Lesson video

Hi everybody.

And welcome back to our lesson four today.

In our first lesson we spent a lot of time learning about the historical context of our narrative, and today we're going to build on that learning a little bit more and continue to generate some vocabulary.

I'm really excited to see what you're going to produce in today's lesson.

So, let's get going.

Our learning objective today is to generate descriptive vocabulary.

This is lesson 4 of 10 in this unit.

Our agenda for learning today, firstly we're going to do some skills practise based on word class.

Then we're going to develop our knowledge of Victorian London and go deeper based on that learning we began in our first writing lesson.

And then we are going to begin to discuss and record some descriptive vocabulary which we're going to use when writing a setting description.

For this lesson you will need an exercise book or lined paper, handwriting pens or pencils, and your best learning brain.

For our writing warmup today we are going to be focusing on word class.

Can you match the definitions with the word class? So, on the left-hand side I've got nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs, and on the right-hand side I've got their definitions.

So, one of these word classes describes a verb, one of them is a doing or a being word, one of them is a person, place, or thing, and one of them is a describing word.

Have a go now at deciding which definition goes with each heading, and pause the video while you do that.

Okay everyone, hopefully we've all paused the video and we've all had a go at matching the definition with the word class.

Here are our answers in three, two, one, and I'm just going to rearrange them slightly on the page so they're a bit easier to see.

Let's go through these together.

Nouns, a noun is a PPT, a person, place, or thing.

Your turn.

Great.

Adjectives, an adjective is a describing word.

Your turn.

Well done.

Verbs, a verb is a doing or a being word.

Your turn.

Excellent.

Adverbs, an adverb describes a verb.

Your turn.

Well done everybody.

Okay, now that we've reminded ourselves of the different word classes I would like you on your page to split your piece of paper into four sections, just like my screen.

Then I would like you to put your headings in each section.

So, nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and you can see I've already done two for you.

So, an example of a noun would be smog.

An example of an adverb would be noisily.

When you have got your four sections with their headings written on your page I would like you to look at this word bank down the side on the right-hand side of your screen.

Let's go through these words together, and then I would like you to sort them into the table.

Imposing, your turn.

Fantastic.

Pollution, your turn.

Great.

Streets, your turn.

Ominously, your turn.

Circled, your turn.

And moodily, your turn.

Fantastic.

Okay everybody, I would like you to pause the video now while you add those words into the correct place on the table.

Off you go.

Okay everyone, hopefully we've all had a chance to sort those words into the table.

Let's have a look at the answers.

So, nouns are smog, pollution, and streets.

A noun is a PPT, a person, place, or thing, great.

Adjectives, imposing.

It was one of our Mrs. Wordsmith words that we looked at in our last lesson.

So, we might describe buildings or towering statues as being imposing.

Verbs, circled.

For example, maybe the clouds may have circled in the sky above.

And finally, adverbs.

Now, and often a giveaway is if an adverb ends in L-Y.

So, I've got three words here that are adverbs and they all end in L-Y, noisily, ominously, or moodily.

So, perhaps the clouds may have circled ominously, giving our reader the feeling that something bad is about to happen.

Okay, we're now going to do a quick recap of the video we've already watched to set the scene and remind ourselves of some of the historical clues that we might find in Victorian London.

So, sit back and enjoy watching this video clip again.

I hope you enjoyed watching that movie clip again.

We already watched it in our last lesson, but I thought it would be a great chance for us to remind ourselves of some of those historical clues that we would expect to see in Victorian London.

Can you remember any of them? Have some time to think.

If you can remember any call them out to me at the screen now.

Fantastic, you're right.

There were cobbled streets.

Oh, yes, and there were the horse-drawn carriages.

And there were the gas lamps, well done.

That was just a few of the historical clues which gave away that this is set in a historical era in Victorian London.

Now, we're going to move on to generating some descriptive vocabulary about our setting, which we're going to use in a later lesson to help us with our writing.

So, let's recap our Mrs. Wordsmith words from our last lesson.

Polluted, your turn.

Well done.

Overcast, your turn.

Excellent.

Imposing, your turn.

Well done.

Dreary, your turn.

Great.

Bleak, your turn.

Hectic, your turn.

Well done everyone.

We are going to be writing a setting description of Victorian London.

Now, we've already mind mapped some amazing vocabulary in our last lesson, now we need to add some prepositional phrases to our mind maps.

Do you know what a propositional phrase is? Have some thinking time.

Hmm, if you're not sure this might help you.

Hmm, I've emboldened the word position inside prepositional, what do you think a prepositional phrase is? Well done if you guessed it.

A prepositional phrase is the position of the noun.

It tells you where the noun is.

So, which is the prepositional phrase, under the table or with a frown? Three, two, one, point to the one you think it is.

Well done if you got under the table.

It's telling us the position of something.

Next one, which is the prepositional phrase, smiling warmly or at street level? Three, two, one, point to the one you think.

Excellent, at street level, well done.

Which is the prepositional phrase, furiously or by the wooden door? Have a think, point to the one you think it is.

Three, two, one, excellent.

So, now we know what prepositional phrases are we need to add some to our mind maps from our first lesson of this unit.

So, make sure you've got your mind map of London from above in front of you.

Now, I've got an example, from above.

That's an example of a prepositional phrase I could use for this image.

It would be appropriate because I'm looking down on London from above.

Here's a sentence which I showed you in our last lesson, imposing buildings towered over the city, which continuously belched smog into the atmosphere.

Now, you can see that over the city is in navy blue, that's our colour for prepositional phrases.

It tells us where those imposing buildings were.

Now, I've got a couple more examples of prepositional phrases I could use here, but I want you to take a moment to see whether you can add one or two more prepositional phrases to your mind map.

Now, if you've got a different colour pen or pencil to the one you wrote in your mind map from our first lesson then use that new colour to add your prepositional phrases.

That would be fantastic.

Okay, pause the video now while you do that.

Okay everyone, hopefully we've all had a go at adding some prepositional phrases in a different colour pen or pencil to our mind maps from the first lesson.

Here are some more examples of mine.

From a bird's eye view or beneath the clouds, all three of these are prepositional phrases which I could use at the start of a sentence as an opener to tell my reader where something is or where something was happening.

Here we have our next image.

So, this was our mind map of the River Thames.

Here's my example, over the city.

Now, in my sentence I have another prepositional phrase, in the sky above comma, thick grey clouds blanketed the polluted city of London.

Pause this video while you add a couple more examples to your mind map.

Well done everybody.

I bet we've got some amazing prepositional phrases added to our mind maps.

Here are some more examples of mine, along the city's skyline or against the dreary horizon.

That point where the sky and the land meet, that's what we call the horizon.

So, if you liked any of mine you could magpie those and add them to your mind map, but hopefully you've already got some fantastic prepositional phrases on your mind map there.

Okay, on to our next image.

So, here's another image, which we've already looked at.

These were the London's streets.

So, an example is already in my sentence, on the streets below, that's a prepositional phrase.

And here it is in the full sentence, on the streets below, bustling, hectic markets were filled with the shouts of vendors.

You try adding another couple of prepositional phrases to your mind map.

Pause the video while you do that.

Great job everybody, I'm going to reveal some more examples of mine now.

Under the circling, swirling clouds, or along the cobbled streets.

I could also use either of those prepositional phrases to give more detail about where something was happening.

And finally, let's add some prepositional phrases to our final mind map.

So, this was an image of a Victorian slum.

I've got some prepositional phrases.

In fact, I've got two prepositional phrases in my sentence already.

Icy wind whistled through the dreary streets as bleak-looking children huddled together by the cobbled roads.

So, through the dreary streets and by the cobbled roads, those are my navy words, they are prepositional phrases.

Can you add some more prepositional phrases to your mind map? Off you go now, pause the video while you do it.

Okay, excellent work so far everybody.

I'm going to show you some more examples.

On the rain-soaked streets, so I can see there are puddles in that image, and amidst the hustle and bustle of the markets.

Okay, so you can pause while you magpie some ideas from me if you would like to.

So, here is a new word, dilapidated.

Your turn.

Great, let's try it again.

Dilapidated, your turn.

Fantastic.

It's a bit of a tongue twister that word.

So, this is an adjective meaning run down or shabby, like a dirty, messy house with broken windows and leaky ceilings.

Lots of the buildings in Victorian London may have been dilapidated at the time because we know that it was really overpopulated, which means there were too many people living in London for everyone to be able to live well and comfortably.

Lots of people lived in really cramped, dilapidated houses.

Okay everyone, now we're going to do a final mind map.

So, take a moment to set your page up, and in the centre draw a little circle and we'll add the title in a moment.

I'm going to slowly reveal the image that we're going to mind map some descriptive vocabulary about, and I wonder if whilst I reveal this image you can work out what do you think it is? Hmm, what can you see so far? Okay, so I can see some iron railings.

I can see some concrete steps along here.

I can see an old, dusty window.

Ah, and here's the full image.

I can see a gas lamp hanging above the door.

And it looks like an old, ancient wooden door.

Whose home do you think this might be? Have some thinking time.

Tell me, who do you think owns this house? Well done, this is Sherlock's house.

So, add this title, Sherlock's house, to the centre of your mind map, and you can pause this video now and begin to mind map some vocabulary around the outside.

What can you see? Can you see some nouns? Can you describe them with some adjectives? Have we got any verbs for those nouns, are they doing anything? Can you add any adverbial detail? Pause the video now.

Okay everybody, hopefully we've got some vocabulary onto our mind maps already, and I'm going to reveal some extra vocab.

So, I have here shadows danced silently against the walls.

I can see those shadows, and bringing it to life by making it sound as if the shadows are living things with that verb danced.

So, the shadows moved or they danced silently against the walls.

Again, anything that is in navy is a prepositional phrase.

So, where were they dancing silently? Ah, yes, they were dancing silently against the walls.

Where is this house? It's down a quiet street.

And now here's this Mrs. Wordsmith word that we just looked at, dilapidated.

Your turn.

Excellent, dilapidated comma shabby house, a shabby house is quite similar to dilapidated.

It means it's quite run down, maybe isn't in very good condition.

You might want to magpie some of this vocabulary.

You might be inspired by some of this vocabulary and come up with something similar, perhaps a similar prepositional phrase but something a little bit different.

And here is some more vocab.

Here's a different prepositional phrase, amidst the mayhem.

Here are some more adjectives and nouns.

So, the ancient comma concrete steps, that's an expanded noun phrase just like the dilapidated comma shabby house.

That's another expanded noun phrase.

Here in the gas lamp, flames flickered in the cracked lantern.

Then I've got some iron railings here.

So, you can pause this video now whilst you add to your mind map.

Okay everyone, and that brings us to the end of our lesson.

Well done for working so hard again today.

I'm honestly just so impressed every single time I work with you.

And make sure to take care of your mind maps 'cause we're going to need them for our next writing lesson.

Well done everybody, and see you very soon.