Ready Steady Read Together
And Everything Will Be Glad to See You: Poetry 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?
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale lying on top of our house…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
B) What can we infer about the poet’s sister from the poem?
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Let me read today's text
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SISTER IN A WHALE
By Julie O’Callaghan
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale
lying on top of our house.
My father was embarrassed by this
so a roof was put up as camouflage.
On the ribs you have hung plants
and a miniature replica of a whale
to remind you where you are.
The stomach lining is plastered with posters
and your Snoopy for President buttons
are stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed.
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Through the spout you observe cloud formations. It isn’t as orderly as a regular room:
it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks,
school projects, shirts, paper bags,
coke cans, photographs and magazines
that has been washed up with the tide.
You beachcomb every morning for something to wear;
then it’s down the corkscrew
to the real world.
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
camouflage
blubber
replica
spout
beachcomb
corkscrew
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From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. 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
camouflage
Explore
Find Read Talk
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale
lying on top of our house.
My father was embarrassed by this
so a roof was put up as camouflage.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
camouflage
Your turn
replica
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
blubber
spout
beachcomb
corkscrew
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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SISTER IN A WHALE
By Julie O’Callaghan
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale
lying on top of our house.
My father was embarrassed by this
so a roof was put up as camouflage.
On the ribs you have hung plants
and a miniature replica of a whale
to remind you where you are.
The stomach lining is plastered with posters
and your Snoopy for President buttons
are stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Through the spout you observe cloud formations. It isn’t as orderly as a regular room:
it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks,
school projects, shirts, paper bags,
coke cans, photographs and magazines
that has been washed up with the tide.
You beachcomb every morning for something to wear;
then it’s down the corkscrew
to the real world.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
It isn’t as orderly as a regular room:
it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks,
school projects, shirts, paper bags,
coke cans, photographs and magazines
that has been washed up with the tide.
You beachcomb every morning for something to wear;
then it’s down the corkscrew
to the real world.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
It isn’t as orderly as a regular room:
it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks,
school projects, shirts, paper bags,
coke cans, photographs and magazines
that has been washed up with the tide.
You beachcomb every morning for something to wear;
then it’s down the corkscrew
to the real world.
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
It isn’t as orderly as a regular room:
it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks,
school projects, shirts, paper bags,
coke cans, photographs and magazines
that has been washed up with the tide.
You beachcomb every morning for something to wear;
then it’s down the corkscrew
to the real world.
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale
lying on top of our house.
My father was embarrassed by this
so a roof was put up as camouflage.
Reveal Explainer
The poet compares the sister’s bedroom to the inside of a whale. The words ‘on top of our house’ suggest that her room is in the loft of the house. The word ‘hollow’ suggests an open space, perhaps with no dividing walls. The word ‘stranded’ suggests the space was unused or overlooked until she moved in.
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Teach
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. 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 use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
B) What can we infer about the poet’s sister from the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you live in the hollow of a stranded whale
compares sister’s loft room to a whale’s body
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Text Mark Evidence a roof was put up as camouflage
compares the roof to an animal’s hiding mechanism
Text Mark Evidence on the ribs you have hung plants and a miniature replica of a whale
compares the rafters to the whale’s bones
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - the stomach lining is plastered with posters - buttons are stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed
compares the walls to the whale’s body parts
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence through the spout you observe cloud formations
compares the window to the whale’s blowhole
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed
compares ordinary objects to the whale’s blubber
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Text Mark Evidence a shipwreck of notebooks
compares the messy room to a shipwreck
Text Mark Evidence - notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines… washed up with the tide - you beachcomb every morning for something to wear
compares the sister’s belongings to flotsam
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it’s down the corkscrew to the real world
compares the spiral staircase to a corkscrew
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a miniature replica of a whale to remind you where you are
she likes whales and reminders of them
B) What can we infer about the poet’s sister from the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - you have hung plants and a miniature replica of a whale - plastered with posters and your Snoopy for President button
she has made the space her own / surrounds herself with her favourite things
Text Mark Evidence - it isn’t as orderly as a regular room - like a shipwreck
she is untidy or messy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects - you beachcomb every morning for something to wear
she is school aged and fairly independent
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘replica’?
Which One's Right?
The stomach lining is plastered with posters…
Which answer best completes the sentence?
This suggests that the walls in the sister’s bedroom were...
B) bare.
A) plain.
D) untidy.
C) covered.
True or False?
The poet’s sister had to walk along the beach to find clothes to wear.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) twist or spiral
1 camouflage
Check
B) the spray of water and air through the blowhole
2 blubber
C) the thick, fatty layer under the skin of seals and whales
3 spout
D) to hide or blend in
Click if correct
4 corkscrew
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
And Everything Will Be Glad to See You: Poetry 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?
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale lying on top of our house…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
B) What can we infer about the poet’s sister from the poem?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
SISTER IN A WHALE
By Julie O’Callaghan
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale lying on top of our house. My father was embarrassed by this so a roof was put up as camouflage. On the ribs you have hung plants and a miniature replica of a whale to remind you where you are. The stomach lining is plastered with posters and your Snoopy for President buttons are stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed.
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Through the spout you observe cloud formations. It isn’t as orderly as a regular room: it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines that has been washed up with the tide. You beachcomb every morning for something to wear; then it’s down the corkscrew to the real world.
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
camouflage
blubber
replica
spout
beachcomb
corkscrew
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. 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
camouflage
Explore
Find Read Talk
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale lying on top of our house. My father was embarrassed by this so a roof was put up as camouflage.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
camouflage
Your turn
replica
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
blubber
spout
beachcomb
corkscrew
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
SISTER IN A WHALE
By Julie O’Callaghan
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale lying on top of our house. My father was embarrassed by this so a roof was put up as camouflage. On the ribs you have hung plants and a miniature replica of a whale to remind you where you are. The stomach lining is plastered with posters and your Snoopy for President buttons are stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Through the spout you observe cloud formations. It isn’t as orderly as a regular room: it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines that has been washed up with the tide. You beachcomb every morning for something to wear; then it’s down the corkscrew to the real world.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
It isn’t as orderly as a regular room: it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines that has been washed up with the tide. You beachcomb every morning for something to wear; then it’s down the corkscrew to the real world.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
It isn’t as orderly as a regular room:
it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines
that has been washed up with the tide.
You beachcomb every morning for something to wear;
then it’s down the corkscrew to the real world.
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
It isn’t as orderly as a regular room: it’s more like a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines that has been washed up with the tide. You beachcomb every morning for something to wear; then it’s down the corkscrew to the real world.
Explore
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
You live in the hollow of a stranded whale lying on top of our house. My father was embarrassed by this so a roof was put up as camouflage.
Reveal Explainer
The poet compares the sister’s bedroom to the inside of a whale. The words ‘on top of our house’ suggest that her room is in the loft of the house. The word ‘hollow’ suggests an open space, perhaps with no dividing walls. The word ‘stranded’ suggests the space was unused or overlooked until she moved in.
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Teach
From: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022. 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 use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
B) What can we infer about the poet’s sister from the poem?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you live in the hollow of a stranded whale
compares sister’s loft room to a whale’s body
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Text Mark Evidence a roof was put up as camouflage
compares the roof to an animal’s hiding mechanism
Text Mark Evidence on the ribs you have hung plants and a miniature replica of a whale
compares the rafters to the whale’s bones
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence - the stomach lining is plastered with posters - buttons are stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed
compares the walls to the whale’s body parts
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence through the spout you observe cloud formations
compares the window to the whale’s blowhole
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence stuck to a piece of blubber beside your bed
compares ordinary objects to the whale’s blubber
A) How does the poet use comparisons to describe where her sister lives?
Text Mark Evidence a shipwreck of notebooks
compares the messy room to a shipwreck
Text Mark Evidence - notebooks, school projects, shirts, paper bags, coke cans, photographs and magazines… washed up with the tide - you beachcomb every morning for something to wear
compares the sister’s belongings to flotsam
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it’s down the corkscrew to the real world
compares the spiral staircase to a corkscrew
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a miniature replica of a whale to remind you where you are
she likes whales and reminders of them
B) What can we infer about the poet’s sister from the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - you have hung plants and a miniature replica of a whale - plastered with posters and your Snoopy for President button
she has made the space her own / surrounds herself with her favourite things
Text Mark Evidence - it isn’t as orderly as a regular room - like a shipwreck
she is untidy or messy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - a shipwreck of notebooks, school projects - you beachcomb every morning for something to wear
she is school aged and fairly independent
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘replica’?
Which One's Right?
The stomach lining is plastered with posters…
Which answer best completes the sentence?
This suggests that the walls in the sister’s bedroom were...
B) bare.
A) plain.
D) untidy.
C) covered.
True or False?
The poet’s sister had to walk along the beach to find clothes to wear.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) twist or spiral
1 camouflage
Check
B) the spray of water and air through the blowhole
2 blubber
C) the thick, fatty layer under the skin of seals and whales
3 spout
D) to hide or blend in
Click if correct
4 corkscrew
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: And Everything Will Be Glad to See You selected by Ella Risbridger © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.