Lesson video

Hello everyone! My name is Ms. Butt and I am going to be teaching you some new vocabulary today.

Now I know that you're doing a unit at the moment on an explanation text on how chocolate is made and I hope your enjoying learning all about the process.

Now, when we're explaining something like that, we quite often tend to use the same words again and again to describe chocolate.

Delicious is a word I think we use a lot.

But we don't want to keep saying "then they stir the delicious chocolate, then the delicious chocolate is put in the fridge to set." We want to use different words to describe something that's delicious, and that's what we're going to learn today.

We're going to learn three adjectives and these are different ways that we could describe something as being delicious.

So, I think they're going to be really useful in this unit but also, it's always just really lovely learning new words.

So, I hope you enjoy today's lesson.

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

First, I'm going to introduce each new word, one at a time and we're going to be looking at pictures that illustrate each word.

Then, we're going to look at synonyms and word pairs and that will help us to understand a bit more about what this word means and how it can be used.

And finally, we're going to apply these words in sentences and hopefully these will be sentences that you can use in your writing on how to make chocolate.

For this lesson, you're going to need something to write on, something to write with, and your brains.

It's really important that we're focused during our learning so if you've got anything that's going to distract you, perhaps you can put that away now.

Pause the video and get everything that you need and make sure you're ready to start your learning.

Okay, so let's start thinking about delicious things.

I hope you're not too hungry because I'm actually feeling very hungry and even just seeing that picture is making my tummy rumble and my mouth water.

I'd like you to tell me what is the most delicious thing you have ever eaten? It could be something savoury like a pizza or something sweet like an ice cream.

Can you tell me me what's one of the most delicious things you've ever eaten? Oh my goodness, that's making me even more hungry, hearing about all these delicious things! So, today we're going to be thinking about adjectives to describe delicious things.

Hopefully, you can use these when you start eating delicious things.

You'll have more ways to describe how they taste.

So here are some key words we're going to need for today's lesson.

I'm going to say them and then I'd like you to repeat them back to me.

Synonym.

Word pair.

Adjective.

Noun.

Great! So a synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word.

So today, we're going to be learning synonyms of the word delicious.

Merry and happy are synonyms because they mean nearly the same thing.

Well actually, they kind of exactly the same thing.

Word pairs are words that often appear together like a bright sun or bright moon.

An adjective is a describing word and today we are learning three adjectives.

And nouns are people, places, or things.

Today, we will probably be describing things; don't think we would describe people or places as delicious, so we're going to be mainly focusing on nouns that are things today.

Usually, it's going to be food or drink.

So, let's take a look at our first delicious word.

Before I reveal what the word is, we're first going to look at an illustration.

I hope you enjoy these illustrations because they always make me laugh.

Can you have a look at what is happening in this picture? What can you notice? What are the characters feeling? What story is this picture telling? Can you pause the video and have a think about that now.

These twin cats look extremely excited, in fact one of them is looking extremely excited about that poor little fish in the tank.

The other cat is desperately trying to yank his tail to keep him away.

I think this cat is really excited to eat this fish and it's like nothing can stop him from trying to get it.

You can see he's got a knife and fork ready in his arms. His eyes, it's almost like it's been hypnotised or mesmerised by this fish.

The poor little fish looks absolutely terrified.

Let's see what this image, what this word is.

Irresistible.

I say, you say.

Irresistible.

Irresistible.

Irresistible is an adjective and it means gorgeous and inviting like something so tempting you can't help reaching for it.

I remember watching a really funny TV programme once and it was all about watching little reception children in a school and they once did a test where they put a cake out for the children, and they said to the little children You're all going to get a slice of this cake, but we're just going to get some plates and some forks and I want you all not to touch the cake now.

Then, they went off and you could see these little children, who are only about four or five, sat there like this, waiting patiently.

And I think that the cake would have been irresistible to them because it looked so inviting and so tempting, they wanted to eat it.

Can you guess what they did? That's right.

They snuck up and they got their finger and they dipped it in the icing, and then they tried to kind of smooth it over so the teachers wouldn't notice.

It was very funny, but I think it was a bit of a mean trick really, because that cake was irresistible to those children.

Let's take a look at what synonyms we could find for this word irresistible.

Temptation.

Gorgeous.

Urge.

Charm.

Force.

Offer.

Inviting.

Food.

Impulse.

Smell.

And appealing.

So, if words are synonyms of irresistible, they are words that mean more or less the same thing.

Here's the word in a sentence: The irresistible temptation was to much for me.

I had to have a bite! Just like in this picture, the irresistible temptation of that fish is too much for one of those cats.

I wonder if you could pause the video and have a think about which of these words could be synonyms for irresistible.

Off you go.

Okay, let's see how you got on.

The synonyms are: Gorgeous, inviting, and appealing.

That means the rest of the words are the word pairs.

The words that irresistible is often paired up with.

I'm going to read them to you.

An irresistible temptation.

Irresistible food.

Irresistible urge.

My little sister, when she was about three, had an irresistible urge to stomp on sand castles.

And it was so bad because we would go to the beach and you'd see these little children with their buckets making these perfect sand castles and my sister would just run over and she'd just [Tap Noise] Stomp on it with her foot.

But I think it was like this thing that really tempted her.

She just wanted to do it, she found it really fun.

And sometimes you might have irresistible urges to do something like that.

I have an irresistible urge to pop bubble wrap.

I find that really satisfying.

Irresistible charm.

Oo, maybe if someone was so charming and they asked you to do something, if their charm was irresistible, you wouldn't be able to resist it and you'd have to end up doing what they wanted you to.

Irresistible force.

If you image that someone was trying to stand still and there was a force, like someone pushing or someone pulling.

If it was irresistible, it's again almost so strong that you can't resist it and you would end up being pushed.

An irresistible offer.

Oo, sometimes you see those in the shops.

You try to think "I'm going to try and be really good and I'm not going to spend any money," but then there's an offer like buy one and get one free, and you might say "oh, I know I wasn't going to spend any money but that's an irresistible offer." It's too tempting.

An irresistible impulse.

An impulse is a sudden urge to want to do something.

And an irresistible smell.

So, perhaps like the smell of that chocolate cake to those little children was irresistible and that's why they had to taste the icing.

When we learn new words, it's really important that we say each word aloud.

So, I'd like you now to pause the video and just like I did, I'd like you to read the word pairs out loud.

Off you go! Okay, well done.

Before we move on to our second word, I'd like you just to quickly remind me, what does irresistible mean? That's right! It means gorgeous and inviting, like something so tempting you can't help reaching for it.

Okay, let's take a look at our second illustration.

Oo, what is happening in this picture? Can you describe what you see happening here? And have a think about what delicious word, have a guess about what this delicious word might be? It looks like something to do with something being juicy.

Pause the video and have a think now.

Gosh, even looking at that picture is making me feel thirsty.

I can see a gigantic peach and it looks like there's a machine, [Slurping Noise] sucking all of the juice.

And at the top, there looks like there's a delicious case of delicious peach juice.

Looks like it's maybe happening in some kind of factory.

So, I think this word must mean something to do with juiciness.

Ah, this word is succulent.

Succulent.

Succulent is an adjective and it means juicy and fresh; like perfect ripe peaches that are full of delicious juice.

When you have a fruit, like a peach, quite often they're hard at first because they are not ripe yet.

And then when they turn ripe, that's when they turn really, really juicy.

So this means juicy and fresh like perfectly ripe peaches that are full of delicious juice.

There's a Latin word called "succuss," I'm not sure if I'm saying that right.

And that means to juice.

So we can see if that ancient word, which meant to juice, we can see how that has has been changed, succus into succulent.

So, it's always interesting to find out, where our words come from.

That's called learning about the etymology of a word; finding out about the word's history.

So, let's take a look at what synonyms we can see of the word succulent.

Juicy.

Peaches.

Steak.

Lobster.

Roast Chicken.

Strawberries.

Moist.

Morsel.

And fresh.

Here's the word in a sentence: He ordered a steak that was so succulent it practically melted in his mouth.

So steaks can be quite tough and chewy, but this was obviously really juicy and succulent.

Can you pause the video and see if you can spot the synonyms of the word succulent? So the synonyms are juicy, moist, and fresh.

And that means the rest of these words are word pairs, which I'll read to you now.

Succulent peaches.

Succulent fruit.

Succulent steak.

Succulent lobster, that's a type of shellfish that's a real delicacy, it's quite expensive so you might get that if you went to a really fancy restaurant.

Succulent roast chicken.

Succulent strawberries.

Succulent morsel.

And a morsel is just a tiny amount of food, like a little, tiny mouthful.

So, could you now pause the video and read these word pairs out loud like I did.

Okay, before we move on to our final word, can you remind me what does the word succulent mean? And you can use the image to help you.

Yes, that's right! It means juicy and fresh.

Let's take a look at our final illustration.

Oh my goodness, what is happening here? Can you please pause the video an describe how this character is feeling and what is happening to them.

What story is this picture telling? I think you might have even guessed what this word means.

This word is mouthwatering.

Mouth watering.

This is also an adjective and it means looking or smelling delicious.

You can see in this image that this character is looking at an enormous donut, which has been covered up by a sort of glass lid so that no one can get to it, and his mouth is watering so much.

This is describing something that happens to your body.

Often when we are really hungry and we see something that we really want to eat, our mouth naturally starts to produce saliva and that's because when we do eat food we start producing saliva to help break it down.

So when we start looking at food and thinking about eating it, it's like a natural reaction that happens to our body.

There are other adjectives that describe what happens to our body, like for example, hair raising.

If your hairs on your arm stand on end, it might mean that your really frightened of something, so you might say it was hair raising.

You might also say spine tingling, like it sent tingles down your spine.

And their also adjectives that describe what happens to your body.

So, when we say the word mouthwatering it's because our mouths start watering because something looks or smells so delicious.

Let's take a look at the synonyms. So, are the synonyms doughnut, dish, recipe, delicious, treat, delicacy, scrumptious, burger, dessert, and a feast? I also get confused with desert and dessert.

A dessert is a pudding and it's got a double "s".

A delicacy is something that's really, really fine.

It's quite often intricate in it's texture or structure.

So, if you saw a or went to a french bakery and they had a cake that was a delicacy, maybe it had lots of amazing structures to it, and it was really fine.

So, could you please take a look at this sentence.

Here's the word in a sentence: the chocolate is a mouthwatering delicacy that should be saved for special occasions.

Can you pause the video and see if you can spot the three synonyms of the word mouth watering? So, the synonyms are delicious, scrumptious- oh sorry! There were only two in that one.

Delicious and scrumptious.

That means all the other words are word pairs I'm going to read to you now.

A mouthwatering dish.

A mouthwatering feast.

A mouthwatering recipe.

A mouth watering treat.

A mouthwatering doughnut.

A mouth watering delicacy.

A mouth water burger.

And a mouthwatering dessert.

I wonder if you can notice this week if anything every makes your mouth water because it smells or tastes so delicious, or looks so delicious.

Can you pause the video and read the word pairs out loud? Well done.

So now, we've looked at three amazing words to describe delicious food.

Here are the three images that we looked at.

Can you match up the word with the correct image? Pause the video and have a go.

So, the first illustration shows irresistible.

The second one is succulent.

And the third one is mouthwatering.

Now, all my definitions here have got a bit jumbled up.

So your second task is now to, pause the video and match the correct definitions with the correct word.

Well done.

Let's see how you got on with that task.

Irresistible means gorgeous and inviting; like something so tempting you can't help reaching of it.

Succulent means juicy and fresh; like perfectly ripe peaches that are full of juice.

And mouthwatering means looking or smelling delicious.

So, we're going to look now at some sentences.

I'd like you to think about which word you could fit into the sentence.

Perhaps all of them might fit or perhaps there's one that you think fits best.

Chocolate is one of the world's most popular hmm treats.

Hmm.

One of the world's most popular irresistible treats? Most popular succulent treats? Or popular mouthwatering treats? Which one do you think fits here? Now, I've put mouthwatering, but I think irresistible would have worked really well as well.

I'm not so sure succulent works well because I wouldn't say chocolate is really juicy.

Occasionally, juicy, hmm raisins are added to the chocolate to add extra flavour.

Which word fits here? There's a bit of a clue, isn't there? By that word juicy.

So occasionally, juicy, succulent raisins are added.

And finally, this chocolate is completely hmm so everyone will want a piece! Which adjective fits in this sentence? The chocolate is completely irresistible so everyone will want a piece.

Now I'd like you to have a go at writing your own sentences.

You're going to have a go at writing three sentences and the first sentence I'd like you to write, I would like you to try and include the word irresistible.

Now, this can be quite tricky putting it in a sentence on your own.

So, use the word pairs to help you.

For example, you could pick the word pair irresistible smell and then you can build a sentence around that.

If you're still finding that tricky, then here's a sentence scaffold that you could use to help you.

As the irresistible chocolate is stirred.

Oo what happens next? So "as" is a subordinating conjunction so this means it's going to be a complex sentence.

As the irresistible chocolate is stirred, what could be happening at the same time? Maybe something about it releasing a smell? Maybe something about it bubbling? Maybe something about it gradually melting? Could you pause now and have a go writing a sentence, either using the sentence scaffold or you coming up with your own idea.

Brilliant, well done.

The second sentence I'd like you to write is using the word succulent.

Remember, that means it's really juicy and fresh.

Again, use the word pairs to help you.

For example, you might use the word pair strawberries.

Succulent strawberries.

And then you might build your sentence around that idea.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Okay excellent.

Can you just check that your sentence has a capitol letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end? Great, well done! And finally, I would like you to have a go a writing a sentence using the word mouthwatering.

Again, use the picture and use the word pairs to help you.

For example, you might pick the word pair burger.

A mouthwatering burger.

And you could then build a sentence around that idea.

Try to make this sentence really ambitious because it's the last sentence you're going to write today.

Ways that you could do that is you could add in detail with adjectives.

You could add in adverbs, so ways to describe verbs, to say how you do something.

You could extend your idea by using a subordinating conjunction to try to make a complex sentence.

So using something like while, after, as or because.

So really try to push yourself for this sentence because as I said it is the last sentence you're going to write today.

Right, pause the video and have a go at that now.

Brilliant.

You've worked so hard, you should feel really proud of yourself.

I hope you've enjoyed learning these three new adjectives and I hope that you're able now, when you're tasting things over the next few weeks that you can say "Hmm, this is irresistible or hmm this is very succulent roast chicken." And I also hope that you will be able to use this words in your writing when you are writing your explanation text on how chocolate is made.

If you want to share any of your work, ask a parent or carer to take a photo of your sentences and you can upload them on twitter.

We always love seeing the word that you're up too.

Thank you so much for watching this lesson and I'll see you soon.

Bye everyone!.