Ready Steady Read Together
A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between: Non-fiction Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
No king was above the law...
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) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
B) What did the Magna Carta do?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
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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!
document
royal seal
a pioneering outline
rebel barons
seized or imprisoned
legal principle
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
document
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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.
document
Your turn
a pioneering outline
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
royal seal
rebel barons
seized or imprisoned
legal principle
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.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Baa! I’m an English sheep in a field around 1215. I love eating grass, but next time you see me I’ll look very different. CHOMP! Told you! My skin has been made into parchment – a thin material used for writing on. And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever – I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’), a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
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
Baa!
I’m an English sheep in a field around 1215.
I love eating grass, but next time you see me I’ll look very different.
CHOMP!
Told you!
My skin has been made into parchment – a thin material used for writing on.
And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever –
I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’),
a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
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
Baa! I’m an English sheep in a field around 1215. I love eating grass, but next time you see me I’ll look very different. CHOMP! Told you! My skin has been made into parchment – a thin material used for writing on. And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever – I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’), a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
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
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘he kept losing things’ suggest that King John was not a good leader. This makes him seem careless and irresponsible, which is why he was known as ‘Bad King John’.
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) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
B) What did the Magna Carta do?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence he lost lots of land abroad
lost territory
Text Mark Evidence he lost control of the country to the Pope
lost power and authority
Text Mark Evidence he often lost his temper
angered easily
A) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
Text Mark Evidence John lost the support of the rich English barons
lost help and assistance from landowners
Text Mark Evidence - the rich English barons, who had to pay for his (King John’s) mistakes - you want more money…I’m King… just do as I say
demanded money from the barons
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence John went back on his word and the barons fought him yet again
broke the promise he made in the Magna Carta
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms - no free man shall be…stripped of his rights
protected human rights
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the Magna Carta said that no king was above the law
limited the power of the king
B) What did the Magna Carta do?
Text Mark Evidence no free man shall be seized or imprisoned
protected people from unfair arrest or punishment
Text Mark Evidence no free man shall be… stripped of his…possessions
protected people’s property
Text Mark Evidence except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land
ensured fair treatment
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence this clause remains an important legal principle today
created a foundation for laws today
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘royal seal’?
Which One's Right?
And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever – I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’), a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘pioneering’?
A) detailed
B) inventive
D) traditional
C) common
True or False?
The Magna Carta was sealed in 1216.
True
False
Tick Me
What is the effect of the author telling the story from a sheep’s point of view?
Tick two:
A) It explains the use of parchment in an interesting way.
B) It shows the importance of sheep during that time period.
Check
C) It makes the text more challenging by confusing the reader.
Click if correct
D) It makes the text more entertaining by the use of humour.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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 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?
No king was above the law...
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) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
B) What did the Magna Carta do?
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.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
document
royal seal
a pioneering outline
rebel barons
seized or imprisoned
legal principle
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
document
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.
document
Your turn
a pioneering outline
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
royal seal
rebel barons
seized or imprisoned
legal principle
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.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Baa! I’m an English sheep in a field around 1215. I love eating grass, but next time you see me I’ll look very different. CHOMP! Told you! My skin has been made into parchment – a thin material used for writing on. And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever – I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’), a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
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
Baa!
I’m an English sheep in a field around 1215.
I love eating grass, but next time you see me I’ll look very different.
CHOMP!
Told you!
My skin has been made into parchment – a thin material used for writing on.
And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever –
I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’),
a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
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
Baa! I’m an English sheep in a field around 1215. I love eating grass, but next time you see me I’ll look very different. CHOMP! Told you! My skin has been made into parchment – a thin material used for writing on. And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever – I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’), a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms.
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) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
Reveal Explainer
The words ‘he kept losing things’ suggest that King John was not a good leader. This makes him seem careless and irresponsible, which is why he was known as ‘Bad King John’.
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) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
B) What did the Magna Carta do?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence he lost lots of land abroad
lost territory
Text Mark Evidence he lost control of the country to the Pope
lost power and authority
Text Mark Evidence he often lost his temper
angered easily
A) Why was King John known as ‘Bad King John’?
Text Mark Evidence John lost the support of the rich English barons
lost help and assistance from landowners
Text Mark Evidence - the rich English barons, who had to pay for his (King John’s) mistakes - you want more money…I’m King… just do as I say
demanded money from the barons
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence John went back on his word and the barons fought him yet again
broke the promise he made in the Magna Carta
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence - a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms - no free man shall be…stripped of his rights
protected human rights
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the Magna Carta said that no king was above the law
limited the power of the king
B) What did the Magna Carta do?
Text Mark Evidence no free man shall be seized or imprisoned
protected people from unfair arrest or punishment
Text Mark Evidence no free man shall be… stripped of his…possessions
protected people’s property
Text Mark Evidence except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land
ensured fair treatment
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence this clause remains an important legal principle today
created a foundation for laws today
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘royal seal’?
Which One's Right?
And I’m one of the most important pieces of parchment ever – I’m a document called the ‘Magna Carta’ (‘Great Charter’), a pioneering outline of some basic human freedoms. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘pioneering’?
A) detailed
B) inventive
D) traditional
C) common
True or False?
The Magna Carta was sealed in 1216.
True
False
Tick Me
What is the effect of the author telling the story from a sheep’s point of view?
Tick two:
A) It explains the use of parchment in an interesting way.
B) It shows the importance of sheep during that time period.
Check
C) It makes the text more challenging by confusing the reader.
Click if correct
D) It makes the text more entertaining by the use of humour.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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.