Ready Steady Read Together
When Poems Fall From the Sky: Poetry Lesson 3
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?
For inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
B) How does the poem show the cycle of the growth of plants?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Seed’s Story – Three
my life goes on happily
knowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit
rest more seeds
exactly like me…
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
sail-spiralling unknown directions
through chilled currents or
get carried towards the
blurred pale horizon by a medley of
shelter-seeking animals and birds
every seed now waiting
silent unseen
until the next thrust of light and wet
knowing that tight cold
echoing stillness
and quieting of life
will pass
in just another
earth moment or two
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
blue sky-umbrella
chilled currents
sail-spiralling
blurred pale horizon
medley
thrust
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. 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
blue-sky umbrella
Explore
Find Read Talk
my life goes on happily
knowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit
rest more seeds
exactly like me…
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
blue sky-umbrella
Your turn
sail-spiralling
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
chilled currents
blurred pale horizon
medley
thrust
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Seed’s Story – Three
my life goes on happily
knowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit
rest more seeds
exactly like me…
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
sail-spiralling unknown directions
through chilled currents or
get carried towards the
blurred pale horizon by a medley of
shelter-seeking animals and birds
every seed now waiting
silent unseen
until the next thrust of light and wet
knowing that tight cold
echoing stillness
and quieting of life
will pass
in just another
earth moment or two
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
my life goes on happily
knowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit
rest more seeds
exactly like me…
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
sail-spiralling unknown directions
through chilled currents or
get carried towards the
blurred pale horizon by a medley of
shelter-seeking animals and birds
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
my life goes on happilyknowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me…
which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground
or fly offsail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents or
get carried towards the blurred pale horizon
by a medley ofshelter-seeking animals and birds
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
my life goes on happily
knowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit
rest more seeds
exactly like me…
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
sail-spiralling unknown directions
through chilled currents or
get carried towards the
blurred pale horizon by a medley of
shelter-seeking animals and birds
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
knowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit
rest more seeds
exactly like me…
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
sail-spiralling unknown directions
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘drop to the ground’ show that some seeds are dispersed by falling. This means that gravity, or dropping from the plant, helps to spread the seeds so new plants can grow.
Teach
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. 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) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
B) How does the poem show the cycle of the growth of plants?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
Text Mark Evidence fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents
carried by wind
Text Mark Evidence through chilled currents
carried by water
Text Mark Evidence get carried…by a medley of shelter-seeking animals and birds
carried by animals
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me
the plant grows and produces fruit
B) How does the poem show the cycle of the growth of plants?
Text Mark Evidence drop to the ground or fly off…through chilled currents or get carried…by…animals and birds
the seeds are dispersed
Text Mark Evidence - every seed now waiting silent unseen until the next thrust of light and wet - knowing that tight cold…will pass in just another earth moment or two
the seeds wait for the conditions to grow
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘horizon’?
True or False?
The seeds wait in the ground until light and water help them grow.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
medley
horizon
currents
which soon
as the blue sky-umbrella folds away
and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground or fly off
sail-spiralling unknown directions
through chilled or
get carried towards the
blurred pale by a of
shelter-seeking animals and birds
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Find Me
Find the word which suggests the light and water will ‘push forward’ to reach the seed:
every seed now waiting
silent unseen
until the next thrust of light and wet
knowing that tight cold
echoing stillness
and quieting of life
will pass
in just another
earth moment or two
Discuss then check
thrust
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
When Poems Fall From the Sky: Poetry Lesson 3
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?
For inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
B) How does the poem show the cycle of the growth of plants?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Seed’s Story – Three
my life goes on happily knowing I grow a great secret for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me… which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents or get carried towards the blurred pale horizon by a medley of shelter-seeking animals and birds
every seed now waiting silent unseen until the next thrust of light and wet knowing that tight cold echoing stillness and quieting of life will pass in just another earth moment or two
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
blue sky-umbrella
chilled currents
sail-spiralling
blurred pale horizon
medley
thrust
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. 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
blue-sky umbrella
Explore
Find Read Talk
my life goes on happily knowing I grow a great secret for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me… which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off
Reveal Vocabulary
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
blue sky-umbrella
Your turn
sail-spiralling
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
chilled currents
blurred pale horizon
medley
thrust
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Seed’s Story – Three
my life goes on happily knowing I grow a great secret for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me… which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents or get carried towards the blurred pale horizon by a medley of shelter-seeking animals and birds
every seed now waiting silent unseen until the next thrust of light and wet knowing that tight cold echoing stillness and quieting of life will pass in just another earth moment or two
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
my life goes on happily knowing I grow a great secret for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me… which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents or get carried towards the blurred pale horizon by a medley of shelter-seeking animals and birds
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
my life goes on happilyknowing I grow a great secret
for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me…
which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place
drop to the ground
or fly offsail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents or
get carried towards the blurred pale horizon
by a medley ofshelter-seeking animals and birds
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
my life goes on happily knowing I grow a great secret for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me… which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents or get carried towards the blurred pale horizon by a medley of shelter-seeking animals and birds
Explore
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
knowing I grow a great secret for inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me… which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘drop to the ground’ show that some seeds are dispersed by falling. This means that gravity, or dropping from the plant, helps to spread the seeds so new plants can grow.
Teach
From: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022. 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) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
B) How does the poem show the cycle of the growth of plants?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Which words or phrases does the poet use to show different ways its seed is dispersed?
Text Mark Evidence fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled currents
carried by wind
Text Mark Evidence through chilled currents
carried by water
Text Mark Evidence get carried…by a medley of shelter-seeking animals and birds
carried by animals
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence inside my flowers my fruit rest more seeds exactly like me
the plant grows and produces fruit
B) How does the poem show the cycle of the growth of plants?
Text Mark Evidence drop to the ground or fly off…through chilled currents or get carried…by…animals and birds
the seeds are dispersed
Text Mark Evidence - every seed now waiting silent unseen until the next thrust of light and wet - knowing that tight cold…will pass in just another earth moment or two
the seeds wait for the conditions to grow
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘horizon’?
True or False?
The seeds wait in the ground until light and water help them grow.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
medley
horizon
currents
which soon as the blue sky-umbrella folds away and warm sun slides to another place drop to the ground or fly off sail-spiralling unknown directions through chilled or get carried towards the blurred pale by a of shelter-seeking animals and birds
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Find Me
Find the word which suggests the light and water will ‘push forward’ to reach the seed:
every seed now waiting silent unseen until the next thrust of light and wet knowing that tight cold echoing stillness and quieting of life will pass in just another earth moment or two
Discuss then check
thrust
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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: When Poems Fall From the Sky by Zaro Weil © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
currents
medley
horizon