Lesson video

Hello everyone, my name is Ms. Butt, and today, we're going to be learning some new vocabulary together.

Hopefully this vocabulary, will be very useful on your narrative writing on the Rabbit Proof Fence, because today we're going to be learning three words that are associated with hot weather.

Although we're going to be learning these words, and that really complex way, so that you could actually use them and apply them in many different situations.

I hope you enjoy today's lesson.

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

First, I'm going to introduce the new vocabulary, one word at a time, and we'll be looking at Mrs. Wordsmith pictures to help illustrate what these words mean.

Then we're going to identify word pairs and synonyms so that we have a really deep understanding of what these words mean and how we can use them in different contexts.

And finally, we're going to apply these words in sentences, and the sentences that we're going to write, hopefully will be sentences that you can take straight from your notepad for today and put them into your writing.

So towards the end of the lesson, you are going to need to write a sentence or a couple of sentences yourself.

So I would like you to have something to write on and something to write with.

Perhaps you could pause the video now, to make sure you've got the things that you need and to make sure you're calm and focused, ready to start your learning.

Okay, brilliant.

So here's some key vocabulary that we'll be using in today's lesson.

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

Synonym, word pair, adjective, noun, verb, adverb.

Brilliant.

Well done.

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

So today when we learn these new words, we're going to also be looking at synonyms. So we know not only what this word means, but words that have a similar meaning or the same meaning.

We're also going to be looking at word pairs.

Which are words that often appear together, so that we know when we learn these new words today, which words they often appear paired up with.

So for example, if we had the adjective bright, the words it's often paired up with might be a sun and moon or a light, because they're often described as being bright.

An adjective is a describing word.

And often they describe nouns, which is a person, a place or a thing.

Verbs are being, or doing words, and adverbs are, it describes or modifies a verb.

So if we took a verb like walk, say or walked in the past tense, he walked into the room.

If we added an adverb, it's literally like we're adding to the verb.

How might he walk? He nervously walked into the room.

He confidently walked into the room.

So they can help give us a picture of how the character is feeling.

Okay, so let's have a look at our first hot word that we're going to be learning today.

Can you look at this illustration and tell me what's happening in this picture? How do you think this character is feeling and how would you describe this heat? Pause the video and have a think about that now.

Okay.

Well, I think it's clear to say that this heat is very powerful and strong.

The sun looks quite menacing there, shining down on this poor character, Who's not only his ice cream has melted, but it looks like he is melting in this heat as well.

So this is obviously extremely hot.

This word is relentless.

Relentless.

Relentless is an adjective, meaning constant or nonstop.

Like the sun when it beats down on you, until you nearly melt.

So, if this word means constant or nonstop, it could describe the heat, or the sun, hot weather, but anything could be relentless.

Perhaps you might have a relentless, your phone might feel relentless, because it's constantly ringing.

Now we could turn this adjective, this describing word, into an adverb.

Adverbs describe verbs.

Say for example, the verb ran, we could describe that as quickly ran.

So how do you think we could turn the adjective relentless, into an adverb? What letters do we need to add? We need to add "ly", so that adverb would become relentlessly.

So then perhaps you might say, my phone was relentlessly ringing.

Constantly ringing.

Okay, so let's take a look at some words.

I'm going to read these to you and as I read them, I'd like you to tell me, if you can spot any synonyms of relentless.

Remember synonym is a word that means the same thing.

Heat, nonstop, rain, search, attack, pressure, constant, harsh, pursuit, and quest.

Here's the word in the sentence.

The relentless heat seems to never end, even after the sun had set.

So even when the sun's gone down, perhaps because the land has soaked in all of that heat, the heat still remains.

It's still there.

So could you pause the video and see if you can tell me, which of these words are synonyms of the word relentless? Okay.

So the synonyms are nonstop, constant or harsh.

Which means the rest of these words are word pairs.

Relentless heat, relentless rain.

Imagine that.

What would a day be like if there was relentless rain.

Nonstop rain.

A relentless search, a relentless attack, relentless pressure, a relentless pursuit and a relentless quest.

So I would like you now to pause the video and read these word pairs aloud, because that's how we remember and hold onto new vocabularies.

Through saying it over and over again.

As you read these, try to picture what you're reading.

So for example, if you're reading relentless quest, imagine what a relentless quest would be like.

Off you go.

Excellent.

So before we look at our next word, can you very quickly remind me, what does relentless mean? Well done.

Constant or nonstop.

Right.

Have a look at this illustration.

So what's happening here? And how do you think this character is feeling? How would you describe this character? Pause the video and have a think about that now.

this word is suffocating.

Suffocating.

Suffocating is also an adjective, meaning stuffy or smothering, like clothes so tight around your neck you can't breathe.

Which is, I think what's happening in this picture here.

It looks like this character's dressed up very smart, but that bow tie is suffocating them.

Suffocating literally means unable to breathe.

So how, why do you think it's used to sometimes describe very hot weather? What do you think? So sometimes it describes very hot weather, because very hot weather, can make you almost feel like you're unable to breathe.

If you ever have been in a room, or if you have been outside in a temperature where it's so hot, it can feel stuffy and smothering or suffocating.

Right.

Let's read some words and see if you can spot the synonyms of suffocating.

Remember the synonyms are the words that means the same thing.

Collar, smothering, heat, fumes, stench, that's a smell, darkness, smoke, stifling, pollution, stuffy.

Here's the word in the sentence.

The girls stumbled on through the suffocating darkness, which engulfed them.

If something engulfs you, it's like it completely surrounds or covers you up.

So pause the video and see if you can tell me which three words are synonyms. So the synonyms are smothering, stifling and stuffy.

Which means the rest of these words are word pairs.

Suffocating heat, a suffocating collar, suffocating fumes, a suffocating stench, suffocating darkness.

Stop and have a little think about that.

How could darkness feel suffocating? Perhaps if it was so pitch black, it almost would feel suffocating.

Suffocating smoke, and suffocating pollution.

Could you now pause the video and read these word pairs out loud? Okay.

Well done.

So before we move on very quickly, what does suffocating mean? Well done.

Stuffy or smothering.

Let's look at our next illustration.

It's our final one.

So what's happening in this picture? How would you describe this character? What's this character doing? So pause the video and think about that now.

This word is perspire.

Perspire.

Perspire is a verb.

So it's something that you do.

It's not an adjective.

Like the other two words.

It means to drip, with sweat.

What you do when you sit in a very hot sauna.

I think that's what this character might be doing.

It looks like they're in a hot sauna, but there's a poor little fly next to him, who looks like they are getting drenched by his sweat.

So which situations often make people sweat or perspire? Can you just pause the video and have a think about some? So here are some ideas.

Perhaps people might perspire when they're hot, when they're working really hard, when they're nervous.

Couple of other examples.

It might be when they're doing physical exercise, and sometimes even when you're unwell.

If you have a fever, it can make you perspire or sweat.

Okay, so which of these words do you think are synonyms of perspire? Now remember because perspire is now a verb, a doing word, the synonyms should also be verbs.

So you're looking out for verbs.

Heavily, sweat, profusely, that means in large amounts.

So if you apologised profusely, it's an adverb.

It describes how you apologised.

You're apologising in large amounts.

Over and over again.

Nervously, lightly, drip, noticeably, uncontrollably, and be clammy.

Here's the word in the sentence.

Perspiring profusely comma, the girls trudged across the barren wasteland.

Can you pause the video and tell me which of these words are synonyms of perspire? So the synonyms are sweat, drip and be clammy.

Which means the rest of these words are word pairs.

You'll notice all of these word pairs are adverbs.

They all end in "ly" and they are describing how the verb is happening.

So perspire is a verb.

It's a doing word.

So you might perspire heavily, perspire profusely in large, perspire nervously, perspire lightly, perspire noticeably, and perspire uncontrollably.

Could you now pause the video and read these word pairs out loud? Brilliant.

Well done.

So now we have learned three new really ambitious words and hopefully these will be useful in your narrative writing.

Can you remember what each word is? Pause the video and tell me now.

So the first word was relentless, the second word was suffocating, and the third word was perspire.

Which of these words is a verb, a doing word? That's right.

It's perspire.

The other two words, relentless and suffocating are adjectives.

They're describing words.

I'd now like you to come up with a definition for each word, because it's really important and helps us a lot, if we explain things in our own words.

So imagine you're talking to maybe a younger child, who's never heard of these words before.

How would you describe what they mean? Can you pause the video and have a go at that now? Okay, so just so you can see how close you definitions were.

Relentless means constant or nonstop.

Suffocating means stuffy or smothering.

And perspire is a verb.

It's a doing word, meaning to drip with sweat.

Okay, so we're now going to look at a section of writing.

This could be take, this could be writing that you could steal some ideas for.

We sometimes say magpie some ideas for your own writing.

As I read this, I'd like you to think about which of these words, you think would fit well in the gap.

Under the nn blaze of the blistering sun, every part of their bodies suffered.

Their skin was burnt by penetrating fire above, their muscles were overwhelmed with exhaustion and their eyes stung.

Pause the video and think about which word you would put in the sentence.

Okay, so I went for, under the relentless blaze of the blistering sun, but you also could have said under the suffocating blaze.

You couldn't have used under the perspire blaze, because in this sentence, we're looking for an adjective that describes the blaze and perspire is a verb it's a doing word.

Let's just take a little look at this sentence.

There's lots of ideas in this sentence, that you could use in your own writing.

So you'll notice in this sentence, that we've got a colon.

Can you spot the colon? It's where we've got two dots, one above the other.

That's right.

It's after the word suffered.

So under the relentless blaze of the blistering sun, sun that almost blister your skin, it's so powerful.

Every part of their body suffered, colon.

This is to introduce a list.

So we're now introducing the list of the parts of their bodies that suffered.

Their skin was burned, comma, their muscles were overwhelmed with exhaustion, and their eyes stung.

So they're the three ways that that bodies were suffering.

In this writing we've hopefully went, as you read this, you were feeling really sorry for these girls.

And that's what we're trying to do in this writing.

We're trying to use emotive and powerful language, to really make our reader sympathise with these girls.

Let's take a look at another sentence.

Leaving the dense woodland behind them, the three courageous girls, stepped into the nn sun, nn heavily.

So two words here to fill in.

Think carefully on this one, about the tense, because one of these, in one of these gaps, you're going to include a verb.

That's bit of a clue.

That you might have to change the verb, or adapt the verb so that it fits the tense of the sentence.

So pause the video now and see if you can fill in the blanks.

Okay, leaving the dense, that means thick or impenetrable, woodland behind them, The three courageous, that means brave, girls stepped into the suffocating sun, but you also could have had relentless sun.

Now we would, now we're using the word perspire, but we're not going to say perspire heavily.

We're going to say, perspiring heavily.

Okay.

That's a non-finite clause.

It's to come at the end of the sentence.

The non-finite is the verb, because it's a perspiring.

It's an unfinished or incomplete verb.

Okay, so it's now your chance to write your own sentence using either the word relentless, suffocating or perspire.

If you wanted to, you could even really push yourself and try to write a sentence with two of these words in, or you could even write a couple of sentences.

Now it can be tricky, to just come up with a sentence on the spot.

So try to think of the context of your writing or the Rabbit Proof Fence.

Here are some sentence starters to help you as well.

So you could start with, from above.

That's a preposition of place or a prepositional phrase.

It comes at the start of the sentence with a comma after it.

And it's describing where this is happening.

So from above, and then you might describe the sun beating down.

With determination.

So here's, that's a way of describing the girls, with determination.

And then you might say the courageous girls, trudged on through the suffocating heat, perspiring relentlessly or something like that.

So you come up with your own idea, but you could use that sentence starter, with determination.

And here's a final idea.

Again, this is a non-finite clause, cause it's got that fix and it's, we've turned it into fixing, fixing their eyes on the horizon comma, what did the girls do? So you don't have to use these sentence starters, but if you would like to use them, they're there to support you.

So I'd like you to pause the video now and either write your sentence or sentences.

Good luck.

Okay.

Excellent.

Well done.

You've worked so hard this lesson, and you've learned three very impressive, new words for you to use hopefully in your writing, but also just to use generally.

If you'd like to share the sentences that you wrote today, then you can ask a parent or carer take a photo of them and you can upload them on Twitter.

We always love to see the work that you're doing.

Thank you so much for watching this lesson and for working so hard and I hope to see you soon.

Bye everyone.