To draw a story map

Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Noisy House

﻿Hello, everyone. Adam here! And Panda, of course. And we're looking forward to lesson two in our work using the story, The Noisy House. So here's the agenda. The first thing is we're going to warm up as always, but today, we're going to warm up with the story. So we have the story in our imaginations for when we come to do the main activity, which will be how to draw a story map. And don't worry, because Panda has never done it before either. But I'll show you what to do and it's going to be fun. And for this session, all we going to need is, later on, something to draw with and of course, something to draw on as well. But more of that later on. Most important thing, of course, is you. It's time for the warmup! I love this bit. So we're looking at action words this week. And so let's go through the actions of the animals. We had a chicken that went like this. Flapping! Can't remember what the monkey did. The monkey was jumping and leaping about! Should we warm up our jumping and leaping. Good. And lion with a loud roar. Fantastic. So we're going to tell the story together. And if you can, can you join in with actions? And can you do your best to try and say the words that you can remember with me? And I'm going to do it a bit faster than yesterday and I'm still going to need you to do all these actions as well. Here we go. Oh, and the first thing, we're going to say words that go with this action. And I bet you know what they are. Once upon a time. Okay, here we go. Let's do it for real now. I'm all warmed up. Once upon a time, there was a man called Mr. Adam. But Mr. Adam lived in a house and he had a problem. Every day, he went home and his door went creak. His tap went drip, drip. The wind went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window. "My house is too noisy!," said Adam. "I'll go and see my neighbour! She'll know what to do." So he went up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down! Rat ta tat tat! "Ah!," said his neighbour, who was a very clever woman. She said, "What's your problem?" "Well," said Adam, "When I get home, my door goes creak. My tap goes drip, drip. The wind goes whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window!" "Ah!", she said, "Buy yourself a chicken!" "Buy a chicken?" So he went to the market and bought a chicken. And he took it home. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down. When he got home, his door went creak. His tap went drip, drip. The wind went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window and his chicken went... Flapping about like that. "My house is too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She'll know what to do." So Mr. Adam went up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down. Rat ta tat tat! "Ah!," said his neighbour, "Mr. Adam, what's your problem?" "Well," said Adam, "When I get home, my door goes creak. My tap goes drip, drip. The wind goes whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window. And my chicken goes... Flapping about like that!" "Ah." said his neighbour, "Buy yourself a monkey!" "Buy a monkey?" So he got himself a monkey and now they went home. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down. When he got home, his door went creak. His tap went drip, drip. The wind went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window and his chicken went... Flapping about like that. And his monkey went... Leaping about like that! And poor Mr. Adam, "My house is too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She'll know what to do." So he went up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down. Rat ta tat tat! "Ah," says his neighbour. "What's your problem?" "Well!" said Adam. Ready with me? And the actions! "when I get home, my door goes creak. My tap goes, drip, drip. The wind goes, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window and my chicken goes... And the monkey goes, "Ah," said his neighbour, "You need to get a lion!" "Get a lion?" It wasn't easy, but he got a lion. And he took it home. Ready? Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down! And when he got home, his door went creak. His tap went drip, drip. The wind went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the the window and his chicken went... Monkey went... And his lion went... "Oh no!" says Mr. Adam, "My house is too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She'll know what to do!" So he went up the hill and down the hill! Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down! Ra ta tat tat! "You again?," said his neighbour, "What's your problem?" Said Adam, "Well, when I get home, my door goes creak! My tap goes, drip, drip. The wind goes, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window and my chicken goes... And my monkey goes... And now my lion goes... "Ah," says his neighbour, "Mr. Adam, when you get home, give all your animals away!" "Give them away?" So very thoughtfully, Mr. Adam went home up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down. And when he got home, he gave the chicken to his vegetarian neighbours. And he gave the monkey and the lion to the wildlife park. And that night when he got home, his door still went creak. His tap still went drip, drip. And the wind still went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. But Adam sighed happily. "My house is so peaceful!" And he went to bed and fell fast asleep. Well done. Lots of actions in that story. And we'll be exploring action and action words more as we work through this unit together. But now's the main part of our lesson. And we needed to remember the story so we could do it. We're going to learn how to draw a story map. So you will need to have now your paper and drawing things ready. So I'm going to ask you to pause the video, and you might need your carers help to do that. Pause the video and when you're ready, come back and we'll move on to that bit. Okay? So we're moving on now to the main challenge of today's session and that's drawing a story map. So I'm going to ask you, please don't start drawing just yet. I'm going to show you how I would do it and about halfway through, I'm going to let you have a chance to start and we'll do it together. Okay. So Panda is here to help me. So Panda, if you go there and let me clear my screen. Now, when I do a story map, I like to start in the top left of the picture. But you can start somewhere else, but I suggest starting there. And you might want to draw a bigger pictures than myself, which would mean of course, needing a bigger piece of paper. But I'm going to try and draw so I can fit it onto this screen. The first thing in the story was meeting the character, Mr. Adam. So I want to draw a very simple picture of a person, Mr. Adam. Going to imagine it's me. Now, it was a noisy house and I remember Mr. Adam doing this. So that reminds me of that moment. "My house is too noisy!" So I don't think Mr. Adam is very happy. Now it's called The Noisy House, this story, and the problem is with Mr. Adam's house. So perhaps it's quite important to draw the house to remember that. So now his problem with the house was there was wind whooshing. Whooshing at the window. So if I put the windows in, I might remember that. And his door creaked. So I'll give him a door to remind me of that. Oh, and he had a tap. So I'm just going to draw something that reminds me of the drip, drip, dripping bit. So he decides he's going to see his neighbour and he walks up the hill and down the hill. I remember that, so I'm going to draw some things that might remind me of hills. And at the very end, I'm going to turn it into a little arrow. 'Cause we're moving on to the next bit. Who did he see then? His neighbour. She lived in a house as well. Let's give her a different kind of house. A narrow house. With a sloopy roof like that. Small windows and a door. Now here she is. Just to remind me it was a clever woman, I'm going to do something else. Not very good to me. Do that again. Let's give her some hair. Oh. Well, I said there'd be mistakes, didn't I? Now the interesting thing with the story map is that the pictures only have to make sense to you. So as long as you remember and I will remember, this was his neighbour. That's fine. So there's his neighbour. And he says, "Oh, I've got a problem! My house is too noisy!" And he tells her his problems and she says, "Buy yourself a chicken." So on a map, I could draw that. And chickens like to peck with their long beaks. So I'm going to give this chicken a beak and a long feathering neck. And of course, they'll have two legs. Which they strut about on. So she says, "Take in a chicken." So he goes home and he goes home up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. And it's a bit of a wonky hill, but I can remember what it means. And when he gets home, his door still goes creak and the tap still goes, drip, drip. And the wind still goes, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. So again, Mr. Adam is cross because the chicken then, of course, starts to flap about! Do you remember that? We've been practising flapping. So Mr. Adam again is unhappy. So hands to his ears. "My house is too noisy! I'll go and see my neighbour. She'll know what to do." So he goes up the hill and down. I'm just going to draw a squiggly line. Up the hill and down the hill. Hmm, can I do that? I can do that a little bit better. There's Adam going up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. And when he gets back to his neighbour, I'm not going to draw her again. 'Cause I can remember it's always going to be the neighbour. But this time she says, "Oh dear, Mr. Adam. I see your problem. This time, you better take in a different animal." Can you remember what it was? It was a monkey. So, hmm, a monkey. Let's have a look. A head, I'm just going to do circles. Hidden ears, cheeky grin, obviously. Cheeky grin monkey. And a body. Now he has long arms, doesn't he? Because he swings with them. He's swings on long arms. It's fun drawing. And I'm going to give him a banana, but I can remember that's a monkey. I'm going to have his legs flying out this way because he's swinging. I can imagine him swinging on the light. Mr. Adam wouldn't like that, would he? I'm going to give him a long curly tail. So I'm going to pause there to let you have a chance to catch up. But wouldn't you have drawn your picture of your monkey? We're ready to work together again. Okay so, before you start, first picture would be Mr. Adam. Because he's angry, a bit cross about the noise. We draw his house. We put the windows in to remind us about the whooshing, the door that creaks and the tap that drip, drips. Oops. We're back. I said there'd be mistakes, didn't I? And then he goes to see his neighbour who says, "Take in a chicken!" Then he goes home and oh no! We're on this bit now. "Oh no, my house is too noisy!" He goes back up the hill and down the hill to see his neighbour. And she says, "Buy yourself a monkey, okay?" You pause there and come back when you've got that far. Okay? Well done. Time to work. How did you get on? Have you got to the bit of the story where you've drawn something that reminds you, there's a monkey who went leaping and jumping about? Brilliant. Well, if you haven't, just pause again and catch up. But if you have and you're ready, Panda and I, we're going to carry on. Yes, 'cause Panda says, "There's still lots to do!" So I better get a move on. So his neighbour says, "Buy a monkey." And let's carry on. Let's clean my screen. And he goes up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill, 'til he gets to his neighbor's house again. We have the chicken. She says, "Get a monkey, but then next time, with a lion!" So to draw a lion, we'll start with his jaws. Teeth. Ears and a mane! That's his eyes. Because the lion roars. So something that reminds you of a lion. Then of course, what happens then he goes up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. And when he gets home, his door goes creak. The tap goes drip, drip. The wind goes whoosh, whoosh, whoosh at the window. The chicken goes flapping and the monkey goes jumping. And the lion roars! And Mr. Adam, let's remind ourselves. "Oh no, my house is too noisy!" And finally, he goes up the hill and down the hill. And he sees his neighbour and the neighbour says, "Oh please, Mr. Adam! All you've got to do is give all your animals away to nice homes, where they'll be safe." So he walks up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. Up the hill and down the hill. And when he gets home to his house, we'll end with the house, I think. Drawn it a bit smaller, haven't I? Oh, well. There's the windows. There's the door. There's the tap. He gives his chicken to the vegetarian children next door and the monkey and the lion go to the wildlife parks, so they're all happy. And when he gets in, his door still goes creak. The windows are still whooshing with the wind and the tap's still dripping. But Mr. Adam is, "It's all right, really." And he feels happy. And he finally goes to bed. Let's give him a little bed with four legs and put him in there. So once you've finished your story map, we'll read it through together from the top. So now, I'm afraid it's back to work. There's things to do, so finish your story map, pause it now and finish. And I'll see you when you're done. Okay? Well done. Back to work. Well done. Have you finished? We're going to take a good look at our story maps now, and we're going to see if they make sense to us. We're going to read them. So here's mine on the screen here. So this is where my map started. There's Mr. Adam, he had a problem with his noisy house and he went to see his neighbour. That's right. She said, "Take in a chicken." He went home and his chicken flapped about. So he went to see his neighbour who said, "Take in a monkey! Get a monkey." So he went home, and while the monkey started jumping and leaping about! So he then went again and this time she said, "Get yourself a lion!" And when he finally got home, it was too much for Mr. Adam. And he went to see his neighbour and she said, "Well, give them all away. Make sure they go to good homes." And he gave his chicken to the neighbours and the monkey and the lion, of course, went to the wildlife park. And in the end, he was fast asleep. So that's why we draw story maps, so we can look at them and they can help us remember the story. So I want you to hold on to your story map. Okay, heading towards the end. So for today, that's the end of this particular lesson. So shall we just recap what we did today? So we started out warming up the actions in the story. And then, we told the story together. Again, doing all the actions. Only this time, you were putting many, many, many more words in yourself, Because then, we remember the story, we've focused on drawing ourselves a story map, which you've now got. So my challenge to you, until we meet again for the next lesson, is to show your story map to somebody and try to tell them what it means to you. What is happening in this story, if you can. That will be brilliant! And next time, I'm going to show you now how to take the pictures in your mind and how to put them all into your body as we step out a story. And remember, we're working towards telling it all by the end of the week. So stepping is really interesting and exciting to do. And I know that Panda has never done it before, so she'll be a little bit nervous. But keep on listening and learning new words. Keep on drawing too. And I'll look forward to seeing you next time. Okay, then! Bye bye!

To draw a story map

To draw a story map

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