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Hidden Depths: Exploring the Deep by Chloe Rodes

﻿Hi, everyone. My name is Ms. van Vliet and I am one of the Oak teachers, and I'm really excited to teach you this reading unit, on exploring the deep sea creatures. We are going to use this exciting book and I can't wait. So if you are ready, let's get started with our reading lesson number one. Our learning objective for today is to engage with the text and this is our agenda. We're going to discuss the features of this text type, we're going to look at some key vocabulary, Then I read a bit of the text, and then there are some questions for you to answer on the text. For this lesson, you will need an exercise book or paper, a pen or a pencil. You need your brain this time and you need your reading brain. So make sure that is switched on, if you need to go and get any of these items, make sure to pause the video now and get them. Okay, good. So you should have everything in front of you ready for today's lesson, so let's get going. So this is the book that we're going to use for these five reading lessons. What type of texts do you think we are going to be reading? I'd like you to have a look at the front cover and I can show you both ways. What do you think it's going to be about? Here we go, this is the back of the book and the back cover you've got the front cover and the back cover. So what kind of texts do you think this is? Have some thinking time, just by looking at the front and at the back. What do you think we are going to be reading about? What type of text do you think it's going to be? Don't worry if you're not sure yet, that's absolutely fine. I just wondered if you have a first initial reaction to the text, to the way that the book looks. Have a think, what is the title? Exploring the deep. What's the image of you might not be sure yet, that's okay, but what is it? What do you think it is? And then what's on the blurb? The blurb is the back of the book. What do you think there and then look at the image here. So looking at this now have you thought about these things? Have you got a clearer idea in your mind, of what type of text this is? Let me read the blurb to you there you go, you can read along with your fingers. So you get your finger and point along on the screen. We've got, "Exploring the Deep. Travel to the midnight zone to find out what life is like in the dark depths of the ocean. From bizarre creatures to deep sea mountains and trenches, this book will take you to the deepest places on Earth." So now that you've seen the front, and the back and we've read the blurb, what do you think this is? What type of book? Okay now, there are a few more pages that I want to show you, that might help you make your mind up if you're still not sure. So we have got a contents page. We've also got an index page and there is also a glossary. So now you should really know from by looking at the front and the back, there's a contents page, index page, and a glossary page. What do you think? What type of text do you think this is? So do you think it's a fiction or a non-fiction text? Fiction, non-fiction. Are you one of those children, that's forgotten what fiction and non-fiction is? I always find this really hard. Which one is which? Remember fiction is made up and uses lots of imagination. And non-fiction has facts and you can't make it up. so fiction are the stories and where we make things up and have our imagination, and non-fictions are those that are facts. Can you point to the screen? Which one do you think? Is it fiction or non-fiction? point to the screen in, three, two, one. Why do you think what it is? So have a reason. I think this is____ text because____. And of course it's a non-fiction text, because it has a contents page and an index page and a glossary. This book has a lot of facts, so we are not going to be reading a story, but we're going to be reading a non-fiction texts. So book about lots of facts. Let's have a think about the features on a non-fiction text. It's really important that we know what they do. So the contents page, what is a contents page? What does the word contents mean? It means everything inside. You know, when you say the contents inside the bag or the contents inside the Tupperware, it's what's inside. So everything inside. So then what do you think a contents page is? Have some thinking time, what do you think a contents pages? If contents means everything inside, what is a content page? Of course it's a page, in the front of the book that tells you where specific information can be found. So for example, if I wanted to find out more information on the twilight zone, where would I look? So I would look down, I would look down the contents page and I might use my finger and I can scan, and there we go, I find the twilight zone and then I go across and I can see that it's on page 16. So if I wanted to find out more on the twilight zone, I go down, look for that topic, and then I go across and there is page 16. Or have you noticed what order the contents page is in? Yes it's a number order you should see it is in number order. So it's almost like the chapters, or the subjects, or the topics in the page and it's in number order. So quick recap, we've got a contents page in the front of the book, tells you what's inside the book, and then tells you what in number order so where, you can find that information. That's the contents page. Now let's have a look at the index page. What is an index page? What do you think? Have some thinking time. You can have a look at the screen and maybe it might help you. An index page, is a page in the back of the book and it lists key words and where it can be found in the book. So do you see on the one side I've got all my key words? and on the other side, it tells you the page numbers and where I can find that information. What do you notice about the key words? If I read you the first couple ones, its angler fish, bends, blue whale, box jellyfish, brain coral, challenger deep, chimneys, coral reef, crabs, dragonfish. What do you notice about that? Have some thinking time. Yes, have you got it? Its in alphabetical order. The key words are listed in alphabetical order. It's much easier for us to find the words. If so, say for example, I want to find out some more information about scuba diving. I know I didn't need to start all the way at the top, because I know it starts with s, scuba diving so let's see s, so I can go down and look for the s and then I go across. What about if I want to find out some more information, about the great white shark? How would I do this? Step one, is I would find great white shark on the list, starts with a g so I can go down, scan for it, and then I would go across. So if I go down and then across, I can see what page number it's on. So do you see great white shark? And I go to page 12. Then I can go straight into my book, and I can open up to page 12. And there is my information on the great white shark. What is a glossary then? Just have a look at this, what do you think a glossary is? Have some thinking time. use the picture to help you. The glossary defines key words from the text. It is found in the back of the book. It's a little bit like a dictionary for that specific text. It will have words that are maybe subject specific. Which means that they are specific to what the book is about, and you might not know them. They might not be used a words that we use commonly. And so what they do is they have a glossary. So if you're not sure about any of the words, you can go to the glossary at the back of the book, and you can have a look and find the definition. So it's helps us. There we go. Key words and their definitions are again in alphabetical order. So if I'm not sure what the word climate means, I would go down and I would look for the c and go climate up, weather conditions in an area. So that is my glossary. We've got glossary, contents page and an index page and we just had a look at all three, or I wonder if you can now match, which one belongs to which box. So pause the video and just try and have a think and see if you can remember which one is which. Do that now, please. A glossary is a page that defines key words from the text. It is found in the back of the book. A contents page, is a page in the front of the book that tells you where specific information can be found. And an index page, is a page in the back of the book. It lists key words and where it can be found in the book. They're kind of similar, all three of them are nice. It's quite tricky to remember exactly which one is which. But well done if you matched those up correctly. In the page that we're about to read, there are a couple of words that you might not be sure of. So I've got satellite, and here is an image of a satellite. So a satellite, they fly around the earth and they are like machines, computers, and they can take pictures. And they do lots of other things as well, but one of those things is taking photos. Other things is our internet comes from satellites. So they're really quite cool. Ooh, partially. Partially means only in parts, so partially only in parts. Enclosed. Enclosed mean so rounded or closed off on all sides. So if something is enclosed, it's so rounded. If you had a pen for animals, it would be enclosed because it would be surrounded by a fence on all sides. Alright, let's have a look at the text now. We're going to read pages two to three together. This is the overview. It's pages two to three. Here we go. And we're going to read this together. Don't worry, not from there, I've zoomed in so here we go. I'm going to zoom into bits. "Our watery world." Oceans cover 71% of our planet. That means that salty water takes up about 2 1/2 times as not as much space on the Earth's surface as dry land. So I hope you read with me with your finger. Let's read that one more time together make sure you're reading along. Oceans cover 71% of our planet. That means salty water takes up about 2 1/2 times as much space, on the Earth's surface as dry land. And then below at sea. Do it again with me, let's read together, you can use your finger, and scan and track along with me. Exploring the oceans. It's hard to believe, but we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the darkest depths of our own planet. Satellite cameras have now photographed the whole of the moon's surface and we have made detailed maps of 25% of it. But so far humans have explored only 5% of the world's oceans. Let's plunge in, and see how deep we can go! So there's the word, "satellite", and there's "satellite cameras". It's that picture that we just saw. Read together again. Use your finger and you can track along with me. Fact box, oceans of the world. Seas and oceans are very similar. They are large bodies, of deep water, but seas are usually partially enclosed by land. There are five oceans in the world. The Pacific ocean alone, covers half the globe. And there we go. We've got the five ocean. We've got the Arctic ocean, we've got the Atlantic ocean, we've got the Pacific ocean, the Southern ocean and the Indian ocean. There are five oceans in the world. Did you see in that bit in the text it says "seas are usually partially enclosed by land". Remember "partially" and "enclosed" are two of our vocabulary words. So let's have a look. "Partially", do you remember what it means? Well done if you did, it means only in parts and enclosed means, so rounded or closed off on all sides. Seas are usually partially enclosed by land. So seas usually have a lot of land around them. Can you see that picture of the Black Sea? It's got lots of land around it. And then the Aegean sea as well. And the sea of Azov, so there usually have more land around it. Let's have a think and see if he can answer some of the questions on the text. Well, so how do we answer questions of the text? Remember, there's some steps. So step number one, you underline the key information in the question. So you read your question and you underline keywords that you need because then, you skim and scan the text for those keywords. So you skim and scan along to find those keywords. Then once you found the keywords, you read around them to check the context. So we underline keywords, then we skim and scan for those keywords. And then when we've found them, we've read around them to find the context. To make sure that we can answer the question. Let's have a look at this question. Oceans cover 71% of our planet. That means that, takes up 2 1/2 times as much as dry land. Why has the author used 71% and 2 1/2 times dry land? So I'd like you to pause the video, and to answer that question. So why has the author used 71% and 2 1/2 times as much space? Why has that been used? So pause the video and answer that question now. Let's see if you got a similar answer to me, 71% and 2 1/2 times dry land. Well, I think the author has used those two ways, is to explain the same information. Let me read my answer to you properly. The author has used two ways to explain the same information and this helps the reader understand how much of the earth is covered in water. The author has used percent and 2 1/2 times as much. And so it's two different ways, but it's to explain the same information, and it shows and it helps us understand how much it's covered. Well done if you got an answer like that. And it's just two different ways to show how much, it just really helps us to digest that information. The next question is, "It's hard to believe, but we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the darkest depths of our own planet." Why is this hard to believe? Pause the video and answer the question now. Good luck. So you should have an answer. Why do you think it's hard to believe? Let's have a look at what I wrote down as my answer. I wrote, "Because the moon is much further away from earth, so you would think it would be harder to explore. This suggests that this is very surprising and therefore hard to believe." We think, it's hard to believe because the moon is so much further away, the moon is in space, but we know more about the moon than we do about our oceans which are just on earth. And so it is just that is really surprising and hard to believe. So you can check your answer and you can see if you've got similar one and you can give yourself a tick or you can correct your own answer. Make sure you always correct your work if you got it wrong. It's okay, these are hard questions. Next question is "Let's plunge in and see how deep we can go!" What does this mean? Why has the author used the word "plunge" and "deep"? Before you answer it, I'm just going to give you a few ideas. So "plunge", let's say let's have a look at some synonyms. So synonyms are words that mean the same thing, and let's look at some co-locates. Co-locates, those words that go together, that often are found together. So "plunge", another word would, assume that would be "jump" or "dive", and the co-locate might be you plunge into a book, or you might plunge into water. Then we've got "deep". So "deep", so "far" could be a synonym, and then could have a deep ocean as a co-locate or deep down as a co-locate. Now, having seen those words and some of the synonyms and co-locates, why do you think the authors used the words "plunge" and "deep"? So I'd like you to pause the video now and to answer that question and you might need to write a couple of sentences to explain it all. So give yourself a little bit of time to answer that question properly. So do that now please. So you should have an answer on your paper. Let's have a look at what my answer was. I wrote, "Plunge means to jump or dive into water. Here, jump is used to jump into the information rather than water. Deep is used here to show how much you can learn. In this instance, plunge and deep are used about the learning, but the words are linked to water, which is what the text is about." So the author has chosen these words really carefully because plunge and deep are words that we would associate with water, but also they can be about plunging and finding out into information. It's very cleverly done because "plunge" and "deep" are water words, or might be used to describe water, but in this instance, it's not about the water, even though our book is about water, but instead it's used about plunging into information and finding out lots of information. Again, give yourself a tick if you got this right, or fix your answer, doesn't matter. That was a hard question. That's the end of this lesson today because we have discussed the features of the text type. We have lifted some key vocabulary. You have read part of the text and you've answered some questions. So well done. That is the end of the lesson, and I look forward to seeing you in the next reading lesson. So have a lovely day and see you soon. Bye.

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