Ready Steady Read Together
50 Ways to Score a Goal: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
She’s already LIFTED the FA CUP
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
B) How much is Wonderkid worth?
C) What time does Wonderkid need to be in bed?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID!
She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
Won the BALLON D’OR
When she was FOUR
There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID
Since from OBSCURITY she was PLUCKED
She’s already LIFTED the FA CUP
By the age of SIX
She knew all the TRICKS
She’s WORLD RECORD HOLDER for KEEPY-UPS
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
An all-time GREAT
And she’s only EIGHT
She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
WONDERKID TO MISS WORLD CUP FINAL SHOCK!!!
SPECULATION RIFE: HAS SHE BEEN DROPPED?
Her mum sets things straight:
‘It kicks off too late
And she NEEDS to be IN BED by NINE O’CLOCK’
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
great
only
past
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
Ballon d’Or
obscurity
rumours
she was plucked
recruit
speculation rife
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 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
Ballon d’Or
Explore
Find Read Talk
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID!
She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
Won the BALLON D’OR
When she was FOUR
There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID
Reveal Vocabulary
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Ballon d’Or
Your turn
rumours
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
obscurity
she was plucked
recruit
speculation rife
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID!
She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
Won the BALLON D’OR
When she was FOUR
There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID
Since from OBSCURITY she was PLUCKED
She’s already LIFTED the FA CUP
By the age of SIX
She knew all the TRICKS
She’s WORLD RECORD HOLDER for KEEPY-UPS
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
An all-time GREAT
And she’s only EIGHT
She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
WONDERKID TO MISS WORLD CUP FINAL SHOCK!!!
SPECULATION RIFE: HAS SHE BEEN DROPPED?
Her mum sets things straight:
‘It kicks off too late
And she NEEDS to be IN BED by NINE O’CLOCK’
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT
She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
An all-time GREAT
And she’s only EIGHT
She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT
She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
An all-time GREAT
And she’s only EIGHT
She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT
She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
An all-time GREAT
And she’s only EIGHT
She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID!
She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the poem for an achievement Wonderkid has as a child. I ‘find and take’ the answer: “worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID”. This tells me Wonderkid is a very successful football player that clubs would pay lots of money for.
Teach
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 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) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
B) How much is Wonderkid worth?
C) What time does Wonderkid need to be in bed?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence won the BALLON D’OR when she was FOUR
won the Ballon d’Or at four years old
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence since from OBSCURITY she was PLUCKED
selected to become a star
Text Mark Evidence she’s already LIFTED the FA CUP
lifted a major trophy
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
Text Mark Evidence by the age of SIX she knew all the TRICKS
achieved football skills as a young child
Text Mark Evidence WORLD RECORD HOLDER for KEEPY-UPS
world record holder
Text Mark Evidence she’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT
youngest ever England recruit
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
holder of the Golden Boot
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How much is Wonderkid worth?
Text Mark Evidence she’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
eighty-seven million pounds
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What time does Wonderkid need to be in bed?
Text Mark Evidence and she NEEDS to be IN BED by NINE O’CLOCK
nine o’clock/ 9 o’clock
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘obscurity’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Wonderkid is called a “wonderkid” because she is…
B) a music teacher at school.
A) learning to play the flute.
C) only eight years old.
D) very talented at football.
True or False?
Wonderkid plays in the World Cup final.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘gossip’:
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID!
She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
Won the BALLON D’OR
When she was FOUR
There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID
Discuss then check
rumours
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
combine poems with art.
Reveal
Create colourful or expressive art to match the feelings of a poem.
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: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
50 Ways to Score a Goal: Poetry Lesson 1
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?
She’s already LIFTED the FA CUP
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
B) How much is Wonderkid worth?
C) What time does Wonderkid need to be in bed?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID! She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID Won the BALLON D’OR When she was FOUR There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID Since from OBSCURITY she was PLUCKED She’s already LIFTED the FA CUP By the age of SIX She knew all the TRICKS She’s WORLD RECORD HOLDER for KEEPY-UPS
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT An all-time GREAT And she’s only EIGHT She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE WONDERKID TO MISS WORLD CUP FINAL SHOCK!!! SPECULATION RIFE: HAS SHE BEEN DROPPED? Her mum sets things straight: ‘It kicks off too late And she NEEDS to be IN BED by NINE O’CLOCK’
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
great
only
past
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
Ballon d’Or
obscurity
rumours
she was plucked
recruit
speculation rife
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 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
Ballon d’Or
Explore
Find Read Talk
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID! She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID Won the BALLON D’OR When she was FOUR There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID
Reveal Vocabulary
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Ballon d’Or
Your turn
rumours
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
obscurity
she was plucked
recruit
speculation rife
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID! She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID Won the BALLON D’OR When she was FOUR There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID Since from OBSCURITY she was PLUCKED She’s already LIFTED the FA CUP By the age of SIX She knew all the TRICKS She’s WORLD RECORD HOLDER for KEEPY-UPS
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT An all-time GREAT And she’s only EIGHT She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE WONDERKID TO MISS WORLD CUP FINAL SHOCK!!! SPECULATION RIFE: HAS SHE BEEN DROPPED? Her mum sets things straight: ‘It kicks off too late And she NEEDS to be IN BED by NINE O’CLOCK’
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT An all-time GREAT And she’s only EIGHT She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT
She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
An all-time GREAT
And she’s only EIGHT
She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
She’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT She’s the HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT An all-time GREAT And she’s only EIGHT She can’t get past GRADE 3 on the FLUTE
Explore
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
WONDERKID!
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID! She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the poem for an achievement Wonderkid has as a child. I ‘find and take’ the answer: “worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID”. This tells me Wonderkid is a very successful football player that clubs would pay lots of money for.
Teach
From: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 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) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
B) How much is Wonderkid worth?
C) What time does Wonderkid need to be in bed?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence won the BALLON D’OR when she was FOUR
won the Ballon d’Or at four years old
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence since from OBSCURITY she was PLUCKED
selected to become a star
Text Mark Evidence she’s already LIFTED the FA CUP
lifted a major trophy
A) What has Wonderkid achieved as a child?
Text Mark Evidence by the age of SIX she knew all the TRICKS
achieved football skills as a young child
Text Mark Evidence WORLD RECORD HOLDER for KEEPY-UPS
world record holder
Text Mark Evidence she’s the YOUNGEST EVER ENGLAND RECRUIT
youngest ever England recruit
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence HOLDER of the GOLDEN BOOT
holder of the Golden Boot
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How much is Wonderkid worth?
Text Mark Evidence she’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID
eighty-seven million pounds
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What time does Wonderkid need to be in bed?
Text Mark Evidence and she NEEDS to be IN BED by NINE O’CLOCK
nine o’clock/ 9 o’clock
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘obscurity’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? Wonderkid is called a “wonderkid” because she is…
B) a music teacher at school.
A) learning to play the flute.
C) only eight years old.
D) very talented at football.
True or False?
Wonderkid plays in the World Cup final.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘gossip’:
Introducing... FOOTBALL’S latest WONDERKID! She’s worth EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION QUID Won the BALLON D’OR When she was FOUR There’s RUMOURS she’s off to REAL MADRID
Discuss then check
rumours
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
combine poems with art.
Reveal
Create colourful or expressive art to match the feelings of a poem.
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: 50 Ways to Score a Goal and Other Football Poems by Brian Bilston © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.