To describe two contrasting settings and characters

Key Stage 2

English

The Man on the Moon - Narrative Writing

﻿Hello, my name is Ms. Johnson, and I'm going to be teaching you English today. In today's lesson, we're going to be using adjectives to describe two contrasts, in which it means opposite, characters and settings. If you haven't watched the previous lessons, then you should stop this video and go back to lesson one and start there. If you have, then let's get started. We're going to start today's lesson by watching the clip that we're going to use for the rest of the lesson, then we're going to describe the settings as shown in the clip, and then we're going to describe the characters that we meet in the clip as well. And then we're going to have a go at writing a sentence. The clip we're going to be watching today is called "Man on the Moon," and it was a John Lewis advert from 2015. In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or a paper, a pencil or a pen, and your brain. Today, I want you to be generating your own vocabulary throughout this lesson, being a selective, so being selective about the vocabulary that you pick and choose today. So you're being the authors today, thinking ahead for the writing that we'll be doing in the following lessons. So we're going to start the lesson by watching the clip, "Man on the Moon." Some of you might have seen this already, if you've watched the previous lessons, which is fantastic. But it really helps us just to rewatch, to remind ourselves what the clip is about. As you watch it today, I'd like you to focus on both the setting, that means where we are in the story, location, as well as the two characters that you meet. So sit back and I hope you enjoy it. ♪ I would like to leave this city ♪ ♪ This old town don't smell too pretty and ♪ ♪ I can feel the warning signs ♪ ♪ Running around my mind ♪ ♪ And when I leave this planet ♪ ♪ You know I'd stay but I just can't stand it and ♪ ♪ I can feel the warning signs running around my mind ♪ ♪ So here I go ♪ ♪ I'm still scratching around in the same old hole ♪ ♪ My body feels young but my mind is very old ♪ ♪ So what do you say ♪ ♪ You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway ♪ ♪ You're half the world away ♪ ♪ You're half the world away ♪ ♪ You're half the world away ♪ ♪ I've been lost I've been found but I don't feel down ♪ ♪ You're half the world away ♪ ♪ I've been lost I've been found but I don't feel down ♪ ♪ I don't feel down ♪

I hope you enjoyed that clip. Like I said, I've watched it many times before, and I still enjoy it every time I rewatch it. So let's see what you can remember. We're going to have a go at reordering the story. Can you remember which order these events go in? These are some of the main events, they're not all the events from the clip, but these are some of the main events that we see in the clip. So pause the video, and have a go at reordering them now. Well done, let's see how you got home. So this is the order that these images occur in the clip. So we start with a young girl at home. She's looking bored, she decides to look through her telescope up at the sky, and then she spots a man on the moon. The next day, she's so excited to try and speak to him as she gets home after school, and she writes him a card, but sadly, he cannot see the card. Then she decides to send him a gift, and she sends him a telescope. And then he looks through the telescope, and he can finally see her looking back at him raving, and he smiles and a tear fills in his eyes. Well done. So now we're going to have a go at describing the settings that we come across in the "Man on the Moon" clip. To do this, We're going to have to use adjectives. An adjective describes a noun, it tells you what it's like. So we use adjectives to add detail to our nouns, they expand our nouns, they tell us more detail. We could say the sports car, and by adding an adjective, we could say the red sports car. It describes a noun, it helps us to select and know exactly what we're looking at. We're going to be looking at two contrasting settings, say it, contrasting. Contrast, it means they're opposite. So it's the state of being strikingly different from something else. So you can see here, the man in red is walking the wrong way up the stairs, or going in a different way to everyone else. So contrasting means they're different to each other. And the settings in this are contrasted for a reason and a purpose. So we're going to start thinking about vocabulary that we can use to describe the setting. And this will help us when it comes to our own writing in the next few lessons. Throughout the lessons today, I want you to magpie my vocabulary. That means I'm going to publish, teach you, and show you new words, or words that you're not sure of. I would explain the words as we go along, so don't worry if you don't know what they mean. But I would really like you to be using that brain to think about the words you would like to use in your writing going forwards. Don't just listen to them. I want you to actually actively think whether you want to use them. So magpie my ideas, I'm allowing you just to copy my ideas throughout this lesson, but you must do your own thinking before you do that. So let's get started. We're going to write down three adjectives to describe the setting in the pictures below. So, how can we describe the setting of the old man on the moon? How could you describe where he is? By setting I mean what's around him. What does the house look like, was it on it's own? Are there any other houses? Are there any other buildings? How could you describe it? Can you pause the video now and write down three... How many? Three adjectives to describe the setting of "The Man on the Moon." And press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, so if I look closely here, I can see that there is nobody around him. There is one lone bench and one lone house, but there is nobody else there. And there are no other houses to be seen or people to be seen. It's also quite a big landscape, it goes on and on for ages. The words I started coming up with these, say them after me; bleak, bleak. It means a bit dull or miserable. It's a similar to dreary. Say it, dreary. That also means dull and miserable. This doesn't look like a happy place. There's no colour, it's all grey, so it's very bleak as a setting. Dilapidated, say it, dilapidated. That means it's a rundown. So it's like when we say, it might be rotting, or a house that's almost got... needs a lot of work doing to it. So, and that looks a bit of rundown, no one's taking care of it. Isolated, say it, isolated. Isolated is a great word to describe both the man and the house. They're both isolated, there's nobody else around them, they're all alone. And then the last word I chose was vast. Say it, vast. I absolutely love the word vast. It means something that is going on, and on, and on forever. So the vast grey floor, there's nothing else there, it's just going on and on forever. So these are the words, I'm going to say them once more with you: isolated, say it, isolated, vast, say it, vast, dreary, say it, dreary, bleak, say it, bleak, and the last one, dilapidated, dilapidated. I would like you now to pause the video and magpie just two of the words from this page that you're going to use in your writing. I wonder if you had any similar to this, but if you'd like to have these, pause the video here and copy down, too, and then press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, so now we've described the old man setting. We might also want to describe the moon. The moon is important, 'cause not only is it the home for the old man, but it's also what Lily looks at when she looks through her telescope. So how could I describe the moon in the sky? What does it look like in the sky? Can you do an EMP to describe it and expand a noun phrase that is with two adjectives in them? So I'd like you to pause the video here, and I'd like you to write down three adjectives or phrases to tell me what the moon looks like in the sky. How many? Three, and press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, so here are some of my ideas. I described it as the glowing ball hung in the sky. I was trying to refer to it differently and I thought it was like a ball, and it glows. It's not necessarily shining, but it's glowing because the sun is shining onto it. And it hung in the sky, which means it just is like stuck in the sky, hung up in the air. I said, you could see a patchwork of craters on the moon. And that's the surface of the moon. A creator means like a big indent when the sun is bashed into, crushed into the moon. You can see an image of the creator here. So I said from a distance, all the grey sections are like a patchwork of craters, a patchwork, saying put together. And then I used an EMP. And this was my EMP that I used, is silver, solitary moon. So silver describes the colour, what it looks like. And solitary means alone. There's nothing else in the sky. So it is silver solitary moon. I'm focusing just on that moon because it's all alone. So what I'd like you to do now is to pause the video here and magpie the vocabulary that you like and want to use in your writing. And press play when you're ready to resume again. Well done. Now, we're going to contrast that setting, the setting of the old man up on the moon. And we're going to describe the setting of Lily. How does it contrast? That means it's going to be very different. So I want you to think about all the opposites to dull, and bleak, and isolated. How does it feel inside her warm snug home? I want you to write down three adjectives to describe Lily setting. How many? Three, and press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, shout them out. Fantastic job. So, I'm going to show you mine again. And like I said before, you can magpie some of these ideas. I said it was cosy. Repeat after me, cosy, inviting, so cosy means really warm, like on a winter night and your room is all cosy. Or cosy in bed means you're nice, and awesome, and snug. Say it, snug. If you're snug, you're feeling warm, and you're cosy, you don't want to go outside. I love these words, I love being snug, and I love being cosy. Inviting, say it, inviting. That means it makes you want to go inside, inviting. Homely, homely. It's got lots of family there. There's a really positive feeling inside. Sparkling lights, sparking lights. I like this one 'cause I was trying to be specific. We talked about the isolated house, and in this setting, there is a spot being Christmas night. And it makes everything feel energetic, and lively, and fun. There's a buzz of excitement in the room. And colourful as well, colourful. Say it after me, colourful. Again, it's very different, the greyness of where the old man is sat on the moon. So pause the video here, and copy down and magpie three of the adjectives that you like, that you're going to also use in your writing. Fantastic, well done today. We're now just going to describe the two characters that we meet. And very similarly, we're going to look at the old man. I want you to look at his expression, that means how and what's he showing on his face? How does he look? His body language, is he sat up straight? Is he running, is he excited? How does he look? Focus on his eyes, perhaps. So can you write down three adjectives to describe either what the old man looks like or his emotions? And press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, now, when I look closely at this old man, I feel it's a bit sad because these are the adjectives I came up with. They really look a bit empty, that means his eyes look a bit empty. He's not showing much emotion, maybe because he's got no one to show it to. He looks a bit hopeless, say it, hopeless. That means he's got no hope, nothing to look forward to. He knows he's stuck on the moon forever. Numb, say it, numb. Numb also is similar to that feeling of empty, you can't feel anything, perhaps he's been alone for so long, he's forgotten how to feel. Lonely, say it, lonely. There's no one there to keep him company. Glum, say it, glum. That means really sad, or depressed, or lonely. And vacant, say it, vacant. We're talking about a vacant expression. Say it, vacant expression. And we use it to describe the eyes. It's very similar to an empty expression, it means no one's there. He's almost just staring quite literally into space, and no one's going to destruct him. His eyes are just set in the distance, not really thinking anything or feeling anything. He's just empty inside. I wonder if you had other words such as sad. That would definitely be another word you could use to describe him. So pause the video here, and if there's any words that you think you'd like to make magpie, magpie them now, and then press play when you're ready to resume. Well done. Now, we're going to have a go at describing Lily. Remember, we're going to contrast, so how is she feeling? What is she looking at through her telescope? How is she feeling? And then can you describe her personality? Write down three adjectives, and then press play when you're ready to presume. Well done, let's check those three adjectives now. Joyful, I really like this one, say it, joyful. She was full of joy when she first found her telescope, and she is full of joy when she first saw the man on the moon. She's curious, say it, curious. That means she wants to find out more. When she looks through that telescope, she has lots of questions she wants answered. Excited, say it, excited. When she sees the old man, she's really excited. And before she does any of that, she's quite relaxed, say it, relaxed, quite happy, a little bit bored, say it, bored, because she wants to do something. 'Cause she looks through her telescope, and then she's really excited, so some of the opposite feelings to the old man. You can see here she sat next to her sibling, by the looks of it, her brother. So she's not alone either. She's fairly surrounded by family and laughter. So press pause, and then copy down three words that you like, and press play when you're ready to resume. Well done. We now have lots of vocabulary that we can use for our writing. And you should have almost like a word bank of words that you can use to describe the settings and the two main characters. We're now going to have a go at turning some of that vocabulary and using it to write a sentence. And I would like us to write a complex sentence to match the action in the sentences below. So Florence, not Florence, sorry. Lily is looking through her telescope here. What does she see? And can you write a complex sentence? That means you need a main clause and a subordinate clause, and it needs to be joined with a subordinating conjunction. You can use as, when, because to do this. I would like you to use at least two words from your word bank in this sentence. So that's your extra challenge. And then press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, I will show you mine. So, as curious Lily looked through her telescope, she saw the solitary, silver moon hanging in the dark sky. Firstly, this is a complex sentence because I have a main clause, she saw the solitary silver moon hanging in the dark sky. I have a subordinate clause, as curious Lily looked through her telescope. And those two actions happen at the same time. So my main clause and my subordinate clause are linked. I have used a subordinating conjunction, as, to join those together. And my subordinate clause, there's a comma after it to Mark where the main clause begins. So my complex sentence is correct. My second challenge was to use the vocabulary from my word bank today. I used the word curious to describe Lily, I use solitary silver moon to describe the moon, and that's an expanded noun phrase because I've got two adjectives separated by a comma. And I talked about the moon hanging in the dark sky, and that's a nice verb to show what it's doing. And that was in my word bank as well. How many words from your word bank did you use, shout out! Fantastic, well done. If you didn't use any, I want you to probably press pause now, go back and edit so you've got at least one adjective in there to describe Lily or the moon. And then press play when you're ready to resume. Well done, so in today's lesson, we've rewatched the clip of "Man on the Moon," we've described the settings that we can see, we've described the characters that we can see, and we've had a go at using all that vocabulary that we've developed throughout this lesson to write a sentence. Keep that word bank safe, we're going to come back to it in future lessons and use it for our writing. But congratulations, you have completed your lesson today. Before you go, I would like you to circle three words that you're going to promise you will use in your writing going forwards. So press pause and circle them now. Well done, so you're already making authorial decisions. That means you're choosing and making decisions about the writing that you're doing. So congratulations, you've completed the lesson. I hope you enjoy the rest of your lessons today, and take care.

To describe two contrasting settings and characters

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