Ready Steady Read Together
Sky Song: Fiction Lesson 2
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?
…she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
B) What does the text suggest about Eska’s character despite feeling afraid?
C) How can you tell that the Ice Queen is determined?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Eska sat, knees tucked under her chin and head bowed, on the pedestal inside the music box. Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure. She was a twelve-year-old girl with darting eyes and a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near.
The music box had been Eska’s prison for months and she could only blink wide blue eyes at the horrors that unfolded in Winterfang’s vaulted hall. She didn’t have a single memory of her life before Winterfang. There must have been something else once – a home, a family, friends perhaps – since the spell the Ice Queen uttered every morning spoke of her as the stolen child. But stolen from where? From whom? It was all a terrible blank. Because the Ice Queen didn’t only steal people and voices: she stole memories, too, if it suited her.
“I am not asking to hear your voice because I care about your feelings. I am asking to hear your voice because I own you.” The Ice Queen’s eyes darkened. “You bear the mark of the Sky Gods, Eska, the very Gods who used terrible magic to stir up hatred between the people of Erkenwald. But I will use your voice to tear the Sky Gods down and rid this kingdom of their evil forever.”
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Eska’s mind whirled. The Ice Queen often spoke like this – about cursed marks and dreadful Gods – but, even though Eska could recall nothing from her past about either, some deep-rooted things couldn’t be erased, like knowing right from wrong and sensing truth from lies. Something about the Ice Queen’s words smelled of lies, as if she was spinning a story that just happened to suit her, and for this reason Eska kept her voice a secret inside her. “To achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom before the midnight sun rises in two weeks’ time. If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
Eska stayed with her head bent over her knees until the last of the Ice Queen’s footsteps faded away. Then her eyes flicked open and fixed on the key. If only she could reach it… But Eska’s limbs were frozen; there was no chance of escaping. The Ice Queen held her body in a music box and her memories in a locked chest somewhere deep within the palace – it was almost enough to make Eska give up hope of ever finding a way back into her past – almost but not quite.
Because Eska knew something the Ice Queen did not. She could speak. She just didn’t want to.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
pedestal
unfolded
flimsy
vaulted
deep-rooted
immortality
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From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 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
pedestal
Explore
Find Read Talk
Eska sat, knees tucked under her chin and head bowed, on the pedestal inside the music box. Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
pedestal
Your turn
flimsy
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unfolded
vaulted
deep-rooted
immortality
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Eska sat, knees tucked under her chin and head bowed, on the pedestal inside the music box. Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure. She was a twelve-year-old girl with darting eyes and a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near.
The music box had been Eska’s prison for months and she could only blink wide blue eyes at the horrors that unfolded in Winterfang’s vaulted hall. She didn’t have a single memory of her life before Winterfang. There must have been something else once – a home, a family, friends perhaps – since the spell the Ice Queen uttered every morning spoke of her as the stolen child. But stolen from where? From whom? It was all a terrible blank. Because the Ice Queen didn’t only steal people and voices: she stole memories, too, if it suited her.
“I am not asking to hear your voice because I care about your feelings. I am asking to hear your voice because I own you.” The Ice Queen’s eyes darkened. “You bear the mark of the Sky Gods, Eska, the very Gods who used terrible magic to stir up hatred between the people of Erkenwald. But I will use your voice to tear the Sky Gods down and rid this kingdom of their evil forever.”
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Eska’s mind whirled. The Ice Queen often spoke like this – about cursed marks and dreadful Gods – but, even though Eska could recall nothing from her past about either, some deep-rooted things couldn’t be erased, like knowing right from wrong and sensing truth from lies. Something about the Ice Queen’s words smelled of lies, as if she was spinning a story that just happened to suit her, and for this reason Eska kept her voice a secret inside her. “To achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom before the midnight sun rises in two weeks’ time. If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
Eska stayed with her head bent over her knees until the last of the Ice Queen’s footsteps faded away. Then her eyes flicked open and fixed on the key. If only she could reach it… But Eska’s limbs were frozen; there was no chance of escaping. The Ice Queen held her body in a music box and her memories in a locked chest somewhere deep within the palace – it was almost enough to make Eska give up hope of ever finding a way back into her past – almost but not quite.
Because Eska knew something the Ice Queen did not. She could speak. She just didn’t want to.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“If I have your voice
I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang.”
“Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens
and all will surrender to me.”
“I will take your voice,”
she snarled.
“I get everything I want.”
“In the end.”
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure. She was a twelve-year-old girl with darting eyes and a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near.
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
Reveal Explainer
The author describes Eska as having ‘darting eyes’ which shows that she is looking around rapidly – checking for danger or looking out for the Ice Queen. It gives the impression that she in on edge and scared.
Teach
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 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
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
B) What does the text suggest about Eska’s character despite feeling afraid?
C) How can you tell that the Ice Queen is determined?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near
her heart was pounding
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
Text Mark Evidence Eska’s mind whirled
she can’t think straight
Text Mark Evidence Eska stayed with her head bent over her knees until the last of the Ice Queen’s footsteps faded away
she avoided eye contact and kept herself small when the Ice Queen was there
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Eska kept her voice a secret inside her
she is brave
B) What does the text suggest about Eska’s character despite feeling afraid?
Text Mark Evidence she could speak…she just didn’t want to
she is resisting the Ice Queen
Text Mark Evidence then her eyes flicked open and fixed on the key…if only she could reach it…almost but not quite
she still has hope
Text Mark Evidence the Ice Queen’s words smelled of lies, as if she was spinning a story that just happened to suit her
she doesn’t believe the Ice Queen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I will use your voice to tear the Sky Gods down and rid this kingdom of their evil forever
she has a clear plan
Text Mark Evidence “…all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
she is confident that she will succeed
C) How can you tell that the Ice Queen is determined?
Text Mark Evidence - to achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom - The Ice Queen held her (Eska’s) body in a music box
she is willing to act cruelly to get what she wants
Text Mark Evidence - I must - I will - I own you…
she uses forceful, determined language
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - she snarled - eyes darkened
the way she speaks and acts
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find a word that shows that Eska’s dress isn’t sufficient for the cold conditions in the palace:
Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina.
Discuss then check
flimsy
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘vaulted’?
B) correct
Which One's Right?
“To achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom before the midnight sun rises in two weeks’ time.”Which one of these statements is correct?
B) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice to make the sun rise.
A) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice to beat the Sky Gods.
D) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice so Eska can escape the music box.
C) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice so she can live forever.
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Eska looked at the key.
B) The Ice Queen trapped Eska in a music box.
C) The Ice Queen told Eska she owned her.
D) Eska stayed still and bent over.
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...
share a story.
Reveal
Read your favourite fiction book aloud to a friend or family member.
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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.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Sky Song: Fiction Lesson 2
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?
…she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
B) What does the text suggest about Eska’s character despite feeling afraid?
C) How can you tell that the Ice Queen is determined?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Eska sat, knees tucked under her chin and head bowed, on the pedestal inside the music box. Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure. She was a twelve-year-old girl with darting eyes and a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near. The music box had been Eska’s prison for months and she could only blink wide blue eyes at the horrors that unfolded in Winterfang’s vaulted hall. She didn’t have a single memory of her life before Winterfang. There must have been something else once – a home, a family, friends perhaps – since the spell the Ice Queen uttered every morning spoke of her as the stolen child. But stolen from where? From whom? It was all a terrible blank. Because the Ice Queen didn’t only steal people and voices: she stole memories, too, if it suited her. “I am not asking to hear your voice because I care about your feelings. I am asking to hear your voice because I own you.” The Ice Queen’s eyes darkened. “You bear the mark of the Sky Gods, Eska, the very Gods who used terrible magic to stir up hatred between the people of Erkenwald. But I will use your voice to tear the Sky Gods down and rid this kingdom of their evil forever.”
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Eska’s mind whirled. The Ice Queen often spoke like this – about cursed marks and dreadful Gods – but, even though Eska could recall nothing from her past about either, some deep-rooted things couldn’t be erased, like knowing right from wrong and sensing truth from lies. Something about the Ice Queen’s words smelled of lies, as if she was spinning a story that just happened to suit her, and for this reason Eska kept her voice a secret inside her. “To achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom before the midnight sun rises in two weeks’ time. If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.” Eska stayed with her head bent over her knees until the last of the Ice Queen’s footsteps faded away. Then her eyes flicked open and fixed on the key. If only she could reach it… But Eska’s limbs were frozen; there was no chance of escaping. The Ice Queen held her body in a music box and her memories in a locked chest somewhere deep within the palace – it was almost enough to make Eska give up hope of ever finding a way back into her past – almost but not quite. Because Eska knew something the Ice Queen did not. She could speak. She just didn’t want to.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pedestal
unfolded
flimsy
vaulted
deep-rooted
immortality
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 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
pedestal
Explore
Find Read Talk
Eska sat, knees tucked under her chin and head bowed, on the pedestal inside the music box. Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
pedestal
Your turn
flimsy
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unfolded
vaulted
deep-rooted
immortality
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Eska sat, knees tucked under her chin and head bowed, on the pedestal inside the music box. Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure. She was a twelve-year-old girl with darting eyes and a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near. The music box had been Eska’s prison for months and she could only blink wide blue eyes at the horrors that unfolded in Winterfang’s vaulted hall. She didn’t have a single memory of her life before Winterfang. There must have been something else once – a home, a family, friends perhaps – since the spell the Ice Queen uttered every morning spoke of her as the stolen child. But stolen from where? From whom? It was all a terrible blank. Because the Ice Queen didn’t only steal people and voices: she stole memories, too, if it suited her. “I am not asking to hear your voice because I care about your feelings. I am asking to hear your voice because I own you.” The Ice Queen’s eyes darkened. “You bear the mark of the Sky Gods, Eska, the very Gods who used terrible magic to stir up hatred between the people of Erkenwald. But I will use your voice to tear the Sky Gods down and rid this kingdom of their evil forever.”
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Eska’s mind whirled. The Ice Queen often spoke like this – about cursed marks and dreadful Gods – but, even though Eska could recall nothing from her past about either, some deep-rooted things couldn’t be erased, like knowing right from wrong and sensing truth from lies. Something about the Ice Queen’s words smelled of lies, as if she was spinning a story that just happened to suit her, and for this reason Eska kept her voice a secret inside her. “To achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom before the midnight sun rises in two weeks’ time. If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.” Eska stayed with her head bent over her knees until the last of the Ice Queen’s footsteps faded away. Then her eyes flicked open and fixed on the key. If only she could reach it… But Eska’s limbs were frozen; there was no chance of escaping. The Ice Queen held her body in a music box and her memories in a locked chest somewhere deep within the palace – it was almost enough to make Eska give up hope of ever finding a way back into her past – almost but not quite. Because Eska knew something the Ice Queen did not. She could speak. She just didn’t want to.
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“If I have your voice
I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang.”
“Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens
and all will surrender to me.”
“I will take your voice,”
she snarled.
“I get everything I want.”
“In the end.”
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“If I have your voice I can use it to summon the tribes to Winterfang. Then I will tear the Sky Gods down from the heavens and all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
Explore
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina. But Eska was no clockwork figure. She was a twelve-year-old girl with darting eyes and a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near.
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
Reveal Explainer
The author describes Eska as having ‘darting eyes’ which shows that she is looking around rapidly – checking for danger or looking out for the Ice Queen. It gives the impression that she in on edge and scared.
Teach
From: Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone © 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
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
B) What does the text suggest about Eska’s character despite feeling afraid?
C) How can you tell that the Ice Queen is determined?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a pulse that trembled every time the Ice Queen drew near
her heart was pounding
A) How does the author show that Eska feels frightened?
Text Mark Evidence Eska’s mind whirled
she can’t think straight
Text Mark Evidence Eska stayed with her head bent over her knees until the last of the Ice Queen’s footsteps faded away
she avoided eye contact and kept herself small when the Ice Queen was there
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Eska kept her voice a secret inside her
she is brave
B) What does the text suggest about Eska’s character despite feeling afraid?
Text Mark Evidence she could speak…she just didn’t want to
she is resisting the Ice Queen
Text Mark Evidence then her eyes flicked open and fixed on the key…if only she could reach it…almost but not quite
she still has hope
Text Mark Evidence the Ice Queen’s words smelled of lies, as if she was spinning a story that just happened to suit her
she doesn’t believe the Ice Queen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I will use your voice to tear the Sky Gods down and rid this kingdom of their evil forever
she has a clear plan
Text Mark Evidence “…all will surrender to me. I will take your voice,” she snarled. “I get everything I want. In the end.”
she is confident that she will succeed
C) How can you tell that the Ice Queen is determined?
Text Mark Evidence - to achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom - The Ice Queen held her (Eska’s) body in a music box
she is willing to act cruelly to get what she wants
Text Mark Evidence - I must - I will - I own you…
she uses forceful, determined language
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - she snarled - eyes darkened
the way she speaks and acts
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find a word that shows that Eska’s dress isn’t sufficient for the cold conditions in the palace:
Its glass dome curved around her, fixed tight to the silver base, and with her flimsy dress and bare feet she might easily have passed for a mechanical ballerina.
Discuss then check
flimsy
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘vaulted’?
B) correct
Which One's Right?
“To achieve immortality, I must steal every single voice in the kingdom before the midnight sun rises in two weeks’ time.”Which one of these statements is correct?
B) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice to make the sun rise.
A) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice to beat the Sky Gods.
D) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice so Eska can escape the music box.
C) The Ice Queen needs Eska’s voice so she can live forever.
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Eska looked at the key.
B) The Ice Queen trapped Eska in a music box.
C) The Ice Queen told Eska she owned her.
D) Eska stayed still and bent over.
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...
share a story.
Reveal
Read your favourite fiction book aloud to a friend or family member.
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.