To tell a story from memory

Key Stage 1

English

Baba Yaga: openings

﻿Hello, super storytellers. Welcome to this English lesson. This is lesson two of unit four. And in this unit, we're going to be learning all about the story, "Baba Yaga." My name is Ms. Cashin, and I am so excited about our lessons today because in today's lesson, we're going to be learning our story from memory. So you can be an amazing storyteller as well and retell the story of "Baba Yaga" to all of your friends and family. I can't wait to see what amazing storytellers you are able to become today. So let's see what we're going to be doing in today's lesson. In today's lesson, we are going to go through four steps to become amazing storytellers and to make sure that we know our story, "Baba Yaga," from memory. So the first thing that we're going to do is we're going to hear our story again, to remind us of each part. Then we're going to map the story out by drawing pictures to remind us. Then we're going to add an action or a step to each part of the story. And then we're going to speak through the story. Now, today, we're going to speak through the story by maybe saying one phrase for each picture. But once this video is finished, you can practise retelling the story of "Baba Yaga" over and over and over again until you are an absolutely amazing storyteller. And you can tell it to all of your friends and family. These are the things that we're going to need in today's lesson. So you're going to need an exercise book or a piece of paper, and it would fantastic if you had a plain piece of paper for today's lesson so that you can do your story map. You're also going to need a pencil or something else to write with. And like we need for all of our learning, you're going to need your brilliant brain so that we can start to memorise that story. So, let's remind ourselves of our story by hearing it again. So we're going to see the video that was from unit four, lesson one that shows us our brilliant story, "Baba Yaga." So I hope you're ready to hear the story one more time. Our story today is from Russia and it's called "Baba Yaga." So make sure you're comfortable and let's get started. Once upon a time, there was a small house on the edge of a forest. In the house lived a family: a father, a mother, a girl and a baby boy. The girl's name was Olga and the baby boy was called Sergei. Every day their parents went to work in the fields and each day they said, "Remember, stay in the garden. "Never go to the forest or the witch Baba Yaga "will grab you and your baby brother "and will eat you both up." One day Olga was at home looking after baby Sergei but she was bored. So she picked him up, walked out of her garden, through the field and into the forest. She put baby Sergei down and began to pick some flowers for her parents. All of a sudden, three enormous geese swooped down and picked up baby Sergei in their beaks and flew away with him. Olga was shocked and began to chase after them. She ran and she ran and she ran until she came to a fish outside of the stream. "Help me, help me, help me," called the fish. Kindly, Olga picked up the fish and put it back into the stream. The fish swam around and bobbed its head out of the water. "You have helped me and now I will help you," it said. The silver fish swam down to the bottom and came up with a beautiful white shell. "Take this shell," said the fish. "And if you are ever in trouble, "throw it over your shoulder and I will help you." "Thank you," said Olga and she went off to find Sergei. She ran and she ran and she ran until she came to find a squirrel caught in a trap. "Help me, help me, help me," called the squirrel. Kindly, Olga let the squirrel out of the trap. "You have helped me and so I will help you," said the squirrel. It scurried up a tree and came back down with a brown acorn. "Take this acorn," said the squirrel. "And if you are ever in trouble, "throw it over your shoulder and I will help you." "Thank you," said Olga and she went off to find Sergei. She ran and she ran and she ran until she came to find a mouse who couldn't get in its hole because it was filled with dirt. "Help me, help me, help me," said the mouse. Kindly, Olga scooped the dirt out of the hole so the mouse could get inside. "You have helped me and so I will help you," said the mouse. And it scampered down to the bottom of its hole and came back up with a stone. "Take this stone," said the mouse. "And if you are ever in trouble, "throw it over your shoulder and I will come and help you." "Thank you," said Olga and she went off to find Sergei. She ran and she ran and she ran until she came to Baba Yaga's house. She peered in through the window and she could see the witch in her rocking chair. Her face was grey and green; her nose was long and crooked. Her lips were thin and mean. To Olga's horror, baby Sergei was on the floor playing with a pile of bones. Olga tiptoed into the witch's house and quick as she could, she picked up Sergei and ran out. Baba Yaga woke up in a rage. "Who's taken my dinner?" she screamed and began to chase after Olga. Olga ran and ran and ran but Baba Yaga was close behind her. Just when the witch which was about to grab her, Olga remembered her shell. She threw it over her shoulder and a magical lake appeared. Baba Yaga stopped. She looked at the lake, bent over and drank the lake up. She began to chase after Olga. She ran and she ran and she ran, but Baba Yaga was close behind her. Just as the witch was about to grab her, she remembered her acorn. She got the acorn, threw it over her shoulder and it turned into trees. Baba Yaga stopped. And then she ate up those trees one by one. And she started to chase after Olga again. Olga ran and she ran and she ran until she remembered her stone. She picked up the stone, threw it over her shoulder and it turned into an enormous mountain. Baba Yaga stopped. She couldn't climb the mountain. She couldn't go through the mountain. She couldn't eat the mountain. So she went back to her house. Olga ran and ran and ran until she got home. She calmly put Sergei down in his crib just before her parents got home. When her mother and father came back from working in the field, they said, "How was your day?" "Fine," said Olga. And that was the end of that. I really hope that you enjoyed hearing our story "Baba Yaga" one more time. We're now going to map the story, so you're going to see me do my map. And then you're going to have a go at making your very own story map. Okay, I'm all ready to start my story map now. Remember, when we're doing our story map, we're going to draw a quick picture for each part of the story to help us to remember it. So it's not an art lesson; it's just to help us remember it. So, where does my story start? Oh, yeah, it starts in the forest in Olga's cottage which is on the edge of the forest. So I'm going to draw my forest and I'm going to draw Olga's cottage. And at the beginning, we're introduced to our main characters, which are Olga, Olga's mother who's about to leave for work, Olga's father who's about to leave for work as well. I'm going to give him a little... Some tools, when they work on the farm. And, of course, we've got Sergei who is only a baby. And just before the parents leave, what do they say to her? They say, "Don't go into the forest." So I'm going to draw my forest again. "Don't go into the forest or the witch, Baba Yaga, "will get you and eat you up." Just going to draw Baba Yaga here and give her her long, crooked nose and her thin, mean lips. And I'm going to give her some sort of eyebrows, so she can be angry, and her wild hair. Okay. But we know that after Olga's parents have left work and they said, "Don't go into the forest "or the witch Baba Yaga will get you "and will eat you up," Olga leaves anyway. She goes out into the field and she starts to pick flowers for her parents. But of course, those three big, black geese come. One, two, three, and they swoop down and pick up baby Sergei. I'm going to draw him wrapped up in his blanket and they fly off with him. And I'm going to draw Olga looking really shocked there. So what does Olga do then? She ran and she ran and she ran. So I'm just going to write here to remind myself. "She ran and she ran and she ran." And who does she meet first? That's right, she met the fish. He was out of the stream. Kindly, Olga put the fish back. And the fish said, "Thank you so much. "You have helped me so I will help you. "Please take this shell." Olga said "Thank you" and went off with the shell. She ran and she ran and she ran. And who does she meet next? Oh, I remember - she met the squirrel trapped in a cage. So I've got my squirrel here. You probably have a much better squirrel than me. I'll give it a big, bushy tail so that we know that it's a squirrel. And it's trapped in a cage. And when Olga kindly let the squirrel out, it said, "You have helped me, so I will help you. "Please take this acorn." It scurried up the tree to get that acorn. And it said, "If you ever need it, "throw it over your shoulder and I will help you." Olga still has to find baby Sergei. So she ran and she ran and she ran until she found the mouse. I'm going to draw him looking really sad because he couldn't get into his hole. His hole has been filled up with dirt and he can't get in. And Olga helped him like she helped all the other animals and he brought her that special stone and he said, "You have helped me, so I will help you. "If you are ever in trouble, throw the stone "over your shoulder and I will come help you." Olga took the stone and she ran and she ran and she ran. And I know that she has met our three animals now. So next, she comes to Baba Yaga's house and what did she see when she peered through that window? That's right - she saw Baba Yaga on her rocking chair. There's Baba Yaga sat on her rocking chair and I'm going to show her looking grumpy with her long, crooked nose and her wild hair. And Baby Sergei was on the floor playing with a pile of bones. What horrible thing to give a baby to play with! There he is, playing with this pile of bones. We know then that Olga crept in, she tiptoed in and she snatched baby Sergei and she ran out the door. So I'm going to show Olga running. And she's got baby Sergei and she's running off to get away. And that's when Baba Yaga realises and she is furious and she screams. So I'm going to show her screaming, her sharp teeth, all the better for eating children with. And she says, "Who has taken my dinner?" Oh my goodness, I'm making my table shake with all her wild hair. And she ran and she ran and she ran. But Baba Yaga was still behind her. What does she decide to throw over her shoulder first? It was the shell. So she got that shell. She threw it over her shoulder. I'm going to do some lines, make it look like it's flying through the air. And the lake appeared. It stopped Baba Yaga for a bit, but then she sucked up that lake. And Olga ran and she ran and she ran. You don't need to write ran and ran and ran, I just think it really helps me to remember the story, to remember how much running Olga does. Until she came to the next bit, where she was about to be snatched. And she created that forest. How did she create the forest? What was it? Oh, I've remembered. It was the acorn. So she threw the acorn over her shoulder. Going to do some lines so it looks like it's flying through the air and it became those trees. But we know that Baba Yaga ate them up. Olga ran and ran and ran until she threw... We've down the shell, we've down the acorn, it's the stone. She threw that stone and it became a mountain. Baba Yaga, she stopped. And she stared at the mountain. She couldn't eat it. She couldn't drink it up. She couldn't climb over it. So she just went back home. Olga ran and ran and ran all the way home. And when she got home, there's her house again. She just managed to put baby Sergei down and her parents came home. And I'm going to draw them looking really happy. 'Cause August said, "Everything's fine." She didn't tell them anything about the day that she had had. So there is my story map that takes us through the whole of the "Baba Yaga" story. And I can't wait to see your amazing story maps. Now that I've painted my story map, it's time for you to create your very own story maps so that you can become an amazing storyteller. I've got my map here, which you can use to help you if you would like, but it'd be absolutely amazing if you could try to make your own story map and even think of your own pictures from your own imagination. Remember, if you can't think of what comes next, you have got this to help you or you can go back and you can look at the video of me telling the story to help you out. So now, you need to pause the video and have a go at creating your very own story map. Well done for creating your story map. We're now going to have a look at stepping the story. So you're going to see a video of me stepping the story, and then you're going to try to step the story yourself. I'm now going to step through the story. So I'm going to add an action or maybe two actions to each part of the story, to help me to remember it. So I've got my story map on the floor in front of me and you can put yours on the floor in front of you when you first start step through. And then the more and more we do it, the more that we won't be able to look at our story map because we know the whole story off by heart, it will be in our memories. So I'm going to do an action for each part of the story map and in between, I'm going to do a big step. So we know I'm moving on to the next part of the story. Now, if you have a long room, you might take steps forward. I'm going to do it on the spot because I don't have that much space, but you might want to find a really lovely, big space that you could do your stepping in. So I going to do my first step and then I'm going to start the story off. I really, really enjoy stepping that story. So now it's your go to step the story. Remember, you could take some of the actions that I used or you could think of some of your own. When you're going through, try to remember these things: think about your facial expression. So when I showed the big, black geese, I tried to make sure that I looked really shocked at what was happening. And at the beginning, I made sure I looked really happy. Remember, you need a really clear action or pose, so don't make it too complicated. Try to keep a really clear action or pose and make sure you do a big step in between so that we know which part of the story you are on. So you can pause the video now, and have a go at stepping through the story. Well done stepping through the story. You're probably very tired now. We've heard the story. We mapped the story. We've stepped the story. So I hope that you have enough energy for the next part of our lesson. We are going to be speaking through the story. So now you're going to see a video of me speaking through the story and then you'll have a go at doing it by yourself. So now we're going to speak through our story. So I'm going to add a phrase or maybe just one word to each picture. So I'm going to show you how I'm going to speak through my story, but you might choose to put into different things for each picture and you might even say more than me and start to retell more of the story. So I going to show you now with a step for each picture and some words alongside it. A cottage by the edge of the forest. Never go in the forest. Three big, black geese. A fish. You have helped me, so I will help you. Take this shell. A squirrel. You have helped me, so I will help you. Take this acorn. A mouse! You have helped me, so I will help you. Take this stone. Baba Yaga! Sergei! Who's taken my dinner? She ran and she ran and she ran. A lake. She ran and she ran and she ran. A forest! She ran and she ran and she ran. A mountain. How was your day? Now it's time for the last part of you becoming an absolutely amazing storyteller and being able to tell our story of "Baba Yaga" off by heart. So you can have a go at speaking the story through now. And remember, you might choose to add some of the same words that I did, or you might add some of your own and you might even say more than I did. You can keep practising until you think that you know the story inside out and you can tell it to your friends and to your family. So remember to try and use a clear voice, remember to use expression in your voice. So is it happy bit? Is it a frightening bit? Is anyone shocked at any point? And use your actions as well, because they will really, really help you. So you can pause the video now and start to speak through the story. I bet you've done such a fantastic job today of hearing the story, mapping the story, stepping and speaking the story. Remember, if your parent or carer would like you to, you could always take a video of you stepping and speaking the story and send that in to us. Okay, I've got a challenge for you. I would be so impressed if you've done your hearing, mapping, stepping and speaking and you still have the energy for a challenge that will make you such an amazing storyteller. This is my challenge task for today: why do you think Olga did not tell her mum about Baba Yaga? And I've got a sentence starter here to help you, and you can either say this or write it down. I think Olga did not tell her mum about Baba Yaga because... So see if you can think about our challenge question for today, so pause the video now to have a go. Oh, I would love to hear your brilliant ideas. I think that Olga didn't tell her mum because then her mum would know that she hadn't listened to what she asked her to do. Well done for all your amazing storytelling today! It's been absolutely fantastic. And I bet so many of you are now able to tell that story out loud, just like a real storyteller. Remember, you can always share your work with Oak National. If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and hashtag #LearnWithOak. Now that we know our story, we're going to be doing some more amazing learning for the rest of this unit, all about "Baba Yaga" 'cause we know that story so well now, so I hope to see you for lesson three of this unit. Bye!

To tell a story from memory

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