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Stars with Flaming Tails: Poetry 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?
Silent as a shadow’s breath, the careless snowflakes fall, nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
B) What time of day is the poem describing at the beginning and how do we know?
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Let me read today's text
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FOREST
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day,
dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey.
Silent as a shadow’s breath, the ceaseless snowflakes fall,
nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call
disturbs the peace of winter, but the sentinel trees
shiver as they listen to the whispering breeze.
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow,
no signposts point the travellers the way that they should go,
but there for the ones who are willing to see,
is a path that will lead them to a distant country,
and for the ones who are eager and willing to hear,
there’s the sound of laughter and a welcoming cheer,
and voices are calling, “Where have you been?
We’ve been waiting for you. Come in, come in!”
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
fuse
shadow's breath
pasted grey
shrill
sentinel trees
eager and willing
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From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. 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
fuse
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Find Read Talk
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day, dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
fused
Your turn
pasted grey
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
shadow's breath
shrill
sentinel trees
eager and willing
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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FOREST
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day,
dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey.
Silent as a shadow’s breath, the ceaseless snowflakes fall,
nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call
disturbs the peace of winter, but the sentinel trees
shiver as they listen to the whispering breeze.
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow,
no signposts point the travellers the way that they should go,
but there for the ones who are willing to see,
is a path that will lead them to a distant country,
and for the ones who are eager and willing to hear,
there’s the sound of laughter and a welcoming cheer,
and voices are calling, “Where have you been?
We’ve been waiting for you. Come in, come in!”
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow,
no signposts point, the travellers the way that they should go,
but there for the ones who are willing to see,
is a path that will lead them to a distant country...
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow,
no signposts point, the travellers the way that they should go,
but there for the ones who are willing to see,
is a path that will lead them to a distant country...
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow,
no signposts point, the travellers the way that they should go,
but there for the ones who are willing to see,
is a path that will lead them to a distant country...
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day,
dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey.
Silent as a shadow’s breath, the ceaseless snowflakes fall,
nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call...
Reveal Explainer
The poet wants us to think the forest feels very quiet and calm in winter. The phrase “Silent as a shadow’s breath” shows this because a shadow doesn’t make any sound at all. This helps us imagine that the forest is completely still, peaceful, and almost frozen in silence.
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
Teach
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. 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) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
B) What time of day is the poem describing at the beginning and how do we know?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - silent as a shadow’s breath - no mousing owl’s shrill disturbs the peace of winter
quiet
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
Text Mark Evidence nothing living moves
still, animals make no noise
Also accept:
The poet uses words like silent and peace to show the forest is calm. Saying nothing moves helps us imagine everything being still. This tells us winter in the forest feels quiet and gentle.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What time of day is the poem describing at the beginning and how do we know?
Text Mark Evidence - midnight shakes hands with day - dark and light fuse to a soft pasted grey
night turning into early morning or before sunrise
Also accept:
The poet does not say the time but tells us midnight is meeting the day. That suggests night is ending and morning is starting. When darkness and light mix together, the sky looks grey, which often happens at dawn.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘fuse’?
True or False?
A traveller could find their way.
True
False
Tick Me
Tick the themes which are evident in the poem:
Tick two:
A) calmness
B) distortion
Check
C) peacefulness
Click if correct
D) fear and loss
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the correct example from the poem:
A) grey & day
1 alliteration
B) whispering breeze
2 personification
C) "Come in,come in"
3 repeated phrase
Check
D) settled snow
4 rhyme
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Stars with Flaming Tails: Poetry 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?
Silent as a shadow’s breath, the careless snowflakes fall, nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
B) What time of day is the poem describing at the beginning and how do we know?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
FOREST
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day, dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey. Silent as a shadow’s breath, the ceaseless snowflakes fall, nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call disturbs the peace of winter, but the sentinel trees shiver as they listen to the whispering breeze. No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow, no signposts point the travellers the way that they should go, but there for the ones who are willing to see, is a path that will lead them to a distant country, and for the ones who are eager and willing to hear, there’s the sound of laughter and a welcoming cheer, and voices are calling, “Where have you been? We’ve been waiting for you. Come in, come in!”
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
fuse
shadow's breath
pasted grey
shrill
sentinel trees
eager and willing
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. 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
fuse
Explore
Find Read Talk
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day, dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
fused
Your turn
pasted grey
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
shadow's breath
shrill
sentinel trees
eager and willing
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
FOREST
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day, dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey. Silent as a shadow’s breath, the ceaseless snowflakes fall, nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call disturbs the peace of winter, but the sentinel trees shiver as they listen to the whispering breeze. No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow, no signposts point the travellers the way that they should go, but there for the ones who are willing to see, is a path that will lead them to a distant country, and for the ones who are eager and willing to hear, there’s the sound of laughter and a welcoming cheer, and voices are calling, “Where have you been? We’ve been waiting for you. Come in, come in!”
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow, no signposts point, the travellers the way that they should go, but there for the ones who are willing to see, is a path that will lead them to a distant country...
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow,
no signposts point, the travellers the way that they should go,
but there for the ones who are willing to see,
is a path that will lead them to a distant country...
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
No straying footsteps have touched the settled snow, no signposts point, the travellers the way that they should go, but there for the ones who are willing to see, is a path that will lead them to a distant country...
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Here at the edge, night shakes hands with day, dark and light fuse to a soft pastel grey. Silent as a shadow’s breath, the ceaseless snowflakes fall, nothing living moves, no mousing owl’s shrill call...
Reveal Explainer
The poet wants us to think the forest feels very quiet and calm in winter. The phrase “Silent as a shadow’s breath” shows this because a shadow doesn’t make any sound at all. This helps us imagine that the forest is completely still, peaceful, and almost frozen in silence.
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
Teach
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. 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) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
B) What time of day is the poem describing at the beginning and how do we know?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - silent as a shadow’s breath - no mousing owl’s shrill disturbs the peace of winter
quiet
A) What does the poet want us to think the forest feels like in winter?
Text Mark Evidence nothing living moves
still, animals make no noise
Also accept:
The poet uses words like silent and peace to show the forest is calm. Saying nothing moves helps us imagine everything being still. This tells us winter in the forest feels quiet and gentle.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What time of day is the poem describing at the beginning and how do we know?
Text Mark Evidence - midnight shakes hands with day - dark and light fuse to a soft pasted grey
night turning into early morning or before sunrise
Also accept:
The poet does not say the time but tells us midnight is meeting the day. That suggests night is ending and morning is starting. When darkness and light mix together, the sky looks grey, which often happens at dawn.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘fuse’?
True or False?
A traveller could find their way.
True
False
Tick Me
Tick the themes which are evident in the poem:
Tick two:
A) calmness
B) distortion
Check
C) peacefulness
Click if correct
D) fear and loss
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with the correct example from the poem:
A) grey & day
1 alliteration
B) whispering breeze
2 personification
C) "Come in,come in"
3 repeated phrase
Check
D) settled snow
4 rhyme
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.