To listen to a discussion

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Discussion: Should animals be kept in zoos?

﻿Hello and welcome. My name is Mr. Santhanam, and this is lesson one of 10 from our discussion unit. Today's learning objective is to listen to a discussion. But what exactly is a discussion? Do you know? Ah, some people said that a discussion is kind of like a conversation that involves two different sides. One of the sides is agreeing with something, and the other one is disagreeing. They are talking about the same thing, but they are saying different things about it. It's a little bit confusing. Okay, what about this. Hello, my name is Arnold and I am against the argument. I always disagree with it. I think it's bad. Hello, my name is Fiona and I like to argue for. That means that I agree. So in today's lesson, I'm going to have Fiona and Arnold help me with our discussion. Fiona is always going to agree. She's always going to be for the argument. And Arnold is always going to be against the argument. He's always going to disagree. Let's see what they think about "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Should Goldilocks have broken into three bears' house. I believe that in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", she should never, ever have broken in to the three bears' house. It was not her house to break into. She was trespassing. It was not good. Well, I believe that Goldilocks had every right to break into the three bears' house, because she was hungry, she was tired, and she needed somewhere to rest. I think it's very selfish of you to say that Goldilocks shouldn't have broken into their house. She simply had to. Okay, for this lesson, you are going to need some paper, a pencil, and your brilliant brain, of course. Pause the video now while you go and get those things. Wow, gold star for you, well done. Now we can begin. In today's lesson, we're going to be starting with our grammar focus. And we're going to be looking at punctuation today. We will then do our spelling activity. Then we will get to listen to our discussion, and Fiona is going to be arguing for the discussion and Arnold is going to be arguing against. So we're going to see them in discussion, which I'm just so excited about. And then we will have some discussion questions to help us reflect. So first of all, let's get started with our grammar focus. And as you can see, I've got some punctuation points here. When we write sentences, we always need to punctuate them with either a question mark, an exclamation mark, or a full stop. Without these things, the sentence cannot finish. So it is the most important thing that we always have, a capital letter and a punctuation mark at the end. Can you please point to the full stop. That's right, it's this one down here. The full stop that comes at the end of a statement. Let's just sign for the full stop. Are you ready? It's just one dot like that. And always comes at the end of a statement. Hmm, I've got a tricky one for you now. Can you point to the question mark. That's right. It's the one all the way over there on the end, a question mark. And it goes... Are you ready to do the action with me? That's when we are asking questions, like, what colour is your hair? What colour are your eyes? Do you like McDonald's? Do you like crisps? And finally there is an exclamation mark on the screen. Can you point to the exclamation mark? That's right, it's the one in the middle. And we use that when we are exclaiming things, when we are saying them in a powerful way. And they usually begin with a what or a how. Fantastic. Now that we know these punctuation marks, let's move on. So we know that every single sentence must end with one of these. Let's have a look. This sentence says, would you like to come for dinner? I know that this begins with a question word, and it is a question. It's asking someone for an answer. Therefore, it must have a question mark, on the end. Are you ready to do the action with me? One, two, three. Let's have a look at the next one. What a beautiful dog! I'm saying in a powerful way, I'm exclaiming it. So of course it has an exclamation mark at the end. Are you ready to do the exclamation mark action with me? Amazing. And finally, what do you think the last one's going to be? It's a statement. I'm delivering a simple fact to you. I want a hot dog. And because it's a statement, it needs a full stop at the end. Do you know the action for the full stop? Just a simple full stop like that. So remember question mark... Exclamation mark... and a full stop... Amazing. Why not try and practise doing your punctuation actions to remind yourself. Now I'm going to show you some sentences and I want you to try and guess what kind of punctuation mark comes at the end. Are you ready? How old are you? What a fantastic idea. And finally, my house is blue. So we've got, how old are you? What a fantastic idea. My house is blue. What do you think the punctuation points are going... What do you think the punctuation marks are going to be? Ah, of course, it's a question mark. Are you ready to see the action with me? One, two, three. What a fantastic idea. What do you think the punctuation point is going to be? What do you think the punctuation mark is going to be? Of course, it's that exclamation. Which means my house is blue is going to be... A full stop. Amazing. Let's move on. Okay, it is now time for our spelling. Today, we are looking at tricky words. These are common misconception words, which are a little bit sneaky and a little bit mischievous because they try and trick you out. You cannot sound out these words and using your phonics. So you need to just be able to look at them and lock them in your brain, so you can always recognise them. Let's have a look at some examples. One. I have one pencil. Love. I love my new trainers. Your. Here is your toy back. Once. Once upon a time. Be. Would you like to be my friend? So as you can see, if we try and use our sounds and our phonics, we cannot sound these out. So we need to just be able to look at them, and then remember them. And that way, if we lock them in our brains, they will never, never, ever go away. And we can always recognise them. Pause the video now, while you write these down. I know that I can use a strategy check, to look at a word, say it in a sentence, write the word, and then check the spelling. Why don't give that a go now, to see how many of these words you know off by heart. Amazing, let's move on. Okay, I'm now so excited because I get to welcome back Fiona and Arnold. And they are going to be discussing something very, very important. Our discussion point today, is all about animals. and not just dogs and cats, but wild animals. Fiona and Arnold are going to be discussing whether or not animals should be kept in zoos. Hmm, what do you think? Let's find out some reasons for and against. Today, we are here to discuss an important question. Should animals be kept in zoos or not? This is a tricky question with no right or wrong answer. Different people have different opinions about this. Firstly, let me explain what a zoo is in case you have never seen one. A zoo is a place where animals are kept in cages or behind fences for people to come and see them. Often you can see animals like lions, and tigers, and giraffes, and elephants in a zoo. Some people think that zoos should be closed. They say this for three reasons. Firstly, they think this is cruel. Because animals are locked in. They want animals to be free. Secondly, they argue that animals, which usually live by hunting, cannot do this in a zoo. They are just given food instead of them hunting it. Which makes them lazy and sad. Thirdly, people think that it is wrong to make animals suffer like this, just to make humans happy. Firstly, many animals are in danger of dying out. We call this extinct. The zoo helps to keep these animals alive. Secondly, when people see animals in zoos, it helps them to look after nature, which is so important, so that they take better care of nature. Thirdly, a trip to the zoo is relaxing, and it makes people happy. In conclusion, I think it is okay to have zoos because it's a good way to make people care more about nature, and then do something about it. But zoos should be run well. And they should take care of their animals, and make sure that they are really, really happy. If they have poor conditions, or the animals are not stimulated enough, then they should not be allowed. What do you think? Should we have zoos? Are you for or against this. Now that we've heard that amazing discussion, and all those reasons for and against, let's have a little think about what exactly is discussion. Hmm, here's another talking point. Children should have to wear school uniform. Do you agree with this statement? Are you for this statement like Fiona was, or do you disagree with this statement? Are you against this statement? Pause video now while you decide, if you agree or you disagree. As a challenge, you can come up with some reasons why you agree or disagree. I thought about this question, and I thought about some reasons for agree and disagree. Remember you don't have to base it on your own opinions. If you really genuinely disagree with this, or agree with... or agree with this, that's okay. It's about finding all the possible reasons for and against. So we kind of have to take our own feelings, and put them to one side for a little bit. If you agree with this statement, children should have to wear school uniform. That means you are for this argument. A reason for why you might agree is that uniform makes us all equal. And that means that there will be no arguments about what you're wearing in school, if everyone's wearing different things. A reason against this argument, which means that you disagree, is that children should be allowed to express their own personality through their own clothes. What do you think? Do you agree, or do you disagree? And I wonder if you came up with any other ideas. Another discussion point is we should eat ice cream every single day for dinner. It's a bit of a crazy thought, isn't it? Pause your video now, while you think about whether you agree or you disagree. Hmm, are you going to be for, or against this idea? Here's another one. Children should not have a bedtime. So you should be allowed to go to bed whenever you like. Do you agree that children should not have a bedtime, and that you can stay up as long as you want to. Or do you disagree? Do you think children should have a bedtime. Pause the video now, while you agree or disagree. As always, if you want to re... If you want to really challenge yourself, try and think of some reasons for or against. I saw so many different ideas being generated today. We're really starting to think about what for and against means. We're really starting to think about what agree and disagree means. Before you know it, you're going to be able to have your own discussion. If you really want to, why not try and create your own characters like Fiona and Arnold, to help you with your discussion. I would love to see what you've been working on say. So please don't forget to share your work with Oak National. If you would like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational, and #LearnwithOak. I'll see you next time, bye bye.

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