Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: Poetry Lesson 4
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What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous…
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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 are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
B) How is The Dark different from the other poems in Tales of the Unexpected?
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Let me read today's text
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Tales of the Expected
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea
to muffle and blindfold the town,
those who were out – and I was one –
hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog
would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous,
in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew.
The townsfolk would find a little bone next day,
a sock or a shoe, a muddy toy…no girl or boy
was safe when the mist boiled in from the waves
to poach the wriggling town. The Monster would pin
you down! The Monster would suck your eyes
like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains
on the side of the street! Beware! Take care!
Parents who let their child play out would soon come
to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
2 Ghoul School
The Headmaster isn’t a vampire.
He doesn’t drink blood,
or sleep in a coffin bed
with a duvet of mud.
The Deputy Head’s no werewolf.
She doesn’t noisily eat
the Infants for hors d’oeuvres
and the Juniors for sweet.
The teachers aren’t ghouls.
Their yellow teeth don’t bite
the trembling hands of pupils
learning to read and write.
The school isn’t a ghost ship
floating away from the town…
nobody left on board…
a bell ringing for the drowned.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
3 The Dark
If you think of the dark
as a black park
and the moon as a bounced ball,
then there’s nothing to be frightened of
at all
(Except for aliens…)
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!
muffle
ravenous
prowl
poach
coffin
hors d’oeuvres
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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
muffle
Explore
Find Read Talk
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea
to muffle and blindfold the town,
those who were out – and I was one –
hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
muffle
Your turn
prowl
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ravenous
poach
coffin
hors d'oeuvres
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Tales of the Expected
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
Reveal Vocabulary
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea
to muffle and blindfold the town,
those who were out – and I was one –
hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog
would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous,
in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew.
The townsfolk would find a little bone next day,
a sock or a shoe, a muddy toy…no girl or boy
was safe when the mist boiled in from the waves
to poach the wriggling town. The Monster would pin
you down! The Monster would suck your eyes
like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains
on the side of the street! Beware! Take care!
Parents who let their child play out would soon come
to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
2 Ghoul School
The Headmaster isn’t a vampire.
He doesn’t drink blood,
or sleep in a coffin bed
with a duvet of mud.
The Deputy Head’s no werewolf.
She doesn’t noisily eat
the Infants for hors d’oeuvres
and the Juniors for sweet.
The teachers aren’t ghouls.
Their yellow teeth don’t bite
the trembling hands of pupils
learning to read and write.
The school isn’t a ghost ship
floating away from the town…
nobody left on board…
a bell ringing for the drowned.
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...
The Monster would pin you down! The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street! Beware! Take care! Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
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
The Monster would pin you down!
The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets!
The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street!
Beware! Take care!
Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it.
So legend had it. But no one believed it.
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
The Monster would pin you down! The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street! Beware! Take care! Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
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 are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
2 Ghoul School
The Headmaster isn’t a vampire.
He doesn’t drink blood,
or sleep in a coffin bed
with a duvet of mud.
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea
to muffle and blindfold the town,
those who were out – and I was one –
hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
A) How are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Reveal Explainer
Both poems use frightening or spooky imagery. The Monster of Ghosty Bog describes an eerie setting with ‘a sudden mist swirled in from the sea’ making the town feel mysterious. Ghoul School uses creepy images such as ‘sleep in a coffin bed with a duvet of mud’. Both mention threatening actions, including ‘muffle and blindfold the town’ and ‘drink blood’ which make the reader imagine danger.
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 are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
B) How is The Dark different from the other poems in Tales of the Unexpected?
Find the answers
Text mark
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Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog - the Monster would pin you down - the Monster would suck your eyes Poem 2 – the Headmaster isn’t a vampire - the Deputy Head’s no werewolf - the teachers aren’t ghouls
both include the theme of monsters
Acceptable Answers
A) How are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – the Monster…would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous - no girl or boy was safe when the mist boiled in from the waves to poach the wriggling town
Poem 2 – eat the Infants for hors d’oeuvres and the Juniors for sweet - bite the trembling hands of pupils - a ghost ship floating away from the town
both use frightening or spooky imagery
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – so legend had it… but no one believed it
Poem 2 – the Headmaster isn’t a vampire - the Deputy Head’s no werewolf - the teachers aren’t ghouls - the school isn’t a ghost ship
both provide reassurance
Acceptable Answers
Both use similar poetic features:
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – swirled in from the sea - hurried for home, hoods up, heads down - brains on the side of the street Poem 2 – pupils learning to read and write
alliteration
A) How are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – the Monster would pin you down - the Monster would suck your eyes - the Monster would leave your brains Poem 2 – the Headmaster isn’t a vampire - the school isn’t a ghost ship
repetition
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – blindfold the town… hoods up, heads down - Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog - gobble and chew…a sock or a shoe - a muddy toy…no girl or boy Poem 2 – drink blood…duvet of mud - noisily eat…Juniors for sweet
rhyme
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence there’s nothing to be frightened of at all
reassurance is the main focus instead of fear
B) How is The Dark different from the other poems in Tales of the Unexpected?
Text Mark Evidence - think of the dark as a black park - the moon as a bounced ball
familiar and comforting imagery compared to frightening or spooky imagery
Text Mark Evidence except for aliens
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
humorous or silly tone instead of fear
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hors d’oeuvres’?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘extremely hungry’:
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog
would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous,
in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew.
The townsfolk would find a little bone next day,
a sock or a shoe, a muddy toy
Discuss then check
ravenous
True or False?
The poem, The Dark, suggests that the dark is terrifying and dangerous.
True
False
Link Me
Link each poem with the correct summary:
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
A The poet gives the reader simple ways to manage their fears and jokes about aliens.
2 Ghoul School
B The poet tells of a terrifying, ravenous monster hunts through misty fog, but states the legend isn’t believed.
3 The Dark
C The poet reassures the reader that schools are not filled with monsters who want to gobble them up.
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...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of the poem.
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Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: Poetry 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?
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous…
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 are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
B) How is The Dark different from the other poems in Tales of the Unexpected?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Tales of the Expected
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea to muffle and blindfold the town, those who were out – and I was one – hurried for home, hoods up, heads down. Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous, in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew. The townsfolk would find a little bone next day, a sock or a shoe, a muddy toy…no girl or boy was safe when the mist boiled in from the waves to poach the wriggling town. The Monster would pin you down! The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street! Beware! Take care! Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
2 Ghoul School
The Headmaster isn’t a vampire. He doesn’t drink blood, or sleep in a coffin bed with a duvet of mud. The Deputy Head’s no werewolf. She doesn’t noisily eat the Infants for hors d’oeuvres and the Juniors for sweet.
The teachers aren’t ghouls. Their yellow teeth don’t bite the trembling hands of pupils learning to read and write. The school isn’t a ghost ship floating away from the town… nobody left on board… a bell ringing for the drowned.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
3 The Dark
If you think of the dark as a black park and the moon as a bounced ball, then there’s nothing to be frightened of at all (Except for aliens…)
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!
muffle
ravenous
prowl
poach
coffin
hors d’oeuvres
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
muffle
Explore
Find Read Talk
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea to muffle and blindfold the town, those who were out – and I was one – hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
muffle
Your turn
prowl
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ravenous
poach
coffin
hors d'oeuvres
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Tales of the Expected
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
Reveal Vocabulary
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea to muffle and blindfold the town, those who were out – and I was one – hurried for home, hoods up, heads down. Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous, in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew. The townsfolk would find a little bone next day, a sock or a shoe, a muddy toy…no girl or boy was safe when the mist boiled in from the waves to poach the wriggling town. The Monster would pin you down! The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street! Beware! Take care! Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
2 Ghoul School
The Headmaster isn’t a vampire. He doesn’t drink blood, or sleep in a coffin bed with a duvet of mud. The Deputy Head’s no werewolf. She doesn’t noisily eat the Infants for hors d’oeuvres and the Juniors for sweet.
The teachers aren’t ghouls. Their yellow teeth don’t bite the trembling hands of pupils learning to read and write. The school isn’t a ghost ship floating away from the town… nobody left on board… a bell ringing for the drowned.
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...
The Monster would pin you down! The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street! Beware! Take care! Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
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
The Monster would pin you down!
The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets!
The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street!
Beware! Take care!
Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it.
So legend had it. But no one believed it.
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
The Monster would pin you down! The Monster would suck your eyes like boiled sweets! The Monster would leave your brains on the side of the street! Beware! Take care! Parents who let their child play out would soon come to grieve it. So legend had it. But no one believed it.
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 are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
2 Ghoul School
The Headmaster isn’t a vampire. He doesn’t drink blood, or sleep in a coffin bed with a duvet of mud.
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea to muffle and blindfold the town, those who were out – and I was one – hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
A) How are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Reveal Explainer
Both poems use frightening or spooky imagery. The Monster of Ghosty Bog describes an eerie setting with ‘a sudden mist swirled in from the sea’ making the town feel mysterious. Ghoul School uses creepy images such as ‘sleep in a coffin bed with a duvet of mud’. Both mention threatening actions, including ‘muffle and blindfold the town’ and ‘drink blood’ which make the reader imagine danger.
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 are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
B) How is The Dark different from the other poems in Tales of the Unexpected?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog - the Monster would pin you down - the Monster would suck your eyes Poem 2 – the Headmaster isn’t a vampire - the Deputy Head’s no werewolf - the teachers aren’t ghouls
both include the theme of monsters
Acceptable Answers
A) How are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – the Monster…would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous - no girl or boy was safe when the mist boiled in from the waves to poach the wriggling town Poem 2 – eat the Infants for hors d’oeuvres and the Juniors for sweet - bite the trembling hands of pupils - a ghost ship floating away from the town
both use frightening or spooky imagery
Go to the next slide for more....
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – so legend had it… but no one believed it Poem 2 – the Headmaster isn’t a vampire - the Deputy Head’s no werewolf - the teachers aren’t ghouls - the school isn’t a ghost ship
both provide reassurance
Acceptable Answers
Both use similar poetic features:
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – swirled in from the sea - hurried for home, hoods up, heads down - brains on the side of the street Poem 2 – pupils learning to read and write
alliteration
A) How are the first two poems (The Monster of Ghosty Bog & Ghoul School) in Tales of the Unexpected similar?
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – the Monster would pin you down - the Monster would suck your eyes - the Monster would leave your brains Poem 2 – the Headmaster isn’t a vampire - the school isn’t a ghost ship
repetition
Text Mark Evidence Poem 1 – blindfold the town… hoods up, heads down - Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog - gobble and chew…a sock or a shoe - a muddy toy…no girl or boy Poem 2 – drink blood…duvet of mud - noisily eat…Juniors for sweet
rhyme
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence there’s nothing to be frightened of at all
reassurance is the main focus instead of fear
B) How is The Dark different from the other poems in Tales of the Unexpected?
Text Mark Evidence - think of the dark as a black park - the moon as a bounced ball
familiar and comforting imagery compared to frightening or spooky imagery
Text Mark Evidence except for aliens
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
humorous or silly tone instead of fear
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hors d’oeuvres’?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘extremely hungry’:
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog would prowl through the salty fog, ravenous, in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew. The townsfolk would find a little bone next day, a sock or a shoe, a muddy toy
Discuss then check
ravenous
True or False?
The poem, The Dark, suggests that the dark is terrifying and dangerous.
True
False
Link Me
Link each poem with the correct summary:
1 The Monster of Ghosty Bog
A The poet gives the reader simple ways to manage their fears and jokes about aliens.
2 Ghoul School
B The poet tells of a terrifying, ravenous monster hunts through misty fog, but states the legend isn’t believed.
3 The Dark
C The poet reassures the reader that schools are not filled with monsters who want to gobble them up.
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...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of the poem.
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.