Ready Steady Read Together
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear: Poetry 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?
And they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees…
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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
B) How did the others react upon the Jumblies return?
C) What food was served at the feast?
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Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
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The Jumblies (Part Two)
And all night long they sailed away;
And when the sun went down,
They whistled and warbled a moony song
To the echoing sound of a coppery gong,
In the shade of the mountains brown.
“O Timballo! How happy we are,
When we live in a sieve and a crockery-jar;
And all night long in the moonlight pale,
We sail away with a pea-green sail,
In the shade of the mountains brown!”
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
And in twenty years they all came back,
In twenty years or more,
And every one said, “How tall they’ve grown!” For they’ve been to the Lakes, and the Terrible Zone,
And the hills of the Chankly Bore;
And they drank their health, and gave them a feast
Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast;
And every one said, “If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve, –
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!”
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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warbled
echoing
moony
coppery gong
drank their health
dumplings made of beautiful yeast
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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. 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
warbled
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Find Read Talk
And all night long they sailed away;
And when the sun went down,
They whistled and warbled a moony song
To the echoing sound of a coppery gong,
In the shade of the mountains brown.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
warbled
Your turn
moony
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
echoing
coppery gong
drank their health
dumplings made of beautiful yeast
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
The Jumblies (Part Two)
And all night long they sailed away;
And when the sun went down,
They whistled and warbled a moony song
To the echoing sound of a coppery gong,
In the shade of the mountains brown.
“O Timballo! How happy we are,
When we live in a sieve and a crockery-jar;
And all night long in the moonlight pale,
We sail away with a pea-green sail,
In the shade of the mountains brown!”
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
And in twenty years they all came back,
In twenty years or more,
And every one said, “How tall they’ve grown!” For they’ve been to the Lakes, and the Terrible Zone,
And the hills of the Chankly Bore;
And they drank their health, and gave them a feast
Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast;
And every one said, “If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve, –
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!”
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a Sieve.
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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Jumblies (Part Two)
And all night long they sailed away;
And when the sun went down,...
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The poet has created imaginary creatures and invented the name ‘Jumblies’ for them. This strange, made-up word makes the creatures seem unusual and magical, which adds to the absurdity of the poem.
Teach
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. 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 does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
B) How did the others react upon the Jumblies return?
C) What food was served at the feast?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
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Text Mark Evidence - a coppery gong - they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, and a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, and a hive of silvery bees, and they brought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, and a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws...
strange, unrealistic or unnecessary objects brought on the voyage
Acceptable Answers
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - Jumblies - o Timballo - Ring-Bo-Ree - Chankly Bore
nonsense words and invented names
Text Mark Evidence - we live in a sieve - they went to sea in a Sieve
an impossible boat
Text Mark Evidence the Jumblies…their heads are green, and their hands are blue
unusual or imaginary creatures
Text Mark Evidence in twenty years they all came back, in twenty years or more
an impossibly long voyage
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence they’ve been to….the Terrible Zone, and the hills of the Chankly Bore
nonsense or imaginary places
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence how tall they’ve grown
amazed at how the Jumblies had changed
B) How did the others react upon the Jumblies return?
Text Mark Evidence they’ve been to the Lakes, and the Terrible Zone, and the hills of the Chankly Bore
admired the Jumblies’ adventures and bravery
Text Mark Evidence they drank their health, and gave them a feast
celebrated their return
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence we too will go to sea in a sieve
wanted to copy them instead of warn them
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What food was served at the feast?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence dumplings made of beautiful yeast
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘moony’?
Which One's Right?
They whistled and warbled a moony song…
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The word ‘warbled’ suggests that when the Jumblies sing, their voices sound…
A) loud and deep.
B) high and shaky.
C) rough and scratchy.
D) quiet and frightened.
Tick Me
What is the effect of the poet’s use of absurdity?
Tick one:
A) It makes the poem feel realistic.
B) It creates a serious atmosphere.
Check
C) It makes the poem boring and dull.
Click if correct
D) It creates humour and a sense of magic.
Sequence Me
Put the events from the whole poem in the correct order:
A) The Jumblies used pinky paper to keep their feet dry.
B) The Jumblies were welcomed home with a celebratory feast.
C) The Jumblies’ friends warned them that they might drown at sea.
D) The Jumblies warbled a moony song to the sound of a gong.
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.
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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 Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear: 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?
And they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
B) How did the others react upon the Jumblies return?
C) What food was served at the feast?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
The Jumblies (Part Two)
And all night long they sailed away; And when the sun went down, They whistled and warbled a moony song To the echoing sound of a coppery gong, In the shade of the mountains brown. “O Timballo! How happy we are, When we live in a sieve and a crockery-jar; And all night long in the moonlight pale, We sail away with a pea-green sail, In the shade of the mountains brown!” Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did, To a land all covered with trees, And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees, And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese. Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
And in twenty years they all came back, In twenty years or more, And every one said, “How tall they’ve grown!” For they’ve been to the Lakes, and the Terrible Zone, And the hills of the Chankly Bore; And they drank their health, and gave them a feast Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast; And every one said, “If we only live, We too will go to sea in a Sieve, – To the hills of the Chankly Bore!” Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
warbled
echoing
moony
coppery gong
drank their health
dumplings made of beautiful yeast
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. 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
warbled
Explore
Find Read Talk
And all night long they sailed away; And when the sun went down, They whistled and warbled a moony song To the echoing sound of a coppery gong, In the shade of the mountains brown.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
warbled
Your turn
moony
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
echoing
coppery gong
drank their health
dumplings made of beautiful yeast
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Jumblies (Part Two)
And all night long they sailed away; And when the sun went down, They whistled and warbled a moony song To the echoing sound of a coppery gong, In the shade of the mountains brown. “O Timballo! How happy we are, When we live in a sieve and a crockery-jar; And all night long in the moonlight pale, We sail away with a pea-green sail, In the shade of the mountains brown!” Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did, To a land all covered with trees, And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees, And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese. Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
And in twenty years they all came back, In twenty years or more, And every one said, “How tall they’ve grown!” For they’ve been to the Lakes, and the Terrible Zone, And the hills of the Chankly Bore; And they drank their health, and gave them a feast Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast; And every one said, “If we only live, We too will go to sea in a Sieve, – To the hills of the Chankly Bore!” Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live; Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did, To a land all covered with trees, And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees, And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did,
To a land all covered with trees,
And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart,
And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart,
And a hive of silvery Bees,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws,
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws,
And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree,
And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did, To a land all covered with trees, And they bought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, And a hive of silvery Bees, And they bought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, And forty bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese.
Explore
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Jumblies (Part Two)
And all night long they sailed away; And when the sun went down,...
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
Reveal Explainer
The poet has created imaginary creatures and invented the name ‘Jumblies’ for them. This strange, made-up word makes the creatures seem unusual and magical, which adds to the absurdity of the poem.
Teach
From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. 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 does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
B) How did the others react upon the Jumblies return?
C) What food was served at the feast?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - a coppery gong - they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, and a pound of Rice, and a Cranberry Tart, and a hive of silvery bees, and they brought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, and a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws...
strange, unrealistic or unnecessary objects brought on the voyage
Acceptable Answers
A) What does the poet include to show the theme of nonsense, absurdity and silliness in the poem?
Text Mark Evidence - Jumblies - o Timballo - Ring-Bo-Ree - Chankly Bore
nonsense words and invented names
Text Mark Evidence - we live in a sieve - they went to sea in a Sieve
an impossible boat
Text Mark Evidence the Jumblies…their heads are green, and their hands are blue
unusual or imaginary creatures
Text Mark Evidence in twenty years they all came back, in twenty years or more
an impossibly long voyage
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence they’ve been to….the Terrible Zone, and the hills of the Chankly Bore
nonsense or imaginary places
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence how tall they’ve grown
amazed at how the Jumblies had changed
B) How did the others react upon the Jumblies return?
Text Mark Evidence they’ve been to the Lakes, and the Terrible Zone, and the hills of the Chankly Bore
admired the Jumblies’ adventures and bravery
Text Mark Evidence they drank their health, and gave them a feast
celebrated their return
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence we too will go to sea in a sieve
wanted to copy them instead of warn them
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What food was served at the feast?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence dumplings made of beautiful yeast
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘moony’?
Which One's Right?
They whistled and warbled a moony song… Which answer best completes the sentence? The word ‘warbled’ suggests that when the Jumblies sing, their voices sound…
A) loud and deep.
B) high and shaky.
C) rough and scratchy.
D) quiet and frightened.
Tick Me
What is the effect of the poet’s use of absurdity?
Tick one:
A) It makes the poem feel realistic.
B) It creates a serious atmosphere.
Check
C) It makes the poem boring and dull.
Click if correct
D) It creates humour and a sense of magic.
Sequence Me
Put the events from the whole poem in the correct order:
A) The Jumblies used pinky paper to keep their feet dry.
B) The Jumblies were welcomed home with a celebratory feast.
C) The Jumblies’ friends warned them that they might drown at sea.
D) The Jumblies warbled a moony song to the sound of a gong.
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 Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.