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Ready Steady Read Together

The Land of Roar: Fiction Lesson 1

What do you think you know?

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

Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.

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What do you know and think?

Roar isn’t a real place. It’s a game that Rose and I used to play, one that was so good, we drew a map of it.

How might this extract link to the illustration?

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

A) How does the author hint that Roar is an imaginary or fantasy world?

B) How does the author hint that Roar is more than just a game?

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Let me read today's text

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Written along the top of the map, again in my spiky handwriting, is one word: ROAR. “Roar…” The word sounds so familiar when I say it out loud. My eyes follow the zigzag waves one of us has drawn across the sea, and suddenly I remember the way those waves crashed against the cliffs and how there were so many of them the sea seemed to churn and boil. Just when I’m thinking that this map must have been inspired by some place Mum and Dad took us on holiday, I remember something else: me and Rose bursting into this attic and shouting, “Let’s play Roar!” I smile. Roar isn’t a real place. It’s a game that Rose and I used to play, one that was so good, we drew a map of it. As I gaze at the map the game comes creeping back to me. I see mountain ranges stretched between the folds of the paper and a curving coastline dotted with coves and cliffs. There’s a cluster of jelly-shaped islands labelled Archie Playgo, a castle rising out of the sea, and three dragons soaring through the sky. Butterflies, or maybe fairies, are dotted everywhere and sly-looking unicorns peer from between trees. I can’t actually remember sitting next to Rose and drawing these things, but still my mind tingles with recognition and something else. Something I can’t quite put my finger on.

From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Rose’s footsteps pull me back to the attic. “What’s that?” she says, kneeling next to me. “It’s a map we drew of Roar. That game we used to play. You must remember!” “Not really…” “But Roar was our favourite. There were wizards and mermaids and we’d fight and have adventures. We played it loads!” Rose looks at me with wide, amused eyes. “If you say so, Arthur.” I point at the blackened castle rising out of the sea. It’s labelled The Crow’s Nest. “That’s where the baddie lived, and look –” I tap a black circle – “that’s my ninja-wizard’s cave. There he is!” A smiling face peeks out of the cave, a pointed hat sitting on his head. “I’m sure you had a friend too…” Rose searches the jelly-shaped islands until she spots something: a girl’s head poking out of the sea. She has blue hair drifting around her and the word ‘Mitch’ written by the tip of her silver tail. “Mitch…” says Rose, frowning. Then she smiles. “She was a mermaid-witch!”

From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Vocabulary

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coastline dotted with coves and cliffs

mountain ranges

churn and boil

sly-looking

tingles with recognition

attic

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 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

churn and boil

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Find Read Talk

My eyes follow the zigzag waves one of us has drawn across the sea, and suddenly I remember the way those waves crashed against the cliffs and how there were so many of them the sea seemed to churn and boil. Just when I’m thinking that this map must have been inspired by some place Mum and Dad took us on holiday, I remember something else: me and Rose bursting into this attic and shouting, “Let’s play Roar!”

Reveal Vocabulary

From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

churn and boil

Your turn

mountain ranges

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

coastline dotted with coves and cliffs

sly-looking

tingles with recognition

attic

Use your text

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Vocabulary Check & Re-read

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Reveal Vocabulary

Written along the top of the map, again in my spiky handwriting, is one word: ROAR. “Roar…” The word sounds so familiar when I say it out loud. My eyes follow the zigzag waves one of us has drawn across the sea, and suddenly I remember the way those waves crashed against the cliffs and how there were so many of them the sea seemed to churn and boil. Just when I’m thinking that this map must have been inspired by some place Mum and Dad took us on holiday, I remember something else: me and Rose bursting into this attic and shouting, “Let’s play Roar!” I smile. Roar isn’t a real place. It’s a game that Rose and I used to play, one that was so good, we drew a map of it. As I gaze at the map the game comes creeping back to me. I see mountain ranges stretched between the folds of the paper and a curving coastline dotted with coves and cliffs. There’s a cluster of jelly-shaped islands labelled Archie Playgo, a castle rising out of the sea, and three dragons soaring through the sky. Butterflies, or maybe fairies, are dotted everywhere and sly-looking unicorns peer from between trees. I can’t actually remember sitting next to Rose and drawing these things, but still my mind tingles with recognition and something else. Something I can’t quite put my finger on.

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Reveal Vocabulary

Rose’s footsteps pull me back to the attic. “What’s that?” she says, kneeling next to me. “It’s a map we drew of Roar. That game we used to play. You must remember!” “Not really…” “But Roar was our favourite. There were wizards and mermaids and we’d fight and have adventures. We played it loads!” Rose looks at me with wide, amused eyes. “If you say so, Arthur.” I point at the blackened castle rising out of the sea. It’s labelled The Crow’s Nest. “That’s where the baddie lived, and look –” I tap a black circle – “that’s my ninja-wizard’s cave. There he is!” A smiling face peeks out of the cave, a pointed hat sitting on his head. “I’m sure you had a friend too…” Rose searches the jelly-shaped islands until she spots something: a girl’s head poking out of the sea. She has blue hair drifting around her and the word ‘Mitch’ written by the tip of her silver tail. “Mitch…” says Rose, frowning. Then she smiles. “She was a mermaid-witch!”

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Fluency

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Let me use my reader's voice...

“What’s that?” she says, kneeling next to me. “It’s a map we drew of Roar. That game we used to play. You must remember!” “Not really…” “But Roar was our favourite. There were wizards and mermaids and we’d fight and have adventures. We played it loads!” Rose looks at me with wide, amused eyes. “If you say so, Arthur.”

What did you notice?

Volume

Pace

Smoothness

Phrasing

Expression

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

“What’s that?” she says, kneeling next to me.

“It’s a map we drew of Roar. That game we used to play.”

“You must remember!”

“Not really…”

“But Roar was our favourite.”

“There were wizards and mermaids and we’d fight and have adventures.”

“We played it loads!”

Rose looks at me with wide, amused eyes.

“If you say so, Arthur.”

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Sound like a reader!
Stand up!

Choral Read

“What’s that?” she says, kneeling next to me. “It’s a map we drew of Roar. That game we used to play. You must remember!” “Not really…” “But Roar was our favourite. There were wizards and mermaids and we’d fight and have adventures. We played it loads!” Rose looks at me with wide, amused eyes. “If you say so, Arthur.”

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From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

A) How does the author hint that Roar is an imaginary or fantasy world?

Be a detective and look for clues!

Teach

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

My eyes follow the zigzag waves one of us has drawn across the sea, and suddenly I remember the way those waves crashed against the cliffs and how there were so many of them the sea seemed to churn and boil. Just when I’m thinking that this map must have been inspired by some place Mum and Dad took us on holiday, I remember something else: me and Rose bursting into this attic and shouting, “Let’s play Roar!”

A) How does the author hint that Roar is an imaginary or fantasy world?

Reveal Explainer

This suggests that at first, Arthur thought the map was a real place he had visited but then he remembered the words ‘Let’s play Roar!’. The word ‘play’ suggests it was a special game invented by Arthur and his sister. The words ‘bursting into this attic’ suggests that it was a game they frequently played while they were visiting their grandad, in his loft.

Teach

From: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 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 does the author hint that Roar is an imaginary or fantasy world?

B) How does the author hint that Roar is more than just a game?

Find the answers
Text mark

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Text Mark Evidence - me and Rose bursting into this attic and shouting…let’s play Roar - Roar isn’t a real place…it’s a game that Rose and I used to play - as I gaze at the map the game comes creeping back to me

states that Roar was a game, not real

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - there’s a cluster of jelly-shaped islands labelled Archie Playgo - the blackened castle rising out of the sea…it’s labelled The Crow’s Nest

unrealistic places with silly or childlike names

A) How does the author hint that Roar is an imaginary or fantasy world?

Text Mark Evidence - three dragons soaring through the sky - butterflies, or maybe fairies... - sly-looking unicorns

mythical creatures

Text Mark Evidence - there were wizards and mermaids - that’s my ninja-wizard’s cave - she (mermaid) has blue hair drifting around her and the word ‘Mitch’ written by the tip of her silver tail - she was a mermaid-witch

magical characters

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Text Mark Evidence that’s where the baddie lived

good vs evil references

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence - Roar…the word sounds so familiar when I say it out loud - the game comes creeping back to me - I can’t actually remember sitting next to Rose and drawing these things - my mind tingles with recognition and something else…something I can’t quite put my finger on

hints of deeper meaning or lost memories

B) How does the author hint that Roar is more than just a game?

Text Mark Evidence - suddenly I remember the way those waves crashed against the cliffs and how there were so many of them the sea seemed to churn and boil - this map must have been inspired by some place Mum and Dad took us on holiday - I see mountain ranges - a curving coastline dotted with coves and cliffs

realistic and vivid setting description

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

Start

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘mountain range’?

Which One's Right?

My eyes follow the zigzag waves one of us has drawn across the sea, and suddenly I remember the way those waves crashed against the cliffs and how there were so many of them the sea seemed to churn and boil. What do the words ‘churn and boil’ suggest about the waves?

B) You could cook inthe magical waves.

A) The waves werecalm and gentle.

C) Arthur had seen the waves in real life.

D) The waves were powerful and violent.

Match Me

Match each word with its correct definition:

4) recognition

1) cove

3) tingle

2) sly

C) remembering or identifying someone or something you have seen before

B) crafty or clever in a sneaky way to get what you want

A) a slight prickly feeling or sensation

D) a sheltered, curved bay along a coastline

Check
Click if correct

Tick Me

“Mitch…” says Rose, frowning. Then she smiles. “She was a mermaid-witch!” What does the author suggest by stating that Rose frowns then smiles?

Tick one:

A) Rose didn’t like the game but smiles to avoid offending Arthur.

B) Rose is confused at first but then begins to remember.

Check

C) Rose is pretending to remember to please Arthur.

Click if correct

D) Rose finds the memory frightening but smiles to hide her fear.

Feedback: Who did what well?

FindRead Talk

EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

Other...

To be a book lover, you could...

keep a book journal.

Reveal

Write about what you've read or sketch your favourite scenes.

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: The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.