Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

I'm Ms. Corbett and welcome to today's lesson, "Writing the ending of the story of 'The Three Little Pigs.

'" You are going to find a solution to the pigs' problem of that pesky wolf.

For this lesson, you will need your listening ears, your looking eyes, and your thinking brain.

As we are writing today, you will need something to write with, some paper to write on, and it would be great if that paper could have lines and somewhere comfortable to sit.

It would also be great if you could have a copy of your success criteria ready to check as well.

As well as that it's always great to have someone to talk to.

Can you pause the video now to make sure you're ready to go? I think we're ready to get started.

And here is today's lesson outcome.

I can write the end of a traditional tale.

And these keywords will help us to get there.

I'm going to say them and I'd like you to repeat them after me.

Sequencing language.

Exclamation mark.

Solution.

Brilliant.

Sequencing language is a word or words used to sequence or events like once upon a time, suddenly, finally.

An exclamation mark.

Should we draw one in the air? Exclamation mark is a punctuation mark to express strong emotion like excitement or shock or surprise.

And a solution is when some things such as a problem, (gasps) hopefully that wolf is solved.

Let's get started and see where we see those keywords in the first part of our lesson, preparing to write.

You are going to write the ending of the story.

We know that when we write, we always try to use capital letters at the start of sentences and a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark at the end.

We always try to write our letters neatly on the line.

We use phonics to sound out and spell words.

And we remember the spellings of some common exception words.

The words we can't use are phonic strategies for.

And very importantly, we remember to read back our writing to make sure that it makes sense.

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

First, we will use sequencing language to order events, and as it's the end of the story, we might think about words like finally.

We will also join two sentences together using the joining word and.

We will use an expanded noun phrase.

And we will use capital letters at the start of sentences and end with a full stop or an exclamation mark.

The writer tells us what happened in the story by narrating the events.

So I am going to reread to you the end of the story.

Get your listening ears ready.

"Luckily, the third little pig was not as foolish as the wolf had thought.

She was clever and very well prepared.

She boiled a big bubbling pot of water in the fireplace.

When the wolf slid down the chimney, he landed with a splash in the scalding hot water.

'Aw,' he howled.

And he ran far, far away, never to be seen again.

From that day on, the three little pigs lived happily ever after in their safe, cosy, brick house.

They never saw the wolf again.

The end." I'm so glad the story has a happy ending and I hope you are too.

Most traditional tales end happily.

At the end of this story, the problem of the wolf is solved and the pigs are settled in their home together.

The middle of the story was building suspense.

as the pigs were fearful, the wolf would get them and eat them.

Luckily, the wolf could not blow down the brick house.

Then the wolf appeared down the chimney.

This is something that the pigs weren't expecting and was quite shocking.

Also, the wolf was then shocked when he fell into the pot of boiling water.

So in the first sentence we write, we want to show the wolf sneaking down the chimney.

Here are some adjectives that we could use to describe a chimney, which is the part that you might have in a house or a building that would let the smoke from a fire out.

Are you ready to repeat those adjectives after me? Tall, smoky, sooty, narrow.

Narrow is another word for thin.

So the wolf must have had to squeeze to get down.

I'm going to think of an expanded noun phrase to describe the chimney.

Mm, comma, mm, chimney.

Let me think.

(gasps) Sooty, comma, narrow chimney.

Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing helps us to remember it.

So let's plan the sentence by putting that expanded noun phrase into a sentence, showing the wolf climbing down the chimney.

The wolf decided to sneak down the mm, comma, mm, chimney.

"The wolf decided to sneak down the tall, comma, sooty chimney." My sentence starts with a capital letter.

I have used an expanded noun phrase, tall, comma, sooty chimney.

And I've ended my sentence with a full stop.

I used the verb sneak.

You might use climb, creep.

Go, have a think about what you might use 'cause now you're going to plan your sentence.

The wolf decided to mm, down the, mm, mm, chimney.

Pause the video now to plan your sentence.

Well done for getting that sentence in your head.

Now we want to write about the wolf appearing down the chimney.

As writers, we can express this emotion of shock in different ways.

We could use the sequencing language suddenly to show that it's happened all of a sudden.

Or we could end our sentence with an exclamation mark.

Or we could do both.

An exclamation mark can replace a full stop at the end of a sentence.

We can use the joining word and to link those two next ideas together.

"Suddenly, the smart pigs trapped him!" "He fell into a pot of boiling water!" Both sentences make complete sense on their own.

And the second idea is related to the first 'cause the first idea is talking about the pigs trapping him.

And the second idea is talking about what that trap was, falling into the water.

So let's use the joining word and to join those two ideas together.

"Suddenly, the smart pigs trapped him and he fell into a pot of boiling water!" Exclamation mark.

My first idea starts with my sequencing language suddenly and a capital letter.

Suddenly, the smart pigs trapped him.

Because I haven't finished, I've taken away my exclamation mark and I've used the joining word and.

And to start my next idea, he fell into a pot of boiling water! I'm going to use an exclamation mark to show that I finished my sentence.

We can add a range of descriptive adjectives and verbs to help the reader picture what's happened.

"Suddenly, the smart pigs trapped him and he fell into a pot of boiling water!" Smart is describing the pigs.

Fell is the verb of how the wolf moved.

And boiling is describing that water.

I could, instead of smart, use clever, curious, crafty to describe the pigs.

Think about how I could describe the water with some adjectives.

Boiling, scalding, blistering, scorching.

All words for hot.

And then my verbs to show how the wolf moved, what he did.

I could use fell, plunged, dropped, tumbled.

So having a word bank can really help us.

Why don't you take a picture of the words that you might want to use? Click, click, click.

Fantastic.

So here's an example.

"Suddenly, the clever pigs trapped him and he plunged into a pot of scalding water!" I've started my sentence with sequencing language and a capital letter suddenly.

I've used the joining word and to join my first idea to my second.

And I've used the exclamation mark to show excitement.

Now you need to plan your sentence.

Suddenly, the, mm, pigs trapped him and he, mm, boom into a pot of, mm, water! Exclamation mark.

Pause the video now to plan your sentence.

Brilliant job.

Is that sentence in your head too? (gasps) Brilliant.

We are on to our final sentence.

Once the wolf was trapped, there was a solution to the problem.

This means that the story has a happy ending because the problem was solved.

We can use adjectives to describe the feelings of the pigs.

Finally, the pigs lived happily in their mm, mm house.

Their cosy, safe, secure, warm house.

Which adjectives will you use? Finally, the pigs lived happily in their mm, comma, house.

Pause the video now.

Great job.

We know that rehearsing our sentences all together out loud, help us remember what we're going to write.

Here's some ideas of how to keep those ideas to stick.

We could just say the sentences.

We could say them in different voices, like a low voice.

We could say the sentences again including our capital letters, our commas, our full stops, (gasps) and don't forget, our exclamation marks.

We could tell somebody else our sentences.

And we can whisper them to our pencil.

So you are going to follow those steps to rehearse the end of the sentence, end of the story, not the sentence.

The wolf decided to sneak down the mm, comma, mm, chimney.

Suddenly the, mm, pigs trapped him and he, mm, into a pot of, mm, water! Exclamation mark.

Finally, the pigs lived happily in their mm, comma, mm, house.

Can you pause the video now and plan the ending of your story? What a brilliant storytelling.

Here's an example that I heard.

"The wolf decided to sneak down the tall, smoky chimney.

Suddenly, the innovative," which is another word for smart, "pigs trapped him and he tumbled into a pot of scorching water! Finally, the pigs lived happily in their safe, warm house." I think we're ready to write the end of our story.

Let's remind ourselves of today's success criteria.

Then we'll read some sentences to check if they meet it.

We will use sequencing language to order events suddenly and finally.

We will join two sentences together using and.

We will use expanded noun phrases.

And we'll start our sentences with capital letters.

And we'll either end them with a full stop or an exclamation mark.

Let's look at this sentence.

"Suddenly, the smart pigs trapped him and he plunged into a pot of scalding water!" Where's my sequencing language? Can you point to it for me? (gasps) Suddenly.

Well done.

Have I joined two sentences together using and? "Suddenly, the smart pigs trapped him and he plunged into a pot of scalding water!" And both of my ideas make sense on their own.

So I know I've met that part of my success criteria.

Have I used an expanded noun phrase? Let me see.

Smart pigs, one adjective.

Scalding water, I haven't, but that's okay because I'm sure I will in my next sentence.

Have I started my sentence with a capital letter? Suddenly, and I've ended my sentence with an exclamation mark to show that shock and excitement.

Let's look at my final sentence.

Have I used sequencing language to order events? "Finally, the pigs lived happily in their warm, cosy house." I have used finally.

Have I joined two sentences together using and? "Finally, the pigs lived happily in their warm, cosy house." I don't need to join this to another idea, so I haven't, but that's okay 'cause we know we already have.

But I have used an expanded noun phrase.

Can you spot it? Warm, cosy house.

And I've started my sentence with a capital letter and ended it with a full stop.

I think we are ready to help me with my writing.

I'm ready to write the end of my story.

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

I've already had a go at writing my first sentence, but I wonder if you could check it with me.

"the wolf decided to creep down the narrow, comma, tall chimney." Full stop.

Doesn't look quite right.

Can you spot something that I'm missing? (gasps) I'm missing my capital letter to start my sentence.

(gasps) Where does it need to go? (gasps) There, silly me.

I'm going to cross out that lowercase T and put a capital T.

"The wolf decided to creep down the narrow, tall chimney." Full stop.

That looks better.

Now is where they trap him.

So I'm going to use my sequencing language suddenly.

(gasps) So this time I won't forget my capital letter.

(gasps) Suddenly, suddenly.

(gasps) What did the pigs do? The smart pigs had trapped him.

The, can you sound out smart with me? S, m, a, r, t, smart pigs.

P, i, g, s, pigs had trapped.

Now trapped is a verb in the past tense.

So even though I can hear a T at the end, I know it's an ED.

T, r, a, p, d.

And when I get that ED often, I double my letter before.

Trapped him, meaning the wolf, h, i, m, him.

"Suddenly, the smart pigs had trapped him and he, mm, into a pot of, mm, water." So I need my joining word and.

Do I need a full stop there if I'm using my joining word and? No.

And he tumbled.

Can you say those sounds with me? T, uh, m, b, o, l, d.

Now again, it's my ED ending and he tumbled into, into a pot, a p, o, t, pot of scorching.

Can you say the sounds with me? S, k, o, ch, i, ng.

Scorching.

Could we diagraph in that word? Water, now water is a common exception word, and it's a common exception word because of how we spell the O sound in it.

Woo.

And then the O is just spelt with a letter A.

Woo, a, o, t, er.

Which likes to go at the end, ER.

"Into a pot of scorching water!" Exclamation mark.

I'm using an exclamation mark because it's very shocking.

Now I need to do my final sentence.

"Finally, the pigs lived happily in their safe, cosy house." Capital letter finally.

I've already written the pigs.

The pigs, the pigs all i, v, e, d, lived.

That doesn't look quite right.

How do I end my verbs when they're in the past and they make a D sound? (gasps) ED.

Let me try that again.

All e, v, d, ED, lived.

That's better.

Happily.

H, a, p, i, l, ee.

There's my adverb happily.

The pigs lived happily in their.

Now I know two ways of spelling their.

This one is the one where they're talking about them.

So it's T-H-E-I-R, their.

Their house.

How am I describing their house? Safe, comma, cosy house.

Can you say the sounds in safe for me? S, ey, f, safe.

Split diagraph, comma, cosy, k, oh, z, ee, cosy house.

H, aw, s.

With that letter E on the end.

"Finally, the pigs lived happily in their safe, cosy house." Full stop.

Have I used sequencing language to order events? Suddenly and finally.

Have I joined two sentences together using and? "Suddenly, the smart pigs had trapped him.

(gasps) and he tumbled into a pot of scorching water." Have I used an expanded noun phrase? Can you see any? I can see "Narrow, tall chimney and safe, cosy house." And let's check that I've used capital letters and full stops or exclamation marks.

You helped me correct this one.

"The wolf decided to creep down the narrow, tall chimney." Full stop.

Capital letter, "Suddenly, the smart pigs had trapped him and he tumbled into a pot of scorching water!" Exclamation mark.

"Finally, the pigs lived happily in their safe, cosy house." Full stop.

I have used my correct punctuation.

I think you're ready to write the end of your story.

Now you've helped me with my writing.

You're ready to write the ending of the story of "The Three Little Pigs," including that solution for the problem of the pesky wolf.

Don't forget to check your success criteria as you go.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant writing.

I hope you're really proud of yourself.

Here's an example that I've seen.

"The wolf decided to sneak down the tall, smoky chimney.

Suddenly, the innovative pigs trapped him and he tumbled into a pot of scorching water! Finally, the pigs lived happily in their safe, warm house." I have used sequencing language to order events suddenly and finally.

I have joined two sentences together using and.

"Suddenly, the innovative pigs trapped him and he tumbled into a pot of scorching water!" I've used an expanded noun phrase to describe how the pigs are feeling in their home, "Safe, warm house." "And tall, smoky chimney." And I've started all of my sentences with capital letters and I've either ended them with an exclamation mark or a full stop.

I would now like you to double check your success criteria and check for those things.

Remember, don't worry if you feel like you've made a mistake 'cause now is the time to check it and change it.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant job.

Well done, everyone.

We have come to the end of our lesson where you have finished writing the story of "The Three Little Pigs." We have learned that traditional tales like "The Three Little Pigs" often end happily by finding a solution to a problem.

We know that using adjectives such as scorching and powerful verbs, such as plunged help the reader to picture the events of the story.

We know that exclamation can help to express a feeling of shock or surprise.

And the sequencing word suddenly helps to sequence events and show something sudden has happened.

I hope you're really proud of your writing and show it off to lots of people.

I really hope to see you again soon.

Thanks for learning with me.

Bye.