Ready Steady Read Together
Wild Magic: 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?
“We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
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 a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
B) Where did Hanna take Misha and Ziggy?
C) What was the name of the animal that spoke to Misha?
D) What did Misha want the monkey to tell her?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole. A watering hole is a place where animals come to drink water. You can often see many different kinds of animals there. Misha saw a gelada monkey and used her powers to talk to it.
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The largest gelada monkey took a step forward and looked at Misha. “How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
“I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.”
“Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
“I’m not. I would never hurt an animal,” Misha said. “In fact, there’s one I’m looking for and I heard he may be in danger.”
The other gelada monkeys turned their back on Misha, but Kaleb continued to stare. Misha didn’t turn away and she prayed he would see that she was telling the truth.
“What animal?” Kaleb asked.
“The black lion.”
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
many
kind
would
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
watering hole
gift
gelada monkey
mean no harm
nothing but trouble
prayed
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
watering hole
Explore
Find Read Talk
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole. A watering hole is a place where animals come to drink water. You can often see many different kinds of animals there. Misha saw a gelada monkey and used her powers to talk to it.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
watering hole
Your turn
gelada monkey
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
gift
mean no harm
nothing but trouble
prayed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole. A watering hole is a place where animals come to drink water. You can often see many different kinds of animals there. Misha saw a gelada monkey and used her powers to talk to it.
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The largest gelada monkey took a step forward and looked at Misha. “How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
“I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.”
“Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
“I’m not. I would never hurt an animal,” Misha said. “In fact, there’s one I’m looking for and I heard he may be in danger.”
The other gelada monkeys turned their back on Misha, but Kaleb continued to stare. Misha didn’t turn away and she prayed he would see that she was telling the truth.
“What animal?” Kaleb asked.
“The black lion.”
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...
“How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
“I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.”
“Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
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
“How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
“I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained.
“I promise, I mean no harm.”
“Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance.
There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed.
“We don’t want to speak to humans.”
“They’re nothing but trouble.”
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
“How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
“I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.”
“Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
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 a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole.
Reveal True or False Statements
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for key words like Hanna or working. I can see that Hanna was Misha and Ziggy’s babysitter. She watched them when Dad was working. I can ‘find and take’ the answer true.
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
Find the answers
Your Turn
Text mark
B) Where did Hanna take Misha and Ziggy?
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
C) What was the name of the animal that spoke to Misha?
D) What did Misha want the monkey to tell her?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (to see) a watering hole
B) Where did Hanna take Misha and Ziggy?
Text Mark Evidence a place where animals come to drink water
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What was the name of the animal that spoke to Misha?
Text Mark Evidence Kaleb
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
how to find the black lion
D) What did Misha want the monkey to tell her?
news about the black lion
if the black lion was in danger
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘watering hole’?
Which One's Right?
The largest gelada monkey took a step forward and looked at Misha. “How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The monkey was feeling…
B) excited.
A) confused.
C) frightened.
D) bored.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
4 prayed
1 gift
3 nothing but trouble
2 mean no harm
A) does not want to hurt
B) a special talent or skill
C) hoped for something
D) often causes problems
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following events from the story in order:
A) Misha and Ziggy visited a watering hole.
B) Kaleb asked which animal she was looking for.
C) Misha spoke to a gelada monkey.
D) Misha said she would not hurt an animal.
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...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places and events as you read.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Wild Magic: 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?
“We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
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 a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
B) Where did Hanna take Misha and Ziggy?
C) What was the name of the animal that spoke to Misha?
D) What did Misha want the monkey to tell her?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole. A watering hole is a place where animals come to drink water. You can often see many different kinds of animals there. Misha saw a gelada monkey and used her powers to talk to it.
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The largest gelada monkey took a step forward and looked at Misha. “How come we can understand you?” he questioned. “I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.” “Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.” “I’m not. I would never hurt an animal,” Misha said. “In fact, there’s one I’m looking for and I heard he may be in danger.” The other gelada monkeys turned their back on Misha, but Kaleb continued to stare. Misha didn’t turn away and she prayed he would see that she was telling the truth. “What animal?” Kaleb asked. “The black lion.”
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
many
kind
would
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
watering hole
gift
gelada monkey
mean no harm
nothing but trouble
prayed
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
watering hole
Explore
Find Read Talk
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole. A watering hole is a place where animals come to drink water. You can often see many different kinds of animals there. Misha saw a gelada monkey and used her powers to talk to it.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
watering hole
Your turn
gelada monkey
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
gift
mean no harm
nothing but trouble
prayed
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole. A watering hole is a place where animals come to drink water. You can often see many different kinds of animals there. Misha saw a gelada monkey and used her powers to talk to it.
Explore
From: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion by Abiola Bello © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The largest gelada monkey took a step forward and looked at Misha. “How come we can understand you?” he questioned. “I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.” “Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.” “I’m not. I would never hurt an animal,” Misha said. “In fact, there’s one I’m looking for and I heard he may be in danger.” The other gelada monkeys turned their back on Misha, but Kaleb continued to stare. Misha didn’t turn away and she prayed he would see that she was telling the truth. “What animal?” Kaleb asked. “The black lion.”
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...
“How come we can understand you?” he questioned. “I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.” “Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
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
“How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
“I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained.
“I promise, I mean no harm.”
“Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance.
There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed.
“We don’t want to speak to humans.”
“They’re nothing but trouble.”
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
“How come we can understand you?” he questioned. “I can speak to animals. It’s a gift I have,” Misha explained. “I promise, I mean no harm.” “Come, Kaleb,” a monkey said from a distance. There was a young monkey standing slightly behind her that Misha hadn’t noticed. “We don’t want to speak to humans. They’re nothing but trouble.”
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 a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
While their dad was working, Misha and Ziggy stayed with a babysitter called Hanna. Hanna took them to see a watering hole.
Reveal True or False Statements
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for key words like Hanna or working. I can see that Hanna was Misha and Ziggy’s babysitter. She watched them when Dad was working. I can ‘find and take’ the answer true.
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
Find the answers
Your Turn
Text mark
B) Where did Hanna take Misha and Ziggy?
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
C) What was the name of the animal that spoke to Misha?
D) What did Misha want the monkey to tell her?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (to see) a watering hole
B) Where did Hanna take Misha and Ziggy?
Text Mark Evidence a place where animals come to drink water
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What was the name of the animal that spoke to Misha?
Text Mark Evidence Kaleb
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
how to find the black lion
D) What did Misha want the monkey to tell her?
news about the black lion
if the black lion was in danger
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘watering hole’?
Which One's Right?
The largest gelada monkey took a step forward and looked at Misha. “How come we can understand you?” he questioned.
Which answer best completes the sentence? The monkey was feeling…
B) excited.
A) confused.
C) frightened.
D) bored.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
4 prayed
1 gift
3 nothing but trouble
2 mean no harm
A) does not want to hurt
B) a special talent or skill
C) hoped for something
D) often causes problems
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following events from the story in order:
A) Misha and Ziggy visited a watering hole.
B) Kaleb asked which animal she was looking for.
C) Misha spoke to a gelada monkey.
D) Misha said she would not hurt an animal.
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...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places and events as you read.
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.