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Stars with Flaming Tails: Poetry Lesson 4
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?
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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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) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
B) How does the poet show that grandad’s singing affects everyone in the house?
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Let me read today's text
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WE DON’T LAUGH WHEN GRANDAD SINGS
When Grandad sings he shuts his eyes,
Screws up his face, points to the skies.
His mouth and nostrils open wide,
His hips start moving side to side.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
When Grandad sings he stamps the floor,
He slaps his hands against the door
As if he’s playing a big bass drum,
He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When Grandad sings the whole house shakes, The plates all rattle, the baby wakes,
The cat flies yowling up the stairs,
Grandma says “Quick, cover your ears!”
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
Grandad’s feelings would be hurt
If we should greet his song with mirth,
He’d go quiet, he’d look dejected
And all of us would be affected.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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jerks
yowling
outrageous
mirth
dejected
affected
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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
outrageous
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Find Read Talk
When Grandad sings he shuts his eyes, Screws up his face, points to the skies. His mouth and nostrils open wide, His hips start moving side to side. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
outrageous
jerks
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
yowling
mirth
dejected
affected
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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WE DON’T LAUGH WHEN GRANDAD SINGS
When Grandad sings he shuts his eyes,
Screws up his face, points to the skies.
His mouth and nostrils open wide,
His hips start moving side to side.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
When Grandad sings he stamps the floor,
He slaps his hands against the door
As if he’s playing a big bass drum,
He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When Grandad sings the whole house shakes, The plates all rattle, the baby wakes,
The cat flies yowling up the stairs,
Grandma says “Quick, cover your ears!”
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
Grandad’s feelings would be hurt
If we should greet his song with mirth,
He’d go quiet, he’d look dejected
And all of us would be affected.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
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...
When grandad sings he stamps the floor,
He slaps his hands against the door
As if he’s playing a big bass drum,
He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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
When grandad sings he stamps the floor,
He slaps his hands against the door
As if he’s playing a big bass drum,
He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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
When grandad sings he stamps the floor,
He slaps his hands against the door
As if he’s playing a big bass drum,
He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Grandad’s feelings would be hurt If we should greet his song with mirth,
He’d go quiet, he’d look dejected
And all of us would be affected.
A) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
Reveal Explainer
The family choose not to laugh because it would hurt grandad’s feelings. The line ‘He’d go quiet’ shows that if they laughed, he would stop singing and lose his confidence.
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) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
B) How does the poet show that grandad’s singing affects everyone in the house?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
Text Mark Evidence - Grandad’s feelings would be hurt - he’d look dejected
they don’t want to hurt his feelings
Text Mark Evidence all of us would be affected
they care about how it affects everyone
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the whole house shakes
shows the singing is powerful and impossible to ignore
B) How does the poet show that grandad’s singing affects everyone in the house?
Text Mark Evidence the plates all rattle, the baby wakes
shows objects and people are disturbed
Text Mark Evidence the cat flies yowling up the stairs
shows animals react strongly to the noise
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all of us would be affected
shows everyone is affected
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘jerks’?
Fill the Gaps
greet
dejected
mirth
Grandad’s feelings would be hurt
If we should his song with ,
He’d go quiet, he’d look And all of us would be affected.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
True or False?
Grandad stops singing because the house is too noisy.
True
False
Tick Me
What is the main message of the poem?
Tick one:
A) Grandad enjoys singing and does not realise how loud he is.
B) The family are embarrassed by Grandad’s singing and try to ignore it.
Check
C) Grandad’s loud singing causes chaos, but the family are kind because they don’t want to hurt his feelings.
Click if correct
D) The family are frightened by Grandad’s singing and want him to stop.
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: 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 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?
He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
B) How does the poet show that grandad’s singing affects everyone in the house?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
WE DON’T LAUGH WHEN GRANDAD SINGS
When Grandad sings he shuts his eyes, Screws up his face, points to the skies. His mouth and nostrils open wide, His hips start moving side to side. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings. When Grandad sings he stamps the floor, He slaps his hands against the door As if he’s playing a big bass drum, He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When Grandad sings the whole house shakes, The plates all rattle, the baby wakes, The cat flies yowling up the stairs, Grandma says “Quick, cover your ears!” He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings. Grandad’s feelings would be hurt If we should greet his song with mirth, He’d go quiet, he’d look dejected And all of us would be affected. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
jerks
yowling
outrageous
mirth
dejected
affected
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
outrageous
Explore
Find Read Talk
When Grandad sings he shuts his eyes, Screws up his face, points to the skies. His mouth and nostrils open wide, His hips start moving side to side. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
outrageous
jerks
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
yowling
mirth
dejected
affected
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
WE DON’T LAUGH WHEN GRANDAD SINGS
When Grandad sings he shuts his eyes, Screws up his face, points to the skies. His mouth and nostrils open wide, His hips start moving side to side. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings. When Grandad sings he stamps the floor, He slaps his hands against the door As if he’s playing a big bass drum, He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
When Grandad sings the whole house shakes, The plates all rattle, the baby wakes, The cat flies yowling up the stairs, Grandma says “Quick, cover your ears!” He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings. Grandad’s feelings would be hurt If we should greet his song with mirth, He’d go quiet, he’d look dejected And all of us would be affected. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when Grandad sings.
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...
When grandad sings he stamps the floor, He slaps his hands against the door As if he’s playing a big bass drum, He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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
When grandad sings he stamps the floor,
He slaps his hands against the door
As if he’s playing a big bass drum,
He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum.
He does the most outrageous things,
But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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
When grandad sings he stamps the floor, He slaps his hands against the door As if he’s playing a big bass drum, He jerks his shoulders, shakes his bum. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
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) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Grandad’s feelings would be hurt If we should greet his song with mirth, He’d go quiet, he’d look dejected And all of us would be affected.
A) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
Reveal Explainer
The family choose not to laugh because it would hurt grandad’s feelings. The line ‘He’d go quiet’ shows that if they laughed, he would stop singing and lose his confidence.
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) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
B) How does the poet show that grandad’s singing affects everyone in the house?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Why do the family choose not to laugh at grandad, even though his singing is outrageous?
Text Mark Evidence - Grandad’s feelings would be hurt - he’d look dejected
they don’t want to hurt his feelings
Text Mark Evidence all of us would be affected
they care about how it affects everyone
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the whole house shakes
shows the singing is powerful and impossible to ignore
B) How does the poet show that grandad’s singing affects everyone in the house?
Text Mark Evidence the plates all rattle, the baby wakes
shows objects and people are disturbed
Text Mark Evidence the cat flies yowling up the stairs
shows animals react strongly to the noise
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all of us would be affected
shows everyone is affected
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘jerks’?
Fill the Gaps
greet
dejected
mirth
Grandad’s feelings would be hurt If we should his song with , He’d go quiet, he’d look And all of us would be affected. He does the most outrageous things, But we don’t laugh when grandad sings.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
True or False?
Grandad stops singing because the house is too noisy.
True
False
Tick Me
What is the main message of the poem?
Tick one:
A) Grandad enjoys singing and does not realise how loud he is.
B) The family are embarrassed by Grandad’s singing and try to ignore it.
Check
C) Grandad’s loud singing causes chaos, but the family are kind because they don’t want to hurt his feelings.
Click if correct
D) The family are frightened by Grandad’s singing and want him to stop.
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: Stars with Flaming Tails by Valerie Bloom © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
greet
dejected
mirth