Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

I'm Miss Corbett, and welcome to today's lesson, Reading and Responding to the Story, 'The Three Little Pigs.

' I'm really excited to share this story with you.

And I think it might be familiar, so I really hope that you've got your voices ready to join in.

For this lesson, all you will need is your listening ears, your looking eyes, and your thinking brain.

And, as well as that, it would be great if you had someone to talk to.

I think we're ready to get started.

And today's learning outcome is, "I can listen to and discuss a traditional tale." Here are our key words that will help us get to that lesson outcome.

The first thing that I want you to do is repeat them after me in your loudest and proudest voice.

Are you ready? My turn, then your turn.

Character.

Setting.

Plot.

Compare.

Genre.

Amazing repeating.

Now, you might have heard some of these words before and you might have not heard some of these words before.

A character is a person or animal in a story.

I wonder who the characters of our story will be today.

And the setting is where the story takes place.

And the plot is what happens in the story, what the story is all about.

When we compare, we are looking at what is the same similarities and what is different.

Differences between two or more things, maybe ideas, themes or texts.

And a genre is a type of story with special features.

Let's get started with the first part of our lesson, exploring character.

Have a look at this illustration.

Hmm.

Does this remind you of any stories you are familiar with? I'm going to give you some thinking time.

I can see three pigs.

And it looks like there's another pig in the background waving them off.

I wonder what it could be.

The title of this story is 'The Three Little Pigs.

' Should we say the title together? 'The Three Little Pigs.

' Put your hand on your head if you have heard that story before.

I know I have.

'The Three Little Pigs' is a well-known story and is in the genre, the type of story, of traditional tales.

Traditional tales are really old stories that have been passed down from a long time ago and have been told again and again.

So, that's why you might have heard a version of it before.

Have a think.

Do you know of any other traditional tales? Pause the video now, and share your ideas.

I heard lots of familiar traditional tales there.

Well done.

Traditional tales often start by introducing the characters and showing or describing the setting.

We know that a character is a person or animal in a story.

We can see four characters on the front cover.

Three pigs at the front, and one pig at the back.

So, can you remember, a character is, is it A, the person who has written the story? B, what happens in the story? Or C, a person or animal in the story? A character is? I'm going to give you 10 seconds to decide.

10.

Five.

And, zero.

A character is a person or animal in the story.

Well done.

We are now going to read the first page of the story to introduce the characters and see the setting.

Have you got your listening ears ready? Let's read the first part of the story.

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

The same bird sang in the trees and the same cow's mood in the field each day.

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

They were excited to start their new adventure." Thank you so much for listening so brilliantly.

Who are the characters that we are introduced to? Could you shout them out to me? Well done.

We have got the three pigs and the pig's mother.

The pigs decide to leave their home because they're bored of each day being the same.

How might we then describe the pigs thinking about their character, thinking about that they're bored, they're ready for a new adventure? How might we describe them? Pause the video now.

Here are some adjectives that I heard.

Can you repeat them after me? Bored.

Brave.

You might describe them as brave because they're ready to take on a new adventure.

Adventurous.

Well done.

Daring.

Daring is like another word for brave.

Courageous.

Again, another word for brave.

Excited, because they're excited for their new adventure.

Amazing adjectives.

I'm going to imagine that I'm one of the pigs who lives in the countryside with my mother.

"I think I would like to leave home because I enjoy seeing new things and having new experiences.

However, I would be feeling a bit nervous to start something new." So, that's how I imagine I would feel.

Now you are going to imagine that you are one of the pigs.

Would you like to leave home or would you like to stay in the countryside, and why? "I think I would.

because.

.".

Then, explain how you would be feeling.

I said I was feeling nervous.

"I would feel.

.".

Finally, can you listen to somebody else's thoughts and see if they're the same? Pauses the video now.

Amazing discussion.

Here's an example of what I heard.

"I think I would prefer to stay at home because I like being in the quiet countryside.

I would feel content," which means settled and happy, "in my peaceful home in the countryside with my family." I wonder whether your thoughts were similar or different.

Great job.

Now let's move on to the second part of the lesson, exploring setting and plot.

We know that 'The Three Little Pigs' is set in the countryside.

Here's our illustration and a photo of the real countryside.

Have a look at it.

How could you describe the countryside? We already heard one idea by describing it as peaceful.

How else could you describe the countryside? "The countryside is.

.".

Pause the video now.

Brilliant.

I almost felt like I was in the countryside with your descriptions there.

Here are some adjectives that you could use to describe the setting of the countryside.

Are you ready to repeat them after me? 'Luscious.

' You might say the trees and the grass are luscious.

'Green.

' There's lots of greenery all around.

'Peaceful,' 'quiet,' 'spacious,' 'tranquil,' which is another word for peaceful or calm.

And finally, 'serene.

' And, serene, again, imagines something peaceful, calm, quiet, and really beautiful to look at.

Now we are going to read the next part of the story introduced to our main plot.

Have you got your listening ears ready? Off we go.

"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, nearby, a sneaky, hungry wolf was watching.

The wolf knocked on the door.

'Knock, knock, knock.

' And said, 'Little pig, little pig.

Let me come in.

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

'Then 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 he puffed, and with an enormous breath, the stick house tumbled down.

The two pigs screamed and dashed to their sister's house." This is not looking very good for the pigs.

Amazing listening.

Again, everybody, well done.

Early into the story, we are introduced to the character of the wolf.

I want you to have a think.

Do you think the wolf is a hero or a villain in the story? "The wolf is the 'hmm' in the story." I wonder if your opinion is the same as the person around you.

"The wolf is the 'hmm' in the story." Pause the video now.

I heard lots of people say that the wolf is the villain in the story because he's trying to knock down the pigs' houses.

But, maybe he wants to be their friend, but it doesn't sound like he's going about it in the right way.

So far, we have seen two of the three pigs build their house and have it blown down by the wolf.

The repeated refrains in the story help us to follow the plot, join in with the story and remember it.

For example, "Little pig, little pig.

Let me come in." Have you noticed that that repeated refrain keeps coming up, which helps you to join in with me? "Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin." Could we say that together? "Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin." Again, that's something that the pigs keep saying to the wolf.

And then the wolf says, "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in." That's something that keeps being repeated, which helps us to remember the story, and to enjoy it by joining in.

Have a think.

So far, we have seen the wolf blow down the hay and the stick houses.

Why was the wolf able to blow those houses down? What is it about those houses that means he can blow them down? Pause the video now and share.

Brilliant discussion.

Here is some hay and some sticks.

Hay and sticks are both quite delicate and light materials, so they're really easy to be blown over.

So, maybe the pig shouldn't have used those materials to build their houses.

We are going to read the rest of the story and see how it ends.

Is it going to end happily? Is it going to end sadly? Let's find out.

Listening ears ready.

"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 bite 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.

He huffed and he puffed, and he puffed and he puffed some more.

But the brick house didn't 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 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 on the fireplace.

When the wolf slid down the chimney, he landed with a splash in the scolding 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.

Thank you for reading that story with me.

I really enjoyed it, and I hope that you did too.

Most traditional tales end happily.

In this story, the pigs worked collaboratively.

Can we say that word together, 'collaboratively'? As a team, so when you collaborate, you work as a team.

The pigs worked collaboratively as a team to protect themselves and their home from the wolf.

They feel safe, they feel secure and content, which is why it ends happily.

You can see in the illustration the pigs look really, really settled.

Have a think and see if what you can remember from the plot.

Which house could the wolf not blow down? Was it A, the hay house, the house made of hay? Was it B, the stick house? Or, was it C, the brick house? Which house could the wolf not blow down? I'm going to give you five seconds to point to the house.

Five.

I hope we're all pointing to the brick house.

Well done.

Brick is much stronger than hay and straw.

Now, have a think.

The story of 'The Three Little Pigs' teaches us about being sneaky, teamwork, or being generous, which means giving? Have a think about how the pigs managed to defeat the wolf.

Was it by being sneaky? Was it by working together and teamwork? Or, by being generous? Hmm.

I'm going to ask you to pause the video now.

'The Three Little Pigs' teaches us about? Pause the video now.

'The Three Little Pigs' teaches us about teamwork.

The wolf is very sneaky, but it doesn't pay off for him.

And no one really in the story is generous or giving.

We have now read the whole story, which means we know the whole plot.

In stories, there might be parts that you like, and there might be parts that you dislike.

Let's see.

"My favourite part was when the pigs worked as a team to protect themselves from the wolf.

It was my favourite part because I was worried for the pigs at first, but then relieved that they were safe." So, that's my favourite part.

Now you are going to share your favourite part.

"My favourite part was.

.".

"It was my favourite part because.

.".

And then I want you to be an illustrator and draw a picture of this moment in the plot.

Maybe it was like me, when they all worked together to protect themselves.

Maybe it was when the wolf was blowing the houses down.

Maybe it was the happy ending at the end for the pigs.

Or, the very beginning when they decided to go off on their big adventure.

"My favourite part was.

.".

Pause the video now.

Fantastic sharing, and I love your illustrations of your favourite moment in the story.

Here are some examples that I heard.

"My favourite part was watching the pigs build their house because I found it interesting and exciting." Here's another one.

"My favourite part was joining in with the repeated phrases because it made me feel like I was one of the characters." I wonder what your favourite part was.

Great job.

Now, let's go to the final parts of our lesson, comparing traditional tales.

Now that we've read the whole story, we can compare it to other stories in the traditional tales genre.

Comparing means looking at what is the same and what is different.

Traditional tales are fiction.

We know that fiction means the story did not happen in real life, so, the plot and the characters have been made up.

And we also know that animals do not talk in real life, like the pigs and the wolf, so this shows that the story is fiction.

So, are you ready with your thumbs, true or false? Show me that you're ready.

A traditional tale is a story about a real person? Is that true or false? I'm going to give you five seconds to show me your thumbs.

Five.

Let me see.

Well done.

If your thumbs are down, that is false.

A traditional tale has characters that have been made up.

Have a look at these traditional tales.

'The Three Little Pigs,' 'The Magic Porridge Pot,' and 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

' Now, I wonder, can you remember any of those traditional tales? Hmm.

Traditional tales often have heroes and villains.

Heroes are the good characters in the story, like Cinderella.

Or the Billy Goats in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

' Or Jin from 'The Magic Porridge Pot' who made all of that delicious porridge for her neighbours.

But the villains are the bad characters in the story, like the Evil Queen.

It may be in Cinderella or Snow White.

The troll living under the bridge in the 'Three Billy Goats Gruff.

' Or the Giant in the 'Jack and the Beanstalk.

' Have a think about 'The Three Little Pigs.

' Who are the heroes and who are the villains? "The heroes are.

.", "And the villains are.

.".

Pause the video now.

I think the heroes are the pigs because they work together just to have a safe and happy home, which was trying to be disrupted by the villain, the wolf, who was trying to eat the pigs.

In traditional tales, the plot often involves a problem, which is then solved by the end of the story.

In 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff,' for example, the troll was stopping the goats from crossing the bridge to get some food.

The story ends happily, though, because the goats work as a team and take it in turns to try and defeat the troll.

So, most traditional tales, even though they might have a problem, end happily.

How does the story of 'The Three Little Pigs' end happily? What do the pigs do in order to make it end happily? Pause the video now, and share.

Fantastic.

Just like the goats in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', something that's the same, is that they work together to defeat the villain, the wolf, in order to have a safe and happy home.

Spotting things that are similar, just like that, means that we can compare traditional tales with each other.

So, as well as the animals working together, can you think of anything else that is the same about 'The Three Little Pigs' and 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'? Hmm.

Pause the video now, and share.

So, something that is the same is that each story is about a group of three talking animal characters, three talking pigs and three talking goats.

Both stories also have repeated phrases.

The bridge goes "trip-trap, trip-trap" in 'The Billy Goats Gruff.

' And in 'The Three Little Pigs', we've already shared those ones already, like "not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin." Both stories have a villain to defeat, the wolf in 'The Three Little Pigs,' and the troll in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

' And, like we've shared, the animals work together to defeat that villain.

So, they work as a team to solve the problem.

You are now going to compare those two traditional tales.

You can either just share it out loud, or you could tick to show does 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' have this feature, and does 'The Three Little Pigs' have this feature? Let me read the features out.

Talking Animals, heroes and villains, a problem to solve, a happy ending, and a character or object with magical powers.

Hmm.

I would like you to pause the video now to compare the two traditional tales.

Off you go.

Let's see how you got on.

Both traditional tales have talking animals, heroes and villains, a problem to solve, and a happy ending.

Neither traditional tales has a character or object with magical powers.

Thinking about ones that do is the porridge pot in 'The Magic Porridge Pot.

The golden egg from the goose.

Or the talking harp from 'Jack and the Beanstalk.

' Or the magical beans.

But neither of our traditional tales have that.

So, well done if you manage to compare correctly.

And you can see so many things that are the same about those two traditional tales.

Well done for today's lesson.

We have learned that there may be similarities and differences when comparing two traditional tales.

We know that thinking about the characters, events in the plot and the setting can be helpful when we're doing that comparing.

We also know that traditional tales often start by introducing the characters, such as like when we saw the pigs leaving their home.

And 'The Three Little Pigs' teaches us about teamwork to show that most traditional tales end happily.

Thank you so much for learning with me today and I really hope you enjoyed exploring the story with me.

I hope to you again soon.

Bye.