Lesson video

Hello and welcome to Lesson Eight on our unit on persuasive writing, where we have been looking at the book "The Day The Crayons Quit".

My name is Ms Bourke, and I am a teacher with the Oak Academy.

In today's lesson, we will be thinking about the character we devised in lesson six.

And we will be thinking about how they are feeling and the reasons that they are feeling that way.

Okay, off we go.

Let's look at our agenda for today.

First, we will be completing our warm up.

Next we will look at opinions and reasons.

Then we will be developing opinions and reasons.

And finally, we will be completing our Task.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper, a pencil and your brain for all that thinking you will do.

If you don't have any of those things, please pause the video and go and get them now.

Okay, good job.

It's time for our Warm up.

I have some sentences below but they are missing they're joining conjunctions.

I would like you to add the missing joining conjunction to my sentences.

I've given you some joining conjunctions to choose from, you can choose from and, but, so or because.

There are three sentences there.

You need to read through the sentence and choose the appropriate joining conjunction to go in the space in the middle of a sentence where the joining conjunction should go.

Pause the video, and write the appropriate joining conjunction for each sentence now.

Okay, really well done.

Let's go through it together.

Okay, first we have the blue crayon.

The blue crayon is saying , I know I'm your favourite crayon, you need to stop using me.

We need to use the joining conjunction but to show those two contrasting ideas, one is positive, one is negative.

I'm your favourite crayon, you need to stop using me.

So the joining conjunction you needed to use there was but.

Give yourself a tick if you wrote but.

Next we had the peach crayon, you peeled off my wrapper, I can't get out of the box.

The reason they can't get out of the box is because their wrapper is being peeled off so we need to use the joining conjunction so.

Give yourself a tick if you used the joining conjunction so.

And finally, we have our purple crayon.

The purple crayon is saying, we need to have a serious chat, you don't colour in the lines.

The reason they need to have a serious chat is because Duncan doesn't colour in the lines.

So the joining conjunction there needed to be because.

Give yourself a tick if you wrote because, really well done.

Now we are going to be looking at opinions and reasons.

Let's have a look at that word again argument.

My turn argument, your turn.

Good job.

So arguments are used in persuasive letters.

Persuasive letters use opinions, so what people think, and reasons why they think that, to present an argument.

This helps the reader see things from the writers point of view, and give them reasons to agree with the writer.

So here I have an example.

First, I've got the opinion.

In my sentence, my opinion is first in this example.

I should be able to have a play date.

That's what I think.

I think I should be able to have a play date.

Then I've used the joining conjunction because to explain my reason why I think I should be able to have a play date, because I worked really hard on my learning this week.

So the opinion is what you think, I should be able to have a play date, that's what I think.

My reason is why? It's justifying my opinion.

And it's because I worked really hard on my learning.

Here I have another sentence.

I wonder if you can identify the opinion and the reason, I'd like you to point the opinion in my sentence and point to the reason in my sentence.

I think we should only go to school four days per week because I'm always so tired by the weekend.

Pause the video, point to the opinion and say opinion, point to the reason and say reason.

Okay, let's have a look.

My opinion started with I think that's a really big clue, I think.

I think we should only go to school four days per week is the opinion.

Give yourself a pat on the back if you spotted the opinion.

And the reason is coming after the joining conjunction because I am always so tired by the weekend.

Give yourself a pat on the back if you identified the reason.

Well done, let's have a look at another example.

What is the opinion and what is the reason in this sentence? I have been working incredibly hard so I think I deserve a rest.

In my last sentence, I used the joining conjunction because, this sentence, I have used the joining conjunction so.

I would like you again, to pause the video and point to the opinion and say opinion, and point to the reason and say reason.

Okay, pause the video now.

Okay, in my last sentence, where because was the joining conjunction, my opinion came first and my reason came second.

But this time with the joining conjunction so, my reason came first.

I had been working incredibly hard.

Okay, that's a reason for something.

So I think I deserve a rest.

When we use the joining conjunction so, our opinion comes second.

And I can see it was the opinion here because it had the words I think.

And remember an opinion is what somebody thinks or believes.

So, what is different about these two sentences? I have been working incredibly hard so I think I deserve a rest.

I think I deserve a rest because I have been working incredibly hard.

Hmm, pause the video and have a think.

What is different about these two sentences? Pause the video and say your answer aloud.

Okay, good job.

Well, the difference is those joining conjunctions again.

In my first sentence, so is my joining conjunction.

I have been working incredibly hard so I think I deserve a rest.

In this sentence, my reason comes first and my opinion comes second.

And in my second sentence which uses the joining conjunction because, my opinion comes first with the words, I think, and my reason comes second.

Here we go, here we can see it really clearly.

I have been working incredibly hard is my reason.

So I think I deserve a rest.

That's my opinion with the words, I think.

And then in my second sentence using because, I think I deserve a rest, that's my opinion, because I have been working incredibly hard.

Now, we will be developing a character's opinions and reasons.

We are going to be looking at the crayons from "The Day The Crayons Quit", and thinking about what their opinions and reasons might be.

So here we have our red crayon.

I would like you to finish sentence by adding a reason.

I've started with the red crayons opinion.

Their opinion is, I need a break.

That's what they think.

Then we've used the joining conjunction because, because our reason is coming next.

Can you pause the video and add a reason why does the red crayon need a break? Pause the video and write the rest of my sentence now.

Okay, good job.

I wonder what your reason was, I'm going to share my reason with you now.

My reason was because I work so hard every day, including on the holidays.

That's the reason that the red crayon needs a break.

I wonder if you thought of something similar.

Okay, this time my sentence has the joining conjunction so.

So my reason is coming first.

The reason is I work every holiday so? So what should change? What do you think should change? The red crayon is saying, I work every holiday so.

So what? Pause the video and finish my sentence.

Really good job.

Okay, so remember you needed to write your opinion.

You could have started with so I think, if you wanted to.

I work every holiday so then the opinion that I've chosen to end the sentence with is, so you should give me a week off.

I think if I was the red crayon, I'd might be asking for even more than a week off.

So the reason is, I work every holiday and the opinion is you should give me a week off.

Here we've got our beige crayon.

The beige crayon is starting with their opinion.

You should use me more.

Why? Why should we use the beige crayon more? Pause the video and finish my sentence adding a reason.

Okay, what reason did you come up with? For why the beige crayon should be used more? The reason I came up with is because I'm a great colour who could add so much to your drawings.

That's the reason I came up with.

Because the beige colour is saying, I'm actually really good, you should use the more.

Okay, now I need you to finish this sentence by adding an opinion.

The reason is first, the beige crayon is saying, I'm feeling really left out and upset so.

So the reasons are because they're feeling left out and upset.

What is the opinion? So what? Pause the video and finish my sentence now for me.

Great job, I bet you came up with a really great opinion.

So my opinion was, so you should use me more, I'm feeling really left out and upset.

That's my reason.

My reason, so you should use me more.

That's my opinion, you should use me more.

It's time for our Task.

For our Task today, you will need the character that you devised, that you came up with in Lesson Six.

If you don't have your character with you now, please pause the video and go and get it.

Okay, good job.

Here is my character.

Remember my sad board game? Because they don't get used, that's why they're feeling a bit sad.

We are going to write the opinions and reasons of the character we developed in Lesson Six.

Now remember, we wrote down some feeling words as well.

We drew a picture so there's my board game looking very sad.

And the feelings I've written down were unloved, upset, lonely and unwanted.

Here we go.

My character's saying, I think you should play with me more because we always have so much fun together.

I've started off with my opinion, I think.

I think you should play with me more, that's my opinion.

And my reason coming after my joining conjunction because, because we always have so much fun together.

Hmm, that's one of their opinions, and their reasons.

Another is I feel unwanted.

They are showing that their opinion is that, that's how they feel, they feel unwanted.

And their reason is, because you have left me for a year on a cricket shelf to collect dust.

So they are feeling very unwanted because of that.

Now it is your turn.

Write sentences using opinions and reasons to show what your character thinks and feels and why, that's really important that we're explaining why we're showing our reason.

There are two ways you could write your sentence, you could write your opinion first, you could use the joining conjunction because and you can completely have your reason.

Or you could have your reason first, the joining conjunctions so and then your opinion.

Here is your success criteria to make sure your writing is as successful as it can be.

You need to make sure you have used capital letters and full stops.

You need to make sure that you have given an opinion or given opinions and reasons for those opinions.

And you also need to make sure you have used the joining conjunctions because or so in every single sentence.

I would like you to pause the video and complete your task now.

Brilliant work.

I bet you came up with so many good opinions and so many good reasons.

I wonder if you managed to write a sentence with the joining conjunction because, and with the joining conjunctions so as well.

My goodness! Look at everything we've done today.

We have done a warm up, we have looked at opinions and reasons, we have developed opinions and reasons from a character, for the crayon characters.

And finally, you have developed opinions and reasons for your own character, writing sentences with the joining conjunctions because and so.

Excellent work.

Give yourself a pat on the back.

Congratulations, you have completed your lesson.

If you would like to, please share your work with a parent or a carer.

Good job today.