To box up for purpose

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Persuasion: Why you should never light fires in a dry forest

﻿Hello, and welcome. My name is Mr. Santhanam, and this is lesson six of 10. Today's learning objective is all about boxing up for purpose. And the reason why this is so important, is it because it really helps us to understand the different sections in our persuasive speech. It also really helps us to understand what the job is for each of those sections. And it helps us understand the overall flow and order of our writing. Before we begin, I wanted to tell you a little story. And in order to tell you this little story, I'm going to use connectives. Connectives is a word that we use to connect one piece of text to another. So they can connect like this. In the case of persuasion text, we are going to be using connectives to order and sequence our ideas and our points. So we're going to start with first, second point and third point. Connectives are words which we use at the beginning of a sentence that help us to sequence and order our thoughts. So, this morning I got up, first I brushed my teeth, secondly, I had some breakfast, thirdly, I got dressed, after that I decided to go for a run, and lastly, I watched some TV. What did you do today? Can you use connectives in your story to help order and sequence your story? If you can, lock those away in your brain because we're going to be using them later on in this lesson. Okay, let's get started on this lesson. In this lesson, you are going to need your exercise book or some paper. You're also going to need a pencil or a pen. And of course, you're going to need your brilliant brain, pause the video now while you go and get those things. Amazing, you're ready to start, let's begin. In today's lesson, this is our agenda. We're going to start off with our spelling activity. We're then going to do some mind mapping of the little bird from our story of the little bird and the forest fire to really understand what her thoughts are. Then we're going to box up for purpose. So we're going to turn our persuasive speech into his persuasive speech, but from the perspective of the little bird. And finally, you are going to have a go at doing your boxing up independently. First of all, let's get ready to do our spelling. This week we are working on consolidation and review, which means that we are looking back on spelling, which we should have already had a go at. We're then going to do a spelling test to really try and remember and lock those spellings into our brain, are you ready? The spellings that we're doing today are, catch, witch, patch, money, sugar, explosion, solution, operation television. Why not pause the video now while you write down those spellings? I know that I can check my spellings. I know that I can check if I know my spelling's by using this strategy. I can look at a word, I can say it in a sentence, I can write the word and then I can check my spelling. So don't forget to cover the first time you write the spelling. Are you ready to try your spelling test? Three, two, one, off you go. Amazing, I can see that you're working really hard on those spellings. Soon enough, they'll be locked in your brain and once they're there, they'll be there forever, great job. Now we're going to have a go at mind mapping the little bird. Do you remember what happened in the story? The little bird lived in a beautiful forest in India and she loved her forest. One day there came a gigantic fire, that devoured the whole forest, and she desperately wanted to save her home. All her friends ran away and left her, even though they were much bigger and stronger animals than she was. She decided to go back and forth from the river and try and throw droplets of water onto the fire to put it out. But up in the heavens, the gods were laughing at her. They didn't believe that she could do it. Apart from the Eagle God who took pity on her and flew down to help her. When he heard her story about how much she loved the forest, he became very emotional and cried giant tears. And soon there was a stream of tears, which put out all the fire and the whole forest. The next spring, new shoots grew up from the ground. So, in our persuasion text, we're going to pretend that we are the little bird trying to persuade people not to light fires in dry forests. Just like the fire chief did in our persuasion text that we had before. In order for the little bird to persuade people not to light fires, there are four key things that she must do in her persuasion text. She can use the power of three. In the fire chief's speech, he said, "Don't light fires, protect the forest and save lives." He also used direct speech. That means speaking directly to the person you're talking to. You can do this by using the words, you and your, and really appealing to them. Repetition, repeat yourself again and again, to emphasise your point, especially the really important parts of your speech. If you just say it once, people might forget it and they won't think it's very important, but if they hear you saying it again and again and again, they're really going to remember, that's really key important information. And finally, we must have evidence to support your point. Don't forget to explain yourself with reasons. I think this, this is the reason. So you're really giving people strong, concrete reasons why they should believe you. Now, we're going to have a go at mind mapping the little bird. The little bird wants to persuade you, not to light fires in the forest. So imagine what the little bird would be saying to try and persuade others not to light fires in the forest. That's a little think. So in order to mind map the little bird, we need to think about what kind of things she might say if she wanted to persuade others not to light fires. You were going to need a piece of paper. In the middle of your piece of paper, you need to draw a little picture of the little bird. This can be a simple picture, it does not need to be beautiful. Next, we're going to draw arrows coming away from this little bird. You'll only draw an arrow when you have something to write. The first thing I came up with was, she might ask a rhetorical question. She might say something like, how would you feel if. Sometimes asking rhetorical questions can really emphasise our point. These are questions that don't need answers. They're purely there just to make a point and emphasise a point. So they are really great for persuading people. She might give reasons about why she loved her forest so much. Can you think of any of the reasons that she loved her forest? One of the reasons might be that trees give us oxygen and they make our planet very healthy. Because I know the fire chief said that if there was too much carbon dioxide gas, the weld would heat up and that would be very dangerous for our planet. She might even give reasons for why fire is so dangerous. Can you think about any reasons why fire is so dangerous? Did the fire chief give us any reasons? Oh yeah, he said that a tiny spark from the fire could create a much bigger fire. And that's why it's so dangerous because that's how it spreads. She might even explain what happened to her. She might give a personal account or a personal story about what happened. She might say one day I was sitting in my lovely tree and this happened to me. Sometimes giving a personal account of something that's happened to you can really help you engage and connect with your audience. And that helps them to empathise with you. Okay, now it's time for you to have a go at creating your own mind map. I've got an example for you here, but I want you to think of your own answers. Pause the video now while you write down the answers. You can use any of your ideas from the fire chief's speech to help you as well. 'Cause they are great things for us to put into our persuasive text. Now it's time for us to box up for purpose. Watch how I do it first. And then you can have a go at doing it independently. When I'm boxing out for purpose, I'm going to start with the first paragraph of my persuasion text. That is my introduction. This is the little bird will explain what she's going to be talking about. She might explain why she feels so strongly about it. And she may say three key things to remember. Can you remember the three things that the fire chief said? Oh yeah, that's it, say it with me? He said, "Don't light fires, protect the forest "and save lives." That power of three is really important to introduce in your introduction. Your introduction does not need to be very long. It's just one short paragraph. My next paragraph is maybe going to explain what happened to her? What happened to her friends in the fire? And what could have happened to her? Why are forest fires so dangerous to living things? My next point, my second paragraph might be, why does she love her forests so much? And why are forests so important? What's so great about trees? Why do we need them? A third point could be, what could happen if people are not sensible with fires? How do they spread exactly? On my final paragraph, my conclusion, is where I summarise my main points. I might repeat any of the important things that I've said. So, introduction, first point, second point, third point and conclusion. Here is my finished boxed up version. I've got the introduction, the first argument, the second document, the third argument and the conclusion. Don't worry, argument and point mean the same thing, really. It just means what you're trying to say. What point you're making. Now, let's have a closer look through and see if I can remember how to perform a speech. Introduction, hello there, my name is little bird, I'm here today to tell you why you should not light fires in a dry forest on a summer's day. There are three things you must remember. And my message is simple. Don't light fires, protect the forest and save lives. Now repeat after me, don't light fires, protect the forest and save lives. This is very important. And I'm going to tell you why. First argument, the forest is home to many plants and animals. And if there is a fire in the forest, they will die. Forest fires can also kill humans too. Second argument, living forests are very important because they give us oxygen. They also consume carbon dioxide gas. And if there are no trees, there'll be too much carbon dioxide gas in the world, and that is very dangerous for our planet because it will heat up too much. Third argument, even if you are very, very sensible, if you have a fire in the forest, little sparks can come off the fire and spread to make much bigger fires, and that is how forest fires begin. Conclusion, so I would like to leave you with three main points that you must remember. Do not light fires, protect the forest and save lives. Okay, it is now time for you to have a go at doing your boxing up independently. Don't forget you need to divide your page into five parts. You're going to have an introduction, your first point, your second point, your third point, and finally your conclusion, which is where you wrap up your speech and repeat your main points. A top tip to help you with this part is that you might want to use your story map from the fire chief to help you with this. So you can remember what parts go where in the speech. Don't forget you can include pictures or you can include some words and phrases to help you. We don't need to write the whole thing out right now. You just need to have images and words to remind you of what comes in each part. I can't wait to see your work, so good luck. Pause the video now while you complete your task. Amazing, we've really thought about the structure of our writing today. And I know that's really going to help us when we come to writing our amazing persuasive speech. We thought about what the persuasive speech might be like from the perspective of the little bird. But we also thought about how we can start with an introduction, say our main points and explain them, and then finish with our conclusion. We've even thought about how we can use connectives in our writing to order and sequence our points. I would love to see your boxing up today. So please do share it 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've had so much fun to say boxing up. I hope that you have too, and I will see you next time, bye bye.

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