Lesson video

Hello, everybody! I'm Ms. Corbett and welcome to today's lesson, Sequencing and retelling "The Three Little Pigs" using a story mountain.

I'm really excited for today's lesson, because it means that we are going to be storytellers.

We are going to put the main event of the story into order and then become storytellers to retell our story.

So, for this lesson, you will need your listening ears, your looking eyes, and your thinking brain.

As well as that, it would be great if you could have the worksheet for this lesson, because you will need a story mountain template and the images from the story.

If you haven't got those, you will just need a big piece of plain paper and maybe some colouring pencils or pencils to draw the main events.

Finally, you will need something to write with, because we are going to be adding sequencing language and descriptive language to it.

Can you pause the video to make sure you've got those things now? Are you ready to go? Let's get started.

And today's lesson outcome is, I can put a story in order on a story mountain and use it to retell the story, and these keywords will help us to get there.

Are you ready to repeat them after me? My turn, your turn.

Story mountain.

Sequence.

Main events.

Adjective.

Let's have a look at what those words mean, because they will be cropping up in our lesson throughout the whole time.

A story mountain is one way to sequence and order key events to retell a story.

A sequence is when we follow the order in which a series of events happened from start to finish.

The main events are the main parts of the story.

And an adjective adds detail to a noun.

I wonder whether you'll notice them popping up in our lesson.

Let's get started with the first part of our lesson, sequencing events.

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

That's particularly important today, because we need to remember the order, the main events of the story.

So, make sure you're listening carefully.

Show me those listening ears.

"The Three Little Pigs." "Once upon a time, there lived three little pigs who are 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.

'Then I'll hof 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.

'(inhales) 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, (gasps) 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.

Thank you for listening so brilliantly.

Now, we can look at the main events of the story in the story mountain.

The story starts with the three pigs feeling bored of their countryside home and ready to start a new adventure.

We see the first pig try to build their house out of straw, but a cunning wolf comes along and blows it down.

Then we see the second pig try to build their house out of sticks.

But surprise, surprise, the wolf manages to blow it down.

Next, the third pig builds her house out of bricks.

Does the wolf manage to blow it down? No, no matter what he did, the wolf could not blow it down.

However, he decided to climb down the chimney, but the sneaky pigs managed to create a trap, and trapped the wolf in a pot of bubbling water.

So, finally at the end, they felt safe and secure in their house all together.

We know that sequencing is placing events into order.

Have a look at these pictures.

Are they in order right now? No, they're not.

Have a think about which one might go first.

Once upon a time, there were, one day, then.

(gasps softly) So, "Once upon a time, the three little pigs decided to leave their countryside home.

One day, the first pig decided to build his house out of straw.

Then, a sneaky wolf appeared and blew it down." So, now it's your turn to put these three events in the story into the correct sequence.

We have suddenly, when the wolf fell into the pot of boiling water.

Finally, when the pigs were in their home feeling nice and safe.

And after that, when the pig tried to blow down the brick house but couldn't.

Which comes first, next, and last? Pause the video now to decide.

Brilliant.

Now, these three events are towards the end of the story, but the first thing that happens is the wolf trying to blow down the brick house.

He tries to sneak down the chimney but falls into a pot of bowling water, never to be seen again.

So, finally, the pigs are kept safe.

Did you manage to get that order? Give me a thumbs up if you did.

Well done.

Now, the reason why it's called a story mountain is because you can see that the events in the story are in a mountain shape.

Where in the beginning, we climb to the top where we get to the problem of the wolf, then we climb back down to solve our problem at the end.

Traditional tales often have repeated elements.

In "The Three Little Pigs," the retelling of each pig building their house is repeated.

The first pig, the second pig, and the third pig.

And that makes it much easier to remember and retell.

So, for example.

"One day, the first pig built his house out of light, golden straw.

A cunning wolf appeared and he blew it down.

Then, the second pig built his house out of bendy, brown sticks.

The ravenous wolf appeared and he blew it down." So, you can see those parts are really similar.

So, now it's your turn to try to get the main events of the story into order on the story mountain.

Your first event will be the first thing that happens in the story, then you'll see the three pigs try to build their houses and you will put the images together for the building of the house and the wolf trying to blow it down.

I wonder if you can remember the order that the pigs built their house.

Then as we get towards the end, you will have a go at seeing how do we solve the problem and how does the story end.

You may wish to use the images, if you've got them printed, or you could draw a picture.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Brilliant job.

Let's see if you managed to sequence those events correctly.

So, we know that the first thing that happens is the pigs leaving their home in the countryside to start a new adventure.

We see the first pig build his house out of straw.

And then, to join together, we see the wolf try to blow it down down.

This is then repeated with the stick house and the brick house, but the wolf could not blow down the brick house.

The wolf climbed down the chimney and fell into a pot of bubbling water, so that means that, finally, the pigs were safe and secure in their home again.

Well done for managing to sequence the main events of the story.

Let's now try to add sequencing language to our story.

Sequencing words tell the reader when the event happened.

Lots of traditional tales start with once upon a time.

Should we say that together? Once upon a time.

And that shows the first event that's happened.

We might use sequencing language, like one day, to show that the day has changed, which is when the pigs start to build their houses.

For the next pig, you might use something like then or later or next or after that, and after that is used there as well.

Now, when the wolf falls down the chimney, it happens quite shockingly and it surprises us as we're reading it.

So, a really great sequencing word to use is, are you ready? Suddenly! Your turn.

Good job.

And to show that our story is coming to an end, it's a really great idea to use finally.

Brilliant.

Sequencing words often start the sentence to sequence the event, and we call these fronted adverbials of time, because they're at the front of the sentence.

This helps the reader to understand the order of the main event straight away, 'cause it's the first word that they hear.

So, let's have a look at them.

There are sequencing words again, and you can see, because they're starting a sentence, they all start with a capital letter.

To then separate themselves from the rest of the sentence, they then have a comment next to it, too.

I wonder if you can remember that.

You might choose different sequencing language depending on the event of what's happening.

So, like we said, the first event in a traditional tale is often sequenced by using the words? Once upon a time.

Well done.

Events in the middle of the story could be sequenced using a range of storytelling language.

Let's repeat them after me.

Then.

Next.

After that.

One day.

Later that day.

Brilliant.

I wonder which ones you will choose.

And, like we said, sometimes, we want to show how we're feeling about the sequence of the events.

So, if something sudden, shocking, or exciting happens, you could use suddenly.

Well done.

The final event in the story is likely to be sequenced with finally to show that it's the end of the story.

So, I would like you to try and match the words, sequencing words, to the picture.

We have got the part of the story where the third pig manages to build her house out of bricks.

We also have where the pig, where the wolf, not the pig, falls into the pot of bubbly water.

And then we have the pigs in their home happily.

The sequencing words that you could use are, later that day, finally, and suddenly.

Can you pause the video and decide which ones you would use? Off you go.

Let's see what you came up with.

For the event where the third pig finishes her house out of bricks, I would use later that day.

I would use later that day, because we have already seen the other two pigs build their houses in that day.

So, this shows that it's happening towards the end of the day.

:Later that day, the third pig finished her house out of red, robust bricks." For the event where the wolf falls into the pot, we know that that's something shocking and that happens all of a sudden with a big splash, so I would use the sequencing language suddenly.

"Suddenly, the pigs trapped the wolf into a pot of bubbling, boiling water." And to show that my story is coming to an end with the three pigs happy in the brick house, I would use finally.

Great job.

Some sentences that we write don't need to start with sequencing words, but some do.

So, for example, "One day the first pig built his house out of yellow straw.

Suddenly a ravenous, mischievous wolf blew it down! Later that day, the second pig built his house out of brown sticks.

The sneaky wolf appeared and he blew the house down." I would like you to try and identify, get your detective glasses, on the sequencing words.

Remember what we've said.

Our sequencing words tell us when the events are happening.

They often start the sentence as well.

Can you pause the video now and find them? Off you go.

Let's see if you found them.

We have got one day, suddenly, and later that day.

The final sentence doesn't actually have a sequencing language, because I think probably the sentence before would've had it, and we don't want our sentences to sound too repetitive.

So, now it's your turn to add sequencing words to your story mountain.

So, you have your images in front of you, and for each main event, you are going to decide which sequencing language you will use.

Remember, we want to start the story with once upon a time and we want to end the story with finally.

Think about where you might choose to use suddenly and then think about which ones you would use to sequence the pigs building their houses.

Don't forget that because they will start our sentence as if we're writing a story, we want to start them with a capital letter.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Fantastic.

Let's see what you came up with.

You will have probably used once upon a time for our first event.

"Once upon a time, three pigs decided to leave their home in the countryside.

One day, the first pig built his house out of straw, and the mischievous wolf blew it down.

After that, the second pig built his house out of brown, bendy sticks, and the cunning wolf blew it down.

Later, the third pig built her house out of red, robust bricks, and the wolf could not blow it down.

Suddenly, the wolf was trapped in a pot of boiling, scalding water, and he was to never be seen again.

Finally, the three pigs were safe and happy in their home." I wonder if your sequencing language was similar or different.

Did you manage to add it? Great job.

I think we're ready for the final part of our lesson, adding descriptive language.

So, we've already added sequencing language.

Now, we're going to think about descriptive language.

Descriptive language makes the story more interesting and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

So, for example, we can think about how to describe the wolf.

Are you ready to repeat them after me? Cunning.

Powerful.

Sneaky.

So, you might have a picture of what the wolf is like because of those words.

What about the house or the pig who's built the house? Robust.

The robust house.

Strong.

And strong describe the house or the pig.

Proud.

The pig was proud, because she managed to build the house on her own.

And what about the water? Boiling! Scalding! And the wolf was terrified! Excellent.

So, we can think about lots of different things to describe and all we can describe them using adjectives, because all of these words are objectives.

Have a look at these two events, which adjectives could you use in your sentences to describe the main events? So, for the first one, think about how the pigs were feeling in the countryside.

Think about how they might be feeling to start their new adventure.

And you could also describe the countryside, too.

Then for the final event, think about how the pigs are feeling now that the wolf has gone.

Try and think of as many adjectives as you can.

Pause the video now.

Here are some examples.

"The pigs were feeling bored in the countryside, but they were excited for their new adventure, but they might have been a bit nervous for their adventure.

At the end, the pigs were feeling relieved, safe, and secure, and very cosy by the fire with their hot drinks." So, now, I would like you to choose the best adjective to describe how the pigs were feeling at the end of the story.

Were they relieved, terrified, or bored? I'm going to give you five seconds to decide.

Five! And zero.

I think the pigs were feeling relieved, because the wolf had gone.

Now, think about the best adjective to describe the wolf when he suddenly appeared from behind the tree.

Was he exhausted, sneaky, or happy? Have a think and I'm going to give you five seconds to decide again.

Five! And zero.

I think the best adjective to describe was that he was feeling sneaky.

He wasn't exhausted, because he hadn't blown any houses down yet, and he might have been happy.

But remember, we want to try and choose the best adjective to describe the situation.

So, now, on your story mountain, you are going to very neatly add one adjective to each main event, thinking carefully about what you're going to describe, because this will help you to retell your story.

Once you've added those adjectives, I would like you to use your story mountain to retell the story from the beginning all the way to the end.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Here are some adjectives that I heard.

"Once upon a time, the three pigs were feeling bored in the countryside and they felt nervous when they went on their new adventure.

One day, the first pig built his house out of golden, light straw." And the pig.

Not the pig.

"The sneaky wolf blew it down.

Then, the second pig built his house out of sturdy, brown sticks, and the cunning wolf blew it down.

Later that day, the third pig built her house out of robust, strong bricks, and the cunning wolf could not blow it down.

Suddenly, the pigs trapped the wolf into some boiling, scalding water, and he was never to be seen again.

Finally, the pigs felt content and safe in their home together." Did you manage to add an adjective to your story mountain? And did you manage to then use your story mountain to retell your story? Amazing job.

Well done.

Today, we have managed to sequence the main events of the story of "The Three Little Pigs" to become storytellers.

We have learned that retelling a story helps us to remember the main events and use storytelling language, such as once upon a time.

We've also learned that story mountains map out the beginning, middle, and end.

We know that traditional tales often have repeated main events, which helps us to remember and retell the story.

We know that using sequencing language such as the next day at the start of the sentence, helps the reader follow the story.

And finally, we know that using descriptive language will make the story more interesting when writing and when listening to it, too.

Thank you so much for a brilliant lesson today and for learning with me.

I really hope to see you again soon.

Bye!.