To make inferences about what is being said or done

Key Stage 1

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The Bird and the Forest Fire: recycled story (middles)

﻿Hello and welcome. My name is Mr. Santhanam and this is lesson five of 10. Today's learning objective is to infer information by what is being said and done. And that means that we're going to be detectives today and looking for information in the text that we are reading to help us make up our own opinions about things. Our story that we have been looking at is all about the brave little bird and the forest fire and the great eagle bird that came down to help her. I've been looking out of my window today and I've noticed lots of birds jumping out in my garden. I saw a black bird that was pecking away at the soil. I've seen pigeons flapping about in the trees and chasing each other. I also even saw a little robin who came and sat on my fence. I think he wanted to say hello. Have you seen any birds today? Wow, amazing. Maybe we can use them as inspiration in our story. For today's lesson, you are going to need your exercise book or some paper, pencil, or a pen. And of course, your brilliant brain, pause the video now while you're going to get these things. Great job, let's begin. Okay so today we're going to start off with our spending activity. We're then going to practise using inference and we'll do a writing task afterwards. And after that, we will do a reflection on our inference skills. Okay, let's get ready to do our spelling activity. I wonder how well you've done remembering all the spellings of our zh sound. I know that sometimes the zh sound is spelled with a S. I know that sometimes the zh sound is spelled with an S in words, for example, measure, decision, pleasure, unusual, usual, treasure division, explosion, vision, and television. Pause your video now while you write down those words. Okay, now I've got a challenge for you. I would like you to correct my mistakes that I have made. I've got lots and lots of words here, which I spelled wrong, and they all have the zh sound in them. Remember, these words use the S grapheme to make the zh phoneme. Pause the video now, while you correct my spellings. When you are ready, you can play the video again and check the spellings here. How did you do? We're now going to think about our inference skills that we use, when we are reading. When we use our inference skills, we are looking for clues in the text to help us form our own opinions. This means we look for our own answers in the text. They might not be in the words themselves, so we need to really think about what the words are telling us and form our own opinions. We also read around the words, again this might mean that the words aren't exactly in there, and we have to think about it a little bit more ourselves. And we also form our own opinions from evidence in the text. So we are being like detectives right now, who collect evidence to make their opinions. We're going to have a go trying teaser inference skills to answer questions now. So this piece of reading that we're going to do is all about the Hindu gods in the story. They live with the Eagle God up in the heavens, and they all have their own different powers and strengths. Now, Hindu gods are very important figures from Hindu culture and Hindu religion, which originates in India. Now, it's really important that when we're talking about the Hindu gods, that we respect them because they are very important within Hindu culture. Let's find out a little bit more about them. First, I'm going to read the paragraph, then I'm going to read the question below, and then I'm going to think about what words or phrases might help me to infer this information. The gods were sitting up in the heavens one day. The sunlight streamed through the clouds, lighting the surroundings with a glorious glow. All around them, colourful flowers blossomed, and vines trailed along beside them, the gods smiled with contentment. Amongst the gods, there was Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, Lakshmi the goddess of good fortune, Hanuman the monkey god, Ganesh the elephant god and Garuda the Eagle God. They were exchanging stories of their triumphs and achievements. The question asks, what can we infer about the gods? And what do you think their life is like together? Now I've thought about what words or phrases might help me to infer. I know that it says that the heavens is filled with a glorious glow. There are colourful flowers that blossom, the gods are smiling with contentment and they talk about their triumphs and achievements. So therefore I can infer that they have a very pleasant life together. Their surroundings are very comfortable, it looks beautiful, they enjoy their time there because they are smiling with contentment. And they talk often about their triumphs and achievements, which means that they are very accomplished and they have many strengths and they are very proud of themselves. So first of all, I said what my opinion was, and I explained it in a clear way, and then I thought about the words or phrases that support my point. And that is my evidence that supports my point. Just like a detective does when he looks for evidence, he's doing that so to support his opinions. So for example, this is how I might write out my answer. I think that the gods have a very pleasant life in the heavens and it is very beautiful there. I think that the gods are very powerful and they have many stories to tell, this is what opinion I have. Then I'm going to write the words or phrases that make me think this, is that there is glowing light flowers everywhere. The gods smile would contentment, the gods spoke with their triumphs and their achievements. So I've said what my opinion is, and what my evidence is. Pause the video now, while you're going to get your paper and pen, and you are ready to write down the answers to these questions. The next part of the story says, "Remember the time that I led an army against the Demon Ravana in order to rescue the princess Sita!", Hanuman, the monkey god exclaimed proudly. "That is nothing! I have four heads so I can see it all four directions. I can see everything in the world! And I am known as the creator of the world," bellowed Brahma the creator as he waved his hand at Hanuman. What can we infer about Brahma's feelings towards honeymoon? Think about what words or phrases might help us to infer. Pause your video now, while you write down your answer, remember to write in a full sentence and use evidence from the text to support your answer. So I noticed that Brahma says "That is nothing!" When Hanuman tells him what he has done, he also waves his hand dismissively at Hanuman. So I can infer that Brahma does not think that what Hanuman has done is very important, that he thinks what he does is far more important. And he's almost very dismissive of him and thinks that is not significant. Okay, the next part of the story says Vishnu whose skin was beautiful shades of turquoise and blue, stood up peacefully at this point and smiled. "Ah, yes but it is my job to keep the balance of good and evil on this earth. I travelled down from the heavens to make this happen," he whispered calmly. "Everyone knows that I am the most important," claimed Lakshmi, "for I'm the one who grants success and good fortune to those who worshipped me." She said with a delicate swish of her silky decorated sari. Now I've got three words here to help you a little bit. What can we infer about Vishnu and Lakshmi's personalities? What words or phrases might help us to infer? So I would like you to choose one of these words below fierce, brave, or gentle. What can we infer about Vishnu and Lakshmi's personalities? And why do we think that? Pause your video now, while you choose a word and then decide what words or phrases help you to infer that information. I chose the word gentle because I can see in the text, it says that Vishnu stood up peacefully and smiled. He also whispered calmly and Lakshmi once she explained why she was the most important. She said it with a delicate swish of her silky decorated sari, all of these things are quite gentle actions. There's nothing particularly fierce there and there's nothing particularly brave there. So I would always choose gentle because this is the evidence I have collected. The next part of the story says at this moment, Indra stood up in one swift movement. "Haven't you seen my thunderbolt?" He held out his hand and surely enough it held an electric bolt of lightning, which gave off sparks. Some of the gods flinched when he presents it to them, that means that you do this, Oh, "I am responsible for thunderstorms on earth, and without me there would be no rain! I'm surely the most important." What can we infer the other gods feel about Indra? Remember, you need to explain your point and then choose what words or phrases support your point. What evidence is there in the text that supports your point? Pause the video now, while you write down your answer. Okay so I thought the phrase, some of the gods flinched really helped me 'cause if you flinch, you do this ah like you're afraid of something. So I can infer that some of the gods are afraid of Indra because maybe they think he's quite dangerous. Or they're worried they might get hurt. We're nearly at the end of our story now. Eventually, the gods turned to Garuda, the Eagle God who remained quiet the whole time. "What are your achievements, Garuda?" They demanded. "Well.." Garuda hesitated. "I am the King of birds." There was a pause as the gods all stared in silence. Suddenly the heavens were filled with an almighty roar, as they all burst into laughter pointing their fingers at Garuda. "Is that all?" They mocked. Garuda looked down as his cheeks went red. The gods never took him seriously. They didn't think birds were very important. The question is, what can we infer the other gods think of the Eagle God? And what words or phrases might help you to infer? Pause the video now, while you write down the answer to your question, remember explain your point and then say, what information helps you to support your point? So I thought that some of the words or phrases that helped me to infer were, suddenly the heavens were filled with an almighty roar, as they all burst into laughter pointing their fingers at Garuda. So they were laughing at him and they were pointing their fingers at him they were kind of mocking him, making fun of him, just like they did with the little bird. The word mocked helped me, it confirms that they are making fun of him. The gods never took him seriously. They didn't think birds were very important or powerful. So we can infer that they do not think that what Garuda does is very important compared to what they do. Last part of our story now, in that moment, their attention turned to something else. There was a fire down in the forest. "Hey, look! that little bird down there is trying to put the fire out. She's so tiny, she will never put out that fire. Who does she think she is? It's hopeless!" the other gods chanted amid laughter. "She'll surely be cooked!" cried one mockingly. Garuda looked down` at the little courageous bird thoughtfully. What can you infer about what is going on in the Eagle God's mind right now? Remember, explain your point and then choose what information gives you a clue about that. Okay it's time for some reflection now at the end of our lesson. We've inferred loads of information using evidence from the text. Now I would like you to use your own knowledge after listening to this story. So from your knowledge of the whole story, what can we infer is the moral of the story? What's the message behind the story? What do you think is the most important thing that you took away from the story? You can just think about this yourself. If you want to you can write it down as well, but because we don't have any evidence or words that we can take evidence from, you're going to really have to think about this yourself and use your own existing knowledge. Don't forget to share your work with Oak National. If you would like to please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak. I'll see you next time. Bye bye.

To make inferences about what is being said or done

To make inferences about what is being said or done

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