Ready Steady Read Together
The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry: Poetry 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?
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
B) How can you tell the speaker has changed their mind about the sky?
C) How does the poet use poetic features and word play to create humour?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
SKY IN THE PIE!
by Roger McGough
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie
Remove it at once if you please
You can keep your incredible sunsets
I ordered mincemeat and cheese
I can’t stand nightingales singing
Or clouds all burnished with gold
The whispering breeze is disturbing the peas
And making my chips go all cold
I don’t care if the chef is an artist
Whose canvases hang in the Tate
I want two veg. and puff pastry
Not the Universe heaped on my plate
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose
Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette
With a blend of delicate hues
The sun has a custardy flavour
And the clouds are as light as air
And the wind a chewier texture
(With a hint of cinnamon there?)
The sky is simply delicious
Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity
And still have room left for more
Having acquired a taste for the Cosmos
I’ll polish this sunset off soon
I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky
Waiter! Please bring me the Moon!
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
nightingales
canvases hang in the Tate
burnished
palette with a blend of delicate hues
acquired
cosmos
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. 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
nightingales
Explore
Find Read Talk
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie
Remove it at once if you please
You can keep your incredible sunsets
I ordered mincemeat and cheese
I can’t stand nightingales singing
Or clouds all burnished with gold
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
nightingales
Your turn
burnished
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
canvases hang in the Tate
palette with a blend of delicate hues
acquired
cosmos
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
SKY IN THE PIE!
by Roger McGough
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie
Remove it at once if you please
You can keep your incredible sunsets
I ordered mincemeat and cheese
I can’t stand nightingales singing
Or clouds all burnished with gold
The whispering breeze is disturbing the peas
And making my chips go all cold
I don’t care if the chef is an artist
Whose canvases hang in the Tate
I want two veg. and puff pastry
Not the Universe heaped on my plate
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose
Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette
With a blend of delicate hues
The sun has a custardy flavour
And the clouds are as light as air
And the wind a chewier texture
(With a hint of cinnamon there?)
The sky is simply delicious
Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity
And still have room left for more
Having acquired a taste for the Cosmos
I’ll polish this sunset off soon
I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky
Waiter! Please bring me the Moon!
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose
Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette
With a blend of delicate hues
The sun has a custardy flavour
And the clouds are as light as air
And the wind a chewier texture
(With a hint of cinnamon there?)
The sky is simply delicious
Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity
And still have room left for more
What did you notice?
Phrasing
Smoothness
Expression
Volume
Pace
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose
Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette With a blend of delicate hues
The sun has a custardy flavour And the clouds are as light as air
And the wind a chewier texture (With a hint of cinnamon there?)
The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose
Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette
With a blend of delicate hues
The sun has a custardy flavour
And the clouds are as light as air
And the wind a chewier texture
(With a hint of cinnamon there?)
The sky is simply delicious
Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity
And still have room left for more
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie
Remove it at once if you please
You can keep your incredible sunsets
I ordered mincemeat and cheese
Reveal Explainer
The speaker has called the waiter over as there is a problem with the order. The line is based on the familiar joke which begins: ‘Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!’ By replacing ‘fly’ with the rhyming ‘sky’, the poet creates humour while also showing the speaker is unhappy with the meal.
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
Teach
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. 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 is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
B) How can you tell the speaker has changed their mind about the sky?
C) How does the poet use poetic features and word play to create humour?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I ordered mincemeat and cheese
the meal is not what was ordered
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - you can keep your incredible sunsets - I can’t stand nightingales singing or clouds all burnished with gold - the whispering breeze is disturbing the peas and making my chips go all cold
annoyed by nature being mixed with the meal
Text Mark Evidence I don’t care if the chef is an artist
not interested in the chef’s creativity
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I want two veg. and puff pastry not the Universe heaped on my plate
prefers simple dishes
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence OK I’ll try just a spoonful
becomes curious and decides to taste the sky
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette - the sky is simply delicious
begins to enjoy and compliment the food
Text Mark Evidence - the sun has a custardy flavour - with a hint of cinnamon there
identifies the taste / flavour
B) How can you tell the speaker has changed their mind about the sky?
Text Mark Evidence - the clouds are light as air - the wind a chewier texture
enjoys the textures
Text Mark Evidence why haven’t I tried it before
shows a change in attitude
Text Mark Evidence - I can chew my way through to Eternity and still have room left for more - having acquired a taste for the Cosmos I’ll polish this sunset off soon - I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky - please bring me the moon
becomes eager / hungry for more
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the whispering breeze is disturbing the peas
personification and word play to make the breeze seem human (disturbing the peace)
Text Mark Evidence not the Universe heaped on my plate
metaphor with word play / twisted idiom (the world on a platter)
C) How does the poet use poetic features and word play to create humour?
Text Mark Evidence the colours quite tickle the palette
personification and word play to link art with food (palette / palate)
Text Mark Evidence the clouds are as light as air
simile to describe the texture in a playful way
Text Mark Evidence I can chew my way through to Eternity and still have room left for more
hyperbole for comic effect
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence please bring me the Moon
word play / twisted idioms (promise / give the moon) to suggest the impossible
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘cosmos’?
Which One's Right?
I can’t stand nightingales singing
Or clouds all burnished with gold…
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The word ‘burnished’ suggests that the clouds are…
A) shiny and glowing.
B) soft and fluffy.
C) chewy and custardy.
D) dark and stormy.
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘obtained’:
The sky is simply delicious
Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity
And still have room left for more
Having acquired a taste for the Cosmos
I’ll polish this sunset off soon
I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky
Waiter! Please bring me the Moon!
Discuss then check
acquired
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) The speaker detects a hint of cinnamon in the dish.
B) The speaker complains to the waiter that he got the order wrong.
C) The speaker decides to have just a spoonful of sky.
D) The waiter plans on eating the sunset followed by the moon.
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...
turn poems into songs.
Reveal
Many poems have rhythms that work as songs.
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 Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry: Poetry 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?
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
B) How can you tell the speaker has changed their mind about the sky?
C) How does the poet use poetic features and word play to create humour?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
SKY IN THE PIE!
by Roger McGough
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie Remove it at once if you please You can keep your incredible sunsets I ordered mincemeat and cheese I can’t stand nightingales singing Or clouds all burnished with gold The whispering breeze is disturbing the peas And making my chips go all cold I don’t care if the chef is an artist Whose canvases hang in the Tate I want two veg. and puff pastry Not the Universe heaped on my plate
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette With a blend of delicate hues The sun has a custardy flavour And the clouds are as light as air And the wind a chewier texture (With a hint of cinnamon there?) The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before? I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more Having acquired a taste for the Cosmos I’ll polish this sunset off soon I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky Waiter! Please bring me the Moon!
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
nightingales
canvases hang in the Tate
burnished
palette with a blend of delicate hues
acquired
cosmos
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. 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
nightingales
Explore
Find Read Talk
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie Remove it at once if you please You can keep your incredible sunsets I ordered mincemeat and cheese I can’t stand nightingales singing Or clouds all burnished with gold
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
nightingales
Your turn
burnished
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
canvases hang in the Tate
palette with a blend of delicate hues
acquired
cosmos
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
SKY IN THE PIE!
by Roger McGough
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie Remove it at once if you please You can keep your incredible sunsets I ordered mincemeat and cheese I can’t stand nightingales singing Or clouds all burnished with gold The whispering breeze is disturbing the peas And making my chips go all cold I don’t care if the chef is an artist Whose canvases hang in the Tate I want two veg. and puff pastry Not the Universe heaped on my plate
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette With a blend of delicate hues The sun has a custardy flavour And the clouds are as light as air And the wind a chewier texture (With a hint of cinnamon there?) The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before? I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more Having acquired a taste for the Cosmos I’ll polish this sunset off soon I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky Waiter! Please bring me the Moon!
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette With a blend of delicate hues The sun has a custardy flavour And the clouds are as light as air And the wind a chewier texture (With a hint of cinnamon there?) The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before? I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more
What did you notice?
Phrasing
Smoothness
Expression
Volume
Pace
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose
Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette With a blend of delicate hues
The sun has a custardy flavour And the clouds are as light as air
And the wind a chewier texture (With a hint of cinnamon there?)
The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before?
I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
OK I’ll try just a spoonful I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette With a blend of delicate hues The sun has a custardy flavour And the clouds are as light as air And the wind a chewier texture (With a hint of cinnamon there?) The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before? I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more
Explore
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Waiter, there’s a sky in my pie Remove it at once if you please You can keep your incredible sunsets I ordered mincemeat and cheese
Reveal Explainer
The speaker has called the waiter over as there is a problem with the order. The line is based on the familiar joke which begins: ‘Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!’ By replacing ‘fly’ with the rhyming ‘sky’, the poet creates humour while also showing the speaker is unhappy with the meal.
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
Teach
From: The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999. 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 is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
B) How can you tell the speaker has changed their mind about the sky?
C) How does the poet use poetic features and word play to create humour?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I ordered mincemeat and cheese
the meal is not what was ordered
A) Why is the speaker unhappy at the start of the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - you can keep your incredible sunsets - I can’t stand nightingales singing or clouds all burnished with gold - the whispering breeze is disturbing the peas and making my chips go all cold
annoyed by nature being mixed with the meal
Text Mark Evidence I don’t care if the chef is an artist
not interested in the chef’s creativity
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I want two veg. and puff pastry not the Universe heaped on my plate
prefers simple dishes
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence OK I’ll try just a spoonful
becomes curious and decides to taste the sky
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - Mm… the colours quite tickle the palette - the sky is simply delicious
begins to enjoy and compliment the food
Text Mark Evidence - the sun has a custardy flavour - with a hint of cinnamon there
identifies the taste / flavour
B) How can you tell the speaker has changed their mind about the sky?
Text Mark Evidence - the clouds are light as air - the wind a chewier texture
enjoys the textures
Text Mark Evidence why haven’t I tried it before
shows a change in attitude
Text Mark Evidence - I can chew my way through to Eternity and still have room left for more - having acquired a taste for the Cosmos I’ll polish this sunset off soon - I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky - please bring me the moon
becomes eager / hungry for more
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the whispering breeze is disturbing the peas
personification and word play to make the breeze seem human (disturbing the peace)
Text Mark Evidence not the Universe heaped on my plate
metaphor with word play / twisted idiom (the world on a platter)
C) How does the poet use poetic features and word play to create humour?
Text Mark Evidence the colours quite tickle the palette
personification and word play to link art with food (palette / palate)
Text Mark Evidence the clouds are as light as air
simile to describe the texture in a playful way
Text Mark Evidence I can chew my way through to Eternity and still have room left for more
hyperbole for comic effect
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence please bring me the Moon
word play / twisted idioms (promise / give the moon) to suggest the impossible
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘cosmos’?
Which One's Right?
I can’t stand nightingales singing Or clouds all burnished with gold…
Which answer best completes the sentence? The word ‘burnished’ suggests that the clouds are…
A) shiny and glowing.
B) soft and fluffy.
C) chewy and custardy.
D) dark and stormy.
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘obtained’:
The sky is simply delicious Why haven’t I tried it before? I can chew my way through to Eternity And still have room left for more Having acquired a taste for the Cosmos I’ll polish this sunset off soon I can’t wait to tuck into the night sky Waiter! Please bring me the Moon!
Discuss then check
acquired
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) The speaker detects a hint of cinnamon in the dish.
B) The speaker complains to the waiter that he got the order wrong.
C) The speaker decides to have just a spoonful of sky.
D) The waiter plans on eating the sunset followed by the moon.
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...
turn poems into songs.
Reveal
Many poems have rhythms that work as songs.
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 Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry by Brian Patten © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.