. “Let’s make it play!” said Max. He grabbed at Lila’s arm. “No!” Lila seized his wrist, cradling the sloth against her chest. “Don’t! You’ll hurt it!” The brother and sister glared at each other. “No I won’t! I’ll be soft.” “Maxi, you mustn’t. It’s terrified; it doesn’t have a mother to protect it. See, it’s shaking.” “But I love it!” Max looked dangerously close to tears. “But it doesn’t need you to love it to death. It needs us to be slow,” whispered Lila. “Come on, Maxie – let’s take it back to the camp. You can bring the pineapple.” Back in the clearing Lila made a bed of soft grass for the sloth. She set it down on its stomach, where it lay quivering, and held out the pineapple to it.

From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Vocabulary

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Hover for definitions!

corpse

perched

scrabbled

quivering

mewling

cradling

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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

corpse

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Find Read Talk

On the ground below it were three chunks of pineapple, untouched. And some distance away two more vultures crouched over the corpse of a larger version of the same animal.

Reveal Vocabulary

From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

corpse

Your turn

scrabbled

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

perched

quivering

mewling

cradling

Use your text

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Vocabulary Check & Re-read

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Reveal Vocabulary

Abacaxi

Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.

Above their heads rose a great flowering white tree. From one of the branches hung a small animal, unlike anything Fred had ever seen before. It was looking up with huge eyes at a vulture in the branches above its head. On the ground below it were three chunks of pineapple, untouched. And some distance away two more vultures crouched over the corpse of a larger version of the same animal. “Get away!” yelled Lila. She ran forward, kicking at the birds. “Get away from it!” The two vultures on the ground took off, startled, but the vulture in the tree only ruffled its feathers. It was enormous, as broad as a Labrador around the middle, and its eyes watched the tiny animal hungrily. The animal on the branch let out a mew like a cat. It was grey-brown with a cream face, a dog-like snout and immense black eyes. Its arms were long and chicken-bone thin, ending in curved claws. It was small enough to cup in your hands. Lila ran to the base of the tree, gripped the lowest branch and scrabbled with her feet against the trunk. The vulture, feeling the tree shake, flapped its wings, cawed and disappeared. Lila hauled herself into the branches. Her knees were shaking. Her breath was unusually loud. She sat on the branch where the animal was perched and began to scoot forward, both hands gripping tight. With quivering fingers, she unwound its legs from the branch and rewound them around her arm. The creature let out a mewling sound.

From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Reveal Vocabulary

Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.

Lila began to edge backwards along the branch. Fred could hear her whispering prayers under her breath. She stumbled as she landed on the ground and half fell, but made sure to keep the arm with the animal high above her head. Max ran to her. “What is it? Let me see!” “It’s a sloth,” said Lila. Her voice was hushed with awe. “A baby sloth.” Fred stepped closer. It was one of the most extraordinary things he’d ever seen. It was very ugly and very beautiful, both at once. Its fur still had the fluffiness of babyhood. “Let’s make it play!” said Max. He grabbed at Lila’s arm. “No!” Lila seized his wrist, cradling the sloth against her chest. “Don’t! You’ll hurt it!” The brother and sister glared at each other. “No I won’t! I’ll be soft.” “Maxi, you mustn’t. It’s terrified; it doesn’t have a mother to protect it. See, it’s shaking.” “But I love it!” Max looked dangerously close to tears. “But it doesn’t need you to love it to death. It needs us to be slow,” whispered Lila. “Come on, Maxie – let’s take it back to the camp. You can bring the pineapple.” Back in the clearing Lila made a bed of soft grass for the sloth. She set it down on its stomach, where it lay quivering, and held out the pineapple to it.

From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Fluency

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Let me use my reader's voice...

“Let’s make it play!” said Max. He grabbed at Lila’s arm. “No!” Lila seized his wrist, cradling the sloth against her chest. “Don’t! You’ll hurt it!” The brother and sister glared at each other. “No I won’t! I’ll be soft.” “Maxi, you mustn’t. It’s terrified; it doesn’t have a mother to protect it. See, it’s shaking.”

What did you notice?

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From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

“Let’s make it play!” said Max. He grabbed at Lila’s arm.

“No!” Lila seized his wrist, cradling the sloth against her chest.

“Don’t! You’ll hurt it!”

The brother and sister glared at each other.

“No I won’t! I’ll be soft.”

“Maxi, you mustn’t. It’s terrified; it doesn’t have a mother to protect it. See, it’s shaking.”

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From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Sound like a reader!
Stand up!

Choral Read

“Let’s make it play!” said Max. He grabbed at Lila’s arm. “No!” Lila seized his wrist, cradling the sloth against her chest. “Don’t! You’ll hurt it!” The brother and sister glared at each other. “No I won’t! I’ll be soft.” “Maxi, you mustn’t. It’s terrified; it doesn’t have a mother to protect it. See, it’s shaking.”

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From: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

A) How does the author that the baby sloth is vulnerable and helpless?

Be a detective and look for clues!

Teach

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

Above their heads rose a great flowering white tree. From one of the branches hung a small animal, unlike anything Fred had ever seen before. It was looking up with huge eyes at a vulture in the branches above its head.

Reveal Explainer

The use of the word ‘small’ makes the animal sound tiny and fragile. The presence of a vulture, which is a bird of prey, shows that the baby sloth is in immediate danger. The words ‘looking up with huge eyes’ at the vulture suggest the sloth is aware of the danger it is in and is unable to escape or protect itself.

A) How does the author that the baby sloth is vulnerable and helpless?

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) How does the author that the baby sloth is vulnerable and helpless?

B) How does the author show that Lila is determined to rescue and protect the baby sloth?

Find the answers
Text mark

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Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - two more vultures crouched over the corpse of a larger version of the same animal - it (the sloth) doesn’t have a mother to protect it

it is an orphan / alone with no parent to protect it

A) How does the author that the baby sloth is vulnerable and helpless?

Text Mark Evidence it (the vulture) was enormous…and its eyes watched the tiny animal hungrily

at risk of attack

Text Mark Evidence - the animal on the branch let out a mew like a cat - the creature let out a mewling sound - it’s (the sloth is) terrified…see, it’s shaking - it (the sloth) lay quivering

fearful actions or sounds

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Text Mark Evidence - its (the sloth’s) arms were long and chicken-bone thin - it (the sloth) was small enough to cup in your hands - a baby sloth

young, weak and small in size

Text Mark Evidence get away…she ran forward, kicking at the birds…get away from it (sloth corpse)

chases away predators

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - Lila ran to the base of the tree, gripped the lowest branch and scrabbled with her feet against the trunk - Lila hauled herself into the branches

hurries and uses great effort to rescue

B) How does the author show that Lila is determined to rescue and protect the baby sloth?

Text Mark Evidence - her (Lila’s) knees were shaking - her (Lila’s) breath was unusually loud - with quivering fingers, she (Lila) unwound its (the sloth’s) legs from the branch and rewound them around her arm

persists despite fear, difficulty or exertion

Text Mark Evidence - Fred could hear her (Lila) whispering prayers under her breath - Lila seized his (Max’s) wrist, cradling the sloth against her chest…don’t…you’ll hurt it

protective words and actions

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Text Mark Evidence - Lila made a bed of soft grass for the sloth - she (Lila) set it (the sloth) down on its stomach…and held out the pineapple to it

offers food and shelter

Quiz Time

Start

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘perched’?

Link Me

Link each word with the correct meaning:

A rest on something up high

1 scrabble

B grope to reach or hold

2 perch

C hold protectively

Check

3 quiver

Click if correct

D tremble with fear

4 cradle

Fill the Gaps

perched
mewling
quivering

She sat on the branch where the animal was and began to scoot forward, both hands gripping tight. With fingers, she unwound its legs from the branch and rewound them around her arm. The creature let out a sound.

Click if correct
Discuss then check

Tick Me

Tick the correct box to show if the words apply to the sloth or the children. If it applies to both, tick both boxes in the row.

Sloth

Children

A No protection from a parent while in the rainforest

B Frozen in fear

Check

C Can communicate and make plans to stay safe

Click if correct

D At risk from predators in the rainforest

Feedback: Who did what well?

FindRead Talk

EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

Other...

To be a book lover, you could...

set reading goals.

Reveal

Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.

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.

perched
quivering
mewling