Ready Steady Read Together
The Boy at the Back of the Class: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
In the movies, people who go on a Top Secret Mission always have lots of fun gadgets and maps and ropes and sometimes even wear a cool hat. When you’re nine-and-over-three-quarters, though, and have to go to school every day, rescue missions are much harder.
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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)
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
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Let me read today's text
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In the movies, people who go on a Top Secret Mission always have lots of fun gadgets and maps and ropes and sometimes even wear a cool hat. When you’re nine-and-over-three-quarters, though, and have to go to school every day, rescue missions are much harder – especially when you don’t know where the people you want to rescue are, and you have to hide everything you’re doing from the person you are going on the mission for.
By Thursday morning, Tom and Josie and Michael had each come up with a plan.
Tom said we should write to the Prime Minister to tell her to keep the gates open until Ahmet has found his family. He had even got the address of the Prime Minister’s house from his dad.
I thought it was a good idea and so did Josie, but Michael said it wouldn’t work because the Prime Minister was in charge of the government and had probably been the one who told the security guards to lock the gates so we couldn’t ask her for any help at all.
Then Josie talked about her plan which was called the Special Appeal. She said we should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it. Once the appeal went out, Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
We all liked the Special Appeal plan, but then Tom said that even if we did put the appeal in a newspaper, the newspaper would only be sold in England and Ahmet’s mum and dad and anyone who might have seen them would never see it. Then Michael told us of his plan. “We should write to the High Court, to the judge sitting in the highest chair in the land, and ask them to order the security guards to open the gates when they see Ahmet’s mum and dad.”
We were all excited about this idea, and as no one could think of anything that might be wrong with it, we decided to find out the name of the Highest Judge in the Land.
“It’s the High Court of Justice you’ll be needing to write to,” said the librarian, “But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.”
“We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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!
Special Appeal
judge
High Court
justice
secretary
urgently
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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
Special Appeal
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Find Read Talk
Then Josie talked about her plan which was called the Special Appeal. She said we should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it. Once the appeal went out, Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Special Appeal
Your turn
High Court
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
judge
justice
secretary
urgently
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
In the movies, people who go on a Top Secret Mission always have lots of fun gadgets and maps and ropes and sometimes even wear a cool hat. When you’re nine-and-over-three-quarters, though, and have to go to school every day, rescue missions are much harder – especially when you don’t know where the people you want to rescue are, and you have to hide everything you’re doing from the person you are going on the mission for.
By Thursday morning, Tom and Josie and Michael had each come up with a plan.
Tom said we should write to the Prime Minister to tell her to keep the gates open until Ahmet has found his family. He had even got the address of the Prime Minister’s house from his dad.
I thought it was a good idea and so did Josie, but Michael said it wouldn’t work because the Prime Minister was in charge of the government and had probably been the one who told the security guards to lock the gates so we couldn’t ask her for any help at all.
Then Josie talked about her plan which was called the Special Appeal. She said we should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it. Once the appeal went out, Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch.
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
We all liked the Special Appeal plan, but then Tom said that even if we did put the appeal in a newspaper, the newspaper would only be sold in England and Ahmet’s mum and dad and anyone who might have seen them would never see it. Then Michael told us of his plan. “We should write to the High Court, to the judge sitting in the highest chair in the land, and ask them to order the security guards to open the gates when they see Ahmet’s mum and dad.”
We were all excited about this idea, and as no one could think of anything that might be wrong with it, we decided to find out the name of the Highest Judge in the Land.
“It’s the High Court of Justice you’ll be needing to write to,” said the librarian, “But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.”
“We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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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.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.” “We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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
“But even if you post it today,
remember the courts are closed over the weekend,
and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her.”
“I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually.”
“It might just take a while.”
“We’ve got to think of another idea,”
said Tom urgently.
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
“But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.” “We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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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: Main Point
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Tom said we should write to the Prime Minister to tell her to keep the gates open until Ahmet has found his family. He had even got the address of the Prime Minister’s house from his dad. I thought it was a good idea and so did Josie, but Michael said it wouldn’t work because the Prime Minister was in charge of the government and had probably been the one who told the security guards to lock the gates so we couldn’t ask her for any help at all.
Reveal Explainer
Tom’s idea was to write to the Prime Minister to ask her to keep the gates open. The problem with the plan is that the Prime Minister probably wouldn’t help because it was her decision to close the gates in the first place.
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
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
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
Find the answers
Text mark
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Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Special Appeal...should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it - Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch
do an appeal in a newspaper
Josie’s Plan:
Text Mark Evidence the newspaper would only be sold in England and Ahmet’s mum and dad and anyone who might have seen them would never see it
the appeal would only be seen in England, so not seen by Ahmet’s mum and dad or people who had seen them
What’s the problem?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence write to the High Court…ask them to order the security guards to open the gates when they see Ahmet’s mum and dad
write to the High Court to ask the judge to order the gates to be opened when Ahmet’s mum and dad arrive
Michael’s Plan:
Text Mark Evidence - I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually - it might just take a while
it would take time for the High Court judge to read the letter (because the courts are closed at the weekend then a secretary will open mail before passing it on)
What’s the problem?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘judge’?
Tick Me
What does Alexa say that people in the movies have when they go on a Top Secret Mission?
Tick all that apply:
A) a cool hat
B) a disguise
Check
C) fun gadgets
Click if correct
D) maps and ropes
Which One's Right?
Which best completes this sentence?By Thursday morning...
B) their Top SecretMission has begun.
A) they had packed their equipment and set off.
D) they had no ideas of what to do.
C) three of the children have come up with a plan.
Find Me
Find a word that shows that Tom thinks they need to be quick to act.
“But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.”“We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
Discuss then check
urgently
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
spot themes.
Reveal
Look for big ideas or lessons the story might be teaching.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Boy at the Back of the Class: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
In the movies, people who go on a Top Secret Mission always have lots of fun gadgets and maps and ropes and sometimes even wear a cool hat. When you’re nine-and-over-three-quarters, though, and have to go to school every day, rescue missions are much harder.
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)
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
In the movies, people who go on a Top Secret Mission always have lots of fun gadgets and maps and ropes and sometimes even wear a cool hat. When you’re nine-and-over-three-quarters, though, and have to go to school every day, rescue missions are much harder – especially when you don’t know where the people you want to rescue are, and you have to hide everything you’re doing from the person you are going on the mission for. By Thursday morning, Tom and Josie and Michael had each come up with a plan. Tom said we should write to the Prime Minister to tell her to keep the gates open until Ahmet has found his family. He had even got the address of the Prime Minister’s house from his dad. I thought it was a good idea and so did Josie, but Michael said it wouldn’t work because the Prime Minister was in charge of the government and had probably been the one who told the security guards to lock the gates so we couldn’t ask her for any help at all. Then Josie talked about her plan which was called the Special Appeal. She said we should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it. Once the appeal went out, Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch.
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
We all liked the Special Appeal plan, but then Tom said that even if we did put the appeal in a newspaper, the newspaper would only be sold in England and Ahmet’s mum and dad and anyone who might have seen them would never see it. Then Michael told us of his plan. “We should write to the High Court, to the judge sitting in the highest chair in the land, and ask them to order the security guards to open the gates when they see Ahmet’s mum and dad.” We were all excited about this idea, and as no one could think of anything that might be wrong with it, we decided to find out the name of the Highest Judge in the Land. “It’s the High Court of Justice you’ll be needing to write to,” said the librarian, “But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.” “We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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!
Special Appeal
judge
High Court
justice
secretary
urgently
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
Special Appeal
Explore
Find Read Talk
Then Josie talked about her plan which was called the Special Appeal. She said we should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it. Once the appeal went out, Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Special Appeal
Your turn
High Court
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
judge
justice
secretary
urgently
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
In the movies, people who go on a Top Secret Mission always have lots of fun gadgets and maps and ropes and sometimes even wear a cool hat. When you’re nine-and-over-three-quarters, though, and have to go to school every day, rescue missions are much harder – especially when you don’t know where the people you want to rescue are, and you have to hide everything you’re doing from the person you are going on the mission for. By Thursday morning, Tom and Josie and Michael had each come up with a plan. Tom said we should write to the Prime Minister to tell her to keep the gates open until Ahmet has found his family. He had even got the address of the Prime Minister’s house from his dad. I thought it was a good idea and so did Josie, but Michael said it wouldn’t work because the Prime Minister was in charge of the government and had probably been the one who told the security guards to lock the gates so we couldn’t ask her for any help at all. Then Josie talked about her plan which was called the Special Appeal. She said we should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it. Once the appeal went out, Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch.
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
We all liked the Special Appeal plan, but then Tom said that even if we did put the appeal in a newspaper, the newspaper would only be sold in England and Ahmet’s mum and dad and anyone who might have seen them would never see it. Then Michael told us of his plan. “We should write to the High Court, to the judge sitting in the highest chair in the land, and ask them to order the security guards to open the gates when they see Ahmet’s mum and dad.” We were all excited about this idea, and as no one could think of anything that might be wrong with it, we decided to find out the name of the Highest Judge in the Land. “It’s the High Court of Justice you’ll be needing to write to,” said the librarian, “But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.” “We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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...
“But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.” “We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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
“But even if you post it today,
remember the courts are closed over the weekend,
and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her.”
“I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually.”
“It might just take a while.”
“We’ve got to think of another idea,”
said Tom urgently.
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
“But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.” “We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
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: Main Point
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Tom said we should write to the Prime Minister to tell her to keep the gates open until Ahmet has found his family. He had even got the address of the Prime Minister’s house from his dad. I thought it was a good idea and so did Josie, but Michael said it wouldn’t work because the Prime Minister was in charge of the government and had probably been the one who told the security guards to lock the gates so we couldn’t ask her for any help at all.
Reveal Explainer
Tom’s idea was to write to the Prime Minister to ask her to keep the gates open. The problem with the plan is that the Prime Minister probably wouldn’t help because it was her decision to close the gates in the first place.
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
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
Summarise each child’s plan and explain the problem with each plan.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Special Appeal...should ring a newspaper and tell them all about it - Ahmet’s mum and dad would see it and get in touch
do an appeal in a newspaper
Josie’s Plan:
Text Mark Evidence the newspaper would only be sold in England and Ahmet’s mum and dad and anyone who might have seen them would never see it
the appeal would only be seen in England, so not seen by Ahmet’s mum and dad or people who had seen them
What’s the problem?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence write to the High Court…ask them to order the security guards to open the gates when they see Ahmet’s mum and dad
write to the High Court to ask the judge to order the gates to be opened when Ahmet’s mum and dad arrive
Michael’s Plan:
Text Mark Evidence - I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually - it might just take a while
it would take time for the High Court judge to read the letter (because the courts are closed at the weekend then a secretary will open mail before passing it on)
What’s the problem?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘judge’?
Tick Me
What does Alexa say that people in the movies have when they go on a Top Secret Mission?
Tick all that apply:
A) a cool hat
B) a disguise
Check
C) fun gadgets
Click if correct
D) maps and ropes
Which One's Right?
Which best completes this sentence?By Thursday morning...
B) their Top SecretMission has begun.
A) they had packed their equipment and set off.
D) they had no ideas of what to do.
C) three of the children have come up with a plan.
Find Me
Find a word that shows that Tom thinks they need to be quick to act.
“But even if you post it today, remember the courts are closed over the weekend, and she’ll have a secretary to open her mail for her. I’m sure she’ll read your letter eventually. It might just take a while.”“We’ve got to think of another idea,” said Tom urgently.
Discuss then check
urgently
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
spot themes.
Reveal
Look for big ideas or lessons the story might be teaching.
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.