Ready Steady Read Together
The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale: 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?
Up and up climbed the flagpole, rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common.
Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley. The mound of earth began to shake and its peak trembled and quivered, until suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top!
Up and up climbed the flagpole, rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale. Once it had reached its full height, it paused before it too began to quiver and shake. The flagpole was just the beginning.
Cracks crazed their way across the common, as the turf began to warp and split, and something truly enormous began to emerge.
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Still the rain lashed down, washing everything clean. Then the heavy grey clouds cleared, and a full moon shone bright as a penny. The wind calmed and the rain stopped.
In a nearby field, a cock crowed. It was morning now, and across the valley the pale dawn sky brightened to blue. Soon, the first rays of sunlight were chasing across the still-sleeping village. There, at the bottom of the hill, smack dab in the middle of the common, what had started as a mound of earth no bigger than a molehill, was now a brand-new supermarket.
A breeze fluttered, and at the top of the flagpole, a maroon-and-gold flag unfurled. On it was a single word.
Grimm’s.
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
trembled and quivered
mound
turf began to warp
emerge
buckle
unfurled
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. 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
mound
Explore
Find Read Talk
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
mound
Your turn
trembled and quivered
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
turf began to warp
emerge
buckle
unfurled
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common.
Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley. The mound of earth began to shake and its peak trembled and quivered, until suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top!
Up and up climbed the flagpole, rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale. Once it had reached its full height, it paused before it too began to quiver and shake. The flagpole was just the beginning.
Cracks crazed their way across the common, as the turf began to warp and split, and something truly enormous began to emerge.
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Still the rain lashed down, washing everything clean. Then the heavy grey clouds cleared, and a full moon shone bright as a penny. The wind calmed and the rain stopped.
In a nearby field, a cock crowed. It was morning now, and across the valley the pale dawn sky brightened to blue. Soon, the first rays of sunlight were chasing across the still-sleeping village. There, at the bottom of the hill, smack dab in the middle of the common, what had started as a mound of earth no bigger than a molehill, was now a brand-new supermarket.
A breeze fluttered, and at the top of the flagpole, a maroon-and-gold flag unfurled. On it was a single word.
Grimm’s.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof!
Up and up it buckled,
pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it.
Earth tumbled away and,
like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise.
Girders popped into place,
door frames righted themselves,
and sheets of plate glass found their groove.
Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common. Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley.
Reveal Explainer
The word ‘suddenly’ suggests that the mound appears as if by magic. No one is digging and there is no explanation for it to be there. By comparing the mound to a molehill, the author hints that something is hidden underground. Its appearance in the middle of an open public space is unusual and makes the common seem transformed, as if something magical is about to happen.
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Teach
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley - the rain lashed down, washing everything clean
dramatic, stormy weather
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Text Mark Evidence - the mound of earth began to shake - its peak trembled and quivered - up and up climbed the flagpole - it (flagpole) paused before it too began to quiver and shake
language makes objects sound alive
Go to the next slide for more...
Text Mark Evidence - suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top - something truly enormous began to emerge…a roof - cinder block walls emerging from the ground - an entire building began to rise
sudden appearances or transformation
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale - like a giant rising from its slumber - on it was a single word…Grimm’s
comparisons to or mentions of fairy tales
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Text Mark Evidence - an entire building began to rise - girders popped into place - door frames righted themselves - sheets of plate glass found their groove
the building moves and builds itself as if enchanted
Text Mark Evidence what had started as a mound of earth…was now a brand-new supermarket
the overnight appearance of a building
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unfurled’?
Which One's Right?
A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common.
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The word molehill suggests that the mound was...
A) full of animals.
B) small and low.
D) large and towering.
C) built carefully.
Find Me
Find two words which mean ‘shook’:
Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley. The mound of earth began to shake and its peak trembled and quivered, until suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top!
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
trembled
quivered
Link Me
Link each word to its correct definition:
A) bend or twist out of shape
1) mound
2) turf
B) a small hill
C) grass-covered earth
Check
3) warp
Click if correct
4) emerge
D) come into view
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 Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale: 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?
Up and up climbed the flagpole, rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common. Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley. The mound of earth began to shake and its peak trembled and quivered, until suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top! Up and up climbed the flagpole, rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale. Once it had reached its full height, it paused before it too began to quiver and shake. The flagpole was just the beginning. Cracks crazed their way across the common, as the turf began to warp and split, and something truly enormous began to emerge. A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Still the rain lashed down, washing everything clean. Then the heavy grey clouds cleared, and a full moon shone bright as a penny. The wind calmed and the rain stopped. In a nearby field, a cock crowed. It was morning now, and across the valley the pale dawn sky brightened to blue. Soon, the first rays of sunlight were chasing across the still-sleeping village. There, at the bottom of the hill, smack dab in the middle of the common, what had started as a mound of earth no bigger than a molehill, was now a brand-new supermarket. A breeze fluttered, and at the top of the flagpole, a maroon-and-gold flag unfurled. On it was a single word. Grimm’s.
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
trembled and quivered
mound
turf began to warp
emerge
buckle
unfurled
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. 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
mound
Explore
Find Read Talk
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
mound
Your turn
trembled and quivered
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
turf began to warp
emerge
buckle
unfurled
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common. Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley. The mound of earth began to shake and its peak trembled and quivered, until suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top! Up and up climbed the flagpole, rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale. Once it had reached its full height, it paused before it too began to quiver and shake. The flagpole was just the beginning. Cracks crazed their way across the common, as the turf began to warp and split, and something truly enormous began to emerge. A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Still the rain lashed down, washing everything clean. Then the heavy grey clouds cleared, and a full moon shone bright as a penny. The wind calmed and the rain stopped. In a nearby field, a cock crowed. It was morning now, and across the valley the pale dawn sky brightened to blue. Soon, the first rays of sunlight were chasing across the still-sleeping village. There, at the bottom of the hill, smack dab in the middle of the common, what had started as a mound of earth no bigger than a molehill, was now a brand-new supermarket. A breeze fluttered, and at the top of the flagpole, a maroon-and-gold flag unfurled. On it was a single word. Grimm’s.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof!
Up and up it buckled,
pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it.
Earth tumbled away and,
like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise.
Girders popped into place,
door frames righted themselves,
and sheets of plate glass found their groove.
Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A roof. A colossal, aluminium roof! Up and up it buckled, pushed by the cinder block walls emerging from the ground beneath it. Earth tumbled away and, like a giant rising from its slumber, an entire building began to rise. Girders popped into place, door frames righted themselves, and sheets of plate glass found their groove. Once everything was in place, the entire structure fell silent.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Suddenly there it was. A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common. Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley.
Reveal Explainer
The word ‘suddenly’ suggests that the mound appears as if by magic. No one is digging and there is no explanation for it to be there. By comparing the mound to a molehill, the author hints that something is hidden underground. Its appearance in the middle of an open public space is unusual and makes the common seem transformed, as if something magical is about to happen.
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Teach
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley - the rain lashed down, washing everything clean
dramatic, stormy weather
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Text Mark Evidence - the mound of earth began to shake - its peak trembled and quivered - up and up climbed the flagpole - it (flagpole) paused before it too began to quiver and shake
language makes objects sound alive
Go to the next slide for more...
Text Mark Evidence - suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top - something truly enormous began to emerge…a roof - cinder block walls emerging from the ground - an entire building began to rise
sudden appearances or transformation
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - rising out of the ground like a beanstalk in a fairytale - like a giant rising from its slumber - on it was a single word…Grimm’s
comparisons to or mentions of fairy tales
How does the author make the setting seem enchanted or magical?
Text Mark Evidence - an entire building began to rise - girders popped into place - door frames righted themselves - sheets of plate glass found their groove
the building moves and builds itself as if enchanted
Text Mark Evidence what had started as a mound of earth…was now a brand-new supermarket
the overnight appearance of a building
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unfurled’?
Which One's Right?
A fresh mound of earth, the size of a molehill, right in the middle of the common. Which answer best completes the sentence? The word molehill suggests that the mound was...
A) full of animals.
B) small and low.
D) large and towering.
C) built carefully.
Find Me
Find two words which mean ‘shook’:
Lightning crackled in the sky, and thunder rolled across the valley. The mound of earth began to shake and its peak trembled and quivered, until suddenly a gleaming white enamel flagpole popped out of the top!
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
trembled
quivered
Link Me
Link each word to its correct definition:
A) bend or twist out of shape
1) mound
2) turf
B) a small hill
C) grass-covered earth
Check
3) warp
Click if correct
4) emerge
D) come into view
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 Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.