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Ready Steady Read Together

You Can Do Anything: Non-Fiction Lesson 1

What do you think you know?

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

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What do you know and think?

I won’t bore you with all the medical details, but this meant the doctors had to amputate my leg to save my life.

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From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

A) How can you tell that Jonnie did not give up after losing his leg?

B) What was the village Jonnie grew up in famous for?

C) What three activities did Jonnie’s sisters challenge him to do?

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Let me read today's text

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You are unique!

It seems only fair I share a little bit about me. I was born in Cambridge, in the UK, in 1993. I didn't live in Cambridge though. I lived on the outskirts, with my parents and three big sisters, in a little village called Shepreth. Would you believe one of the things the village was most famous for (before me!) was sheep washing? Yep, people herding sheep to Cambridge stopped in our little village to give them a bath. So, I basically grew up in a launderette for sheep. I was always running, jumping and moving about as a little kid. I loved to eat apples from my gran’s tree, I loved learning and school, but mostly I loved football. My grandpa on Mum’s side, who I never met (but was named after), was a keen player and a real inspiration to me. Just knowing I had someone like him in my family sparked my interest in playing football - which started me on my sport-loving path. My sisters taught me loads too. They were always competitive with me and challenged me to discover what I was good at (or not so good at). This included bike riding, nail painting and atomic wedgies.

From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Then, when I was five, I got an illness called meningitis, which is when the lining around your brain and spinal column gets infected and acts up big time. After being put into a coma, the doctors managed to get the meningitis under control (phew), but complications from the illness led to a load of pressure building up in my leg (uh-oh). I won't bore you with all the medical details, but this meant the doctors had to amputate my leg to save my life. It was really tough to begin with. For starters, I had to learn to walk all over again. To run, jump, move and play football all over again. It was also tricky because, as you know, when you're a kid you just want to be the same as everyone else. And now I was different. But luckily for me, I had the most amazing support and I worked hard to get to grips with my new leg. Finally, after a while, I learned to cope.

TO JUST DO WHAT I COULD DO AND EVENTUALLY COME OUT THRIVING. TO WALK AGAIN SO I COULD RUN.

From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Vocabulary

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on the outskirts

sparked my interest

real inspiration

competitive

coma

amputate

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From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

I will model the first.

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on the outskirts

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Find Read Talk

It seems only fair I share a little bit about me. I was born in Cambridge, in the UK, in 1993. I didn't live in Cambridge though. I lived on the outskirts, with my parents and three big sisters, in a little village called Shepreth.

Reveal Vocabulary

From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

on the outskirts

Your turn

real inspiration

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

sparked my interest

competitive

coma

amputate

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Vocabulary Check & Re-read

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You are unique!

Reveal Vocabulary

It seems only fair I share a little bit about me. I was born in Cambridge, in the UK, in 1993. I didn't live in Cambridge though. I lived on the outskirts, with my parents and three big sisters, in a little village called Shepreth. Would you believe one of the things the village was most famous for (before me!) was sheep washing? Yep, people herding sheep to Cambridge stopped in our little village to give them a bath. So, I basically grew up in a launderette for sheep. I was always running, jumping and moving about as a little kid. I loved to eat apples from my gran’s tree, I loved learning and school, but mostly I loved football. My grandpa on Mum’s side, who I never met (but was named after), was a keen player and a real inspiration to me. Just knowing I had someone like him in my family sparked my interest in playing football - which started me on my sport-loving path. My sisters taught me loads too. They were always competitive with me and challenged me to discover what I was good at (or not so good at). This included bike riding, nail painting and atomic wedgies.

Explore

From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Then, when I was five, I got an illness called meningitis, which is when the lining around your brain and spinal column gets infected and acts up big time. After being put into a coma, the doctors managed to get the meningitis under control (phew), but complications from the illness led to a load of pressure building up in my leg (uh-oh). I won't bore you with all the medical details, but this meant the doctors had to amputate my leg to save my life. It was really tough to begin with. For starters, I had to learn to walk all over again. To run, jump, move and play football all over again. It was also tricky because, as you know, when you're a kid you just want to be the same as everyone else. And now I was different. But luckily for me, I had the most amazing support and I worked hard to get to grips with my new leg. Finally, after a while, I learned to cope.

TO JUST DO WHAT I COULD DO AND EVENTUALLY COME OUT THRIVING. TO WALK AGAIN SO I COULD RUN.

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From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Fluency

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Let me use my reader's voice...

It was really tough to begin with. For starters, I had to learn to walk all over again. To run, jump, move and play football all over again. It was also tricky because, as you know, when you're a kid you just want to be the same as everyone else. And now I was different.

What did you notice?

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From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

It was really tough to begin with. For starters, I had to learn to walk all over again.

To run, jump, move and play football all over again.

It was also tricky because, as you know, when you're a kid you just want to be the same as everyone else.

And now I was different.

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From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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Choral Read

It was really tough to begin with. For starters, I had to learn to walk all over again. To run, jump, move and play football all over again. It was also tricky because, as you know, when you're a kid you just want to be the same as everyone else. And now I was different.

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From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

A) How can you tell that Jonnie did not give up after losing his leg?

Be a detective and look for clues!

Teach

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

It was really tough to begin with. For starters, I had to learn to walk all over again. To run, jump, move and play football all over again.

A) How can you tell that Jonnie did not give up after losing his leg?

Reveal Explainer

I will look around the text to find the section after Jonnie’s amputation. It states: ‘It was really tough to begin with.’ This suggests the hardest part was at the start when he just had his amputation and that he became more hopeful as time went on.

Teach

From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 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) How can you tell that Jonnie did not give up after losing his leg?

B) What was the village Jonnie grew up in famous for?

C) What three activities did Jonnie’s sisters challenge him to do?

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Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - I had to learn to walk all over again - to run, jump, move and play football all over again

he kept trying even when things were hard

A) How can you tell that Jonnie did not give up after losing his leg?

Text Mark Evidence I worked hard to get to grips with my new leg

he worked hard to adapt to his new leg

Text Mark Evidence - after a while, I learned to cope - eventually come out thriving

he got better over time and did not give up

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Text Mark Evidence to walk again so I could run

he was focused on what he could do in the future

Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

B) What was the village Jonnie grew up in famous for?

Text Mark Evidence - one of the things the village was famous for…was sheep washing - people herding sheep to Cambridge stopped in our little village to give them a bath

the village was famous for sheep washing

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Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence bike riding

C) What three activities did Jonnie’s sisters challenge him to do?

Text Mark Evidence nail painting

Text Mark Evidence atomic wedgies

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Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

Start

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘coma’?

Which One's Right?

Which answer best completes the sentence? Meningitis is when the lining around the brain and spinal column gets _______________.

B) stretched

A) bruised

C) broken

D) infected

True or False?

Jonnie felt that he was different than everyone else after he had his leg amputated.

False
True

Fill the Gaps

sparked my interest
football
real inspiration

My grandpa on Mum’s side, who I never met (but was named after), was a keen player and a to me. Just knowing I had someone like him in my family in playing .

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EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

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To be a book lover, you could...

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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: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.

real inspiration
sparked my interest
football