Ready Steady Read Together
Hamza's Wild World: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
If you could weigh all the animals on earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
B) Why are invertebrates important?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing. My main job, though, is being a cameraman. I spend much of my time watching and filming wildlife in the west of Scotland, where I live, and in amazing places around the world.
I was born in Sudan and moved to England when I was eight, not knowing a word of English. As I’ve shared in this book, I have dyslexia, so you might wonder how I wrote it. The truth is anyone can be an author. Over many months, I worked with writer Catherine Brereton, sharing stories and experiences. With support from Dyslexia Scotland, we shaped them into this accessible book. I truly believe dyslexia is my superpower. If you have a story to tell, you will find a way.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
Invertebrates may have been on earth for almost 900 million years. Vertebrates have only been around for about half that time.
Many insects, spiders and slugs are pollinators, which means they help plants to make seeds – 160,000 of the world's pollinators are butterflies and moths.
If there were no bees, about 70 of the 100 crops that feed almost everyone in the world would disappear.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
If you could weigh all the animals on Earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total. That's even though they're small. They are food for other animals. Many invertebrates are decomposers. They break down dead and decaying material, such as dead leaves, dead animals, animal poo and rotten fruit, and release all that goodness back into the soil.
Most spiders and many insects make silk. This incredible material is strong and versatile, used for transport, building nests and shelters, trapping prey and more. Weaver ants stitch leaves together using the silk made by their ant larvae (young).
The most dangerous animal in the world (to humans, and apart from other humans) is an invertebrate – the mosquito. In some parts of the world the mosquito carries deadly diseases. And they’re a menace everywhere. Even in the Arctic, you wouldn’t believe how many mosquitos there are – they’re all over the place, and big. You can’t sit still – the mozzies hammer you day and night, and you can’t go anywhere without a mosquito net.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
dyslexia
burrow
invertebrate
stitch leaves together
mosquito
menace
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From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. 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
dyslexia
Explore
Find Read Talk
I was born in Sudan and moved to England when I was eight, not knowing a word of English. As I’ve shared in this book, I have dyslexia, so you might wonder how I wrote it. The truth is anyone can be an author.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
dyslexia
Your turn
invertebrate
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
burrow
stitch leaves together
mosquito
menace
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing. My main job, though, is being a cameraman. I spend much of my time watching and filming wildlife in the west of Scotland, where I live, and in amazing places around the world.
I was born in Sudan and moved to England when I was eight, not knowing a word of English. As I’ve shared in this book, I have dyslexia, so you might wonder how I wrote it. The truth is anyone can be an author. Over many months, I worked with writer Catherine Brereton, sharing stories and experiences. With support from Dyslexia Scotland, we shaped them into this accessible book. I truly believe dyslexia is my superpower. If you have a story to tell, you will find a way.
Explore
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
Invertebrates may have been on earth for almost 900 million years. Vertebrates have only been around for about half that time.
Many insects, spiders and slugs are pollinators, which means they help plants to make seeds – 160,000 of the world's pollinators are butterflies and moths.
If there were no bees, about 70 of the 100 crops that feed almost everyone in the world would disappear.
Explore
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
If you could weigh all the animals on Earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total. That's even though they're small. They are food for other animals. Many invertebrates are decomposers. They break down dead and decaying material, such as dead leaves, dead animals, animal poo and rotten fruit, and release all that goodness back into the soil.
Most spiders and many insects make silk. This incredible material is strong and versatile, used for transport, building nests and shelters, trapping prey and more. Weaver ants stitch leaves together using the silk made by their ant larvae (young).
The most dangerous animal in the world (to humans, and apart from other humans) is an invertebrate – the mosquito. In some parts of the world the mosquito carries deadly diseases. And they’re a menace everywhere. Even in the Arctic, you wouldn’t believe how many mosquitos there are – they’re all over the place, and big. You can’t sit still – the mozzies hammer you day and night, and you can’t go anywhere without a mosquito net.
Explore
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word.
They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’
because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals.
They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance.
They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. 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...
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing.
Reveal Explainer
To answer this question, I ‘look around’ the text for information about the jobs or roles Hamza Yassin has done. Near the start, I find the sentence: “You might know me as a wildlife presenter.” I can ‘find and take’ the answer directly from the text because it clearly tells me one of his roles. This shows that Hamza has worked as a wildlife presenter.
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
Teach
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. 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 jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
B) Why are invertebrates important?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
dancer on Strictly Come Dancing
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
cameraman
author
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence many insects, spiders and slugs are pollinators, which means they help plants to make seeds
they help plants to make seeds
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if there were no bees, about 70 of the 100 crops that feed almost everyone in the world would disappear
without bees, many crops would disappear
B) Why are minibeasts important?
Text Mark Evidence they are food for other animals
other animals depend on them for food
Text Mark Evidence - many invertebrates are decomposers - they break down dead and decaying material…and release all that goodness back into the soil
they break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence if you could weigh all the animals on Earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total
they make up a large proportion of the animals on Earth
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘burrow’?
Find Me
Where does Hamza Yassin spend much of his time filming wildlife?
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing. My main job, though, is being a cameraman. I spend much of my time watching and filming wildlife in the west of Scotland, where I live...
Discuss then check
in the west of Scotland
True or False?
All invertebrates are dangerous to humans.
True
False
Which One's Right?
What does ‘decomposers’ mean?
A) animals that eat plants
B) animals that break down dead things
D) animals that live underground
C) animals that fly
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for keywords.
Reveal
Notice bold or highlighted words to understand main ideas.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Hamza's Wild World: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
If you could weigh all the animals on earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
B) Why are invertebrates important?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing. My main job, though, is being a cameraman. I spend much of my time watching and filming wildlife in the west of Scotland, where I live, and in amazing places around the world.
I was born in Sudan and moved to England when I was eight, not knowing a word of English. As I’ve shared in this book, I have dyslexia, so you might wonder how I wrote it. The truth is anyone can be an author. Over many months, I worked with writer Catherine Brereton, sharing stories and experiences. With support from Dyslexia Scotland, we shaped them into this accessible book. I truly believe dyslexia is my superpower. If you have a story to tell, you will find a way.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous. Invertebrates may have been on earth for almost 900 million years. Vertebrates have only been around for about half that time. Many insects, spiders and slugs are pollinators, which means they help plants to make seeds – 160,000 of the world's pollinators are butterflies and moths. If there were no bees, about 70 of the 100 crops that feed almost everyone in the world would disappear.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
If you could weigh all the animals on Earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total. That's even though they're small. They are food for other animals. Many invertebrates are decomposers. They break down dead and decaying material, such as dead leaves, dead animals, animal poo and rotten fruit, and release all that goodness back into the soil. Most spiders and many insects make silk. This incredible material is strong and versatile, used for transport, building nests and shelters, trapping prey and more. Weaver ants stitch leaves together using the silk made by their ant larvae (young). The most dangerous animal in the world (to humans, and apart from other humans) is an invertebrate – the mosquito. In some parts of the world the mosquito carries deadly diseases. And they’re a menace everywhere. Even in the Arctic, you wouldn’t believe how many mosquitos there are – they’re all over the place, and big. You can’t sit still – the mozzies hammer you day and night, and you can’t go anywhere without a mosquito net.
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
dyslexia
burrow
invertebrate
stitch leaves together
mosquito
menace
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. 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
dyslexia
Explore
Find Read Talk
I was born in Sudan and moved to England when I was eight, not knowing a word of English. As I’ve shared in this book, I have dyslexia, so you might wonder how I wrote it. The truth is anyone can be an author.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
dyslexia
Your turn
invertebrate
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
burrow
stitch leaves together
mosquito
menace
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing. My main job, though, is being a cameraman. I spend much of my time watching and filming wildlife in the west of Scotland, where I live, and in amazing places around the world.
I was born in Sudan and moved to England when I was eight, not knowing a word of English. As I’ve shared in this book, I have dyslexia, so you might wonder how I wrote it. The truth is anyone can be an author. Over many months, I worked with writer Catherine Brereton, sharing stories and experiences. With support from Dyslexia Scotland, we shaped them into this accessible book. I truly believe dyslexia is my superpower. If you have a story to tell, you will find a way.
Explore
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous. Invertebrates may have been on earth for almost 900 million years. Vertebrates have only been around for about half that time. Many insects, spiders and slugs are pollinators, which means they help plants to make seeds – 160,000 of the world's pollinators are butterflies and moths. If there were no bees, about 70 of the 100 crops that feed almost everyone in the world would disappear.
Explore
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
If you could weigh all the animals on Earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total. That's even though they're small. They are food for other animals. Many invertebrates are decomposers. They break down dead and decaying material, such as dead leaves, dead animals, animal poo and rotten fruit, and release all that goodness back into the soil. Most spiders and many insects make silk. This incredible material is strong and versatile, used for transport, building nests and shelters, trapping prey and more. Weaver ants stitch leaves together using the silk made by their ant larvae (young). The most dangerous animal in the world (to humans, and apart from other humans) is an invertebrate – the mosquito. In some parts of the world the mosquito carries deadly diseases. And they’re a menace everywhere. Even in the Arctic, you wouldn’t believe how many mosquitos there are – they’re all over the place, and big. You can’t sit still – the mozzies hammer you day and night, and you can’t go anywhere without a mosquito net.
Explore
Adapted from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word.
They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’
because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals.
They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance.
They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
We sometimes use the name ‘minibeasts’ instead of invertebrates because it's an easier word. They are also sometimes called ‘creepy-crawlies’ because they are small, creeping, crawling, wriggling animals. They also jump, run, fly, swim, burrow and dance. They may be small, but their importance is enormous.
Explore
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. 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...
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing.
Reveal Explainer
To answer this question, I ‘look around’ the text for information about the jobs or roles Hamza Yassin has done. Near the start, I find the sentence: “You might know me as a wildlife presenter.” I can ‘find and take’ the answer directly from the text because it clearly tells me one of his roles. This shows that Hamza has worked as a wildlife presenter.
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
Teach
From: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024. 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 jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
B) Why are invertebrates important?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
dancer on Strictly Come Dancing
A) What jobs or roles has Hamza Yassin done in his life?
cameraman
author
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence many insects, spiders and slugs are pollinators, which means they help plants to make seeds
they help plants to make seeds
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if there were no bees, about 70 of the 100 crops that feed almost everyone in the world would disappear
without bees, many crops would disappear
B) Why are minibeasts important?
Text Mark Evidence they are food for other animals
other animals depend on them for food
Text Mark Evidence - many invertebrates are decomposers - they break down dead and decaying material…and release all that goodness back into the soil
they break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence if you could weigh all the animals on Earth together, you would find that the invertebrates make up around two-thirds of the total
they make up a large proportion of the animals on Earth
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘burrow’?
Find Me
Where does Hamza Yassin spend much of his time filming wildlife?
My name is Hamza Yassin. You might know me as a wildlife presenter, or perhaps from Strictly Come Dancing. My main job, though, is being a cameraman. I spend much of my time watching and filming wildlife in the west of Scotland, where I live...
Discuss then check
in the west of Scotland
True or False?
All invertebrates are dangerous to humans.
True
False
Which One's Right?
What does ‘decomposers’ mean?
A) animals that eat plants
B) animals that break down dead things
D) animals that live underground
C) animals that fly
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for keywords.
Reveal
Notice bold or highlighted words to understand main 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 and adapted for accessibility from: Hamza's Wild World by Hamza Yassin © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.