Lesson video

Hello.

My name is Miss Vincent, and I'm going to be teaching you today for this English lesson.

So today we start a new outcome in the unit of Oliver Twist.

In this outcome we're going to be looking at a new section of the film, and we're going to be thinking carefully about writing a narrative for this section.

We're going to move on to meet the interesting character of Fagin, and we're going to find out a little bit more about him.

In today's lesson, we're going to watch the clip that we're going to be writing about and come up with lots of vocabulary to describe Fagin, to describe the house that he lives in, and to describe the boys that live with him.

I think he's a really interesting character and he's a really good one to write about, thinking of lots of precise verbs and adverbs that tell us how he moves and what he does.

So I'm really excited to write about Fagin with you.

So let's get started.

So here's our agenda for today's lesson.

We're going to start with a writing warmup where we're going to think about word-class.

Then we're going to move on to watch the new clip that we're going to be writing about.

Then we're going to think about generating some vocabulary.

So coming up with lots of words to describe these new characters and this new setting.

And then we're going to use the vocabulary that we've come up together with in sentences.

So in this lesson, you will need a piece of paper or a exercise book.

You'll need a pencil or a pen, and you'll need your amazing brains, your creative brains, to think of lots of new words to describe all the new things that we will see.

So if there's anything that you need to go and get, then please pause the video to do that.

And when you're ready to start the lesson, press play.

Okay, great.

Let's start the lesson.

So let's start with our writing warmup, thinking about our four different word classes.

So my turn, your turn.

A noun is a PPT, a person, place, or thing.

Good job.

An adjective describes a word; it tells you what it's like.

Okay, we'll do this in two parts.

A verb is a doing or a being word.

If you do it, or you are it, then the word is a verb.

Good job.

And then an adverb describes the verb; it often ends in -ly.

Fantastic.

So I'm going to show you some words and we're going to read them using my turn, your turn, and then you're going to have a go at pausing the video and sorting them into the correct categories.

So we've got scarf, to wrap around.

Warily; you do something warily you're unsure.

Crooked, so when it's not straight.

Table, what you sit at.

Slouched, if you slouch, you're not sitting up straight.

Welcomingly, so to do something in a welcoming way.

Confused, when you're not sure you understand something.

And entered, to go into somewhere.

So what I'd like you to do now is to pause the video, to decide what word class each of these words are.

Use the raps to help you.

So if we know that a noun is a PPT, a person place or thing, that's what we need to look out for when we're looking for nouns.

If we know that an adverb describes a verb, it often ends in -ly, we need to use that to help us spot the adverbs.

So make sure that you're spotting all the different word classes and sorting them, and then press play when you're ready to check.

Okay, great.

Let's check.

So the first word was scarf.

Scarf is a noun; it's a thing.

The second word was warily.

So to do something warily, means that you're unsure, that you're doing something in an unsure way.

So it's an adverb because it adds to a verb.

Crooked describes a word.

You might have a crooked shelf or a crooked nose.

So it is an adjective.

Table is a thing, so it is a noun.

Slouched, is something that you do.

So it's a way that you stand or that you sit.

So it is a verb.

Welcomingly, shows the way that you do something.

So it is an adverb.

Confused, is an adjective.

So perhaps the confused boy, and then entered is a verb, and it shows going into somewhere.

Really well done for joining in.

And well done, if you've got some of those right; remember if you got any of those wrong, don't worry.

It's just about practising so that we can identify those different word classes.

So now we're going to watch the clip.

So we've jumped in time in the narrative.

And we left in, for those of you who completed the unit on the buildup.

We left Oliver and Dodger in the marketplace.

And what happened after that was that Dodger invited Oliver to come and stay with him.

So he.

they walk along lots of different roads and the roads get busier as they go.

And then they finally reach the house of Fagin.

So this will be the first time that we see a clip with the character Fagin.

You'll see a little bit of the street there and the alleyway down by the house.

You'll see the stairs as they go up to the house.

And then finally, you will see Fagin.

Fagin's a really well known character, and he is a bit of a complex character because he has some aspects where he is sometimes caring towards the boys, and then he has some aspects where he's not so nice.

And he's a bit of a villain, a bit of a baddie in the story.

So let's watch this section, to see what Fagin's like and to see what the house is like.

Now then.

Let me inside There's two of ya, who's he? New pal.

Where'd he come from? Greenland, is the old one there? Upstairs, sorting the wipes.

This is him, Fagin.

My new friend, Oliver Twist.

Well, well, Oliver Twist.

I hope I had the honour of a boy; pleased to get acquainted.

We're very glad to see you Oliver.

Barry Dodger, take off the sausages and lads make a space at the table.

For Oliver, ah huh.

You are staring at the pocket handkerchiefs, hey my dear.

There's a good many of them, ain't there? We just looked them out, ready for the wash.

Okay.

Now that we've watched the clip, I'd like you to pause the video and write down your first impressions of Fagin.

So what do you think about him? Do you think he's friendly? What do you think about the way he looks? What do you think about the way that he behaves? But I want you to justify your answers using why or using because, so explain why you think, what you think.

So I'd like you to pause the video and write down your first impressions of Fagin.

Okay, well done.

I wonder what your thoughts are.

So let me tell you a little bit more about Fagin.

Fagin is a man that the Artful Dodger lives with and lots of other boys live with as well.

And the Artful Dodger takes Oliver to go and live with Fagin.

And what Fagin does is that he trains, he teaches young boys to do something called pick pocketing, and pick pocketing is when they perhaps move around Victoria and London and they steal things from a people's pockets.

And we've seen a little bit of this with the Artful Dodger, because he was very skilled at stealing in the marketplace.

And then once the boys have stolen, perhaps some jewellery or some money or whatever else they've stolen, they bring it to Fagin and he keeps all the different things that they have stolen.

And in exchange, he gives them a place to live and he feeds them.

Now, Fagin is a very famous villain.

That means that he is the baddie in the story of Oliver Twist.

So he's very well known and he's a very, very famous character in literary history.

So in the history of books.

So, let's think carefully about coming up with some vocabulary to describe, and today we're going to be describing the boys; we're going to be describing the house and we're going to be describing Fagin as well.

So we're going to think about these three things in detail.

So I'd like us to think, first of all, about the boys that we've come across in Fagin's house.

So what I'd like you to do is to pause the video, to write down your ideas.

So how could you describe them? How could you describe their appearance? How could you describe their personality? So pause the video to write down your own ideas, and then we can share some more together.

Okay, fantastic.

So to start us off, I'm going to think of some different ways of referring to them or describing them by identifying some nouns.

So we could describe their faces.

We could describe their clothes, their laughter, their expressions.

So what we can see on their face, their reactions and their demeanour; demeanour means the way that they behave.

So I'd like you to challenge yourself now, and I'd like you to pause the video, to add in adjectives to these words.

And you can add these to your own ideas.

So pause the video to add adjectives.

So how could you describe their faces? How could you describe their clothes? So adding in adjectives, perhaps two adjectives, separated by a comma to make any NP, or perhaps just one adjective, if that's appropriate.

Okay.

Pause the video and press play once you've done that.

Fantastic.

So let me share with you some of the adjectives that I came up with.

So I thought we could describe their faces as grubby cause they're dirty.

Grubby, dirt-streaked faces.

To be dirt-streaked means that they've got bits of dirt here and there.

Torn, dirty clothes.

They have a loud, enthusiastic laughter, interested, welcoming expressions.

So if they're interested, they look like they want to know more; and they're welcoming, cause they're quite smiley and quite friendly towards Oliver.

Jerky, uneasy reactions.

There were some moments in the film where Fagin reached across and they were a bit, they were a bit jumpy and a bit jerky.

Lively, excitable demeanour.

So they're behaving; their behaviour is very lively, very animated and very excitable.

So if you'd like to copy down any of these ideas onto your sheet, then please pause the video and write them down now.

Okay, fantastic.

Let's move on to describing the house.

So you can either pause now to add your own ideas or we can move on and you, if you're feeling unsure, you can keep watching and then you can describe my nouns, choosing some adjectives.

So if you'd like to write down your own ideas, then pause the video now to do that.

Okay, fantastic.

So, here are some of the nouns that I identified.

So on the way to the house, there was an alleyway and we could describe the alleyway.

They went up; the boys went up some stairs so we could describe the stairs.

We could describe the door that they went through, the rags that are hanging around the house, the walls, and we can see the walls in this picture.

The atmosphere, remember atmosphere is how it makes us feel when we're in a room or perhaps when we look at a room and we imagine being in it, and the stove, which is where Fagin is bent over and he's cooking sausages.

And then the fire that is just underneath the stove and the handkerchiefs that are on the table, or some of them are hanging to dry as well.

So I'd like you to pause the video now, to write in some adjectives to describe some or each of those things.

Once you've finished, you can press play and we can share some ideas.

Remember you could do two adjectives separated by a comment to make any NP, or you might just do one if it's appropriate.

Remember if you can't choose, you can't think of an adjective for all of them, then just move on to the next one.

And we can share some ideas after.

So pause the video and press play when you're ready to look.

Okay.

Great.

So perhaps we could have described the alleyway as dirty and crowded.

So the dirty crowded alleyway, the rickety creaky stairs.

So they're quite old and a bit shaky and perhaps they feel a bit unsafe.

The heavy wooden door, the hanging, colourful rags; there's lots of them hanging around the walls.

The cracked, stained walls.

And I can see that in the picture, on the screen they're stained; so they're dirty and cracked.

They've got cracks along them.

The gloomy, tense atmosphere.

So it's very dark.

And although they're laughing, it feels quite tense.

It feels quite, it doesn't feel very relaxed.

The black, dusty stove, the warm, crackling fire and the abundant fancy handkerchiefs.

So my turn; your turn.

Abundant, one more time.

Abundant.

That means that there's loads of them.

There's absolutely loads of them.

So it's a word that means that there's lots of something.

If it's abundant, there's lots of it.

So if you'd like to copy down any of those adjectives and nouns, then please pause the video to do that now and press play when you're ready to move on to describing Fagin.

Okay, let's move on to Fagin.

So just like before, if you're feeling confident, you can pause the video now and write down all of your ideas.

If you're feeling a little bit unsure about how to describe his appearance or how to describe his personality, then you can keep watching and then you can have a go at adding some adjectives to the nouns that I've come up with.

So if you'd like to write down your ideas, then pause the video now.

Okay.

Let's think about looking at some nouns that we could use in when we're describing Fagin.

So we might describe his nose, we might describe his hair, his back cause he's very hunched, isn't he? He's sort of bent over.

His beard, his clothes, his voice when he's talking and his smile.

And again, like we used for the boys, his demeanour, his demeanour once again is the way that he behaves the way that he carries himself, the way that he is.

So I'd like you to pause the video now and write in some adjectives to describe each of these nouns.

Remember if you're stuck on any of them, you can move on to one of the others and try if you can to think of two adjectives separated by a comma or just one, if it's appropriate in that case.

So pause the video, add in your adjectives and press play when you're ready to check.

Okay, fantastic.

So some of the adjectives that I came up with are a long, hooked nose, wispy, unkempt hair.

If it's wispy, it's sort of all over the place; it's not very thick, and there's that sort of sticking out; and unkempt means that it's messy.

A hunched back, messy, untrimmed beard.

So he's not sort of snipping at it every day to keep it neat.

It's untrimmed; trimmed means you cut it shorter.

Scruffy old clothes, a croaky, high-pitched voice.

If it's high, pitch is a bit squeaky.

And if it's croaky, it's sort of like this.

And then a forced, toothless smile.

It doesn't seem very natural, his smile, it seems very, very forced.

And he's he's he's, he's not got all his teeth, so I've written toothless smile.

So if you'd like to copy down any of these ideas, then pause the video now.

Write them down and press play when you're ready to move on.

Okay, fantastic.

So now we're going to use all of the vocabulary that we came up with in sentences so that we can practise using them in ambitious sentences that really aim high.

So the first thing I'd like you to do is to use your vocabulary, to write at least two sentences to describe Fagin.

Remember to make them ambitious.

So you've got lots of fantastic words on your plan.

You've got some on the screen if you feel stuck as well.

Let me show you some examples for sentences that you could write.

So you might write, "the strange man forced a toothless smile as he bowed his hunched back and welcomed Oliver into his home".

So I've added lots and lots of detail there.

Or you might have written, "Fagin's wispy, unkempt hair rested on his scruffy, torn coat." So lots of vocabulary to use, challenge yourself; perhaps you might put it in a complex sentence and then press play once you've written your two sentences at least.

Okay.

Fantastic, good job.

So now let's think about the boys and the house.

So I'd like you to use your vocabulary to write a sentence about the boys and/or the house.

So you might write a sentence about both of them together, or you might write a separate sentence about the boys or a separate sentence about the house.

Remember to make it ambitious.

You've got lots of vocabulary on your plan and you've got some on the screen as well.

Some examples are; "Smiles spread across the boys dirt-streaked faces and they laughed enthusiastically".

So a compound sentence using and, or "the cracked, stained walls were covered in hanging, colourful rags".

So I've written the sentence about the boys and a sentence about the house, but you might combine the two.

So write your sentence or sentences and press play when you finished.

Okay, well done.

Fantastic.

So that's all of the sections of our lesson complete.

Really well done for all of your hard work.

I hope you enjoyed meeting the character of Fagin and seeing a little bit more of the film.

So I will see you soon for another lesson on Oliver Twist.

Bye.