Ready Steady Read Together
A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between: Non-fiction Lesson 1
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 hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
B) Name two things that Genghis Khan made illegal.
C) What did Genghis Khan mean?
D) In what year did Genghis Khan die?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
emperor / empire
decreed
conqueror and founder
warlord
tolerant
banned torture
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 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
emperor / empire
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
emperor / empire
Your turn
conqueror and founder
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
decreed
warlord
tolerant
banned torture
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist. BOY OR GIRL? FUTURE WARLORD, I’M AFRAID.
My father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people who were always fighting other tribes. GO HOME!
CAN’T, HAVEN’T GOT ONE!
But when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle!
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist.
BOY OR GIRL?
FUTURE WARLORD, I’M AFRAID.
My father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people
who were always fighting other tribes.
GO HOME!
CAN’T, HAVEN’T GOT ONE!
But when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace –
I beat them all in battle!
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist. BOY OR GIRL? FUTURE WARLORD, I’M AFRAID.
My father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people who were always fighting other tribes. GO HOME!
CAN’T, HAVEN’T GOT ONE!
But when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle!
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
And I have a gigantic empire! It includes your modern-day Mongolia, China, Iran, Iraq, parts of Russia and many other countries. At its peak, it will cover 23 million square kilometres, making it the largest unbroken land empire in the history of the world. Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist.
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
Reveal Explainer
This line suggests that his birth was memorable and hinted of his future as a powerful and fierce warrior. The word ‘fist’ suggests that even at birth, Genghis Khan was ready to fight. The words ‘clutching a blood clot’ suggest that he would grow up causing injury in battle.
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 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) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
B) Name two things that Genghis Khan made illegal.
C) What did Genghis Khan mean?
D) In what year did Genghis Khan die?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence boy or girl…future warlord, I'm afraid
joke when he was born
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
Text Mark Evidence my father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people who were always fighting other tribes
learned the role of a chief was to fight
Text Mark Evidence when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle
learned to end fighting by defeating enemies
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Name two things that Genghis Khan made illegal.
Text Mark Evidence I have decreed that no one can make an image of me
creating pictures of him
Text Mark Evidence I banned torture
hurting others on purpose
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What did Genghis Khan mean?
Click to reveal...
universal ruler
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) In what year did Genghis Khan die?
Click to reveal...
1227
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘empire’?
Which One's Right?
Being all-powerful, I have decreed that no one can make an image of me.
Which word is the best match for ‘decreed’?
B) banned
A) suggested
D) decided
C) ordered
Find Me
Find the distance that Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire spanned.
Being all-powerful, I have decreed that no one can make an image of me.
And I have a gigantic empire! It includes your modern-day Mongolia, China, Iran, Iraq, parts of Russia and many other countries. At its peak, it will cover 23 million square kilometres, making it the largest unbroken land empire in the history of the world.
Discuss then check
23 million square kilometres
Link Me
Link each year with the correct event:
A) The man who united all the tribes into a vast Mongol army was named Genghis Khan.
1) 1165
B) The first portrait of Genghis Khan was painted.
2) 1206
C) Genghis Khan died, perhaps after falling off his horse.
Check
3) 1227
Click if correct
D) The leader was born clutching a blood clot in his fist.
4) 1277
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Reveal
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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 and adapted for accessibility from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between: Non-fiction Lesson 1
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 hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
B) Name two things that Genghis Khan made illegal.
C) What did Genghis Khan mean?
D) In what year did Genghis Khan die?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
emperor / empire
decreed
conqueror and founder
warlord
tolerant
banned torture
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 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
emperor / empire
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
emperor / empire
Your turn
conqueror and founder
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
decreed
warlord
tolerant
banned torture
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist. BOY OR GIRL? FUTURE WARLORD, I’M AFRAID. My father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people who were always fighting other tribes. GO HOME! CAN’T, HAVEN’T GOT ONE! But when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle!
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist.
BOY OR GIRL?
FUTURE WARLORD, I’M AFRAID.
My father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people
who were always fighting other tribes.
GO HOME!
CAN’T, HAVEN’T GOT ONE!
But when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace –
I beat them all in battle!
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist. BOY OR GIRL? FUTURE WARLORD, I’M AFRAID. My father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people who were always fighting other tribes. GO HOME! CAN’T, HAVEN’T GOT ONE! But when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle!
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
And I have a gigantic empire! It includes your modern-day Mongolia, China, Iran, Iraq, parts of Russia and many other countries. At its peak, it will cover 23 million square kilometres, making it the largest unbroken land empire in the history of the world. Legend has it that I was born in 1162 clutching a blood clot in my fist.
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
Reveal Explainer
This line suggests that his birth was memorable and hinted of his future as a powerful and fierce warrior. The word ‘fist’ suggests that even at birth, Genghis Khan was ready to fight. The words ‘clutching a blood clot’ suggest that he would grow up causing injury in battle.
From: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 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) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
B) Name two things that Genghis Khan made illegal.
C) What did Genghis Khan mean?
D) In what year did Genghis Khan die?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence boy or girl…future warlord, I'm afraid
joke when he was born
A) How does the text suggest that Genghis Khan was born to fight?
Text Mark Evidence my father was chief of a tribe of nomadic (wandering) people who were always fighting other tribes
learned the role of a chief was to fight
Text Mark Evidence when I grew up, I hit upon a clever way to bring peace – I beat them all in battle
learned to end fighting by defeating enemies
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Name two things that Genghis Khan made illegal.
Text Mark Evidence I have decreed that no one can make an image of me
creating pictures of him
Text Mark Evidence I banned torture
hurting others on purpose
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What did Genghis Khan mean?
Click to reveal...
universal ruler
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) In what year did Genghis Khan die?
Click to reveal...
1227
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘empire’?
Which One's Right?
Being all-powerful, I have decreed that no one can make an image of me. Which word is the best match for ‘decreed’?
B) banned
A) suggested
D) decided
C) ordered
Find Me
Find the distance that Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire spanned.
Being all-powerful, I have decreed that no one can make an image of me. And I have a gigantic empire! It includes your modern-day Mongolia, China, Iran, Iraq, parts of Russia and many other countries. At its peak, it will cover 23 million square kilometres, making it the largest unbroken land empire in the history of the world.
Discuss then check
23 million square kilometres
Link Me
Link each year with the correct event:
A) The man who united all the tribes into a vast Mongol army was named Genghis Khan.
1) 1165
B) The first portrait of Genghis Khan was painted.
2) 1206
C) Genghis Khan died, perhaps after falling off his horse.
Check
3) 1227
Click if correct
D) The leader was born clutching a blood clot in his fist.
4) 1277
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore audiobooks.
Reveal
Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between by Mike Barfield & Jess Bradley © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.