Ready Steady Read Together
The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale: 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?
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat fairytale has Lana started to read?
A) Who cast a curse in the fairytale Lana is reading?
B) What did the king destroy in the fairytale?
C) What does the old man predict about Lana and fairytale book?
D) What does the old man do when Lana asks about the scary bit?
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Let me read today's text
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“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.”
“Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.”
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?”
“Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana.
“Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?”
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
“Ah,” he said, nodding sagely. “That explains it. You haven’t got to the scary bit yet. I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back, all right.”
With that, he headed off down towards the Toys and Games aisle. Moving quickly, Lana chucked her basket in a nearby trolley and scurried after him.
“What scary bit?”
The little old man turned slowly.
“You really want to know?”
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Lana nodded. He fished a well-thumbed red-leather booklet from the top pocket of his overalls, consulted it, then put it back. “May I suggest you try the sherbet lemons?”
For a moment Lana couldn’t understand what he could possibly mean, but then her eyes came to rest on something truly extraordinary. Smack dab in the middle of the toys were the biggest tubs of pick ‘n’ mix she had ever seen.
Lana leant forward into the tub and tried to loosen a sweet with her finger, but it was no use. Then, suddenly, she was tumbling forward! The little old man was pushing her into the tub!
“Hey!” called Lana in alarm. “Stop it!”
It was too late! She threw out her hands ahead of her to brace her fall, but the bottom of the tub gave way like a trapdoor, and Lana found herself shooting down and round into a smooth-walled circular chute! Round and round she slid, until suddenly the chute plunged down, down, down into the darkness.
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
defiantly
sagely
spindles
brace her fall
trapdoor
circular chute
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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
defiantly
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.”
“Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.”
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
defiantly
Your turn
spindles
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sagely
brace her fall
trapdoor
circular chute
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.”
“Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.”
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?”
“Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana.
“Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?”
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
“Ah,” he said, nodding sagely. “That explains it. You haven’t got to the scary bit yet. I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back, all right.”
With that, he headed off down towards the Toys and Games aisle. Moving quickly, Lana chucked her basket in a nearby trolley and scurried after him.
“What scary bit?”
The little old man turned slowly.
“You really want to know?”
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Lana nodded. He fished a well-thumbed red-leather booklet from the top pocket of his overalls, consulted it, then put it back. “May I suggest you try the sherbet lemons?”
For a moment Lana couldn’t understand what he could possibly mean, but then her eyes came to rest on something truly extraordinary. Smack dab in the middle of the toys were the biggest tubs of pick ‘n’ mix she had ever seen.
Lana leant forward into the tub and tried to loosen a sweet with her finger, but it was no use. Then, suddenly, she was tumbling forward! The little old man was pushing her into the tub!
“Hey!” called Lana in alarm. “Stop it!”
It was too late! She threw out her hands ahead of her to brace her fall, but the bottom of the tub gave way like a trapdoor, and Lana found herself shooting down and round into a smooth-walled circular chute! Round and round she slid, until suddenly the chute plunged down, down, down into the darkness.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana. “Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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
“Come to bring the book back, have you?”
“I told you it was too scary.”
“Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.”
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised.
“Which story have you started with?”
“Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana.
“Oooh,” he said, smiling again.
“Where are you up to?”
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana. “Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question Only What fairytale has Lana started to read?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for key words like ‘story’, ‘started’ or even titles of fairytales. I can see that the old man has asked Lana which fairytale she has started to read. I can ‘find and take’ Lana’s answer, which is Sleeping Beauty.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat fairytale has Lana started to read?
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
A) Who cast a curse in the fairytale Lana is reading?
B) What did the king destroy in the fairytale?
C) What does the old man predict about Lana and fairytale book?
D) What does the old man do when Lana asks about the scary bit?
Find the answers
Text mark
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Acceptable Answers
A) Who cast a curse in the fairytale Lana is reading?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence the thirteenth fairy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What did the king destroy in the fairytale?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence spindles
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What does the old man predict about Lana and fairytale book?
Text Mark Evidence - come to bring the book back, have you…I told you it was too scary - you haven’t gotten to the scary bit yet…I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back
she’ll find the book too scary and will return it
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you really want to know
asked her if she really wants to hear the scary bit
D) What does the old man do when Lana asks about the scary bit?
Text Mark Evidence he fished a well-thumbed red-leather booklet…consulted it, then put it back
checked something in his book
Text Mark Evidence may I suggest you try the sherbet lemons
suggests she sample a specific sweet
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the little old man was pushing her into the tub
shoved her into the pick ‘n’ mix
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘circular chute’?
Find Me
Find the word which suggests the old man is wise or knowledgeable:
“Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?”
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
“Ah,” he said, nodding sagely. “That explains it. You haven’t got to the scary bit yet. I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back, all right.”
Discuss then check
sagely
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3) brace
4) trapdoor
1) defiantly
2) spindle
D) prepare for something difficult or unpleasant
C) proudly refuses to follow the rules
B) a secret or hidden door that opens into another space
A) pointed rods used to make thread from wool
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Lana asked the old man to tell her about the scary bit in Sleeping Beauty.
B) The little old man pushed Lana into the pick ‘n’ mix tub.
C) Lana noticed tubs of sweets in the toy aisle.
D) Lana fell through a trapdoor and down a chute into the darkness.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new worlds.
Reveal
Immerse yourself in imaginative settings and ideas.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale: 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?
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat fairytale has Lana started to read?
A) Who cast a curse in the fairytale Lana is reading?
B) What did the king destroy in the fairytale?
C) What does the old man predict about Lana and fairytale book?
D) What does the old man do when Lana asks about the scary bit?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana. “Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.” “Ah,” he said, nodding sagely. “That explains it. You haven’t got to the scary bit yet. I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back, all right.” With that, he headed off down towards the Toys and Games aisle. Moving quickly, Lana chucked her basket in a nearby trolley and scurried after him. “What scary bit?” The little old man turned slowly. “You really want to know?”
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Lana nodded. He fished a well-thumbed red-leather booklet from the top pocket of his overalls, consulted it, then put it back. “May I suggest you try the sherbet lemons?” For a moment Lana couldn’t understand what he could possibly mean, but then her eyes came to rest on something truly extraordinary. Smack dab in the middle of the toys were the biggest tubs of pick ‘n’ mix she had ever seen. Lana leant forward into the tub and tried to loosen a sweet with her finger, but it was no use. Then, suddenly, she was tumbling forward! The little old man was pushing her into the tub! “Hey!” called Lana in alarm. “Stop it!” It was too late! She threw out her hands ahead of her to brace her fall, but the bottom of the tub gave way like a trapdoor, and Lana found herself shooting down and round into a smooth-walled circular chute! Round and round she slid, until suddenly the chute plunged down, down, down into the darkness.
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!
defiantly
sagely
spindles
brace her fall
trapdoor
circular chute
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
defiantly
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
defiantly
Your turn
spindles
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sagely
brace her fall
trapdoor
circular chute
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana. “Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.” “Ah,” he said, nodding sagely. “That explains it. You haven’t got to the scary bit yet. I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back, all right.” With that, he headed off down towards the Toys and Games aisle. Moving quickly, Lana chucked her basket in a nearby trolley and scurried after him. “What scary bit?” The little old man turned slowly. “You really want to know?”
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Lana nodded. He fished a well-thumbed red-leather booklet from the top pocket of his overalls, consulted it, then put it back. “May I suggest you try the sherbet lemons?” For a moment Lana couldn’t understand what he could possibly mean, but then her eyes came to rest on something truly extraordinary. Smack dab in the middle of the toys were the biggest tubs of pick ‘n’ mix she had ever seen. Lana leant forward into the tub and tried to loosen a sweet with her finger, but it was no use. Then, suddenly, she was tumbling forward! The little old man was pushing her into the tub! “Hey!” called Lana in alarm. “Stop it!” It was too late! She threw out her hands ahead of her to brace her fall, but the bottom of the tub gave way like a trapdoor, and Lana found herself shooting down and round into a smooth-walled circular chute! Round and round she slid, until suddenly the chute plunged down, down, down into the darkness.
Explore
From: The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale by Ben Miller © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana. “Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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
“Come to bring the book back, have you?”
“I told you it was too scary.”
“Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.”
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised.
“Which story have you started with?”
“Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana.
“Oooh,” he said, smiling again.
“Where are you up to?”
“The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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
“Come to bring the book back, have you? I told you it was too scary.” “Actually,” said Lana defiantly. “I’m really enjoying it.” “Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana. “Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.”
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: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Teacher Model Question Only What fairytale has Lana started to read?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“Really?” he asked, sounding surprised. “Which story have you started with?” “Sleeping Beauty,” said Lana.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for key words like ‘story’, ‘started’ or even titles of fairytales. I can see that the old man has asked Lana which fairytale she has started to read. I can ‘find and take’ Lana’s answer, which is Sleeping Beauty.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat fairytale has Lana started to read?
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
A) Who cast a curse in the fairytale Lana is reading?
B) What did the king destroy in the fairytale?
C) What does the old man predict about Lana and fairytale book?
D) What does the old man do when Lana asks about the scary bit?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Who cast a curse in the fairytale Lana is reading?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence the thirteenth fairy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What did the king destroy in the fairytale?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence spindles
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What does the old man predict about Lana and fairytale book?
Text Mark Evidence - come to bring the book back, have you…I told you it was too scary - you haven’t gotten to the scary bit yet…I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back
she’ll find the book too scary and will return it
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you really want to know
asked her if she really wants to hear the scary bit
D) What does the old man do when Lana asks about the scary bit?
Text Mark Evidence he fished a well-thumbed red-leather booklet…consulted it, then put it back
checked something in his book
Text Mark Evidence may I suggest you try the sherbet lemons
suggests she sample a specific sweet
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the little old man was pushing her into the tub
shoved her into the pick ‘n’ mix
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘circular chute’?
Find Me
Find the word which suggests the old man is wise or knowledgeable:
“Oooh,” he said, smiling again. “Where are you up to?” “The thirteenth fairy has cast her curse and the king has destroyed the spindles.” “Ah,” he said, nodding sagely. “That explains it. You haven’t got to the scary bit yet. I’m sure when you do, you’ll be bringing that book back, all right.”
Discuss then check
sagely
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3) brace
4) trapdoor
1) defiantly
2) spindle
D) prepare for something difficult or unpleasant
C) proudly refuses to follow the rules
B) a secret or hidden door that opens into another space
A) pointed rods used to make thread from wool
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) Lana asked the old man to tell her about the scary bit in Sleeping Beauty.
B) The little old man pushed Lana into the pick ‘n’ mix tub.
C) Lana noticed tubs of sweets in the toy aisle.
D) Lana fell through a trapdoor and down a chute into the darkness.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new worlds.
Reveal
Immerse yourself in imaginative settings and ideas.
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.