Ready Steady Read Together
Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor: Fiction 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?
The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) Who lives in the lighthouse with Leonora?
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
C) How old is Leonora?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years.
Leonora watched her uncle’s boat finally disappear over the blank horizon. Her heart thudded in the silence. Pea brain? I’ll show you, she thought.
(KEEP OUT!)
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
She snapped the window shut and checked the homemade cuckoo clock on her bedside table. It read 7.23 a.m. and five tweets precisely. Thanks to Uncle Luther’s unexpected visit, the day already felt like it was bent out of shape. But he was gone. She had the next few hours, days – who knew how long before he’d come creeping back? Warm morning sunshine flooded in, sparkling off bits of scrap metal, coiled wires, jars of silvery liquids, little mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards strewn all around – making her workshop look like the most glorious treasure trove (or like a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard, depending on your point of view).
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
old
hour
who
most
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
laboratory / workshop
mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards
horizon
strewn
the most glorious treasure trove
a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. 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
laboratory / workshop
Explore
Find Read Talk
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
(KEEP OUT!)
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
laboratory / workshop
horizon
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards
strewn
the most glorious treasure trove
a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years.
Leonora watched her uncle’s boat finally disappear over the blank horizon. Her heart thudded in the silence. Pea brain? I’ll show you, she thought.
(KEEP OUT!)
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
She snapped the window shut and checked the homemade cuckoo clock on her bedside table. It read 7.23 a.m. and five tweets precisely. Thanks to Uncle Luther’s unexpected visit, the day already felt like it was bent out of shape. But he was gone. She had the next few hours, days – who knew how long before he’d come creeping back? Warm morning sunshine flooded in, sparkling off bits of scrap metal, coiled wires, jars of silvery liquids, little mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards strewn all around – making her workshop look like the most glorious treasure trove (or like a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard, depending on your point of view).
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
To the north – there was sea.
To the east – there was sea.
To the south – there was jungle.
Sorry, not jungle, more sea.
To the west – well, you get the picture.
It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place.
But it had been home to Leonora,
Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred,
and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles,
for almost all her nine years.
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years.
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
(KEEP OUT!)
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘laboratory/workshop’ show that Leonora’s house is unusual. Her bedroom doubles as a place where she invents things and does experiments. The words ‘totally-secret’ and ‘KEEP OUT!’ suggest that Leonora’s bedroom is private and she likes to keep her inventions hidden from others.
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
Teach
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) Who lives in the lighthouse with Leonora?
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
C) How old is Leonora?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
her house is in a lighthouse
Text Mark Evidence an old disused lighthouse
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the lighthouse was on Crabby Island
her house is on an island
Text Mark Evidence Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere
her house is far away from other people
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
Text Mark Evidence - to the north – there was sea - to the east – there was sea - to the south…more sea
her house is surrounded by the ocean
Text Mark Evidence it was a tiny, forgotten sort of place
her house does not get visitors
Text Mark Evidence bits of scrap metal, coiled wires, jars of silvery liquids, little mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards strewn all around
it is messy or cluttered
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence making her workshop look like the most glorious treasure trove
her room is full of exciting things
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Uncle Luther
B) Who lives in the lighthouse with Leonora?
Text Mark Evidence their housekeeper, Mildred
Text Mark Evidence Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How old is Leonora?
Click to reveal...
nine years old
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘strewn’?
Find Me
Find one word which shows how Uncle Luther left the island:
Leonora watched her uncle’s boat finally disappear over the blank horizon. Her heart thudded in the silence. Pea brain? I’ll show you, she thought.
Discuss then check
boat
Which One's Right?
Thanks to Uncle Luther’s unexpected visit, the day already felt like it was bent out of shape.
How does Leonora feel about her Uncle’s visit?
B) excited
A) annoyed
C) pleased
D) bored
True or False?
Leonora didn’t know when Uncle Luther would return.
False
True
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new authors.
Reveal
Try books from writers you've never heard of to expand your horizons.
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: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor: Fiction 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?
The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) Who lives in the lighthouse with Leonora?
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
C) How old is Leonora?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere. To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years. Leonora watched her uncle’s boat finally disappear over the blank horizon. Her heart thudded in the silence. Pea brain? I’ll show you, she thought.
(KEEP OUT!)
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
She snapped the window shut and checked the homemade cuckoo clock on her bedside table. It read 7.23 a.m. and five tweets precisely. Thanks to Uncle Luther’s unexpected visit, the day already felt like it was bent out of shape. But he was gone. She had the next few hours, days – who knew how long before he’d come creeping back? Warm morning sunshine flooded in, sparkling off bits of scrap metal, coiled wires, jars of silvery liquids, little mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards strewn all around – making her workshop look like the most glorious treasure trove (or like a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard, depending on your point of view).
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
old
hour
who
most
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
laboratory / workshop
mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards
horizon
strewn
the most glorious treasure trove
a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. 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
laboratory / workshop
Explore
Find Read Talk
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
(KEEP OUT!)
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
laboratory / workshop
horizon
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards
strewn
the most glorious treasure trove
a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere. To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years. Leonora watched her uncle’s boat finally disappear over the blank horizon. Her heart thudded in the silence. Pea brain? I’ll show you, she thought.
(KEEP OUT!)
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
She snapped the window shut and checked the homemade cuckoo clock on her bedside table. It read 7.23 a.m. and five tweets precisely. Thanks to Uncle Luther’s unexpected visit, the day already felt like it was bent out of shape. But he was gone. She had the next few hours, days – who knew how long before he’d come creeping back? Warm morning sunshine flooded in, sparkling off bits of scrap metal, coiled wires, jars of silvery liquids, little mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards strewn all around – making her workshop look like the most glorious treasure trove (or like a catastrophic explosion in a junkyard, depending on your point of view).
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
To the north – there was sea.
To the east – there was sea.
To the south – there was jungle.
Sorry, not jungle, more sea.
To the west – well, you get the picture.
It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place.
But it had been home to Leonora,
Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred,
and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles,
for almost all her nine years.
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
To the north – there was sea. To the east – there was sea. To the south – there was jungle. Sorry, not jungle, more sea. To the west – well, you get the picture. It was a tiny, forgotten sort of place. But it had been home to Leonora, Uncle Luther, their housekeeper, Mildred, and Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles, for almost all her nine years.
Explore
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Now, Leonora’s bedroom/totally-secret-laboratory/workshop (KEEP OUT!) was at the top of an old, disused lighthouse. The lighthouse was on Crabby Island and Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere.
(KEEP OUT!)
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘laboratory/workshop’ show that Leonora’s house is unusual. Her bedroom doubles as a place where she invents things and does experiments. The words ‘totally-secret’ and ‘KEEP OUT!’ suggest that Leonora’s bedroom is private and she likes to keep her inventions hidden from others.
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
Teach
From: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) Who lives in the lighthouse with Leonora?
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
C) How old is Leonora?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
her house is in a lighthouse
Text Mark Evidence an old disused lighthouse
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the lighthouse was on Crabby Island
her house is on an island
Text Mark Evidence Crabby Island was slap bang in the middle of absolutely flipping nowhere
her house is far away from other people
A) What is Leonora’s home like?
Text Mark Evidence - to the north – there was sea - to the east – there was sea - to the south…more sea
her house is surrounded by the ocean
Text Mark Evidence it was a tiny, forgotten sort of place
her house does not get visitors
Text Mark Evidence bits of scrap metal, coiled wires, jars of silvery liquids, little mechanical gadgets and electric circuit boards strewn all around
it is messy or cluttered
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence making her workshop look like the most glorious treasure trove
her room is full of exciting things
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Uncle Luther
B) Who lives in the lighthouse with Leonora?
Text Mark Evidence their housekeeper, Mildred
Text Mark Evidence Leonora’s pet otter, Twitchy Nibbles
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How old is Leonora?
Click to reveal...
nine years old
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘strewn’?
Find Me
Find one word which shows how Uncle Luther left the island:
Leonora watched her uncle’s boat finally disappear over the blank horizon. Her heart thudded in the silence. Pea brain? I’ll show you, she thought.
Discuss then check
boat
Which One's Right?
Thanks to Uncle Luther’s unexpected visit, the day already felt like it was bent out of shape. How does Leonora feel about her Uncle’s visit?
B) excited
A) annoyed
C) pleased
D) bored
True or False?
Leonora didn’t know when Uncle Luther would return.
False
True
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new authors.
Reveal
Try books from writers you've never heard of to expand your horizons.
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: Leonora Bolt, Secret Inventor by Lucy Brandt © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.