Ready Steady Read Together
The Song Walker: 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?
“I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.”
The girl unravels the handkerchief. In the centre of it sit a number of small, greenish fruits. She takes one and cuts it with the knife.
“Billygoat plum,” she says. The knife splits the fruit in half and she flicks a hard stone out of its centre. “Here. Eat. It’s really, really good for you. Loads of vitamins.”
I take it and put it into my dry mouth. The fruit tastes good – like stewed apples. I chew on it – its juices soaking my tongue – then swallow. With difficulty.
“When I first saw you there, I thought you were dead,” she says, splitting some more of the billygoat plums open. “I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.”
The girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone. She drops a couple of the plum halves into the bowl.
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.”
She holds out the bowl to me.
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.”
I take the bowl and dip my fingers in the juice. Then I put some of it on my arm. It hurts.
“That’s it. Rub it on. It will cool you down. It’s not the best plant for that. There are others that do it better. But they don’t grow around here.”
I start to rub. Gently. Soon the billygoat juice soothes the pain, so I apply some to my other arm. And my face.
“Where’s your shoe?” the girl asks, pointing to my filthy left foot.
I shrug.
She drags herself down to the bottom of my leg and lifts it slightly so she can see.
“Oooh. That’s real nasty.” She pulls a couple of thorns or stones out from the skin. “Need to clean it up. Might go real bad if you don’t. Might go green and smelly and drop off.”
I look at her and she looks back at me.
“Only kidding.”
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
rationed
billygoat plum
unravels
goner
dingo
gwardar
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From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. 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
rationed
Explore
Find Read Talk
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
rationed
Your turn
unravels
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
billygoat plum
goner
dingo
gwardar
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.”
The girl unravels the handkerchief. In the centre of it sit a number of small, greenish fruits. She takes one and cuts it with the knife.
“Billygoat plum,” she says. The knife splits the fruit in half and she flicks a hard stone out of its centre. “Here. Eat. It’s really, really good for you. Loads of vitamins.”
I take it and put it into my dry mouth. The fruit tastes good – like stewed apples. I chew on it – its juices soaking my tongue – then swallow. With difficulty.
“When I first saw you there, I thought you were dead,” she says, splitting some more of the billygoat plums open. “I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.”
The girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone. She drops a couple of the plum halves into the bowl.
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.”
She holds out the bowl to me.
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.”
I take the bowl and dip my fingers in the juice. Then I put some of it on my arm. It hurts.
“That’s it. Rub it on. It will cool you down. It’s not the best plant for that. There are others that do it better. But they don’t grow around here.”
I start to rub. Gently. Soon the billygoat juice soothes the pain, so I apply some to my other arm. And my face.
“Where’s your shoe?” the girl asks, pointing to my filthy left foot.
I shrug.
She drags herself down to the bottom of my leg and lifts it slightly so she can see.
“Oooh. That’s real nasty.” She pulls a couple of thorns or stones out from the skin. “Need to clean it up. Might go real bad if you don’t. Might go green and smelly and drop off.”
I look at her and she looks back at me.
“Only kidding.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.”
She holds out the bowl to me.
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.”
She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside.
“So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.”
She holds out the bowl to me.
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms.”
“They look real burnt to me.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.”
She holds out the bowl to me.
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
What impression do you get of the girl?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.”
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that the girl is aware that water is scarce in the harsh environment and must be carefully controlled to stay safe. The girl’s warning shows that she is knowledgeable and experienced in the hostile environment and she has strong survival skills.
What impression do you get of the girl?
Teach
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you have to keep it (water) rationed
has survival skills
Text Mark Evidence - she pulls out a small knife - the girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone - she picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside
practical and resourceful
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Text Mark Evidence - billygoat plum…here…eat…it’s really, really good for you…loads of vitamins - rub this on your arms…they look real burnt to me - rub it on…it will cool you down - it’s (billygoat plum is) not the best plant for that…there are others that do it better…but they don’t grow around here
has knowledge of plants and their uses
Go to the next slide for more...
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
caring and helpful
Text Mark Evidence - here…eat - here…rub this on your arms - rub it on, it will cool you down - ooh…that’s nasty…need to clean it up…might go really bad if you don’t
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Text Mark Evidence - when I first saw you there, I thought you were dead…I thought that you were already a goner - I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body…not today
blunt and direct
Text Mark Evidence thought you were a dingo’s lunch…a gwardar’s tasty treat
aware of danger / predators in the environment
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence might go green and smelly and drop off…only kidding
sense of humour
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unravels’?
Find Me
Find two deadly and dangerous animals:
“When I first saw you there, I thought you were dead,” she says, splitting some more of the billygoat plums open. “I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.”
The girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone. She drops a couple of the plum halves into the bowl.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
dingo
gwardar
Tick Me
What does this extract suggest would have happened to the lost girl if the local girl had not found her?
Tick two:
A) She would have found her way home on her own.
B) She would have been rescued by people from a nearby city.
Check
C) She would have died from dehydration.
Click if correct
D) She would have been attacked by animals.
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) The lost girl is given billygoat plums to eat.
B) The local girl pulls thorns out of the lost girl’s foot.
C) The water bottle is taken away.
D) The local girl squashes billygoat plums in a bowl.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask,"What if?"
Reveal
Imagine how the story would change if the characters made different choices.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Song Walker: 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?
“I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.” The girl unravels the handkerchief. In the centre of it sit a number of small, greenish fruits. She takes one and cuts it with the knife. “Billygoat plum,” she says. The knife splits the fruit in half and she flicks a hard stone out of its centre. “Here. Eat. It’s really, really good for you. Loads of vitamins.” I take it and put it into my dry mouth. The fruit tastes good – like stewed apples. I chew on it – its juices soaking my tongue – then swallow. With difficulty. “When I first saw you there, I thought you were dead,” she says, splitting some more of the billygoat plums open. “I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.” The girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone. She drops a couple of the plum halves into the bowl. “I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.” She holds out the bowl to me.
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.” I take the bowl and dip my fingers in the juice. Then I put some of it on my arm. It hurts. “That’s it. Rub it on. It will cool you down. It’s not the best plant for that. There are others that do it better. But they don’t grow around here.” I start to rub. Gently. Soon the billygoat juice soothes the pain, so I apply some to my other arm. And my face. “Where’s your shoe?” the girl asks, pointing to my filthy left foot. I shrug. She drags herself down to the bottom of my leg and lifts it slightly so she can see. “Oooh. That’s real nasty.” She pulls a couple of thorns or stones out from the skin. “Need to clean it up. Might go real bad if you don’t. Might go green and smelly and drop off.” I look at her and she looks back at me. “Only kidding.”
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
rationed
billygoat plum
unravels
goner
dingo
gwardar
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. 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
rationed
Explore
Find Read Talk
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
rationed
Your turn
unravels
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
billygoat plum
goner
dingo
gwardar
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.” The girl unravels the handkerchief. In the centre of it sit a number of small, greenish fruits. She takes one and cuts it with the knife. “Billygoat plum,” she says. The knife splits the fruit in half and she flicks a hard stone out of its centre. “Here. Eat. It’s really, really good for you. Loads of vitamins.” I take it and put it into my dry mouth. The fruit tastes good – like stewed apples. I chew on it – its juices soaking my tongue – then swallow. With difficulty. “When I first saw you there, I thought you were dead,” she says, splitting some more of the billygoat plums open. “I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.” The girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone. She drops a couple of the plum halves into the bowl. “I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.” She holds out the bowl to me.
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.” I take the bowl and dip my fingers in the juice. Then I put some of it on my arm. It hurts. “That’s it. Rub it on. It will cool you down. It’s not the best plant for that. There are others that do it better. But they don’t grow around here.” I start to rub. Gently. Soon the billygoat juice soothes the pain, so I apply some to my other arm. And my face. “Where’s your shoe?” the girl asks, pointing to my filthy left foot. I shrug. She drags herself down to the bottom of my leg and lifts it slightly so she can see. “Oooh. That’s real nasty.” She pulls a couple of thorns or stones out from the skin. “Need to clean it up. Might go real bad if you don’t. Might go green and smelly and drop off.” I look at her and she looks back at me. “Only kidding.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.” She holds out the bowl to me. “Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.”
She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside.
“So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.”
She holds out the bowl to me.
“Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms.”
“They look real burnt to me.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body. Not today.” She picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside. “So, it was a bit of a shock. Then I saw you moving.” She holds out the bowl to me. “Here,” she says. “Rub this on your arms. They look real burnt to me.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
What impression do you get of the girl?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“You can’t just go and drink as much as you want, you know. Not out here.” She puts the top on the bottle. Then she pulls out a small knife. “You have to keep it rationed.”
Reveal Explainer
This suggests that the girl is aware that water is scarce in the harsh environment and must be carefully controlled to stay safe. The girl’s warning shows that she is knowledgeable and experienced in the hostile environment and she has strong survival skills.
What impression do you get of the girl?
Teach
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence you have to keep it (water) rationed
has survival skills
Text Mark Evidence - she pulls out a small knife - the girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone - she picks up the stone and starts rolling it around in the bowl, squashing the fruit inside
practical and resourceful
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Text Mark Evidence - billygoat plum…here…eat…it’s really, really good for you…loads of vitamins - rub this on your arms…they look real burnt to me - rub it on…it will cool you down - it’s (billygoat plum is) not the best plant for that…there are others that do it better…but they don’t grow around here
has knowledge of plants and their uses
Go to the next slide for more...
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
caring and helpful
Text Mark Evidence - here…eat - here…rub this on your arms - rub it on, it will cool you down - ooh…that’s nasty…need to clean it up…might go really bad if you don’t
What impression do you get of the local girl?
Text Mark Evidence - when I first saw you there, I thought you were dead…I thought that you were already a goner - I wasn’t expecting to come across a dead body…not today
blunt and direct
Text Mark Evidence thought you were a dingo’s lunch…a gwardar’s tasty treat
aware of danger / predators in the environment
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence might go green and smelly and drop off…only kidding
sense of humour
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unravels’?
Find Me
Find two deadly and dangerous animals:
“When I first saw you there, I thought you were dead,” she says, splitting some more of the billygoat plums open. “I thought that you were already a goner. Thought you were a dingo’s lunch. A gwardar’s tasty treat.” The girl pulls a small wooden bowl out of her bag, followed by a perfectly round stone. She drops a couple of the plum halves into the bowl.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
dingo
gwardar
Tick Me
What does this extract suggest would have happened to the lost girl if the local girl had not found her?
Tick two:
A) She would have found her way home on her own.
B) She would have been rescued by people from a nearby city.
Check
C) She would have died from dehydration.
Click if correct
D) She would have been attacked by animals.
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) The lost girl is given billygoat plums to eat.
B) The local girl pulls thorns out of the lost girl’s foot.
C) The water bottle is taken away.
D) The local girl squashes billygoat plums in a bowl.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask,"What if?"
Reveal
Imagine how the story would change if the characters made different choices.
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: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.