Lesson video

Hello everyone, my name's Ms. Butt.

And today I'm going to be teaching you some new vocabulary.

At the moment, you're doing a unit based on the incredible picture book called "The Viewer".

And at the start of the story, Tristan Visits a Junkyard.

In the junkyard, he's looking around and trying to discover new and exciting things.

And today, the adjectives and nouns that we're going to learn will hopefully be very useful when you come to write your setting description.

I hope you enjoy today's lesson.

Here's what we're going to do in today's lesson.

First, we're going to introduce the new vocabulary, one word at a time, and we're going to be looking at some brilliant Mrs. Wordsmith illustrations to help us to understand what these words mean.

Then we're going to identify word pairs and synonyms for each word.

And we'll talk more about that in a minute.

And finally, we can apply the vocabulary we've learned in sentences, and hopefully these sentences will be very useful in your writing on "The Viewer".

So in this lesson, you will need something to write on and something to write with at the end of the lesson.

So perhaps you can pause the video now to make sure you've got the things you need and that you've cleared away any distractions.

You're ready and focused to start your learning.

Here's some key vocabulary we'll be using today.

I'm going to say each word, and then I'd like you to repeat it back to me.

Just so we're all engaged.

Synonym, word pair, adjective, noun.

Well done.

A synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word.

Like the words merry and happy.

They're nearly exactly the same or nearly the same as each other.

Word pairs are words that often appear together.

So if we took the word bright, the word that pairs up or matches up with that might be a sun, a moon or a light, because these are objects that we might describe as being bright.

An adjective is a describing word, And a noun is a person, a place or a thing.

So in the word pair, bright sun, bright would be the adjective that describes the sun which is the noun.

So today we're going to be thinking about some chaos or confusion words.

So, what do you think chaos looks like? If you were to close your eyes and imagine a very chaotic scene, for example, imagine chaos in the classroom, or chaos on a football pitch, or chaos at home, what might that look like? Can you pause the video, and have a little think about that now? Hopefully you guys started conjuring up some images of chaos.

One thing that I think of when I think of chaos is of that very junkyard in the scrapyard or junkyard in The Viewer, because there are so many objects that are piled up high and so many different colours, and so many different things that to me, it seems like a very chaotic place to be.

So let's look at off first chaos or confusion words.

That means the words that we're learning today are linked to this idea of chaos or confusion, which is why they're going to be so helpful when we write about the junkyard.

So what's happening in this picture? What do you notice? How do you think these characters and feeling? How would you describe the atmosphere, and how would you describe the characters? Can you pause the video and have a think about that or describe what you see out loud now.

Well, I think this is definitely a very chaotic scene because not only can I see things on fire and smoke coming off of things, things spilling, pans on head, the characters all look from their facial expressions, extremely stressed out.

This word is commotion, commotion.

It's a noun, so it's a thing, meaning chaos or uproar, like animals set loose in a kitchen causing a crazy mess.

So you might say something like, "What a commotion." That means, what a lot of chaos or uproar.

We can see this, these like these animals that have been set to loose in a kitchen.

I think if you've set some animals loose in your kitchen, maybe that might be a lot of commotion, and commotions are nouns that's the thing.

It's quite strange 'cause we say it's an abstract noun.

It's not something that I can hold.

Like I can hold these post notes in my hand, but this commotion isn't something I can hold in my hand, but it is still a thing.

And the root of commotion is this word movere, which means movement.

So why do you think this is part of this word, what's movement got to do with the word commotion, have a little think.

Movement, commotion, commotion means chaos.

So commotion describes lots of movement and noise.

So I'm going to read some words to you.

And as I read them, I'd like you to see if you can spot the synonyms of the word commotion.

Remember a synonym is a word that means nearly or exactly the same thing.

Wild, noisy, loud, chaos, violent, general, frenzied, disturbance, terrible, uproar, sudden, and much.

Now remember that because the commotion is a noun, it's a thing, we're looking, when we're looking for synonyms for nouns as well.

For example, the first word here, wild, is an adjective.

It's a describing word, the wild child or the wild jungle.

So I know that's not going to be a synonym because it's a different word class.

To help you here's the word commotion in a sentence.

The squabble quickly turned into a violent commotion, a squabble is like a little argument, so quickly turned into a violent commotion.

Could you pause the video now and see if you can tell me which three words are synonyms? So the synonyms are chaos, disturbance, or uproar, which means the rest of these words are word pairs, which I'll read to you now.

A wild commotion, noisy commotion, loud commotion, violent commotion, frenzied commotion, terrible commotion, sudden commotion, general commotion, and much commotion.

Wow, there are lots of words pairs there.

And this word commotion is a very long word.

It's really important when we're learning new vocabulary that we take a moment to really imagine each scenario.

So for example, if there was a sudden commotion, what might that be? Maybe that might be lots of people in an assembly who are sitting very patiently and very calmly.

But then if one child shouted something like, "He's got next," or something, then everyone might go, "Oh," they start moving around.

So that might be sudden commotion, because it's gone from being very calm and quiet to suddenly being lots of chaos.

So I'd like you now to read these word pairs loud as you do it, I want you to picture a scenario.

Say for example, violent commotion, what might that look like? Or if there was frenzied commotion, because when we're reading things, we've got to sort of think of an image in our head.

And we can't just be reading the words while we think about what we're going to have for dinner.

So pause the video now, and read these words pairs out loud and try to conjure up an image in your mind as you do so.

Well done.

So before we move on to our second image, can you tell me in three seconds, what does the word commotion mean? It means chaos or uproar.

And remember it's comes from that word movere which means movement.

Oh my goodness what is happening in this picture? Have a look.

What.

Have a look at what's going on and how you would describe this character's hair.

So pause the video and think about that now.

Okay.

So it looks to me like this is actually an illustration of Mrs. Wordsmith herself.

She has got out the sea path, she's been surfing.

I can see a surfboard there, and her hair is wild.

It's got lots of crabs in it and it's gone all up high and it's all curly she's trying to comb it out.

This word is unruly.

Unruly.

It's an adjective.

The last word we looked at commotion was noun, a thing.

This is a describing word.

It means wild, rowdy or rebellious, like long frizzy hair at the beach.

So as I read these words, if you can spot the synonyms, the words that mean the same thing as unruly, rowdy, hair, mop, teenager, pupils, curls, behaviour, rebellious, temper, crowd, and wild, to help you here's the word in a sentence.

Although he knew it could be dangerous, the unruly boy couldn't resist the temptation to head to the scrap yard.

Remember if a word is a synonym, we should be able to take out the word unruly and replace it with a synonym.

So that might help you to spot those three synonyms, have a ago now.

So the synonyms are rowdy, rebellious, or wild.

So we could say, although he knew it could be dangerous, the wild boy or the rebellious boy or a rowdy boy.

So we can see it can be used to what I'm willing to describe her.

That also can be used to describe a character.

That means these words are word pairs, which I'll read to you now, unruly hair.

Just picture it.

What might it look like? Unruly air, an unruly mob, and a mob is like a crowd of people.

So what might an unruly mob of people look like, imagine an unruly mob of football fans.

What might it look like? An unruly teenager.

Maybe you've got some siblings that might be an unruly teenagers.

Unruly pupils.

Luckily I'm sure none of you are unruly pupils.

Unruly curls, really hard to brush out, unruly behaviour and unruly temper, and an unruly crowd.

So your turn now to read these word pairs aloud, remember as well to picture what you're reading off you go.

Well done.

Before we move on to our final image, what does unruly mean? Quickly tell me in three, two, one.

It means wild, rowdy or rebellious.

Final image.

Have a look at this, Mrs. Wordsmith illustration.

What's happening in this picture? How would you describe the atmosphere? How would you describe the character? Pause the video and have a think about that now.

It looks to me like this character is again, causing a lot of chaos in this city.

There's fires, there's.

She's looks like she's grabbed a helicopter and a bus and a train, and everything is very, very chaotic.

This word is havoc.

Havoc.

Havoc is a noun.

So commotion and havoc are nouns and unruly is an adjective, it means great damage or chaos.

Like the mess caused by a giant bear, smashing through a city.

So it's quite similar then to commotion because that was like chaos being caused in the kitchen.

This again is great damage or chaos.

So as I read these words, see if you could spot the synonyms of havoc.

Remember, if they're synonyms and havoc is a noun, the synonyms will also be nouns, cause, wreak, unleash, chaos, mayhem, create, play, inflict, work, and devastation.

There's some tricky words here.

So let me go through a few of them.

Wreaked just means is another way of saying cause, so you might cause havoc or wreak havoc.

It means the same thing.

And mayhem is another word for chaos.

Okay.

Here's the word in a sentence.

The terrifying images, wreaked havoc on Tristan's mind as he lay in bed tossing and turning in the dark.

Maybe you haven't got to that part of the story out at the Tristan seen something, but she is wreaking havoc.

That means causing havoc in his mind and he's tossing and turning in bed.

So pause the video, and see if you can tell me which three words are synonyms. So the synonyms are, chaos, mayhem, and devastation, which means the rest of the words are words pairs, which I'll read to you now.

So you might cause havoc, wreak havoc, unleash havoc, create havoc, play havoc, inflict havoc, or work havoc.

So, could you now pause the video and read these word pairs aloud? Well done.

So here are the three illustrations that illustrate the words we have learned today, but I've taken the words away.

Could you pause the video and tell me what each word is? So the first word is commotion.

The second word was unruly and the third word was havoc.

And the odd one out here is what? Which is the odd one out, thinking about if they're nouns or adjectives.

That's right.

It's unruly, unruly is an adjective, but commotion and havoc are nouns.

Unruly is a describing word, commotion, havoc are things.

So now I'd like you to come up with your own definition for each word.

So imagine you were talking to a younger child or a friend who'd never heard these words before, or they came across in that book and they said, "Oh, what does commotion mean? Or what does unruly mean? Or what does havoc mean?" How would you describe what these words mean? And remember to use the pictures to help you, off you go.

Okay, let's see how you've got on.

So, commotion is chaos or uproar.

Like the animals set loose in the kitchen.

Unruly is wild, rowdy and rebellious.

So you might have an unruly teenager or unruly curls, and havoc means great damage or chaos.

Like a mess caused by a giant bear smashing through a city.

We're now going to apply these new words in sentences.

As I read the sentence to you, could you think about which of these words you think fits best in this sentence? Piles and piles of objects, which cause strange shadows on what lay beneath, filled the junkyard.

So we're looking for something to describe the objects.

Pause the video and tell me which word you would put in this sentence.

The correct answer is unruly objects.

This we know is the answer because unruly is the only adjective, we couldn't say piles and piles of havoc objects or commotion objects because objects and havoc, and commotion are all things they're nouns.

So we were looking at the word unruly there, which means wild, wild objects.

It was complete in the junkyard, which was why Tristan loved it so much.

He never knew what he was going to find.

Which word would you think would fit in here? It was complete havoc in the junkyard.

That's why Tristan loved it so much.

And finally, squawking birds caused a noisy in the amber sky as they fought over a scrap of food.

So again, we're really trying to picture this setting.

So we've described the pile of unruly objects and now we're describing the sound of the squawking birds.

They caused a noisy.

What do you think would fit well here? A noisy commotion, well done.

So now it's your turn to write a sentence using either the word commotion, unruly or havoc.

If you want to really push yourself or really challenge yourself today, you could even try to include two of these words in one sentence, or you could write one sentence for each new words that we've learned.

It can be tricky, just thinking of a sentence on the spot.

So here's some sentence scaffolds to help you.

Beneath his feet, lay.

Underneath the fiery sky, or amidst the objects, So you might notice that all three of these sentence starters are prepositions of place.

That's because they're describing where the action is taking place.

So the first one would be beneath his feet, beneath Tristan's feet lay, and then you might say piles of unruly objects.

Underneath the fiery skies.

Again, saying where this is happening, and you might describe these birds causing commotion in the sky or a mist that objects or amidst the unruly objects, what was happening.

So this is a really nice way of starting a sentence with a preposition of place.

They have to have a comma after them.

You don't have to use those sentence starters, but they just could be helpful.

So you can either use them or if you want, you can come up with a completely different idea.

The important thing is, I want you to try to use one of these new words that we have learnt.

So pause the video and have a go at that now.

Okay, brilliant.

Well done.

You have completed your lesson.

If you'd like to, please do share your work with a parent or carer.

I'm sure they'll be so impressed if they see that you've written a sentence using the word unruly, commotion or havoc, because these are very, very sophisticated and ambitious words.

And even better, if you could try to use these words, when you come to your writing, when you describe the scrap yard.

So well done for working so hard, and I'm sure I'll see you soon.

Thanks everyone.