Ready Steady Read Together
Viking Boy: Fiction Lesson 4
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 was hard to think clearly with a mind so full of grief for Father - and hatred for Skuli, the very person that killed him. Gunnar had never hated anyone before, but now he savoured the feeling, letting its heat flood through his veins.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyFind two phrases that show Gunnar is hiding from the people searching for him.
A) Look at the paragraph that starts with ‘It was hard to think clearly…’. Find two words that show Gunnar feels angry.
B) What does the phrase ‘pulled himself together’ mean?
D) What might the phrase ‘hit Gunnar like a blow to the face’ mean?
C) What does the word ‘grief’ mean for Gunnar in this part of the story?
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Let me read today's text
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Gunnar kept running as long as he dared. At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roosts, hugged himself and sobbed.
After a while he pulled himself together, wiping his eyes and nose on the sleeve of his tunic. He listened for the sound of a search, but all he could hear was the wind still sighing in the tree-tops. He guessed they would come after him as soon as the sun rose, and that didn’t leave him much time to work out a plan. Where could he go? What was he going to do? It was hard to think clearly with a mind so full of grief for Father - and hatred for Skuli, the very person that killed him. Gunnar had never hated anyone before, but now he savoured the feeling, letting its heat flood through his veins. He has sworn an oath of vengeance against Skuli, and he was determined to fulfil it, even if he had to go to the ends of the Earth and back to do so…
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods! As Mother had said, he was just a boy, so how could he take revenge on Skuli? A man like that would eat him alive. But he had no winged wolf to take him to Valhalla. He didn’t even know where it was, or if it was possible to get there by some other means – none of the old stories went into this kind of detail. Then he remembered what he was told – prey to Odin king of the Gods!
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
undergrowth
savoured
grief
sworn an oath
vengeance
fulfil
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. 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
undergrowth
Explore
Find Read Talk
Gunnar kept running as long as he dared. At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roosts, hugged himself and sobbed.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
undergrowth
Your turn
grief
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
savoured
sworn an oath
vengeance
fulfil
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Gunnar kept running as long as he dared. At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roosts, hugged himself and sobbed.
After a while he pulled himself together, wiping his eyes and nose on the sleeve of his tunic. He listened for the sound of a search, but all he could hear was the wind still sighing in the tree-tops. He guessed they would come after him as soon as the sun rose, and that didn’t leave him much time to work out a plan. Where could he go? What was he going to do? It was hard to think clearly with a mind so full of grief for Father - and hatred for Skuli, the very person that killed him. Gunnar had never hated anyone before, but now he savoured the feeling, letting its heat flood through his veins. He has sworn an oath of vengeance against Skuli, and he was determined to fulfil it, even if he had to go to the ends of the Earth and back to do so…
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods! As Mother had said, he was just a boy, so how could he take revenge on Skuli? A man like that would eat him alive. But he had no winged wolf to take him to Valhalla. He didn’t even know where it was, or if it was possible to get there by some other means – none of the old stories went into this kind of detail. Then he remembered what he was told – prey to Odin king of the Gods!
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods!
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face.
No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth –
he would travel to Valhalla
the majestic hall of killed warriors instead
and bring Father back from the gods!
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods!
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question OnlyFind two phrases that show Gunnar is hiding from the people searching for him.
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roots, hugged himself and sobbed.
After a while he pulled himself together, wiping his eyes and nose on the sleeve of his tunic. He listened for the sound of a search...
Teacher Model Question OnlyFind two phrases that show Gunnar is hiding from the people searching for him.
The phrase “curled up between its roots” shows that Gunnar is hiding because he is making himself small and using the tree to keep himself out of sight. The phrase “listened for the sound of a search” shows that he knows people are looking for him and he is staying quiet so he is not found.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. 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) Look at the paragraph that starts with ‘It was hard to think clearly…’. Find two words that show Gunnar feels angry.
B) What does the phrase ‘pulled himself together’ mean?
D) What might the phrase ‘hit Gunnar like a blow to the face’ mean?
Find the answers
C) What does the word ‘grief’ mean for Gunnar in this part of the story?
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Look at the paragraph that starts with ‘It was hard to think clearly…’. Find two words that show Gunnar feels angry.
Text Mark Evidence hatred
Text Mark Evidence vengeance
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Gunnar calmed himself down after crying
B) What does the phrase ‘pulled himself together’ mean?
Gunnar has stopped crying
Gunnar has tried to be brave
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Gunnar has got control of his feelings
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What does the word ‘grief’ mean for Gunnar in this part of the story?
feeling very sad because his father died
missing his father because he loved him very much
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
the thought shocked him
D) What might the phrase ‘hit Gunnar like a blow to the face’ mean?
surprised him suddenly
it made him stop and think
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
it felt upsetting and strong, like a shock
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘undergrowth’?
True or False?
Gunnar had a winged wolf to and knew how to get to Valhalla - the majestic hall of killed warriors.
True
False
Tick Me
He listened for the sound of a search, but all he could hear was the wind still sighing in the tree-tops...
What does this line mean?
Tick one:
A The wind was like an animal shouting.
B It was noisy and he couldn't hear.
Check
C The wind was strong and trees were nearly knocked down.
Click if correct
D The wind was blowing gently through the trees.
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Gunnar was very upset and cried.
B) Gunnar was on the run and trying to hide.
C) He wanted vengeance on Skuli.
D) He was not sure how to get Father from Valhalla.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new 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: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Viking Boy: Fiction 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?
It was hard to think clearly with a mind so full of grief for Father - and hatred for Skuli, the very person that killed him. Gunnar had never hated anyone before, but now he savoured the feeling, letting its heat flood through his veins.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyFind two phrases that show Gunnar is hiding from the people searching for him.
A) Look at the paragraph that starts with ‘It was hard to think clearly…’. Find two words that show Gunnar feels angry.
B) What does the phrase ‘pulled himself together’ mean?
D) What might the phrase ‘hit Gunnar like a blow to the face’ mean?
C) What does the word ‘grief’ mean for Gunnar in this part of the story?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Gunnar kept running as long as he dared. At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roosts, hugged himself and sobbed. After a while he pulled himself together, wiping his eyes and nose on the sleeve of his tunic. He listened for the sound of a search, but all he could hear was the wind still sighing in the tree-tops. He guessed they would come after him as soon as the sun rose, and that didn’t leave him much time to work out a plan. Where could he go? What was he going to do? It was hard to think clearly with a mind so full of grief for Father - and hatred for Skuli, the very person that killed him. Gunnar had never hated anyone before, but now he savoured the feeling, letting its heat flood through his veins. He has sworn an oath of vengeance against Skuli, and he was determined to fulfil it, even if he had to go to the ends of the Earth and back to do so…
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods! As Mother had said, he was just a boy, so how could he take revenge on Skuli? A man like that would eat him alive. But he had no winged wolf to take him to Valhalla. He didn’t even know where it was, or if it was possible to get there by some other means – none of the old stories went into this kind of detail. Then he remembered what he was told – prey to Odin king of the Gods!
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
undergrowth
savoured
grief
sworn an oath
vengeance
fulfil
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. 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
undergrowth
Explore
Find Read Talk
Gunnar kept running as long as he dared. At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roosts, hugged himself and sobbed.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
undergrowth
Your turn
grief
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
savoured
sworn an oath
vengeance
fulfil
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Gunnar kept running as long as he dared. At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roosts, hugged himself and sobbed. After a while he pulled himself together, wiping his eyes and nose on the sleeve of his tunic. He listened for the sound of a search, but all he could hear was the wind still sighing in the tree-tops. He guessed they would come after him as soon as the sun rose, and that didn’t leave him much time to work out a plan. Where could he go? What was he going to do? It was hard to think clearly with a mind so full of grief for Father - and hatred for Skuli, the very person that killed him. Gunnar had never hated anyone before, but now he savoured the feeling, letting its heat flood through his veins. He has sworn an oath of vengeance against Skuli, and he was determined to fulfil it, even if he had to go to the ends of the Earth and back to do so…
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods! As Mother had said, he was just a boy, so how could he take revenge on Skuli? A man like that would eat him alive. But he had no winged wolf to take him to Valhalla. He didn’t even know where it was, or if it was possible to get there by some other means – none of the old stories went into this kind of detail. Then he remembered what he was told – prey to Odin king of the Gods!
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods!
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face.
No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth –
he would travel to Valhalla
the majestic hall of killed warriors instead
and bring Father back from the gods!
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
That thought hit Gunnar like a blow to the face. No, he wouldn’t go to the ends of the Earth – he would travel to Valhalla the majestic hall of killed warriors instead and bring Father back from the gods!
Explore
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question OnlyFind two phrases that show Gunnar is hiding from the people searching for him.
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
At last he slowed down and stepped off the track, groping through the undergrowth until he came to what felt like a huge oak. He curled up between its roots, hugged himself and sobbed. After a while he pulled himself together, wiping his eyes and nose on the sleeve of his tunic. He listened for the sound of a search...
Teacher Model Question OnlyFind two phrases that show Gunnar is hiding from the people searching for him.
The phrase “curled up between its roots” shows that Gunnar is hiding because he is making himself small and using the tree to keep himself out of sight. The phrase “listened for the sound of a search” shows that he knows people are looking for him and he is staying quiet so he is not found.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012. 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) Look at the paragraph that starts with ‘It was hard to think clearly…’. Find two words that show Gunnar feels angry.
B) What does the phrase ‘pulled himself together’ mean?
D) What might the phrase ‘hit Gunnar like a blow to the face’ mean?
Find the answers
C) What does the word ‘grief’ mean for Gunnar in this part of the story?
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Look at the paragraph that starts with ‘It was hard to think clearly…’. Find two words that show Gunnar feels angry.
Text Mark Evidence hatred
Text Mark Evidence vengeance
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Gunnar calmed himself down after crying
B) What does the phrase ‘pulled himself together’ mean?
Gunnar has stopped crying
Gunnar has tried to be brave
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Gunnar has got control of his feelings
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What does the word ‘grief’ mean for Gunnar in this part of the story?
feeling very sad because his father died
missing his father because he loved him very much
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
the thought shocked him
D) What might the phrase ‘hit Gunnar like a blow to the face’ mean?
surprised him suddenly
it made him stop and think
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
it felt upsetting and strong, like a shock
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘undergrowth’?
True or False?
Gunnar had a winged wolf to and knew how to get to Valhalla - the majestic hall of killed warriors.
True
False
Tick Me
He listened for the sound of a search, but all he could hear was the wind still sighing in the tree-tops...
What does this line mean?
Tick one:
A The wind was like an animal shouting.
B It was noisy and he couldn't hear.
Check
C The wind was strong and trees were nearly knocked down.
Click if correct
D The wind was blowing gently through the trees.
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Gunnar was very upset and cried.
B) Gunnar was on the run and trying to hide.
C) He wanted vengeance on Skuli.
D) He was not sure how to get Father from Valhalla.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new 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: Viking Boy by Tony Bradman © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.