Ready Steady Read Together
42 Artists Everyone Should Know: Non-fiction Lesson 2
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?
…to this day he remains one of the most famous Japanese artists in the world.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
B) Why do you think ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ is famous worldwide?
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Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
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Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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apprenticeship
extended
colleagues
sacred
vivid
dynamic
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. 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
apprenticeship
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Find Read Talk
Hokusai began his apprenticeship as a woodcutter at the age of fifteen. When he was eighteen, he began to work in the art workshop of a maker of woodblock prints. While his colleagues mostly printed pictures of actors using this technique, Hokusai soon became more interested in nature. His series of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji became world-famous.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
apprenticeship
Your turn
colleagues
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
extended
sacred
vivid
dynamic
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
...he created an enormous body of work – some 3,000 colour prints, over 1,000 paintings, and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations. Throughout his life, his aim was to develop his skills as an artist, and to this day he remains among the most famous Japanese artists in the world.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
...he created an enormous body of work –
some 3,000 colour prints,
over 1,000 paintings,
and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations.
Throughout his life,
his aim was to develop his skills as an artist,
and to this day he remains
among the most famous Japanese artists
in the world.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
...he created an enormous body of work – some 3,000 colour prints, over 1,000 paintings, and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations. Throughout his life, his aim was to develop his skills as an artist, and to this day he remains among the most famous Japanese artists in the world.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
His career extended over seventy years, and he created an enormous body of work – some 3,000 colour prints, over 1,000 paintings, and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations.
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
Reveal Explainer
This shows that Hokusai became successful because he worked for a very long time and produced a huge amount of artwork. The phrase “an enormous body of work” suggests he created many pieces, which would have helped him become well known and improve his skills over time.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. 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) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
B) Why do you think ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ is famous worldwide?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
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Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Hokusai began his apprenticeship as a woodcutter at the age of fifteen
he learnt artistic skills from a young age
Text Mark Evidence when he was eighteen, he began to work in the art workshop of a maker of woodblock prints
he gained experience working in an art workshop
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
Text Mark Evidence while his colleagues mostly printed pictures of actors using this technique, Hokusai soon became more interested in nature
he became interested in nature instead of copying what others were doing
Text Mark Evidence his series of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji became world-famous
he created artwork that became world-famous
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence throughout his life, his aim was to develop his skills as an artist
he always wanted to improve his skills
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the picture shows a huge wave advancing toward a fishing boat
people find the artwork dramatic and exciting
B) Why do you think ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ is famous worldwide?
Text Mark Evidence it is so vivid and dynamic that you can almost hear the rushing of the waves
the image is very vivid and memorable
Text Mark Evidence it comes from the series of views of the sacred mountain Fuji
it is part of a well-known and important series
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence there are prints of this work in various museums throughout the world
it is widely recognised and displayed in many places
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Tick Me
Which of these are part of Hokusai’s printing technique?
Tick all that apply:
A) cutting parts of a picture into different wooden blocks
B) collecting wood from Mount Fuji
Check
C) printing in different colours on top of each other
Click if correct
D) visiting museums worldwide
Find Me
Find a word which shows that Mount Fuji was a special, spiritual place:
There are prints of this work in various museums throughout the world. It comes from the series of views of the sacred mountain Fuji, and it is one of Hokusai’s best-known works.
Discuss then check
sacred
True or False?
Hokusai’s only art technique was woodblock printing.
True
False
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Hokusai began his apprenticeship.
B) He worked in an art workshop making woodblock prints.
C) He printed pictures of Mount Fuji.
D) Hokusai was born in Edo, Japan.
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...
re-read your favourite books.
Reveal
Like old friends, they're always comforting.
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: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
42 Artists Everyone Should Know: Non-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?
…to this day he remains one of the most famous Japanese artists in the world.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
B) Why do you think ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ is famous worldwide?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
apprenticeship
extended
colleagues
sacred
vivid
dynamic
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. 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
apprenticeship
Explore
Find Read Talk
Hokusai began his apprenticeship as a woodcutter at the age of fifteen. When he was eighteen, he began to work in the art workshop of a maker of woodblock prints. While his colleagues mostly printed pictures of actors using this technique, Hokusai soon became more interested in nature. His series of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji became world-famous.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
apprenticeship
Your turn
colleagues
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
extended
sacred
vivid
dynamic
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
...he created an enormous body of work – some 3,000 colour prints, over 1,000 paintings, and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations. Throughout his life, his aim was to develop his skills as an artist, and to this day he remains among the most famous Japanese artists in the world.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
...he created an enormous body of work –
some 3,000 colour prints,
over 1,000 paintings,
and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations.
Throughout his life,
his aim was to develop his skills as an artist,
and to this day he remains
among the most famous Japanese artists
in the world.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
...he created an enormous body of work – some 3,000 colour prints, over 1,000 paintings, and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations. Throughout his life, his aim was to develop his skills as an artist, and to this day he remains among the most famous Japanese artists in the world.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
His career extended over seventy years, and he created an enormous body of work – some 3,000 colour prints, over 1,000 paintings, and hundreds of drawings and book illustrations.
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
Reveal Explainer
This shows that Hokusai became successful because he worked for a very long time and produced a huge amount of artwork. The phrase “an enormous body of work” suggests he created many pieces, which would have helped him become well known and improve his skills over time.
From: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. 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) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
B) Why do you think ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ is famous worldwide?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Hokusai began his apprenticeship as a woodcutter at the age of fifteen
he learnt artistic skills from a young age
Text Mark Evidence when he was eighteen, he began to work in the art workshop of a maker of woodblock prints
he gained experience working in an art workshop
A) What do you think contributed to Katsushika Hokusai becoming a successful, famous artist?
Text Mark Evidence while his colleagues mostly printed pictures of actors using this technique, Hokusai soon became more interested in nature
he became interested in nature instead of copying what others were doing
Text Mark Evidence his series of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji became world-famous
he created artwork that became world-famous
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence throughout his life, his aim was to develop his skills as an artist
he always wanted to improve his skills
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the picture shows a huge wave advancing toward a fishing boat
people find the artwork dramatic and exciting
B) Why do you think ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ is famous worldwide?
Text Mark Evidence it is so vivid and dynamic that you can almost hear the rushing of the waves
the image is very vivid and memorable
Text Mark Evidence it comes from the series of views of the sacred mountain Fuji
it is part of a well-known and important series
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence there are prints of this work in various museums throughout the world
it is widely recognised and displayed in many places
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Tick Me
Which of these are part of Hokusai’s printing technique?
Tick all that apply:
A) cutting parts of a picture into different wooden blocks
B) collecting wood from Mount Fuji
Check
C) printing in different colours on top of each other
Click if correct
D) visiting museums worldwide
Find Me
Find a word which shows that Mount Fuji was a special, spiritual place:
There are prints of this work in various museums throughout the world. It comes from the series of views of the sacred mountain Fuji, and it is one of Hokusai’s best-known works.
Discuss then check
sacred
True or False?
Hokusai’s only art technique was woodblock printing.
True
False
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Hokusai began his apprenticeship.
B) He worked in an art workshop making woodblock prints.
C) He printed pictures of Mount Fuji.
D) Hokusai was born in Edo, Japan.
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...
re-read your favourite books.
Reveal
Like old friends, they're always comforting.
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: 42 Artists Everyone Should Know by Alison Baverstock, Florian Heine, Doris Kutschbach, Angela Wenzel, Brad Finger and Bettina Shuemann © 2024. Schools must purchase the original text for full content.