Ready Steady Read Together
Wild Magic: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
I know lions can go for days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put the following events from the story in order.
B) Why couldn’t Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde look after Misha and Ziggy?
C) How long as it been since Kemal has seen the black lion?
D) Why didn’t Dad hear Ziggy when he gasped?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home. They were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion. When they got there, Misha and Ziggy were told to stay at the treehouse. Their dad went to find the lion. Instead, Ziggy shapeshifted into a bird and followed his dad and the film crew.
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“I’m Dayo Asotun. Thank you so much for meeting with us. We’re so excited to see the black lion.”
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”
“Bad news?” Dad frowned.
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him. I know lions can go days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source. There are many here and he hasn’t appeared.”
Ziggy gasped loudly, but it sounded like a chirp. Thankfully the grasslands were full of various animal noises, so no one paid him any attention.
Kemal stepped closer towards Dad and said, “Which is why I think something bad has happened to him.”
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
any
find
water
told
only
floor
many
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
cruise in the Caribbean
film crew
treehouse
keeping track
water source
grasslands
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. 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
cruise in the Caribbean
Explore
Find Read Talk
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home. They were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
cruise in the Caribbean
treehouse
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
film crew
keeping track
water source
grasslands
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home. They were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion. When they got there, Misha and Ziggy were told to stay at the treehouse. Their dad went to find the lion. Instead, Ziggy shapeshifted into a bird and followed his dad and the film crew.
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“I’m Dayo Asotun. Thank you so much for meeting with us. We’re so excited to see the black lion.”
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”
“Bad news?” Dad frowned.
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him. I know lions can go days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source. There are many here and he hasn’t appeared.”
Ziggy gasped loudly, but it sounded like a chirp. Thankfully the grasslands were full of various animal noises, so no one paid him any attention.
Kemal stepped closer towards Dad and said, “Which is why I think something bad has happened to him.”
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”
“Bad news?” Dad frowned.
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew
before he took off his hat and looked at the floor.
“I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”
“Bad news?” Dad frowned.
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained.
“But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him.”
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”
“Bad news?” Dad frowned.
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him.”
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. 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) Put the following events from the story in order.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home.
Reveal Events
Reveal Explainer
I will start at the beginning of the story. I will ‘look around’ for key words from the events like bird, grandma, lion or Ethiopia. These sentences show that first Dad called Misha and Ziggy’s grandparents. He wanted them to watch the twins while he was away. I can ‘find and take’ the first event: Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde.
A) Put the following events from the story in order.
Teach
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. 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) Put the following events from the story in order.
A) Ziggy followed Dad in the form of a bird.
B) Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde.
C) Kemal told Dad he was worried for the black lion.
D) Dad brought Misha and Ziggy to Ethiopia.
B) Why couldn’t Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde look after Misha and Ziggy?
C) How long as it been since Kemal has seen the black lion?
D) Why didn’t Dad hear Ziggy when he gasped?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
B) Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde.
A) Put the following events from the story in order.
C) Dad brought Misha and Ziggy to Ethiopia.
A) Ziggy followed Dad in the form of a bird.
Click on each number to reveal the order of events in the story
D) Kemal told Dad he was worried for the black lion.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why couldn’t Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde look after Misha and Ziggy?
Text Mark Evidence they were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How long as it been since Kemal has seen the black lion?
Text Mark Evidence four days
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it sounded like a chirp
D) Why didn’t Dad hear Ziggy when he gasped?
Text Mark Evidence the grasslands were full of various animal noises, (so no one paid him any attention)
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘grasslands’?
Fill the Gaps
treehouse
cruise
crew
They were on a in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion. When they got there, Misha and Ziggy were told to stay at the . Their dad went to find the lion. Instead, Ziggy shapeshifted into a bird and followed his dad and the film .
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Find Me
Find two words which show that Kemal was following and watching the black lion:
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him. I know lions can go days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source.”
Discuss then check
keeping track
Tick Me
Why did Ziggy shapeshift into a bird?
Tick one:
A) He wanted to be able to fly.
B) He wanted to explore Ethiopia.
C) He wanted to be filmed so he could be on TV.
Check
D) He did not want his dad to see him following.
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
cruise
treehouse
crew
A) Ziggy followed Dad in the form of a bird.
B) Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde.
C) Kemal told Dad he was worried for the black lion.
D) Dad brought Misha and Ziggy to Ethiopia.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Wild Magic: Fiction Lesson 3
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?
I know lions can go for days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put the following events from the story in order.
B) Why couldn’t Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde look after Misha and Ziggy?
C) How long as it been since Kemal has seen the black lion?
D) Why didn’t Dad hear Ziggy when he gasped?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home. They were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion. When they got there, Misha and Ziggy were told to stay at the treehouse. Their dad went to find the lion. Instead, Ziggy shapeshifted into a bird and followed his dad and the film crew.
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“I’m Dayo Asotun. Thank you so much for meeting with us. We’re so excited to see the black lion.” Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.” “Bad news?” Dad frowned. “Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him. I know lions can go days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source. There are many here and he hasn’t appeared.” Ziggy gasped loudly, but it sounded like a chirp. Thankfully the grasslands were full of various animal noises, so no one paid him any attention. Kemal stepped closer towards Dad and said, “Which is why I think something bad has happened to him.”
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
any
find
water
told
only
floor
many
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
cruise in the Caribbean
film crew
treehouse
keeping track
water source
grasslands
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. 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
cruise in the Caribbean
Explore
Find Read Talk
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home. They were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
cruise in the Caribbean
treehouse
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
film crew
keeping track
water source
grasslands
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home. They were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion. When they got there, Misha and Ziggy were told to stay at the treehouse. Their dad went to find the lion. Instead, Ziggy shapeshifted into a bird and followed his dad and the film crew.
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“I’m Dayo Asotun. Thank you so much for meeting with us. We’re so excited to see the black lion.” Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.” “Bad news?” Dad frowned. “Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him. I know lions can go days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source. There are many here and he hasn’t appeared.” Ziggy gasped loudly, but it sounded like a chirp. Thankfully the grasslands were full of various animal noises, so no one paid him any attention. Kemal stepped closer towards Dad and said, “Which is why I think something bad has happened to him.”
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.” “Bad news?” Dad frowned. “Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him.”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew
before he took off his hat and looked at the floor.
“I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”
“Bad news?” Dad frowned.
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained.
“But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him.”
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Kemal smiled and greeted the film crew before he took off his hat and looked at the floor. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.” “Bad news?” Dad frowned. “Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him.”
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. 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) Put the following events from the story in order.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Misha and Ziggy usually stay with their grandparents when their dad goes on trips. One day, their dad phoned to tell them he was off on another adventure for work. Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde weren’t at home.
Reveal Events
Reveal Explainer
I will start at the beginning of the story. I will ‘look around’ for key words from the events like bird, grandma, lion or Ethiopia. These sentences show that first Dad called Misha and Ziggy’s grandparents. He wanted them to watch the twins while he was away. I can ‘find and take’ the first event: Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde.
A) Put the following events from the story in order.
Teach
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. 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) Put the following events from the story in order.
A) Ziggy followed Dad in the form of a bird. B) Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde. C) Kemal told Dad he was worried for the black lion. D) Dad brought Misha and Ziggy to Ethiopia.
B) Why couldn’t Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde look after Misha and Ziggy?
C) How long as it been since Kemal has seen the black lion?
D) Why didn’t Dad hear Ziggy when he gasped?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
B) Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde.
A) Put the following events from the story in order.
C) Dad brought Misha and Ziggy to Ethiopia.
A) Ziggy followed Dad in the form of a bird.
Click on each number to reveal the order of events in the story
D) Kemal told Dad he was worried for the black lion.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why couldn’t Grandma Joy and Grandpa Tunde look after Misha and Ziggy?
Text Mark Evidence they were on a cruise in the Caribbean for a whole month
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How long as it been since Kemal has seen the black lion?
Text Mark Evidence four days
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it sounded like a chirp
D) Why didn’t Dad hear Ziggy when he gasped?
Text Mark Evidence the grasslands were full of various animal noises, (so no one paid him any attention)
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘grasslands’?
Fill the Gaps
treehouse
cruise
crew
They were on a in the Caribbean for a whole month. The twins’ dad had to bring Misha and Ziggy with him on his trip to find the black lion. When they got there, Misha and Ziggy were told to stay at the . Their dad went to find the lion. Instead, Ziggy shapeshifted into a bird and followed his dad and the film .
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Find Me
Find two words which show that Kemal was following and watching the black lion:
“Yes. I have been keeping track of the black lion for you all,” Kemal explained. “But it’s been four days and I haven’t seen him. I know lions can go days without any water, but that’s only if there isn’t a water source.”
Discuss then check
keeping track
Tick Me
Why did Ziggy shapeshift into a bird?
Tick one:
A) He wanted to be able to fly.
B) He wanted to explore Ethiopia.
C) He wanted to be filmed so he could be on TV.
Check
D) He did not want his dad to see him following.
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
cruise
treehouse
crew
A) Ziggy followed Dad in the form of a bird. B) Their dad phoned Grandma Joy and Grampa Tunde. C) Kemal told Dad he was worried for the black lion. D) Dad brought Misha and Ziggy to Ethiopia.