To tell a story from memory

Key Stage 1

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The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken: characters and problems

﻿Hello to soup storytellers and welcome to this English lesson, my name is Miss Cashin, and this is lesson two of this unit where we are learning the story, the eagle who thought he was a chicken, today we are going to learn that story from memory. So you can be an amazing storyteller. These are the things that we're going to do so that we can tell this story from memory. We're going to hear the story again. Then we're going to create a story map of the story. Then we're going to step through the story with some really clear actions, and then we're going to speak through the story. And the more and more that we speak through the story, the better we will get at telling the story of by heart. So these are things you're going to need in this lesson. You're going to need an exercise book or some paper, and it'd be brilliant. If you had some plain paper for our story map, you're going to need something to write with a pen or a pencil. And your brilliant brain is going to be working so hard to tell this story from memory. So if you need to go and get any of those things, pause the video now and go and get them. Well done to you storytellers, you are all ready for our English learning today. So now we're going to remind ourselves of our story by hearing it again. Our new story is called the Eagle, who thought he was a chicken. And this story is from native America. Once there was a farmer, one day he was walking back to his farm. When he heard two gunshots, he walked up the path and before him, he saw two enormous golden eagles. They were both stone, cold, dead. Who would do such a thing, thought the farmer who would kill two, such magnificent creatures? They help keep down the numbers of rats, mice, and rabbits. And they do such little harm to us humans. The farmer looked up above him and he could see an, a barrage to the top of the tall pine tree, an eagle's nest. The farmer climbed up the tree. He peered inside the nest and he could see two eagles eggs carefully the farmer picked up the eagles eggs and slipped them into his pocket. He climbed back down the tree and went back to his farm. When he got to his farm, he wondered what to do with the eggs. Then he had an idea. He slipped them underneath a hen who was sitting on her own chicken eggs, waiting for them to hatch some time passed. And the eggs hatched and the eaglets were accepted into that chicken family. They thought the hen was their mother and they loved her very much. They learned to squawk like chickens. They let you scratch like chickens. They learned to eat seeds and to eat crops. And they learned to hide if an eagle, as a sword over the farm some more time went on and the eaglets had bigger beaks than the other chicks. They had bigger wings, wider wings than the other chicks and they had sharper craws. One day the brother eagle was walking through the farm. When he had a sound up above him, it was an owl hooting, but it was also laughing at him, said the owl, what are you laughing at? Said, the eagle am laughing at you said the owl. Why said the eaglet? Because you act like a chicken, but you are an eagle said the owl. I am not an eagle. I am a chicken said the eaglet Why is your beak so big? why your wings so wide? Why are your craws so sharp said the owl. Wow I might just a very, I'm just a very unusual chicken said the eaglet come with me, said the owl. I have something to show you the owl sweeped down. And the eaglet climbed onto his back and held on the owl sword through the sky. I don't like it, said the eagle before he knew what was happening, the owl flipped himself upside down and the eaglet began to plummet towards the earth, screamed the eaglet. Open your wings shouted the owl. The eaglet took a deep breath and opened his enormous brown wings. He began to swor and glide through the sky. I am flying he shouted I am eagle I can fly through the sky. The next day, the brother eaglet went to his sister and said, come with me. I have something to show you. And he taught her how to fly as well. They soared high above the chicken coop, Kings and queen of the sky and proud eagles. Thank you owl they called down for showing us who we really are. Well done storytellers for listening to that story one more time. Now you're going to watch me create story map. And then he will create your very own story map. I am already to create my story map. I remember when we make the story map, we draw a few quick pictures just to show the main parts of our story, to help us to learn it from memory. So how does my story start? I remember that the farmer is walking home and he hears those two gunshots. He finds the two dead golden eagles and he thinks this is so awful, but he looks up and what does he see? That's right he sees a nest. And in that nest are two eagle eggs, there we go. you can see that a little bit better. And he reaches out to pick up those two eagle eggs and he slips them in his pocket and he goes back home. When he goes back to the farm, he thinks to himself, what should I do with these eggs? And then he has an idea. He places them in with some chicken eggs. And on top of those chicken eggs is the mummy hen who has sat on them, waiting for them to hatch. After a while we know that the eggs do hatch and our two eaglets, brother eaglets and sister eaglet grow up as chickens. And then going to draw them, still looking a bit chick like eggs. They don't know that different yet. And they learn to do lots of things that chickens do. Don't they, they learn to quack like chickens. They learn to eat seeds and crops. So draw some kind worms. You got some seeds and crops there they then to scratch like chicken and they learn to hide if they see an eagle up in the sky. So that is an eagle up in the distance. As they grow older there are some things about them, which are different to their chicken brothers and sisters their beaks are longer, their wings are wider and their craws are sharper. Really big craws just like an eagle would have the thing that sticks out the back as well. It can extra craw at the back Day, rather eagle. It is coming back to the chicken coop. And what does he hear? Do you remember who we meet? That's right storytelling soup. Does we meet the owl? And the owl is laughing at him. There's this big owls eyes. He's looking down at the eagle. There's his beak. And he's saying, ha ha. You think that you are a chicken? How ridiculous you are an eagle. And this is the problem in our story because the brother, eaglet he does look a bit more like eagle now is sad and upset and confused. And he gets quite angry. And he says, what's he talking about? Of course am a chicken. And when he says, but why is your beak so big and your wings so wide and your craws so sharp? He says, Oh, I'm not sure I'm just an unusual chicken. But he has started to think, Oh dear, maybe I am eagle. Then what does the owl see to him? He keeps saying, I'm not an eagle I am a chicken. I'm just unusual chicken. And the owl says, come with me. I have something to show you. And what does he get the eagle to do. That is my owl. And the owl is flying.. I always have very big wingspans as well. The owl is flying. And where's the eagle. That's right. The eagle it gets onto the owls back. And he holds on with his craws. But he's saying, stop I don't like it I can't fly. Put me down I don't like it. And the owl flips over and what happens, the eaglet he plummets through the air there he is he's not flying yet. He's just falling and falling. He's probably thinking, this is it. This is the end I'm going to die. He's falling through the sky. But the, owl shouts to him, flap out your wings, open your wings. You can fly, you can fly. And the eagle tries it. And he realises that he can fly. Look how long his wings are. And he says, Oh my goodness, I can fly am an eagle.. And he feels really proud of himself. And then he goes back to the chicken coop and he says to his sister, come with me. I have something to show you. There are some more eggs in the chicken coop. And there is their mummy hen. And there is the farm house. And they saw above the chicken coop King and queen of the sky proud eagles. Eagle number one and sister eagle. And they said, thank you owl. I'll teach you. We read the, they felt really happy and comfortable as eagles. Now that you've seen me create my story map. You are going to have a go at creating your very own story map for this story. The Eagle who thought he was a chicken. Remember that we just do some really quick drawings to help us to remember the story. You've got my map here to help you. You might think of your own pictures so you can pause the video and go into your story map. Well done soup storytellers fantastic work already today. Now you're going to watch me step the story, and then you will have a go step in the story. I am all ready to step through my story now. So I've got my map here and I go to an action for each picture. And like I say, one word, I'm also going straight big step in between the here I go, Eggs. Hen. Clawk. Bigger. Unusual. Stop. Proud. Thank you. Now that you've watched me step the story. It's time for you to step the story. Remember to think about your facial expression is the eagle scared are they confused? Are they happy? Remember to a clear action post for each picture remember to do a clear step in between. And you can add one word to help you to begin to tell this story from memory. So pause the video to go and step through your story. Well done, soup storytellers. Now you're going to watch me speak through the story and then you will speak to the story. Now I'm going to speak through my story. When you speak through your story with your map, you might say more than me. You might say less than me. All that matters is the more that we speak through, the more we'll be able to tell our story. So I'm just going to say one sentence for each. He slipped the eggs in his pocket, He slipped them under mother hen. They learnt to cluck like chickens, eat like chickens, scratch like chickens and hide. Their beak was bigger. Their wings were wider. Their craws were sharper. You think you are a chicken. Am just an usual chicken. Stop I don't like it, I can't fly. am falling. I can fly am an eagle. Thank you owl for teaching us who we really are now it's time for you to speak through the story. Remember to have a clear voice, remember to use your expression, especially when the eagle is upset, angry or scared, and remember to use your actions as well, to help you. You might say less than me. You might say more than me. As long as you are working to know that story from memory, you are doing a fantastic job and being an amazing storyteller. So you can pause the video now to go and speak through your story. Well, that's it soup storytellers, such amazing work today. I've got a challenge for us to finish our lesson on how far can you get through your map without looking at it? So can you have a quick list and then put it down and see how much of the story you can tell. You might even challenge yourself by saying, right. I did three pictures last time. Now I see if I could do five pictures or six pictures so pause the video and see how far can you get through your map without looking at it? Well done soup storytellers. You have done so well today to learn our story, the eagle who thought he was a chicken from memory. I would love to see some of your story maps and even some videos of you stepping or speaking our story. That would be amazing. So remember, you can always share your work with OakNational. So if you'd like to please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak, I would love to see that in our next lesson, we're going to be thinking very, very carefully about the problem in this story. We know the problem is when the eagle is told that maybe he's not a chicken after all. So we're going to learn more about that in our next lesson. So I will see you then soup storytellers. Bye.

To tell a story from memory

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