Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: Poetry 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?
Be very afraid of the Spotted Pyjama Spider which disguises itself as a spot on the sleeve of your nightwear…
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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 poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
B) How does the poem the creatures seem humorous and silly?
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Let me read today's text
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Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider
which disguises itself as a spot
on the sleeve of your nightwear,
waits till you fall asleep,
then commences its ominous creep
towards your face.
Be very afraid
of the Hanging Lightcord Snake
which waits in the dark
for your hand to reach for the switch,
then wraps itself round your wrist
with a venomous hiss. Be afraid,
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
of the Hairbrush Rat, of the Merit Badge Beetle, of the Bubble Bath Jellyfish
and the Wrist Watch Tick (with its terrible nip),
of the Sock Wasp, of the Bee in the Bonnet
(posed as an amber jewel
in the hatpin on it). Be feart
of the Toilet Roll Scorpion,
snug as a bug in its cardboard tube
until someone disturbs it,
of the Killer Earring Ant,
dangling from a lobe
until someone perturbs it. Don’t be brave –
be very afraid.
very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red
in the paste you squeeze
and oozes onto your brush
with a wormy guile
to squirm on your smile.
Be very afraid indeed
of the Bookworm Bat
which wraps itself like a dust-jacket
over a book,
then flaps and squeaks in your face
when you take a look. Be afraid
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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commences
venomous
ominous
camouflaged
guile
perturbs
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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
commences
Explore
Find Read Talk
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider
which disguises itself as a spot
on the sleeve of your nightwear,
waits till you fall asleep,
then commences its ominous creep
towards your face.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
commences
Your turn
ominous
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
venomous
camouflaged
guile
perturbs
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider
which disguises itself as a spot
on the sleeve of your nightwear,
waits till you fall asleep,
then commences its ominous creep
towards your face.
Be very afraid
of the Hanging Lightcord Snake
which waits in the dark
for your hand to reach for the switch,
then wraps itself round your wrist
with a venomous hiss. Be afraid,
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
of the Hairbrush Rat, of the Merit Badge Beetle, of the Bubble Bath Jellyfish
and the Wrist Watch Tick (with its terrible nip),
of the Sock Wasp, of the Bee in the Bonnet
(posed as an amber jewel
in the hatpin on it). Be feart
of the Toilet Roll Scorpion,
snug as a bug in its cardboard tube
until someone disturbs it,
of the Killer Earring Ant,
dangling from a lobe
until someone perturbs it. Don’t be brave –
be very afraid.
very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red
in the paste you squeeze
and oozes onto your brush
with a wormy guile
to squirm on your smile.
Be very afraid indeed
of the Bookworm Bat
which wraps itself like a dust-jacket
over a book,
then flaps and squeaks in your face
when you take a look. Be afraid
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...
Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake
which waits in the dark
for your hand to reach for the switch,
then wraps itself round your wrist
with a venomous hiss. Be afraid, very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
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
Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake which waits in the dark for your hand to reach for the switch,
then wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss.
Be afraid, very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm
which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze
and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
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
Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake
which waits in the dark
for your hand to reach for the switch,
then wraps itself round your wrist
with a venomous hiss. Be afraid, very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
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 poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider
which disguises itself as a spot
on the sleeve of your nightwear,
waits till you fall asleep,
then commences its ominous creep
towards your face.
Reveal Explainer
The poem starts with a warning ‘Be very afraid,’ which immediately signals danger. The poet uses image of a spider, a creature that many people find frightening. The words ‘disguises itself as a spot’ and ‘waits till you fall asleep’ make the spider sound sneaky and cunning, as if it is plotting and waiting for when you are most defenceless to strike.
A) How does the poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
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 poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
B) How does the poem the creatures seem humorous and silly?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - ominous creep - venomous hiss - its terrible nip - killer…ant
descriptions using frightening words or phrases
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - be very afraid - be very afraid indeed - be afraid - be feart - don’t be brave
repetition of warnings
A) How does the poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
Text Mark Evidence - Spotted Pyjama Spider - Hanging Lightcord Snake - Toothpaste Worm - Bookworm Bat - Hairbrush Rat - Merit Badge Beetle
creatures often viewed as dangerous unpleasant or frightening
Text Mark Evidence - waits in the dark - camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste - wraps itself like a dust-jacket over a book - posed as an amber jewel in the hatpin
descriptions of creatures hiding or lying in wait for prey
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - commences its ominous creep towards your face - wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss
threatening actions
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Spotted Pyjama Spider - Hanging Lightcord Snake - Toothpaste Worm - Bookworm Bat - Hairbrush Rat - Merit Badge Beetle - Bubble Bath Jellyfish
use everyday items to create silly, nonsensical creature names
B) How does the poem the creatures seem humorous and silly?
Text Mark Evidence - Spotted Pyjama Spider - Toothpaste Worm - Merit Badge Beetle - Wrist Watch Tick - Sock Wasp - Bee in the Bonnet -Toilet Roll Scorpion - Killer Earring Ant
the small size of the creatures
Text Mark Evidence - Toothpaste Worm - Bookworm Bat - Hairbrush Rat - Merit Badge Beetle - Sock Wasp - Bee in the Bonnet - Killer Earring Ant
the harmless nature of many of the creatures
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - Wrist Watch Tick - Bee in the Bonnet - snug as a bug
uses word play and playful language
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘camouflaged’?
Which One's Right?
The Killer Earring Ant, dangling from a lobe until someone perturbs it…
Which answer best completes the statement?
If you perturb someone or something, you make them feel...
B angry
A irritable
D confused
C worried
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 venomous
4 guile
1 commence
2 ominous
A threatening
B craftiness
C poisonous
D begin
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from the poem:
A Be very afraid indeed of the Bookworm Bat...
1 onomatopoeia
B ...wraps itself around your wrist with a venomous hiss.
2 rhyme
C ...wraps itself like a dust-jacket.
Check
3 alliteration
Click if correct
D ...a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
4 simile
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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discover new authors.
Reveal
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Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: 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?
Be very afraid of the Spotted Pyjama Spider which disguises itself as a spot on the sleeve of your nightwear…
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 poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
B) How does the poem the creatures seem humorous and silly?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider which disguises itself as a spot on the sleeve of your nightwear, waits till you fall asleep, then commences its ominous creep towards your face. Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake which waits in the dark for your hand to reach for the switch, then wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss. Be afraid,
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
of the Hairbrush Rat, of the Merit Badge Beetle, of the Bubble Bath Jellyfish and the Wrist Watch Tick (with its terrible nip), of the Sock Wasp, of the Bee in the Bonnet (posed as an amber jewel in the hatpin on it). Be feart of the Toilet Roll Scorpion, snug as a bug in its cardboard tube until someone disturbs it, of the Killer Earring Ant, dangling from a lobe until someone perturbs it. Don’t be brave – be very afraid.
very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile. Be very afraid indeed of the Bookworm Bat which wraps itself like a dust-jacket over a book, then flaps and squeaks in your face when you take a look. Be afraid
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!
commences
venomous
ominous
camouflaged
guile
perturbs
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
commences
Explore
Find Read Talk
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider which disguises itself as a spot on the sleeve of your nightwear, waits till you fall asleep, then commences its ominous creep towards your face.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
commences
Your turn
ominous
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
venomous
camouflaged
guile
perturbs
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider which disguises itself as a spot on the sleeve of your nightwear, waits till you fall asleep, then commences its ominous creep towards your face. Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake which waits in the dark for your hand to reach for the switch, then wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss. Be afraid,
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
of the Hairbrush Rat, of the Merit Badge Beetle, of the Bubble Bath Jellyfish and the Wrist Watch Tick (with its terrible nip), of the Sock Wasp, of the Bee in the Bonnet (posed as an amber jewel in the hatpin on it). Be feart of the Toilet Roll Scorpion, snug as a bug in its cardboard tube until someone disturbs it, of the Killer Earring Ant, dangling from a lobe until someone perturbs it. Don’t be brave – be very afraid.
very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile. Be very afraid indeed of the Bookworm Bat which wraps itself like a dust-jacket over a book, then flaps and squeaks in your face when you take a look. Be afraid
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...
Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake which waits in the dark for your hand to reach for the switch, then wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss. Be afraid, very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
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
Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake which waits in the dark for your hand to reach for the switch,
then wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss.
Be afraid, very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm
which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze
and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
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
Be very afraid of the Hanging Lightcord Snake which waits in the dark for your hand to reach for the switch, then wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss. Be afraid, very afraid, of the Toothpaste Worm which is camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste you squeeze and oozes onto your brush with a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
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 poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
Be Very Afraid
of the Spotted Pyjama Spider which disguises itself as a spot on the sleeve of your nightwear, waits till you fall asleep, then commences its ominous creep towards your face.
Reveal Explainer
The poem starts with a warning ‘Be very afraid,’ which immediately signals danger. The poet uses image of a spider, a creature that many people find frightening. The words ‘disguises itself as a spot’ and ‘waits till you fall asleep’ make the spider sound sneaky and cunning, as if it is plotting and waiting for when you are most defenceless to strike.
A) How does the poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
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 poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
B) How does the poem the creatures seem humorous and silly?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - ominous creep - venomous hiss - its terrible nip - killer…ant
descriptions using frightening words or phrases
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - be very afraid - be very afraid indeed - be afraid - be feart - don’t be brave
repetition of warnings
A) How does the poem make the creatures sound dangerous and sinister?
Text Mark Evidence - Spotted Pyjama Spider - Hanging Lightcord Snake - Toothpaste Worm - Bookworm Bat - Hairbrush Rat - Merit Badge Beetle
creatures often viewed as dangerous unpleasant or frightening
Text Mark Evidence - waits in the dark - camouflaged as a stripe of red in the paste - wraps itself like a dust-jacket over a book - posed as an amber jewel in the hatpin
descriptions of creatures hiding or lying in wait for prey
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - commences its ominous creep towards your face - wraps itself round your wrist with a venomous hiss
threatening actions
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Spotted Pyjama Spider - Hanging Lightcord Snake - Toothpaste Worm - Bookworm Bat - Hairbrush Rat - Merit Badge Beetle - Bubble Bath Jellyfish
use everyday items to create silly, nonsensical creature names
B) How does the poem the creatures seem humorous and silly?
Text Mark Evidence - Spotted Pyjama Spider - Toothpaste Worm - Merit Badge Beetle - Wrist Watch Tick - Sock Wasp - Bee in the Bonnet -Toilet Roll Scorpion - Killer Earring Ant
the small size of the creatures
Text Mark Evidence - Toothpaste Worm - Bookworm Bat - Hairbrush Rat - Merit Badge Beetle - Sock Wasp - Bee in the Bonnet - Killer Earring Ant
the harmless nature of many of the creatures
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - Wrist Watch Tick - Bee in the Bonnet - snug as a bug
uses word play and playful language
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘camouflaged’?
Which One's Right?
The Killer Earring Ant, dangling from a lobe until someone perturbs it…
Which answer best completes the statement? If you perturb someone or something, you make them feel...
B angry
A irritable
D confused
C worried
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 venomous
4 guile
1 commence
2 ominous
A threatening
B craftiness
C poisonous
D begin
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the example from the poem:
A Be very afraid indeed of the Bookworm Bat...
1 onomatopoeia
B ...wraps itself around your wrist with a venomous hiss.
2 rhyme
C ...wraps itself like a dust-jacket.
Check
3 alliteration
Click if correct
D ...a wormy guile to squirm on your smile.
4 simile
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new authors.
Reveal
Try books from writers you've never heard of to expand your horizons.
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.