Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red.
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From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
B) What does the poem suggest about what the skeleton was like when she was alive?
C) How does the poet use humour and word play to make the poem less scary?
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Let me read today's text
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The Red Skeleton
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead
dwells a skeleton whose bones are red.
She’s different from the other ghouls.
Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls,
than a baby’s tooth,
than nothing but the truth,
than a ghost’s two legs,
but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red. When she lived she loved tomatoes, shiny apples, peppers, sweet potatoes,
watermelons, raspberries, damson jam,
eggs paprika in the frying pan, plums, pomegranates,
ketchup, wine. She loved each moment
of her flesh-and-blood time
from crimson sunset to strawberry cone
and she shows that love with her dead red bones.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
ghouls
kips
tombstone
tibia
fibula
crimson
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From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 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
ghouls
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Find Read Talk
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red. She’s different from the other ghouls. Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls, than a baby’s tooth, than nothing but the truth, than a ghost’s two legs, but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
ghouls
Your turn
tombstone
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
kips
tibia
fibula
crimson
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red. When she lived she loved tomatoes, shiny apples, peppers, sweet potatoes,
watermelons, raspberries, damson jam,
eggs paprika in the frying pan, plums, pomegranates,
ketchup, wine. She loved each moment
of her flesh-and-blood time
from crimson sunset to strawberry cone
and she shows that love with her dead red bones.
The Red Skeleton
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead
dwells a skeleton whose bones are red.
She’s different from the other ghouls.
Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls,
than a baby’s tooth,
than nothing but the truth,
than a ghost’s two legs,
but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed
kips a skeleton whose tibia is red,
her fibula too (no word of lie).
Most bones are as white,
when their owners die,
as vanilla ice cream on apple pie,
as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head,
but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed
kips a skeleton whose tibia is red,
her fibula too (no word of lie).
Most bones are as white,
when their owners die,
as vanilla ice cream on apple pie,
as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head,
but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed
kips a skeleton whose tibia is red,
her fibula too (no word of lie).
Most bones are as white,
when their owners die,
as vanilla ice cream on apple pie,
as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head,
but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red. She’s different from the other ghouls. Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls,
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
Reveal Explainer
The poet tells the reader that this skeleton is different because of her red bones. Since most people know that bones are white, we immediately understand this skeleton is unique. The poet then uses comparison to show just what most bones look like, describing them as ‘whiter than an oyster’s pearls’. This comparison and imagery highlights the contrast between ordinary skeletons and the unusual red-boned skeleton.
Teach
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 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 poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
B) What does the poem suggest about what the skeleton was like when she was alive?
C) How does the poet use humour and word play to make the poem less scary?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - their (other ghouls’) bones are whiter…than a baby’s tooth - whiter…than nothing but the truth - whiter…than a ghost’s two legs
comparisons using ‘than’ to describe most skeletons
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
Text Mark Evidence - most bones are as white…as vanilla ice cream on apple pie - as white…as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head
similes/comparisons using ‘as’ to describe most skeletons
Text Mark Evidence - but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red - but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red - she shows that love with her dead red bones
using contrast to show the red skeleton is different
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - the oddball skeleton’s bones are red - the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red
she has always been unusual, independent or quirky
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence when she lived she loved tomatoes, shiny apples, peppers, sweet potatoes, watermelons, raspberries, damson jam…plums, pomegranates, ketchup, wine
she loved vibrantly coloured foods
B) What does the poem suggest about what the skeleton was like when she was alive?
Text Mark Evidence when she lived she loved…peppers… eggs paprika in the frying pan
she loved hot and spicy foods and flavours
Text Mark Evidence she loved each moment of her flesh-and-blood time
she lived her life to the fullest
Text Mark Evidence she loved each moment... to strawberry cone
she loved special treats
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she loved each moment…from crimson sunset
she loved colours in nature
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence her fibula too (no word of lie)
humorous use of words (fib/lie)
C) How does the poet use puns and word play to make the poem less scary?
Text Mark Evidence the lone shark skeleton’s bones
humorous use of homonyms (loan/lone)
Text Mark Evidence - a ghost’s two legs - kips a skeleton
personification and playful imagery
Text Mark Evidence - than a baby’s tooth - than a ghost’s two legs - as vanilla ice cream on apple pie - as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head
playful language and light-hearted comparisons
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘crimson’?
Which One's Right?
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead
dwells a skeleton whose bones are red.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘dwells’?
B rests
A sleeps
D hides
C resides
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘sleeps or naps’:
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red,
her fibula too (no word of lie).
Most bones are as white,
when their owners die,
as vanilla ice cream on apple pie,
as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head,
but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Discuss then check
kips
Fill the Gaps
fibula
tibia
kips
tombstone
Down in the damp of a bed a skeleton whose is red,
her too (no word of lie).
Most bones are as white,
when their owners die,
as vanilla ice cream on apple pie,
as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head,
but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of words.
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: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: 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?
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
B) What does the poem suggest about what the skeleton was like when she was alive?
C) How does the poet use humour and word play to make the poem less scary?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Red Skeleton
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red. She’s different from the other ghouls. Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls, than a baby’s tooth, than nothing but the truth, than a ghost’s two legs, but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red. When she lived she loved tomatoes, shiny apples, peppers, sweet potatoes, watermelons, raspberries, damson jam, eggs paprika in the frying pan, plums, pomegranates, ketchup, wine. She loved each moment of her flesh-and-blood time from crimson sunset to strawberry cone and she shows that love with her dead red bones.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
ghouls
kips
tombstone
tibia
fibula
crimson
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 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
ghouls
Explore
Find Read Talk
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red. She’s different from the other ghouls. Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls, than a baby’s tooth, than nothing but the truth, than a ghost’s two legs, but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
ghouls
Your turn
tombstone
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
kips
tibia
fibula
crimson
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red. When she lived she loved tomatoes, shiny apples, peppers, sweet potatoes, watermelons, raspberries, damson jam, eggs paprika in the frying pan, plums, pomegranates, ketchup, wine. She loved each moment of her flesh-and-blood time from crimson sunset to strawberry cone and she shows that love with her dead red bones.
The Red Skeleton
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red. She’s different from the other ghouls. Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls, than a baby’s tooth, than nothing but the truth, than a ghost’s two legs, but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red,
her fibula too (no word of lie).
Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie,
as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head,
but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red. She’s different from the other ghouls. Their bones are whiter than an oyster’s pearls,
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
Reveal Explainer
The poet tells the reader that this skeleton is different because of her red bones. Since most people know that bones are white, we immediately understand this skeleton is unique. The poet then uses comparison to show just what most bones look like, describing them as ‘whiter than an oyster’s pearls’. This comparison and imagery highlights the contrast between ordinary skeletons and the unusual red-boned skeleton.
Teach
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 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 poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
B) What does the poem suggest about what the skeleton was like when she was alive?
C) How does the poet use humour and word play to make the poem less scary?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - their (other ghouls’) bones are whiter…than a baby’s tooth - whiter…than nothing but the truth - whiter…than a ghost’s two legs
comparisons using ‘than’ to describe most skeletons
A) How does the poet show what most skeletons look like and how the red skeleton is different?
Text Mark Evidence - most bones are as white…as vanilla ice cream on apple pie - as white…as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head
similes/comparisons using ‘as’ to describe most skeletons
Text Mark Evidence - but the oddball skeleton’s bones are red - but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red - she shows that love with her dead red bones
using contrast to show the red skeleton is different
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - the oddball skeleton’s bones are red - the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red
she has always been unusual, independent or quirky
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence when she lived she loved tomatoes, shiny apples, peppers, sweet potatoes, watermelons, raspberries, damson jam…plums, pomegranates, ketchup, wine
she loved vibrantly coloured foods
B) What does the poem suggest about what the skeleton was like when she was alive?
Text Mark Evidence when she lived she loved…peppers… eggs paprika in the frying pan
she loved hot and spicy foods and flavours
Text Mark Evidence she loved each moment of her flesh-and-blood time
she lived her life to the fullest
Text Mark Evidence she loved each moment... to strawberry cone
she loved special treats
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence she loved each moment…from crimson sunset
she loved colours in nature
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence her fibula too (no word of lie)
humorous use of words (fib/lie)
C) How does the poet use puns and word play to make the poem less scary?
Text Mark Evidence the lone shark skeleton’s bones
humorous use of homonyms (loan/lone)
Text Mark Evidence - a ghost’s two legs - kips a skeleton
personification and playful imagery
Text Mark Evidence - than a baby’s tooth - than a ghost’s two legs - as vanilla ice cream on apple pie - as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head
playful language and light-hearted comparisons
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘crimson’?
Which One's Right?
Down in the graveyard where everyone’s dead dwells a skeleton whose bones are red.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘dwells’?
B rests
A sleeps
D hides
C resides
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘sleeps or naps’:
Down in the damp of a tombstone bed kips a skeleton whose tibia is red, her fibula too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Discuss then check
kips
Fill the Gaps
fibula
tibia
kips
tombstone
Down in the damp of a bed a skeleton whose is red, her too (no word of lie). Most bones are as white, when their owners die, as vanilla ice cream on apple pie, as the first grey hair on a middle-aged head, but the lone shark skeleton’s bones are red.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of words.
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: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
tombstone
kips
tibia
fibula