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Ready Steady Read Together

The Storm Keeper's Island: Fiction Lesson 4

What do you think you know?

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

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What do you know and think?

It was stupid to leave a candle burning at night. Hadn’t anyone ever told his grandfather that? This thing could kill us all.

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From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

A) How does the author make the candle seem powerful, magical or dangerous?

B) How does the author convey the theme of fear and panic?

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Let me read today's text

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In the kitchen, he made himself a cup of tea, then took it through to the sitting room where he watched the candle on the mantelpiece with a new sliver of mistrust. Why was it lit? And what was it doing to him? He peered around the dusky room, half expecting a ghost to unfold from the patchwork chair. It was stupid to leave a candle burning at night. Hadn’t anyone ever told his grandfather that? This thing could kill us all. Fionn set his mug down. Then he stood in front of the fireplace and blew the candle out. It exhaled like a sleeping giant and pushed a breeze through the cottage that rattled the windowpanes. Fionn felt it on his ankles as he sank into his grandfather’s chair. There. That’s better. Exhaustion swept over him as the tea settled into his bones. Sleep dragged him to a dark place, where he forgot his name and the island along with it, until – “HELP ME!” Fionn jerked awake to the sound of his grandfather shouting the walls down, his fingers scrabbling to light the candle on the mantelpiece. Spittle was gathering at the sides of his mouth and his breath was stuttering out of him in laboured gasps. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” he shouted, his fingers slipping and sliding as another match snapped in half.

From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Fionn sprang to his feet and grabbed the matches from his grandfather’s shaking hands. He lit the candle on the first strike. The flame hissed as it climbed towards the ceiling, raging and thrashing as if it was angry with him for blowing it out. The darkness broke apart and flecks of dust floated around Fionn’s surprised face. He shuffled backwards. He was afraid of his grandfather, wild-eyed and unkempt in his mismatched pyjamas. He was so much frailer than the man Fionn had seen in the ocean, dipping and diving like a fish. He towered over him now, the light bleeding back into his eyes as he took Fionn by the shoulders and pulled him close. “I will tell you this once and once only, lad. As long as you live here in this house, as long as you live on this island, as long as you draw breath and pump blood around your body, you are never, ever, to touch that candle again.” He brought his nose right up to Fionn’s, two sides of the same coin staring into the same deep blue eyes. “Do you understand?” Fionn could feel his pulse in the tips of his ears. “I understand.” In the seething silence, Fionn’s mind started to whirr. The truth was unavoidable now – he had seen it. He had lived it. Arranmore was full of secrets. The island was full of impossibility. Be brave. The island had magic. This is your adventure. And he was going to find a way to use it.

From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Vocabulary

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mantelpiece

laboured gasps

spittle

wild-eyed and unkempt

frailer

seething silence

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From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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mantelpiece

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In the kitchen, he made himself a cup of tea, then took it through to the sitting room where he watched the candle on the mantelpiece with a new sliver of mistrust. Why was it lit?

Reveal Vocabulary

From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

mantelpiece

Your turn

spittle

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

laboured gasps

wild-eyed and unkempt

frailer

seething silence

Use your text

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Vocabulary Check

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Reveal Vocabulary

Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.

In the kitchen, he made himself a cup of tea, then took it through to the sitting room where he watched the candle on the mantelpiece with a new sliver of mistrust. Why was it lit? And what was it doing to him? He peered around the dusky room, half expecting a ghost to unfold from the patchwork chair. It was stupid to leave a candle burning at night. Hadn’t anyone ever told his grandfather that? This thing could kill us all. Fionn set his mug down. Then he stood in front of the fireplace and blew the candle out. It exhaled like a sleeping giant and pushed a breeze through the cottage that rattled the windowpanes. Fionn felt it on his ankles as he sank into his grandfather’s chair. There. That’s better. Exhaustion swept over him as the tea settled into his bones. Sleep dragged him to a dark place, where he forgot his name and the island along with it, until – “HELP ME!” Fionn jerked awake to the sound of his grandfather shouting the walls down, his fingers scrabbling to light the candle on the mantelpiece. Spittle was gathering at the sides of his mouth and his breath was stuttering out of him in laboured gasps. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” he shouted, his fingers slipping and sliding as another match snapped in half.

From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Reveal Vocabulary

Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.

Fionn sprang to his feet and grabbed the matches from his grandfather’s shaking hands. He lit the candle on the first strike. The flame hissed as it climbed towards the ceiling, raging and thrashing as if it was angry with him for blowing it out. The darkness broke apart and flecks of dust floated around Fionn’s surprised face. He shuffled backwards. He was afraid of his grandfather, wild-eyed and unkempt in his mismatched pyjamas. He was so much frailer than the man Fionn had seen in the ocean, dipping and diving like a fish. He towered over him now, the light bleeding back into his eyes as he took Fionn by the shoulders and pulled him close. “I will tell you this once and once only, lad. As long as you live here in this house, as long as you live on this island, as long as you draw breath and pump blood around your body, you are never, ever, to touch that candle again.” He brought his nose right up to Fionn’s, two sides of the same coin staring into the same deep blue eyes. “Do you understand?” Fionn could feel his pulse in the tips of his ears. “I understand.” In the seething silence, Fionn’s mind started to whirr. The truth was unavoidable now – he had seen it. He had lived it. Arranmore was full of secrets. The island was full of impossibility. Be brave. The island had magic. This is your adventure. And he was going to find a way to use it.

From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Fluency

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Let me use my reader's voice...

“HELP ME!” Fionn jerked awake to the sound of his grandfather shouting the walls down, his fingers scrabbling to light the candle on the mantelpiece. Spittle was gathering at the sides of his mouth and his breath was stuttering out of him in laboured gasps. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” he shouted, his fingers slipping and sliding as another match snapped in half.

What did you notice?

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From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

“HELP ME!”

Fionn jerked awake to the sound of his grandfather shouting the walls down,

his fingers scrabbling to light the candle on the mantelpiece.

Spittle was gathering at the sides of his mouth

and his breath was stuttering out of him in laboured gasps.

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” he shouted,

his fingers slipping and sliding as another match snapped in half.

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From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Sound like a reader!
Stand up!

Choral Read

“HELP ME!” Fionn jerked awake to the sound of his grandfather shouting the walls down, his fingers scrabbling to light the candle on the mantelpiece. Spittle was gathering at the sides of his mouth and his breath was stuttering out of him in laboured gasps. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” he shouted, his fingers slipping and sliding as another match snapped in half.

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From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

A) How does the author make the candle seem powerful, magical or dangerous?

Be a detective and look for clues!

Teach

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

In the kitchen, he made himself a cup of tea, then took it through to the sitting room where he watched the candle on the mantelpiece with a new sliver of mistrust. Why was it lit? And what was it doing to him?

A) How does the author make the candle seem powerful, magical or dangerous?

Reveal Explainer

Fionn has discovered that his grandfather is a candlemaker but these candles have the ability to magically transport you to past memories. After Fionn experienced this for himself, he felt a ‘sliver of mistrust’ towards the candle. This shows that the candle is dangerous and powerful and that he no longer feels safe around it. This hints that the candle is almost alive and threatening.

Teach

From: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 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) How does the author make the candle seem powerful, magical or dangerous?

B) How does the author convey the theme of fear and panic?

Find the answers
Text mark

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Text Mark Evidence it was stupid to leave a candle burning at night…this thing could kill us all

viewed as a danger or a threat

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence what was it (the candle) doing to him

able to affect or influence Fionn

Text Mark Evidence - it (candle) exhaled like a sleeping giant - the flame hissed as it climbed towards the ceiling, raging and thrashing as if it was angry with him for blowing it out

alive or having human emotions

A) How does the author make the candle seem powerful, magical or dangerous?

Text Mark Evidence it (extinguished candle) pushed a breeze through the cottage that rattled the windowpanes

physically powerful

Text Mark Evidence as long as you live on this island, as long as you draw breath…you are never, ever, to touch that candle again

so dangerous it is forbidden

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Text Mark Evidence - Arranmore was full of secrets - the island was full of impossibility - the island had magic…and he (Fionn) was going to find a way to use it

linked to the magic of the island

Text Mark Evidence - he (Fionn) watched the candle with a new sliver of mistrust - half expecting a ghost to unfold from the patchwork chair - this thing could kill us all - he was afraid of his grandfather - Fionn could feel his pulse in the tips of his ears

Acceptable Answers

Fionn’s fear and unease

B) How does the author convey the theme of fear and panic?

Text Mark Evidence - help me…his grandfather shouting the walls down - his (grandfather’s) fingers scrabbling to light the candle - his breath was stuttering out of him in laboured gasps what have you done - grabbed the matches from his grandfather’s shaking hands

Malachy’s / grandfather’s panic

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Text Mark Evidence - flame hissed as it climbed… raging and thrashing - his grandfather, wild-eyed and unkempt - light bleeding back into his eyes - in the seething silence

violent and uncontrollable imagery and language

Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

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Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘unkempt’?

Find Me

Find the word which suggests Fionn’s grandfather looks feeble or weaker:

He shuffled backwards. He was afraid of his grandfather, wild-eyed and unkempt in his mismatched pyjamas. He was so much frailer than the man Fionn had seen in the ocean, dipping and diving like a fish. He towered over him now, the light bleeding back into his eyes as he took Fionn by the shoulders and pulled him close.

Discuss then check

frailer

Tick Me

He brought his nose right up to Fionn’s, two sides of the same coin staring into the same deep blue eyes.

What does the author mean by ‘two sides of the same coin’?

Tick one:

A) Fionn and his grandfather were exact opposites.

B) Fionn and his grandfather look like twins.

Check

C) Fionn and his grandfather think alike.

Click if correct

D) Fionn and his grandfather have a family resemblance.

Sequence Me

Put the following events from the text in the correct order:

A) Fionn decided he would use the island’s magic for his own adventure.

B) Malachy warned Fionn to never, ever touch the candle again.

C) Malachy shouted for help, waking Fionn, when he couldn’t relight the candle.

D) Fionn blew the candle on the mantelpiece out.

Click if correct
Check

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ReadingStrategy

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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: The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.