Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name is Miss Baron and I love stories.

And it makes sense that if I love stories, then I also love words.

I love words.

I love playing with words.

I love finding out meaning of new words and I love choosing great words in my writing to make my writing fun and interesting to read.

And that is exactly what you are going to be learning to do today by using adjectives to describe.

So let me tell you what today's lesson is going to look like Today, we are going to do a recycling game to warm up our creative minds.

Then we are going to do some new learning around adjectives, finding out what they are and why we use them.

Then we're going to do some shared writing and then finally a poem.

So this is what you're going to need today.

You are going to need something to write on an exercise book or a piece of paper and a pencil or a pen to write with.

So pause the video now, if you need to go and get any of those things.

Now, we're going to play a quick recycling game to warm up our creative minds.

Now remember recycling just means changing stories we already know to make them new and different.

So we're going to do that by recycling the ending of Little Bo Peep.

So let me show you how that's going to work.

Here is my story map for Little Bo Peep to help me remember it.

You can see it's really simple, just three pictures.

So I'm now going to tell Little Bo Peep using my story map to help me.

Have a listen and then you're going to join in with me a second time.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't know where to find them ♪ ♪ Leave them alone and they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them.

♪ So that is the rhyme Little Bo Peep.

Do you remember it? Sing it with me now a second time.

Ready? Let's go.

♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪ ♪ And doesn't know where to find them ♪ ♪ Leave them alone, and then they'll come home ♪ ♪ Wagging their tails behind them ♪ So that's is little Bo Peep.

Now what we're going to do is change the ending.

So you might already have an idea about how you're going to change the ending of that story.

So if you look at my map, what we're going to do is change the last picture.

So this Little Bo Peep is going to lose her sheep.

She's not going to be able to find them, but then instead of them coming home on their own, something else is going to happen to the sheep.

What could it be? Here are three of my ideas, my first idea is that the sheep could turn into giant sheep who then take over the whole world.

My second idea is that the sheep all go to a big party and dance the night away to their favourite tune firework.

And my third idea is that the sheep break into Little Bo, Peep's bedroom through the window and jump on her bed while she's downstairs having her dinner.

So those are my three ideas for a new ending, for Little Bo Peep.

You might like one of those ideas and want to use one, or you might have your own idea.

I would like you to pause the video now and draw a very simple, quick picture to show your idea for a new ending for Little Bo Peep, pause the video now and have a go at that.

Have you got your picture? I am so interested to find out what your idea was.

Can you tell me now? Tell me in a full sentence.

My idea is, fantastic so many interesting ideas.

Now I've chosen my idea for my ending can you see? I have replaced the last picture on the story map with my new picture, for my new ending.

So I'm now going to tell the story again, but with my new ending.

So have a listen.

See what you think.

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them.

They all went to a big party and dance the night away to their favourite tune firework.

So that is my new version of Little Bo Peep.

I would like you to tell your new version with your new ending.

So you might like to draw a story map like mine with your new ending picture at the end, and then have a go at telling it just like I did.

So pause the video now and have a go at that.

Now I think writers are a bit like painters.

Painters, paint pictures with their paintbrush that make people want to look at them.

Writers, paint pictures with their words that make people want to read them.

And so how do we paint clear pictures, pictures that have enough detail that make them clear so that people want to read them.

Well, we use adjectives and that's what our learning is going to be all about today.

So we are learning about adjectives today.

Say that for me, adjective, adjective, say it in a low voice.

adjective, say it in a high voice, adjective, say it in a robot voice adjective you're turn? well done.

Now adjectives are describing words and I have made up a song to help you remember that.

And the song is to the tune, the wheels on the bus.

So this is how it goes.

♪ Adjectives are a describing words ♪ ♪ Describing words, describing words ♪ ♪ They make a writing fun and clear ♪ ♪ They make our writing better.

♪ Are you ready to join in with me this time? I think you can.

So remember the first line, let's go.

♪ Adjectives are a describing words ♪ ♪ describing words, describing words ♪ ♪ they make our writing fun and clear ♪ ♪ They make our writing better ♪ One more time sing it with me all the way through with the actions this time.

♪ Adjectives are describing words, describing words ♪ ♪ Describing words ♪ ♪ They make a writing fun and clear ♪ ♪ They make our writing better.

♪ Well done, hopefully you can use that song to help you remember what an adjective is.

So I think you can remember from our song, but I'm going to tell you again to remind you.

An adjective is a describing word.

An adjective is a describing word.

What is it? Tell me in a full sentence now.

And adjective is a tell your screen.

Well done.

You were spot on and adjective is a describing word.

Now a describing word is a word that's adds detail so that we can picture really clearly the thing that we are describing, now let's look at that in a bit more detail.

Adjectives can describe appearance.

Appearance.

Can you do that with me? Appearance, appearance just means what things look like.

So let's say the word again.

Let's say it in a quiet voice.

Appearance.

Your turn.

Let's say in a loud voice, appearance.

Your turn, well done.

Let's say it as if we are.

Appearance, your turn.

Fantastic.

Well done.

So adjectives can describe appearance, what things look like.

And we are going to be doing that today by describing what characters from our stories look like.

So let's start before we describe our characters by describing ourselves.

So if I was describing myself using adjectives, I could say I have dark hair and green eyes.

Now have a think, have a think about how you would describe yourself.

What do you have? You might want to describe your hair and your eyes.

Can you pause the video now and tell me a full sentence about yourself, I have, and, pause the video now and tell me your sentence.

Thank you for sharing that with me.

It's really interesting to find out things about you to find out what you look like.

Now, here are my adjectives in my sentence, underlined.

So you can see them really clearly.

The first objective is dark and it describes my hair.

It describes the colour of my hair, doesn't it? I have dark hair.

The next adjective in my sentence is green and green describes the colour of my eyes.

So my eyes are green.

So those are the two adjectives in my sentence to describe what my hair and my eyes look like.

I have dark hair and green eyes.

Now I wonder if you can spot the two adjectives that you used in your sentence to describe yourself.

Can you spot them? Tell me what they were now.

What were your two adjectives? Say my adjectives were-- Well done.

Amazing.

You were able to spot the adjectives in your sentence.

Fantastic.

So now let's have a think about some of the characters we know from our stories.

First, we're going to look at the character of the hatmaker from the story, Monkeys and Hats, and we're going to describe his size.

So here is some words to help us describe his size.

Tall, short, big, small.

Can you say those words with me and do the actions as well this time, ready? Tall, short, big, small, well done.

Fantastic.

So now I'm going to say a sentence to describe the size of the hatmaker and I'm going to choose the word tall.

So listen to my sentence.

The hatmaker is tall.

The hatmaker is tall.

That's how I imagine the hatmaker.

How do you imagine the hatmaker? Can you tell me in a full sentence? Now you might want to pick the same word or you might want to choose another word.

Tell me in a full sentence how you imagine his size.

Say the hatmaker is go on tell your screen.

The hatmaker is well done.

Wow, you used one of our size adjectives to describe the hatmaker size.

Fantastic.

Now we're going to describe him in a bit more detail.

We're going to describe what his eyes and hair look like.

So here some adjectives to describe his eyes.

Big, bright, shiny Brown, blue, green, grey.

Which one I'm I going to choose? I imagine him to have a bright eyes.

So my sentence is going to be, he has bright eyes.

Can you tell me your sentence now to describe his eyes? Tell me in a full sentence.

He has eyes.

Tell me your sentence now.

Fantastic.

Well done.

That's really interesting that you imagined him in a different way.

Now let's describe his hair, here are some adjectives to describe his hair.

Dark, light, spiky, straight, curly.

How do I imagine the hat makers hair? My sentence is going to be, he has spiky hair.

He has spiky hair.

Can you tell me your sentence now? Describe the hatmaker's hair for me, tell me in a full sentence.

He has hair.

Tell your screen.

Wow, fantastic.

Well done for answering in a full sentence again.

Now, then we're going to put those together and join those ideas, using the word.

And so my sentence is going to be, he has bright eyes and spiky hair.

He has bright eyes and spiky hair.

Your turn.

Can you put your two ideas together and join them with and in a full sentence, tell your screen now.

Amazing job.

Well done.

You might like to use this sentence.

When you come to describe the hatmaker in a story.

If you were going to write the story, Monkeys and Hats.

Now let's take a look at how we might describe our characters for my new stories.

So remember, my character is Dizzy Lizzy, the paper aeroplane maker.

Now you're going to help me describe her first.

And then it's going to be your turn to describe your character with some objectives.

So I'm going to describe her size first.

Let me look at my size words, my size adjectives, tall, short, big, small, tall, short, big, small, I think.

How do I imagine my character dizzy, Lizzy? Dizzy Lizzy is short.

I think she's short.

So listen to my sentence again.

Dizzy Lizzy is short.

Now I'm going to describe her eyes and hair.

She has shiny eyes.

Oh, actually, no.

I'm going to change that.

I would like her to have Brown eyes.

She has Brown eyes and straight hair.

She has Brown eyes and straight hair.

So those are my sentences to describe what Dizzy Lizzy looks like.

Now we're going to use the adjectives that we just practised to draw a picture of our character and write some labels to describe their appearance.

Remember the word appearance from the beginning of the lesson? It means what they look like.

Doesn't it? So you're going to help me write some labels about my character, Dizzy Lizzy first.

And then it's going to be your turn to write labels about your character now, you know Dizzy Lizzy well by now.

I said that she had brown eyes.

Didn't I? Brown eyes.

Can you help me write that? Let's sound out brown together.

Ready? Brown.

Brown.

Let me have a go at writing it B-R-O-W-N Brown.

So it's the ow sound as in clown down spelt ow, brown.

Now eyes is a tricky word to spell.

We can't sound it out.

This one, we just have to learn.

We just have to remember it.

So I'm going to show you how to write eyes.

There we go.

E-Y-E-S spells eyes, eyes.

We see it.

We say it.

We just have to learn it.

Brown eyes.

Now I'm going to describe her hair next.

I said that she had straight hair didn't I? So sound out straight with me.

Ready, straight again, a straight well done.

Now let's have a go at writing it.

S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T Now the A sound in straight is a spelling you don't know yet, but that's okay we can still challenge ourselves.

Watch carefully.

I'm going to show you how to write it because it's actually one sound four letters.

Are you watching a in straight is spelled A-I-G-H four letters one sound.

A-I-G-H spells A in straight at the end.

She has straight hair sound that out with me, hair, hair.

Well done.

Fantastic.

So she has Brown eyes and straight hair.

I want to describe her glasses now.

Round, round glasses.

That's what I want to write round, sound out round with me round, round.

Now that's the ou sound.

As in cloud, proud spelt ow round glasses.

I'm going to show you how to write glasses.

That's a bit of a tricky one glasses.

There we go.

Glasses, round glasses.

I think I want to describe her top next.

I imagine her to be wearing a green top.

Sound out green with me, green, and then top.

You can sound out top with me, ready? Top green top.

And finally, I think she is wearing black boots.

Black boots sound out black with me ready, black, B-L-A-C-K.

Black.

Now the sound at the end of black is spelled CK black boots.

Sound out boots with me, black boots.

There we go.

So let's read labels together, ready? Brown eyes, round glasses, straight hair, green top, black boots.

I've got an extra challenge for you.

I wonder.

Can you tell me what all my adjectives are? I'm going to give you a clue.

I have five.

I've got five adjectives.

Can you spot them and tell me what they are.

Tell me in a full sentence.

Say your adjectives are go on tell your screen now.

Your adjectives are well done.

I think you spotted all five.

Let's underline them.

Shall we? Now, which adjective describes her hair? Her hair go and tell your screen.

Well done.

It's the adjective straight.

Isn't it straight.

So there's my adjective.

It tells me what her hair is like.

It's straight well done.

Which adjective describes her top? Which adjective describes her top? Tell your screen now, amazing job green well done the adjective is green.

Which adjective describes her eyes? Tell your screen.

Fabulous.

It's Brown.

Isn't it.

They describe her eyes.

Brown describes her eyes because it tells me what colour they are.

And glasses.

What is the adjective that describes her glasses? Amazing well done round.

Fantastic.

Which means the adjective that describes her boots is black.

Again telling me what colour they are.

Fantastic job.

Now it's your turn to draw a picture of your character and write labels using objectives to describe him or her.

So here are some words on your screen to help you.

You have words to describe your characters, eyes, your character's hair, your character size.

And if you want to, you could go above and beyond and describe some other things about them for example, what they're wearing.

Like I described my characters top didn't I and my character's boots.

So you might want to add some more labels and describe some other things about what they look like to.

Pause the video now and have it go at that.

Now, I don't know if you know this about me, but I really love poems. I love poems because we can really play with words when we do poetry and we can make up our own rules.

So I've made it my own rule for this poem.

And my rule is that each line is going to have three words and I'm going to use adjectives in every line to describe the appearance of my character.

So let's read my poem together, can you read with me? Dark shiny hair, big bright eyes, small and loud makes fast planes well done.

Now I would like you to see if you can spot all of the adjectives in my poem.

So pause the video now and point to the adjectives in my poem, pause the video and have a go at that.

Did you spot them all? Let's see how you got on.

So the adjectives and the first line are dark and shiny.

Well done.

To describe the characters hair.

The adjectives of a second line are big and bright.

Those adjectives describe her eyes.

Don't they? The adjectives and the third line are small to describe her size and loud to describe her voice.

And the adjective in the last line is fast.

And that isn't to describe what she looks like.

That's to describe her planes that she makes fantastic.

Now we are going to put that to a tune and sing it.

So are you ready? At the bottom you can see two lines.

That's going to be the chorus.

So I'm going to sing it first and then I'm hoping you'll join in with me, are you ready? ♪ Dark shiny hair, big bright eyes ♪ ♪ Small and loud makes fast planes ♪ ♪ Her name is Dizzy Lizzy ♪ ♪ And she makes aeroplanes ♪ ♪ She loves paper aeroplanes.

♪ Okay, do you think you can sing it with me this time? Try and join me.

Let's go.

♪ Dark shiny hair, big bright eyes ♪ ♪ Small and loud makes fast planes ♪ ♪ Her name is Dizzy Lizzy, ♪ ♪ And she makes aeroplanes.

♪ ♪ She loves paper aeroplanes.

♪ One more time, all the way through with the actions.

Let's go.

♪ Dark shiny hair, big bright eyes, ♪ ♪ Small and loud makes fast planes ♪ ♪ Her name is Daisy Lizzy ♪ ♪ And she makes aeroplanes.

♪ ♪ She loves her paper aeroplanes.

♪ Well done.

Thank you for joining in with me.

Fantastic job.

I really enjoyed singing that and I hope you did too.

Now, I wonder if you would like to have a go at making your own poem, just like mine? Here's my poem on the screen to help you.

You can have a go at writing your own that has three words per line and use this objective to describe your character.

And then you might like to sing it to this same tune that we just used just now to sing my poem.

I wonder if you'd like to have a go at that.

I would love to read your poems if you do.

Pause the video now and have a go.

If you'd like to have a go at writing your poem, and that brings us to the end of the learning today.

Well done for working so hard on using your adjectives to describe your story characters.

I am so impressed.

Now just to finish, I would like you to remind me what an adjective is.

An adjective is, say it in a full sentence and adjective is tell your screen now.

Well done.

Super job.

And adjective is a describing word.

Well done.

And we use them to add detail so that we can really picture the thing that we are describing.

That makes our writing really interesting to read.

Now to finish off, let's sing our adjective song together.

Are you ready to sing with me? I think you can remember it from the start of the lesson.

Let's go.

♪ An adjective is a describing word, describing word, ♪ ♪ Describing word ♪ ♪ They make our writing fun and clear ♪ ♪ They make our writing better ♪ One more time.

♪ An adjective is a describing word, describing word, ♪ ♪ Describing word ♪ ♪ They make our writing fun and clear ♪ ♪ They make our writing better ♪ Oh, I moment in the beginning there.

Thank you for helping me out and joining in with me.

That was the end of the lesson today.

And I will see you in the next lesson.

I can't wait.