Ready Steady Read Together
The Boy at the Back of the Class: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Tick Me
Why does Alexa think that their rescue mission is going to be difficult?
Tick all that apply:
A) They don’t have any gadgets
B) They have to go to school every day
Check
C) They need to hide everything from Ahmet
Click if correct
D) They don’t know where the people they need to rescue are
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Alexa and her friends plan their Top Secret Mission
B) Ahmet starts school
C) Alexa asks her mum about refugees
D) The children hear that the border gates are closing
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each character with the words that describe them:
A) kind, welcoming friend
1 Ahmet
Check
Click if correct
B) always tries to be honest and open
2 Alexa
C) has faced tough experiences and is new to school
3 Mum
D) feels sympathy towards Ahmet and other refugees
4 Mr Brown
True or False?
Everybody in the story wants Ahmet and other refugees to live safely and go to their school.
True
False
Speaking Spotlight
Hot Seating
Explore
Hot Seating: Ask the character
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
How?
When?
What would you liketo ask Ahmet?
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
awfully
Royal
impressed
butler
special police
squirming
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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You can always tell when you’ve had a Greatest Idea in the World because it pops up from nowhere. Ordinary ideas take an awfully long time to become an idea because they’re ordinary, so your brain can’t get excited about them and has to make them slowly. But when an idea is truly great, it doesn’t take any time at all – it just suddenly appears.
This is what the Greatest Idea in the World looked like:
I knew it was going to be the most exciting thing any of us had ever done and that there was a chance it might get us into trouble too. What I didn’t know was how dangerous an adventure it was going to be – and quite how much trouble it was going to get us in… Michael, Tom and Josie all looked pretty impressed when I explained the Greatest Idea in the World to them on the bus to school the next day.
“But do you really think she’ll get the letter?” Tom asked.
I nodded, “It’s the Royal Mail - so she has to get all her letters.”
“If we post the letter today, then it’ll get to her house by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow’s only Saturday – and the gates don’t close until next Friday. That gives us six whole days. If she’s not home, her butler will just open the letter instead, and he’ll let her know that she needs to come home right away to talk to the special police and the Prime Minister!” said Josie.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Yeah. It’s going to be brilliant,” said Tom. “There’s no WAY she won’t help us. Not after she reads about Ahmet.” After I had posted the letter, I felt as if a thousand worms and butterflies and frogs had all jumped into my tummy, and were wriggling and squirming and hopping around together.
But Monday passed by, and there was no sign that anything had happened at all.
On Tuesday, it was the same; except this time, all of us were feeling more worried than excited, and the worms and butterflies and frogs in my tummy were starting to make me feel sick.
“What if she never got the letter?” whispered Josie. “What if it got lost in the post?”
“We have to think of something else!” said Tom. “We’ve only got three days left.”
Tom was right. We needed to think of something else. We needed an Emergency Plan.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) How do you know if you have a Greatest Idea in the World?
You can always tell when you’ve had a Greatest Idea in the World because it pops up from nowhere. Ordinary ideas take an awfully long time to become an idea because they’re ordinary, so your brain can’t get excited about them and has to make them slowly.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
2) How can you tell that the children are confident that their idea will work at first?
Text Mark Evidence all looked pretty impressed when I explained the Greatest Idea
they all agreed that it was a good idea
Text Mark Evidence “Yeah. It’s going to be brilliant,” said Tom. “There’s no WAY she won’t help us.”
Tom’s words show how sure he is that it’ll work
Text Mark Evidence it’s the Royal Mail - so she has to get all her letters
they are confident that the letter will get to her
Text Mark Evidence I felt as if a thousand worms and butterflies and frogs had all jumped into my tummy…
Alexa describes herself feeling excited after posting the letter
Text Mark Evidence that gives us six whole days
they express that they have lots of time
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
3) After I had posted the letter, I felt as if a thousand worms and butterflies and frogs had all jumped into my tummy, and were wriggling and squirming and hopping around together.
What does this show about how Alexa is feeling?
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
4) Why do the children think that they need an Emergency Plan? Give two reasons.
Acceptable Answers:
- they think the letter has got lost in the post
- they only have three days left
- they haven’t heard anything back from the Queen
- they want to make sure Ahmet’s parents are rescued in time
Reveal Answer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read together!
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Enjoy fiction as a shared experience with friends and family.
If you like this book, you might like...
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Boy at the Back of the Class: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Tick Me
Why does Alexa think that their rescue mission is going to be difficult?
Tick all that apply:
A) They don’t have any gadgets
B) They have to go to school every day
Check
C) They need to hide everything from Ahmet
Click if correct
D) They don’t know where the people they need to rescue are
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Alexa and her friends plan their Top Secret Mission
B) Ahmet starts school
C) Alexa asks her mum about refugees
D) The children hear that the border gates are closing
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each character with the words that describe them:
A) kind, welcoming friend
1 Ahmet
Check
Click if correct
B) always tries to be honest and open
2 Alexa
C) has faced tough experiences and is new to school
3 Mum
D) feels sympathy towards Ahmet and other refugees
4 Mr Brown
True or False?
Everybody in the story wants Ahmet and other refugees to live safely and go to their school.
True
False
Speaking Spotlight
Hot Seating
Explore
Hot Seating: Ask the character
Who?
What?
Where?
Why?
How?
When?
What would you liketo ask Ahmet?
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
awfully
Royal
impressed
butler
special police
squirming
Explore
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
You can always tell when you’ve had a Greatest Idea in the World because it pops up from nowhere. Ordinary ideas take an awfully long time to become an idea because they’re ordinary, so your brain can’t get excited about them and has to make them slowly. But when an idea is truly great, it doesn’t take any time at all – it just suddenly appears. This is what the Greatest Idea in the World looked like: I knew it was going to be the most exciting thing any of us had ever done and that there was a chance it might get us into trouble too. What I didn’t know was how dangerous an adventure it was going to be – and quite how much trouble it was going to get us in… Michael, Tom and Josie all looked pretty impressed when I explained the Greatest Idea in the World to them on the bus to school the next day. “But do you really think she’ll get the letter?” Tom asked. I nodded, “It’s the Royal Mail - so she has to get all her letters.” “If we post the letter today, then it’ll get to her house by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow’s only Saturday – and the gates don’t close until next Friday. That gives us six whole days. If she’s not home, her butler will just open the letter instead, and he’ll let her know that she needs to come home right away to talk to the special police and the Prime Minister!” said Josie.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Yeah. It’s going to be brilliant,” said Tom. “There’s no WAY she won’t help us. Not after she reads about Ahmet.” After I had posted the letter, I felt as if a thousand worms and butterflies and frogs had all jumped into my tummy, and were wriggling and squirming and hopping around together. But Monday passed by, and there was no sign that anything had happened at all. On Tuesday, it was the same; except this time, all of us were feeling more worried than excited, and the worms and butterflies and frogs in my tummy were starting to make me feel sick. “What if she never got the letter?” whispered Josie. “What if it got lost in the post?” “We have to think of something else!” said Tom. “We’ve only got three days left.” Tom was right. We needed to think of something else. We needed an Emergency Plan.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) How do you know if you have a Greatest Idea in the World?
You can always tell when you’ve had a Greatest Idea in the World because it pops up from nowhere. Ordinary ideas take an awfully long time to become an idea because they’re ordinary, so your brain can’t get excited about them and has to make them slowly.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
2) How can you tell that the children are confident that their idea will work at first?
Text Mark Evidence all looked pretty impressed when I explained the Greatest Idea
they all agreed that it was a good idea
Text Mark Evidence “Yeah. It’s going to be brilliant,” said Tom. “There’s no WAY she won’t help us.”
Tom’s words show how sure he is that it’ll work
Text Mark Evidence it’s the Royal Mail - so she has to get all her letters
they are confident that the letter will get to her
Text Mark Evidence I felt as if a thousand worms and butterflies and frogs had all jumped into my tummy…
Alexa describes herself feeling excited after posting the letter
Text Mark Evidence that gives us six whole days
they express that they have lots of time
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
3) After I had posted the letter, I felt as if a thousand worms and butterflies and frogs had all jumped into my tummy, and were wriggling and squirming and hopping around together. What does this show about how Alexa is feeling?
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
4) Why do the children think that they need an Emergency Plan? Give two reasons.
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read together!
Reveal
Enjoy fiction as a shared experience with friends and family.
If you like this book, you might like...
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.