Ready Steady Read Together
The Nowhere Emporium: 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?
…my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
B) How does Daniel feel about the Emporium taking people’s imaginations?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
“This is a supposed to be a shop,” Daniel said. “So how come nobody’s buying anything? Are there other shops like this? Is there more magic out there?”
“There is nowhere else like my Emporium,” Mr Silver said. “There is magic, certainly, and plenty of it – but it exists at the edges of things, in the corner of the eye and the back of the mind. Our world is filled with the extraordinary, Daniel. For many reasons, most people only see the things they wish to see. They are afraid of anything that cannot be explained by a scientific formula or written in a textbook. So they ignore the unknown. But for those of us who open our eyes, those who truly dare to wonder, there is treasure everywhere.”
Mr Silver smiled at the look on Daniel’s face.
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Daniel took one step back.
“Oh, it’s easily done, if you know the way,” Silver said. “Customers are free to wander through the doors, to be amazed and wonderstruck.” He indicated the silver solution that flowed over the fountain. “The Emporium takes a little of their brimming wonder, their imagination – never enough for the customer to miss it of course – and it becomes the liquid you see here. It is the fuel that powers everything you see; the lifeblood of the Emporium. Imagination is the root of magic.”
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Do they know?” said Daniel. In the pit of his stomach he felt sick at the thought of imagination being extracted from clueless customers. “Do you tell people what you’re doing to them?” Silver shook his head. For a fleeting moment he looked old and fragile, standing in the frost.
“It wasn’t always this way. There was a time, when I was a younger man, that my own imagination was enough. But I am growing older. I must keep the Emporium running. And no harm comes to anyone – that is a promise! Imagination is alive. It grows in the mind like a tree. The Emporium merely clips a few of the branches. What little I take grows back, in time.” He observed Daniel. “If this has changed things, if you wish to leave, you may do so. I will drop you back in your own time. Just say the word.”
Daniel stared at the fountain, at the silvery imagination flowing over the stone.
He was filled with doubts and questions, and he was wary of Mr Silver’s power. He considered what it might be like to return to his life, to the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow; to loneliness, and to nobody.
“I don’t want to go back,” he said.
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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merchant
extracted
brimming
fleeting
merely
wary
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From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. 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
merchant
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Find Read Talk
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
merchant
Your turn
brimming
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
extracted
fleeting
merely
wary
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
“This is a supposed to be a shop,” Daniel said. “So how come nobody’s buying anything? Are there other shops like this? Is there more magic out there?”
“There is nowhere else like my Emporium,” Mr Silver said. “There is magic, certainly, and plenty of it – but it exists at the edges of things, in the corner of the eye and the back of the mind. Our world is filled with the extraordinary, Daniel. For many reasons, most people only see the things they wish to see. They are afraid of anything that cannot be explained by a scientific formula or written in a textbook. So they ignore the unknown. But for those of us who open our eyes, those who truly dare to wonder, there is treasure everywhere.”
Mr Silver smiled at the look on Daniel’s face.
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Daniel took one step back.
“Oh, it’s easily done, if you know the way,” Silver said. “Customers are free to wander through the doors, to be amazed and wonderstruck.” He indicated the silver solution that flowed over the fountain. “The Emporium takes a little of their brimming wonder, their imagination – never enough for the customer to miss it of course – and it becomes the liquid you see here. It is the fuel that powers everything you see; the lifeblood of the Emporium. Imagination is the root of magic.”
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
“Do they know?” said Daniel. In the pit of his stomach he felt sick at the thought of imagination being extracted from clueless customers. “Do you tell people what you’re doing to them?” Silver shook his head. For a fleeting moment he looked old and fragile, standing in the frost.
“It wasn’t always this way. There was a time, when I was a younger man, that my own imagination was enough. But I am growing older. I must keep the Emporium running. And no harm comes to anyone – that is a promise! Imagination is alive. It grows in the mind like a tree. The Emporium merely clips a few of the branches. What little I take grows back, in time.” He observed Daniel. “If this has changed things, if you wish to leave, you may do so. I will drop you back in your own time. Just say the word.”
Daniel stared at the fountain, at the silvery imagination flowing over the stone.
He was filled with doubts and questions, and he was wary of Mr Silver’s power. He considered what it might be like to return to his life, to the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow; to loneliness, and to nobody.
“I don’t want to go back,” he said.
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
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From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything?”
“I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder.”
“But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes.”
“No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
Reveal Explainer
He feels that it is a good thing and that he is giving them something amazing. He describes himself as a merchant of wonder, and says that the customers get amazement.
Teach
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. 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 does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
B) How does Daniel feel about the Emporium taking people’s imaginations?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it is the fuel that powers everything you see - the lifeblood of the Emporium - I must keep the Emporium running
he believes it is necessary to keep the Emporium running
Text Mark Evidence - never enough for the customers to miss it - no harm comes to anyone – that’s a promise!
he believes it does not harm the customers
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
Text Mark Evidence - imagination… grows in the mind like a tree - what little I take grows back, in time
he believes imagination will grow back naturally
Text Mark Evidence for a fleeting moment he looked old and fragile
he shows some unease or weariness about what he is doing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence if this has changed things, if you wish to leave, you may do so
he is willing to let Daniel leave if he disagrees with what is happening
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Daniel took one step back - he was filled with doubts and questions
unsure or uncertain
B) How does Daniel feel about the Emporium taking people’s imaginations?
Text Mark Evidence in the pit of his stomach he felt sick
sickened by the idea
Text Mark Evidence do you tell people what you’re doing to them?
he worries about the customers
Text Mark Evidence he was wary of Mr Silver’s power
mistrustful of Mr Silver
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I don’t want to go back
despite his doubts, he is tempted
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘merchant’?
Tick Me
Why does Lucien Silver say that people ignore the unknown?
Tick one:
A) because they are afraid of anything that can’t be explained
B) because they don’t want to see magic
Check
C) because they want treasure
Click if correct
D) because they lose their imagination
Which One's Right?
Imagination is alive. It grows in the mind like a tree. The Emporium merely clips a few of the branches. What little I take grows back, in time.
Lucien Silver uses the word merely...
A) to make itsound magical
B) to emphasise that they don’t take much imagination
D) to compareimagination to a tree
C) to show that the imagination grows
Find Me
Find and copy a word that shows that Daniel is feeling nervous and cautious around Lucien Silver.
He was filled with doubts and questions, and he was wary of Mr Silver’s power. He considered what it might be like to return to his life, to the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow; to loneliness, and to nobody.
Discuss then check
wary
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Nowhere Emporium: 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?
…my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
B) How does Daniel feel about the Emporium taking people’s imaginations?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
“This is a supposed to be a shop,” Daniel said. “So how come nobody’s buying anything? Are there other shops like this? Is there more magic out there?” “There is nowhere else like my Emporium,” Mr Silver said. “There is magic, certainly, and plenty of it – but it exists at the edges of things, in the corner of the eye and the back of the mind. Our world is filled with the extraordinary, Daniel. For many reasons, most people only see the things they wish to see. They are afraid of anything that cannot be explained by a scientific formula or written in a textbook. So they ignore the unknown. But for those of us who open our eyes, those who truly dare to wonder, there is treasure everywhere.” Mr Silver smiled at the look on Daniel’s face. “You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.” Daniel took one step back. “Oh, it’s easily done, if you know the way,” Silver said. “Customers are free to wander through the doors, to be amazed and wonderstruck.” He indicated the silver solution that flowed over the fountain. “The Emporium takes a little of their brimming wonder, their imagination – never enough for the customer to miss it of course – and it becomes the liquid you see here. It is the fuel that powers everything you see; the lifeblood of the Emporium. Imagination is the root of magic.”
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Do they know?” said Daniel. In the pit of his stomach he felt sick at the thought of imagination being extracted from clueless customers. “Do you tell people what you’re doing to them?” Silver shook his head. For a fleeting moment he looked old and fragile, standing in the frost. “It wasn’t always this way. There was a time, when I was a younger man, that my own imagination was enough. But I am growing older. I must keep the Emporium running. And no harm comes to anyone – that is a promise! Imagination is alive. It grows in the mind like a tree. The Emporium merely clips a few of the branches. What little I take grows back, in time.” He observed Daniel. “If this has changed things, if you wish to leave, you may do so. I will drop you back in your own time. Just say the word.” Daniel stared at the fountain, at the silvery imagination flowing over the stone. He was filled with doubts and questions, and he was wary of Mr Silver’s power. He considered what it might be like to return to his life, to the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow; to loneliness, and to nobody. “I don’t want to go back,” he said.
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
merchant
extracted
brimming
fleeting
merely
wary
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. 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
merchant
Explore
Find Read Talk
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
merchant
Your turn
brimming
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
extracted
fleeting
merely
wary
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
“This is a supposed to be a shop,” Daniel said. “So how come nobody’s buying anything? Are there other shops like this? Is there more magic out there?” “There is nowhere else like my Emporium,” Mr Silver said. “There is magic, certainly, and plenty of it – but it exists at the edges of things, in the corner of the eye and the back of the mind. Our world is filled with the extraordinary, Daniel. For many reasons, most people only see the things they wish to see. They are afraid of anything that cannot be explained by a scientific formula or written in a textbook. So they ignore the unknown. But for those of us who open our eyes, those who truly dare to wonder, there is treasure everywhere.” Mr Silver smiled at the look on Daniel’s face. “You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.” Daniel took one step back. “Oh, it’s easily done, if you know the way,” Silver said. “Customers are free to wander through the doors, to be amazed and wonderstruck.” He indicated the silver solution that flowed over the fountain. “The Emporium takes a little of their brimming wonder, their imagination – never enough for the customer to miss it of course – and it becomes the liquid you see here. It is the fuel that powers everything you see; the lifeblood of the Emporium. Imagination is the root of magic.”
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
“Do they know?” said Daniel. In the pit of his stomach he felt sick at the thought of imagination being extracted from clueless customers. “Do you tell people what you’re doing to them?” Silver shook his head. For a fleeting moment he looked old and fragile, standing in the frost. “It wasn’t always this way. There was a time, when I was a younger man, that my own imagination was enough. But I am growing older. I must keep the Emporium running. And no harm comes to anyone – that is a promise! Imagination is alive. It grows in the mind like a tree. The Emporium merely clips a few of the branches. What little I take grows back, in time.” He observed Daniel. “If this has changed things, if you wish to leave, you may do so. I will drop you back in your own time. Just say the word.” Daniel stared at the fountain, at the silvery imagination flowing over the stone. He was filled with doubts and questions, and he was wary of Mr Silver’s power. He considered what it might be like to return to his life, to the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow; to loneliness, and to nobody. “I don’t want to go back,” he said.
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything?”
“I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder.”
“But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes.”
“No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
Explore
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“You question whether my customers are actually buying anything? I can assure you that they are. I sell them amazement. I am a merchant of wonder. But my customers do not pay for their experience in the Emporium with coins or notes. No. My price is a piece of their imagination.”
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
Reveal Explainer
He feels that it is a good thing and that he is giving them something amazing. He describes himself as a merchant of wonder, and says that the customers get amazement.
Teach
From: The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015. 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 does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
B) How does Daniel feel about the Emporium taking people’s imaginations?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it is the fuel that powers everything you see - the lifeblood of the Emporium - I must keep the Emporium running
he believes it is necessary to keep the Emporium running
Text Mark Evidence - never enough for the customers to miss it - no harm comes to anyone – that’s a promise!
he believes it does not harm the customers
A) How does Lucien Silver feel about taking people’s imaginations?
Text Mark Evidence - imagination… grows in the mind like a tree - what little I take grows back, in time
he believes imagination will grow back naturally
Text Mark Evidence for a fleeting moment he looked old and fragile
he shows some unease or weariness about what he is doing
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence if this has changed things, if you wish to leave, you may do so
he is willing to let Daniel leave if he disagrees with what is happening
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Daniel took one step back - he was filled with doubts and questions
unsure or uncertain
B) How does Daniel feel about the Emporium taking people’s imaginations?
Text Mark Evidence in the pit of his stomach he felt sick
sickened by the idea
Text Mark Evidence do you tell people what you’re doing to them?
he worries about the customers
Text Mark Evidence he was wary of Mr Silver’s power
mistrustful of Mr Silver
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I don’t want to go back
despite his doubts, he is tempted
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘merchant’?
Tick Me
Why does Lucien Silver say that people ignore the unknown?
Tick one:
A) because they are afraid of anything that can’t be explained
B) because they don’t want to see magic
Check
C) because they want treasure
Click if correct
D) because they lose their imagination
Which One's Right?
Imagination is alive. It grows in the mind like a tree. The Emporium merely clips a few of the branches. What little I take grows back, in time. Lucien Silver uses the word merely...
A) to make itsound magical
B) to emphasise that they don’t take much imagination
D) to compareimagination to a tree
C) to show that the imagination grows
Find Me
Find and copy a word that shows that Daniel is feeling nervous and cautious around Lucien Silver.
He was filled with doubts and questions, and he was wary of Mr Silver’s power. He considered what it might be like to return to his life, to the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow; to loneliness, and to nobody.
Discuss then check
wary
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore different genres.
Reveal
Try fantasy, mystery or adventure to find what you love.
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 Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.