Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

I'm Miss Corbett, and welcome to today's lesson, Thinking From Different Perspectives in "The Three Little Pigs." In this lesson, I need you to have your imagination skills ready, because we are going to imagine that we are the characters in the story of "The Three Little Pigs." So I need you to have your listening ears, your looking eyes, and your thinking brain.

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

I think we're ready to get started.

So here is today's learning outcome.

I can think from a character's perspective to understand their feelings and actions.

And these key words will help us to get there.

First, can you repeat them after me in your loud and proud voice? Perspective, adjective, emotion, first person, plot.

Thank you for joining in.

Let's have a think about what those words mean.

And I wonder if you've heard of any of them before.

So a perspective is just a point of view, how someone feels about something.

An adjective adds detail to a noun, like the hungry wolf.

An emotion is a feeling or mood.

First person is the I/we perspective.

So when we're thinking about from our own perspective, so I might use, "I am happy," so I'm talking in the first person.

And plot is what happens in the story.

Let's get started on the first parts of the lesson, revisiting the story, and see where those key words come up.

We have read the story, "The Three Little Pigs." I would like you to share everything that you can remember about the story of "The Three Little Pigs." Think about the characters, the setting, and the plot.

Pause the video now.

Amazing remembering.

Good job.

Here are some really important things to remember about the plot.

The story is a traditional tale.

The story has a problem in the middle.

And, the story ends happily.

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

We are going to read the whole story without stopping, so we really get to enjoy it together.

Listening ears 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, (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.

"Owwwwww," 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 listening, and I hope you enjoyed reading it just as much as I did.

We know that remembering the main events of a story help us to know the plot.

So we know that the story starts with the little pigs going off on their new adventure.

Lots of traditional tales start with once upon a time.

So once upon a time, three pigs were feeling bored, and they left their home to go on a new adventure.

One by one, three little pigs built their houses that were blown down by a sneaky, ravenous wolf.

The third pig decided to build her house out of bricks and the wolf could not blow it down.

So the wolf decided to sneak down the chimney, but the pigs were prepared.

They had a pot of bubbling, scalding, hot water that the wolf fell into.

He squealed and ran away, never to be seen again.

Finally, the pigs were safe in their cosy, brick house.

Let's see what you can remember.

Which pig built the house out of bricks? Was it the first pig, the second pig, or the third pig? The mm pig built their house out of bricks.

Hmm.

I'm going to give you 10 seconds to decide.

10.

5.

Well done, if you said the third pig.

The story's main plot is following the pig's journey to building and living in a safe home.

We watch each pig trying to build their house.

The first pig builds a straw house.

The second pig builds a stick house.

And the third pig builds a brick house.

The problem is that the sneaky wolf is trying to blow the houses down to eat the pigs.

And in each illustration you can see the wolf sneaking around, ready to make his move.

Let's see if you can remember now the whole order.

In which order did the pigs build their houses? So who built their house first, who built their house second, and who built their house third? Hmm.

Can you pause the video now and decide? The first pig to build their house was the pig who built the straw house.

The second pig to build their house was the pig to build their stick house.

And the third pig to build their house was the pig to build her brick house.

Did you get that order? Well done if you did.

We know that remembering the main events help us to know the plot.

So just like I did, I would like you to retell the story of "The Three Little Pigs." It would be great if you could start your story with, "Once upon a time." And for your final event, end it with, "Finally," and then, "The end." If you're working with someone today, you could take it in turns to say an event each at a time.

So you might say the first event and your partner might say the next event.

If you're working on your own, you have a challenge of saying the whole story.

Pause the video now.

What amazing storytellers we have.

Did you remember the whole plot of the story in the correct order? Well done if you did.

The next part of our story is expressing emotions.

We can think of feelings as being inside our bodies.

Our feelings are the emotions that we have about something.

And there's our key word, emotion, a feeling or mood.

So I might have a feeling or emotion of feeling happy.

And then, emotions can often be expressed.

We can show those emotions using the outside of our body.

If I was happy, I might be smiling, I might giggle, I might laugh, or I might bounce up and down.

We are going to think from the character's points of view, which means imagining that we are them, thinking from their perspective.

We will express the emotions of the characters.

And there are different ways of expressing emotions.

You can use your face.

I might show that I'm happy or angry.

Your body movement or actions, if you're feeling bored or tired, compared to excited.

Your use of voice, angry, glorious, happy! Things we say or do can show the others how we are feeling.

So when we're thinking from someone's point of view, we're thinking from their perspective.

This means we will speak in the first person, imagining that we are them.

So we're no longer ourselves, but we are maybe the pigs or the wolf.

So words that we might use are: I, me, my, mine, we, or us.

So I am a pig.

We are leaving home.

That's an example of speaking in the first person.

So it's my turn first.

I am the first pig.

I have finished building my straw house.

I will look at the illustration to see how the pig is feeling, and I can think back to the story to remember how the pig was feeling.

And I'm going to freeze-frame by showing it on my face.

Are you ready? Freeze-frame.

(inhales) Let's see.

I am proud.

Can you repeat that after me? I am proud.

I am relieved.

I am exhausted.

Good job.

Now it's your turn.

You are the first pig.

But the wolf has just blown down your house.

Look at the illustration to see how the pig is feeling.

And then I want you to show me, using your facial expressions or your body movements, to show how you are feeling.

Are you ready to freeze-frame? Freeze-frame.

Excellent.

Are you ready to repeat after me? You are shocked.

You are devastated.

You are flabbergasted.

If you're feeling flabbergasted, it means you are so shocked you weren't expecting that at all.

Now it's my turn again.

I am the wolf and I'm trying to get into the third pig's brick house, so I start to climb down the chimney.

I will look at the illustration to see how the wolf is feeling.

Are you ready? See my freeze-frame.

Freeze-frame.

Let's see.

I am sneaky.

I am mischievous.

I am sly.

So all of those words mean sneaky and cunning and cheeky.

Now, you are the wolf.

You have just fallen into the boiling hot pot of water.

(gasps) Look at the illustration to think about how the wolf is feeling.

And then you are going to show me with your face and your body movements.

Are you ready to freeze-frame? Oh, I can see lots of hot, scalding characters and I can see lots of quite angry wolves.

You are boiling.

You are stunned.

You are terrified.

Amazing expression, everybody.

So the character's emotions we can see, change throughout the story, and we can use adjectives to firstly describe the emotions of the pigs.

So, the pigs felt.

In the beginning, the pigs felt excited, but a bit nervous for their new adventure.

Then their mood changed once they started building their houses.

The pigs felt exhausted, but the pigs also felt proud.

And by the end of the story, after all of that wolf commotion, the pigs felt relieved and cosy.

So you can see, that it's okay if somebody's emotions changes, 'cause it's all based on actions that have happened.

Let's think now about the wolf.

The wolf at the start, felt cunning and clever.

Then once the wolf had managed to blow down the houses, the wolf felt accomplished.

He'd achieved something.

The wolf felt successful.

But by the end, when he fell into that scalding hot pot of water, did he feel successful and proud? The wolf felt petrified and shocked.

So now you are going to describe how the pigs and wolf felt at each part of the story.

The pig felt mm and the wolf felt mm.

At the very beginning of the story and the very end of the story, the wolf isn't there.

So you can start with just the pigs.

But then, for the rest of the story, think about how the pig felt and think about how the wolf felt, trying to challenge yourself to use some of those adjectives that we've looked at together.

Pause the video now.

Let's look at some examples.

The pig felt accomplished and the wolf felt cunning.

The pigs felt relieved and the wolf felt devastated.

Excellent descriptions.

Let's move on to the final part of our lesson, understanding the story.

Imagining that we are the characters like we've been doing can help us to understand and remember the main parts of the story.

So let's continue to think from the character's point of view or perspective.

We can think about what the characters say, what the characters do, how the characters move, and this will help us to understand the feelings of the characters and why they do certain things.

So, you are the pigs.

Who are you? (gasps) Nice to meet you, pigs.

Why did you leave your home in the countryside? We left our home because.

Pause the video now.

Let's see if you got your answer in the first person.

We left our home because we were bored and tired of living in the countryside.

Great job.

Now, you're no longer the pigs.

You are the wolf.

Who are you? (gasps) Nice to meet you, wolf.

I hope you're not going to eat me.

Which house did you try to blow down first? I tried to blow down the mm house first.

Which one was it? Pause the video now and share.

Let's see if you got it.

I tried to blow down the straw house first.

Now, thinking about being those characters, put those events from the story into the order that they happened.

All three events is where the wolf is blowing the houses down.

Which house did he blow down first, second, and third? You could answer in the first person, I blew down mm house first.

I blew down the mm house second.

I blew down the mm house third.

Pause the video now.

Let's see.

I blew down the straw house first.

I blew down the stick house second.

I blew down the brick house third, but I didn't manage to do it, because it was so strong and sturdy.

Great job.

To get an even deeper understanding of the story, we can look for clues and work out why the characters did certain things.

When the answer is not right there on the page for us and we're looking for clues, this is called inferring.

Can we say that word together? Inferring.

Well done.

Have a look at the pig's houses.

Why do you think the wolf chose to blow down the houses in this order? Why did he blow down the houses in this order? Pause the video now and decide.

Let's have a think.

Let's look for clues.

We can use what we know about the materials of the houses.

The straw is the weakest material, so the wolf probably knew it would be easier to blow down.

And the bricks are the strongest material, so it would be the hardest to blow down.

So why did the wolf blow down the straw house first? Was it A, he liked what the straw looked like? B, he knew that straw was a weak material? Or C, he knew that straw was a strong material? Hmm.

I'm going to give you 10 seconds to decide.

10.

5.

And zero.

Let's see.

He knew that straw was a weak material, so decided to blow down the straw house first.

So now we can use those skills.

We are going to answer questions speaking in full sentences, all about the story.

Which house do the pigs live in at the end of the story? So in a full sentence, the pigs live in the mm house at the end of the story.

Why couldn't the wolf blow down the brick house? The wolf couldn't blow down the brick house because.

And do you think the pigs did the right thing by trapping and hurting the wolf? Now this answer, there's no right or wrong, because it's about your opinion.

I think the pigs did or did not do the right thing because.

Can you pause the video and answer those questions in full sentences? Pause the video now.

Excellent understanding of the story, and I saw some inferring too.

Here are some answers that I have heard.

Which house do the pigs live in at the end of the story? The pigs live in the brick house at the end of the story.

Well done if you got that.

Why couldn't the wolf blow down the brick house? The wolf couldn't blow down the brick house because brick is a strong material.

Do you think the pigs did the right thing by trapping and hurting the wolf? I've heard different answers.

I think the pigs did not do the right thing because it is never kind to hurt anyone no matter what.

But I think the pigs did do the right thing because the wolf was not going to change his mind about trying to eat the pigs.

(gasps) So they had to do something.

I wonder what opinion you shared? Thank you so much for joining in with me in today's lesson.

We have learned that using I, me, my, we, or us is a way of speaking in the first person.

We have learned that one way of inferring a character's feelings is looking at their expressions in an illustration.

And another way of inferring a character's feelings is reading about how they move, what they do, and what they say.

Discussing the feelings of others helps to generate powerful adjectives to describe an emotion or event, like shocked, devastated, petrified.

And considering an event in the story from a character's point of view helps us to understand the plot of the story better.

What an amazing lesson, and I've loved how well you've joined in today.

I really hope to see you again soon.

Bye!.