Ready Steady Read Together
Sky Song: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Tick Me
Which of these themes are present in this story?
Tick all that apply:
A) good versus evil
B) romance
Check
C) friendship
Click if correct
D) belonging and identity
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Darkness came to Erkenwald.
B) The tribes lived happily and all of Erkenwald was peaceful.
C) Flint broke into the Ice Palace and rescued Eska from the music box.
D) The eagle was protecting Eska in the wilderness.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each feeling with when Eska would have felt it:
A) alone in the wilderness
1 desperate
B) when she first saw Flint
2 hopeful
C) in the music box
Check
3 isolated
Click if correct
D) when the eagle led her to the shelter
4 relieved
True or False?
Eska showed resilience and hope even in desperate times.
False
True
Speaking Spotlight
Character Monologue
Explore
Character Monologue
Express yourself
Speak clearly
Eska or Flint
Practise first
Imagine the scene
Understand your character
Eye contact
Gesture
Be confident
Then perform
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
lurched
flanked
isolated
consequences
sunken
timid
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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At first Eska saw only the towering peaks of the ice-capped Never Cliffs in the distance, but when she brought her gaze closer, her stomach lurched. A sleigh was speeding between the hills. The Ice Queen was coming. Eska watched, rooted to the spot in fear, as the sleigh, flanked by a dozen guards in glistening armour, came closer and closer.
She addressed her guards, “The hills will only remain under my command until midnight sun rises – in eleven days’ time. I want that forest searched. A boy from the Fur Tribe helped Eska escape and he must be taught a lesson. The girl needs to be isolated and helpless if I am to take her voice before she learns about the power of the Sky Song.”
Eleven days… that’s what the Ice Queen had said. Just eleven days until the midnight sun and the queen took over the whole kingdom. Eska gulped. Even if the Ice Queen failed to achieve immortality in that time the consequences would be disastrous: the prisoners at Winterfang would die and her memories would be lost forever. Eska’s heart was racing now. There was no more time to prepare; she needed to press on into the Never Cliffs as soon as possible to find the Feather Tribe in the hope that they could help her. But her ankle was pounding, purple and swollen.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Eska looked at her reflection in the metal of a dagger she had found in the hideaway. A girl stared back at her, but despite the sunken cheeks and straggled hair, this girl’s eyes were hard. The Ice Queen said she wanted Eska isolated and helpless, but that wasn’t going to happen. Because she wasn’t the timid little prisoner she had been, locked inside the music box at Winterfang. She was out in the wild now – with a golden eagle by her side – and for the first time since leaving the palace, Eska dared to hope that the sum of all that might be enough against an Ice Queen. “We’re going to find the Frost Horn,” Flint said to her.
“But it’s not just about finding the horn, is it? It’s everything that comes after that – blowing it from the skies, getting the tribes to fight with us, stopping the Ice Queen from changing Erkenwald forever.” She looked down. “So many things to hope for.”
Flint nodded. “But think where we’ve come from. It’s going to be okay. And we’ll find ma.”
It wasn’t a question. It was a fact. And Eska realised then that hope moved quickly. It could burn inside you one minute and then, just when you thought you’d lost it, you’d find it shining in the hearts of your friends. She looked around the igloo. So long as one of them remembered to bring hope with them, perhaps things would turn out all right.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) How does Eska feel when she sees the Ice Queen’s sleigh approaching? How do you know?
Text Mark Evidence - rooted to the spot in fear - her stomach lurched
frightened / terrified
Text Mark Evidence - her stomach lurched - (the sleigh) came closer and closer
panicked / shocked
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
2) Find and copy two words which describe how the Ice Queen wants Eska to be so that she can take her voice.
A girl stared back at her, but despite the sunken cheeks and straggled hair, this girl’s eyes were hard. The Ice Queen said she wanted Eska isolated and helpless, but that wasn’t going to happen. Because she wasn’t the timid little prisoner she had been, locked inside the music box at Winterfang.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
3) Who does Eska want to help her to defeat the Ice Queen?
Acceptable Anwers
Reveal Answer
4) What does Eska see that makes her feel more confident and determined?
Text Mark Evidence - Eska looked at her reflection in the metal of a dagger - a girl stared back at her - despite the sunken cheeks and straggled hair, this girl’s eyes were hard
she sees her own reflection looking strong and determined, and a different version of herself than before
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
5) How do Eska’s feelings change throughout this part of the story?
Her feelings change from being scared, to worrying about the future, to becoming determined and defiant, and finally to feeling hopeful and optimistic by the end of the extract.
Text Mark Evidence - her stomach lurched - rooted to the spot in fear
Text Mark Evidence even if the Ice Queen failed to achieve immortality…the consequences would be disastrous
frightened
worried about the future
Text Mark Evidence - Eska dared to hope - perhaps things would turned out all right
Text Mark Evidence - this wasn’t going to happen - she wasn’t the timid little prisoner she had been
determined
hopeful and optimistic
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Ready Steady Read Together
Sky Song: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Tick Me
Which of these themes are present in this story?
Tick all that apply:
A) good versus evil
B) romance
Check
C) friendship
Click if correct
D) belonging and identity
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Darkness came to Erkenwald.
B) The tribes lived happily and all of Erkenwald was peaceful.
C) Flint broke into the Ice Palace and rescued Eska from the music box.
D) The eagle was protecting Eska in the wilderness.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each feeling with when Eska would have felt it:
A) alone in the wilderness
1 desperate
B) when she first saw Flint
2 hopeful
C) in the music box
Check
3 isolated
Click if correct
D) when the eagle led her to the shelter
4 relieved
True or False?
Eska showed resilience and hope even in desperate times.
False
True
Speaking Spotlight
Character Monologue
Explore
Character Monologue
Express yourself
Speak clearly
Eska or Flint
Practise first
Imagine the scene
Understand your character
Eye contact
Gesture
Be confident
Then perform
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
lurched
flanked
isolated
consequences
sunken
timid
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
At first Eska saw only the towering peaks of the ice-capped Never Cliffs in the distance, but when she brought her gaze closer, her stomach lurched. A sleigh was speeding between the hills. The Ice Queen was coming. Eska watched, rooted to the spot in fear, as the sleigh, flanked by a dozen guards in glistening armour, came closer and closer. She addressed her guards, “The hills will only remain under my command until midnight sun rises – in eleven days’ time. I want that forest searched. A boy from the Fur Tribe helped Eska escape and he must be taught a lesson. The girl needs to be isolated and helpless if I am to take her voice before she learns about the power of the Sky Song.” Eleven days… that’s what the Ice Queen had said. Just eleven days until the midnight sun and the queen took over the whole kingdom. Eska gulped. Even if the Ice Queen failed to achieve immortality in that time the consequences would be disastrous: the prisoners at Winterfang would die and her memories would be lost forever. Eska’s heart was racing now. There was no more time to prepare; she needed to press on into the Never Cliffs as soon as possible to find the Feather Tribe in the hope that they could help her. But her ankle was pounding, purple and swollen.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Eska looked at her reflection in the metal of a dagger she had found in the hideaway. A girl stared back at her, but despite the sunken cheeks and straggled hair, this girl’s eyes were hard. The Ice Queen said she wanted Eska isolated and helpless, but that wasn’t going to happen. Because she wasn’t the timid little prisoner she had been, locked inside the music box at Winterfang. She was out in the wild now – with a golden eagle by her side – and for the first time since leaving the palace, Eska dared to hope that the sum of all that might be enough against an Ice Queen. “We’re going to find the Frost Horn,” Flint said to her. “But it’s not just about finding the horn, is it? It’s everything that comes after that – blowing it from the skies, getting the tribes to fight with us, stopping the Ice Queen from changing Erkenwald forever.” She looked down. “So many things to hope for.” Flint nodded. “But think where we’ve come from. It’s going to be okay. And we’ll find ma.” It wasn’t a question. It was a fact. And Eska realised then that hope moved quickly. It could burn inside you one minute and then, just when you thought you’d lost it, you’d find it shining in the hearts of your friends. She looked around the igloo. So long as one of them remembered to bring hope with them, perhaps things would turn out all right.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) How does Eska feel when she sees the Ice Queen’s sleigh approaching? How do you know?
Text Mark Evidence - rooted to the spot in fear - her stomach lurched
frightened / terrified
Text Mark Evidence - her stomach lurched - (the sleigh) came closer and closer
panicked / shocked
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
2) Find and copy two words which describe how the Ice Queen wants Eska to be so that she can take her voice.
A girl stared back at her, but despite the sunken cheeks and straggled hair, this girl’s eyes were hard. The Ice Queen said she wanted Eska isolated and helpless, but that wasn’t going to happen. Because she wasn’t the timid little prisoner she had been, locked inside the music box at Winterfang.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
3) Who does Eska want to help her to defeat the Ice Queen?
Acceptable Anwers
Reveal Answer
4) What does Eska see that makes her feel more confident and determined?
Text Mark Evidence - Eska looked at her reflection in the metal of a dagger - a girl stared back at her - despite the sunken cheeks and straggled hair, this girl’s eyes were hard
she sees her own reflection looking strong and determined, and a different version of herself than before
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
5) How do Eska’s feelings change throughout this part of the story?
Her feelings change from being scared, to worrying about the future, to becoming determined and defiant, and finally to feeling hopeful and optimistic by the end of the extract.
Text Mark Evidence - her stomach lurched - rooted to the spot in fear
Text Mark Evidence even if the Ice Queen failed to achieve immortality…the consequences would be disastrous
frightened
worried about the future
Text Mark Evidence - Eska dared to hope - perhaps things would turned out all right
Text Mark Evidence - this wasn’t going to happen - she wasn’t the timid little prisoner she had been
determined
hopeful and optimistic
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read classics.
Reveal
Try timeless stories that have inspired readers for generations.
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: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.