Lesson video

Hello, I'm Adam.

And this is Panda.

And we are on unit five, lesson two, using the story "Mouse Deer".

Should we see what's on the agenda for today? So for our warm up today, three very quick nursery rhymes.

And then after that, we're going to move on to the main challenge of today's lesson, and that's mapping the story of "Mouse Deer".

But before we do that, we'll have a talk through the story first concentrating on the setting.

Okay.

This session we'll need a piece of paper and a pencil.

But not now.

Later when we draw the story map.

Okay, let's move on to the warmup.

So for our warm up today, three nursery rhymes.

Quite short.

In two of them, there are children running very fast.

In one, the boy is nimble, and in the other one, Freddie is wearing his pyjamas, running up and downstairs.

And in the third one, there's a very important cat.

Who's been to see the queen.

Here we go.

Perhaps if I do them twice, you could join in on the second time.

Jack, be nimble, Jack, be quick, Jack, jump over the candle stick.

Do you want to try there? Jack, be nimble, Jack, be quick, Jack, jump over the candle stick.

Good.

♪ Fast Freddie Fimble ♪ ♪ Ran through the town ♪ ♪ Upstairs, downstairs ♪ ♪ In his night gown ♪ ♪ Rapping at the window ♪ ♪ Crying at the lock ♪ ♪ Are the children all in bed ♪ ♪ For now it's eight o'clock? ♪ ♪ Fast Freddie Fimble ♪ ♪ Ran through the town ♪ ♪ Upstairs, downstairs ♪ ♪ In his night gown ♪ ♪ Rapping at the window ♪ ♪ Crying at the lock ♪ ♪ Are the children all in bed ♪ ♪ For now it's eight o'clock? ♪ Pussycat, pussycat.

Where have you been? I've been up to London to visit the queen.

Pussycat, pussycat, What did you there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair.

That was fun.

Nursery rhymes done.

And now before we map the story, maybe it would be a really good idea to think and talk through the story, because we're exploring the setting of it this time.

So just before we draw the story map, I thought it'd be a good idea to talk through the story first, just in case anybody missed the storytelling in the first lesson.

And while I'm doing that, it's a good chance to think about the setting, the place where it's set, and it's in a tropical rain forest.

Let me give you some rainy sounds.

Can you hear the rain? That's what it sounds like a lot of the time in a tropical rain forest.

the sound of pitter patter of rain striking the leaves.

I love the fresh smell after the rain.

Don't you? Now in this story, it opens with a tiger prowling, hunting.

Now, if it's raining, what would the ground be like? Would it be hard? Or would it be soft? And if it's soft, the sound might be a squelching sound, a squelch and a squirch.

Now tiger would be prowling very gently.

Like that.

Can you imagine hearing any other sounds as well around you? Perhaps the sound of monkeys in the trees? I can imagine that.

What else can you imagine hearing? In this story, he hears the song of a mouse deer.

♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp ♪ ♪ And I have no fear ♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer.

♪ And the sound is sweet.

He roars.

Could you give me a big roar after three? One, two, three.

Come on, do it again.

One, two, three.

Brilliant.

So the first thing, if we're going to talk through the story, he sees the mouse deer standing by a big sludgy puddle and she says, "It's the King's pudding and he wants to taste it." So the tiger tastes it while the mouse deer runs away.

Skedaddles.

Yuck! And it's horrible.

Yuckish.

And it's a funny moment in the story.

And then he prowls on again.

As he prowls, we need to think about the forest, the pitter patter of the rain all around him.

The smell of the grass, the sounds of other animals around him.

Squelch, squelch.

Of course, he hears the song.

♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp.

♪ ♪ And I have no fear.

♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer? ♪ And he roars again.

One, two, three.

Can you imagine how that would sound to the other animals? What would happen to the sound of the birds in the trees? Would they just be listening or would they panic and flutter, and flap away? I'm imagining that amid all the sounds of rain, I would hear flapping birds and squawking creatures, and animals everywhere, scurrying away.

'Cause they'd be scared, wouldn't they? That's all part of the setting.

The second time, mouse deer says she's guarding the King's drum.

And of course tiger wants to hit it.

So he bangs it.

Now, as he bangs it, boom! It would really hurt him, wouldn't it? What would happen to the sounds around him when the wasps come out? What would that sound be? A loud, angry, buzzing sound? Ow! Oh! Ah! Something like that.

The sound is part of the setting.

And for the last time, squelch, squirch through the rain he goes.

Until he hears the sweet song.

♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp ♪ ♪ And I have no fear.

♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer ♪ He roars.

And this time, mouse deer says she's guarding the King's belt, but really it's a snake.

And as he puts it on, it wraps around him.

And the last thing he hears, ♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp ♪ ♪ And I have no fear ♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer ♪ And still it'd be raining.

Pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter.

Still would be the sound of birds squawking, monkeys chattering.

And the smell perhaps, of the wetness, on the vegetation, on the grass and the leaves.

So that's a talk through of the setting around the story.

Just in case you missed it.

And now it's time to map the story.

So I'm going to draw a story map.

And I'm going to ask you just to watch while I do mine.

And then I'm going to give you as much time as you need to draw your own story map.

So story map is just some pictures that help you remember the story.

So for me, it's set in a forest.

So if I draw a couple of trees, it'll just remind me to go once upon a time in a forest, there lived a tiger.

There's some rain.

So of course the big thing to remember is the fact that there was a tiger.

You'll be able to draw much bigger pictures than me.

I find it quite difficult actually drawing small.

So if you can get yourself a big piece of paper, I think that would make it easier for you.

It would make it easier for me, but I'm drawing very small because that's all I've got here.

So it's not a brilliant picture of a tiger, but it's good enough for me to remember that there's a tiger in the story.

And that's the important thing.

Give him some whiskers.

So once upon a time there was a tiger who lived in a forest and he was hungry.

So I'm going to draw an arrow to the next bit because he hears a song.

♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp.

♪ ♪ And I have no fear ♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer ♪ And there's a sweet animal called a mouse deer.

A little bit like a mouse, and a little bit like a very young deer.

But she's clever.

And she's standing by a mere big sludgy puddle.

And she says, "I can't be your breakfast.

I'm too busy guarding the King's pudding." Do you know what? I'm going to draw a little crown to remind me.

She says, she's looking after the king's pudding.

Then she plays her first trick.

Which is that, and he wants to taste it while she rushes off.

I'm going to do a little arrow.

Can you remember the next thing? It was the King's pudding, then it was the King's, bang! Drum.

So I'm going to draw a tree because in this story, that's quite important.

And hanging from the tree, was it a wasp's nest? And she says, "Oh!" He's banging this drum, the tree vibrates, the ground vibrates, and everybody wants to dance.

So of course, the tiger hits the drum.

And then the last big thing that's important is that the tiger goes hunting again to try and capture the mouse deer.

He hears her song, ♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp.

♪ ♪ And I have no fear ♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer ♪ And we meet her by a long, slithery, shiny snake.

And the snake is all curled up.

And she says, "Oh! This is the King's belt." I'm going to put crown there again.

That was the King's drum, and now it's the King's belt.

"Wow, can I try on the King's belt?", says the tiger.

He falls for her little clever trap.

But when he puts it on, the final thing is, it coils all around him.

Coils, that's quite an unusual word.

So I was going to draw that to remind me that the snake coils and he goes, "Help me! Help me!" And the very last thing that tiger hears is a song.

♪ I'm quick and I'm sharp ♪ ♪ And I have no fear ♪ ♪ Who am I? ♪ ♪ I'm the little mouse deer.

♪ And it's the mouse deer, happily singing a little song.

They're musical notes.

Doesn't matter if you don't know that, but that helps me remember she's singing a song.

So that's what I mean by a story map.

So some pictures to help you remember it's a forest, picture to remember there's a tiger.

Then there's a mouse deer, a sludgy puddle, a tree with a wasp's nest, and a snake.

And at the end, he gets all coiled up and all that he remembers hearing is the song.

So I'm going to pause the video now.

And this is tricky.

This is the most difficult story map we've done in our work together.

It's your turn to work and draw some pictures on your story map.

Time to work.

So how has that? Was it good to have some time just to think about the story and replay it in your imagination? I'm sure you've got down on your map many of the important things of that story.

At Oak Academy, we love to see story maps.

So ask your carers and teachers, if you can send them in and we'd love to see them.

What have we done today? We have listened to some fun nursery rhymes.

We have talked through the story, thinking about the setting, the sounds of a rain forest, what it might be like if you were a tiger and prowling, the sounds that you would hear.

And then we have mapped the story.

In the next session, we are going to step out the story, developing it further, thinking about the language we can use and thinking more about the setting.

So for now, keep on showing your pictures, your story maps, to people and talking about the story.

And we look forward to working with you in the next session soon.

Until then.

Bye bye!.