Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name is Ms. Butt.

Today I'm going to be teaching you three new words, and these are jungle words.

The reason we're learning jungle words today, or words that are associated with the jungle is because I know that you're doing a unit all about portia spiders, and you might find a portia spider in the jungle.

So we're going to think a little bit today about portia spider's habitat and how we might describe the jungle.

I hope you enjoy the lesson.

Okay, let's get started.

In today's lesson, we're going to first introduce some new vocabulary.

We're going to look at three words.

Then we're going to look at the word pairs and synonyms for those words, and finally we are going to apply those words in full sentences.

So for today's learning, you're going to need some paper or a notebook, a pencil and your brains, because we're going to be learning some tricky words all about the jungle.

Pause the video now and clear away any distractions and get anything that you need for your learning.

So let's start thinking about the jungle.

What kind of things might you find in the jungle? I'd like you to try and think of three things that you would find in the jungle.

Pause the video, and off you go.

Alright, I'd love to know what you were all thinking of.

So let's look at our key vocabulary for today.

I say, you say: synonym, word pair, adjective, noun.

Well done.

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

For example, merry and happy mean almost the same thing.

A word pair are words that often appear together, like a bright sun.

An adjective is a describing word, and it often describes our next key word, which is a noun, a person, place or thing.

All of these words are going to be useful in today's lesson.

Are you ready to dive into the jungle and learn our first jungle word? So before I ever show you, reveal the word, we always start off by looking at an image, because this image represents the first word.

So I'd like you to look closely at this image.

What's happening here? What can you see? How's the character feeling? What kind of atmosphere is there? Pause the video and have a think.

Well, what I can see in this image is I can see a character, looks like maybe he might work in a zoo because there's a little pool print on his cap and on his uniform, and he is surrounded by creatures.

I can see birds and insects and a snake and a frog on the floor.

There's just so many creatures all around him.

So today's word is teeming.

Teeming.

Well done Teeming is an adjective, so it's a describing word and it means full or crowded; like a park that is overflowing with birds, insects, and animals.

Wow.

That makes sense, that I can see all of those animals in this picture.

Imagine if you picked up a log in the middle of nowhere and underneath, there were lots of insects that crawled out of it.

You might describe that as being teeming because it's full of insects.

Let's have a look at some words, which could be synonyms of teeming: city, full, wildlife, forest, streets, jungle, swarming, crowd, and crowded.

Here's the word teeming in a sentence.

The teeming wildlife made the jungle floor look like it was constantly moving.

Wow.

Imagine that, that there were so many creatures in the floor it looks like it was always moving.

So I'd like you to think about which of these words could be synonyms of teeming.

Any words that aren't synonyms will be word pairs.

Could you pause the video now and have a think about this.

Okay.

Let's see how you got on.

So synonyms are: full, swarming and crowded.

So for example, we could say the swarming wildlife made the jungle floor looked like it was moving.

It doesn't always work when we replace the synonyms. For example, the full wildlife doesn't quite sound right, but we can see that full and crowded mean a similar thing.

That means that all of these words are word pairs.

So, we have got, and I'm going to read them first and then I'd like you to read them: teeming wildlife, teeming city, a teeming forest, teeming streets, teeming jungle and teaming crowd.

I've definitely been to events or streets that have been teeming with people.

So I can imagine of teeming city or teeming streets or a teeming crowd.

I'd like you now to read each word pair aloud, because when we read words aloud, that's when we remember them.

Off you go.

Okay, well done.

So can you remember what does teeming mean? Pause the video.

Well done.

It means full or crowded.

Are you ready for our second words? Oh, very different.

This is very contrasting with our last image.

What's happening here? What do you see? What do you notice? How is this character feeling? How would you describe this tree, I wonder? Pause the video and have a think.

Okay.

Well it looks to me that this character is looking a little bit sad because he's trying to water this tree, but it doesn't look very healthy.

You can see that there are leaves they're all falling off, the branch has a little kind of drooping over.

I wonder what this word could be.

Perhaps you might have even guessed it.

This word is, withered.

Withered.

Withered is also an adjective, and it means old and drooping; like a dying shrivelled tree that doesn't grow leaves anymore.

That's maybe why the character looks upset, cause he wants his tree to be healthy, but it doesn't look very healthy at all, does it? Okay.

So let's have a look at some words that could be synonyms of withered: tree, flower, wilted, drooping, limb, root, leaf, face, faded and branch.

Here's withered in a sentence.

Spiders crawled across the bark of the tree's withered roots.

Which of these words do you think could be a synonym of withered? Pause the video and have a think.

Let's see if you were right.

The synonyms are: wilted, drooping and faded.

That means all the other words are word pairs.

Withered tree, like in the image or withered flower, or I sometimes know that if I go away for a weekend, when I get home, if I've had some flowers vase, they sometimes have withered because they've run out of water.

A withered plant, a withered limp, that's an interesting one.

It could be like a limb of a tree, but it also, if you are going to write a creepy story, you could say something like, "The wicked witch reached out her withered arm or her withered leg".

You could have a withered root of a tree, a withered leaf, a withered face.

Again, perhaps if we know it's old and shrivelled, someone really old with wrinkled skin might have a withered face, and finally a withered branch.

Again, I would like you now, to pause the video and read these words aloud so that you can remember these word pairs.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Well done.

Can you remember, what does withered mean? Off you go.

That's right.

It means old and drooping, like a dying shrivelled tree that doesn't grow leaves anymore.

Are you ready for our final word of the day? What's happening here? This is very well connected to our portia spider unit.

What's happening? What's the character feeling? Can you describe this picture? Pause the video and have a go.

Looks to me like this is a little fly that has been trapped in a spider's web.

The fly looks very distressed because he's trying to get free, but it looks like he's extremely caught up in that web.

This word begins with a T or a /t/.

I wonder if you can guess what it is.

That's right.

It's tangled.

I say, you say, tangled.

Tangled.

Tangled is also an adjective.

It means twisted or snarled like a fly trapped in a spider's web.

Snarled, just as another word, for meaning that something's kind of got confused or complicated.

So let's have a look at which words here could be synonyms: knotted, web, undergrowth, weeds, twisted, hair, wreckage, mass, muddled, and vines.

Now, vine is a climbing or trailing woody plant.

So you might have, if you saw like a branch, that kept growing along a building, it might be like a vine.

So, some of these words are word pairs.

So words that tangled will be paired up with.

For example, I have a feeling that tangled hair might be a word pair and some of them is synonyms, which means that they're words that mean the same thing or something similar to tangled.

Here's the word tangled in a sentence.

The spider's prey struggled in the tangled web and got even more stuck.

Have a think about which of these words now could be synonyms of tangled.

Pause the video and have a little think.

Okay.

So the synonyms of tangled are: knotted, twisted and muddled.

That means all the other words are word pairs.

So we have got: tangled web, a tangled mess, tangled undergrowth.

So you might see that at the bottom of the jungle floor.

Tangled weeds, tangled hair, I think we probably all had tangled hair at one point, tangled wreckage, so it might happen if that was like a wreckage on the beach.

It might be tangled or tangled up, a tangled mass.

Okay.

And a mass is just like a pile or heap, so imagine a tangled mass, a tangled heap of things and finally tangled vines.

And again, I would like you to read these words aloud because that's how we remember them.

Off you go.

Okay.

Well done.

I hope you were saying those nice and loudly.

Okay.

So here are the three images we looked at today and the three words we looked at today are withered, tangled and teeming.

Pause the video and see if you can match up each word with the correct picture.

Let's see if you were right.

Teeming, withered and tangled.

Let's try something even more tricky.

Let's see if we can remember the definitions.

So, one of these words means old and drooping.

One of them means twisted or snarled, and one of them means full or crowded.

Can you pause the video and see if you can work out which definition matches which word.

Let's see if you're right.

Teeming means full or crowded.

Withered means old and drooping, and tangled means twisted or snarled.

Well done.

Let's have a goal now of putting these words in sentences.

Here's the first sentence.

The portia spider tricks it's prey by plucking the strings of the web to imitate prey.

This is something that the portia spider actually does.

So it goes cause it eats other spiders.

So it goes to a spider's web, and it plucks on the strings so the spider thinks it's its prey that's caught and comes towards it so it can catch it.

So which words, do you think, fits in here? Pause the video and have a think.

Okay.

The correct answer should be that the portia spider tricks its prey by plucking the strings of the web to imitate tangled prey.

If you imitate, its you're pretending to be tangled prey.

well done if you've got that right.

The second sentence is: The jungle is with potential victims for this tiny assassin.

What do you think? Which word would go in here? The jungle is teeming with potential victims for this tiny assassin.

Well done if you've got that right.

And finally, the spider is able to use the arm of an ancient tree to abseil down to its victim.

When you abseil, it's when you float down.

So it will attach its web onto the arm of the tree, and then abseil down.

Which words do you think goes in here? There's a bit of a clue by the fact that the tree is described as ancient.

Pause the video and have to think.

The spider is able to use the withered arm of an ancient tree.

Well done if you've got that right.

Tangled might also have worked there.

I'd like you to have a go now, at writing your own sentences cause I know you guys are doing some brilliant writing as part of this unit.

First of all, have a go at writing a sentence using the word teeming.

And the word pairs will be really helpful to help you think of a sentence.

So remember to use those to help you with your ideas.

Pause the video and have a go now at writing your own sentence.

Okay, well done.

Now we're going to have a go at writing a sentence with the word withered.

Again use these word pairs and see if you can write a sentence using this word.

Try to be as ambitious as possible.

For example, maybe you could extend your sentence with a conjunction like, and, or, but, or because or so, and don't forget your capital letter at the start and your full stop at the end.

Pause the video and have a go.

Okay.

Our final sentence is going to be using the word tangled.

Again, use these word pairs and see if you could write a sentence that includes the word tangled in it.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done.

You've worked so hard today and if you're really proud of your work, you could take a photo, ask a parent to put it on Twitter so that we can have a look at those sentences that you wrote.

I hope you enjoyed today's lesson and I'll see you soon.

Bye everyone.