Ready Steady Read Together
Magic Your Mind Happy: Non-Fiction 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?
But here is an important secret. Magic is not real magic.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
B) Who discovered the floating sausage illusion and in what year was it discovered?
C) What does Richard Wiseman explain magic tricks often use instead of real magic?
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Let me read today's text
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Magic looks like something impossible happening right in front of your eyes. A coin vanishes into thin air. A card jumps to the top of the deck. A magician seems to know exactly what you are thinking. It feels exciting, mysterious and a little bit unbelievable.
But here is an important secret. Magic is not real magic.
Magicians are experts at understanding how people see, think and pay attention. Your brain can only focus on a few things at once. When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection.
Magicians also understand how your brain likes to make quick decisions. Your mind fills in gaps without you realising it. If you expect something to happen your brain may decide it has already happened even when it has not. Magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks natural, calm and confident.
Richard Wiseman studies magic to understand how the human mind works. He explains that magic tricks often use psychology, science and careful timing rather than secret powers. What feels amazing is really your brain being gently tricked.
So magic is a clever mix of practice, storytelling, science and confidence. The real magic is not hidden in a wand or a hat. It lives inside your mind and in how easily you can be surprised, amazed and delighted by what you see.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
THE FLOATING SAUSAGE!
Let me introduce you to your hands. (Hello hands!) On each hand you have a thumb, a first finger, a second finger, a third finger and a little finger.
This funillusion was discovered in 1928 by a psychologistcalled Winford Lee Sharp.
We are going to use your hands to make a sausage float in front of your eyes!
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Extend both first (pointing) fingers and place the tips together like this.
Hold them about 30cm in front of your nose and focus on an object on the other side of the room.
Relax your eyes. All being well, a tiny sausage will appear between your fingertips!
When that happens, move your hands a few millimetres apart and you will see a floating sausage!
This trick works best after you have read all the instructions carefully. Your brain will remember what to do and then something surprising will happen when you try it. Your eyes and hands work together in a way that can confuse your brain for a moment. That confusion creates the illusion. If you see the floating sausage, well done. You have just discovered how clever and easily fooled your brain can be.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
vanishes into thin air
misdirection
experts
careful timing
illusion
psychologist
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. 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
vanishes into thin air
Explore
Find Read Talk
Magic looks like something impossible happening right in front of your eyes. A coin vanishes into thin air. A card jumps to the top of the deck. A magician seems to know exactly what you are thinking. It feels exciting, mysterious and a little bit unbelievable.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
vanishes into thin air
experts
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
misdirection
careful timing
illusion
psychologist
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Magic looks like something impossible happening right in front of your eyes. A coin vanishes into thin air. A card jumps to the top of the deck. A magician seems to know exactly what you are thinking. It feels exciting, mysterious and a little bit unbelievable.
But here is an important secret. Magic is not real magic.
Magicians are experts at understanding how people see, think and pay attention. Your brain can only focus on a few things at once. When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection.
Magicians also understand how your brain likes to make quick decisions. Your mind fills in gaps without you realising it. If you expect something to happen your brain may decide it has already happened even when it has not. Magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks natural, calm and confident.
Richard Wiseman studies magic to understand how the human mind works. He explains that magic tricks often use psychology, science and careful timing rather than secret powers. What feels amazing is really your brain being gently tricked.
So magic is a clever mix of practice, storytelling, science and confidence. The real magic is not hidden in a wand or a hat. It lives inside your mind and in how easily you can be surprised, amazed and delighted by what you see.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
THE FLOATING SAUSAGE!
Let me introduce you to your hands. (Hello hands!) On each hand you have a thumb, a first finger, a second finger, a third finger and a little finger.
This funillusion was discovered in 1928 by a psychologistcalled Winford Lee Sharp.
We are going to use your hands to make a sausage float in front of your eyes!
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Extend both first (pointing) fingers and place the tips together like this.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Hold them about 30cm in front of your nose and focus on an object on the other side of the room.
Relax your eyes. All being well, a tiny sausage will appear between your fingertips!
When that happens, move your hands a few millimetres apart and you will see a floating sausage!
This trick works best after you have read all the instructions carefully. Your brain will remember what to do and then something surprising will happen when you try it. Your eyes and hands work together in a way that can confuse your brain for a moment. That confusion creates the illusion. If you see the floating sausage, well done. You have just discovered how clever and easily fooled your brain can be.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story, your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story
your eyes follow that action.
At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else.
This clever distraction is called misdirection.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story, your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Magicians are experts at understanding how people see, think and pay attention. Your brain can only focus on a few things at once. When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action.
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
Reveal Explainer
This quote shows that magicians need to be very good at understanding how the brain focuses. This helps them control what the audience notices, ensuring that the trick is successful and works properly.
Teach
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. 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 helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
B) Who discovered the floating sausage illusion and in what year was it discovered?
C) What does Richard Wiseman explain magic tricks often use instead of real magic?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence when a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action
using distraction makes the trick more surprising
Text Mark Evidence at the same time, something quiet and clever happens somewhere else
using misdirection helps to hide what is really happening
Text Mark Evidence your mind fills in the gaps without you realising it
understanding how the brain makes quick decisions helps the trick work
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
Text Mark Evidence magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks calm and confident
making movements calm and confident helps the audience believe the trick
Text Mark Evidence magic tricks often use psychology, science and careful timing rather than secret powers
careful timing makes the trick believable
Text Mark Evidence this trick works best after you have read all the instructions carefully
following instructions carefully helps the trick work properly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence your eyes and hands work together in a way that can confuse your brain for a moment
confusing the brain for a moment helps create the illusion
Acceptable Answers
B) Who discovered the floating sausage illusion and in what year was it discovered?
Who?
Text Mark Evidence (the psychologist) Winsford Lee Sharp
When?
Text Mark Evidence in 1928
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence psychology
C) What does Richard Wiseman explain magic tricks often use instead of real magic?
Text Mark Evidence science
Text Mark Evidence careful timing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘illusion’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence.
What feels amazing is really your brain being gently _______________.
B) trained
A) tricked
C) exercised
D) protected
True or False?
Magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks natural, calm and confident.
False
True
Tick Me
Which statement best describes what “misdirection” means in the text?
Tick one:
A) Making the audience look away by turning off the lights.
B) Using humour or movement to draw attention away from something important.
Check
C) Performing tricks so fast that the audience feels confused.
Click if correct
D) Hiding objects inside special clothing.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy your curiosity.
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: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Magic Your Mind Happy: Non-Fiction 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?
But here is an important secret. Magic is not real magic.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
B) Who discovered the floating sausage illusion and in what year was it discovered?
C) What does Richard Wiseman explain magic tricks often use instead of real magic?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Magic looks like something impossible happening right in front of your eyes. A coin vanishes into thin air. A card jumps to the top of the deck. A magician seems to know exactly what you are thinking. It feels exciting, mysterious and a little bit unbelievable. But here is an important secret. Magic is not real magic. Magicians are experts at understanding how people see, think and pay attention. Your brain can only focus on a few things at once. When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection. Magicians also understand how your brain likes to make quick decisions. Your mind fills in gaps without you realising it. If you expect something to happen your brain may decide it has already happened even when it has not. Magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks natural, calm and confident. Richard Wiseman studies magic to understand how the human mind works. He explains that magic tricks often use psychology, science and careful timing rather than secret powers. What feels amazing is really your brain being gently tricked. So magic is a clever mix of practice, storytelling, science and confidence. The real magic is not hidden in a wand or a hat. It lives inside your mind and in how easily you can be surprised, amazed and delighted by what you see.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
THE FLOATING SAUSAGE!
Let me introduce you to your hands. (Hello hands!) On each hand you have a thumb, a first finger, a second finger, a third finger and a little finger.
This funillusion was discovered in 1928 by a psychologistcalled Winford Lee Sharp.
We are going to use your hands to make a sausage float in front of your eyes!
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Extend both first (pointing) fingers and place the tips together like this.
Hold them about 30cm in front of your nose and focus on an object on the other side of the room.
Relax your eyes. All being well, a tiny sausage will appear between your fingertips!
When that happens, move your hands a few millimetres apart and you will see a floating sausage!
This trick works best after you have read all the instructions carefully. Your brain will remember what to do and then something surprising will happen when you try it. Your eyes and hands work together in a way that can confuse your brain for a moment. That confusion creates the illusion. If you see the floating sausage, well done. You have just discovered how clever and easily fooled your brain can be.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
vanishes into thin air
misdirection
experts
careful timing
illusion
psychologist
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. 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
vanishes into thin air
Explore
Find Read Talk
Magic looks like something impossible happening right in front of your eyes. A coin vanishes into thin air. A card jumps to the top of the deck. A magician seems to know exactly what you are thinking. It feels exciting, mysterious and a little bit unbelievable.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
vanishes into thin air
experts
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
misdirection
careful timing
illusion
psychologist
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Magic looks like something impossible happening right in front of your eyes. A coin vanishes into thin air. A card jumps to the top of the deck. A magician seems to know exactly what you are thinking. It feels exciting, mysterious and a little bit unbelievable. But here is an important secret. Magic is not real magic. Magicians are experts at understanding how people see, think and pay attention. Your brain can only focus on a few things at once. When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection. Magicians also understand how your brain likes to make quick decisions. Your mind fills in gaps without you realising it. If you expect something to happen your brain may decide it has already happened even when it has not. Magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks natural, calm and confident. Richard Wiseman studies magic to understand how the human mind works. He explains that magic tricks often use psychology, science and careful timing rather than secret powers. What feels amazing is really your brain being gently tricked. So magic is a clever mix of practice, storytelling, science and confidence. The real magic is not hidden in a wand or a hat. It lives inside your mind and in how easily you can be surprised, amazed and delighted by what you see.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
THE FLOATING SAUSAGE!
Let me introduce you to your hands. (Hello hands!) On each hand you have a thumb, a first finger, a second finger, a third finger and a little finger.
This funillusion was discovered in 1928 by a psychologistcalled Winford Lee Sharp.
We are going to use your hands to make a sausage float in front of your eyes!
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Extend both first (pointing) fingers and place the tips together like this.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Hold them about 30cm in front of your nose and focus on an object on the other side of the room.
Relax your eyes. All being well, a tiny sausage will appear between your fingertips!
When that happens, move your hands a few millimetres apart and you will see a floating sausage!
This trick works best after you have read all the instructions carefully. Your brain will remember what to do and then something surprising will happen when you try it. Your eyes and hands work together in a way that can confuse your brain for a moment. That confusion creates the illusion. If you see the floating sausage, well done. You have just discovered how clever and easily fooled your brain can be.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story, your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story
your eyes follow that action.
At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else.
This clever distraction is called misdirection.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story, your eyes follow that action. At the same time something quiet and clever happens somewhere else. This clever distraction is called misdirection.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Magicians are experts at understanding how people see, think and pay attention. Your brain can only focus on a few things at once. When a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action.
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
Reveal Explainer
This quote shows that magicians need to be very good at understanding how the brain focuses. This helps them control what the audience notices, ensuring that the trick is successful and works properly.
Teach
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. 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 helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
B) Who discovered the floating sausage illusion and in what year was it discovered?
C) What does Richard Wiseman explain magic tricks often use instead of real magic?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence when a magician waves one hand or tells a funny story your eyes follow that action
using distraction makes the trick more surprising
Text Mark Evidence at the same time, something quiet and clever happens somewhere else
using misdirection helps to hide what is really happening
Text Mark Evidence your mind fills in the gaps without you realising it
understanding how the brain makes quick decisions helps the trick work
A) What helpful tips does the magician give to help the trick be successful and amaze the audience?
Text Mark Evidence magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks calm and confident
making movements calm and confident helps the audience believe the trick
Text Mark Evidence magic tricks often use psychology, science and careful timing rather than secret powers
careful timing makes the trick believable
Text Mark Evidence this trick works best after you have read all the instructions carefully
following instructions carefully helps the trick work properly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence your eyes and hands work together in a way that can confuse your brain for a moment
confusing the brain for a moment helps create the illusion
Acceptable Answers
B) Who discovered the floating sausage illusion and in what year was it discovered?
Who?
Text Mark Evidence (the psychologist) Winsford Lee Sharp
When?
Text Mark Evidence in 1928
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence psychology
C) What does Richard Wiseman explain magic tricks often use instead of real magic?
Text Mark Evidence science
Text Mark Evidence careful timing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘illusion’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence. What feels amazing is really your brain being gently _______________.
B) trained
A) tricked
C) exercised
D) protected
True or False?
Magicians practise for many years to make sure every movement looks natural, calm and confident.
False
True
Tick Me
Which statement best describes what “misdirection” means in the text?
Tick one:
A) Making the audience look away by turning off the lights.
B) Using humour or movement to draw attention away from something important.
Check
C) Performing tricks so fast that the audience feels confused.
Click if correct
D) Hiding objects inside special clothing.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy your curiosity.
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: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.