Lesson video

Hi everyone.

I'm Miss Corbert and welcome to today's lesson, "Description of the houses built in 'The Three Little Pigs'." So we are going to get our descriptive brains ready to describe the three houses in "The Three Little Pigs".

So for this lesson, I need you to have your listening ears, you looking eyes, and your thinking brains.

It would be great if you could have someone to talk to, but as we're going to be describing, we will need something to write with and to write on.

And so we do our neatest handwriting, it would be great if your paper could have lines on it and that you are sitting somewhere comfortably for your paper to go on as well.

Can you pause the video to make sure that you have those things? Off you go.

Brilliant.

I think we're going to do some amazing writing together today.

Let's get started.

And here is the outcome for today's lesson.

I can join two ideas together to describe the houses that the pigs built.

And these keywords will help us to get there.

First thing I want you to do is repeat them to me in your loud and proud voice and think about which of those words you might have heard before.

Are you ready? My turn, your turn.

Setting.

Appearance.

Adjective.

Joining word.

Great job.

We know that the setting is where a story takes place.

We also know that appearance is what someone or something looks like.

We are going to be thinking about the appearance of the houses in the story.

An adjective is a word that adds detail to a noun.

And a joining word is a word that joins words and ideas.

Let's see where those key words come up in the first part of our lesson, describing the houses.

We know that rereading a story helps us to remember the plot as well as notice details in the text and illustrations.

Think carefully about how the houses in the story are described and what they look like in the illustrations whilst you are listening.

Listening ears at the ready.

"The Three Little Pigs".

"Once upon a time there lived three little pigs who were feeling bored and tired of their countryside home.

The same birds sang in the trees and the same cows mooed in the fields each day.

They decided they would leave home and build their own homes.

They were excited to start their new adventure.

Early one morning, the first little pig built his house out of light, golden straw, and he finished it quickly.

'This will keep me safe,' he said proudly.

However, a sneaky, hungry wolf was watching.

The wolf knocked on the door and said, 'Little pig, little pig, let me come in.

' 'Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin,' the little pig replied.

'And I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in," growled the wolf.

He huffed and puffed and with a mighty blow, the straw house tumbled down.

The little pig squealed and ran to his brother's house.

Later that day, the second little pig finished building his house out of sturdy brown sticks and he thought it would be safe.

But the cunning, clever wolf was not far behind.

The wolf knocked on the door and said, 'Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in.

' 'Not by the hair on our chinny chin chins,' the little pigs replied.

'Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in,' roared the wolf.

He huffed and puffed and with an enormous breath, the stick house tumbled down.

The two pigs screamed and dashed to their sister's house.

Just before sunset, the third little pig finished building her house out of strong, red bricks with a tall, smoky chimney.

The ravenous wolf knocked on the door, 'Little pigs, little pigs let me come in.

' 'Not by the hair on our chinny chin chins,' the pigs yelled.

'Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in,' barked the wolf impatiently.

So he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed some more.

But the brick house did not move a single inch.

Finally, the wolf had an idea.

'I'll climb down the chimney and get those foolish pigs,' he thought.

Luckily the third little pig was not as foolish as the wolf had thought.

She was clever and very well prepared.

She boiled a big bubbling pot of water in the fireplace.

When the wolf slid down the chimney, he landed with a splash in the scalding, hot water.

'Ow,' he howled.

And he ran far, far away, never to be seen again.

From that day on, the three little pigs lived happily ever after in their safe, cosy, brick house.

They never saw the wolf again.

The end." Amazing.

I really hoped you enjoyed listening to the story again.

These nouns are all characters in "The Three Little Pigs".

The three pigs and the wolf.

Characters can be described using adjectives such as furry, cunning wolf or the strong, brave pigs.

But settings or part of the setting can also be described using adjectives.

The houses in the story are nouns.

Have a look at how they're described using adjectives in the story.

This house here is made out of light, golden straw.

So light and golden is describing the straw.

"Sturdy, brown sticks." So sturdy and brown are describing the sticks.

"Strong, red bricks," and "tall, smoky chimney." So a bit more detail about the brick house.

Can you think of any other adjectives to describe the houses? You might think of one to describe all of them, or you might think about just one type of house.

Pause the video now and share.

Off you go.

Brilliant descriptions.

Try and keep those adjectives in your head 'cause they'll help you in this lesson.

I would like you to identify an adjective.

Listen carefully to these words.

A red, b, bricks, c, straw, d, golden.

Two of those words are nouns and they are things, and two of those words are adjectives that might describe those nouns.

Pause the video now to find the adjectives.

Let's see if you got them.

The adjectives are red because that might describe the colour of something, and golden.

The nouns here are bricks.

So I might use the adjective red to describe the bricks, red bricks.

Or golden to describe the straw, golden straw.

We are describing what the houses look like.

We can think about the colour of the houses such as golden or red or brown, the strength of the material of the house because we know that some of the houses are made out of stronger materials and weaker materials.

An adjective you might use to describe the strength might be sturdy.

The properties of the material.

So what type of thing the material can do.

Like bendy.

Maybe the sticks bend, but the bricks don't.

We'll start a word bank to generate and keep our adjectives.

This is really helpful because it can help us put all of our ideas together for when we're writing our sentences and it can help us with the spelling too.

First, let's think about the colour of the houses.

The straw house you could describe as golden or yellow.

The stick house you could describe as dark or brown.

And the brick house you could describe as red.

So that's a category thinking about the colour of the houses.

Now let's think about the strength of the house.

The straw house.

Hmm.

You might say the straw house is light or weak or flimsy.

All words that show that the material isn't very strong.

The sticks are described in the story as sturdy or stable, which means they should stay up.

But we know that that wolf blows them down.

And the bricks house might be described as strong, secure because no one's getting in or robust 'cause no one can knock it down.

Now let's think about the properties of those materials.

The straw is soft to touch and thin.

The sticks are sharp and straight and the bricks are hard and solid, which is why the wolf can't knock them down.

Here are some examples of those adjectives in sentences to help us really know what they mean.

"The wall was so robust that nothing was going to get past it." "The tower was so solid that it would never fall down." And, "The chair was so flimsy that it wobbled when I sat on it." I would like you to try and match the adjectives to the type of description that it is.

We have got stable and golden.

Which of those adjectives is describing the colour of the houses and which is describing the strength of the houses? Stable and golden.

I'm going to give you 10 seconds to match them.

10.

5.

And 0.

Stable is describing the strength because if something's stable it should stay up.

And golden can describe the colour of the house.

Here is our word bank again.

Are there any other that you would like to use that aren't on our word bank? You could think of some and add them to the word bank may be in your head.

Pause the video now and think of some other adjectives.

Off you go.

Brilliant descriptions.

Well done.

We know that using two adjectives to describe a noun creates an expanded noun phrase.

Two adjectives must always be separated by a comma.

For example, "red, robust house," to describe the brick house.

Our two adjectives are red and robust.

They are separated by a comma and they are describing our noun, house.

"Red," comma, "robust house." Here are some other expanded noun phrases, this time to describe the stick house.

"Bendy," comma, "brown house." "Dark," comma, "sturdy house." "Straight," comma, "brown house." Right now they're not sentences.

It's not a complete idea that makes sense on its own.

It hasn't got a verb in and it doesn't start with a capital letter or a full stop.

So we can add what the house is made of to create a simple sentence.

For example, "The dark, sturdy house was made of sticks." Can we say that sentence together? "The dark, sturdy house was made of sticks." Great job.

I would like you to try and match the house to the description so we can start to build some sentences.

We have got the straw house, the stick house, and the brick house.

Then our descriptions are, red, comma, robust house, golden, comma, flimsy house, brown, comma, thin house.

Hmm.

Pause the video now to match the description to the correct house.

Off you go.

Well done.

So I'm going to put them into sentences as we match them.

The golden, flimsy house was made out of straw.

The brown, thin house was made out sticks.

And the red, robust house was made out of bricks.

Did you get all of those correct? Well done if you did.

So I am going to think of an expanded noun phrase to describe one of the houses.

The weak, yellow house.

Which house am I describing? The straw house.

Now I'll turn it into a sentence by including what the house was made of.

The weak, yellow house was made out of straw.

Now it's your turn.

You'll think of an expanded noun phrase to describe one of the houses.

The, mm, comma, mm, house.

Will you describe the straw, the stick or the brick house? Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Now you will turn that expanded noun phrase that's in your head into a sentence by including what the house was made out of.

The mm mm house was made out of mm.

Pause the video now and say it.

Off you go.

What a brilliant description of the house.

It's like I can see it without needing to see the illustration.

Now I would like you to do that all over again.

I would like you to think of another expanded noun phrase to describe one of the other houses that you didn't choose, then turn it into a sentence.

The mm mm house was made out of mm.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant.

Have you got your two sentences? You are going to plan those two sentences out loud.

You are going to say them.

You might say them then in a low voice.

Then you might say the sentences again, including capital letters, commas, and full stops.

Then you might say your sentences to somebody else nearby and then whisper them to your pencil.

The more times we say our sentence, the easier it'll be to stay in our head.

Capital letter, the mm, comma, mm house was made out of mm.

Full stop.

Capital letter, the mm, comma, mm house was made out of mm.

Full stop.

Plan out loud your two sentences now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Have you got your first two sentences in your head? Here are some examples.

The solid, comma, secure house was made out of bricks.

The weak, comma, flimsy house was made out of straw.

I wonder if you've got yours ready to go.

For our next part of the lesson, writing a descriptive compound sentence.

A simple sentence is one idea that makes complete sense.

Here are some different examples of simple sentences.

The solid, secure house was made out of bricks.

The sharp, bendy house was made out of sticks.

The light, golden house was made out of straw.

Each sentence starts with a capital letter, ends with a full stop, includes a verb and makes complete sense.

Can you find the simple sentence? Here are your options.

A, brown house, b, capital letter, "The house," c, capital letter, "The dark, brown house was made out of bricks." Full stop.

I would like you to find a simple sentence and tell me why is that a simple sentence.

Pause the video now.

Let's see if you got it.

The dark, brown house was made out of bricks.

This is one complete idea, includes the verbs was made and it starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

But the joining word, and, can join two simple sentences together that are related or linked together.

So let's have a look at one idea.

This is a simple sentence.

Capital letter, "The weak, golden house was made out of straw." Now let's look at another simple sentence.

Capital letter, "The strong, robust house was made out of bricks." Let's see if we can join those two ideas together using the joining word, and.

Capital letter, "The weak, golden house was made out straw, and the strong, robust house was made out of bricks." Full stop.

This has created a compound sentence.

Have a look at the sentences again.

"The weak, golden house was made out of straw." Full stop.

Capital letter, "The strong, robust house was made out of bricks." Full stop.

But then that turns into, capital letter, "The weak, golden house was made out of straw, and the strong, robust house was made out of bricks." Full stop.

This compound sentence is two ideas, complete ideas joined together to make one sentence.

This means that the first full stop after straw and the capital letter starting the second idea in the, are replaced by the joining word, and, 'cause we've only got one sentence now.

So is this true or false? Get your thumbs at the ready.

Both ideas in a compound sentence need to make complete sense on their own.

Is that true or false? The two ideas need to make complete sense on their own.

True or false? I'm going to give you five seconds.

5.

And, 0.

That is true.

They need to make complete sense on their own and then they are joined together because they are related using and.

Have a look at our success criteria for today's lesson to join those two ideas that we've planned together into one compound sentence.

We need to put a comma between our two objectives in our expanded noun phrases.

We need to make sure that each idea makes complete sense on its own.

We need to use the joining word and, and we need a capital letter at the start of our sentence and a full stop at the end.

So our sentence will look like this.

Capital letter, "The mm," comma, "mm house was made out of mm." And, "the mm," comma, "mm house was made out of mm." Full stop.

Let's have a look at an example.

Capital letter.

"The red," comma "robust house was made out of bricks and the light," comma "golden house was made out of straw." Full stop.

Let's see if it met our success criteria.

Put a comma between two adjectives.

Red, robust house.

Light, golden house.

And my comma is separating my two adjectives each time.

Make sure each idea makes complete sense.

The red house was made out of bricks.

My first idea.

The light, golden house was made out of straw.

Both of those make sense.

Use the joining word and.

The red, robust house was made out of bricks.

Point to it for me.

And the light, golden house was made out of straw.

And finally use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop at the end.

Capital letter.

"The red, robust house was made out of bricks, and," we don't need another full stop there because we are not finished, "the light, golden house was made out of straw." Full stop.

Now we've checked our success criteria with an example, I think you are ready to help me write my sentence.

I am ready to write.

I know I'm ready to write because I have my lined paper, my success criteria and something to write with.

I'm going to say my sentence one more time.

The houses I've chosen to describe are the straw house and the stick house.

"The light, flimsy house was made out of straw and the brown, bendy house was made out of sticks." Okay, my first idea, I need to start my sentence with a capital letter for the the.

T-H-E.

"The light, flimsy house." Or trigraph igh, t.

Light, flimsy.

F, o, e, ms, ee.

The letter y ends my adjectives.

The light.

What do I need to separate my two adjectives with? A comma.

"The light, flimsy house." Hmm.

H, ou, s That doesn't look quite right.

This is a common exception word.

What needs to go at the end? The letter E.

"The light, flimsy house was.

." W-A-S.

Made.

M.

And it's a split digraph.

Aed.

Made.

"The light, flimsy house was made out." The same ou in house.

Out.

Out.

I've ran out of space so I need to start a new line.

Of.

what was the light, flimsy house made out of? Straw.

Can you say the sounds in straw for me? Str, aw.

A-W, aw.

"The light, flimsy house was made out of straw." Full stop.

(sighs) I forgot to describe my next house.

I don't need a full stop.

I need my joining word, and.

"And the brown, bendy house was made out of sticks." Now lots of those words are repeated.

So the spelling of my first idea will really help me.

And the.

Now I've got the, but I'm not starting a new sentence.

So I don't need a capital.

T-H-E.

Brown.

Can you say the sound in brown for me? Br, ou.

It's ou again.

But it's the different spelling of ou.

Br, ow, n, brown.

I won't forget my comma before my next adjective, bendy.

Say the sounds with me.

B, e, n, d, ee.

Bendy.

"The brown, bendy house." I can copy that.

"Was made out of." I can copy those too.

"Was made out of straw?" No.

Sticks.

St, i, ck.

Stick.

And then because it's more than one stick, I need an S on the end.

"The light," comma "flimsy house was made out of straw," not a full stop, "and the brown," comma "bendy house was made out of sticks." Now I need my full stop.

Have I put a comma between my adjectives? Yes I have.

Have I made sure each idea makes sense on its own? Yes, I have.

"The light, flimsy house was made out of straw." Makes sense.

"The brown, bendy house was made out of sticks." Makes sense.

And I've joined them together using and, replacing that with my first full stop on my capital letter for my second idea.

I have started my sentence with a capital letter.

Can you follow the sentence with me to check I've got my full stop in the right place? "The light, flimsy house was made out of straw and the brown, bendy house was made out of sticks." Full stop.

I have met my success criteria.

Thank you so much for helping me.

Now you've helped me write my sentence, you're going to write yours.

You'll write a descriptive compound sentence describing the houses.

Capital letter, the mm, comma mm house was made out of mm.

And the mm, comma mm house was made out of mm.

Full stop.

Don't forget to check your success criteria.

Pause the video now.

Amazing writing.

What brilliant descriptions.

And here is an example that I've seen.

Capital letter.

"The flimsy," comma "weak house was made out of straw and the dark," comma "brown house was made out of sticks." Full stop.

That means that sentence has met its success criteria.

Can you quickly pause the video now and make sure that you have ticked off your success criteria? Don't worry if you've missed something out or made a mistake 'cause now is the time to fix it.

Pause the video now.

Amazing checking.

And what a brilliant sentence.

What a brilliant lesson.

We have done so much together today.

We know that adjectives can be used to describe the appearance of something as well as someone.

And appearance is what someone or something looks like, in this case, what the houses look like.

When you use two adjectives to describe a noun, you need to separate them with a comma.

We also know that using and connects or joins two ideas together.

And finally, we know that two ideas can be joined together using and to form one sentence.

Thank you so much for learning with me today, and well done for such a brilliant description of those houses.

I hope to see you again soon.

Bye.