Ready Steady Read Together
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
“It’s neck and neck.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
B) Who is riding the world’s fastest rat?
C) Which two characters are tempted by the house made of sweets?
D) Who wins the race and what prize is won?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
The Storyland Sprint (Part Two)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence;
The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp,
And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge!
But the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes,
He’s tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed
And he’s only just behind Tom Thumb,
Who is riding the world’s fastest Rat!
It’s neck and neck,
Only the Unicorn can overtake them now…
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
They’ve reached the last obstacle (A rather tempting house made entirely of sweets).
The Rat can’t resist,
The Unicorn is spiking peppermints,
The Prince is speeding ahead…
But wait
Who is this
Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?
Running, in fact, as fast as he can –
Is it? Can it be?
YES!
It’s the Gingerbread Man
Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold…
And that, my friends, is what I call
A Happy Ending.”
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
who
great
fast
old
last
only
past
behind
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hacked
overtake
neck and neck
obstacle
tempting
spiking
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 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
hacked
Explore
Find Read Talk
Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence;
The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp,
And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge!
But the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes,
He’s tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed...
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hacked
Your turn
neck and neck
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
overtake
obstacle
tempting
spiking
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Storyland Sprint (Part Two)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence;
The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp,
And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge!
But the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes,
He’s tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed
And he’s only just behind Tom Thumb,
Who is riding the world’s fastest Rat!
It’s neck and neck,
Only the Unicorn can overtake them now…
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
They’ve reached the last obstacle (A rather tempting house made entirely of sweets).
The Rat can’t resist,
The Unicorn is spiking peppermints,
The Prince is speeding ahead…
But wait
Who is this
Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?
Running, in fact, as fast as he can –
Is it? Can it be?
YES!
It’s the Gingerbread Man
Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold…
And that, my friends, is what I call
A Happy Ending.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“The Prince is speeding ahead…
But wait
Who is this
Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?”
Running, in fact, as fast as he can –
Is it? Can it be?
YES!
It’s the Gingerbread Man
Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold…
And that, my friends, is what I call
A Happy Ending.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“The Prince is speeding ahead…”
“But wait
Who is this
Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?”
“Running, in fact, as fast as he can –
Is it? Can it be?”
“YES!”
“It’s the Gingerbread Man
Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold…”
“And that, my friends, is what I call
A Happy Ending.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“The Prince is speeding ahead…
But wait
Who is this
Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?”
Running, in fact, as fast as he can –
Is it? Can it be?
YES!
It’s the Gingerbread Man
Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold…
And that, my friends, is what I call
A Happy Ending.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence;
The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp,
And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge!
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The ‘first fence’ is the first hurdle or obstacle that the runners have to jump over. Humpty Dumpty falls at the first fence. If you are running in a race and you fall over, it will slow you down.
Teach
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 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) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
B) Who is riding the world’s fastest rat?
C) Which two characters are tempted by the house made of sweets?
D) Who wins the race and what prize is won?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp
tripping
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
Text Mark Evidence the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge
stopping to eat
Text Mark Evidence the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes
thorn bushes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Who is riding the world’s fastest rat?
Text Mark Evidence he’s (the prince is) only just behind Tom Thumb, who is riding the world’s fastest Rat
Tom Thumb
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which two characters are tempted by the house made of sweets?
Text Mark Evidence the Rat can’t resist (the house)
the Rat
Text Mark Evidence the Unicorn is spiking peppermints
the Unicorn
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
winner
Text Mark Evidence the Gingerbread Man
D) Who wins the race and what prize is won?
prize
Text Mark Evidence Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘neck and neck’?
True or False?
The Billy Goats stopped to eat the house made entirely of sweets.
True
False
Sequence Me
Remembering the whole poem (Part One and Part Two), put these events in the correct order:
A) Rapunzel blew the whistle to start the race.
B) The Gingerbread Man charged past the Troll.
C) The Prince tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed.
D) Humpty Dumpty fell at the first fence.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A) something so good it makes you want it
1) hacked
B) to pass in a race
2) overtake
Check
Click if correct
C) chopped roughly
3) obstacle
D) something blocking your way that you must pass
4) tempting
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of words.
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: he Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems: Poetry 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?
“It’s neck and neck.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
B) Who is riding the world’s fastest rat?
C) Which two characters are tempted by the house made of sweets?
D) Who wins the race and what prize is won?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
The Storyland Sprint (Part Two)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence; The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp, And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge! But the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes, He’s tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed And he’s only just behind Tom Thumb, Who is riding the world’s fastest Rat! It’s neck and neck, Only the Unicorn can overtake them now…
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
They’ve reached the last obstacle (A rather tempting house made entirely of sweets). The Rat can’t resist, The Unicorn is spiking peppermints, The Prince is speeding ahead… But wait Who is this Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters? Running, in fact, as fast as he can – Is it? Can it be? YES! It’s the Gingerbread Man Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold… And that, my friends, is what I call A Happy Ending.”
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
who
great
fast
old
last
only
past
behind
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hacked
overtake
neck and neck
obstacle
tempting
spiking
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 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
hacked
Explore
Find Read Talk
Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence; The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp, And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge! But the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes, He’s tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed...
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
hacked
Your turn
neck and neck
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
overtake
obstacle
tempting
spiking
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Storyland Sprint (Part Two)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence; The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp, And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge! But the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes, He’s tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed And he’s only just behind Tom Thumb, Who is riding the world’s fastest Rat! It’s neck and neck, Only the Unicorn can overtake them now…
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
They’ve reached the last obstacle (A rather tempting house made entirely of sweets). The Rat can’t resist, The Unicorn is spiking peppermints, The Prince is speeding ahead… But wait Who is this Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters? Running, in fact, as fast as he can – Is it? Can it be? YES! It’s the Gingerbread Man Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold… And that, my friends, is what I call A Happy Ending.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“The Prince is speeding ahead… But wait Who is this Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?” Running, in fact, as fast as he can – Is it? Can it be? YES! It’s the Gingerbread Man Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold… And that, my friends, is what I call A Happy Ending.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“The Prince is speeding ahead…”
“But wait
Who is this Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?”
“Running, in fact, as fast as he can –
Is it? Can it be?”
“YES!”
“It’s the Gingerbread Man Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold…”
“And that, my friends, is what I call A Happy Ending.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“The Prince is speeding ahead… But wait Who is this Charging past the Troll and the Ugly Sisters?” Running, in fact, as fast as he can – Is it? Can it be? YES! It’s the Gingerbread Man Winning Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold… And that, my friends, is what I call A Happy Ending.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Humpty Dumpty has fallen at the first fence; The Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp, And the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge!
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The ‘first fence’ is the first hurdle or obstacle that the runners have to jump over. Humpty Dumpty falls at the first fence. If you are running in a race and you fall over, it will slow you down.
Teach
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 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) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
B) Who is riding the world’s fastest rat?
C) Which two characters are tempted by the house made of sweets?
D) Who wins the race and what prize is won?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the Ogre has tripped over a rusty old lamp
tripping
A) What slows some of the characters down in the first part of the poem?
Text Mark Evidence the Billy Goats are eating the Rickety-Rackety Bridge
stopping to eat
Text Mark Evidence the Handsome Prince has hacked his way through the thorn bushes
thorn bushes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Who is riding the world’s fastest rat?
Text Mark Evidence he’s (the prince is) only just behind Tom Thumb, who is riding the world’s fastest Rat
Tom Thumb
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which two characters are tempted by the house made of sweets?
Text Mark Evidence the Rat can’t resist (the house)
the Rat
Text Mark Evidence the Unicorn is spiking peppermints
the Unicorn
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
winner
Text Mark Evidence the Gingerbread Man
D) Who wins the race and what prize is won?
prize
Text Mark Evidence Rumpelstiltskin’s sack of magic gold
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘neck and neck’?
True or False?
The Billy Goats stopped to eat the house made entirely of sweets.
True
False
Sequence Me
Remembering the whole poem (Part One and Part Two), put these events in the correct order:
A) Rapunzel blew the whistle to start the race.
B) The Gingerbread Man charged past the Troll.
C) The Prince tipped Sleeping Beauty out of her bed.
D) Humpty Dumpty fell at the first fence.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A) something so good it makes you want it
1) hacked
B) to pass in a race
2) overtake
Check
Click if correct
C) chopped roughly
3) obstacle
D) something blocking your way that you must pass
4) tempting
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of words.
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: he Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.