Ready Steady Read Together
Fia and the Last Snow Deer: 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?
Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand, calling to the spirits that move between this world and the Other.
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 do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
B) Summarise Gerd’s words to the villagers. Use question words (who, where, when, what, how, why) to help you create your summary.
Explore
Let me read today's text
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The flames dim to glowing embers
as Gerd places the stag skull on her head
and takes a drum in her lap.
The sounds thump through the earth
and, even out here
in the cold darkness,
I can feel the heat of those embers,
as if each drumbeat is sending fire through my veins.
Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand,
calling to the spirits that move between
this world and the Other.
The drumming stops and Gerd begins.
Deep in the heart of the woods
to the far north,
past the frozen river
and the Land of Shadows
where the sacred oak stretches to the sky,
while its sacred roots reach within the earth,
the Deer Mother waits for the longest night.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
All summer and autumn
she has gathered
fruits and honey,
herbs and roots,
all for this night,
when she will rise
and wake the sun from his slumber.
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves
now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
Silence,
as everyone waits for Gerd
to sound the horn,
to tell us all is well,
that the sun will return in five days,
as she does every year.
Even now, I feel the ripple in the air
as everyone hopes and prays that this time
will be different,
waits for the reassurance of the prophecy.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
embers
slumber
sacred
abundant
restored
reassurance
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
embers
Explore
Find Read Talk
The flames dim to glowing embers as Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
embers
Your turn
sacred
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
slumber
abundant
restored
reassurance
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
The flames dim to glowing embers
as Gerd places the stag skull on her head
and takes a drum in her lap.
The sounds thump through the earth
and, even out here
in the cold darkness,
I can feel the heat of those embers,
as if each drumbeat is sending fire through my veins.
Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand,
calling to the spirits that move between
this world and the Other.
The drumming stops and Gerd begins.
Reveal Vocabulary
Deep in the heart of the woods
to the far north,
past the frozen river
and the Land of Shadows
where the sacred oak stretches to the sky,
while its sacred roots reach within the earth,
the Deer Mother waits for the longest night.
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
All summer and autumn
she has gathered
fruits and honey,
herbs and roots,
all for this night,
when she will rise
and wake the sun from his slumber.
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves
now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
Reveal Vocabulary
Silence,
as everyone waits for Gerd
to sound the horn,
to tell us all is well,
that the sun will return in five days,
as she does every year.
Even now, I feel the ripple in the air
as everyone hopes and prays that this time
will be different,
waits for the reassurance of the prophecy.
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...
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves
now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
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
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves
now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
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
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves
now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
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 do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The flames dim to glowing embers
as Gerd places the stag skull on her head
and takes a drum in her lap.
The sounds thump through the earth
and, even out here...
Reveal Explainer
A) How do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
The villagers have gathered at the fire and seem to be waiting for Gerd. She uses special objects and actions, like wearing the stag skull and beating the drum, which suggest that these are deliberate and meaningful acts. These details show that these actions mark the beginning of an important rite or celebration.
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 do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
B) Summarise Gerd’s words to the villagers. Use question words (who, where, when, what, how, why) to help you create your summary.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap - silence as everyone waits for Gerd to sound the horn
ritual actions or objects
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the sounds thump through the earth - each drumbeat is sending fire through my veins
emotional response to rhythmic sounds
A) How do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
Text Mark Evidence Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand, calling to the spirits that move between this world and the Other
spirituality and mystery
Text Mark Evidence - the Land of Shadows where the sacred oath stretches to the sky, while its sacred roots reach within the earth - the Deer Mother waits for the longest night
belief in sacred places and figures
Text Mark Evidence everyone waits for Gerd…to tell us all is well, that the sun will return in five days, as she does every year
annual celebration
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I feel the ripple in the air as everyone hopes and prays that this time will be different, waits for the reassurance of the prophecy
shared belief / communal ceremony
Acceptable Answers
Who?
the deer mother
Where?
by a sacred tree in the northern woods
When?
on the longest night, the winter solstice
B) Summarise Gerd’s words to the villagers. Use question words (who, where, when, what, how, why) to help you create your summary.
What?
winter will end and the sun will return
How?
after a feast on the night and when she rises in the morning
Why?
to return hope and blessings to her people
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Summary
Deep in the northern woods, by a sacred tree, the Deer Mother waits for the winter solstice. She has prepared a feast for this night. In the morning, when she wakes, the sun will return. Spring will arrive and bring longer and warmer days and food will return to the land. The people will sing to thank the Deer Mother for her blessings and the return of hope.
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘embers’?
Find Me
Find the word which suggests that hope had been lost by the villagers:
Discuss then check
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves
now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
restored
True or False?
The villagers are certain the sun will return in five days.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) plentiful, more than enough
1 sacred
B) words of advice to make someone less worried
2 slumber
C) a long,deep sleep
Check
3 abundant
Click if correct
D) holy, valuedand respected
4 reassurance
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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 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?
Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand, calling to the spirits that move between this world and the Other.
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 do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
B) Summarise Gerd’s words to the villagers. Use question words (who, where, when, what, how, why) to help you create your summary.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The flames dim to glowing embers as Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap. The sounds thump through the earth and, even out here in the cold darkness, I can feel the heat of those embers, as if each drumbeat is sending fire through my veins. Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand, calling to the spirits that move between this world and the Other. The drumming stops and Gerd begins.
Deep in the heart of the woods to the far north, past the frozen river and the Land of Shadows where the sacred oak stretches to the sky, while its sacred roots reach within the earth, the Deer Mother waits for the longest night.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
All summer and autumn she has gathered fruits and honey, herbs and roots, all for this night, when she will rise and wake the sun from his slumber. Then the days will lengthen and the cold will creep away. The snows will melt to springtime, and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves now abundant across the land. We will sing the song of the Deer Mother. We will thank her for the hope she has restored and the lives with which we are blessed.
Silence, as everyone waits for Gerd to sound the horn, to tell us all is well, that the sun will return in five days, as she does every year. Even now, I feel the ripple in the air as everyone hopes and prays that this time will be different, waits for the reassurance of the prophecy.
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
embers
slumber
sacred
abundant
restored
reassurance
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
embers
Explore
Find Read Talk
The flames dim to glowing embers as Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
embers
Your turn
sacred
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
slumber
abundant
restored
reassurance
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
The flames dim to glowing embers as Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap. The sounds thump through the earth and, even out here in the cold darkness, I can feel the heat of those embers, as if each drumbeat is sending fire through my veins. Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand, calling to the spirits that move between this world and the Other. The drumming stops and Gerd begins.
Reveal Vocabulary
Deep in the heart of the woods to the far north, past the frozen river and the Land of Shadows where the sacred oak stretches to the sky, while its sacred roots reach within the earth, the Deer Mother waits for the longest night.
Explore
From: Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
All summer and autumn she has gathered fruits and honey, herbs and roots, all for this night, when she will rise and wake the sun from his slumber. Then the days will lengthen and the cold will creep away. The snows will melt to springtime, and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves now abundant across the land. We will sing the song of the Deer Mother. We will thank her for the hope she has restored and the lives with which we are blessed.
Reveal Vocabulary
Silence, as everyone waits for Gerd to sound the horn, to tell us all is well, that the sun will return in five days, as she does every year. Even now, I feel the ripple in the air as everyone hopes and prays that this time will be different, waits for the reassurance of the prophecy.
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...
Then the days will lengthen and the cold will creep away. The snows will melt to springtime, and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves now abundant across the land. We will sing the song of the Deer Mother. We will thank her for the hope she has restored and the lives with which we are blessed.
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
Then the days will lengthen
and the cold will creep away.
The snows will melt to springtime,
and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves now abundant across the land.
We will sing the song of the Deer Mother.
We will thank her for the hope she has restored
and the lives with which we are blessed.
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
Then the days will lengthen and the cold will creep away. The snows will melt to springtime, and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves now abundant across the land. We will sing the song of the Deer Mother. We will thank her for the hope she has restored and the lives with which we are blessed.
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 do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The flames dim to glowing embers as Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap. The sounds thump through the earth and, even out here...
Reveal Explainer
A) How do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
The villagers have gathered at the fire and seem to be waiting for Gerd. She uses special objects and actions, like wearing the stag skull and beating the drum, which suggest that these are deliberate and meaningful acts. These details show that these actions mark the beginning of an important rite or celebration.
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 do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
B) Summarise Gerd’s words to the villagers. Use question words (who, where, when, what, how, why) to help you create your summary.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - Gerd places the stag skull on her head and takes a drum in her lap - silence as everyone waits for Gerd to sound the horn
ritual actions or objects
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - the sounds thump through the earth - each drumbeat is sending fire through my veins
emotional response to rhythmic sounds
A) How do the author’s words suggest that the activities are part of a spiritual ceremony or ritual?
Text Mark Evidence Gerd hums low, words we don’t understand, calling to the spirits that move between this world and the Other
spirituality and mystery
Text Mark Evidence - the Land of Shadows where the sacred oath stretches to the sky, while its sacred roots reach within the earth - the Deer Mother waits for the longest night
belief in sacred places and figures
Text Mark Evidence everyone waits for Gerd…to tell us all is well, that the sun will return in five days, as she does every year
annual celebration
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I feel the ripple in the air as everyone hopes and prays that this time will be different, waits for the reassurance of the prophecy
shared belief / communal ceremony
Acceptable Answers
Who?
the deer mother
Where?
by a sacred tree in the northern woods
When?
on the longest night, the winter solstice
B) Summarise Gerd’s words to the villagers. Use question words (who, where, when, what, how, why) to help you create your summary.
What?
winter will end and the sun will return
How?
after a feast on the night and when she rises in the morning
Why?
to return hope and blessings to her people
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Summary
Deep in the northern woods, by a sacred tree, the Deer Mother waits for the winter solstice. She has prepared a feast for this night. In the morning, when she wakes, the sun will return. Spring will arrive and bring longer and warmer days and food will return to the land. The people will sing to thank the Deer Mother for her blessings and the return of hope.
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘embers’?
Find Me
Find the word which suggests that hope had been lost by the villagers:
Discuss then check
Then the days will lengthen and the cold will creep away. The snows will melt to springtime, and the herds will feed on grasses and leaves now abundant across the land. We will sing the song of the Deer Mother. We will thank her for the hope she has restored and the lives with which we are blessed.
restored
True or False?
The villagers are certain the sun will return in five days.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) plentiful, more than enough
1 sacred
B) words of advice to make someone less worried
2 slumber
C) a long,deep sleep
Check
3 abundant
Click if correct
D) holy, valuedand respected
4 reassurance
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
write your own poetry.
Reveal
Start with a short poem about your thoughts or surroundings.
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.