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Hello, and welcome.

My name is Mr. Santhanam.

And this is lesson one of 10.

Our learning objective today, is how can we generate ideas for a recycled story.

I've got a great treat for you today, we're going to be starting with singing a song.

So you can follow the lyrics below, and sing along if you want to.

It's all inspired by the brave little bird from our story.

So join in, and have fun.

♪ First I was distressed, I was terrified ♪ ♪ Kept thinking I could never live ♪ ♪ Without big strong animals by my side ♪ ♪ But then the flames chased you all away ♪ ♪ Only left me all alone ♪ ♪ And I flew along ♪ ♪ And my determination shone ♪ ♪ The fire came back across the forest ♪ ♪ I'm not just a bird, I'm a hero, I'm the best ♪ ♪ I should've left with all of you ♪ ♪ I should've been a coward too ♪ ♪ But I put out the fire ♪ ♪ I put out the fire ♪ ♪ Go on, now, go ♪ So, for this lesson, you are going to need your exercise book, you're going to need a pencil, and like always, you're going to need your brilliant, creative brain.

'Cause we're going to be thinking about lots of ideas today.

Pause the video now, while you go and get those things.

The first thing we're going to be doing from our agenda, is our spelling activity.

Then, we'll go on to our grammar focus.

We'll then come up with loads of ideas, and generate ideas for our recycled story, 'cause we're going to make the story our own now.

And then we'll do our independent task, our mind map.

Okay, so first we're going to have a go at our spelling activity.

Now sometimes, in spellings, it is spelled with an "s", which can be a little bit confusing, because we know that the s sound makes s.

It doesn't usually make zh, but in some cases, it does.

Let's have a look at some examples.

Measure, decision, pleasure, usual, unusual, treasure, division, explosion, vision, and television.

Now they all make the zh sound, but when it's spelled, it's spelled with a s.

So we just need to remember that sometimes, it doesn't make the s sound, it makes the zh sound.

Pause the video now while you write down those words.

Fantastic, and you know exactly how to do your strategy check.

You need to look at the word, say it in a sentence, cover the word, write the word, and then check the spelling again.

Don't forget the s makes a zh sound this time.

Okay, we're now ready to begin our grammar focus.

Today, we're going to be focusing on expanded noun phrases.

An expanded noun phrase is a group of words which include a noun and at least one adjective.

Can you remember what a noun is? Shout out at me now.

I can see that some of you really remembered what a noun was.

So of course, a noun is a person, a place, or a thing.

That's what we call a common noun.

For example, the Eagle God is a person, the forest is a place, and a tree is a thing.

We can also think about a specific name of a person, or a place, and that's what we call a proper noun.

So, if someone was called Jane, that would be a proper noun.

Or places like London, or India, they are proper nouns as well because they are names of places.

An adjective is, do you remember what it is? Some people have the right idea as well.

An adjective is a word we use to describe a noun.

So, for instance, we might describe this river as luscious, tranquil or beautiful.

What expanded noun phrase can you think about when we are describing the elephant from the forest? So the little bird's friend, the elephant who ran away, what adjective could we use to describe him? Hmm.

Pause your video now while you write down an expanded noun phrase for the elephant.

The elephant.

What adjective did you use to describe the elephant? Can you shout it out to me now? Really descriptive adjectives there.

Great work.

We can also use two adjectives to describe things.

If we do use two adjectives to describe things, we need to include a comma in between.

So I would like you to choose two adjectives to describe the gods now.

What do they look like, what are their personalities like? You can see a picture of them here to help you.

Pause the video now while you write down two adjectives to describe the gods in an expanded noun phrase.

So for example, I said, the mighty, powerful gods.

Two adjectives and a noun.

What expanded noun phrase could you use for the bird in the forest? You know what to do now.

Choose two adjectives, don't forget to separate them with a comma, and write them down.

Pause the video now.

I said, the brave, courageous bird.

Two adjectives and a noun.

My expanded noun phrase.

Lastly, we've got a picture of the fire.

You know what to do.

Two adjectives, separate them with a comma.

Write them down on your expanded noun phrase.

The, forest.

Shout them at the screen now.

Great ideas.

I said, the burning, brutal fire.

Amazing, we're ready to move on to our idea generation for our recycled story now.

Now that we know the story really, really well, we're going to recycle it to make it our own.

We're not going to tell the story from the little bird's perspective.

We're going to tell the story from the Eagle God's perspective.

Now, we've not seen a photograph of him yet, or a picture of him yet.

This is the picture of the Eagle God here.

And he's carrying some of the other gods on his back, because that's his job.

To help them, and to carry them around sometimes.

You can also see that in his feet, he has got a snake.

That means he's the enemy of the snake.

And he's always fighting against snakes, because they represented evil.

When we are recycling, we know our story really well.

We have heard it, we have mapped it, we have stepped it, and we have spoken it.

So we're able to tell the story really well.

We've even deepened it, so we really got to know all the characters and the settings and all of the things that are important to the story.

Now, we can move on to recycling it, and making it our own.

And that's what we're going to do, we're going to tell it from the perspective of the Eagle God.

So he's going to be our main character when we tell the story.

Now, when we think about characters, we need to develop characters in stories that we really care about.

Just like how we really care about the little bird in our story.

And how we kind of care about the Eagle God as well.

But what makes us care about those characters? We need to decide on the main inner qualities of our characters when we're telling the stories.

And how do we show that? We can show that through physical appearance, we can show that through things that they do, things that they say, and their thoughts and feelings.

For example, we know that the little bird is really, really courageous and determined.

And loyal above all else.

And she shows that through her actions and what she says.

And that's why as an audience, as listeners, we are really, really rooting for the little bird.

And we really care about her.

When we are thinking of the Eagle God, we need to think about his setting.

Where does he live? Where is he in the story? Of course, he's in the heavens.

So we need to think about, what did the heavens look like? Who else is there in the heavens? And what can they see from the heavens? Hmm.

I think I have a good idea.

I'll keep those ideas locked away until we write them down.

Next, we need to think about the Eagle God's personality.

What do we already know about him? What adjectives can we use to describe him? And what are his feelings towards the forest and the creatures that live in the forest? Hmm.

I'm going to have a little think.

Going to lock those ideas away.

And we also want to think about his physical appearance.

What does he look like? How does he move? What verbs can I use? And how is he unique, how is he different from other characters? So, I'm going to start off with mind mapping the Eagle God.

I thought about how his personality is, he's kind, he's thoughtful, he's empathetic, he's sensitive, and he's helpful.

Now I've used my knowledge of the story to help me here.

I know that he's kind, because when the other gods were laughing at the little bird, he flew down to help her.

He's also really kind because he carries lots of the other gods on his back.

He is called the god of service, which means he serves other people and helps them.

So I know that he's thoughtful as well.

He really thought about the little bird's feelings.

I know that he's empathetic, he could really feel what the little bird was feeling, because he was crying when he saw how upset she was about the forest.

I know that he's sensitive because he showed lots of emotion in the story.

And I know that he's helpful.

Great, so I've talked about his personality.

Next, I want to think about his appearance.

How am I going to describe what he looks like? I know that he is strong, 'cause he carries lots of other gods on his back.

I know that he's mighty, because he's a god, and gods are always powerful and mighty.

I know that he's valiant.

That means that he's brave, and courageous.

And he's sort of like a warrior.

And I've even used an expanded noun phrase to describe what he looks like.

He has golden, powerful wings that he flies with.

He's kind of like the king of the birds.

Now, I'm going to think about the setting.

I know that in the heavens, there are clouds everywhere.

It looks like there's glowing light, it's very serene and peaceful.

It's kind of like a paradise.

It's very calm and heavenly.

There you go, some adjectives to describe what his setting is like.

I want you to fill your page with as many different things and details and descriptions as possible that you can think about for the Eagle God.

If you're not sure, use your imagination.

That's what makes really great stories.

When you make them your own.

Your challenge is, can you include any expanded noun phrases in your mind map.

Just like I've done in the pink.

So, pause your video now to complete your task.

Once you finish your story map, I want you to reflect on the 4 main things that you want your listeners or your readers to know about the Eagle God.

Remember, we need to think about these 4 key things.

What does he look like, what's important to him, what's his personality like, and what does he feel, what are his feelings.

Okay, great work today, guys.

You came up with loads of amazing ideas, and I can't wait for you to begin to develop these into your very own stories that are unique and creative, and entertaining.

Don't forget to share your work with Oak National.

If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and hashtag #LearnwithOak.

And so, I'll see you guys next time, take care, bye-bye.