To build descriptive language

Key Stage 1

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How Coyote Brought Fire to the Earth (1)

﻿Hello everyone. My name is Miss Barron, and this is Marcel. Now welcome to lesson three in our unit, when we are learning and working with one of my favourite stories, "How Coyote Brought Fire to Earth." Now, do you remember that our focus in this unit is description? We are learning how to describe things really vividly, aren't we? And you know that Marcel loves to play description games. Do you remember in lesson one when he refused to come out and meet you, until you'd guess what kind of animal he was from my descriptive clues? Well, he has told me that he would like to play that game again. So I am now going to give you some descriptive clues and see if you can guess which story character I'm talking about. Ready? Big beady eyes. Smells dump like a pond. Brings happiness to the forest with her lovely singing. Wet and slimy to touch. Can you work out which story character I'm describing? Go on tell us your screen now say, "I think you're describing..." Are they good at this Marcel? He agrees. You got it. Well done. I'm describing "Singing Frog." That is Singing Frog from our story. And I used four senses to describe her, didn't I? I said what she looked like. Big beady eyes. I told you what she smelled like. Like a dump pond. I told you what she sounds like. She brings happiness to the forest with the sounds of her beautiful singing. And I told you what she feels like. Wet and slimy to touch. So we are going to be doing some more description in our lesson today, using the senses. So let's get onto that. In today's lesson, we are going to be building our descriptive language through song. Now, as you can imagine, Marcel and I are both very excited about that because we both love songs. Now we love songs for three reasons. We love them because they're fun. We love them because they're really great for helping us to remember things. And we also love them because they're fantastic for teaching us new language. And we love learning words. Don't we Marcel? And so in today's lesson, the songs that we are going to sing, and also the songs that you are going to make up, you are going to become a songwriter yourself today. Those songs are really going to help us remember the story and also teach us new words that we can use to help us describe things. So let me tell you what today's lesson is going to look like in a bit more detail. First, we are going to do a quick spelling activity. Then we're going to recap the story quickly. Then we are going to sing our story song with a focus on description. And finally, you are going to have a go at creating your own song verses. So this is what you're going to need in today's lesson. You will need an exercise book or a piece of paper to write on, and a pencil to write with. So pause the video now and go and get those things if you need to. So let's begin with our spelling activity. Take a look at the words in the white boxes on your screen. What do you notice? How are the words in the second white box different? Pause the video now and have a think about that. Fantastic. You're back. Go on and tell me what you notice. Say, "I notice that..." Tell your screen. Absolutely. Well spotted. You notice that all of the words in the second white box end in L-Y. L-Y or lee is a suffix, isn't it? Now, do you remember what a suffix is? A suffix is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word to change its meaning. Now let's have a look at how it changes the meaning of a word, shall we? So here are our words again. Now let's read the words in the first box together. Ready? Read with me. Brave. Careful. Slow. Swift. Swift means quick. Safe. Those words are all adjectives. I wonder if you'd spotted that already. They are all adjectives, aren't they? They are describing words. We use them to describe nouns. Now then, look what happens when we add the suffix L-Y, lee, on the end. They become, let's read them together. Those words become, Bravely. Carefully. Slowly. Swiftly. Safely. They become what we call adverbs. Can you say that with me? My turn, your turn, "adverbs." Your turn. Brilliant. My turn again, "adverbs." Your turn. So they become adverbs. And an adverb adds information to a verb. The clue is in the word, isn't it? Adverb. So adverbs add information to verbs. They tell us how the verb is done. So for example, "Coyote trotted off bravely to the sky world." So it tells us the word "bravely," the adverb "bravely," tells us how he trotted off. Now let's have a look at that with some more examples. So here's another example in a sentence. "Coyote bravely volunteered to help the humans." Now the verb in that sentence is "volunteered." How did he do it? "Bravely" "Bravely" is the adverb that tells us how he did the verb. So I would like you now to choose three of those adverbs in the white box, and use them in story sentences of your own. So can you make up your own sentences about the story, "How Coyote Brought Fire to Earth," using those adverbs. Pause the video now and to have a go at that. Amazing effort. Well done. Now I would love to hear your favourite story sentence. So can you tell me to your screen now say, "My favourite sentence is ..." Go on tell me to your screen. What creative story sentences! Well done. Now, I feel like I must tell you that most adverbs do end in the suffix L-Y, lee, but not all of them. So you'll be learning about those later on in other units. But for example, 'fast' is an adverb. I could say, "I walk fast." "Fast" tells me how I do the verb, but it doesn't end in L-Y. So there are a few exceptions, but most of them do end in L-Y and adverbs are really useful in our writing. In fact, because our focus is on description, we are going to be using adverbs a lot. We're going to be using them in our writing to help us describe things clearly and vividly for our reader. So what a great opportunity that we get to learn about them now. By the time we get to our writing, we will know enough about them that we can use them confidently. Now then, let's move on to our story song. So before we sing this story through song today, let's just do a quick story recap to remind us what happens in the story. So time for a quick story recap, and let's use our story maps to help us. I'm going to do it first, and then it's going to be your turn to recap the story from your map. "In the beginning, humans were cold. They were suffering and shivering because they had no warmth at night. So brave Coyote offered to go up into the sky world and take some fire from the sun to help them. But the sun was guarded by fierce, huge, fire giants, with hands as big as mountains and legs as long as rivers. Coyote hatched a plan and went back down to the forest and asked for help. White Crow, White Squirrel, and Singing Frog, all offered to help him. Coyote went back up into the sky world and stole a piece of the sun's fire. The fire giant realised and began to chase him in huge giant strides. Coyote threw the fire to White Crow and caught it in her beak. But she was being chased too. So White Crow then threw it to White Squirrel who caught it in his paws. But he was being chased by the fire giants. So White Squirrel threw it to Singing Frog who caught it in her throat and swallowed it. She ran and she ran through the forest, but she also was chased by the fire giants and so she threw it to Tree who caught it inside her trunk and enclosed her trunk up to keep the fire safe from the fire giants forevermore." And so that is why humans now have fire on earth. And that is why they can be warm at night and they're happy and safe. And that is why fire lives in woods. Why crows are black. Why squirrels are grey. Why frogs can only croak and not sing. And why we have thunder. We have thunder when the fire giants sit above earth in the sky world and grumble about the time when Coyote stole a piece of their fire. So that is a quick story recap, using my map to help me. I would like you to pause the video here, and recap the story yourself, using your story map. So we are going to retell the whole story, "How Coyote Brought Fire to Earth," through song. And our song is going to have a focus on description. So as we sing it, really try and picture in your mind, in your imagination, what's happening. Now our song today, is going to be to the tune of Humpty Dumpty. I wonder if you can remember it. But if not, don't worry. I'm going to sing each verse twice. The first time I sing it, you can just listen and hear the tune and listen to how the lyrics on your screen, how the words on your screen fit the tune. And then the second time you can join in with me. Or you can just join in as soon as you can. So are you ready? Our story song goes like this. ♪ There was no fire in the world ♪ ♪ Everyone was freezing cold ♪ ♪ Coyote said he would get fire ♪ ♪ So everyone would be okay ♪ Okay. Join in with me. Do the actions too, ready? ♪ There was no fire in the world ♪ ♪ Everyone was freezing cold ♪ ♪ Coyote said he would get fire ♪ ♪ So everyone would be okay ♪ Fantastic. Are you ready? Let's move on to the second verse. So this is about when Coyote travels the sky land. You ready? ♪ Coyote travelled to sky land ♪ ♪ He saw a blazing fire ♪ ♪ Crackling twigs and smoky smell ♪ ♪ He grabbed some fire and ran away ♪ Okay. Ready to join in with me with the actions? Let's go. ♪ Coyote travelled to sky land ♪ ♪ He saw a blazing fire ♪ ♪ Crackling twigs and smoky smell ♪ ♪ He grabbed some fire and ran away ♪ Brilliant job. Now the next two verses. Now we're going to meet the fire guardians. The huge fire giants. You ready? ♪ Giants as big as a tall tree ♪ ♪ Chasing after Coyote ♪ ♪ Flaming hair and smoking face ♪ ♪ Chasing Coyote all over the place ♪ Ready? Join in with me with the actions. Let's go. ♪ Giants as big as a tall tree ♪ ♪ Chasing after Coyote ♪ ♪ Flaming hair and smoking face ♪ ♪ Chasing Coyote all over the place ♪ Brilliant. Next verse. Listen first. ♪ White Crow waits flapping her wings ♪ ♪ Calling out to Coyote ♪ ♪ She catches the fire in her beak ♪ ♪ Her white feathers turn to black ♪ Join in with me. Let's go. ♪ White Crow waits flapping her wings ♪ ♪ Calling out to Coyote ♪ ♪ She catches the fire in her beak ♪ ♪ Her white feathers turn to black ♪ Okay. Let's move on to the next two verses. Ready? Now we're about to meet squirrel, White Squirrel. ♪ Squirrel waits nibbling a nut ♪ ♪ Hears the sound of flapping wings ♪ ♪ Catches the fire in his paws ♪ ♪ His white fur turns to grey ♪ Sing with me. ♪ Squirrel waits nibbling a nut ♪ ♪ Hears the sound of flapping wings ♪ ♪ Catches the fire in his paws ♪ ♪ His white fur turns to grey ♪ Brilliant. Next verse. Ready? ♪ Singing Frog sits in the woods ♪ ♪ Singing a song so sweet ♪ ♪ Catches the fire in her throat ♪ ♪ And burns away her lovely voice ♪ Okay. Sing with me. Do the actions too. Ready? ♪ Singing Frog sits in the woods ♪ ♪ Singing a song so sweet ♪ ♪ Catches the fire in her throat ♪ ♪ And burns away her lovely voice ♪ And the last two verses. Be ready. ♪ Tree is standing tall and strong ♪ ♪ Leaves are rustling in the wind ♪ ♪ Opens her trunk and catches the fire ♪ ♪ Now fire is safe inside ♪ Sing with me. Do the actions too. Ready? ♪ Tree is standing tall and strong ♪ ♪ Leaves are rustling in the wind ♪ ♪ Opens her trunk and catches the fire ♪ ♪ Now fire is safe inside ♪ Brilliant. And the last verse. This verse is telling us what we learn from the story. ♪ That's why fire comes from woods ♪ ♪ That's why crows are black as night ♪ ♪ That's why squirrels are so grey ♪ ♪ And why a frog can only croak ♪ Sing that verse with me. ♪ That's why fire comes from woods ♪ ♪ That's why crows are black as night ♪ ♪ That's why squirrels are so grey. ♪ ♪ And why a frog can only croak ♪ Fantastic job. That was our story song. So we've just retold the whole story. "How Coyote Brought Fire to Earth," through song. Now it's your turn to become songwriters yourselves. I'm going to show you, how you can create some descriptive song verses of your own. And to do that, we are now going to use a different tune. We are going to use the well-known tune of London's Burning. Now you might know it. You might not. If not, don't worry. You'll pick it up really quickly when we start to sing together. So I'm going to sing this verse for you. And then we are going to look together at how it is descriptive. So what we've done to be descriptive in that verse. So let's sing it. Join in with me as soon as you can. ♪ It is cold ♪ ♪ It is cold ♪ ♪ People shiver ♪ ♪ People shiver ♪ ♪ Help us ♪ ♪ They say ♪ ♪ Go and find us some fire ♪ Okay. So that is the tune. Now join in with me second time with the actions. Let's go. ♪ It is cold ♪ ♪ It is cold ♪ ♪ People shiver ♪ ♪ People shiver ♪ ♪ Help us ♪ ♪ They say ♪ ♪ Go and find us some fire ♪ Brilliant. So now that you know the tune, let's have a look at how description has been used in that verse. Let's take a look at the blue box at the bottom of the screen. Now, to write our descriptive song verses today, we are going to focus on two senses. The sense of sight, what we can see, and the sense of sound, what we can hear. So there're three things that you can think about to help you do that today. The first, is what do they look like? What do the characters look like at that moment in the story? That's about what we can see. Isn't it? The second is, what are they doing? What are the characters doing at that moment? And again, that's about what we can see. What can we see them doing? And finally, what do they say? What are they saying? And that is about sound. Isn't it? That tells us what sounds we can hear. What can we hear the characters saying? So let's have a look at those in this verse. ♪ It is cold ♪ ♪ It is cold ♪ ♪ People shiver ♪ ♪ People shiver ♪ Now those lines are in blue because those tell us what we can see. We can see people shivering. We can see how cold it is. We can see they're suffering, can't we? And then the next two lines are in pink because those are what the characters say. So that is what we can hear. ♪ Help us ♪ ♪ They say ♪ ♪ Go and find us some fire. ♪ We can hear them say that, can't we? So in that verse you can see how I have used sight and sound to be descriptive. So let's look at another verse. So sing it with me. Ready? ♪ Coyote braves the sky world ♪ ♪ Sees the fire ♪ ♪ Crackling fire ♪ ♪ Takes some and runs ♪ ♪ Takes some and runs ♪ ♪ Back to earth ♪ ♪ Back to earth ♪ Now this time, instead of me taking you through it first, I would like you to have a go. So have a look at the three things in the blue box that we are looking for to be descriptive in our song verses. So, what do they look like? What are they doing? Those tell us what can be seen. And then what do they say? That tells us what could be heard? So pause the video now and have a think about where you can see the senses in that verse? Can you see the sense of sight? Can you see the sense of sound in there? Pause the video and have a think about that. Fantastic effort. Go on tell me how you got on. What sense did you spot in that verse? Say, "I noticed the sense mmh" Go on tell me to your screen now. Fantastic. Well noticed. You notice the sense of sight was in there. This verse is all about what we can see. So it's all in blue showing what we can see. ♪ Coyote braves the sky world ♪ So that tells us what we can see him doing. ♪ Sees the fire ♪ ♪ Crackling fire ♪ That tells us what he sees. ♪ Takes some and runs ♪ ♪ Takes some and runs ♪ ♪ Back to earth ♪ ♪ Back to earth ♪ And those lines again, tell us what we can see Coyote doing. So that verse is all about what we can see. Now then, it's your turn to create your own verse about the fire giants now. So my verses are on the screen to help you as an example. I would like you to use the senses. You might like to use both the senses of sight and sound, or maybe just one, to describe a scene in the story with the fire giants. So pause the video now and have a go at creating your own song verse. Amazing effort. Now I would love to hear your verse. I would love for you to sing it for me. So while you've been writing yours, I've been writing my verse too. This is the verse that I came up with about the fire giants. Sing it with me. Ready? ♪ Giants are chasing ♪ ♪ Giants are chasing ♪ ♪ Shouting panting ♪ ♪ Shouting panting ♪ ♪ Stop thief ♪ ♪ Stop thief ♪ ♪ Give us back our fire ♪ Okay, sing it with me one more time. And this time we're really going to show the anger of the giants, through our voices, through our facial expressions and through our actions. Has to be really angry. Ready? ♪ Giants are chasing ♪ ♪ Giants are chasing ♪ ♪ Shouting panting ♪ ♪ Shouting panting ♪ ♪ Stop thief ♪ ♪ Stop thief ♪ ♪ Give us back our fire ♪ Brilliant job. You were really angry then, showing how angry those fire giants were. Now then, let's have a look at that verse and see how I've used the senses in that verse to describe what's happening. So giants are chasing, giants are chasing. Shouting panting. So let's have a look at that verse a bit more closely to see how I've used the senses to describe. The first two lines are all about what we can see. They're all about what we can see the giants doing So, ♪ Giants are chasing ♪ ♪ Giants are chasing ♪ ♪ Shouting panting ♪ That's panting. ♪ Shouting panting ♪ So those are what we can see the giants doing. And then we have got two lines to show what they say. ♪ Stop thief ♪ ♪ Stop thief ♪ ♪ Give us back our fire ♪ So that is what we can hear them saying. So I have used both the senses of sight and sound in my verse about the giants, haven't I? So this is your challenge today. If you feel like going above and beyond with your learning, I hope you do. Your challenge is to create more verses to the tune of London's Burning for other moments in the story. And if you can, use the senses to do that. So use the senses of sight and sound. That's what we've been working on today. And as an extra extra challenge, you might want to think about using some more senses. You could use the sense of taste or smell or feel. So up to you. But I think it would be brilliant if you could create some more song verses using the senses to describe other moments in the story. There're my verses on the screen to help you for you to use as examples. So pause the video now and have a go at creating some more verses if you feel like you'd like to. And that brings us to the end of our learning today. Marcel and I really hope that you have enjoyed singing the story through song today. We hope that you've enjoyed being songwriters yourselves as well and creating your own story song verses, with a focus on using the senses to be descriptive. So we cannot wait to see you again in lesson four. We'll see you then. Until then, keep singing and keep telling stories. Bye.

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