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Ready Steady Read Together

The Land of Roar: Fiction Lesson 3

What do you think you know?

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

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What do you know and think?

It’s time for me to grow up, or I will really be eaten alive at secondary school.

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 show that Arthur is beginning to believe Roar is real?

B) What impression do you get of Grandad from this text?

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Let me read today's text

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“Arthur,” Grandad says, “do you remember when you had a funny turn up here? Rose said a dragon had bitten you, but I’m guessing she was the dragon?” Grandad watches me, waiting for an answer. It must have been Rose who bit me that day…so when I look at my wrist why do I remember my fingers touching rough scales, then hearing a warning-growl followed by a flash of movement and then the shock of sharp teeth grazing into my skin? With a start, I realise that this is what my memories of Roar are like. When I think about Win and Mitch, I don’t see me and Rose running around the attic talking to invisible mermaids and pretend ninja-wizards. I see a real girl swimming below the surface of clear water, her thick tail flicking, and a real boy sitting by a fire. The boy has wonky teeth and he’s grinning at me from under a wizard’s hat. I take a deep breath. “It wasn’t Rose who bit me…” Grandad turns to look at me. “Who was it then?” I rub the pale scar, trying to decide whether to carry on talking or shut up. But I can’t keep quiet. Everything that has happened since we arrived at Grandad’s is too strange. I have to tell someone.

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

“I was standing by a dragon.” My voice is loud in the silence of the attic. “The dragon had scales and chipped claws and smoke pouring out of its nose, and even though Rose told me not to, I brushed my fingers along its belly, and then…” I look at Grandad, “it bit me.” Grandad has an unusual expression on his face – one that I’ve hardly seen before. He looks serious. “Grandad, why aren’t you laughing and telling me I’m talking rubbish?” He smiles and shrugs. “Because I believe you.” Grandad is winding me up. He loves playing tricks on us – he loves playing full stop – and this is just another of his games. And yet…I know I saw a shadow at the window and heard the wings fluttering in the bed. Just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up. I jump up and look at the bed. “What’s wrong, Arthur?” Grandad clambers to his feet. “Yesterday I heard something coming from in there.” I can’t take my eyes off the bed. “It made me think of someone in Roar.” “A bad person?” I nod. “A very bad person.”

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

Vocabulary

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funny turn

talking rubbish

grazing

winding me up

fluttering

clambers

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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

funny turn

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Find Read Talk

“Arthur,” Grandad says, “do you remember when you had a funny turn up here? Rose said a dragon had bitten you, but I’m guessing she was the dragon?” Grandad watches me, waiting for an answer.

Reveal Vocabulary

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

Your turn

funny turn

grazing

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

talking rubbish

winding me up

fluttering

clambers

Use your text

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Vocabulary Check & Re-read

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Reveal Vocabulary

“Arthur,” Grandad says, “do you remember when you had a funny turn up here? Rose said a dragon had bitten you, but I’m guessing she was the dragon?” Grandad watches me, waiting for an answer. It must have been Rose who bit me that day…so when I look at my wrist why do I remember my fingers touching rough scales, then hearing a warning-growl followed by a flash of movement and then the shock of sharp teeth grazing into my skin? With a start, I realise that this is what my memories of Roar are like. When I think about Win and Mitch, I don’t see me and Rose running around the attic talking to invisible mermaids and pretend ninja-wizards. I see a real girl swimming below the surface of clear water, her thick tail flicking, and a real boy sitting by a fire. The boy has wonky teeth and he’s grinning at me from under a wizard’s hat. I take a deep breath. “It wasn’t Rose who bit me…” Grandad turns to look at me. “Who was it then?” I rub the pale scar, trying to decide whether to carry on talking or shut up. But I can’t keep quiet. Everything that has happened since we arrived at Grandad’s is too strange. I have to tell someone.

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

Reveal Vocabulary

“I was standing by a dragon.” My voice is loud in the silence of the attic. “The dragon had scales and chipped claws and smoke pouring out of its nose, and even though Rose told me not to, I brushed my fingers along its belly, and then…” I look at Grandad, “it bit me.” Grandad has an unusual expression on his face – one that I’ve hardly seen before. He looks serious. “Grandad, why aren’t you laughing and telling me I’m talking rubbish?” He smiles and shrugs. “Because I believe you.” Grandad is winding me up. He loves playing tricks on us – he loves playing full stop – and this is just another of his games. And yet…I know I saw a shadow at the window and heard the wings fluttering in the bed. Just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up. I jump up and look at the bed. “What’s wrong, Arthur?” Grandad clambers to his feet. “Yesterday I heard something coming from in there.” I can’t take my eyes off the bed. “It made me think of someone in Roar.” “A bad person?” I nod. “A very bad person.”

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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...

Just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up. I jump up and look at the bed. “What’s wrong, Arthur?” Grandad clambers to his feet. “Yesterday I heard something coming from in there.” I can’t take my eyes off the bed. “It made me think of someone in Roar.” “A bad person?” I nod. “A very bad person.”

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

Just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up.

I jump up and look at the bed.

“What’s wrong, Arthur?”

Grandad clambers to his feet.

“Yesterday I heard something coming from in there.”

I can’t take my eyes off the bed.

“It made me think of someone in Roar.”

“A bad person?”

I nod. “A very bad person.”

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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

Just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up. I jump up and look at the bed. “What’s wrong, Arthur?” Grandad clambers to his feet. “Yesterday I heard something coming from in there.” I can’t take my eyes off the bed. “It made me think of someone in Roar.” “A bad person?” I nod. “A very bad person.”

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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 show that Arthur is beginning to believe Roar is real?

Be a detective and look for clues!

Teach

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

It must have been Rose who bit me that day…so when I look at my wrist why do I remember my fingers touching rough scales, then hearing a warning-growl followed by a flash of movement and then the shock of sharp teeth grazing into my skin?

Reveal Explainer

Arthur knows that the logical explanation for the bite on his wrist was that Rose must have done it. However, his memories contradict that explanation. His memory of the event is so detailed he can describe the event in a multisensory way. He remembers what he sees (scales, a flash of movement), hears (a warning-growl), and feels (sharp teeth grazing into my skin). He even remembers his emotions at the event (shock). Because the memory of the event is so detailed, clear and vivid, Arthur is struggling to dismiss it as pretend. It feels real rather than imagined.

A) How does the author show that Arthur is beginning to believe Roar is real?

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 show that Arthur is beginning to believe Roar is real?

B) What impression do you get of Grandad from this text?

Find the answers
Text mark

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Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence it must have been Rose who bit me that day…so when I look at my wrist why do I remember my fingers touching rough scales

questioning the logical explanation

A) How does the author show that Arthur is beginning to believe Roar is real?

Text Mark Evidence - why do I remember my fingers touching rough scales, then hearing a warning-growl followed by a flash of movement and then the shock of sharp teeth grazing into my skin - I see a real girl swimming below the surface, her thick tail flicking

vivid, detailed multisensory memories of Roar

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Text Mark Evidence I realise that this is what my memories of Roar are like…I don’t see me and Rose running around the attic talking to invisible mermaids and pretend ninja-wizards…I see a real girl…and a real boy

Roar memories are too realistic to be imagined

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Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence I rub the pale scar (from the bite)

physical evidence of memories

Text Mark Evidence I can’t keep quiet…everything that has happened since we arrived at Grandad’s is too strange…I have to tell someone

A) How does the author show that Arthur is beginning to believe Roar is real?

insists on telling Grandad even though he knows it sounds crazy

Text Mark Evidence - I know I saw a shadow at the window and heard the wings fluttering in the bed - yesterday I heard something coming from in there (camp bed)

certainty of what he saw and heard

Text Mark Evidence - just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up - I jump up and look at the bed - I can’t take my eyes off the bed

physical reaction to the possibility that Roar is real

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Practise & Apply

Text Mark Evidence Grandad watches me, waiting for an answer

Acceptable Answers

he is patient and willing to listen

Text Mark Evidence - Rose said a dragon had bitten you, but I’m guessing she was the dragon - it wasn’t Rose who bit me…Grandad turns to look at me…who was it then - what’s wrong Arthur - it made me think of someone in Roar…a bad person

he worried or concerned for Arthur

B) What impression do you get of Grandad from this text?

Text Mark Evidence Grandad has an unusual expression on his face – one that I’ve hardly seen before…he looks serious

he is rarely serious

Text Mark Evidence - he looks serious - because I believe you

he takes Arthur seriously and believes him

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Text Mark Evidence Grandad is winding me up…he loves playing tricks on us

he likes playing pranks

Text Mark Evidence he loves playing full stop

he is normally fun-loving and playful

Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

Start

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘grazing’?

True or False?

Grandad is certain Rose bit Arthur and he is just protecting her.

True
False

Find Me

Find the words which suggest what Arthur was saying might be nonsense:

Grandad has an unusual expression on his face – one that I’ve hardly seen before. He looks serious. “Grandad, why aren’t you laughing and telling me I’m talking rubbish?” He smiles and shrugs. “Because I believe you.”

Discuss then check

talking rubbish

Fill the Gaps

winding
clambers
fluttering

Grandad is me up. He loves playing tricks on us – he loves playing full stop – and this is just another of his games. And yet…I know I saw a shadow at the window and heard the wings in the bed. Just thinking about the wings makes my heart speed up. I jump up and look at the bed. “What’s wrong, Arthur?” Grandad to his feet.

Click if correct
Discuss then check

Feedback: Who did what well?

FindRead Talk

EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

Other...

To be a book lover, you could...

connect with characters.

Reveal

Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.

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.

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