Lesson video

Hello everyone, my name's Ms. Butt.

And today we're going to be learning some new vocabulary together.

Today we're going to be learning three very sad words.

And that's because that is quite a sad ending of the story the Happy Prince, which is the unit you're currently studying.

And we don't want to keep using in our writing the word sad over and over again.

So today we're going to be learning some different ways to describe the feeling of sadness.

I hope that you enjoyed today's lesson.

So here's what we're doing in today's lesson.

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

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

And finally we will apply the vocabulary in sentences, hopefully that can be useful when you do your writing on the Happy Prince.

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

So you could pause the video now to make sure you have these things, and that you've cleared away any distractions so you're ready to learn.

Brilliant well done.

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.

Let's try shall we.

Synonym.

Word pair.

Adjective.

Noun.

Well done.

A synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, like merry and happy, those words mean the same thing, you could say Merry Christmas or happy Christmas, they both mean the same thing.

Word pairs are words that often appear together.

So if we took the adjective bright, it's pairs might be a sun or moon or a light, because there are three things that we might often describe as being bright.

An adjective is a describing word, like the word bright is a describing word.

The bright sun.

And the sun or moon or a light with them noun, because a noun is a person place or thing that all things.

So day because we're learning some words, which describe that feeling of sadness, which of these words do you think we're going to be learning adjectives or nouns? Well done.

We'll be learning some adjectives because we're describing characters.

So let's start off by thinking of any other ways of describing sadness.

To help you I've put an image of a character who is quite clearly feeling a little bit sad.

So how can you think of any other ways to describe and instead of saying sad, how else might we describe this character? For example, I might say unhappy would be another way of saying sad.

Can you pause the video and see if you can think of any ways now.

Well done.

I wonder if any of the words that you came up with are the words we're going to be learning today.

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

Before I tell you what the word is, let's first of all look at this illustration together.

Oh my goodness, what's happening in this picture? What can you see? How do you think the characters feeling? Have a really close look at all the little details of the page.

So can you pause the video, and think about this now.

Well done.

Well it looks to me that this character is feeling definitely sad.

I can tell that because of the tears are flying out of their eyes, and there's lots of tissues, scrunched up tissues on the floor to try and dry those tears, that eating ice cream, actually looks like mint chocolate chip ice cream, mint chocolate chip which is my favourite.

And maybe they're trying to eat that ice can to cheer them up but it doesn't really look like it's working.

Now I have a feeling being a detective that the reason they're sad might be something to do with that picture, because it looks like as a framed picture there, of somebody with some little love heart, so maybe that's why that's got something to do with why this character is feeling so sad.

Oh snuggled up in the pink dressing gown, but that also doesn't seem to be helping like the ice cream and the tissues.

Alright let's find out what this word is.

Heartbroken, heartbroken, literally like your heart has been broken into pieces.

It's an adjective and it means extremely sad or miserable.

When you sob on the sofa, eating ice cream all day, sob is another word for crying.

I hope none of you have ever felt heartbroken like this character is feeling.

So I'm going to read a set of words to you now.

And as I read them, I'd like you to see if you can spot any synonyms for the word heartbroken.

That means any words that might mean the same thing as heartbroken.

Extremely sad, sobs, cry, mother, teenager, parents, miserable, home, crushed, wail, not like a whale you'd find in the sea, a wail like a crock crying out.

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

The Happy Prince was heartbroken, when the little fat bird fell to his feet.

Oh that's such a sad part of the story, isn't it? So if a word is a synonym of heartbroken, we should be able to replace the word heartbroken in the sentence with one of the synonyms, I can spot one, two, three, synonyms. Can you spot them? Pause the video and have a go now.

So the synonyms are extremely sad, miserable or crushed.

Literary likes something being crushed.

So the Happy Prince was crushed when the little bird fell to his feet.

Or the Happy Prince was miserable little bird fell to his feet.

That means that the rest of these words or word pairs, which I'm going to read to you now.

Heartbroken sobs, heartbroken cry, a heartbroken mother, a heartbroken teenager, a heartbroken parents, a heartbroken home, and a heartbroken wail.

And again, not like a whale you find in the sea, a wail like letting out a big cry or scream.

So could you please pause the video and read those word pairs just like I did.

So starting each one with heartbroken sobs, heartbroken cry, because that's how we remembered and we absorbed new vocabulary from actually saying it out loud ourselves.

Off you go.

Excellent, well done.

So before we move on, could you tell me very quickly in three seconds, what does heartbroken mean? Well done, it means extremely sad or miserable.

Oh dear, this looks like another heartbroken character.

What's happening in this picture.

Why do you think this character feels sad? Could you pause the video and have a think about that now.

It looks to me like maybe there's been some kind of competition because I can see some medals and they're standing on these pedestals, but one of them is standing up high with that gold medal, that says a number one on it, which makes me think they've won the competition.

And then the twin is on the second is lower down with a number two so maybe they came second, which is actually very, very good, and I think they should be pleased, don't you? But they're not they look really, really sad.

And the character on top looks like they trying to maybe cheer them or don't really know how to cheer them up.

This word is inconsolable.

Inconsolable.

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This is an adjective that means very unhappy or broken-hearted, like feelings so sad it's impossible to cheer you up.

So if you try to console someone, you're trying to make them feel a little bit happy, happier.

So if you're inconsolable, it means no matter what anyone does, it's not going to help.

So even if we gave this character an ice cream or a cuddle, or we told them, don't worry it's really brilliant coming second place, if they're inconsolable, none of those things would work.

They're just going to stay very unhappy.

So just as before, which of these words do you think are synonyms? That means they mean the same thing as inconsolable, very unhappy, sadness, grief, infant, that's like a little baby or a small child.

Desolate, that means again lonely or sad.

Sorrow, regret, oh if you regret if you wish you hadn't done something, you might regret it.

Broken hearted, and a baby.

Here's the word in a sentence to help you.

The little swallow, try to cheer the Happy Prince up, but he was inconsolable.

Pause the video and see if you can tell me the three synonyms now.

So the synonyms are, very unhappy, desolate, and broken hearted.

So now let's read the word pairs.

Inconsolable sadness.

Inconsolable grief.

That's another word for sadness.

And inconsolable infant, change it little child.

Inconsolable sorrow.

Inconsolable regret.

And an inconsolable baby.

So no matter what you'd give to that baby, milk, or dummy or a toy or read it a book, it's just inconsolable.

So I'd like you now to read these word pairs aloud.

And especially not only to remember what this word means and see the kinds of contexts we can use them, but actually also to practise to saying the word, because it is quite tricky word let me just say it one more time, inconsolable.

Well done.

So inconsolable sadness, and you carry on now off you go.

Well done.

So before we look at our final picture, tell me in three seconds, what does inconsolable mean? Well done.

It means very unhappy or broken-hearted.

Here's our final illustration.

Oh so this character is not looking quite as sad, but still looking a little bit emotional from that face so, what's happening in this picture? What story is this telling? Can you please pause the video and describe what you can see now and how you think this character feels.

Well done.

Now I can see this character is actually wearing a suit so that makes me think that this is an adult character maybe they've got home from work, and they're looking in a box and it says old toys.

And that teddy bear does look very old 'cause it's got lots of little bits I can see where it's been sewn up.

So maybe it's been played with a lot and that's why it needs to be fixed.

And this character is holding up, and the look in his eyes makes me think that he's kind of remembering maybe all the memories that he has with his teddy bear looks like it's making him feel a little bit sad.

This word is wistful.

Wistful.

Wistful is an adjective, meaning sad, longing, or nostalgic, like the sad feeling when you look back on good memories.

So if you feel nostalgic, it's when you suddenly remember something from the past and it kind of makes you suddenly feel, sometimes you might feel nostalgic, but you don't even know why you have this feeling of nostalgia, like you're remembering or longing for something that from the past that you don't even quite remember what it is that you're longing for.

I wonder if you've ever felt that way.

So wistful is actually quite different to the other two words.

We've learned heartbroken and inconsolable, which means extremely, extremely sad.

Wistful is more like looking back on the past, but actually you could even have like, you could even give a wistful smile, because it's like you're looking back and you're remembering which might make you sad, oh I wish that was still happening, but also you might be remembering nice and happy things.

So it's not such a negative word as the other two words that we've learned so far.

So as I read the set of words, see if you can spot which of these are synonyms of the word wistful.

Gaze, sigh, glance, nostalgic, smile, face, song, sad, daydream, eyes, longing , and expression.

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

The Happy Prince let out a wistful sigh.

As he told the little bird about his happy life in the palace.

So could you pause the video now and tell me which three words are synonyms. Let's see how you got on, the synonyms are, nostalgic, sad, and longing.

That means all of the other words are word pairs which I'll read to you now.

A wistful gaze.

A wistful sigh.

A wistful glance.

A wistful smile.

A wistful face.

Think this character's got a wistful face.

A wistful song, was a song that makes you feel maybe nostalgic for the past.

A wistful daydream.

Wistful eyes.

And a wistful expression.

That's what your face is, when your face expresses feelings.

So just as before, can you now pause the video and read the word wistful with all of its word pairs.

Excellent well done.

So we have learned three new ways to describe sadness.

And we know that they're all quite different for example, the first two went and showed extreme sadness.

Whereas the third one we said was not such a negative word.

Could you remember what each word is now that I've taken them away from you? The illustrations might jog your memories, pause the video and see if you can tell me what the three words are.

So the first picture was a heartbroken character.

The second one was an inconsolable character.

And the third one choosing wistful character.

Now I'd like you to try to come up with your own definition for each word, because often when we put things in our own words, it helps us to remember them.

So imagine that you're speaking to a younger child perhaps you've never heard what any of these words mean, and you've got to try to explain in a really clear way, what does heartbroken mean? What does inconsolable mean? And what does wistful mean? Can you pause the video and do that for me now.

Well done.

So let's see how you got on.

So heartbroken means extremely sad or miserable.

Inconsolable means very unhappy or broken hearted and wistful mean sad, longing or nostalgic.

So now we're going to try to apply the words we've learned in sentences.

I've written a sentence and I'd like you to think about which of adjectives fits best in this context.

Here we go.

The Happy Prince gave a smile as he told the little swallow about his happy life in the palace.

Gave a heartbroken smile, inconsolable smile, or a wistful smile.

Pause the video and tell me which words she'd go in here.

So I actually straight away can rule out inconsolable.

I wonder if you could tell me why, the Happy Prince gave a inconsolable.

Some of you might've spotted it.

If it was inconsolable we'd have to say an inconsolable because we'd have to separate those vowels A an I.

So we'd say the inconsolable smiles.

So I know the word's got to start with the consonant, which leaves me with heartbroken or wistful.

Now when I think about the word heartbroken which I know means very unhappy, that doesn't quite fit in this context because the Happy Prince is talking about his happy life in the palace, looking back, feeling nostalgic, maybe longing for that life.

So that's word this word is wistful.

Is the best fit for this sentence.

Here's another one.

As he watched the suffering beneath him, the Prince cried tears of despair.

So here's a complex sentence.

We've got two things happening.

There subordinate clauses, as he watched the suffering beneath him comma, and the main clauses the Prince cried tears of despair.

They're separated with a comma, how could we describe the Prince, pause the video and tell me which adjective you would like to put in the sentence.

Okay so I've gone for heartbroken Prince.

But you could have also used an inconsolable if you liked.

Now it's your turn, because I want you to practise using these new brilliant words that you have learned.

Now it can be difficult to just writing a sentence using a word, when you haven't got a context.

So I've got a couple of sentence scaffolds to help you.

You could describe the Happy Prince and say, as he watched the comma, he.

So as he watched the what could he be watching any thinking from up high what could he be watching around him or down below comma, he did what? What might he be doing? He let out a wistful sigh.

He felt heartbroken.

Okay.

So you could use that sentence scaffold or there's another one here.

The Happy Prince felt as he saw.

So again, we've actually got a complex sentence, but this time the subordinate clause, as he saw come second.

So we don't have a comma, the main clause comes first.

The Happy Prince felt heartbroken as he saw heartbroken is just an example.

Remember the really important thing I want you to do, is to use the word, either heartbroken, inconsolable, or wistful.

And if you want you could even write three sentences and put each word in a sentence that's up to you, if you want to challenge yourself.

So could you pause the video and have a go at writing your sentence now.

Don't forget capital letters that start at a full stop at the end.

Off you go.

Okay, brilliant.

Oh I wish I could see all of your lovely sentences you've written.

So congratulations on completing this lesson.

If you'd like to share your sentences, you could share them with a parent or carer I bet that they'll be very impressed.

They'll think, "Oh my goodness, how are you using these words like inconsolable, how do you know what that means?" Maybe you could even tell them what the words mean that you have learned about.

So well done for working so hard.

And I hope that you manage to use these words in you're writing on the Happy Prince.

Thanks everyone, see you soon.