Ready Steady Read Together
The Boy at the Back of the Class: 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?
…it all began with that chair.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
B) What impressions do you get of Ahmet?
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Let me read today's text
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There used to be an empty chair at the back of my classroom. It wasn’t a special chair. It was just empty because there was no one sitting in it. But then, one day just three weeks after school started, the most exciting thing that could ever happen to anyone, happened to me and my three best friends. And it all began with that chair.
Standing behind Mrs Khan and Mrs Sanders was a boy. A boy none of us had ever seen before. He had short, dark hair and large eyes that hardly blinked and smooth pale skin.
“Everyone,” said Mrs Khan, “This is Ahmet, and he’ll be joining our class from today. He’s just moved to London and is new to the school, so I hope you’ll all do your very best to make him feel welcome.”
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy. And I would ask Josie and Tom and Michael if they would be his friends too.
After all, having four friends would be much better than having none. Especially for a boy who looked as scared and as sad as the one now sitting at the back of our class.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
At break-time I looked around the playground for him but couldn’t see him anywhere. In second period we had P.E. but the new boy didn’t join in; he sat in the corner staring at his rucksack, which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty. I thought he must have forgotten his P.E. kit because his bag looked empty and saggy. I tried waving at him, but he never looked up – not even once. In the afternoon, Mrs Khan spent more time with him than she did with any of our groups, and she was pointing at things in a new workbook she had got him.
“Maybe he’s deaf?” someone whispered.
“Maybe he can’t speak English?” muttered someone else.
“There’s definitely something wrong with him!” whispered everyone.
At home time, I handed Ahmet a sherbet lemon.
“Here!” I said, holding it out.
I think I must have spoken too loudly because the new boy took a step away from me as though he was frightened.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
hardly
rucksack
period
saggy
muttered
sherbet lemon
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From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. 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
hardly
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Find Read Talk
Standing behind Mrs Khan and Mrs Sanders was a boy. A boy none of us had ever seen before. He had short, dark hair and large eyes that hardly blinked and smooth pale skin.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hardly
Your turn
period
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
rucksack
saggy
muttered
sherbet lemon
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
There used to be an empty chair at the back of my classroom. It wasn’t a special chair. It was just empty because there was no one sitting in it. But then, one day just three weeks after school started, the most exciting thing that could ever happen to anyone, happened to me and my three best friends. And it all began with that chair.
Standing behind Mrs Khan and Mrs Sanders was a boy. A boy none of us had ever seen before. He had short, dark hair and large eyes that hardly blinked and smooth pale skin.
“Everyone,” said Mrs Khan, “This is Ahmet, and he’ll be joining our class from today. He’s just moved to London and is new to the school, so I hope you’ll all do your very best to make him feel welcome.”
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy. And I would ask Josie and Tom and Michael if they would be his friends too.
After all, having four friends would be much better than having none. Especially for a boy who looked as scared and as sad as the one now sitting at the back of our class.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
At break-time I looked around the playground for him but couldn’t see him anywhere. In second period we had P.E. but the new boy didn’t join in; he sat in the corner staring at his rucksack, which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty. I thought he must have forgotten his P.E. kit because his bag looked empty and saggy. I tried waving at him, but he never looked up – not even once. In the afternoon, Mrs Khan spent more time with him than she did with any of our groups, and she was pointing at things in a new workbook she had got him.
“Maybe he’s deaf?” someone whispered.
“Maybe he can’t speak English?” muttered someone else.
“There’s definitely something wrong with him!” whispered everyone.
At home time, I handed Ahmet a sherbet lemon.
“Here!” I said, holding it out.
I think I must have spoken too loudly because the new boy took a step away from me as though he was frightened.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
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From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world
to be new to a place
and have to sit with people you don’t know.
I made a secret promise to myself
right there and then
that I would be friends with the new boy.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy.
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From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy... After all, having four friends would be much better than having none. Especially for a boy who looked as scared and as sad as the one now sitting at the back of our class.
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
Reveal Explainer
I get the impression that Alexa is empathetic and thinks about how other people must be feeling. She is imagining what it must be like for Ahmet and thinks it will be hard for him being new and not knowing anyone. She also recognises that he looks sad and scared She is in tune with his feelings.
Teach
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. 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) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
B) What impressions do you get of Ahmet?
Find the answers
Text mark
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Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy - I handed Ahmet a sherbet lemon
kind and caring
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
Text Mark Evidence - (Alexa noticed Ahmet’s) large eyes that hardly blinked - his rucksack… looked very dirty
observant
Text Mark Evidence I think I must have spoken too loudly because the new boy took a step away from me
sensitive
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I tried waving at him, I looked around the playground for him
friendly and welcoming
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - eyes that hardly blinked - a boy who looked as scared - took a step away from me as though he was frightened
scared and nervous
Text Mark Evidence - who looked as sad - he never looked up – not even once
sad
B) What impressions do you get of Ahmet?
Text Mark Evidence - the new boy didn’t join in - he sat in the corner staring at his rucksack
quiet and withdrawn
Text Mark Evidence Mrs Khan spent more time with him …and she was pointing at things, “Maybe he can’t speak English?”
confused or doesn’t understand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence his rucksack, which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty,…empty and saggy
unkempt / poor
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Tick Me
Tick all of the things that we learn about Ahmet.
Tick all that apply:
A) He has just moved to London.
B) He is deaf.
Check
C) He is new to the school.
Click if correct
D) He likes sherbet lemons.
Fill the Gaps
period
saggy
rucksack
In second we had P.E. but the new boy didn’t join in; he sat in the corner staring at his , which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty. I thought he must have forgotten his P.E. kit because his bag looked empty and .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Find Me
Find the word which shows that they don’t want everyone to hear what they said.
“Maybe he can’t speak English?” muttered someone else.
Discuss then check
muttered
True or False?
Alexa has made friends with Ahmet by the end of the day.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Boy at the Back of the Class: Fiction 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?
…it all began with that chair.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
B) What impressions do you get of Ahmet?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
There used to be an empty chair at the back of my classroom. It wasn’t a special chair. It was just empty because there was no one sitting in it. But then, one day just three weeks after school started, the most exciting thing that could ever happen to anyone, happened to me and my three best friends. And it all began with that chair. Standing behind Mrs Khan and Mrs Sanders was a boy. A boy none of us had ever seen before. He had short, dark hair and large eyes that hardly blinked and smooth pale skin. “Everyone,” said Mrs Khan, “This is Ahmet, and he’ll be joining our class from today. He’s just moved to London and is new to the school, so I hope you’ll all do your very best to make him feel welcome.” I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy. And I would ask Josie and Tom and Michael if they would be his friends too. After all, having four friends would be much better than having none. Especially for a boy who looked as scared and as sad as the one now sitting at the back of our class.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
At break-time I looked around the playground for him but couldn’t see him anywhere. In second period we had P.E. but the new boy didn’t join in; he sat in the corner staring at his rucksack, which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty. I thought he must have forgotten his P.E. kit because his bag looked empty and saggy. I tried waving at him, but he never looked up – not even once. In the afternoon, Mrs Khan spent more time with him than she did with any of our groups, and she was pointing at things in a new workbook she had got him. “Maybe he’s deaf?” someone whispered. “Maybe he can’t speak English?” muttered someone else. “There’s definitely something wrong with him!” whispered everyone. At home time, I handed Ahmet a sherbet lemon. “Here!” I said, holding it out. I think I must have spoken too loudly because the new boy took a step away from me as though he was frightened.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hardly
rucksack
period
saggy
muttered
sherbet lemon
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. 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
hardly
Explore
Find Read Talk
Standing behind Mrs Khan and Mrs Sanders was a boy. A boy none of us had ever seen before. He had short, dark hair and large eyes that hardly blinked and smooth pale skin.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hardly
Your turn
period
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
rucksack
saggy
muttered
sherbet lemon
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
There used to be an empty chair at the back of my classroom. It wasn’t a special chair. It was just empty because there was no one sitting in it. But then, one day just three weeks after school started, the most exciting thing that could ever happen to anyone, happened to me and my three best friends. And it all began with that chair. Standing behind Mrs Khan and Mrs Sanders was a boy. A boy none of us had ever seen before. He had short, dark hair and large eyes that hardly blinked and smooth pale skin. “Everyone,” said Mrs Khan, “This is Ahmet, and he’ll be joining our class from today. He’s just moved to London and is new to the school, so I hope you’ll all do your very best to make him feel welcome.” I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy. And I would ask Josie and Tom and Michael if they would be his friends too. After all, having four friends would be much better than having none. Especially for a boy who looked as scared and as sad as the one now sitting at the back of our class.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
At break-time I looked around the playground for him but couldn’t see him anywhere. In second period we had P.E. but the new boy didn’t join in; he sat in the corner staring at his rucksack, which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty. I thought he must have forgotten his P.E. kit because his bag looked empty and saggy. I tried waving at him, but he never looked up – not even once. In the afternoon, Mrs Khan spent more time with him than she did with any of our groups, and she was pointing at things in a new workbook she had got him. “Maybe he’s deaf?” someone whispered. “Maybe he can’t speak English?” muttered someone else. “There’s definitely something wrong with him!” whispered everyone. At home time, I handed Ahmet a sherbet lemon. “Here!” I said, holding it out. I think I must have spoken too loudly because the new boy took a step away from me as though he was frightened.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world
to be new to a place
and have to sit with people you don’t know.
I made a secret promise to myself
right there and then
that I would be friends with the new boy.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy.
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I think it must be one of the worst things in the world to be new to a place and have to sit with people you don’t know. I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy... After all, having four friends would be much better than having none. Especially for a boy who looked as scared and as sad as the one now sitting at the back of our class.
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
Reveal Explainer
I get the impression that Alexa is empathetic and thinks about how other people must be feeling. She is imagining what it must be like for Ahmet and thinks it will be hard for him being new and not knowing anyone. She also recognises that he looks sad and scared She is in tune with his feelings.
Teach
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. 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) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
B) What impressions do you get of Ahmet?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - I made a secret promise to myself right there and then that I would be friends with the new boy - I handed Ahmet a sherbet lemon
kind and caring
A) What impressions do you get of Alexa (the narrator)?
Text Mark Evidence - (Alexa noticed Ahmet’s) large eyes that hardly blinked - his rucksack… looked very dirty
observant
Text Mark Evidence I think I must have spoken too loudly because the new boy took a step away from me
sensitive
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I tried waving at him, I looked around the playground for him
friendly and welcoming
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - eyes that hardly blinked - a boy who looked as scared - took a step away from me as though he was frightened
scared and nervous
Text Mark Evidence - who looked as sad - he never looked up – not even once
sad
B) What impressions do you get of Ahmet?
Text Mark Evidence - the new boy didn’t join in - he sat in the corner staring at his rucksack
quiet and withdrawn
Text Mark Evidence Mrs Khan spent more time with him …and she was pointing at things, “Maybe he can’t speak English?”
confused or doesn’t understand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence his rucksack, which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty,…empty and saggy
unkempt / poor
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Tick Me
Tick all of the things that we learn about Ahmet.
Tick all that apply:
A) He has just moved to London.
B) He is deaf.
Check
C) He is new to the school.
Click if correct
D) He likes sherbet lemons.
Fill the Gaps
period
saggy
rucksack
In second we had P.E. but the new boy didn’t join in; he sat in the corner staring at his , which was red with a black stripe on it and looked very dirty. I thought he must have forgotten his P.E. kit because his bag looked empty and .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Find Me
Find the word which shows that they don’t want everyone to hear what they said.
“Maybe he can’t speak English?” muttered someone else.
Discuss then check
muttered
True or False?
Alexa has made friends with Ahmet by the end of the day.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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 Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
period
rucksack
saggy