Lesson video

Hello.

It's Mrs. Smart.

Welcome back to our english unit about journalistic writing.

We have now written and edited our opening paragraph and our chronological recount paragraph.

So in today's lesson, we're going to start planning for our quotes paragraph.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or some lined paper, a pen or pencil and your witness notes from our previous lesson, where we gathered evidence for our newspaper reports.

If you don't have any of those items with you right now, just pause the recording and get yourself ready.

Okay, so in today's lesson we're going to start with a recap of the newspaper report structure, as well as the story that we are retelling in our newspaper report.

We're then going to start planning our quotes, ready for writing our quotes paragraph.

And lastly, I will set you your independent task.

Here is the newspaper report structure that we are following as part of this unit.

You have already written your opening paragraph and your chronological recap paragraph.

So you're halfway through your newspaper report already.

In today's lesson, we're going to be focusing on planning for our quotes paragraph.

We're now going to watch the Hoodwinked film, which is what our newspaper report is based on to remind ourselves one more time of the sequence of events.

Once you've seen the film clip, I'm going to ask you to put the stills in order and retail the events.

Okay? Let's watch.

So this is hoodwinked.

The director is Corey Edwards and the production company is CAMBA entertainment.

Granny.

it's me Red.

is everything okay? Oh yeah.

Sure thing.

Come on in.

What.

who are you? I'm your grandma.

Your face looks really weird, Granny.

I have been sick, I - And your mouth doesn't move when you talk.

Plastic surgery.

Grandma's had a little work done.

Now, come on over here.

Let's have a look at you.

So what's going on.

Grandma? Oh, you see I'm doing a lot of quilting.

So.

you got the load.

Wow.

What big hands you have.

Oh.

Better than scratch my back with.

And what big ears you have? Oh.

better to hear your many.

criticisms. Old people just have big ears, dear.

And granny, what big eyes you have? Are we just going to sit around here talk about how big I'm getting?! You came here for a reason, didn't you? So tell old granny what got in the basket.

Granny, what bad breath you have.

You again?! What do I have to do? Get a restraining order? Settle down, little girl.

I'm onto you.

Hi-yah! Save it, Red foo.

You've been dodging me out there, but now you might as well give up.

You crazy wolf.

What have you done with granny?! I'm taking granny down, and you're next! Granny! But you.

that's a I'm sure you are watching and listening really carefully.

So you're going to find it really easy to put these stills in order and retell the events.

Remember, I want you to try and say at least one sentence per picture to try and retell this part of the story.

Pause the recording and off you go.

Hey, are those stills in the correct order? You can now check to make sure that you were correct in your retelling of the events.

We're now going to start planning for our quotes paragraph.

So if you remember, in a previous lesson, we gathered evidence run newspaper report, and we read statements from these three witnesses, a neighbour, a dog Walker, and a delivery man.

All of these people had either seen or heard something that had occurred as part of this incident and were able to provide some information so that we could understand the incident a little bit better.

Here's an example of a quotes paragraph that we looked at in a previous lesson.

I'm going to read it through to you just to remind yourself of some of the features of the quotes paragraph.

If you want to pause the recording and read it yourself, you can.

Otherwise follow along on the screen.

Many witnesses have provided further information about the incident.

The best next door neighbour, Mr. Hunter, who was outside gardening at the time, heard a commotion at the Bear's residence.

He reported, "I was just pruning my roses when I was distracted by the sound of crockery smashing." Furthermore, a passer-by stated that she had seen a young girl with blonde hair approaching the Bear's house while she was walking her dog.

The police have issued an official statement.

"Number three, Honeypot Lane is currently a crime scene and is undergoing further forensic investigation." explained the chief of police.

Now you've had a chance to remind yourself of a quotes paragraph and some of the features.

Have a think about this question.

What is the purpose of the quotes paragraph? Why do we need to include it in a newspaper report, post recording, and have a think of write yourself an answer now.

The quotes paragraph product provides additional information about the event.

It also gives some different perspectives on the event.

So it's not just a one-sided view.

It will show what several people think or experienced as part of the incident to give a really well-rounded newspaper report.

Okay.

Let's start thinking about what we're going to include in our quotes paragraph.

So we're going to think about a sentence or two that each of the witnesses is going to say that we're going to put into our quotes paragraph either in direct speech or reported speech.

So have a look at your notes.

Could you write one or two sentences that are really important pieces of information that the neighbour told us about the incident.

Pause the recording and write your speech bubble now.

Brilliant.

Well done.

Okay.

Let's see what I wrote.

I was pruning my roses when I saw a suspicious looking individual approach.

That's really important that he saw the Wolf approach.

I didn't recognise him, but I just presumed it was one of Mrs. Pocket's many friends.

So you can see I've got two sentences there.

I've picked out the most important information that the neighbour told me.

We're now going to do the same for the delivery man.

So again, have a look at your notes from our previous lesson and write one or two sentences in a speech bubble that you're going to use in your quotes paragraph for the delivery man.

Pause the recording and off you go.

Excellent.

Well done.

Okay, so look what I wrote.

As I was unlocking my bike, I heard raised voices and saw two figures moving around inside.

I'm sure one of them was holding a stick, but it was hard to see.

That's a really key information is he saw Red and Wolf having a fight.

So he said he heard the raised voices.

He saw them moving around and he saw one person holding a stick.

We know that that was the fight that he saw take place.

And lastly, I want you to think about the dog walker.

Have a look at your notes, pick out one or two sentences of key information that you could include in the quotes paragraph for the dog walker.

Pause the recording and write your speech bubble now.

Well done.

You're doing such a good job.

Let's have a look at what I wrote.

I was minding my own business, when suddenly I saw a large man fly towards the house waving an axe.

I heard the smash of glass.

So I presume he broke a window.

So the key bits of information the dog Walker gave us was when Kirk, the woodsmen, came flying in through the window.

She didn't actually see him smashed the window, but she heard the glass.

So she presumes that he broke the window.

Now we haven't looked at a police statement yet.

We only looked at the three witnesses that we've just planned our quotes for.

But if we wanted to include one more quote in our quotes paragraph, what do you think the police might say about this incident? Maybe they would say something about what is happening right now, or what's going to happen in the future.

Pause the recording and write a speech bubble for the police.

Well done.

Here's my example.

Number one, Cherry Pot Lane is currently a crime scene.

So that means it's happening right now and is undergoing further forensic investigation.

We are appealing for witnesses who may have seen or heard anything during the incident.

So that's all things that the police are doing right now.

As a result of the incident.

You might want to include something about the future as well.

You could say something about we will be questioning people involved or something along those lines.

For your task today, I would like you to write four speech bubbles, to use in your quotes paragraph.

You could use witnesses, police, or you might want to use someone else.

Maybe you would interview Mrs. Pocket or Red to find out more information.

You probably wouldn't be able to interview Wolf because we know that he has been arrested by the police.

So it'd be very difficult for us to speak to.

You could speak to Kirk, the woodsmen though, and find out why did he come flying in the window? It's totally up to you.

You can use your imaginations.

Okay? Good luck.

And off you go.

So here is the agenda.

For your task today, I would like you to write four speech bubbles, to use in your quotes paragraph.

You may have already done this.

If you've been working on it, as you've gone through the lesson, otherwise you now need to do your speech bubbles ready for writing your quotes paragraph.

You could use witnesses.

Remember the neighbour, the dog walker and the delivery man that you should have some notes for.

You could include the police or anyone else relevant.

Maybe you might want to speak to Mrs. Pocket or Red or Kirk the woodsman to find out what they experienced.

Remember you probably wouldn't be able to speak to Wolf because he has been arrested, but use your imagination.

That's absolutely fine.

So in today's lesson, we had a recap of our newspaper report structure and we watched the film hoodwinked again to remind ourselves of the sequence of events.

We then panned our quotes.

We thought about four different people that we could include in our quotes paragraph.

And we wrote one or two sentences in speech bubbles for each of those.

Your task today is now to make sure that you've got four speech bubbles written, ready for writing your quotes paragraph.

Congratulations! Well done for all of your hard work in your lesson today.

If you would like to, please share your work with your parents or carer, I will see you in our next English lesson.

Goodbye.