To create a story focusing problems

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Lucky Duck

﻿Hi, everyone, welcome to your final lesson in this unit with me, Miss Brittain, Cedric, and our guest for this unit, little duck. We've really enjoyed ourselves so far and we can't wait for our learning today. Oh, children, I'm so excited about today's learning, because today we're going to be creating our own stories focusing on problems and how characters overcome them, just like we've looked at with the little duck story. What will we do in today's lesson? Well we'll start off with our nursery rhyme, then we're going to recap and retell our recycled story, and then we're going to create our own story. For this lesson, you will need your exercise book or pieces of paper and a pencil, your super imagination, that's going to come in really handy today, and then of course, your teddy talk partner if you have one, or something different if you use that. You can pause the video now to go and get whatever items you need, and then press place once you return. Let's begin with our nursery rhyme. We really hope that you've enjoyed the nursery rhymes so far in this unit, we've changed 10 green bottles to 10 little ducks like the little duck from our story. Are you ready, children? This will be the last time that we're singing it today. I'm going to put you down, little duck, while I start singing, okay? ♪ 10 little ducks sitting on a lake ♪ I know we said wall, but we could change it to lake ♪ 10 little ducks sitting on a lake ♪ ♪ And if one little duck ♪ ♪ Should fly away now ♪ ♪ There'll be nine little ducks sitting on a lake ♪ ♪ Nine little ducks sitting on a lake ♪ ♪ Nine little ducks paddling in a lake ♪ ♪ And if one little duck ♪ ♪ Should fly away now ♪ ♪ There'll be eight little ducks paddling on a lake ♪ You can always play around with the words in nursery rhymes, which is why I love them. See if you can have a go with your teddy talk partner, going right the way down to one little duck. Now we're going to do a quick recap and retell of our recycled story, using our box plan, so if you've got your box plan from the last lesson, you might want to pause the video here and get it. Okay, so I'm going to talk through my box plan with Cedric and little duck, and retell the sections of my story. Okay, in section one I can see that there was a little duck, she had some money, and the crown is the king. The king came to steal her money, is that right, Cedric? Is that right, little duck? Now, the trees meant the, can you remind me, little duck, I can't quite remember what happened? Oh, she went through the forest, and through the forest she met three things that were going to help her overcome her problem of unfairness, the king stealing her money, and that was the rope, the hammer, and the ants. When she got to the palace, that picture in section three means she was put into a hole. She was put into a hole and she used the rope, that was our recycled idea, to get out of the hole. Then the king put her into a pot, and she used the hammer to smash out of the pot. And then finally, the king wanted to punish her, and it was still unfair, so the little duck got the ants to chase the king and bite him, so he ran away and then she became queen. Oh I loved our recycled story. If you've got your recycled story now, or even the one you've written, you might want to pause the video here and read over it, or talk over your box plan with your teddy talk partner. Oh well done, children, if you gave that a go, at recapping and retelling your recycled story, I'm really, really proud of you all. Now, it's really exciting because we're going to be creating our own story, focusing on a problem. The problem in our little duck story was unfairness, the king was unfair lots of times to the little duck. I wonder what the problem will be in our story that we create. I'm really excited about this, children. It's story time, it's story time, look, listen, learn. So we're learning how to create a story. Join in with the chant this time, children. It's story time, it's story time, look, listen, learn. We're going to be creating our own story all about a character who faces problem, a problem that really matters and how they overcome it, and to do this, we're going to be using our plot matrix that you will have seen earlier on in the unit when we put the little duck story into the plot matrix. It's going to make it really clear in our heads where we want our story to be set, who we want the main character to be, what their problem is, two helpers, and of course, the solution and the learning at the end. Now, you might want to pause the video here and draw the plot matrix box, or get an adult, or a parent or carer to help you draw it. If you'd like to do that, you can pause the video now. If you want to just listen and join in with me, that's absolutely fine too. Okay, right, I'm going to think about each of the questions and the headings, and in each one I'm going to draw an image, and then once we've put our story together, our plot together, we can try and tell it with our teddy talk partners. I'm so excited because I love that we're becoming story makers and story tellers. Okay, every story needs a setting, a place where it happens. Hmm, where is the story happening? Where could the story happen? It might be mountains, or a woodland, or a city, and what is it like there? Is it peaceful and calm? Is it scary? Or is it exciting? Could you tell your teddy talk partner which setting you like and why? Great ideas, everybody. I'm going to choose a woodland setting because I want my setting to be peaceful and calm, and I always feel calm when I'm in the woods. So in my box I've drawn a woodland. It's okay if you have some different ideas. Hmm, now I need to think who. Who is my main character? Is it a boy? Is it a girl? Is it an animal? Or a monster? Hmm, well if my setting is a woodland, I think my animal has to be a woodland creature. It could be a little girl or a little boy if they're walking through, but no, I think I want them to live there, and I'm going to pick a woodland creature, I'm going to pick a bunny. You might choose a different creature and that's okay too. And what are they like? What are their qualities? Are they kind? Are they brave? Are they clever, or are they grumpy? Hmm, I think I want to make him grumpy, because I want that to be part of his problem. I'm going to have a grumpy rabbit. What's his problem? Hmm, what problem do they face and why does it matter? Is it loneliness? Is it unfairness? Is it loss? I think I'm going to choose loneliness, I want my bunny to live alone, and I want him to be grumpy because every year his family forget his birthday, and they never visit, and because of this, he's a grumpy rabbit, and he isn't kind to any of the other woodland creatures, but they don't know, and they just think he's grumpy. Now, is there a helper in this story? All stories need a helper, our little duck had three helpers, didn't she? The ants, the rope, and the hammer. Hmm, I think my rabbit needs a helper who is kind, because he needs to be shown kindness 'cause he's alone. Hmm, I think it needs to be another woodland creature because we're in a wood. Could you tell your teddy talk partner another creature that lives in a wood? Oh great ideas, everybody, and you can use those creatures if you like, but I think I'd like to choose a fox. I'm going to choose a fox as my helper, and he's a kind fox. He's a kind fox and he sees rabbit with a party hat alone in his burrow, and he goes to tell all the other creatures that they need to do something nice for him. Hmm, yes, I like that. Now, who could be another helper be, another woodland creature, another creature that lives in a wood? A squirrel, or a hedgehog, or a badger. Which creature do you like, children? I think I'm going to go with a hedgehog, and again, he's a friendly hedgehog, and he knows that the bunny loves carrots, so he goes and buys the best carrots and makes him a carrot cake for his special party. So the two helpers are solving his problem by making sure he has a lovely birthday, he's not alone, and making sure everybody understands why he's grumpy. So my problem is solved, how is the problem solved? Well, they throw him a surprise birthday party, and they show him love, and they show him kindness, and they get everybody involved. You might choose a different thing that they do for him, but I like that one, and I think it needs to be a celebration, and about not judging a book by its cover, because all he needed was kindness and he's not really a grumpy rabbit. Oh I loved making that story up and thinking about the different characters. You might've chosen different characters and that's okay. Oh thank you for helping me become a wonderful story teller. Now we've got our plot matrix, I'm going to retell my story with Cedric, and you can do this too with your teddy talk partner, but you're going to help me tell parts to Cedric too. Okay, so where, where is my story set? Well it's in a woodland forest. Cedric said, who's the main character? Who's the main character, children? The grumpy bunny, and what's his problem? Well there's a grumpy bunny and his problem is that, well, he's lonely, every year his family forget to come for his birthday and it makes him sad all year round, so he's grumpy with everybody. Then one day a little fox in the forest, he sees that the bunny is grumpy because he's having a birthday party on his own with a party hat, and he decides to go and tell all the other woodland creatures that they need to throw him a surprise party because this is why he must be grumpy and alone. And hedgehog, for the party, buys the best carrots she can buy and bakes him a carrot cake, and then at the end, they have a wonderful woodland party with everybody invited, and the grumpy bunny becomes happy finally because he's not alone. And it's all about not judging a book by its cover until you really know what they're like inside and being kind. Your plot matrix might look a little bit different to mine, and that's fine too, but I'd like you to pause the video now and have a go at retelling your story to your teddy talk partner. If you wanted to, you could even do a different plot matrix and have a different story, in a different setting, and that'd be great too. We'd love it if you could share your work and show us the different stories that you've come up with. Great work on being story creators today, children, you should be really proud. Oh Cedric says we need to give ourselves a firework cheer for all the brilliant work we've done in this unit. Are you ready, children? Whoosh, pop . Whoosh, pop . Great work, everybody, see you later!

To create a story focusing problems

To create a story focusing problems

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