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Jack and the Beanstalk: characters, mood, problems

﻿Hello and welcome. My name is Mr. Santhanam, and this is lesson one of 10 of our "Jack and the Beanstalk" unit. Today's learning objective is to listen to a story and I've got a brand new stories for you today that I absolutely love. And it's all about a very, very tricky problem. I wonder if you can spot what the problem is in the story. Before we begin though, I've got a secret I want to share with you. In my hand here, I hold something very magical and very mysterious. I got some magic beans. Can you see them? Should we count how many there are? Let's count how many. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and there's one more, 18. 18 magic beans, can you imagine? Look at them. Oh. Now I think it's a really good time to plant them outside in my garden right now, because it's just started raining and all that water is going to get soaked up into these magic beans and then something amazing will grow. Hmm. I wonder what will grow from my magic beans. Do you have any ideas? What do you think? Ah, oh ah! Wow, I have some great ideas then, I heard that some people said that they think a giant sunflower will grow from my magic beans. I also heard that someone said a mighty oak would grow from my beans. And then someone said the Beanstalk might grow from my beans, hmm. I wonder what will happen. Maybe I'll plant them and then go to bed and then wake up the next morning and see if anything's grown. Do you know any stories like that? Hmm, I wonder. Should we get started on our lesson for today? Okay. Here is our agenda for today. We're going to begin our grammar focus. And today we're going to be really focusing on past tense verbs today. Then we're going to do our spelling activity, after that, we will listen to our brand new, amazing story, after that we're going to create something called a plot matrix to help us really understand the plot of the story and all the really important things that go together to create an amazing story. And like I said, we're going to be focusing on that problem in the story. In this lesson, you are going to need an exercise book or some paper, a pencil and your brilliant brain. Pause the video now while you go and get those things. Okay. Let's have a look first of all, at all grammar focus. And today we're going to be focusing on past tense verbs. When you are at school, what action do you like to do? When I am at school, I like to paint. Today I paint, but yesterday I, hmm? What would I say if I was painting yesterday? In the past? Hmm, I wonder. Past tense verbs, explain an action that happened in the past. So if today I paint then yesterday, that means I? Painted. Can you see the difference between the two words? That's right. I've added on the suffix ed at the end of this word. What would these verbs become if they were past tense verbs? We've got jump, we've got count, just like I counted my magic beans earlier on, skip, play, bang and walk. I like to jump in muddy puddles, but yesterday I jumped in muddy puddles. I like to count in math, but yesterday I counted in math. I like to skip with my friends, but yesterday I skipped with my friends. And not only have I added an ed suffix on the end here, but I've also had to double the consonant. And that's because there is a vowel that comes just before it. Don't worry if that doesn't make sense yet, we will look at that again. Oh, I like to play in the sandpit, but yesterday I played in the sand pit. I like to bang the drums in music class. But yesterday I banged the drums in music class. Today I walk to school, but yesterday I walked to school. Again, I added that ed suffix on the end. Now it's your turn. What actions do you like to do in school? I would like you to write down three verbs and then I want you to change them to the past tense verbs by adding ed. Pause your video now, while you write down your three verbs and then change them into your past tense verbs. But there are some past tense verbs that do not end in ed. We call these irregular past tense verbs. Which of these verbs do you think does not end in ed when we make into a past tense verb? Say it in your mind to think about which one does not end in ed. Today I sing, yesterday I? Today I pick, yesterday I? Today I climb yesterday I? Today I dance, but yesterday I? Let's have a look and see which one does not end in ed. Sing would become sang. Yesterday I sang. Pick would become picked. Yesterday I picked. Climb would become climbed, yesterday I climbed a tree. And dance would become danced. Yesterday I danced. So the odd one out is? That's right, sing or sang. That does not end in the ed suffix and therefore it is an irregular past tense verb, but we will look at that more later in the week. Okay. It's now time for our spelling. Today's grapheme that we're looking at is ve. Ve, ve. Can you say the ve grapheme? It's spelled like V-E but it actually makes the sound ve when a word ends in ve. Let's have a look at some examples. I love my teddy. I have lost my glove. I have lost my glove. Give me back my chocolate. Give me back my chocolate. I live in London. I live in London. We must never shove. We must never shove. My favourite bird is a dove. My favourite bird is a dove. Fantastic. Why not write down those words now so you can really remember them the next time. I know the great strategy is to look at the word, say it in a sentence so that it makes sense to me, cover the word, write the word next to it, and then check my spelling. That's why it's really important to write them down first, before you try and remember them. Have a go now writing these down, covering them, writing them, and then checking the spellings. Good luck. Okay. Now it's time for us to listen to our amazing story. And of course, I'm going to need my magic beans to help me. This is the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk." There once was a boy called Jack who lived in a tiny cottage with his mother. Their life was very difficult and they had no money at all. They only had each other. Sometimes Jack would ask, "Mum where's my dad?" And his mother would just shake her head and cry and say nothing. One day Jack's mother asked him to go to market. She said, "Jack, I want you to sell our cow, and I want you to get us some money so we can finally buy some food." So Jack took the cow and skipped along, down the road. And as he skipped, he sang a song. I'm going to sing it and I want you to see it with me. Are you ready? ♪ I'm going to market to market to market ♪ ♪ I'm going to market to sell my cow ♪ You ready to sing with me? One, two, three. ♪ I'm going to market to market to market ♪ ♪ I'm going to market to sell my cow ♪ As he skipped along the road, he met a strange, mysterious looking man. In his hand, the man held some coloured beans. Jack went up to him and said, "What have you got there?" "I've got some magic beans. I'll swap them for your cow." Jack took the magic beans and gave him the cow. And he skipped back home to his mother. When he got home, he showed his mother the magic beans. "Look, look, look mum, I've got some magic beans." But her face turn red with fury. She grabbed the magic beans and threw them out of the window. Grab your magic beans and throw them out of the window. "You silly boy." She said, "Now we've got no money, and no cow. Go to bed." So Jack went to bed. And in the morning when he woke up, he realised that a giant Beanstalk had grown out of his window. So Jack looked up at the window, Jack looks up at the beanstalk and it went all the way up into the clouds. And he was very curious. So he decided to climb up the Beanstalk. And as he climbed up the Beanstalk, he sang a song. Are you ready to sing with me? ♪ I'm going up the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ I'm going up the Beanstalk to get to the top. ♪ You're ready to sing with me one more time? ♪ I'm going up the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ I'm going up the Beanstalk to get to the top ♪ When he reached the top, there was an old lady waiting from there with golden rings. And she said, "Jack, I am your angel. I can tell you all about your father. He was a very rich man. But one day, a giant stole all his money. The giant lives in that castle just over there. You need to go and get back what is rightly yours." So Jack skipped off to the castle. He opened the door with a creak. And inside, there was an old man chopping potatoes at the table. The old man turned round and saw Jack. And in shock, he said, "Oh no, you must leave. Otherwise my wife will be back soon and she will eat you." But Jack was clever, and he said, "Oh but I'm very hungry, I've been climbing all day, can I come in and eat something?" The old man sighed and nodded his head, "Come on in then, I'll give you some food." As Jack was eating, he heard an awful sound. Boom, boom, boom. So he hurried into a cupboard and hid there. He heard the door creak open. "Fi fi fo fam. I smell the blood of an English man." And in stomped the giant. She sat down at the table and demanded that her husband brought her her dinner. The husband brought over the dinner and then the giant demanded that her husband bring over her magic hen. So the man brought over the magic hen. Jack watched in amazement as the hen laid a golden egg. The giant banged her fist on the table and said, "Lay, lay, lay. And one after the other, the hen laid golden egg after golden egg. Soon, the giant fell asleep and Jack quietly crept out of the cupboard. He quickly picked up the hen and ran out of the castle and quickly scurried down the Beanstalk. He gave the hen to his mother smiling, and she rejoiced. They were rich and they never had to worry about money ever again. Some time passed and Jack grew restless. He wanted to go back up the Beanstalk to find the rest of his treasure. So he climbed up the Beanstalk, singing his song. Are you ready? ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk, to get to the top ♪ When he reached there, he skipped to the castle once more and he opened the door with a creak. And there surely enough was the man this time he was chopping carrots at the table. "Get out of here." The man said, "Otherwise, my wife will be back soon and she will eat you alive." But Jack was clever. "Oh, I'm so hungry. Can I have some food? I've been climbing all day." And the man said, "Oh all right then, come inside." And gave him some supper. But surely enough, Jack soon heard an awful sound. Boom, boom, boom. Jack ran and hid the cupboard once more. And as he did, he heard the creak of the door. "Fi fi fo fam, I smell the blood Devin English man." The giant stomped inside and demanded her dinner from her husband. She sat down at the table and then demanded that the husband brought her, her golden coins. The man brought over a huge pearl of golden coins with his arms full and laid them on the table for her. Jack watched in amazement as the giant counted her golden coins. And as he watched, he thought to himself, "That's my dad's treasure! That's my treasure!" He waited for the giant to fall asleep and he quietly crept out of his cupboard, grabbed the coins in his arms and ran out of the door. He scurried down the Beanstalk once more. And he gave the coins to his mother. His mother rejoiced, and they were even more rich this time. Some time passed and Jack became more and more curious. He decided to climb up the Beanstalk one last time. And as he climbed up the Beanstalk, he's sang to himself, ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk to get to the top ♪ One final time, he ran into the castle. One final time, he skipped to the castle and surely enough in the kitchen, there was the old man chopping parsnips. The old man turned round and saw Jack and shock and said, "Get out of here. My wife will be home soon and she will eat you up." But Jack was clever. And he said, "Oh, but I'm so hungry. Can I come inside and have some food? I've been climbing all day." The man said, "Oh, all right then, come on in." And gave him some supper. And surely enough, soon Jack heard the boom, boom, boom. He ran and hid in the cupboard. And this time the giant demanded that her husband bring her golden harp. "What's a golden harp?" Jack wondered. And he watched as the old man brought over a golden magical harp and laid it on the table in front of her. The giant shouted play and the harp played the most beautiful music that Jack had ever heard. Soon, the giant had fallen asleep. And Jack looked on as he thought, "That's my dad's treasure. That's my treasure." Slowly, he crapped out of his hiding place and he grabbed the magic harp. As he grabbed the magic harp, it stopped playing. And instantly the giant woke up. She ruled a terrible rule as she chased after him. But he ran as fast as a flush. He scurried down the Beanstalk and when he got there, he grabbed a giant axe. He cut and he cut and he cut the Beanstalk down. And as he did, the giant came tumbling, tumbling down and lay on the floor, dead. And Jack on his mother lived happily ever after. The end. Now that we've heard our brand new story, it's now time to think about our plot matrix. Now I told you earlier on the thing that we're really going to be focusing on today, is problems in our story. Every story has got a difficult problem, which the readers or the listeners really care about. Our main character has faced a problem and it needs to be solved. Think about in this story, what is the main problem? What do you think the main problem was in this story? Oh wow, I had one learner saying that the problem is that Jack and his mother are very poor and they don't even have enough money to buy food. And that's very sad. I heard another learner saying that it wasn't fair that that mean giant woman stole Jack's father's treasure. That is not fair and he wanted to get it back. Hmm. Why was solving the problem so important? What do you think? Aah, I heard someone saying that again, it's so important to solve that problem because it was not fair that the giant gets to keep all of Jack's treasure. What do you think would happen if the problem was not solved? I heard someone saying that if Jack never did anything to try and get his treasure back, then him and his mum would be poor forever, and they wouldn't have enough money to be able to survive and that would be really, really sad. How do you think we can make the readers care about the problem? Hmm, hmm. I think you're right. We knew that Jack had to get his treasure back because he really needed some money. And if he didn't get that money back then that would mean that number one, the giant would take it unfairly and also he would just remain quite unhappy if him and his mommy didn't have enough money for food. Okay. Let's move on. In our plot matrix today, we're going to be really thinking about these six key things. And of course, we're going to be really focusing on the problem. Number one, where is the story set? Where are the main locations in the story? What do you think? Aah, that's right. The main locations in the story were either, the tiny little cottage that Jack and his mom live in, or the amazing giant Beanstalk and the castle at the top, just surrounded by clouds. Number two, who is the story about? Who is the main character? That's right. Jack is the main character. Some people might also say that the mean giant woman is also a main character 'cause she features in it a lot as well. But our main character, our hero is Jack. We talked about this once already, but what do you think is the problem? Of course, the problem is that it's not fair that the giant woman has stolen all of Jack's treasure and he needs to get it back because him and his mummy need that money to survive. Next, what is the solution? How does Jack solve his problems? That's right. He's a little bit sneaky and he goes and creeps into the giant's castle, even though he knows he's not supposed to be there. He then takes his treasure back and runs back home to give it to his mom. The ending, how does it end? Oh, that's right. I love that bit at the end, when he scurries down the Beanstalk and gets his axe and chops the Beanstalk away, that means that he can never return back up to the heavens. That means he can never return back up to the clouds and go into the castle again. But it also means that that mean giant woman falls down the Beanstalk 'cause she's chasing him and she dies in the end. Which means that all his problems are over and him and his mommy finally have enough money to buy some food. I wonder what do you think is the learning? This could be several different things. There's not just one answer for this. What do you think is the learning from this story? Wow, I saw some amazing learning today. I'm so glad that I got to show you my magic beans. If you've done any work there that you'd like to share, please remember to share it with Oak National. If you'd like to ask your parent or carer to help you share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak. And why don't you try and plant some magic beans yourself to see if a Beanstalk will grow? Bye bye.

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