Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name's Ms Butt.

And in today's lesson I'm going to be teaching you three new words to use as part of your Aladdin unit.

Now today, we're going to focus on words that are used to describe clever or sly characters.

I wonder if you can think of anyone who's very clever or very sly in Aladdin.

I hope you enjoyed today's lesson.

Okay, so in today's lesson we are going to first introduce three new words.

For each word, we are going to look at the word pairs and the synonyms. And finally, we're going to have a go at applying these words in sentences that we can use in your Aladdin unit.

For today's learning, you're going to need a piece of paper or a notepad to write in at the very end of the lesson, a pencil and your brains.

Please could you make sure you have everything you need now and make sure you try and clear away anything that's going to distract you so you can really focus on today's learning, pause the video and do that now.

Okay, so let's start thinking about clever and sly character traits.

I want you to, first of all, think about this question.

What do you think is the difference between being clever and being sly? Have a quick think about that now.

I wonder if you thought that both character traits are positive or whether some of them are negative, because I think that being clever is a really positive thing, but being sly I see as a negative character trait, and I think to be sly you have to be clever, but it's being clever and using it and perhaps not the best way perhaps you might be using your intelligence to do things that aren't particularly nice.

And quite often foxes are used at it when we think about sly characters, they quite often will foxes play sly characters in stories.

Let's look at some key vocabulary we're going to use today.

I say, you say, synonym, word pair, adjective, noun.

Well done as synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word like merry and happy.

You could say Merry Christmas or happy Christmas.

They both kind of mean the same thing.

Word pairs are words that often appear together like a bright sun or a bright moon.

An adjective is a describing word and it often describes a noun which is a person, a place or a thing.

Are you ready to look at the first image for our first clever or sly word? Right, let's have a look at this illustration because all of these illustrations are meant to help us understand what each word means.

So before I tell you what this word is first of all, have a close look at what is happening in this picture, or can you see, what can you tell me about this character? Can you be detectives and find out all the clues you can from looking at this image pause the video and have a think about that now.

Well, I think that this character it looks very intelligent.

And one of the reasons I think that is because not only is he stood piled on some books.

Also he's reading a book at the same time as doing some kind of science experiment.

And there's a globe next to him.

That makes me wonder if he's travelled a lot and maybe he's got lots of knowledge from travelling.

I wonder if that's similar to what you thought.

Let's have a look how we would describe this character.

Astute, astute, astute is an objective and it means shrewd or quick-witted like someone who understands things quickly and make smart decisions.

And you don't need to worry if you're unsure about what the word shrewd is because we're going to look at that in a later lesson.

So if you are quick witted it means that you can understand things or see things or grasp things really, really quickly.

So it's another way of saying that you all very, very clever.

Let's have a look and see if we can find any synonyms of the word, astute, reader, sharp, politician, observation, quick witted, lawyer, brain, detective, leader, and move.

Now of course some of these words are the word pairs that will be paired with astute.

That some of them actually mean the same thing.

Here's the word astute in a sentence.

In a very astute move, Aladdin ignored the gleaming treasure in the cave.

I wonder if you could pause the video now and see if you can find any synonyms of the word astute.

Okay, let's see how you got on, the synonyms are, sharp, quick witted, I've just told you that.

So that means that we could say in a very sharp move Aladdin ignored the gleaming treasure in thee cave.

Now that doesn't mean sharp as in something that's going to prick your finger.

Sharp is another way of describing that someone again as very quick thinking, quick witted, very clever.

That means the rest of these words are word pairs.

I'm going to read them to you.

So you might have an astute reader, an astute observation.

That's when you view something or you notice something.

So perhaps if you noticed a really tiny detail of something that had changed someone might say, wow, that was a very astute observation an astute politician.

You would hope that all our politicians would be astute 'cause we'd want them to be very clever and quick-witted.

An astute move.

Perhaps if you playing a game of chess or something like that, you might do an astute move.

An astute lawyer, a lawyer is a type of job someone who practises or studies law.

An astute brain, pretty sure you will have got astute brains.

An astute detective, detective needs to solve crimes or solve mysteries.

So you would definitely want a detective to be astute.

And finally, an astute leader.

That's really important when we try to learn new vocabulary that we say it aloud, because if we just read it in our heads and we probably won't remember it.

So I'd like you now to pause the video and to read the word as out loud, just like I did off you go.

Well done.

Can you remember what does astute mean? You can use the image to help you.

Well done.

It means shrewd or quick-witted like someone who understands things quickly and make smart decisions.

Can you think of someone who you know, or a character who is very astute? I think I know lots of people.

Are you ready for a second word? Let's have a look at the image.

Ooh, what's happening here.

What can you notice about this character? Pause the video and have a think.

Well, I think that this character looks like he is up to no good.

He's got a kind of evil grin or smirk and red bloodshot eyes.

And if I look, try and read upside down, it looks like he's got something in his hand that says, Evil Plan.

And he's drawn some kind of diagram maybe about attacking a building or something like that.

He seems like a villain to me.

I wonder what this word could be? Devious.

I say, you say, devious, devious.

Well done.

Devious is an adjective as well just like astute was.

But it means cheating or sly.

Like someone busy making evil plans.

Quite often we had devious characters in stories who are the villains.

Let's have a look and see if we can work out any synonyms of devious.

Sly, villain, plan, grin, cheating, plot cunning, strategy, step and criminal.

So some of these words are synonyms which means they mean more or less the same thing as devious.

And some of them all word pairs.

Which do you think are the synonyms? It might help you to look at their sentence.

The devious villain cackled at how evil his plan was.

So which words could we replace the word devious with in the sentence? Pause the video and have a think.

Let's see how you got on, the synonyms are, sly, cheating and cunning.

So we could say the sly villain cackled or the cheating villain cackled, or the cunning villain cackled.

And the rest of the words are word pairs, which I'm going to read to you now.

at devious villain, a devious criminal, someone who commits a crime a devious plan, a devious grin, his character definitely has a devious grin.

A devious plot.

That's like another way of saying a plan.

A devious step and a devious strategy.

And again, a strategy is a bit like a plan or a plot.

It's a plan of action.

So I'd like you now to read these words aloud yourself, pause the video and off you go.

Well done.

Can you remember what does devious mean? Well done.

It means cheating or sly, like someone busy making evil plans.

Let's look at our final word for today.

Let's first of all take a look at the image.

This is a very different image.

What's happening here.

Can you describe this image? What's this character doing? Have a look of all the clues to try and form your decision.

Pause the video and have a think.

Well, it looks to me very unlike in the last image this character seems to be judging a cake contest.

I can see that 'cause it says, the 10th annual cupcake contest on the banner in the background.

And there's a sign saying, judge.

and it looks like this character has got two yummy cupcakes and has had a bite out of each one and is deciding which cupcake tastes the nicest.

Which one do you think looks like the nicest the pink one or the one with the cherry on the top? Yeah, I think that one looks like the nicest too.

So if this is clever or sly, I wonder if this is more someone who's clever or more someone who's sly.

What do you think? I think definitely devious was more someone who was sly and astute I think was someone more clever.

What about this character? This word is discerning.

I see you say discerning, discerning.

This is a really tricky word.

And in fact, I bet if you ask lots of adults what the word discerning meant, they probably wouldn't be able to tell you 'cause it is a really difficult word.

So you guys are doing so well that you were learning it today.

Discerning is an adjective and it means clear sighted or selective like a judge who is able to decide on the best cupcake.

Now it would be very important if you had a judge of any kind of competition for them to be discerning, because if you're discerning it means as this says, you're very clear sighted.

You're able to pick the best one without having your mind being too clouded.

So it's someone again, who's very clever.

Let's take a look and see if we can spot any synonyms for this word discerning.

Judge, traveller, consumer, eye, critic, selective, reader, character, clear sighted, having good judgement.

Here's the word in a sentence.

The parrot cast a discerning eye over the lamp and knew at once that it was a fake.

Could you pause the video and see if you can tell me which words are synonyms of discerning? Okay.

Let's see if you are right.

The synonyms are, selective, clear sighted and having good judgement.

That means the rest of the words are word pairs.

And I'm going to read them to you now.

A discerning judge.

Well we've already spoken about why it would be very important to have a clear sighted judge for competition.

A discerning traveller.

Now, if you let a discerning traveller it would be somebody again, who would perhaps imagine if you were on holiday and you saw a sign that said, Come to this amazing water park.

you know, and truly trying to sell it to you.

But actually when then there was a little tiny perhaps picture at the bottom and actually it didn't look very nice.

Or there was a little asterisk at the bottom that said something like cost 1000 pounds.

If you were a discerning traveller, you would spot that and you'd be clear, sighted and think we're not going there.

A discerning consumer, a consumer is just someone who buys something.

So again, perhaps if you a consumer in the shops and you saw something that was 99 pounds, 99 P, if you were deciding, think "I know what they're trying to do there." They're trying to make it seem like it's cheaper than it is but actually 99 pounds and 99 P, is more or less a hundred pounds.

You might have a discerning eye.

You might be a discerning critic and that's somebody, you could be a critical the book or of a film.

Somebody who watches or read something and then writes about what they thought about it.

You might be a discerning reader or you might be a discerning character.

So pause the video now.

And could you have a go at reading these word pairs aloud, off you go.

Well done Can you now have a look at these three words and see if you can match them to the correct image? We've learned three new words today pause the video and have a think.

Let's see if you were right.

The first word was astute.

The second word was devious.

And the third word, which is the trickiest one to remember I think is discerning, have a look now at the definitions.

So we've got cheating or sly, clear sighted or selective and shrewd and quick-witted.

Can you remember which definition matches which image? Pause the video and have a think.

Let's see how you got on.

Astute means shrewd or quick-witted.

Devious means cheating or sly and discerning means clear sighted or selective.

So let's go back to this original question about whether these words are positive or negative character traits.

For example, would you like to be called astute or described as being devious or discerning? What do you think? Yeah, I agree with you.

I think that astute and discerning are both positive character traits because they effectively mean that you're very clever and able to make quick decisions and clear sighted decisions.

But if you're devious, that's more like being sly and that's more of a negative character trait.

I wouldn't want to be described as being a devious character.

Let's have a look now putting these words in sentences, they made plans and they shared sly secrets.

Now these sentences I've tried to write to be about Aladdin.

Which word do you think fits in best here? They made plans and they shared sly secrets.

What do you think? Pause the video and have a go.

The answer is they made devious plans and shared sly secrets.

There's a bit of a clue thee because it said sly secrets which made me feel like they were up to no good.

And I know that devious is the most negative word.

Let's look at another example.

The servant asked for the treasure before he handed over the lamp.

Okay so this is obviously some kind of deal where they're getting the treasure.

When he hands the lamp in return, he'll get the treasure.

So he's thinking cleverly here, he's thinking, "I'm not going to give you this lamp until you've given me first my reward." So it's definitely a very clever thing to do.

Which words do you think fits best here? The astute servant or the discerning servant? Pause the video and see what you think.

Now both of these would work here.

And in fact, you could even say the devious servant if it was a sort of villainous character I think the best fit is the astute servant because we know that that's someone who is quick-witted and thinks very fast and that's something you'd have to do when you think on your feet.

The final one is Jafar was such a character that he instantly knew he was being tricked.

What word do you think fits in here? Well done.

The answer is discerning.

Now again, we could have said astute, devious or discerning.

Perhaps a steward would be better than devious.

But I think discerning works well here, because again we know that if you you're discerning, you might be a really good judge because you're able to sort of notice things very clearly.

And if he knew he was being tricked straight away maybe he's very discerning character.

Although we know that Jafar is actually not a very nice character.

And we said discerning and astute usually are positive words.

Okay, it's time for you to have a go at writing your own sentences.

Now, remember these words are really, really tricky.

So don't be worried if you're finding this difficult, because they're are very very ambitious words.

What could help you is if you use the word pairs.

So for example, you might pick the word pair, detective and then you could use the word pair astute detective, and build a sentence around that.

Remember, your sentence needs to start with a capital letter and finished with a full stop.

So could you please pause the video now and have a go at writing a sentence using the word astute which means you're sharp and quick-witted.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Well done.

Our second sentence is going to include the word devious.

I bet you're going to enjoy writing a sentence using this word.

Again Use the word pairs to help you.

For example, you might choose the word devious grin and you might write a sentence about that.

For example, you might say something like, as a devious grin spread across Jafar's face comma and then you might finish that sentence off what did he do as a devious grin spread across his face.

Good luck.

And off you go right in your second sentence.

Well done.

And the last sentence I'd like you to write the most tricky word we've learned today is a sentence including the word discerning.

Now remember that discerning is it mean someone who's very clear sighted.

You could pick a word pair for example, the discerning traveller.

And you could form a sentence around that or you could try to make your writing about Aladdin.

So you could try to practise a sentence that you could use in your writing.

Notice with the word discerning that the S sound is an S and Ds.

So it's a bit of a tricky spelling.

Pause the video and have a go at writing this final sentence.

Well done.

You've written three amazing sentences and you should feel really proud of yourselves because as I said, these are words that probably many adults don't know.

I think you've worked so hard today and I really hope that you enjoyed learning this new vocabulary.

I also hope that you can remember these words so that when you do your Aladdin writing you could include these in your sentences, in your storytelling.

If you would like to share any of your work today so that we can see the sentences that you have written using these synomic words, then please ask your parents or carer to take a photo and share your work on Twitter.

Thank you so much for watching this lesson and I hope you enjoyed it.

I'll see you soon.

Bye.