Lesson video

Hello everyone.

It is Mrs. Hardisty here, ready for your English lesson for today.

Today, we're going to be doing lots of work on different sorts of words.

I wonder what the most exciting adjective is that you know? So, when you're ready, let's get started.

This is what we're going to be doing in today's lesson.

We're going to recap some of that technical vocabulary that you learned in our previous lesson, where we thought about how bees make honey.

And then we're going to think about word classes.

So the different sorts of words that we use in our writing.

And then we're going to be generating really precise vocabulary to make sure that we're using the right sort of words in our explanation text writing.

And then finally, you're going to be creating your own word bank as a resource to use when you come to write your own explanation text later.

So for this lesson, you will need an exercise book or paper, a pencil or pen and of course your brain.

So you need to pause the video now and make sure you've got all those things to hand.

Okay everyone, let's begin.

We're going to start with some technical vocabulary.

So we've already done these before, so this is going to be nice and quick.

My turn, your turn.

Worker bee, so that's the bee that collects nectar.

Nectar, a sweet liquid made by flowers.

Enzyme, so that helps break down the nectar into honey in the bee's stomach.

Crop stomach, a honey stomach in a bee.

Honeycomb cell.

So that's a wax container for honey.

Wax, a yellow sticky substance made by bees.

And then finally, regurgitation.

So that's bringing swallowed food up again to the mouth.

It's kind of spitting up food.

So now we're going to think about our word classes and the key vocabulary around word classes.

I've got some raps about these different sorts of words for us to help remember what each one does.

So my turn, your turn.

A noun is a PPT, a person, place, or thing, your turn.

Well done, okay.

Here's the next one.

An adjective describes a word.

It tells us what's it like.

Your turn.

And these two sorts of words are really good friends, aren't they? Because an adjective normally and often describes a noun.

So we can use our adjectives to make our nouns more precise by describing them in more detail.

Okay, let's move on to our next two raps.

This one is quite fast, so we might need to practise it twice.

My turn, a verb is a doing or a being word if you do it, or you are it, then the word is a verb.

Shall we try that altogether? Off we go, a verb is a doing or a being word, if you do it, or you are it, then the word is a verb.

Well done.

And so then, if you want to describe a verb, its kind of word friend is an adverb.

So my turn, your turn.

An adverb describes a verb, it often ends in L-Y.

Okay, shall we try that together? Off we go.

An adverb describes a verb, it often ends in L-Y.

And just like the adjective and the noun being friends together, the verb and the adverb also often friends together because the adverb describes the verb.

So now I've got all four of these word classes and what I would like you to try and do is remember which word matches which definition rap.

So a is a PPT, a person place or thing.

Which one was that? An describes a word; it tells us what it's like.

A doing or a being word; if you do it or you are it then the word is a a describes a verb, it often ends in L-Y.

So you might want to pause the video now and see if you can work out which word class goes for which definition, which rap.

Okay, let's see if you were right.

So the first one, person, place or thing, were the noun.

The second one describing the word was adjective.

The third one, a doing or a being word is a verb.

And then lastly, that means our word that describes a verb is an adverb.

Now, the reason why we were looking at all those word classes is we're going to be doing the lots of rich vocabulary, generating lots of rich vocabulary within those word classes.

So we're going to be thinking about adjectives and verbs and adverbs and that's going to make our writing really precise and really fantastic.

So what kind of language do we need to use in an explanation text? Is it going to be similar to a poem and a story? Is it going to be more similar to a report or instructions? What kind of language do we need to use? You might want to think.

Here's what I think.

So explanation texts need formal, precise language.

So they need more formal language because they're more scientific in the way that they're written.

And so you're not going to use some of the more exciting and flowery language that you might use in a narrative text.

It needs to be more formal.

And we want it to be precise so that it matches exactly the process that we are describing.

So I've got the noun flower here and in my writing, I want to describe it with an adjective.

I've got four different adjectives here.

Various, which means lots of different ones.

Mesmerising, which means you can't stop staring at something because it's so exciting.

Colourful and scented.

Now you could use all of these adjectives to describe a noun but if I wanted to use formal adjectives, then one of them isn't appropriate for an explanation text.

Which one do you think isn't appropriate? Have a look at that list.

Might want to point to it, which one do you think it is? Say it to me.

So I think you wouldn't use the word mesmerising.

It's a wonderful adjective but we would use it more in a story or a poem, rather than in an explanation text.

Okay, so now I want to choose some adjectives to describe a bee.

So I've got intelligent, that's another word for clever, jolly, happy, that's what jolly means.

Clever, which is another word for knowing exactly what to do.

Dedicated, remember, that was that word that you looked at with Ms. Butt that means that you keep on trying at something and you don't get distracted by anything else.

Friendly.

So a friendly bee.

Industrious means you work really hard all the time.

And then resourceful.

So resourceful means you find clever different ways of doing something, even when something's a little bit tricky, you find a way to overcome it.

Now, again, we could use all of these words to describe a bee but in an explanation text, I think two of them would not be appropriate because they're not formal enough.

Which two words do you think that is? Can you shout them out to me? Which ones are they? So I think jolly and friendly.

Lovely adjectives but aren't appropriate for this.

And now let's look at the word nectar, the noun, nectar and again, I've got some adjectives that could describe nectar.

I've got transparent, which means see-through, you can see for it, it's not a particular colour.

And then yummy and then sticky.

Thick and gooey.

And so all of these words could be used to describe nectar but I think there are two that don't really match in an explanation text.

They are not formal enough.

Which two words do you think there aren't really precise and formal enough? Can you tell me? Which ones do you think they are? I think it's the word yummy and gooey.

Now the bee may well think that they're yummy but we're not writing a poem about a bee, what it thinks about nectar.

We're writing an explanation text.

So those two wouldn't match.

However, transparent and sticky would be brilliant adjectives that we could use to describe the nectar, to give our reader a greater sense and idea of what the nectar is like.

And you've already done this.

Remember that lesson where you were looking at all those trying hard words? And these are adjectives that we can use to describe our bees.

So we can use dedicated and determined.

So the determined bee searches for nectar.

Remember, these bees have to search and visit nearly a thousand flowers to fill their stomach.

That shows that they are really dedicated and really determined.

So these are brilliant adjectives that you can use to describe the bees.

So let's just check we know what the meaning of some of these adjectives we've just looked at.

Which adjective means see-through? Is it industrious or transparent? Point to the one you think it is in three, two, one.

It's transparent isn't it? Describes what it looks like.

which adjective means nice smelling? Is it scented, transparent, sticky, or resourceful? Which one describes nice smelling? Point to the one you think it is, three, two, one.

And it's scented, isn't it? That's a more formal way of saying that something smells nice.

It's a great word for describing flowers.

So now we're going to think about verbs, those doing and being words and then adverbs again, so we can use the most precise words in our writing.

So pour, the bees pour the honey into the cells.

Suck, they suck up the nectar.

Flap and they flap their wings.

Seal, remember that's that verb that describes when they put the wax cap on the top of the cell at the end and then search when they're searching for nectar, searching for flowers.

And so now I've got a list of adverbs.

Rapidly, so rapidly means doing it really quickly.

Precisely and precisely and carefully are very similar words.

It means trying to do things in exactly the right way.

Industriously.

So if you're doing something industriously, it means that you're working really hard.

Industry means kind of work, so industriously, you're working really hard.

And then you might not come across this word, diligently.

So again, if you're doing something diligently, you're making sure that you're doing it carefully and that you're working really hard and you're not letting anything else distract you.

So what I'd like you to do now is rather than pick one that doesn't match, 'cause all of these could work, I'd like you to pick a verb and an adverb and match them together.

So which adverb could you match to pour? Would it be to pour precisely? Would it be to pour industriously? for search, which one could you do? Could be rapidly search or carefully search.

So pause the video now and see if you can match up a verb to its adverb.

So this is what I thought.

You may have had a slightly different idea.

There's not a particularly right or wrong answer but these are the adverbs that I thought would be most appropriate for each verb.

So to carefully pour, to industriously suck, to rapidly flap, to precisely seal and to diligently search, to diligently search for flowers.

So let's double check we know what each of these mean.

Which adverb means quickly, is it rapidly or carefully? Show me, point to which one it is in three, two, one.

It's rapidly, isn't it? And then which adverb means working really hard? Is it rapidly, carefully, precisely, or industriously? Working really hard, which one is it? Point to it, tell me the colour of the box.

It's industriously.

And then which adverb means being precise? Which one means being precise? Is it rapidly, carefully, quickly or industriously? Point to which one it is.

Three, two, one, go.

It's carefully, isn't it? It's another synonym for doing something precisely.

So for your main task today, you need to use all of those ideas, all of those words and put them into your own word bank that you will then be able to use for your writing, when you come to write your own explanation texts.

So you can see I've done an example here.

You don't have to use coloured pens or pencils.

You can just use your pencil, if you don't have coloured ones at hand.

And I've written the four main word classes that we've been looking at.

Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

And then I started to write down the different words that I might want to use in my writing that go under each of those different subheadings.

So worker bee is a type of noun.

Resourceful is a type of adjective.

Searches is a type of verb, rapidly is a type of adverb.

I've just done a few.

You can obviously add more, 'cause we've looked at loads and loads of different words and loads and loads of different types of vocabulary today.

And of course, you don't just have to do the ones that we've done together.

If you've got your own ideas, put them in.

Just remember, they need to be formal and precise.

So they need to be adjectives and adverbs that you would have in an explanation text.

But I'm sure you've got some other ideas that you would love to put into your word bank as well.

So can you now pause the video and create your own word bank? Well done everyone.

Hopefully you've now written your own word bank.

I've got some ideas up here that you can check your word bank against to make sure that you've included at least some of these words.

You may well have added some of your own words, of course, as well.

So I've got colourful, scented, various, sugary, thick, transparent and sticky.

That's all those words to describe nectar.

Resourceful, intelligent, clever, dedicated, industrious.

Those words describe a bee.

And then I've got my verbs, searches, sucks, collects, regurgitates.

Remember that it's that word for spitting up, really important scientific word.

Pours, spits, flaps, seals.

And then our adverbs, rapidly, precisely, industriously carefully, diligently.

So just check off and if there are some that you forgot or you missed that you might want to add in, you can do that now.

Let's have a quick recap of what we've done in today's lesson.

So we thought about some of the technical vocabulary that we've learned earlier, things like the honeycomb cell and the enzymes.

We looked at word classes a noun is a PPT.

The verb is a being or doing word.

And then we generated lots of our own rich, precise vocabulary and you put it into a word bank to use for your writing.

Well done, everyone.

What a lot of brilliant words we have generated today and got into our word banks.

It's going to make your writing so fantastic.

I can't wait to see what you can do.