Ready Steady Read Together
Midnight Feasts: 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?
Her pockets stuffed with purple baubles Juicy treasure, growing wild and free
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
B) What is the girl doing with the blackberries?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Plump Yumberries
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks stained with fruit
Her fingers all blue and violet
Her pockets stuffed with purple baubles
Juicy treasure, growing wild and free
Shiny berries, plump and sweet
They’re so beautiful aren’t they?
She says to herself
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Holding one up in wonder Counting the colours
Giving them names
Velvetberry
Purpleberry
Jamberry
Yumberry
Plumberry
As she pops them one by one
Into her big blackberry mouth
She’ll be late for school
She’ll be in for it later
But she’s always in for it
Later
Salena Godden
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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wild
beautiful
Explore
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
smudge
stained
furtively pocketing
purple baubles
wonder
in for it
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. 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
smudge
Explore
Find Read Talk
Plump Yumberries
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
smudge
Your turn
furtively pocketing
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stained
purple baubles
wonder
in for it
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Plump Yumberries
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks stained with fruit
Her fingers all blue and violet
Her pockets stuffed with purple baubles
Juicy treasure, growing wild and free
Shiny berries, plump and sweet
They’re so beautiful aren’t they?
She says to herself
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Holding one up in wonder Counting the colours
Giving them names
Velvetberry
Purpleberry
Jamberry
Yumberry
Plumberry
As she pops them one by one
Into her big blackberry mouth
She’ll be late for school
She’ll be in for it later
But she’s always in for it
Later
Reveal Vocabulary
Salena Godden
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks stained with fruit
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks stained with fruit
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks stained with fruit
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Reveal Explainer
We know the girl is enjoying herself because she is grinning. Grinning means smiling widely, which shows she is feeling happy and having fun as she picks and eats the blackberries.
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
Teach
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. 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 the girl is enjoying herself?
B) What is the girl doing with the blackberries?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence pops them one by one into her big blackberry mouth
she likes eating the berries
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
Text Mark Evidence - holding one up in wonder - juicy treasure
she finds the berries exciting and special
Text Mark Evidence - giving them names - Velvetberry, Purpleberry, Jamberry, Yumberry, Plumberry
she enjoys playing with the berries by naming them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - furtively picketing blackberries in the park - her pockets stuffed with purple baubles
she is picking and collecting them
B) What is the girl doing with the blackberries?
Text Mark Evidence - holding one up in wonder - counting the colours
she is looking closely at them
Text Mark Evidence giving them names
she is naming them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence as she pops them one by one into her big blackberry mouth
she is eating them
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘wonder’?
True or False?
The blackberries have left stains on the girl.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
stealing
stained
stuffed
I always feel like I’m them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks with fruit
Her fingers all blue and violet
Her pockets with purple baubles
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put these in the correct order:
A) She gives the berries names.
B) She pockets the blackberries.
C) She eats the berries one by one.
D) She will be late for school.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
combine poems with art.
Reveal
Create colourful or expressive art to match the feelings of a poem.
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: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Midnight Feasts: 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?
Her pockets stuffed with purple baubles Juicy treasure, growing wild and free
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
B) What is the girl doing with the blackberries?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Plump Yumberries
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park I always feel like I’m stealing them She says, grinning by the hedge Her cheeks stained with fruit Her fingers all blue and violet Her pockets stuffed with purple baubles Juicy treasure, growing wild and free Shiny berries, plump and sweet They’re so beautiful aren’t they? She says to herself
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Holding one up in wonder Counting the colours Giving them names Velvetberry Purpleberry Jamberry Yumberry Plumberry As she pops them one by one Into her big blackberry mouth She’ll be late for school She’ll be in for it later But she’s always in for it Later
Salena Godden
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
wild
beautiful
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
smudge
stained
furtively pocketing
purple baubles
wonder
in for it
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. 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
smudge
Explore
Find Read Talk
Plump Yumberries
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
smudge
Your turn
furtively pocketing
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stained
purple baubles
wonder
in for it
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Plump Yumberries
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park I always feel like I’m stealing them She says, grinning by the hedge Her cheeks stained with fruit Her fingers all blue and violet Her pockets stuffed with purple baubles Juicy treasure, growing wild and free Shiny berries, plump and sweet They’re so beautiful aren’t they? She says to herself
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Holding one up in wonder Counting the colours Giving them names Velvetberry Purpleberry Jamberry Yumberry Plumberry As she pops them one by one Into her big blackberry mouth She’ll be late for school She’ll be in for it later But she’s always in for it Later
Reveal Vocabulary
Salena Godden
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park I always feel like I’m stealing them She says, grinning by the hedge Her cheeks stained with fruit
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl
Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park
I always feel like I’m stealing them
She says, grinning by the hedge
Her cheeks stained with fruit
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Look at the lovely smudge of a girl Furtively pocketing blackberries in the park I always feel like I’m stealing them She says, grinning by the hedge Her cheeks stained with fruit
Explore
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I always feel like I’m stealing them She says, grinning by the hedge
Reveal Explainer
We know the girl is enjoying herself because she is grinning. Grinning means smiling widely, which shows she is feeling happy and having fun as she picks and eats the blackberries.
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
Teach
From: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019. 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 the girl is enjoying herself?
B) What is the girl doing with the blackberries?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence pops them one by one into her big blackberry mouth
she likes eating the berries
A) How do we know the girl is enjoying herself?
Text Mark Evidence - holding one up in wonder - juicy treasure
she finds the berries exciting and special
Text Mark Evidence - giving them names - Velvetberry, Purpleberry, Jamberry, Yumberry, Plumberry
she enjoys playing with the berries by naming them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - furtively picketing blackberries in the park - her pockets stuffed with purple baubles
she is picking and collecting them
B) What is the girl doing with the blackberries?
Text Mark Evidence - holding one up in wonder - counting the colours
she is looking closely at them
Text Mark Evidence giving them names
she is naming them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence as she pops them one by one into her big blackberry mouth
she is eating them
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘wonder’?
True or False?
The blackberries have left stains on the girl.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
stealing
stained
stuffed
I always feel like I’m them She says, grinning by the hedge Her cheeks with fruit Her fingers all blue and violet Her pockets with purple baubles
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Sequence Me
Put these in the correct order:
A) She gives the berries names.
B) She pockets the blackberries.
C) She eats the berries one by one.
D) She will be late for school.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
combine poems with art.
Reveal
Create colourful or expressive art to match the feelings of a poem.
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: Midnight Feasts chosen by A.F. Harrold © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
stealing
stained
stuffed