Ready Steady Read Together
Charlotte's Web: 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?
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
B) What reasons do the adults give for wanting to kill the pig?
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Let me read today's text
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“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
“Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
“I don’t see why he needs an axe,” continued Fern, who was only eight.
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
“Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?”
Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern’s sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Please don’t kill it!” she sobbed. “It’s unfair.” Mr Arable stopped walking.
“Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”
“Control myself?” yelled Fern. “This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand.
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.”
“I see no difference,” replied Fern still hanging on to the axe. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hoghouse
sopping
runt
litter
weakling
injustice
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. 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
hoghouse
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hoghouse
Your turn
runt
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sopping
litter
weakling
injustice
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
“Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
“I don’t see why he needs an axe,” continued Fern, who was only eight.
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
“Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?”
Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern’s sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Please don’t kill it!” she sobbed. “It’s unfair.” Mr Arable stopped walking.
“Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.”
“Control myself?” yelled Fern. “This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand.
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.”
“I see no difference,” replied Fern still hanging on to the axe. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
What did you notice?
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From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do.”
“A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern.
“The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it?”
“If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?” Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
The word ‘shrieked’ shows that Fern is very distressed and is reacting with fear and shock, not speaking calmly or quietly. Her repeated questions show that she is surprised and upset by her father’s plan to kill the pig. By asking if the pig is being killed just because of its small size, Fern makes it clear that she thinks the plan is unfair and she disagrees with it.
Reveal Explainer
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
Teach
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. 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 Fern react to her father’s plan?
B) What reasons do the adults give for wanting to kill the pig?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors…she caught up with her father
chases after her father
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - please don’t kill it…she sobbed…it’s unfair - tears ran down her (Fern’s) cheeks
cries and gets upset
Text Mark Evidence control myself…yelled Fern
shouts at her father
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
Text Mark Evidence this is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself
takes it very seriously
Text Mark Evidence - she (Fern) took hole of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand
grabs at the axe
Text Mark Evidence - but it’s unfair…cried Fern - this is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of
thinks it is unfair and unjust
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - the pig couldn’t help being born small, could it - if I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me
tries to reason
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence one of the pigs is a runt…it’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything
small and weak
B) What reasons do the adults give for wanting to kill the pig?
Text Mark Evidence the pig would probably die anyway
likely to die
Text Mark Evidence I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do
more experience raising pigs
Text Mark Evidence a weakling makes trouble
troublesome
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another
humans are different from pigs
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘runt’?
Which One's Right?
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
What does Mrs Arable mean by the words ‘do away with it’?
B) to move the pig to another place
A) to rehome the pig
D) to help the pig grow stronger
C) to kill the pig
Find Me
Find a word which means ‘pigpen or pigsty’.
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
“Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
Discuss then check
hoghouse
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A something that is not strong
1 litter
B soaking wet
2 weakling
Check
C something that is unfair
Click if correct
3 sopping
D a group of baby animals born at the same time
4 injustice
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Charlotte's Web: 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?
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
B) What reasons do the adults give for wanting to kill the pig?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.” “I don’t see why he needs an axe,” continued Fern, who was only eight. “Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.” “Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?” Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.” Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern’s sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Please don’t kill it!” she sobbed. “It’s unfair.” Mr Arable stopped walking. “Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.” “Control myself?” yelled Fern. “This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand. “Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.” “I see no difference,” replied Fern still hanging on to the axe. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hoghouse
sopping
runt
litter
weakling
injustice
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. 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
hoghouse
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hoghouse
Your turn
runt
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sopping
litter
weakling
injustice
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.” “I don’t see why he needs an axe,” continued Fern, who was only eight. “Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.” “Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?” Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.” Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern’s sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Please don’t kill it!” she sobbed. “It’s unfair.” Mr Arable stopped walking. “Fern,” he said gently, “you will have to learn to control yourself.” “Control myself?” yelled Fern. “This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand. “Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?” Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with love. “But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another.” “I see no difference,” replied Fern still hanging on to the axe. “This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.”
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do.”
“A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern.
“The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it?”
“If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“Fern,” said Mr Arable, “I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!” “But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?”
Explore
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“Do away with it?” shrieked Fern. “You mean kill it? Just because it’s smaller than the others?” Mrs Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. “Don’t yell, Fern!” she said. “Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway.”
The word ‘shrieked’ shows that Fern is very distressed and is reacting with fear and shock, not speaking calmly or quietly. Her repeated questions show that she is surprised and upset by her father’s plan to kill the pig. By asking if the pig is being killed just because of its small size, Fern makes it clear that she thinks the plan is unfair and she disagrees with it.
Reveal Explainer
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
Teach
From: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952. 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 Fern react to her father’s plan?
B) What reasons do the adults give for wanting to kill the pig?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors…she caught up with her father
chases after her father
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - please don’t kill it…she sobbed…it’s unfair - tears ran down her (Fern’s) cheeks
cries and gets upset
Text Mark Evidence control myself…yelled Fern
shouts at her father
A) How does Fern react to her father’s plan?
Text Mark Evidence this is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself
takes it very seriously
Text Mark Evidence - she (Fern) took hole of the axe and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand
grabs at the axe
Text Mark Evidence - but it’s unfair…cried Fern - this is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of
thinks it is unfair and unjust
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - the pig couldn’t help being born small, could it - if I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me
tries to reason
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence one of the pigs is a runt…it’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything
small and weak
B) What reasons do the adults give for wanting to kill the pig?
Text Mark Evidence the pig would probably die anyway
likely to die
Text Mark Evidence I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do
more experience raising pigs
Text Mark Evidence a weakling makes trouble
troublesome
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another
humans are different from pigs
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘runt’?
Which One's Right?
“Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.”
What does Mrs Arable mean by the words ‘do away with it’?
B) to move the pig to another place
A) to rehome the pig
D) to help the pig grow stronger
C) to kill the pig
Find Me
Find a word which means ‘pigpen or pigsty’.
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. “Out to the hoghouse,” replied Mrs Arable. “Some pigs were born last night.”
Discuss then check
hoghouse
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A something that is not strong
1 litter
B soaking wet
2 weakling
Check
C something that is unfair
Click if correct
3 sopping
D a group of baby animals born at the same time
4 injustice
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White © 1952 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.