To box up a story to show what happens

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Sweet-Talking Potato

﻿Hi everyone, and welcome to lesson seven in our unit on the Sweet Talking Potato. I really, really hope you enjoyed lesson six and that you had lots of fun with me doing our role play. It was really, really good to see so many of you acting out the story at home as well afterwards. Today we're in for a treat. You might have done this before, but we're going to have a go at boxing up our story to make sure we know all of the different parts ready to become story writers later in the unit. Where we are going to write different parts of the story. So let's see what you're going to need for today's lesson. In today's lesson, you're going to need a piece of paper or your workbook, a pencil, and your thinking brain. If you need to go and get yourself some paper or a pencil, press the pause button now, and when you're ready, press play. So coming up in today's lesson, we're going to start off by playing a game, then we're going to sing a new song, then we're going to tell the story altogether, and then we're going to use our knowledge of the story to box up the story. Okay, our game today is called Tell and mime. I am going to tell you a part of the story and you are going to have a go at using actions with your hands or your body to tell that sentence in the story. Let's do one together to start off with. So the parts of the story that I'm thinking of is the farmer picked a potato. What action could we do for the farmer? Can you show your screens now? Okay, some of you are putting a hat on your head, some of you are digging, some of you are rubbing your tummies to show that you're hungry because the farmer was hungry. You can choose what action you're going to do at home, but I'm going to dig for the farmer. So the farmer picked a potato. Show me what picking a potato might look like. We could scoop, we could reach and pick, maybe we need to dig and pick, you tell your screen, which one would you like to do? Very good ideas. You remember, you don't have to do the same as me. I'm going to scoop up and pick up the potato. Can we put those together with a sentence? The farmer picked the potato. Okay, now it's going to be your turn to do one by yourself. So I am going to tell you a part of the story, you're going to press the pause button, come up with some actions for that part of the story, and then press the play button again. Are you ready? Give me a thumbs up if you're ready. Fantastic. Okay, listening is on. "That's impossible." Said the baker. "Oh no, it isn't." Said the loaf. Say it with me. "That's impossible." Said the baker. "Oh no, it isn't." Said the loaf. Press your pause button now, think of some actions to go with, "that's impossible." Said the baker. "Oh no, it isn't." Said the loaf. And press the play button when you are ready. Wow, I can see so many different actions out there. Can we do it all together and I'll show you the actions that I came up with too. Are you ready? "That's impossible." Said the baker. "Oh no, it isn't." Said the loaf. Some of you did very different actions today. It's fantastic to see all of your different ideas, well done for taking part and playing if you did. It's time for a new song today, we're going to do my turn, your turn so that we can learn the words. And then we'll have a go at singing the whole song together. ♪ Hey diddle diddle ♪ ♪ Hey diddle diddle ♪ ♪ This is the riddle ♪ ♪ This is the riddle ♪ ♪ And the farmer run and run ♪ ♪ And the farmer run and run ♪ ♪ The hen and the bread both spoke to him ♪ ♪ The hen and the bread both spoke to him ♪ ♪ And the King was amazed by the throne ♪ ♪ And the King was amazed by the throne ♪ Very good taking part. Now let's have a go at singing the whole song. Are you ready? ♪ Hey diddle diddle ♪ ♪ This is the riddle ♪ ♪ And the farmer run and run ♪ ♪ The hen and the bread both spoke to him ♪ ♪ And the King was amazed by the throne ♪ Wow, well done. I hope you can teach that song to someone at home as well. Now it's time for us to box up our story. Do you know why we do boxing up? I know that some of you have had a go at boxing up before but some of you are new to it today. So boxing up helps us to plan when we're going to write a story. Because we can put all of the parts of the story in order and see what happens at the beginning, the middle and the end. Let's start off by really quickly looking at our story map and telling the story so that we know exactly what's going to happen in our boxing up. So I've got our story map here that we worked on together. We're going to have a go at going through all the pictures and I'd like you to tell your screen with me what is happening. Who is this? The farmer was, you tell me, hungry, very good. Who did he meet? you tell me, the potato. What did the potato do? It said, "Hands off." Very good. What did the farmer ask the dog? Was that you? And the dog replies, "It wasn't me, it was the potato." So what did the farmer do? He screamed and he ran as fast as his legs would carry him all the way to the marketplace, where he met, tell me who he met. The chicken and the man who was selling chickens. What did the chicken say? "Oh no, it's not." very good, for those of you who joined in. So the farmer ran as fast as his legs would carry him all the way until he came to the, can you remember where he came to? the bakery, He came to the bakery where he met the baker and the loaf. Can you tell me what the loaf said? "Oh no, it's not." So he ran as fast as his legs would carry him until he came, sorry, until he came to see the King in the palace. Very well done. Did the King believe him? No, what did the King call the man? What did the King call the farmer? The King called the farmer foolish and told him to get out. Very good. But then who spoke to the King? The throne spoke to the King altogether. Should we tell our screens what the throne said? Whoever heard of a talking potato. Very good. Now we are going to have a go at doing our own boxing maps. So we're going to make one all together first, and then it will be your turn. So when we're boxing up, we need to think about exactly what happens in the story, because we want to use this map in our next lesson to write this story. So you can just start off by drawing a grid that looks a little bit like this. Remember is just to help us plan for our writing. So it really does not need to be perfect, okay. Your lines are a little bit wobbly, don't worry. Of course, if you've got your ruler, you can have a go at using that. There we go. So there is the outside. Then you need one line up here and we are going to split our story into five sections. So, one two, three, four, You need to draw four lines. Now we're going to put some numbers down the side, so we know the different parts of the story. So we have got number one, number two, number three, number four, and number five. And then we go, we are set up ready to start our boxing. So let's go to the very beginning of the story. What is the first thing that happens? Who do we come across first? Once upon a time, there was a farmer. So my farmer is going to be the first thing I draw. Here is our farmer. Who does the farmer meet? The farmer meets the potato. He says, remind me what the potato do? Says, "Hands off." The farmer then ask the, who does the farmer ask? The dog. The dog. Then, how does the farmer feel? Scared, so what does the farmer do? He runs away as fast as his legs would carry him. So that is the beginning of our story. That's what happens. Let's see if we can now do the second part in our number two box. So where does the farmer run to? He runs all the way to the market's place. So remember, we're just doing very, very simple drawings. So there is my marketplace. Who does the farmer meet at the marketplace? Can you tell your screen now. He meets the man selling chickens. Very good. And we also then need our chicken. How does the farmer feel when the chicken speaks? He feels very sad, very scared, very worried. So what does he do? He runs, can you join him with me? He runs and runs as fast as his legs would carry him. So we need to draw the farmer running away fast as his legs would carry him. And there we go, we have got section two of our story. Now we're getting right into the middle now, with number three. Who does he meet when he runs away from the man having chickens. Can you tell your screen now? He runs to the bakery and he meets the baker. And what does the baker sell? The baker sells loaves of bread. What does that loaf of bread say? "Oh no, it's not." Can you join in with me? Oh no, it's not. So what does the farmer do? He screams and he runs away again. So we're going to draw our farmer running away. He runs and runs as fast as his legs would carry him until he gets to the palace. So we're going to draw our palace here. Remember it doesn't matter what yours looks like. It's just to remind you of the story. So section four of our story, he runs to the palace where he meets, Who does he meet? The King. Very, very good. And we're going to draw our crown on. That's just going to help me remember who he meets, remember that this is the King. Now, what does the King say to the farmer? Does the King believe him about the potato, the chicken, the dog, and the loaf talking? No, he doesn't, does he? He tells the farmer to, say it with me, "Get out, that's impossible you foolish man." So for get out, we've been pointing our finger, haven't we? So I think I'm going to draw an arrow to show get out. Remember you can choose what pictures you would like to use. So, "get out," Says the King. How does the farmer feel? The farmer is sad. Now part five, you can see as the bottom of our box, this is the end of our story. How does our story end? Who is there? The King is talking to himself. He thinks, so we can draw our King, with his crown on so we know it's him. So the King is talking. In lesson two, we talked about speech bubble showing that someone is talking. You can choose a different picture to use, but I'm going to draw a speech bubble to show the King was talking. Can you remember what the king said? That foolish man for thinking that objects could talk, but then he was there, the throne, the King's throne. What did the throne say? I'm drawing another speech bubble to show you the king talking, Say it with me, whoever heard of a talking potato, and now we have got our boxing map. So this shows us from the very beginning of the story, right through to the end of our story. And we finish up with the throne talking. This is going to really, really help us when we come to writing our story in lesson eight. So now it's going to be your turn at home to have a go boxing up the story. So you're going to need to get yourself a piece of paper and your pencil. You're going to press the pause button and you are going to have a go at going through all the parts of the story. I've left my boxing map up on the screen to give you a few tips, but remember is all your ideas and you can choose whatever pictures you would like. It's whatever will help you. You remember what happens in the story. So press the pause button now, draw a picture of your boxing map and then press the play button when you are ready to go. you have had a really, really good go now at thinking of all the different parts of the story, and I really hope that this helps you to remember exactly what happens at each different part of the story. Remember that we're thinking all about the action in the story at the moment, and that means everything that happens so that we can write an action story in lesson eight. Thank you so much for joining me for lesson seven on the Sweet Talking Potato. I hope you have had great fun today thinking about all the different things that happened in our story. I wonder if when you go away today, you can have a think about playing our game from earlier on Tell and mime where you tell someone in your family from a sentence from the whole story and see if they can come up with some actions to act it out. I hope you have lots of fun doing that today. And I really, really look forward to doing some writing with you in lesson eight. See you next time. Bye.

To box up a story to show what happens

To box up a story to show what happens

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