Ready Steady Read Together
An Anthology of Intriguing Animals: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
It is a myth that all snakes hiss – king cobras growl like angry dogs!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
B) In what ways are cobras and boas different?
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Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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ecosystems
hood
venomous
legendary
Amazon
heat pits
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From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. 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
ecosystems
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
ecosystems
Your turn
venomous
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hood
legendary
Amazon
heat pits
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
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Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
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Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by squeezing. When a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly, holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing. Its jaws open extra- wide to swallow its dinner in one go.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by squeezing.
When a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly,
holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing.
Its jaws open extra- wide to swallow its dinner in one go.
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by squeezing. When a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly, holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing. Its jaws open extra- wide to swallow its dinner in one go.
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
Reveal Explainer
Both snakes are similar because in the first paragraph it states they are both highly adapted predators, even though they have differences.
Teach
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. 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) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
B) In what ways are cobras and boas different?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence cobras and boas are fascinating snakes
same type of creature
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: fortunately their favourite food is other snakes
Boa: Rats and bats are on the menu
both eat other animals
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: they bring the front part of their body up into a “standing position.” At the same time they spread their ribs and suck air into their lungs to form a hood
Boa: this snake spends hours with its head dangling down, waiting and waiting
both use special body features to catch food
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: cobras have a superpower – to appear bigger than they are
Boa: when a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly, holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing
both surprise their prey
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: just one bite contains enough venom to kill 20 people
Boa: boas kill by squeezing… wraps its long body around it tightly
different methods to kill
B) In what ways are cobras and boas different?
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: they spread their ribs and suck air into their lungs to form a hood
Boa: the mysterious row of holes around the emerald tree boa’s mouth are heat pits
different unique features
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: their favourite food is other snakes
Boa: rats and bats are on the menu
different preferred prey
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hood?
Which One's Right?
What does a boa like to eat?
B) vegatation
A) other snakes
D) emerald tree
C) rats and bats
True or False?
All snake hiss.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
squeezing
Amazon
dangling
Deep in the rainforest off SouthAmerica, you'll find the emerald tree boa looped around a strong branch. This snake spends hours with its head down, waiting and waiting. Rats and bats are on the menu. Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by .
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...
retell what you learn.
Reveal
Share new knowledge 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 and adapted for accessibility from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
Amazon
dangling
squeezing
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Ready Steady Read Together
An Anthology of Intriguing Animals: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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 is a myth that all snakes hiss – king cobras growl like angry dogs!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
B) In what ways are cobras and boas different?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
ecosystems
hood
venomous
legendary
Amazon
heat pits
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. 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
ecosystems
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
ecosystems
Your turn
venomous
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hood
legendary
Amazon
heat pits
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by squeezing. When a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly, holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing. Its jaws open extra- wide to swallow its dinner in one go.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by squeezing.
When a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly,
holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing.
Its jaws open extra- wide to swallow its dinner in one go.
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by squeezing. When a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly, holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing. Its jaws open extra- wide to swallow its dinner in one go.
Explore
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
Reveal Explainer
Both snakes are similar because in the first paragraph it states they are both highly adapted predators, even though they have differences.
Teach
From: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018. 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) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
B) In what ways are cobras and boas different?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence cobras and boas are fascinating snakes
same type of creature
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: fortunately their favourite food is other snakes Boa: Rats and bats are on the menu
both eat other animals
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: they bring the front part of their body up into a “standing position.” At the same time they spread their ribs and suck air into their lungs to form a hood Boa: this snake spends hours with its head dangling down, waiting and waiting
both use special body features to catch food
A) In what ways are cobras and boas similar?
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: cobras have a superpower – to appear bigger than they are Boa: when a meal comes along, the boa grabs it and wraps its long body around it tightly, holding it until its victim’s blood stops flowing
both surprise their prey
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: just one bite contains enough venom to kill 20 people Boa: boas kill by squeezing… wraps its long body around it tightly
different methods to kill
B) In what ways are cobras and boas different?
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: they spread their ribs and suck air into their lungs to form a hood Boa: the mysterious row of holes around the emerald tree boa’s mouth are heat pits
different unique features
Text Mark Evidence Cobra: their favourite food is other snakes Boa: rats and bats are on the menu
different preferred prey
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hood?
Which One's Right?
What does a boa like to eat?
B) vegatation
A) other snakes
D) emerald tree
C) rats and bats
True or False?
All snake hiss.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
squeezing
Amazon
dangling
Deep in the rainforest off SouthAmerica, you'll find the emerald tree boa looped around a strong branch. This snake spends hours with its head down, waiting and waiting. Rats and bats are on the menu. Not all snakes have a deadly bite: boas kill by .
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...
retell what you learn.
Reveal
Share new knowledge 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 and adapted for accessibility from: An Anthology of Intriguing Animals by Ben Hoare © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
Amazon
dangling
squeezing