Ready Steady Read Together
Fia and the Last Snow Deer: Poetry 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?
We all know it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
B) How does Solas create a sense of contrast in the harsh setting?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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I jump to my feet, bracing myself
for the first painful breath
that will reach my lungs once I step outside the warmth of our home.
The cold and grey hangs over us all,
day after day, so many we have lost count,
or at least that’s what we say,
as if it doesn’t really matter.
Really,
we all know it’s been three winter solstices
since we saw the sun.
That we all hope,
pray,
wish
the solstice in five days will alter that path.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I stomp out into the white flakes, puff my cheeks again just to annoy my mother. I look nothing like the shaman Gerd, ancient, wrinkled, pot-bellied. She may be my great-grandmother but she was born old, I’m convinced of it. My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day.
The last snow deer.
She’s standing waiting for her feed,
sharp white against the dirty snow,
her coat bright in the dull day.
In our language her name means
Light
and she is mine.
She’s family,
she’s home,
she’s my best friend.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Dreams of summer clear from my mind
as I reach out to stroke her neck.
As long as Solas is here,
the light in the grey sky
seems a little brighter
and I can ignore my hunger
at least for a while.
She pushes her head against my arm, rooting through my furs
for bark offerings and moss.
I give her what little I have
and hope it’s enough.
Some day,
I whisper in her ear,
the herds of snow deer will return with the sun.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
winter solstices
shaman
alter
pot-bellied
rooting
bark offerings and moss
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From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 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
winter solstices
Explore
Find Read Talk
Really, we all know it’s been three winter solstices
since we saw the sun.
That we all hope,
pray,
wish
the solstice in five days will alter that path.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
winter solstices
Your turn
alter
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
shaman
pot-bellied
rooting
bark offerings and moss
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
I jump to my feet, bracing myself
for the first painful breath
that will reach my lungs once I step outside the warmth of our home.
The cold and grey hangs over us all,
day after day, so many we have lost count,
or at least that’s what we say,
as if it doesn’t really matter.
Really,
we all know it’s been three winter solstices
since we saw the sun.
That we all hope,
pray,
wish
the solstice in five days will alter that path.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I stomp out into the white flakes, puff my cheeks again just to annoy my mother. I look nothing like the shaman Gerd, ancient, wrinkled, pot-bellied. She may be my great-grandmother but she was born old, I’m convinced of it. My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day.
The last snow deer.
She’s standing waiting for her feed,
sharp white against the dirty snow,
her coat bright in the dull day.
In our language her name means
Light
and she is mine.
She’s family,
she’s home,
she’s my best friend.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Dreams of summer clear from my mind
as I reach out to stroke her neck.
As long as Solas is here,
the light in the grey sky
seems a little brighter
and I can ignore my hunger
at least for a while.
She pushes her head against my arm, rooting through my furs
for bark offerings and moss.
I give her what little I have
and hope it’s enough.
Some day,
I whisper in her ear,
the herds of snow deer will return with the sun.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day.
The last snow deer.
She’s standing waiting for her feed,
sharp white against the dirty snow,
her coat bright in the dull day.
In our language her name means
Light
and she is mine.
She’s family,
she’s home,
she’s my best friend.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day.
The last snow deer.
She’s standing waiting for her feed,
sharp white against the dirty snow,
her coat bright in the dull day.
In our language her name means Light
and she is mine.
She’s family, she’s home, she’s my best friend.
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day.
The last snow deer.
She’s standing waiting for her feed,
sharp white against the dirty snow,
her coat bright in the dull day.
In our language her name means
Light
and she is mine.
She’s family,
she’s home,
she’s my best friend.
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I jump to my feet, bracing myself
for the first painful breath
that will reach my lungs once I step outside the warmth of our home.
The cold and grey hangs over us all,
day after day, so many we have lost count...
Reveal Explainer
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
The author shows that Fia’s life is harsh by describing how the cold outside is painful and difficult. The words ‘bracing myself’ suggest she has to prepare herself for the discomfort of taking a breath. Describing the air as ‘the first painful breath’ shows that the cold is so extreme it hurts her lungs, not just her skin. The environment is physically harsh and threatening, making simple everyday acts like stepping outside a challenge.
Teach
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 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 does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
B) How does Solas create a sense of contrast in the harsh setting?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence bracing myself for the first painful breath that will reach my lungs once I step outside
extreme cold
Text Mark Evidence - the cold and grey hangs over us all, day after day, so many we have lost count - it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun - herds of snow deer will return with the sun
unending darkness / lack of sunlight
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
Text Mark Evidence we all hope, pray, wish the solstice in five days will alter that path (darkness)
desperation for spring and change
Text Mark Evidence I give her (Solas) what little (food) I have and hope it’s enough
hunger and lack of food
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - the last snow deer - some day…the herds of snow deer will return with the sun
no animals to hunt
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence my mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
hope and comfort amidst hardship
Text Mark Evidence - sharp white against the dirty snow - her coat bright in the dull day
brightness among dullness
B) How does Solas create a sense of contrast in the harsh setting?
Text Mark Evidence - in our language her name means light - as long as Solas is here, the light in the grey sky seems a little brighter
light against the darkness
Text Mark Evidence the last snow deer…some day…the herds of snow deer will return
near extinction compared to abundance
Text Mark Evidence some day…the herds of snow deer will return with the sun
deer as symbol of hope for spring
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence as long as Solas is here…I can ignore my hunger at least for a while
relief from hunger
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘pot-bellied’?
Find Me
Find the word which suggests Fia’s great-grandmother has special mystical powers or the ability to heal others:
I stomp out into the white flakes,
puff my cheeks again just to annoy my mother.
I look nothing like the shaman Gerd,
ancient, wrinkled, pot-bellied.
She may be my great-grandmother
but she was born old, I’m convinced of it.
Discuss then check
shaman
Which One's Right?
She pushes her head against my arm, rooting through my furs…
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘rooting’?
A) tearing
B) searching
C) sniffing
D) biting
True or False?
The people hope the sun will return on the winter solstice in five days.
False
True
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places and events as you read.
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: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Fia and the Last Snow Deer: Poetry 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?
We all know it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
B) How does Solas create a sense of contrast in the harsh setting?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I jump to my feet, bracing myself for the first painful breath that will reach my lungs once I step outside the warmth of our home. The cold and grey hangs over us all, day after day, so many we have lost count, or at least that’s what we say, as if it doesn’t really matter. Really, we all know it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun. That we all hope, pray, wish the solstice in five days will alter that path.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I stomp out into the white flakes, puff my cheeks again just to annoy my mother. I look nothing like the shaman Gerd, ancient, wrinkled, pot-bellied. She may be my great-grandmother but she was born old, I’m convinced of it. My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day. The last snow deer. She’s standing waiting for her feed, sharp white against the dirty snow, her coat bright in the dull day. In our language her name means Light and she is mine. She’s family, she’s home, she’s my best friend.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Dreams of summer clear from my mind as I reach out to stroke her neck. As long as Solas is here, the light in the grey sky seems a little brighter and I can ignore my hunger at least for a while. She pushes her head against my arm, rooting through my furs for bark offerings and moss. I give her what little I have and hope it’s enough. Some day, I whisper in her ear, the herds of snow deer will return with the sun.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
winter solstices
shaman
alter
pot-bellied
rooting
bark offerings and moss
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 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
winter solstices
Explore
Find Read Talk
Really, we all know it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun. That we all hope, pray, wish the solstice in five days will alter that path.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
winter solstices
Your turn
alter
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
shaman
pot-bellied
rooting
bark offerings and moss
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
I jump to my feet, bracing myself for the first painful breath that will reach my lungs once I step outside the warmth of our home. The cold and grey hangs over us all, day after day, so many we have lost count, or at least that’s what we say, as if it doesn’t really matter. Really, we all know it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun. That we all hope, pray, wish the solstice in five days will alter that path.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I stomp out into the white flakes, puff my cheeks again just to annoy my mother. I look nothing like the shaman Gerd, ancient, wrinkled, pot-bellied. She may be my great-grandmother but she was born old, I’m convinced of it. My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day. The last snow deer. She’s standing waiting for her feed, sharp white against the dirty snow, her coat bright in the dull day. In our language her name means Light and she is mine. She’s family, she’s home, she’s my best friend.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Dreams of summer clear from my mind as I reach out to stroke her neck. As long as Solas is here, the light in the grey sky seems a little brighter and I can ignore my hunger at least for a while. She pushes her head against my arm, rooting through my furs for bark offerings and moss. I give her what little I have and hope it’s enough. Some day, I whisper in her ear, the herds of snow deer will return with the sun.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day. The last snow deer. She’s standing waiting for her feed, sharp white against the dirty snow, her coat bright in the dull day. In our language her name means Light and she is mine. She’s family, she’s home, she’s my best friend.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day.
The last snow deer.
She’s standing waiting for her feed,
sharp white against the dirty snow,
her coat bright in the dull day.
In our language her name means Light
and she is mine.
She’s family, she’s home, she’s my best friend.
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
My mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen and I hear the gentle grunts that greet me every day. The last snow deer. She’s standing waiting for her feed, sharp white against the dirty snow, her coat bright in the dull day. In our language her name means Light and she is mine. She’s family, she’s home, she’s my best friend.
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I jump to my feet, bracing myself for the first painful breath that will reach my lungs once I step outside the warmth of our home. The cold and grey hangs over us all, day after day, so many we have lost count...
Reveal Explainer
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
The author shows that Fia’s life is harsh by describing how the cold outside is painful and difficult. The words ‘bracing myself’ suggest she has to prepare herself for the discomfort of taking a breath. Describing the air as ‘the first painful breath’ shows that the cold is so extreme it hurts her lungs, not just her skin. The environment is physically harsh and threatening, making simple everyday acts like stepping outside a challenge.
Teach
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 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 does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
B) How does Solas create a sense of contrast in the harsh setting?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence bracing myself for the first painful breath that will reach my lungs once I step outside
extreme cold
Text Mark Evidence - the cold and grey hangs over us all, day after day, so many we have lost count - it’s been three winter solstices since we saw the sun - herds of snow deer will return with the sun
unending darkness / lack of sunlight
A) How does the author show that Fia’s life is harsh and full of challenges?
Text Mark Evidence we all hope, pray, wish the solstice in five days will alter that path (darkness)
desperation for spring and change
Text Mark Evidence I give her (Solas) what little (food) I have and hope it’s enough
hunger and lack of food
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - the last snow deer - some day…the herds of snow deer will return with the sun
no animals to hunt
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence my mood lightens as I near Solas’ pen
hope and comfort amidst hardship
Text Mark Evidence - sharp white against the dirty snow - her coat bright in the dull day
brightness among dullness
B) How does Solas create a sense of contrast in the harsh setting?
Text Mark Evidence - in our language her name means light - as long as Solas is here, the light in the grey sky seems a little brighter
light against the darkness
Text Mark Evidence the last snow deer…some day…the herds of snow deer will return
near extinction compared to abundance
Text Mark Evidence some day…the herds of snow deer will return with the sun
deer as symbol of hope for spring
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence as long as Solas is here…I can ignore my hunger at least for a while
relief from hunger
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘pot-bellied’?
Find Me
Find the word which suggests Fia’s great-grandmother has special mystical powers or the ability to heal others:
I stomp out into the white flakes, puff my cheeks again just to annoy my mother. I look nothing like the shaman Gerd, ancient, wrinkled, pot-bellied. She may be my great-grandmother but she was born old, I’m convinced of it.
Discuss then check
shaman
Which One's Right?
She pushes her head against my arm, rooting through my furs… Which word is closest in meaning to ‘rooting’?
A) tearing
B) searching
C) sniffing
D) biting
True or False?
The people hope the sun will return on the winter solstice in five days.
False
True
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
picturethe story.
Reveal
Visualise the characters, places and events as you read.
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: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.