Ready Steady Read Together
Stars with Flaming Tails: Poetry Lesson 2
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 knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too, every thought you have that eye can see right through.
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) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
B) How does the poet suggest the eye knows the person very well?
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Let me read today's text
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THE EYE
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
It’s watching you, it’s watching you,
Every move you make, the eyes watching you,
No matter where you go and no matter what you do,
It’s recorded by the great eye, watching you.
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
You can’t be liberated, there is no rescue And you’ll never for one minute be outside its view,
It knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too,
Every though you have that eye can see right through.
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
There’s no need to feel distressed, no need for feeling blue,
No need to get excited or to misconstrue
Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue,
For that giant watching eye, it belongs to you.
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!
outside its view
liberated
distressed
feeling blue
misconstrue
subdue
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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
liberated
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Find Read Talk
You can’t be liberated, there is no rescue And you’ll never for one minute be outside its view, It knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too, Every though you have that eye can see right through.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
liberated
Your turn
oustide its view
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
distressed
feeling blue
misconstrue
subdue
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
THE EYE
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
It’s watching you, it’s watching you,
Every move you make, the eyes watching you,
No matter where you go and no matter what you do,
It’s recorded by the great eye, watching you.
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
You can’t be liberated, there is no rescue And you’ll never for one minute be outside its view,
It knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too,
Every though you have that eye can see right through.
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
There’s no need to feel distressed, no need for feeling blue,
No need to get excited or to misconstrue
Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue,
For that giant watching eye, it belongs to you.
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...
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
There’s no need to feel distress, no need to feel blue,
No need to get excited or to misconstrue
Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue...
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
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
There’s no need to feel distress, no need to feel blue,
No need to get excited or to misconstrue
Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue,
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
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
There’s no need to feel distress, no need to feel blue,
No need to get excited or to misconstrue
Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue...
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) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
It’s watching you, it’s watching you,
Every move you make, the eyes watching you...
Reveal Explainer
The poet makes the reader feel constantly watched by repeating the word “watching”. The line “Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching” makes it feel like the watching never stops. This repetition creates a sense that the eye is always there, following you all the time, which can feel uncomfortable or unsettling.
A) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
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) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
B) How does the poet suggest the eye knows the person very well?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it’s watching you, it’s watching you - every move you make
talks directly to the reader
A) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
Text Mark Evidence - no matter where you go - no matter what you do
suggests there’s no escape
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it knows your hopes and dreams
it knows personal things
B) How does the poet suggest the eye knows the person very well?
Text Mark Evidence - knows your secrets too - see right through
it knows things you keep to yourself
Text Mark Evidence every thought you have
it knows your thoughts
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘distressed’?
True or False?
The eye only watches people when they are outside.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word of phrase with its correct definition:
A) To feel sad or unhappy.
1 subdue
Check
Click if correct
B) To stop someone by using control or force.
2 feeling blue
C) To understand something the wrong way.
3 liberated
D) Being free and not controlled anymore.
4 misconstrue
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best summarises the poem:
Tick one:
A) It is about a powerful eye that watches everything people do and think.
B) It tells a story about someone trying to escape from a giant eye that chases them.
Check
C) It explains how a machine records people while they are asleep at night.
Click if correct
D) It describes a person who feels sad because they are being watched by strangers.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
Reveal
draw what you imagine.
Sketch scenes or feelings inspired by the poem.
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 2
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 knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too, every thought you have that eye can see right through.
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) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
B) How does the poet suggest the eye knows the person very well?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
THE EYE
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching It’s watching you, it’s watching you, Every move you make, the eyes watching you, No matter where you go and no matter what you do, It’s recorded by the great eye, watching you. Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
You can’t be liberated, there is no rescue And you’ll never for one minute be outside its view, It knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too, Every though you have that eye can see right through. Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching There’s no need to feel distressed, no need for feeling blue, No need to get excited or to misconstrue Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue, For that giant watching eye, it belongs to you.
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
outside its view
liberated
distressed
feeling blue
misconstrue
subdue
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
liberated
Explore
Find Read Talk
You can’t be liberated, there is no rescue And you’ll never for one minute be outside its view, It knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too, Every though you have that eye can see right through.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
liberated
Your turn
oustide its view
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
distressed
feeling blue
misconstrue
subdue
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
THE EYE
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching It’s watching you, it’s watching you, Every move you make, the eyes watching you, No matter where you go and no matter what you do, It’s recorded by the great eye, watching you. Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
You can’t be liberated, there is no rescue And you’ll never for one minute be outside its view, It knows your hopes and dreams, knows your secrets too, Every though you have that eye can see right through. Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching There’s no need to feel distressed, no need for feeling blue, No need to get excited or to misconstrue Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue, For that giant watching eye, it belongs to you.
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...
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching There’s no need to feel distress, no need to feel blue, No need to get excited or to misconstrue Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue...
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
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching
There’s no need to feel distress, no need to feel blue,
No need to get excited or to misconstrue
Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue,
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
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching There’s no need to feel distress, no need to feel blue, No need to get excited or to misconstrue Its actions, they’re not meant to frighten or subdue...
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) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching It’s watching you, it’s watching you, Every move you make, the eyes watching you...
Reveal Explainer
The poet makes the reader feel constantly watched by repeating the word “watching”. The line “Watching, watching, watching, watching, watching” makes it feel like the watching never stops. This repetition creates a sense that the eye is always there, following you all the time, which can feel uncomfortable or unsettling.
A) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
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) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
B) How does the poet suggest the eye knows the person very well?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it’s watching you, it’s watching you - every move you make
talks directly to the reader
A) How does the poet make the reader feel constantly watched?
Text Mark Evidence - no matter where you go - no matter what you do
suggests there’s no escape
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it knows your hopes and dreams
it knows personal things
B) How does the poet suggest the eye knows the person very well?
Text Mark Evidence - knows your secrets too - see right through
it knows things you keep to yourself
Text Mark Evidence every thought you have
it knows your thoughts
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘distressed’?
True or False?
The eye only watches people when they are outside.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word of phrase with its correct definition:
A) To feel sad or unhappy.
1 subdue
Check
Click if correct
B) To stop someone by using control or force.
2 feeling blue
C) To understand something the wrong way.
3 liberated
D) Being free and not controlled anymore.
4 misconstrue
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best summarises the poem:
Tick one:
A) It is about a powerful eye that watches everything people do and think.
B) It tells a story about someone trying to escape from a giant eye that chases them.
Check
C) It explains how a machine records people while they are asleep at night.
Click if correct
D) It describes a person who feels sad because they are being watched by strangers.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
Reveal
draw what you imagine.
Sketch scenes or feelings inspired by the poem.
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.