Ready Steady Read Together
Pick and Mix Poetry: 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?
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
B) How does the poet use humour in the poem?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place –
be glad your nose is on your face!
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pasted
source of dread
sandwiched
despair
catastrophe
obliged
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 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
pasted
Explore
Find Read Talk
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
pasted
Your turn
sandwiched
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
source of dread
despair
catastrophe
obliged
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place –
be glad your nose is on your face!
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place –
be glad your nose is on your face!
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place –
be glad your nose is on your face!
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place –
be glad your nose is on your face!
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Reveal Explainer
This line suggests that if a person’s nose were somewhere other than their face, they might not like it anymore. Having a nose in the wrong place could make someone unhappy with it and might make it unpleasant or annoying.
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
Teach
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 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 might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
B) How does the poet use humour in the poem?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes
might be uncomfortable or squashed
Text Mark Evidence you’d be forced to smell your feet
might be unpleasant or stinky
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
Text Mark Evidence your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head
might cause worry or fear
Text Mark Evidence it soon would drive you to despair forever being tickled by your hair
might be annoying, irritating or distracting
Text Mark Evidence within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe
might be a disaster
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze
might shake your brain
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - sandwiched in between your toes - attached atop your head - within your ear
imagines silly or unusual places for a nose to be
B) How does the poet use humour in the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - you’d be forced to smell your feet - forever tickled by your hair - your brain would rattle from the breeze
describes funny problems that would happen
Text Mark Evidence - a source of dread - drive you to despair - an absolute catastrophe
describes small problems in a serious or dramatic way
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sandwiched’?
Fill the Gaps
dread
despair
obliged
catastrophe
Your nose would be a source of were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to ,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute ,
for when you were to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Which One's Right?
Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe…
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘catastrophe’?
B) trouble
A) accident
C) problem
D) disaster
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A) strong sadness with no hope
1) pasted
B) glued or stuck on
2) dread
C) fear of what might happen
Check
3) despair
Click if correct
D) required or forced to do something
4) obliged
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn about poets.
Reveal
Read about the lives of famous poets and what inspired them.
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 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?
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
B) How does the poet use humour in the poem?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot. Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair. Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place – be glad your nose is on your face!
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pasted
source of dread
sandwiched
despair
catastrophe
obliged
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 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
pasted
Explore
Find Read Talk
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
pasted
Your turn
sandwiched
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
source of dread
despair
catastrophe
obliged
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot. Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair. Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place – be glad your nose is on your face!
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place – be glad your nose is on your face!
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place –
be glad your nose is on your face!
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place – be glad your nose is on your face!
Explore
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot.
Reveal Explainer
This line suggests that if a person’s nose were somewhere other than their face, they might not like it anymore. Having a nose in the wrong place could make someone unhappy with it and might make it unpleasant or annoying.
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
Teach
From: Pick and Mix Poetry by Julia Donaldson © 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 might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
B) How does the poet use humour in the poem?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes
might be uncomfortable or squashed
Text Mark Evidence you’d be forced to smell your feet
might be unpleasant or stinky
A) What might happen if your nose weren’t on your face?
Text Mark Evidence your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head
might cause worry or fear
Text Mark Evidence it soon would drive you to despair forever being tickled by your hair
might be annoying, irritating or distracting
Text Mark Evidence within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe
might be a disaster
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze
might shake your brain
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - sandwiched in between your toes - attached atop your head - within your ear
imagines silly or unusual places for a nose to be
B) How does the poet use humour in the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - you’d be forced to smell your feet - forever tickled by your hair - your brain would rattle from the breeze
describes funny problems that would happen
Text Mark Evidence - a source of dread - drive you to despair - an absolute catastrophe
describes small problems in a serious or dramatic way
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sandwiched’?
Fill the Gaps
dread
despair
obliged
catastrophe
Your nose would be a source of were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to , forever tickled by your hair. Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute , for when you were to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Which One's Right?
Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe… Which word is closest in meaning to ‘catastrophe’?
B) trouble
A) accident
C) problem
D) disaster
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A) strong sadness with no hope
1) pasted
B) glued or stuck on
2) dread
C) fear of what might happen
Check
3) despair
Click if correct
D) required or forced to do something
4) obliged
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn about poets.
Reveal
Read about the lives of famous poets and what inspired them.
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.
dread
despair
catastrophe
obliged