Ready Steady Read Together
Orphans of the Tide: 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?
…ink-smudged papers trailed from the wall to the floor, covered with drawings… of things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day.
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From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
B) What does the description of the workshop tell the reader about Ellie?
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Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
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Ellie had grown up in her mother’s workshop, in the wealthier, upper parts of the city. When she was eight, her mother had died, and Ellie and her brother had moved into the orphanage. When she was ten, her brother had died, and Ellie had moved into the abandoned blacksmith’s opposite, to build a workshop of her own.
It had been Castion’s idea. The City needed someone to carry on Ellie’s mother’s work. She had been a genius, transforming the City with her inventions; by the time she died, the City relied on her machines to catch whales, gather oysters, filter seawater and more besides. Ellie didn’t know much about her mother’s inventions, not really, but she knew more than most, so Castion had convinced the City councillors to pay her a small wage to keep the machines in working order, and to create her own inventions too.
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters. The floor and the walls were wood-panelled, though a visitor would be forgiven for not realising this, since there was little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way. Despite the size of the workshop, it had a musty, close feel, smelling of damp and paint and old books. It creaked and groaned beneath its own weight.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
At no point did it appear to have been tidied. Discarded projects congregated in the corners, swept in that direction by their maker’s changing moods, picked up months later, then thrown back again. Slab-like workbenches rose from the clutter of scrap metal, fallen paint pots and open books. Delicate instruments for charting the weather lay strewn carelessly around. Reams of ink-smudged papers trailed from the wall to the floor, covered with drawings of bodies and faces and hands, of whales and icebergs and ships. Of things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day. In the back-right corner, a spiral staircase curled towards the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library to accommodate the many books her mother had left her. The collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting.
On the ground floor benches were a brass telescope, a chemistry set, and a device that could generate electricity. Lying on the floor, meanwhile, were an open crate of fireworks, a working model of the solar system and – tonight at least – Ellie, who was curled up asleep on a pile of maps.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
rafters
congregated
discarded
strewn
reams
contraptions
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From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. 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
rafters
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Find Read Talk
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters. The floor and the walls were wood-panelled, though a visitor would be forgiven for not realising this, since there was little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
rafters
Your turn
discarded
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
congregated
strewn
reams
contraptions
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Ellie had grown up in her mother’s workshop, in the wealthier, upper parts of the city. When she was eight, her mother had died, and Ellie and her brother had moved into the orphanage. When she was ten, her brother had died, and Ellie had moved into the abandoned blacksmith’s opposite, to build a workshop of her own.
It had been Castion’s idea. The City needed someone to carry on Ellie’s mother’s work. She had been a genius, transforming the City with her inventions; by the time she died, the City relied on her machines to catch whales, gather oysters, filter seawater and more besides. Ellie didn’t know much about her mother’s inventions, not really, but she knew more than most, so Castion had convinced the City councillors to pay her a small wage to keep the machines in working order, and to create her own inventions too.
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters. The floor and the walls were wood-panelled, though a visitor would be forgiven for not realising this, since there was little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way. Despite the size of the workshop, it had a musty, close feel, smelling of damp and paint and old books. It creaked and groaned beneath its own weight.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
At no point did it appear to have been tidied. Discarded projects congregated in the corners, swept in that direction by their maker’s changing moods, picked up months later, then thrown back again. Slab-like workbenches rose from the clutter of scrap metal, fallen paint pots and open books. Delicate instruments for charting the weather lay strewn carelessly around. Reams of ink-smudged papers trailed from the wall to the floor, covered with drawings of bodies and faces and hands, of whales and icebergs and ships. Of things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day. In the back-right corner, a spiral staircase curled towards the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library to accommodate the many books her mother had left her. The collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting.
On the ground floor benches were a brass telescope, a chemistry set, and a device that could generate electricity. Lying on the floor, meanwhile, were an open crate of fireworks, a working model of the solar system and – tonight at least – Ellie, who was curled up asleep on a pile of maps.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place,
looking as it did like the insides
of a busy and unfocused mind.
It was a tall, unevenly shaped room,
lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
Reveal Explainer
The workshop is presented as chaotic and cluttered. The description of it as “a dizzying, confusing place” suggests it is crowded and difficult to organise or move around in. Comparing it to “the insides of a busy and unfocused mind” also reflects Ellie’s creative but messy way of thinking, making the workshop seem full of ideas and unfinished projects.
Teach
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. 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 impressions do you get of the workshop?
B) What does the description of the workshop tell the reader about Ellie?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - at no point did it appear to have been tidied - the clutter of scrap metal, fallen paint pots and open books
Acceptable Answers
untidy and messy
Text Mark Evidence - little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way - were a brass telescope, a chemistry set, and a device that could generate electricity
full of interesting objects and every space is filled
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
Text Mark Evidence the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library to accommodate the many books her mother had left her
personal and meaningful to Ellie
Text Mark Evidence it had a musty, close feel, smelling of damp and paint and old books
cramped and uncomfortable
inspires creativity
Text Mark Evidence - contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day - looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence tonight at least – Ellie, who was curled up asleep on a pile of maps
shows Ellie’s work takes over her life
Text Mark Evidence at no point did it appear to have been tidied
she is messy
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day
she is creative and imaginative
Text Mark Evidence - Ellie had built as a library - the collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting
she loves reading and books
B) What does the description of the workshop tell the reader about Ellie?
Text Mark Evidence - swept in that direction by their maker’s changing moods, picked up months later, then thrown back again - contraptions she’d built, or half-built
she flits from one idea to another
Text Mark Evidence she knew more than most
she is knowledgeable and intelligent
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence (Ellie) had convinced the City councillors to pay her a small wage to keep the machines in working order
she is independent and has a lot of responsibility
Text Mark Evidence books her mother had left her
she wants to feel close to her mum and continue her mum’s legacy
Quiz Time
Start
Link Me
Link each person with what happened:
A) enabled Ellie to carry on inventing
1) Ellie
B) grew up in the richer part of the city
2) Ellie's mother
Check
Click if correct
C) died when Ellie was ten
3) Ellie's brother
D) made creations which changed life in the City
4) Castion
Tick Me
Which of these items could be found in Ellie’s workshop?
Tick all that apply:
A) fireworks
B) her diary
Check
C) drawings
Click if correct
D) photographs of whales
Find Me
Find two phrases which show that there are a lot of books.
In the back-right corner, a spiral staircase curled towards the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library...The collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting.
1 Discuss then check
swollen to twice its original size
2 Discuss then check
packed to bursting
True or False?
Ellie took over her mother’s workshop when she died.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
share a story.
Reveal
Read your favourite fiction book aloud to a friend or family member.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Orphans of the Tide: 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?
…ink-smudged papers trailed from the wall to the floor, covered with drawings… of things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
B) What does the description of the workshop tell the reader about Ellie?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Ellie had grown up in her mother’s workshop, in the wealthier, upper parts of the city. When she was eight, her mother had died, and Ellie and her brother had moved into the orphanage. When she was ten, her brother had died, and Ellie had moved into the abandoned blacksmith’s opposite, to build a workshop of her own. It had been Castion’s idea. The City needed someone to carry on Ellie’s mother’s work. She had been a genius, transforming the City with her inventions; by the time she died, the City relied on her machines to catch whales, gather oysters, filter seawater and more besides. Ellie didn’t know much about her mother’s inventions, not really, but she knew more than most, so Castion had convinced the City councillors to pay her a small wage to keep the machines in working order, and to create her own inventions too. The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters. The floor and the walls were wood-panelled, though a visitor would be forgiven for not realising this, since there was little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way. Despite the size of the workshop, it had a musty, close feel, smelling of damp and paint and old books. It creaked and groaned beneath its own weight.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
At no point did it appear to have been tidied. Discarded projects congregated in the corners, swept in that direction by their maker’s changing moods, picked up months later, then thrown back again. Slab-like workbenches rose from the clutter of scrap metal, fallen paint pots and open books. Delicate instruments for charting the weather lay strewn carelessly around. Reams of ink-smudged papers trailed from the wall to the floor, covered with drawings of bodies and faces and hands, of whales and icebergs and ships. Of things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day. In the back-right corner, a spiral staircase curled towards the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library to accommodate the many books her mother had left her. The collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting. On the ground floor benches were a brass telescope, a chemistry set, and a device that could generate electricity. Lying on the floor, meanwhile, were an open crate of fireworks, a working model of the solar system and – tonight at least – Ellie, who was curled up asleep on a pile of maps.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
rafters
congregated
discarded
strewn
reams
contraptions
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. 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
rafters
Explore
Find Read Talk
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters. The floor and the walls were wood-panelled, though a visitor would be forgiven for not realising this, since there was little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
rafters
Your turn
discarded
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
congregated
strewn
reams
contraptions
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Ellie had grown up in her mother’s workshop, in the wealthier, upper parts of the city. When she was eight, her mother had died, and Ellie and her brother had moved into the orphanage. When she was ten, her brother had died, and Ellie had moved into the abandoned blacksmith’s opposite, to build a workshop of her own. It had been Castion’s idea. The City needed someone to carry on Ellie’s mother’s work. She had been a genius, transforming the City with her inventions; by the time she died, the City relied on her machines to catch whales, gather oysters, filter seawater and more besides. Ellie didn’t know much about her mother’s inventions, not really, but she knew more than most, so Castion had convinced the City councillors to pay her a small wage to keep the machines in working order, and to create her own inventions too. The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters. The floor and the walls were wood-panelled, though a visitor would be forgiven for not realising this, since there was little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way. Despite the size of the workshop, it had a musty, close feel, smelling of damp and paint and old books. It creaked and groaned beneath its own weight.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
At no point did it appear to have been tidied. Discarded projects congregated in the corners, swept in that direction by their maker’s changing moods, picked up months later, then thrown back again. Slab-like workbenches rose from the clutter of scrap metal, fallen paint pots and open books. Delicate instruments for charting the weather lay strewn carelessly around. Reams of ink-smudged papers trailed from the wall to the floor, covered with drawings of bodies and faces and hands, of whales and icebergs and ships. Of things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day. In the back-right corner, a spiral staircase curled towards the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library to accommodate the many books her mother had left her. The collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting. On the ground floor benches were a brass telescope, a chemistry set, and a device that could generate electricity. Lying on the floor, meanwhile, were an open crate of fireworks, a working model of the solar system and – tonight at least – Ellie, who was curled up asleep on a pile of maps.
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place,
looking as it did like the insides
of a busy and unfocused mind.
It was a tall, unevenly shaped room,
lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
Explore
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The workshop was a dizzying, confusing place, looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind. It was a tall, unevenly shaped room, lined with shelves that towered to the rafters.
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
Reveal Explainer
The workshop is presented as chaotic and cluttered. The description of it as “a dizzying, confusing place” suggests it is crowded and difficult to organise or move around in. Comparing it to “the insides of a busy and unfocused mind” also reflects Ellie’s creative but messy way of thinking, making the workshop seem full of ideas and unfinished projects.
Teach
From: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020. 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 impressions do you get of the workshop?
B) What does the description of the workshop tell the reader about Ellie?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - at no point did it appear to have been tidied - the clutter of scrap metal, fallen paint pots and open books
Acceptable Answers
untidy and messy
Text Mark Evidence - little wall or floor space that wasn’t covered in some way - were a brass telescope, a chemistry set, and a device that could generate electricity
full of interesting objects and every space is filled
A) What impressions do you get of the workshop?
Text Mark Evidence the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library to accommodate the many books her mother had left her
personal and meaningful to Ellie
Text Mark Evidence it had a musty, close feel, smelling of damp and paint and old books
cramped and uncomfortable
inspires creativity
Text Mark Evidence - contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day - looking as it did like the insides of a busy and unfocused mind
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence tonight at least – Ellie, who was curled up asleep on a pile of maps
shows Ellie’s work takes over her life
Text Mark Evidence at no point did it appear to have been tidied
she is messy
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence things that wandered Ellie’s dreams, and contraptions she’d built, or half-built, or would build one day
she is creative and imaginative
Text Mark Evidence - Ellie had built as a library - the collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting
she loves reading and books
B) What does the description of the workshop tell the reader about Ellie?
Text Mark Evidence - swept in that direction by their maker’s changing moods, picked up months later, then thrown back again - contraptions she’d built, or half-built
she flits from one idea to another
Text Mark Evidence she knew more than most
she is knowledgeable and intelligent
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence (Ellie) had convinced the City councillors to pay her a small wage to keep the machines in working order
she is independent and has a lot of responsibility
Text Mark Evidence books her mother had left her
she wants to feel close to her mum and continue her mum’s legacy
Quiz Time
Start
Link Me
Link each person with what happened:
A) enabled Ellie to carry on inventing
1) Ellie
B) grew up in the richer part of the city
2) Ellie's mother
Check
Click if correct
C) died when Ellie was ten
3) Ellie's brother
D) made creations which changed life in the City
4) Castion
Tick Me
Which of these items could be found in Ellie’s workshop?
Tick all that apply:
A) fireworks
B) her diary
Check
C) drawings
Click if correct
D) photographs of whales
Find Me
Find two phrases which show that there are a lot of books.
In the back-right corner, a spiral staircase curled towards the loft: a half-floor Ellie had built as a library...The collection had since swollen to twice its original size, so the shelves of the library were packed to bursting.
1 Discuss then check
swollen to twice its original size
2 Discuss then check
packed to bursting
True or False?
Ellie took over her mother’s workshop when she died.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
share a story.
Reveal
Read your favourite fiction book aloud to a friend or family member.
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: Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray © 2020 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.