Lesson video

Hello, my name is Ms. Henman and I'm going to be teaching you guys reading today.

In fact, I'm going to be teaching all of this units that we're reading.

So you will see me everyday.

I just want to tell you about one thing that I do quite a lot of in reading.

It is my turn, your turn.

So when we come across a new or unfamiliar word where I think we might just need a bit of practise saying it, I will say it first.

And I will ask you at home or at school to copy it and say it out lout.

So let's do it with a word we know.

With the word reading.

Reading.

I didn't hear you, reading.

Excellent.

Fantastic.

We can get reading now.

You don't know it but we're going to be reading.

So our first task is on our agenda.

We're going to make inferences about what the book is about by looking at pictures.

Then, we're going to consider the text type.

And finally, we're going to write down some of our inferences.

In this lesson, you will need an excercise book or a piece or paper.

You will need something to write with so a pencil or a pen.

And you will need your learning brain.

So to help your learning brain, you will need to make sure that your desk space is tidy and that it's really quiet and you are going to learn.

Can you pause the video whilst you check you have those things? And check that everything is quiet and that you can focus.

Excellent.

Now that you've done that, we can start our lesson.

Our first thing we're going to look at is what is this book about? We're going to be looking at pictures and we are going to be making inferences.

So the word inference, the Greek word of that is to infer.

To infer means to make a conclusion by looking at clues.

And those clues can be either written clues.

So they can be either a text that we're reading.

Or they can be visual clues.

So when we make inferences or when we infer we have to pretend we're a detective and we're looking for those clues.

Our next word is interpret.

Say it, my turn your turn.

Interpret.

Excellent.

And that means to explain the meaning of something.

Our clues, they could be lots of things.

They could be evidence, it could be a object, it could be new information, it could be a picture.

Represent.

My turn your turn.

Represent.

So I'm going to be thinking about the word represent so what a symbol or object might suggest or represent.

And these four words will make a little bit more sense when we start our next activity.

We've got our vocabulary box, we've got our magnifying glass with us, we have to be detectives.

And now we're going to have our first object.

Hmm, what can you see? Interesting.

What can you see now? So, what do you think the book we are going to be studying might be about? I've put a sentence affold on the book screen makes sense.

I think this book is about hmm.

Because I can see hmm.

So, what can you see? What do you think the book is going to be about? And then finally you can finish off your sentence which makes me think that this book is going to explore this.

This book is going to be about this.

Can you pause the video and say out loud in full sentence making an inference about what you can see on the screen.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

I'm going to have a go.

I think this book is about football and about celebrating football because I can see some football scarfs and a character with a football scarf above his head which I think is him cheering on in celebration.

This makes me think that this book could be a fiction book about a football team.

Let's see our next clue.

What can you see? I can see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven of something.

Can you pause the video and say out loud, full sentence, telling me what you can see and what that makes you think that the book is about.

Off you go.

Okay now it's my turn.

I think this book is about football through the ages because I can see seven different types of football boots.

Some which are modern and some of which are old.

This makes me think it's a non-fiction book about how football has changed through the last 100 years.

Okay so that was my inference.

Maybe you came up with something similar.

Let's see our next clue.

Ooh.

You seen one of these before.

I have.

People have to wear them in November.

Like poppies and they wear them for remembrance day.

What do you think this book might be about? Pause the video and say a full sentence out loud please.

Hmm, it's so confusing.

We've had.

First of all I thought it was a fiction book about a football team.

Then I thought it was a non-fiction book about how football's changed over the last 100 years.

Now I see a poppy.

So I think this book is about a war.

Because I can see a poppy which makes me think the book is about remembering soldiers who died during the war.

Hmm.

Wonder how all these things are going to link together? Let's see our next clue.

Are you ready? I see shoes again.

They're very different to the ones we saw earlier.

They seem to be quite well polished.

There are lots of them.

Can you make an inference based on the clues in front of you? What do you think this image represents? Can you pause the video as you tell the screen.

Off you go.

Okay now it's my turn.

I think I see boots that people would've worn if they were in the army.

This makes me think the book is about people playing football during the war? Maybe? Well, let's find out.

We're not going to look at the front cover.

You might need to pause the video to look really carefully at what you can see.

Do that now please.

Okay, and what is the title of this book? Let's read it together.

Water Tull's Scrapbook.

A scrapbook is a book where a person sticks on items from their lives such as photographs, tickets, some of their drawings or doodles, and explains what all of these things mean.

And I can see some evidence of that from the front cover.

I can see a photograph, I can see a postcard maybe? I think I can see something that's been cut out of a newspaper.

I think I can see a ticket to something.

I can see a doodle of a cup.

I can see a tag.

The tag says star footballer and world war one hero.

So let's think about this.

The title of the book is Walter Tull's scrapbook.

I think Walter Tull is a person.

In fact, I think he's the man in the photograph on the front cover.

And I think this is his scrapbook.

So it's going to include images, photographs of him, his tickets, and all about his life.

The scrapbook is a little bit like a diary.

But we don't write dear diary in a scrapbook.

It is written in the first person like a diary is.

I wonder what would be inside this scrapbook.

Who is this scrapbook about? Yes it's about Walter Tull.

And what do we know about him? Read the tag, what does it say? Yes he's a star footballer and a world war one hero.

Aah, all of our clues make sense.

He was both had a career in football and a career in the military.

And that's why we saw military boots and football boots.

All of our inferences were always correct.

My next question is did Walter Tull write this book? I want you to pause the video and look really carefully and then give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

No, he did not.

Who is the author of this book? Michaela Morgan is the author of this book.

So, Michaela Morgan has written a book, a scrapbook pretending to be Walter Tull.

So it's not Walter Tull's real scrapbook.

But when we read it, it will read as if it was written from his perspective, okay.

Let's look in a little bit more detail what sort of text that means it is.

This is what it says on the inside cover, page two of the book.

This is the true story of Walter Tull's life presented as a fictionalised scrapbook and using actual photos, documents and records.

So I know that Walter Tull is a real person.

That this story is a true story.

That the actual photos, documents and records inside were real.

That it is fictionalised because it is written by an author who was not Walter Tull.

So I got some true and false questions for you here.

This book is a biography.

Agree or disagree? Show me on your thumbs.

If your not sure you can put them there.

True.

A biography is an explanation of someone's life and it recounts the whole of their life.

So it is a biography, should we say that word together.

Biography.

Nice.

This book is an autobiography.

My turn, your turn.

Autobiography.

I didn't hear you.

Autobiography.

Excellent.

An autobiography is a book written by the person about themselves.

So if I wrote a biography about myself, it would be called an autobiography.

Is this book an autobiography? Thumbs up, thumbs down? Not sure? Show me.

It's false, it's not an autobiography.

It's a biography about Walter Tull written by Michaela Morgan.

Ready for our next question? This is a non-fiction text.

True or false? Show me your thumbs.

False but.

Hmm.

It's false because it is a fictionalised version of Walter Tull's life.

This book is written in the first person.

So it says "I, me, my".

But Michaela Morgan the person who wrote it is basing it on a true story and facts.

So enough of the information, most of the information in here is true.

However, it is a fictionalised version of Walter Tull's life.

Our final question, are you ready? This is a real scrapbook.

So a real scrapbook, you would get your glue and your scissors and you'd cut things out and you'd stick them in.

Do you think this is a real scrapbook? Show me your thumbs.

And the answer is eh eh, when we look at the front cover.

If it was a real scrapbook, I'd be able to peel off these things.

Can I do that? My.

No.

They're printed, mkay.

And that's the same all the way through.

This isn't a real sticker here.

This isn't a real photograph here.

It's being printed on.

So although the photograph itself was real, it wasn't then cut out and glued on.

So it's a printed version of a scrapbook.

It's not the original.

Let's review them.

This book is a biography.

This book is not an autobiography.

This book is a fiction text but it has a lot of true information there.

And this book is not a real scrapbook.

Now we will consider what we would like to find out about Walter Tull before we even read his book.

So this part of the front cover generates two questions for me.

I wanted to know, where did he play football and which football team did he play for? And we are going to create a mind map documenting all of our questions.

And so you are going to need a piece of paper.

You are going to need to write Walter Tull in the middle of it.

And then you can write down the first two questions that we would like to have answered by the time we finish reading this book.

Can you pause the video as you create your mind map.

Lay it out just like mine on the screen.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

Now looking at that, we've asked two questions about football.

What questions do you have about his career in world war? I would like to know what nationality he was and who did he fight for? So world war one was a war that took place in Europe and lots of countries were involved.

And so therefore I would like to know what nationality he was and who he fought for.

Was he in the British army? Was he in the French army? That's what I'd be interested to find out.

Another question I had was did he serve the whole way through world war one? So was he in the army the whole of world war one? I'd like you to pause the video and to think about whether you have any other questions about his time in the army.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

I'm going to show you some other questions I think you may have thought of.

You might be curios as whether he was injured during the war.

So lots of people were sadly injured during world war one.

Was he one of them? Was he able to play football afterwards? Did he play football during the war? Did he play football after the war? So how those two things connected.

So I've got four questions on the screen.

You may have come up with even more.

But what we need to do now is add these to our mind map of questions.

So I've done that here.

What nationality was he and who did he fight for? So you could add that question to your mind map and you can add any of these questions too.

You could pause the video if you want to magpie my questions or to write down any or your questions onto your mind map.

Please do that now.

Fantastic.

So now we need to look at the other things on the front cover.

The poppy resembles remembering people who have died during the war.

So I'm interested to find out whether he died in the war and if not, what age did he die? If you would like to add these questions to your mind map you can do that now.

You could also add any other questions that you have which are inspired by that poppy or some of the football pictures that you can see.

Pause the video whilst you do that.

Excellent.

Another question I had was how many jobs did he have? Cause we know he worked in the army and we know that he was a footballer.

So I'm wondering how many jobs he had in total.

And maybe for how long he did those jobs? If you would like to write that question down and add it to your question map you can do that now.

I also have some questions for the author.

So Michaela Morgan who wrote the book.

I would like to ask her how did she find out about Walter Tull? Do you have any questions that you would like to ask her? Can you pause the video now and have a think please? Here are some of my other questions I'd like to ask her.

Why did she decide to write a book about him? And why did she write this book in the style of a scrapbook? There are so many ways that she could've written a book about Walter Tull.

Why did she make the decision for it to be in the style of a scrapbook? We can now add these to our mind map.

If you would like to you can pause the video now and write down any of my questions and add them to your mind map.

If you are happy that your mind map is complete with all of the questions that you have then I would like you to look really careful at the screen.

And to think about which questions are about his football career.

How many questions are there about his football career? And which questions are about his football? Can you pause the video whilst you find all of those questions.

So I found these ones.

Where did he play football? Which football team did he play for? And was he able to play football again after the war? Now I would like you to review all of the questions on the screen.

And to identify and find all of the questions which are about the war.

Can you pause the video whilst you do that now please.

Okay I'm going to show you the ones I found.

So who did he fight for? Did he die in the war? Did he serve the whole way through world war one? Was he injured during the war? If you would like to magpie any of my questions and add them to your question map you can do that now.

Pause the video as you do so.

Fantastic.

We have nearly finished our first guided reading lesson.

But before we do, I would like to ask you something.

Which question are you most interested in answering and why? So I'd like you to look at the question map that you have in front of you.

If you could only have one of those questions answered, which one are you most interested in finding out the answer and why? I've given you a sentence affold there so I'd like you to write your answer.

I would most like to find out mm because.

So personally, I would most like to find out whether Walter Tull was a footballer first or in the army first because I would like to imagine how his career changed.

That's my question.

That would be my most like to find out.

Can you pause the video whilst you write down yours.

Off you go.

Fantastic, well done.

That means you have completed your first lesson.

And amazingly, we haven't even opened the book yet.

So I think we better start next lesson by doing that.

See you then and have an excellent day, bye!.