Lesson video

Hello everyone, it's Miss Doherty.

Today, we're going to create a story with a familiar lesson learnt.

In this lesson you will need an exercise book or paper and a pencil.

You can pause the video now while you go and get those items. We're going to start today's lesson by singing a nursery rhyme.

Then we'll create a story.

And we'll finish by writing the story.

♪ Incy wincy spider ♪ ♪ climbed up the waterspout.

♪ ♪ Down came the rain ♪ ♪ and washed the spider out.

♪ ♪ Out came the sunshine ♪ ♪ and dried up all the rain.

♪ ♪ So the incy wincy spider ♪ ♪ climbed up the spout again ♪ If you didn't join in that time, join in this time please.

♪ Incy wincy spider ♪ ♪ climbed up the waterspout.

♪ ♪ Down came the rain ♪ ♪ and washed the spider out.

♪ ♪ Out came the sunshine ♪ ♪ and dried up all the rain.

♪ ♪ So the incy wincy spider ♪ ♪ climbed up the spout again ♪ Today we're going to create a story.

I've already filled in one section, the moral of the story.

What does that mean, Moral? The moral of a story is the lesson that that story teaches us.

So for example, in the three little pigs, we learn that we should listen to advice because mummy pig said, " make sure your house is strong." The first pig built a house of straw.

It wasn't strong.

They got eaten.

The second pig built a house of wood.

It wasn't strong.

They got eaten.

The third pig built house of bricks, which are strong.

They were safe.

They didn't get eaten because they had listened to advice.

The story we're going to create today is going to have the same moral.

It's also going to be a story about listening to advice.

Before we start, I'd like you to just take a moment to think what advice have you ever been given? So in the three little pigs, they are given the advice to build a strong house.

What advice have you been given? The first thing I would like us to decide is who our story is about.

My story is going to be about an otter because we didn't choose the otter last time in one of our earlier lessons.

So my story is going to be about an otter.

And it's not just going to be about one otter, I'm actually going to write to the story about two otter sisters.

Yeah, that's right.

And their names are going to be, I do like alliteration when words start with the same initial sound.

So the otters are going to be called Olivia and Onah.

So we're going to have Olivia the otter and Onah the otter.

And they are sisters.

Now, if they're otters, where is the story going to take place? Well, otters live in rivers or streams in the English countryside.

They are in other countries as well.

But my story is going to take place in England in a river.

Okay, so the story's going to be about listening to advice and it's going to be about Olivia and Onah, and they're in the river.

What could the problem be? What could the problem? I've got a really good problem.

Sisters can be quite competitive.

I was very competitive with my sister.

If you have a sibling, a brother or sister, maybe you're competitive with them, or maybe you're competitive with your grown-ups at home or some of your friends.

So our problem is going to be a race.

Now, Olivia and Onah the otters live in a river and they love racing.

They're always competing against each other.

So one day they decide to race home.

And they start to race.

And Olivia and Onah are racing, and they're racing and racing.

And Olivia realises that there's a trick that she could pull.

And all she does is she swims in the middle of the river.

And Olivia and Onah's mom has always told them, "never swim in the middle of the river." She always says, "never swim in the middle of the river." But Olivia isn't listening that day.

So she's swimming in the middle of the River.

And Onah's watching, and Onah's thinking, "Olivia, You're not listening to mommy." And Onah always listens to her mommy.

But Olivia's thinking, "Wow, I am going so fast." She's being pulled along by the currents in the river.

And she's beating Onah.

She's winning the race.

But all of a sudden, she gets to their home and she can't swim to the side.

She's pulled forward by the current.

So the current pulling her forward away from her house is the first setback.

Now she's won the race.

Maybe she got there first, but she hasn't been able to stop.

And now Onah's home.

And there's no sign of Olivia.

So Onah realises she is going to have to find her sister.

So she carries on swimming, being careful not to be in the middle.

But to stay to the side of the river.

She carries on swimming.

And she sees Olivia being pulled along desperately trying to swim backwards.

Olivia is being pulled and pulled.

And she's being pulled towards a whirlpool.

The water is spinning round and round and round and round.

And Onah can only watch as Olivia is pulled into the whirlpool.

And that, oh no, is our second setback.

Now, Onah's shouting, "help! help! my sister's in a Whirlpool! help! Help!" And Olivia's shouting, " help me! Onah help Me please!" Luckily, there was a cow in a nearby field.

Who hears the two otters shouting and comes over to help.

And the cow bends down.

He bends his head into the water and scoops Olivia up.

So the otter is flat on the cow's head.

And he puts the otter on the grassy verge next to her sister.

What a relief.

So the solution is that Olivia is saved by the cow.

She's lifted out of the water.

She is saved by the cow.

Now how do we think this story should end? Well, I think Olivia and Onah should say thank you to the cow.

And they should go back home happy.

I think Olivia probably needs to let Onah have won that race doesn't she? And the moral of the story is that Olivia should have listened to her mom's advice.

When her mom told her that she shouldn't swim in the middle of the river, Olivia should have listened to her mom's advice.

Now we have just made up a story together.

Just like that.

Now it's your turn.

Maybe your story will be about two otter sisters called Olivia and Onah, or maybe your story will be about something completely different.

Maybe your story will be about a sheen or perhaps your story will be about Yaqoob or your story might be about Amy The alien.

Your story might be about the gingerbread man.

Your story might be about a little pig, or maybe your story might be about a Fox.

It's up to you.

Have a little think about what your story is going to be about.

On the screen I've got the plot matrix.

And the only rule that I have is that the moral of the story has to be listening to advice.

That is going to be the moral of all of our stories.

Everything else is completely up to you.

So you don't need to do any writing yet, but you might choose to jot some notes down or you might choose to draw some pictures down.

What I want you to do now is just think, what is your story going to be about? You saw how quickly we came up with that story about Olivia and Onah, you can make up your very own story about listening to advice.

So pause the video now, while you do that.

We are going to do some writing now.

So I'm going to choose parts of my story and we're going to write it together.

And then it will be your turn to write your story.

When we're writing, we say the word, robot the word, write the word.

Now, we can start story in any way we like.

And I think I will start by introducing my characters and telling you a little bit about them.

So I'm going to start my story by saying the two sisters were, am I going to say that? No.

I've changed my mind.

The sisters liked to win.

The sisters liked to win.

So we're starting with the.

Can I say it, robot it and write it? No.

It's a word we just have to know, The, T-H-E spells the.

Sisters, say the word sisters ,S-I-S-T-A-S, sisters, fantastic sisters, S-I-S-T-A-S going make that A sound with an E-R sound.

The sisters, the sisters liked, Liked is a word we just have to know, L-I-K-E-D liked.

The sisters liked to, to is another word we just have to know.

T-O spells to.

Say that with me, T-O spells to.

The sisters liked to win, say the word win.

Robot the word, W-I-N win.

Let's write the word W-I-N, win.

The sisters liked to win, full stop.

What else do I need to include in my story? The sisters liked to win.

One day they had a race.

One day they had a race.

Okay, one is a word we just have to know.

One day, say the word, day lets robot it, D-A day, one day.

And that A sound in day is an A-Y.

One day they, is another word we just have to know.

One day they.

T-H-E-Y spells they.

One day they had, say the word had.

H-A-D had, they had.

H-A-D, had a race.

Say the word race, R-A-C race.

Now, race is a really tricky spelling that you might not have learned the rules for yet.

But race is spelled like this.

The sisters liked to win.

One day they had a race.

I've just noticed something about my earlier sentence.

I thought I'd done my full stop.

I can't see it there.

There we go.

The sisters liked to win.

One day they had a race.

And that is the start of my story.

Now it's your turn to write some of your story.

Remember when you're writing you say the word, robot the word, write the word.

Pause the video now to write your story and remember the lesson has to be listening to advice.

Thank you so much for all of your hard work so, I would love to see it.

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See you next time.

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