Ready Steady Read Together
The Song Walker: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
“In the cities you use GPS. You tap a few words into a computer in your car and off you go. But what if all the computers went…pwoof! None of you would have any idea where you needed to go. You’d be lost…”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
B) Why might song lines be more useful for navigating than other methods?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
“Music must be really important to you,” I say.
Tarni smiles. “Yeah. Songs are important. And without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way.”
“I don’t understand. What do you mean?”
“The song you’ve heard me singing to myself. It’s not just a song. It’s a map. It shows my people some of the dreaming tracks.”
“Dreaming tracks?”
“The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important features into a song. So, a watering hole, or a real odd-shaped tree. A hill or a deadly salt pan. Things like that. Might be the words or it might be a change in the tune or the rhythm. And as you sing the song, you name all the important things to look out for to show you that you are going in the right direction.”
“Do they work?” I ask.
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Tarni coughs a vicious laugh and spits sand out from between her lips. “Of course they work! How do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years?” She shifts her position which, in my opinion, looks ever so slightly aggressive. “In the cities you use GPS. You tap a few words into a computer in your car and off you go. But what if all the computers went…pwoof !” She makes a little explosion sign with her right hand and fingers. “None of you would have any idea where you needed to go. You’d be lost – like you are out here. The people in the cities…they’d have to learn to read maps again – which they probably haven’t done for a long time now. They’d have to try and remember how to use a paper map. But if those maps burn or rot or something… there would be nothing they could do. They’d be stuck for ever, lost in their shiny cities.”
Tarni pulls the water bottle out of her bag and takes a deep drink. “But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
ancestors
watering hole
features
salt pan
GPS / satellites
generation
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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
ancestors
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Dreaming tracks?” “The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important features into a song...”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
ancestors
Your turn
features
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
watering hole
salt pan
GPS / satellites
generation
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“Music must be really important to you,” I say.
Tarni smiles. “Yeah. Songs are important. And without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way.”
“I don’t understand. What do you mean?”
“The song you’ve heard me singing to myself. It’s not just a song. It’s a map. It shows my people some of the dreaming tracks.”
“Dreaming tracks?”
“The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important features into a song. So, a watering hole, or a real odd-shaped tree. A hill or a deadly salt pan. Things like that. Might be the words or it might be a change in the tune or the rhythm. And as you sing the song, you name all the important things to look out for to show you that you are going in the right direction.”
“Do they work?” I ask.
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Tarni coughs a vicious laugh and spits sand out from between her lips. “Of course they work! How do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years?” She shifts her position which, in my opinion, looks ever so slightly aggressive. “In the cities you use GPS. You tap a few words into a computer in your car and off you go. But what if all the computers went…pwoof !” She makes a little explosion sign with her right hand and fingers. “None of you would have any idea where you needed to go. You’d be lost – like you are out here. The people in the cities…they’d have to learn to read maps again – which they probably haven’t done for a long time now. They’d have to try and remember how to use a paper map. But if those maps burn or rot or something… there would be nothing they could do. They’d be stuck for ever, lost in their shiny cities.”
Tarni pulls the water bottle out of her bag and takes a deep drink. “But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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...
“But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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
“But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books.”
“All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.”
She taps her forehead with her fingertip.
“As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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
“But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“Music must be really important to you,” I say. Tarni smiles. “Yeah. Songs are important. And without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way.” “I don’t understand. What do you mean?”
Reveal Explainer
Tarni's words suggest that music is essential to her people because songs are used for navigation. This shows that the songs she sings aren't just for enjoyment but are essential for travelling making music vital for survival in the harsh environment.
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
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
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
B) Why might song lines be more useful for navigating than other methods?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way - it’s not just a song…it’s a map - we don’t draw our maps…we sing them - to help them know the way, they put all the important features in a song
used for navigation
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it shows my people some of the dreaming tracks…the paths we use for travelling - for thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country…they put all the important features in a song
part of her tradition, culture and heritage
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
Text Mark Evidence they put all the important features into a song…so, a watering hole, or a real odd-shaped tree…a hill or a deadly salt pan
includes important knowledge of the environment
Text Mark Evidence how do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years
used for survival
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all the knowledge they need to travel and trade with others
used to help them trade goods
Text Mark Evidence of course they work…how do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years
used successfully over time
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence in the cities you use GPS…but what if all the computers went…pwoof…none of you would have any idea where you needed to go
not reliant on technology
B) Why might song lines be more useful for navigating than modern technology?
Text Mark Evidence - the people in the cities…they’d have to learn to read maps again – which they probably haven’t done for a long time now - they’d have to try and remember how to use a paper map
decline of map-reading skills
Text Mark Evidence if those maps burn or rot or something…there would be nothing they could do…they’d be…lost in their shiny cities
more durable
Text Mark Evidence the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books
work without technology or physical maps
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here…she taps her forehead with her fingertip
always available and accessible
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘watering hole’?
Fill the Gaps
features
ancestors
watering
salt pan
“The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important into a song. So, a hole, or a real odd-shaped tree. A hill or a deadly . Things like that. Might be the words or it might be a change in the tune or the rhythm. And as you sing the song, you name all the important things to look out for to show you that you are going in the right direction.”
Click if correct
Discuss then check
True or False?
First Country people rely on computers and maps for directions.
True
False
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3) salt pan
4) generation
1) ancestors
2) features
A) distinctive parts of something
B) people in your family who lived long ago
C) a group of people of similar age living at the same time
D) a dry, flat area of land covered in salt
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Song Walker: Fiction Lesson 4
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?
“In the cities you use GPS. You tap a few words into a computer in your car and off you go. But what if all the computers went…pwoof! None of you would have any idea where you needed to go. You’d be lost…”
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)
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
B) Why might song lines be more useful for navigating than other methods?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
“Music must be really important to you,” I say. Tarni smiles. “Yeah. Songs are important. And without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way.” “I don’t understand. What do you mean?” “The song you’ve heard me singing to myself. It’s not just a song. It’s a map. It shows my people some of the dreaming tracks.” “Dreaming tracks?” “The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important features into a song. So, a watering hole, or a real odd-shaped tree. A hill or a deadly salt pan. Things like that. Might be the words or it might be a change in the tune or the rhythm. And as you sing the song, you name all the important things to look out for to show you that you are going in the right direction.” “Do they work?” I ask.
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Tarni coughs a vicious laugh and spits sand out from between her lips. “Of course they work! How do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years?” She shifts her position which, in my opinion, looks ever so slightly aggressive. “In the cities you use GPS. You tap a few words into a computer in your car and off you go. But what if all the computers went…pwoof !” She makes a little explosion sign with her right hand and fingers. “None of you would have any idea where you needed to go. You’d be lost – like you are out here. The people in the cities…they’d have to learn to read maps again – which they probably haven’t done for a long time now. They’d have to try and remember how to use a paper map. But if those maps burn or rot or something… there would be nothing they could do. They’d be stuck for ever, lost in their shiny cities.” Tarni pulls the water bottle out of her bag and takes a deep drink. “But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
ancestors
watering hole
features
salt pan
GPS / satellites
generation
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
ancestors
Explore
Find Read Talk
“Dreaming tracks?” “The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important features into a song...”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
ancestors
Your turn
features
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
watering hole
salt pan
GPS / satellites
generation
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“Music must be really important to you,” I say. Tarni smiles. “Yeah. Songs are important. And without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way.” “I don’t understand. What do you mean?” “The song you’ve heard me singing to myself. It’s not just a song. It’s a map. It shows my people some of the dreaming tracks.” “Dreaming tracks?” “The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important features into a song. So, a watering hole, or a real odd-shaped tree. A hill or a deadly salt pan. Things like that. Might be the words or it might be a change in the tune or the rhythm. And as you sing the song, you name all the important things to look out for to show you that you are going in the right direction.” “Do they work?” I ask.
Explore
From: The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Tarni coughs a vicious laugh and spits sand out from between her lips. “Of course they work! How do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years?” She shifts her position which, in my opinion, looks ever so slightly aggressive. “In the cities you use GPS. You tap a few words into a computer in your car and off you go. But what if all the computers went…pwoof !” She makes a little explosion sign with her right hand and fingers. “None of you would have any idea where you needed to go. You’d be lost – like you are out here. The people in the cities…they’d have to learn to read maps again – which they probably haven’t done for a long time now. They’d have to try and remember how to use a paper map. But if those maps burn or rot or something… there would be nothing they could do. They’d be stuck for ever, lost in their shiny cities.” Tarni pulls the water bottle out of her bag and takes a deep drink. “But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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...
“But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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
“But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books.”
“All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.”
She taps her forehead with her fingertip.
“As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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
“But the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books. All the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here.” She taps her forehead with her fingertip. “As long as one generation passes the knowledge down to the next, those maps will always exist.”
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
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“Music must be really important to you,” I say. Tarni smiles. “Yeah. Songs are important. And without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way.” “I don’t understand. What do you mean?”
Reveal Explainer
Tarni's words suggest that music is essential to her people because songs are used for navigation. This shows that the songs she sings aren't just for enjoyment but are essential for travelling making music vital for survival in the harsh environment.
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
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
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
B) Why might song lines be more useful for navigating than other methods?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - without certain songs, we wouldn’t know our way - it’s not just a song…it’s a map - we don’t draw our maps…we sing them - to help them know the way, they put all the important features in a song
used for navigation
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it shows my people some of the dreaming tracks…the paths we use for travelling - for thousands of years our ancestors have walked their way across the country…they put all the important features in a song
part of her tradition, culture and heritage
A) How is music important to Tarni and her people?
Text Mark Evidence they put all the important features into a song…so, a watering hole, or a real odd-shaped tree…a hill or a deadly salt pan
includes important knowledge of the environment
Text Mark Evidence how do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years
used for survival
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all the knowledge they need to travel and trade with others
used to help them trade goods
Text Mark Evidence of course they work…how do you think my people have managed to live in this land for hundreds of thousands of years
used successfully over time
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence in the cities you use GPS…but what if all the computers went…pwoof…none of you would have any idea where you needed to go
not reliant on technology
B) Why might song lines be more useful for navigating than modern technology?
Text Mark Evidence - the people in the cities…they’d have to learn to read maps again – which they probably haven’t done for a long time now - they’d have to try and remember how to use a paper map
decline of map-reading skills
Text Mark Evidence if those maps burn or rot or something…there would be nothing they could do…they’d be…lost in their shiny cities
more durable
Text Mark Evidence the First Country people…they don’t rely on computers and satellites and paper books
work without technology or physical maps
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence all the knowledge they need to travel and to trade with others is up here…she taps her forehead with her fingertip
always available and accessible
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘watering hole’?
Fill the Gaps
features
ancestors
watering
salt pan
“The paths we use for travelling. You see, we don’t draw our maps. We sing them. For thousands of years our have walked their way across the country. To help them know the way, they put all the important into a song. So, a hole, or a real odd-shaped tree. A hill or a deadly . Things like that. Might be the words or it might be a change in the tune or the rhythm. And as you sing the song, you name all the important things to look out for to show you that you are going in the right direction.”
Click if correct
Discuss then check
True or False?
First Country people rely on computers and maps for directions.
True
False
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3) salt pan
4) generation
1) ancestors
2) features
A) distinctive parts of something
B) people in your family who lived long ago
C) a group of people of similar age living at the same time
D) a dry, flat area of land covered in salt
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...
read classics.
Reveal
Try timeless stories that have inspired readers for generations.
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.
ancestors
watering
features
salt pan