Ready Steady Read Together
Mythologica: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
She often carried an owl, which became the emblem of the Athenians, and was a symbol of wisdom.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
B) Why do you think people would be afraid to go near Medusa and her sisters?
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Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
emblem
invincible
griffins
adorned
arrogance
lolling tongues
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From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. 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
emblem
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
emblem
Your turn
griffins
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
invincible
adorned
arrogance
lolling tongues
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
They had heads that were covered in writhing snakes, large bore like tusks, bronze hands, big, staring eyes, broad, roundheads, wide mouths, lolling tongues, flared nostrils, short, coarse beards and golden wings. And, most terrifyingly, they turned anyone who looked at them into stone.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
They had heads that were covered in writhing snakes,
large bore like tusks, bronze hands, big, staring eyes,
broad, roundheads, wide mouths, lolling tongues, flared nostrils,
short, coarse beards and golden wings.
And, most terrifyingly, they turned anyone who looked at them into stone.
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
They had heads that were covered in writhing snakes, large bore like tusks, bronze hands, big, staring eyes, broad, roundheads, wide mouths, lolling tongues, flared nostrils, short, coarse beards and golden wings. And, most terrifyingly, they turned anyone who looked at them into stone.
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Because of this Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis. Later, when it was time for the birth, Athena emerged from Zeus’s head, fully grown and fully armed, after Hephaestus helped with her unusual arrival.
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
Reveal Explainer
When I look around the start of the text, I notice that ‘Athena emerged from Zeus’s head, fully grown and fully armed.’ Being born from Zeus’s head links her to thinking and intelligence. This suggests she is connected to the mind. Because she was fully grown from the start, it implies she already had knowledge. From this, I can infer she is considered the goddess of wisdom because her birth symbolises clever thinking.
Teach
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. 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) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
B) Why do you think people would be afraid to go near Medusa and her sisters?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence goddess of wisdom, handicraft and warfare
known for skill and intelligent craft
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
Text Mark Evidence - often called ‘Glaucopis’ - ‘owl-faced’ - she often carried an owl… a symbol of wisdom
linked symbolically to wisdom through the owl
Text Mark Evidence used intelligent fighting, rather than brute strength, to defeat her enemies
uses strategic thinking in battle
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence this (her robe and aegis) amazed even the gods
inspires respect from the gods
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they turned anyone who looked at them into stone
they could turn people into stone
B) Why do you think people would be afraid to go near Medusa and her sisters?
Text Mark Evidence - living venomous snakes for her hair - heads that were covered in writhing snakes
their appearance is frightening and unnatural
Text Mark Evidence - large boar-like tusks - big, staring eyes - wide mouths - lolling tongues - flared nostrils
they have dangerous, animal-like features
Text Mark Evidence Medusa…was a winged monster
they are described as winged monsters
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - bronze hands - golden wings
they appear physically threatening
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘invincible’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘adorned’?
B) broken
A) decorated
C) ugly
D) empty
True or False?
Medusa was immortal and her sisters were mortal.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘self-importance’:
Medusa (Μέδουσα) whose name means Ruler, was a winged monster with living venomous snakes for her hair. She was once very beautiful, but she had the arrogance to compare her beauty to the goddess Athena’s - never a good idea. Because it was her hair that was particularly lovely, Athena turned it into snakes.
Discuss then check
arrogance
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Mythologica: Non-Fiction 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?
She often carried an owl, which became the emblem of the Athenians, and was a symbol of wisdom.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
B) Why do you think people would be afraid to go near Medusa and her sisters?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
emblem
invincible
griffins
adorned
arrogance
lolling tongues
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. 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
emblem
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
emblem
Your turn
griffins
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
invincible
adorned
arrogance
lolling tongues
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
They had heads that were covered in writhing snakes, large bore like tusks, bronze hands, big, staring eyes, broad, roundheads, wide mouths, lolling tongues, flared nostrils, short, coarse beards and golden wings. And, most terrifyingly, they turned anyone who looked at them into stone.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
They had heads that were covered in writhing snakes,
large bore like tusks, bronze hands, big, staring eyes,
broad, roundheads, wide mouths, lolling tongues, flared nostrils,
short, coarse beards and golden wings.
And, most terrifyingly, they turned anyone who looked at them into stone.
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
They had heads that were covered in writhing snakes, large bore like tusks, bronze hands, big, staring eyes, broad, roundheads, wide mouths, lolling tongues, flared nostrils, short, coarse beards and golden wings. And, most terrifyingly, they turned anyone who looked at them into stone.
Explore
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Because of this Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis. Later, when it was time for the birth, Athena emerged from Zeus’s head, fully grown and fully armed, after Hephaestus helped with her unusual arrival.
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
Reveal Explainer
When I look around the start of the text, I notice that ‘Athena emerged from Zeus’s head, fully grown and fully armed.’ Being born from Zeus’s head links her to thinking and intelligence. This suggests she is connected to the mind. Because she was fully grown from the start, it implies she already had knowledge. From this, I can infer she is considered the goddess of wisdom because her birth symbolises clever thinking.
Teach
From: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019. 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) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
B) Why do you think people would be afraid to go near Medusa and her sisters?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence goddess of wisdom, handicraft and warfare
known for skill and intelligent craft
A) What can you infer about why Athena is considered a goddess of wisdom?
Text Mark Evidence - often called ‘Glaucopis’ - ‘owl-faced’ - she often carried an owl… a symbol of wisdom
linked symbolically to wisdom through the owl
Text Mark Evidence used intelligent fighting, rather than brute strength, to defeat her enemies
uses strategic thinking in battle
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence this (her robe and aegis) amazed even the gods
inspires respect from the gods
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they turned anyone who looked at them into stone
they could turn people into stone
B) Why do you think people would be afraid to go near Medusa and her sisters?
Text Mark Evidence - living venomous snakes for her hair - heads that were covered in writhing snakes
their appearance is frightening and unnatural
Text Mark Evidence - large boar-like tusks - big, staring eyes - wide mouths - lolling tongues - flared nostrils
they have dangerous, animal-like features
Text Mark Evidence Medusa…was a winged monster
they are described as winged monsters
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - bronze hands - golden wings
they appear physically threatening
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘invincible’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘adorned’?
B) broken
A) decorated
C) ugly
D) empty
True or False?
Medusa was immortal and her sisters were mortal.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘self-importance’:
Medusa (Μέδουσα) whose name means Ruler, was a winged monster with living venomous snakes for her hair. She was once very beautiful, but she had the arrogance to compare her beauty to the goddess Athena’s - never a good idea. Because it was her hair that was particularly lovely, Athena turned it into snakes.
Discuss then check
arrogance
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: Mythologica by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.