Ready Steady Read Together
Darwin's Dragons: 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?
I twisted and writhed, trying to get free, before realising that this may not be a good idea at such a great height.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
B) What impressions do you get of the creature from its description and actions?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees.
What the blazes?
A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket? A bird? The frigate birds and albatross were big, but...
I staggered back to my feet, searching the sky before being punched forward, something gripping me from shoulder to leg. I was plucked from the ground, as an owl might snatch a mouse, and swept up, unbelievably, into the air.
The rocks I had been walking upon seconds ago were left far below as I was swept higher and higher, face down and carried side on, the wind whistling in my ears and watering my eyes. Could this be all in my own mind? Was I off my chump? Sent into a flight of fancy by my ordeal at sea? I kicked at the air, my arms pinned tight to my sides in the grip that held my whole torso captive. I twisted and writhed, trying to get free, before realising that this may not be a good idea at such a great height...
I tried to slow my ragged breaths, taking them up the stairs and down, and forced my legs to hang limp. I looked down to see what imprisoned me. Colossal claws, as long as my forearm, attached to scaled bronze toes. They circled me from my chest to the top of my legs.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
And these monstrous claws were all that stopped me from dropping to my death on the rocks below. I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator. A bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell.
I heard myself make a strangled sound, half sob, half feverish laugh. We were gaining height, and through my streaming eyes I saw we were heading out to sea. I kicked out again in terror, I couldn’t help myself. My boot fell from my foot and spun through the air, hitting the rock below with a bounce. My skull would not bounce.
Stay bricky.
I gripped tight, as jolts passed through the beast’s claws in time with the flap of its wings, which sounded like the snap and creak of a ship’s sails. We were now over the sea. If I was dropped, would I have some chance or would the height make the sea as hard as rock?
A yelp was snatched from my mouth as my captor dived like an arrow, so fast all was a blur and the wind screeched in my ears...then the claws opened, and I was released.
Empty air was all that held me.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
jangled
off my chump
plucked from the ground
ordeal
ragged breaths
half feverish laugh
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From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 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
jangled
Explore
Find Read Talk
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
jangled
plucked from the ground
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
off my chump
ordeal
ragged breaths
half feverish laugh
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees.
What the blazes?
A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket? A bird? The frigate birds and albatross were big, but...
I staggered back to my feet, searching the sky before being punched forward, something gripping me from shoulder to leg. I was plucked from the ground, as an owl might snatch a mouse, and swept up, unbelievably, into the air.
The rocks I had been walking upon seconds ago were left far below as I was swept higher and higher, face down and carried side on, the wind whistling in my ears and watering my eyes. Could this be all in my own mind? Was I off my chump? Sent into a flight of fancy by my ordeal at sea? I kicked at the air, my arms pinned tight to my sides in the grip that held my whole torso captive. I twisted and writhed, trying to get free, before realising that this may not be a good idea at such a great height...
I tried to slow my ragged breaths, taking them up the stairs and down, and forced my legs to hang limp. I looked down to see what imprisoned me. Colossal claws, as long as my forearm, attached to scaled bronze toes. They circled me from my chest to the top of my legs.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
And these monstrous claws were all that stopped me from dropping to my death on the rocks below. I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator. A bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell.
I heard myself make a strangled sound, half sob, half feverish laugh. We were gaining height, and through my streaming eyes I saw we were heading out to sea. I kicked out again in terror, I couldn’t help myself. My boot fell from my foot and spun through the air, hitting the rock below with a bounce. My skull would not bounce.
Stay bricky.
I gripped tight, as jolts passed through the beast’s claws in time with the flap of its wings, which sounded like the snap and creak of a ship’s sails. We were now over the sea. If I was dropped, would I have some chance or would the height make the sea as hard as rock?
A yelp was snatched from my mouth as my captor dived like an arrow, so fast all was a blur and the wind screeched in my ears...then the claws opened, and I was released.
Empty air was all that held me.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes? A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket?
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears.
The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes?
A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind.
I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears.
What on God’s earth could make such a racket?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes? A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees.
Reveal Explainer
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
The word 'tremendous' suggests that the noise was incredibly loud and intense. The words 'clinging to my ears' show that the narrator was overwhelmed and frightened by the noise. He panics and acts instinctively to block the sound out.
Teach
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 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 do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
B) What impressions do you get of the creature from its description and actions?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Fear:
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the sound jangled through my bones - I stumbled forward onto my hands and knees - I covered my head - I heard myself make a strangled sound, half sob
physical reactions to fear
Text Mark Evidence - a second sickening shriek pounding my ears - monstrous claws were all that stopped me from dropping to my death - I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator - my skull would not bounce
words suggesting danger or risk of death
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
Text Mark Evidence - I twisted and writhed, trying to get free - I tried to slow my ragged breaths - I kicked out in terror, I couldn’t help myself
actions suggesting panic
Confusion:
Text Mark Evidence - what the blazes - what on God’s earth could make such a racket, a bird - a bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell
questions to show a lack of understanding
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - could this all be in my own mind - was I off my chump...sent into a flight of fancy by my ordeal at sea
questions his sanity / senses
Text Mark Evidence - a tremendous screech - the sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward onto my hands and knees
capable of making powerful sounds
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a shadow swept over, blocking the rain
enormous in size
Text Mark Evidence - the flap of its wings, which sounded like the snap and creak of a ship’s sails
strong and powerful wings
B) What impressions do you get of the creature from its description and actions?
Text Mark Evidence - punched forward, something gripping me from shoulder to leg - I was plucked from the ground as an owl might snatch a mouse - colossal claws, as long as my forearm attached to scaled bronze toes
has large and powerful claws
Text Mark Evidence - I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator - I was plucked from the ground, as an owl might snatch a mouse
a dangerous hunter
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell
unusual and unidentifiable
Text Mark Evidence my captor dived like an arrow
swift / able to move at great speed
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘plucked’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘ragged’?
B) calm
A) uneven
C) steady
D) gentle
True or False?
Covington’s two boots fell off in mid-air.
True
False
Tick Me
What does the writer compare themselves to in order to show how helpless they are?
Tick one:
A) A sailor in a storm
B) A mouse caught by an owl
Check
C) A bird in flight
Click if correct
D) A ship at sea
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
say what's next.
Reveal
Predict what might happen next in the story.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Darwin's Dragons: 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?
I twisted and writhed, trying to get free, before realising that this may not be a good idea at such a great height.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
B) What impressions do you get of the creature from its description and actions?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes? A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket? A bird? The frigate birds and albatross were big, but... I staggered back to my feet, searching the sky before being punched forward, something gripping me from shoulder to leg. I was plucked from the ground, as an owl might snatch a mouse, and swept up, unbelievably, into the air. The rocks I had been walking upon seconds ago were left far below as I was swept higher and higher, face down and carried side on, the wind whistling in my ears and watering my eyes. Could this be all in my own mind? Was I off my chump? Sent into a flight of fancy by my ordeal at sea? I kicked at the air, my arms pinned tight to my sides in the grip that held my whole torso captive. I twisted and writhed, trying to get free, before realising that this may not be a good idea at such a great height... I tried to slow my ragged breaths, taking them up the stairs and down, and forced my legs to hang limp. I looked down to see what imprisoned me. Colossal claws, as long as my forearm, attached to scaled bronze toes. They circled me from my chest to the top of my legs.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
And these monstrous claws were all that stopped me from dropping to my death on the rocks below. I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator. A bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell. I heard myself make a strangled sound, half sob, half feverish laugh. We were gaining height, and through my streaming eyes I saw we were heading out to sea. I kicked out again in terror, I couldn’t help myself. My boot fell from my foot and spun through the air, hitting the rock below with a bounce. My skull would not bounce. Stay bricky. I gripped tight, as jolts passed through the beast’s claws in time with the flap of its wings, which sounded like the snap and creak of a ship’s sails. We were now over the sea. If I was dropped, would I have some chance or would the height make the sea as hard as rock? A yelp was snatched from my mouth as my captor dived like an arrow, so fast all was a blur and the wind screeched in my ears...then the claws opened, and I was released. Empty air was all that held me.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
jangled
off my chump
plucked from the ground
ordeal
ragged breaths
half feverish laugh
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 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
jangled
Explore
Find Read Talk
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
jangled
plucked from the ground
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
off my chump
ordeal
ragged breaths
half feverish laugh
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes? A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket? A bird? The frigate birds and albatross were big, but... I staggered back to my feet, searching the sky before being punched forward, something gripping me from shoulder to leg. I was plucked from the ground, as an owl might snatch a mouse, and swept up, unbelievably, into the air. The rocks I had been walking upon seconds ago were left far below as I was swept higher and higher, face down and carried side on, the wind whistling in my ears and watering my eyes. Could this be all in my own mind? Was I off my chump? Sent into a flight of fancy by my ordeal at sea? I kicked at the air, my arms pinned tight to my sides in the grip that held my whole torso captive. I twisted and writhed, trying to get free, before realising that this may not be a good idea at such a great height... I tried to slow my ragged breaths, taking them up the stairs and down, and forced my legs to hang limp. I looked down to see what imprisoned me. Colossal claws, as long as my forearm, attached to scaled bronze toes. They circled me from my chest to the top of my legs.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
And these monstrous claws were all that stopped me from dropping to my death on the rocks below. I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator. A bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell. I heard myself make a strangled sound, half sob, half feverish laugh. We were gaining height, and through my streaming eyes I saw we were heading out to sea. I kicked out again in terror, I couldn’t help myself. My boot fell from my foot and spun through the air, hitting the rock below with a bounce. My skull would not bounce. Stay bricky. I gripped tight, as jolts passed through the beast’s claws in time with the flap of its wings, which sounded like the snap and creak of a ship’s sails. We were now over the sea. If I was dropped, would I have some chance or would the height make the sea as hard as rock? A yelp was snatched from my mouth as my captor dived like an arrow, so fast all was a blur and the wind screeched in my ears...then the claws opened, and I was released. Empty air was all that held me.
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes? A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket?
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears.
The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes?
A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind.
I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears.
What on God’s earth could make such a racket?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees. What the blazes? A shadow swept over, blocking the rain, beating me with gusts of new wind. I covered my head as it passed, a second sickening shriek pounding my ears. What on God’s earth could make such a racket?
Explore
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A tremendous screech sent my hands clinging to my ears. The sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward on to my hands and knees.
Reveal Explainer
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
The word 'tremendous' suggests that the noise was incredibly loud and intense. The words 'clinging to my ears' show that the narrator was overwhelmed and frightened by the noise. He panics and acts instinctively to block the sound out.
Teach
From: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 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 do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
B) What impressions do you get of the creature from its description and actions?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Fear:
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the sound jangled through my bones - I stumbled forward onto my hands and knees - I covered my head - I heard myself make a strangled sound, half sob
physical reactions to fear
Text Mark Evidence - a second sickening shriek pounding my ears - monstrous claws were all that stopped me from dropping to my death - I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator - my skull would not bounce
words suggesting danger or risk of death
A) How do we know Covington is frightened and confused?
Text Mark Evidence - I twisted and writhed, trying to get free - I tried to slow my ragged breaths - I kicked out in terror, I couldn’t help myself
actions suggesting panic
Confusion:
Text Mark Evidence - what the blazes - what on God’s earth could make such a racket, a bird - a bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell
questions to show a lack of understanding
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - could this all be in my own mind - was I off my chump...sent into a flight of fancy by my ordeal at sea
questions his sanity / senses
Text Mark Evidence - a tremendous screech - the sound jangled through my bones and I stumbled forward onto my hands and knees
capable of making powerful sounds
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a shadow swept over, blocking the rain
enormous in size
Text Mark Evidence - the flap of its wings, which sounded like the snap and creak of a ship’s sails
strong and powerful wings
B) What impressions do you get of the creature from its description and actions?
Text Mark Evidence - punched forward, something gripping me from shoulder to leg - I was plucked from the ground as an owl might snatch a mouse - colossal claws, as long as my forearm attached to scaled bronze toes
has large and powerful claws
Text Mark Evidence - I was prey in the clutches of a flying predator - I was plucked from the ground, as an owl might snatch a mouse
a dangerous hunter
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a bird, a beast – I couldn’t tell
unusual and unidentifiable
Text Mark Evidence my captor dived like an arrow
swift / able to move at great speed
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘plucked’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘ragged’?
B) calm
A) uneven
C) steady
D) gentle
True or False?
Covington’s two boots fell off in mid-air.
True
False
Tick Me
What does the writer compare themselves to in order to show how helpless they are?
Tick one:
A) A sailor in a storm
B) A mouse caught by an owl
Check
C) A bird in flight
Click if correct
D) A ship at sea
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
say what's next.
Reveal
Predict what might happen next in the story.
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: Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.