Ready Steady Read Together
You Can Do Anything: Non-Fiction 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?
Take a look at different prints. Compare yours and your friends’. What do you notice?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
B) What does Jonnie think of his fingerprints as?
C) What are you asked to do before comparing what the prints tell you about your brains?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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REST STOP
Your unique brain I like to think of my fingerprints as outward representations of my brain. They are unique to us, just like that lump of goo between our ears that makes us who we are. Combined with toe prints, palm prints, lip prints, elbow prints, ear prints and stump prints, you're as one of a kind as can be. (That's right, if you don't have any of those body parts, chances are you have a stump, which has its own unique print).
To make your own outward representation of your brain, I want you to use some ink, paint or melted chocolate and put your different prints on this page or in your journal. Ask your friends to share their prints too or ask them if you can see their fingerprints if you're missing a limb like me.
Take a look at the different prints. Compare yours and your friends’. What do you notice? What does that tell you about you and your friends’ brains? (You might need a magnifying glass for this one!)
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Why am I telling you all of this? It's because I want you to remember that you are you, and you are the only you. From your fingerprints to your brain. But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change. To come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s. This can sometimes feel good - so you don't stand out too much. But, as a sprinter, if I left my lane I'd crash into someone and get disqualified. The same goes for you. You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique’. I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else. You know what I mean. You don't want to stand out like a sore thumb, no matter if it has its own individual thumbprint. You want to fit in. You want to be liked.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
outward representations
missing a limb
unique
come out of your lane
disqualified
stand out like a sore thumb
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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.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unique
Explore
Find Read Talk
Your unique brain I like to think of my fingerprints as outward representations of my brain. They are unique to us, just like that lump of goo between our ears that makes us who we are. Combined with toe prints, palm prints, lip prints, elbow prints, ear prints and stump prints, you're as one of a kind as can be.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
unique
Your turn
outward representation
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
missing a limb
come out of your lane
disqualified
stand out like a sore thumb
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
REST STOP
Your unique brain I like to think of my fingerprints as outward representations of my brain. They are unique to us, just like that lump of goo between our ears that makes us who we are. Combined with toe prints, palm prints, lip prints, elbow prints, ear prints and stump prints, you're as one of a kind as can be. (That's right, if you don't have any of those body parts, chances are you have a stump, which has its own unique print).
To make your own outward representation of your brain, I want you to use some ink, paint or melted chocolate and put your different prints on this page or in your journal. Ask your friends to share their prints too or ask them if you can see their fingerprints if you're missing a limb like me.
Take a look at the different prints. Compare yours and your friends’. What do you notice? What does that tell you about you and your friends’ brains? (You might need a magnifying glass for this one!)
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Why am I telling you all of this? It's because I want you to remember that you are you, and you are the only you. From your fingerprints to your brain. But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change. To come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s. This can sometimes feel good - so you don't stand out too much. But, as a sprinter, if I left my lane I'd crash into someone and get disqualified. The same goes for you. You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique’. I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else. You know what I mean. You don't want to stand out like a sore thumb, no matter if it has its own individual thumbprint. You want to fit in. You want to be liked.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reveal Vocabulary
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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...
You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique.’ I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique’.
I hope you're starting to believe me.
Here's the thing: I was a kid once.
When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique.
I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else.
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique.’ I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else.
Explore
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) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Why am I telling you all of this? It's because I want you to remember that you are you, and you are the only you. From your fingerprints to your brain. But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change.
Reveal Explainer
When I look around I can see that Jonnie wants the reader to value their own individuality and stay true to who they are. I know this because he says, “You are you, and you are the only you.” This shows that he is encouraging the reader not to change themselves just to fit in.
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
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) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
B) What does Jonnie think of his fingerprints as?
C) What are you asked to do before comparing what the prints tell you about your brains?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the world would prefer you to change…to come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s
wants the reader to resist pressure to fit in
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
Text Mark Evidence if I left my lane I’d crash into someone and get disqualified
wants the reader to understand that fitting in may feel safe but it is not the right choice
Text Mark Evidence to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment
wants the reader to stay true to themselves even when it is difficult
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I was a kid once… I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things
wants the reader to learn from his experience of wanting to fit in
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What does Jonnie think of his fingerprints as?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence outward representations of my brain
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What are you asked to do before comparing what the prints tell you about your brains?
Text Mark Evidence take a look at the different prints
you are asked to look closely at the prints that have been made
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unique’?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘banned’:
But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change. To come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s. This can sometimes feel good - so you don't stand out too much. But, as a sprinter, if I left my lane I'd crash into someone and get disqualified. The same goes for you.
Discuss then check
disqualified
True or False?
When Jonnie was in school he did not want to be unique.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the themes which are shown in the text:
Tick two:
A) Everyone has unique features that make them who they are
B) Fitting in with others is more important than being yourself
Check
C) Being yourself can feel difficult, but it matters
Click if correct
D) The main purpose of fingerprints is to help scientists identify people
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read biographies.
Reveal
Learn about the lives of inspiring people.
Copyright Notice
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
You Can Do Anything: Non-Fiction 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?
Take a look at different prints. Compare yours and your friends’. What do you notice?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
B) What does Jonnie think of his fingerprints as?
C) What are you asked to do before comparing what the prints tell you about your brains?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
REST STOP
Your unique brain I like to think of my fingerprints as outward representations of my brain. They are unique to us, just like that lump of goo between our ears that makes us who we are. Combined with toe prints, palm prints, lip prints, elbow prints, ear prints and stump prints, you're as one of a kind as can be. (That's right, if you don't have any of those body parts, chances are you have a stump, which has its own unique print). To make your own outward representation of your brain, I want you to use some ink, paint or melted chocolate and put your different prints on this page or in your journal. Ask your friends to share their prints too or ask them if you can see their fingerprints if you're missing a limb like me. Take a look at the different prints. Compare yours and your friends’. What do you notice? What does that tell you about you and your friends’ brains? (You might need a magnifying glass for this one!)
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Why am I telling you all of this? It's because I want you to remember that you are you, and you are the only you. From your fingerprints to your brain. But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change. To come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s. This can sometimes feel good - so you don't stand out too much. But, as a sprinter, if I left my lane I'd crash into someone and get disqualified. The same goes for you. You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique’. I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else. You know what I mean. You don't want to stand out like a sore thumb, no matter if it has its own individual thumbprint. You want to fit in. You want to be liked.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
outward representations
missing a limb
unique
come out of your lane
disqualified
stand out like a sore thumb
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 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
unique
Explore
Find Read Talk
Your unique brain I like to think of my fingerprints as outward representations of my brain. They are unique to us, just like that lump of goo between our ears that makes us who we are. Combined with toe prints, palm prints, lip prints, elbow prints, ear prints and stump prints, you're as one of a kind as can be.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
unique
Your turn
outward representation
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
missing a limb
come out of your lane
disqualified
stand out like a sore thumb
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
REST STOP
Your unique brain I like to think of my fingerprints as outward representations of my brain. They are unique to us, just like that lump of goo between our ears that makes us who we are. Combined with toe prints, palm prints, lip prints, elbow prints, ear prints and stump prints, you're as one of a kind as can be. (That's right, if you don't have any of those body parts, chances are you have a stump, which has its own unique print). To make your own outward representation of your brain, I want you to use some ink, paint or melted chocolate and put your different prints on this page or in your journal. Ask your friends to share their prints too or ask them if you can see their fingerprints if you're missing a limb like me. Take a look at the different prints. Compare yours and your friends’. What do you notice? What does that tell you about you and your friends’ brains? (You might need a magnifying glass for this one!)
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Why am I telling you all of this? It's because I want you to remember that you are you, and you are the only you. From your fingerprints to your brain. But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change. To come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s. This can sometimes feel good - so you don't stand out too much. But, as a sprinter, if I left my lane I'd crash into someone and get disqualified. The same goes for you. You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique’. I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else. You know what I mean. You don't want to stand out like a sore thumb, no matter if it has its own individual thumbprint. You want to fit in. You want to be liked.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique.’ I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique’.
I hope you're starting to believe me.
Here's the thing: I was a kid once.
When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique.
I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else.
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
You put the ‘u’ in ‘unique.’ I hope you're starting to believe me. Here's the thing: I was a kid once. When I was in school, I really did not want to be unique. I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things, act the same way as everyone else.
Explore
From: You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Why am I telling you all of this? It's because I want you to remember that you are you, and you are the only you. From your fingerprints to your brain. But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change.
Reveal Explainer
When I look around I can see that Jonnie wants the reader to value their own individuality and stay true to who they are. I know this because he says, “You are you, and you are the only you.” This shows that he is encouraging the reader not to change themselves just to fit in.
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
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) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
B) What does Jonnie think of his fingerprints as?
C) What are you asked to do before comparing what the prints tell you about your brains?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the world would prefer you to change…to come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s
wants the reader to resist pressure to fit in
A) What can you infer about how Jonnie wants the reader to behave when they feel pressure to fit in?
Text Mark Evidence if I left my lane I’d crash into someone and get disqualified
wants the reader to understand that fitting in may feel safe but it is not the right choice
Text Mark Evidence to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment
wants the reader to stay true to themselves even when it is difficult
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I was a kid once… I wanted to dress the same way, talk the same way, like the same things
wants the reader to learn from his experience of wanting to fit in
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What does Jonnie think of his fingerprints as?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence outward representations of my brain
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What are you asked to do before comparing what the prints tell you about your brains?
Text Mark Evidence take a look at the different prints
you are asked to look closely at the prints that have been made
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unique’?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘banned’:
But the thing is, lots of times the world would prefer you to change. To come out of your lane and merge with everyone else’s. This can sometimes feel good - so you don't stand out too much. But, as a sprinter, if I left my lane I'd crash into someone and get disqualified. The same goes for you.
Discuss then check
disqualified
True or False?
When Jonnie was in school he did not want to be unique.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the themes which are shown in the text:
Tick two:
A) Everyone has unique features that make them who they are
B) Fitting in with others is more important than being yourself
Check
C) Being yourself can feel difficult, but it matters
Click if correct
D) The main purpose of fingerprints is to help scientists identify people
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read biographies.
Reveal
Learn about the lives of inspiring people.
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.