Ready Steady Read Together
Pick and Mix Poetry: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘burr’?
Tick Me
And only has to curl himself to bristle like a burr.What does the word ‘bristle’ suggest?
Tick two:
A) The hedgehog is tired.
B) The hedgehog is angry or afraid.
Check
C) The hedgehog’s quills are standing up and sticking out.
Click if correct
D) The hedgehog is protecting its family.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3) catastrophe
4) pathetic
1) realise
2) worth
C) how valuable or important something is
B) so weak or feeble that you feel sorry for it
A) to suddenly understand or become aware of
D) a terrible disaster
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem with the sentence which best describes it:
A) This poem is about a creature that seems fierce and frightening but is actually harmless.
1) A Smile
B) This poem is about something friendly and cheerful that can spread from person to person like a cold.
2) Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Check
C) This poem is about how a woodland creature lives and protects itself.
3) The Bogus-Boo
Click if correct
D) This is a silly poem imagining what might happen if parts of our face were in the wrong place.
4) The Hedgehog
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Perform poems from this week.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pale
vets
sad and sorry article
attract
inform
cactus
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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The Green Hedgehog
by Celia Warren
I had a little hedgehog.
It was green and looked quite ill.
Its spines were thin and pale
And it sat completely still.
Its eyes were closed so tightly,
I knew it couldn’t see.
It seemed to have just lumps and bumps
Where its feet should be.
I took my hedgehog to the vets,
Afraid it might be dead;
The vets took just one look at it
And this is what they said:
“This sad and sorry article
Has nothing to attract us.
I’m sorry to inform you
That your hedgehog is
…a cactus!”
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Its spines were thin and pale…
Circle the word which is the best match for ‘pale’.
dark
shiny
faded
sharp
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Why did the person in the poem think the hedgehog was ill? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - it was green - its spines…were pale
Text Mark Evidence - it sat completely still - afraid it might be dead
it wasn’t moving
its sickly or unusual colouring
Text Mark Evidence its eyes were closed so tightly
it wasn’t opening its eyes
Text Mark Evidence it…looked quite ill
its unhealthy appearance
Text Mark Evidence it seemed to have just lumps and bumps where its feet should be
its shape looked strange or misshapen
Text Mark Evidence its spines were thin
its spines seemed weak
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
3) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-4 in each box.
The vets only took one look at the green hedgehog.
The green hedgehog was pale, completely still and had its eyes shut.
The vets told the owner why they couldn’t treat it.
The owner took the hedgehog to the vets to be treated.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) What is the surprise ending of the poem?
Accept answers which refer to the green hedgehog as a cactus:
- It is a cactus.
- It is a cactus, not a hedgehog.
Do not accept answers which just state ‘It is not a hedgehog.’
Reveal Answer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
share poetry.
Reveal
Read a poem to someone else and discuss what it means for both of you.
If you like this book, you might like...
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: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Pick and Mix Poetry: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘burr’?
Tick Me
And only has to curl himself to bristle like a burr.What does the word ‘bristle’ suggest?
Tick two:
A) The hedgehog is tired.
B) The hedgehog is angry or afraid.
Check
C) The hedgehog’s quills are standing up and sticking out.
Click if correct
D) The hedgehog is protecting its family.
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3) catastrophe
4) pathetic
1) realise
2) worth
C) how valuable or important something is
B) so weak or feeble that you feel sorry for it
A) to suddenly understand or become aware of
D) a terrible disaster
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem with the sentence which best describes it:
A) This poem is about a creature that seems fierce and frightening but is actually harmless.
1) A Smile
B) This poem is about something friendly and cheerful that can spread from person to person like a cold.
2) Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
Check
C) This poem is about how a woodland creature lives and protects itself.
3) The Bogus-Boo
Click if correct
D) This is a silly poem imagining what might happen if parts of our face were in the wrong place.
4) The Hedgehog
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Perform poems from this week.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pale
vets
sad and sorry article
attract
inform
cactus
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Green Hedgehog
by Celia Warren
I had a little hedgehog. It was green and looked quite ill. Its spines were thin and pale And it sat completely still. Its eyes were closed so tightly, I knew it couldn’t see. It seemed to have just lumps and bumps Where its feet should be. I took my hedgehog to the vets, Afraid it might be dead; The vets took just one look at it And this is what they said: “This sad and sorry article Has nothing to attract us. I’m sorry to inform you That your hedgehog is …a cactus!”
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Its spines were thin and pale… Circle the word which is the best match for ‘pale’.
dark
shiny
faded
sharp
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Why did the person in the poem think the hedgehog was ill? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - it was green - its spines…were pale
Text Mark Evidence - it sat completely still - afraid it might be dead
it wasn’t moving
its sickly or unusual colouring
Text Mark Evidence its eyes were closed so tightly
it wasn’t opening its eyes
Text Mark Evidence it…looked quite ill
its unhealthy appearance
Text Mark Evidence it seemed to have just lumps and bumps where its feet should be
its shape looked strange or misshapen
Text Mark Evidence its spines were thin
its spines seemed weak
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
3) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-4 in each box.
The vets only took one look at the green hedgehog.
The green hedgehog was pale, completely still and had its eyes shut.
The vets told the owner why they couldn’t treat it.
The owner took the hedgehog to the vets to be treated.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) What is the surprise ending of the poem?
Accept answers which refer to the green hedgehog as a cactus:
- It is a cactus.
- It is a cactus, not a hedgehog.
Do not accept answers which just state ‘It is not a hedgehog.’Reveal Answer
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
share poetry.
Reveal
Read a poem to someone else and discuss what it means for both of you.
If you like this book, you might like...
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: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.