Lesson video

Hello everybody, I'm Miss.

Corbett, and welcome to today's lesson, writing the beginning of a story of "The Three Little Pigs." So you are going to become authors today, so I hope you're ready with your listening ears on, your looking eyes, and your thinking brain.

For this lesson, you will need something to write with and something to write on.

It would be great if your paper could have lines, so you did your neatest handwriting.

As well as that, it would be great to have a copy of the success criteria too.

Can you pause the video to make sure you have those things? Off you go.

I think we're ready to get started.

And here is the outcome for today's lesson.

I can write the beginning of a traditional tale introducing the characters and setting.

And these key words will help us to get there.

Firstly, I'd love for you to repeat them after me.

Off we go.

Beginning, character, setting, plot, adverb.

Brilliant.

I wonder which of those you've heard before.

The beginning is the start of something, and in this case, the start of our story.

A character is a person or animal in the story, like the pigs and the wolves.

The setting is where the story takes place, which is the peaceful, tranquil countryside.

The plot is what happens in the story.

And an adverb describes a verb.

Let's get started and see where those key words come up in our first part of our lesson, preparing to write.

So today, you will write the beginning of the story of "The Three Little Pigs." When we write, we always try to use capital letters at the start of a sentence and either a full stop, question mark, or an exclamation mark at the end.

We also try to write our letters neatly on the line, use phonics to sound out and spell words, and remember the spellings of some common exception words, so words we can't use our phonics for.

Finally, we always read back our writing to make sure it makes sense.

As well as that, here is the success criteria for today's lesson.

You will use sequencing language to order events, such as once upon a time.

You will join two sentences together using and.

You will use an expanded noun phrase, and you will use capital letters at the start of sentences and end with a full stop or an exclamation mark.

We know that the writer tells us what happened in the beginning by narrating the events.

I am going to re-read to you the beginning of the story, starting with "Once Upon a Time." Get your listening ears ready.

"The Three Little Pigs." Once upon a time, there lived three little pigs who were feeling bored and tired of their countryside home.

The same birds sang in the trees and the same cows mooed in the fields each day.

They decided they would leave home and build their own homes.

They were excited to start their new adventure.

Thank you so much for listening.

In the beginning of the story, the main characters, the pigs, the setting, the countryside, and the main plot, the pigs leaving for a new adventure to build houses, are introduced.

And as we're retelling those events that have already happened, it's in the past tense.

We are going to think about the setting first.

Here are some different adjectives to describe the setting.

Green, peaceful, tranquil, fresh, quiet, serene.

I am going to think of an expanded noun phrase to describe the setting.

The mm, mm, countryside.

Let me think.

The quiet, peaceful countryside.

Remember, when we are writing expanded noun phrases so we have more than one adjective, we need to separate them with a comma.

Quiet, comma, peaceful countryside.

We know that rehearsing a sentence out loud before we write it helps us to remember it.

So let's plan the opening of the story, introducing the main characters and the setting.

Once upon a time, so, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the mm, comma, mm, countryside.

That's my first sentence.

Capital letter, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the mm, comma, mm, countryside.

Full stop.

Here's an example.

Capital letter, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the fresh, comma, tranquil countryside.

Full stop.

My sentence starts with a capital letter and my sequencing language to start the story, once upon a time.

My sentence also has a expanded noun phrase, fresh, comma, tranquil countryside.

And my sentence ends with a full stop.

Can you plan your sentence now? Once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the mm, mm, countryside.

Pause the video now to plan your sentence.

Have you got that sentence in your head? Well done.

Now let's think about what we're going to write next.

And we are going to use the joining word and to link the next two ideas together.

Here's an example.

They were feeling adventurous.

They left for a new, exciting adventure.

Both sentences make complete sense on their own.

And the second idea is related to the first.

So they're feeling adventurous, so they left for a new adventure.

We then can join those two together.

Capital letter, they were feeling adventurous and they left for a new, exciting adventure.

Exclamation mark.

So our idea one is they were feeling adventurous.

Our second idea is they left for a new, exciting adventure.

And we have joined them together using the joining word and.

They were feeling adventurous and they left for a new, exciting adventure.

Here's another example before you plan yours.

Capital letter, they were feeling restless and they set off for their fresh, comma, thrilling adventure.

Exclamation mark.

So our sentence starts with a capital letter.

Our two ideas are joined with the joining word and.

And we have an expanded noun phrase to describe that adventure.

And because it's exciting, we've ended with an exclamation mark.

Can you plan your sentence? They were feeling, mm, and they set off for their mm, comma, mm, adventure.

Pause the video now.

Have you got your sentence? Brilliant.

We know that the pigs decided to build their own houses.

So you might write, they decided to build their own houses.

But we can use an adverb to describe how the pigs felt when they decided, how they felt about deciding, making that decision.

They mm, decided to build their own houses.

They bravely decided to build their own houses.

They proudly decided to build their own houses.

They excitedly decided to build their own houses.

Or they energetically decided to build their own houses.

Which adverb will you use? They mm, decided to build their own houses.

Pause the video now to decide.

So many amazing adverbs to show how they're feeling to build their own houses, which really gets us excited about the story.

We are almost ready to write.

We have planned our first three sentences of the story, but we are now going to rehearse them out loud to keep them in our head.

Some ideas of what we could do is to say the sentences out loud, then say them in a different type of voice, like a low voice.

Then say the sentences again using capital letters, maybe commas, full stops, or exclamation marks.

Then you're going to tell somebody else your sentences and you can whisper them to your pencil as well.

So you are going to rehearse the beginning of the story aloud following those steps.

Capital letter, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the mm, comma, mm, countryside, full stop.

Capital letter, they were feeling mm, and they left for a mm, comma, mm, adventure, exclamation mark.

Capital letter, they mm, decided to build their own houses.

(gasps) Are you ready to put all of those sentences together? Pause the video now.

Okay, here is an example that I heard.

Capital letter, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the serene, comma, green countryside, full stop.

They were feeling excited and they left for a thrilling comma, fun adventure, exclamation mark.

Capital letter, they proudly decided to build their own houses, full stop.

I think we are ready to write the beginning of our story.

Let's remind ourselves of our success criteria and then we'll read some sentences to check if they meet it.

So we will use sequencing language to order events, once upon a time.

We will join two sentences together using and.

We will use an expanded noun phrase and we'll use capital letters at the start of sentences and either a full stop or an exclamation mark at the end.

So let's check this sentence.

Capital letter, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the quiet, relaxing countryside.

Have I got sequencing language to order events? Once upon a time.

Have I joined two sentences together using and? I haven't, but that's okay 'cause I know that I will in another sentence.

Have I used an expanded noun phrase? Mm, comma, mm, countryside.

Quiet, comma, relaxing countryside.

And have I used a capital letter at the start of my sentence? I have.

And does it end with a full stop? It does.

Let's check this one.

They were feeling restless and they left for a new fun adventure.

Have I used sequencing language? No, I haven't, but I've already done that in my other sentence, so that's okay.

Have I joined two sentences together using and? Let me look.

They were feeling restless, idea one, and they left for a new fun adventure, idea two.

Yes, I have.

Have I used an expanded noun phrase? They were feeling restless and they left for a new, comma, fun adventure.

I have.

And have I started my sentence with a capital letter? I have.

And have I ended it with an exclamation mark to show excitement? I have.

Now we've checked those sentences together, I think you're ready to help me write mine.

I am ready to write the beginning of my story.

I have my line paper, my success criteria, and something to write with.

I've actually already written my first sentence, but I'd love for you to check it with me.

Capital letter, once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the calm, comma, tranquil countryside.

Full stop.

That is looking pretty good.

My next sentence is where I joined two ideas together.

They were feeling restless and they left for a new, fun adventure.

And because it's exciting, I can't forget my exclamation mark.

So I need to start a new sentence, so I need a capital letter.

They were, were, a common exception word, feeling.

Can you say the sounds in feeling with me? F-E-L-I-N-G, feeling.

They were feeling restless.

I can chop that up.

I'm going to do rest first.

R-E-S-T, rest.

Less, L-E-S, I know it's the double S.

They were feeling restless.

That's my first idea.

And what did they do? They, I can write they again, but I don't need a capital letter because it's not the start of a new sentence.

I've joined them together using and.

They, T-H-E-Y, they left, didn't they? They left, L-E-F-T, left.

F-O-R, for a, ooh, now I want to describe the adventure.

New, comma, fun.

N-U, it's E-W for that U spelling.

They left for a new, comma, fun.

F-U-N, fun.

Adventure.

Now, adventure's quite a difficult word to spell.

We can sound the first part out.

Ad, then, and then it's ch, it's that U trigraph.

They were feeling restless and they left for a new, fun adventure.

And because it's exciting, I'm ready to end my sentence with a exclamation mark.

My final sentence is talking about them deciding to build their houses.

And I need an adverb.

They bravely decided to build their own houses.

So I'm starting my sentence again with a capital letter for they.

They bravely, so I'm going to write brave.

Say the sounds with me for brave.

B-R-A, split diagraph, bravely, L-Y.

Lots of adverbs end in that L-Y ending.

They bravely decided, decide, E-D ending, 'cause it's in the past tense.

They bravely decided to build.

Look closely for the spelling of build.

B, this sneaky letter U is in there, build.

Their, now it's this their because it belongs to them.

They bravely decided to build their own, own houses.

H-O-U-S, ES, and when you have that is ending, it's spelled E-S.

They bravely decided to build their own houses.

Full stop.

Have I used any sequencing language to order my events? Once upon a time.

Have I joined two sentences together using and? They were feeling restless and they left for a new fun adventure.

Have I used an expanded noun phrase? I can say see two.

I wonder if you can see any.

Calm, tranquil, countryside.

New, fun, adventure.

And have I used capital letters at the start of my sentences and ended with a full stop or an exclamation mark? Let's check.

Once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the calm, tranquil countryside.

Full stop.

They were feeling restless and they left for a new fun adventure, exclamation mark.

They bravely decided to build their own houses.

Full stop.

I have done.

Thank you for helping me with my writing.

Thank you so much for helping me.

I think you're ready to go.

You are going to write the beginning of your story, introducing the main characters, setting and plot.

Don't forget to check your success criteria.

Pause the video now and off you go.

What amazing writers you are.

Here's an example that I saw.

Once upon a time, three little pigs lived in the serene, calm countryside.

They were feeling restless and they left for a thrilling new adventure.

They excitedly decided to build their own houses.

So I've used my sequencing language once upon a time.

I've joined one of my sentences using the joining word and.

They were feeling restless and they left for a thrilling new adventure.

I've used two expanded noun phrases.

I wonder if you could help me find them.

The three little pigs lived in the serene, calm countryside.

They were feeling restless and they left for a thrilling new adventure.

Have I used capital letters at the start of my sentences? I have.

And have I either ended with a full stop or an exclamation mark? I have.

I would like you now to double check your success criteria to make sure that you are happy with your writing.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

What a brilliant lesson of such brilliant writing.

We have learned that traditional tales are mostly told in the past tense because they're events that have already happened.

We have written the beginning of the story, which introduces the main character's setting and plot.

We know that two ideas can be joined together using the word and.

And we know that when a sentence has two adjectives before a noun, and comma is needed to separate between them, such as excited, comma, adventurous pigs.

And finally, we know that an adverb describes a verb.

An adverb can describe how something happened, such as proudly built their houses.

Thank you so much for learning with me today and well done for a brilliant lesson.

I hope to see you again soon.

Bye.