To explore how writers create clear action

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Anansi and Tiger

﻿We're going to start off today, with a song, then we're going to be reading as a writer, unpicking some texts, using our action writing toolkit. Then we're going to do some new learning, which is going to prepare us, for some shared writing. In this lesson, you will need, exercise book or paper, a pencil and your brain. So pause the video now, if you need to get, any of those things. Hi everyone? Ms. Fryer here, for lesson seven, of our Anansi and Tiger action unit. In lesson six, we boxed up our story of Anansi and Tiger, ready for when we do our writing, in lessons eight, nine and 10. Today, we're going to be reading as a writer, using our writing toolkit. to unpick a passage from the text. I also left you with some trivia. I asked you how long you thought Spiders, had been around in the world for? How long did you think? Did you think it was more than a thousand years? More than a million years? Did cave men know Spiders? Did dinosaurs know Spiders? Well, let me tell you, Spiders have been around for about 300 million years, which means they were around, about 75 million years before the dinosaurs. They are older than dinosaurs, and we still got Spiders. That really is amazing. We're going to be reading about the Python later. So I thought it was time, to teach you the verse, in our Anansi song about the Python. It goes like this. ♪ Anansi said to the big Python ♪ Can you sing that for me? ♪ Anansi said to the big Python ♪ ♪ This stick is longer than you ♪ Sing that line. ♪ This stick is longer than you ♪ ♪ The snake laid down ♪ ♪ He tied him on ♪ Can you sing that? ♪ The snake laid down ♪ ♪ He tied him on ♪ ♪ And took him back to Tiger too ♪ Sing that line for me. ♪ And took him back to Tiger too. ♪ So altogether, it sounds like this. ♪ Anansi said to the big Python ♪ ♪ This stick is longer than you ♪ ♪ The snake laid down ♪ ♪ He tied him on ♪ ♪ Then took him back to Tiger too ♪ Let's try that, shall we? Anansi said, off we go. ♪ Anansi said to the big Python ♪ ♪ This stick is longer than you ♪ ♪ The snake laid down ♪ ♪ He tied him on ♪ ♪ Then took him back to Tiger too ♪ Anansi the Spider. ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of tricks ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ Very good, the last verse goes like this. We need our Anansi action. ♪ So Anansi got all the stories ♪ Can you sing that? ♪ So Anansi got all the stories ♪ Very good ♪ And Tiger he had none ♪ You sing ♪ And Tiger he had none ♪ ♪ He tells the tale ♪ ♪ To all his friends ♪ You sing? ♪ He tells the tale ♪ ♪ To all his friends ♪ Very good. ♪ And they all laugh ♪ ♪ And have lots of fun ♪ Can you sing? ♪ And they all laugh ♪ ♪ And have lots of fun ♪ Anansi ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of trick ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ I think we can sing both verses, let's sing that last one through first so as to get it into our heads, and then we'll do both. So Anansi got all the stories, and Tiger he had none. He tells the tale to all his friends, and they all laugh, and have lots of fun. Ready? ♪ So Anansi got all the stories ♪ ♪ And Tiger he had none ♪ ♪ He tells the tale ♪ ♪ To all his friends ♪ ♪ And they all laugh ♪ ♪ And have lots of fun ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of tricks ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ Very good. So let's do Anansi, with our clicks or claps, then our verse about the Python. Anansi said to the big Python, this stick is longer than you. The snake laid down, he tied him on, and took him back to Tiger too. Anansi, and then, so Anansi got all the stories, and Tiger he had none, he tells the tale, to all his friends, and they all laugh, and have lots of fun. Anansi, got it? Let's try. See if you can follow along with me. So let's start off with Anansi one, two, three go. ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of tricks ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ Python. ♪ Now Anansi said ♪ ♪ To the big Python ♪ ♪ This stick is longer than you ♪ ♪ The snake laid down ♪ ♪ He tied him on ♪ ♪ And took him back to Tiger too ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of tricks ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ ♪ So Anansi got all the stories ♪ ♪ And Tiger he had none ♪ ♪ He tells that tale ♪ ♪ To all his friends ♪ ♪ And they all laugh ♪ ♪ And have lots of fun ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of tricks ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ And again, ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ He was full of tricks ♪ ♪ Anansi the Spider ♪ ♪ Always full of tricks ♪ Hey, amazing job, everybody. Now that we've sang about Python, it's time to read about her. If you've printed the downloadable reading extract, get it now, if not, don't worry, you can read along on the screen, just like me. So here we go. Here's our reading for today. We use our reading finger underneath the words. See if you can follow along with me. If you finding the reading a little bit tricky today, then listen, because that's the skill we're going to be needing, we're going to be watching, to see what actions happen, in this part of the story. That's our main thing today. So try and pay attention, read along if you can, off we go. Anansi moved with silent steps, through the strange dark corridors between worlds, until he reached, the secret home of Python. When he got there, he saw a long stick on the ground, and hatched a sneaky plan. He quickly grabbed the stick, and called out in his sing-song, voice. Join in with me. "Oh, Python!" At once Python slithered out of her home, she dragged her immense body behind her, and stared at Anansi. Anansi smiled, a wide blinding smile, and asked is it true, that Cobra is the longest snake? Let me show you again, our writing toolkit. It's all about action, that is clear. We have to make sure when we're writing, to describe the actions of the characters, so that it's really clear what's happening, at a suitable pace, not too quick, not too slow. We do this by writing three different things. What happens in a clear order, where and when, and use adjectives to add detail. What we're going to do now, is have another look, at that passage of text, and see the places where that toolkit has been used, and the examples that the writer, which is me today, has done to make sure that action is really clear. Okay, so the first point on our toolkit, is about, do you remember? What happened in a clear order? So I have put on the text in front of you, the things that happened, and we can put them in a clear order, because they read from up to down. So the first thing that happens, is a Anansi moved, that's the first action in the story, it's there at the passage, then he reached the home of Python. So it's in a clear order. He moved, then he reached Python's home, then he saw, that's our third bit of pink text. He saw the long stick on the ground, and then he had the plan. He grabbed the stick, and then he called out. These are all actions, that are happening in order. Then Python slithered, out of her home, she dragged her body, she stared at Anansi, Anansi smiled, and then he asked, so we've got 11 different actions, that happen in this one page of text, and they all happen in a clear order. Here, we have got, the second part of our writing toolkit, where and when? where and when? Just like in our song. So the where in this passage, is through the strange dark corridors between worlds. That's where he is moving at the start, until he reached the secret home of Python, and that's where the rest of it takes place, at the secret home of Python. We've also got some when words, we know that he travels until he reaches the home of Python. So that's a time word that tells us, when it's happening. We also know, he saw the long stick on the ground, when he got there. So we know that happened afterwards. That helps best find that clear order, and as soon as he says, Oh, Python, Python slithers out at once, she didn't wait for a long time, she comes out at once. So that's a really useful when, for her action, and finally adjectives to describe. So I have highlighted some adjectives, which tell us what's some different things, in this text are like. Anansi moves with silent steps. We know that's what his movement is like. He moves silently, and the strange dark corridors between worlds, which makes them sound mysterious, and magical I think, and the home of Python is secret. So Anansi must be very tricksy, to be working out where that is. The stick on the ground is described as long. We know what that stick is like, we know it has to be long, because he used it to trick Python, and he has that sneaky plan, tells us what the plan is like, devious. Isn't it? Very clever, and we already know about his sing-song voice. Python's body is immense, that's another wow word for big, shows how enormous she is. Python are the biggest snakes in the world. African rock Pythons are one of the top six, biggest snakes in the world, and definitely bigger than cobras, so that's why she's really offended by a Anansi's trick. And he flashes her a wide blinding smile. If it's blinding that's because it's so bright, He's showing her all of his big flashy white teeth. Now we're going to have a look at some new learning. Our learning today is about verbs. Verbs are doing words. They tell you what to do, for example, if I said to you, jump, why don't you do that now? Jump. Did you jump? Jump is a verb. It's a doing word, because you do something, when I tell you to jump, you know what to do. If I said run, you would know what to do. It's a doing word. If I said, swim or wash or drink, these are all doing words. They tell us what is happening, the action. What is being done? Have a look at these sentences, they have all got a verb in them, a doing word. Let's read the first sentence together. It says, The bees flew into the barrel. I wonder if you can spot the verb, the doing word, what are the bees doing? Should we have a look? I hope you told your screen. The bees flew. That's the doing word. They flew, we're in the past tense, because the story happened a long time ago, but they flew into the barrel. Let's have a look at the next sentence. It says. Anansi called in his sing-song voice. What's the doing word? The verb in that sentence. What's Anansi doing? Tell your screen. There it is, he called. That's what he's doing. The doing word, called. He called in his sing-song voice. And the last one let's read it. Tiger gave the stories to Anansi. Tiger gave the stories to Anansi. Which is the verb? The doing word, what is Tiger doing? Tell your screen. There it is. The verb is gave, because Tiger is giving the stories to Anansi. He gave them to him. That's what he did. So that's the verb. Now we're going to be doing some shared writing. I'm going to be thinking of some verbs, some doing words, to go with each of our main animal characters. Just a quick little writing activity today. I want to come up with some powerful verbs, that I can use in my writing. So I want to think of something, that each of the animals do, or the main thing they do, or a good word for something they do, so that I can use them in my writing. So I think what's a fun shadow in my paper. Isn't it? I think I'm going to start off with Anansi, as you can see, I'm just doing it on a, just a random piece of paper. You can do it in your exercise book, or on whatever paper you want. I just want to keep it as a note, so I can use it later. Anansi now, Anansi does all kinds of things. Doesn't he? He has lots of different actions in the story, he calls out to people, he makes a deal with Tiger, he slums the lid down shuts of the barrel, he ties Python. These are all that. These are all doing word that he does, but I think the main thing, that Anansi did in the story, was he tricked people. He tricked people, he tricked Tiger, he tricked Python, and he tricked the queen bee. So that's what I'm going to put, as my announce verb, I think I'm going to use past tense verbs, because the story is set in the past. So I'm going to use -ed versions, of all of my words that need an -ed, So here we go. T, r, ik, ck because we've got a short it sound in trick, so that's what we need a ck, k diagraph, and then -ed for a past tense verb. Anansi tricked people, that's his main action. Let's go on to Tiger. Now Tiger, so Tiger makes deals, Tiger growls Anansi, Tiger gave the stories to anansi. All of the characters do lots of actions. It's a very action packed kind of story, but the thing that I associate most with Tiger, is what he does at the very start of the story, when Anansi calls out, Oh Tiger! And he prowled out of his cave. I think I'm going to make that my word prowled pu, ra, ul and then -ed, to make it past tense. Pu, r, au, l and then ed. Let's move on to our next animal. We've got the k, ii, n See all my names have got capital letters, because all names should. Queen Bee, now the Queen Bee does lots. Doesn't she? She stares down Anansi, she makes an order, she gives an order to her servants, but I think the main thing she does, the thing that she kind of, makes a mistake about, I suppose, the thing she gets wrong, is she flew into the barrel. Flew is not an -ed word, is it? We have the verb fly. I fly today. We don't say flied, we say flew, which is lucky, that's much easier to spell. only three sounds. F, l, u, flew, f, l, iu, ew, iu sound, and my last animal we have got, Python, Python, now Python, she slithers out to see Anansi. She says, no, it's me She says things. She lies down, that's another verb of something that she does, but I think the main thing she does, that gets her into trouble, is she stretched out, her neck and her head. That's what allows Anansi to trick her. So I think I'm going to have, stretched as my word. S, t, r, a, ch, T-C-H with a short a ed, an -ed word. So my verbs I've got today, I've got tricked, prowled, flew and stretched. They are all really good verbs, and I'm going to make sure, I use all four of them in my writing. Now, it's your turn to think of some great verbs. Write a verb, that describes a key action, for each of our four characters. It will also be really good practise, to spell their names, ready for our writing, in lesson eight, nine and 10. Pause the video now to complete your task. And that is it for our learning today. I hope you're really proud of your verbs, that you've written. Keep them nice and safe, ready for your writing. I've put mine on my working wall. Well, my working shelf. Spider trivia time. Now today's trivia is about Spiders moulting. Moulting means was when you shed a layer of skin, or in terms of Spiders their exoskeleton. Spiders don't have bones, like we do inside, underneath our skin. They have their skin and muscles and organs, inside their skeleton. The hard bit of their body is on the outside. Now because they grow, they have to get rid of that exoskeleton. So how many times do you think, a Spider will moult, and get rid of its hard exoskeleton in its life? Luckily for us, we don't have to get rid of our skeleton at all. It stays mostly tucked up inside our bodies. Have a sensible guess about, how many times a Spider moulds, and I will see you and tell you, at the start of lesson eight. Bye

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