To use imperative verbs

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Instructions: How to defeat the fire giants

﻿Hello super storytellers, and welcome to this English lesson. This is lesson three of unit three, and my name is Ms Cashin. In lesson one and two of this unit, we have heard a set of instructions about how to defeat the fire giants. And then we learned them from memory. Today, we are going to learn how to use imperative verbs in our instructions. So let's find out what we're going to do in our lesson so that we can use those imperative verbs. We're going to start today's lesson with a spelling activity. Then we're going to play an instructions game. Then we're going to see if we can spot some imperative verbs. And then once we can spot them, you're going to write your own sentences with some different imperative verbs. These are the things that you're going to need in our lesson. You're going to need something to write on. So, an exercise book or some paper. You're going to need something to write with, a pen or a pencil, and you're going to need your brilliant brain. So if you need to go and get any of those things, you can pause the video now and go and get them. Well done, super storytellers. We are all ready for our learning. So let's get started with our spellings. We are learning some common exception words. These are words that we use all the time. They're very, very common. So it's really important that we can write them and that we can spell them. But there are exception words. There're words where we can't use our sounds. So we just have to know how they're spelled. Here's my first word. Put your magnet eyes on it. Can you read it? Can you tell it to me? It's father. Father. Father. Well done, super spellers. Let's have a look at how it's spelled. I'm going to read the letters. F-A-T-H-E-R. Now if I was going to use my sounds, I would put an R in there for Father, to make the R sound, but it's not there, so we just need to know it. Let's point to the letters and say them. F-A-T-H-E-R, one more time. F-A-T-H-E-R. Amazing work, let's have a look at our next word. Can you look at it? Can you say it to me? Move. Move. Now I would have thought that the word move has two O's in it, but it doesn't. So it's one of those common exception words. We just need to know the letters. Let's say what letters are there. M-O-V-E. One more time. M-O-V-E, move. Fantastic job, we've got one more common exception we're going to look at today. Get your magnet eyes ready. Can you read it? Can you say it to me? Bath. Bath. Now I might've thought it had an R in it again for the R sound like father. But it doesn't, let's say it with our letters. B-A-T-H. Bath. B-A-T-H. Bath. Fantastic, super spellers. Okay, I have got three words here, but there's a spelling mistake in each of them. Silly Ms. Kashi made a spelling mistake. Can you pause the video and see if you can write out these words with the correct spelling? See if you can spot the mistake. So pause the video now to go and write out your spellings. Well done, super spellers, let's have a look. There they are all spelled right. Father, bath, and move. You can now pause the video again and see how do you spell all those words right. And give yourself three ticks or have you made a mistake and then you can correct it and write it out correctly. So you won't make the same mistake next time. Well done, super spellers. Absolutely fantastic start to our learning today. Now we're going to play our instructions game. For our imperative verb game, I'm going to give you some instructions. Each of our instructions will begin with an imperative verb. An imperative verb we have in a sentence that tells you to do something. So an imperative verb commands you to do something. Sometimes if I'm using an imperative verb, I sound a bit bossy. So I wonder if you can follow my instructions. My first imperative verb is stand. Can you stand up? Sit down. Spin around. Dance in your chair. Dance around your chair. Dance with your shoulders. Dance with your arms. Fantastic job following my instructions. Wrinkle your nose. Wrinkle your forehead. Fantastic. Stick your tongue out. Stick your thumb up. Fantastic. Now that we have an idea of what imperative verbs are, we're going to see if we can spot them. Remember, imperative verbs are verbs which tell you what to do. They command you to do something. And sometimes when we use them, we sound quite bossy. So when we learned our instructions for how to defeat the fire giants, an imperative verb would be to sneak to the house or to put the chilli peppers outside. You're going to see some sentences now, which are about defeating some different giants. And for each sentence, we're going to see if we can spot the imperative verb. Here is our first sentence, I'm going to read it. Smashed the stone giant with a hammer. Let's read it together. Magnet eyes on the word 'smash'. Smash the stone giant with a hammer. My goodness, that sounds like a really good way to defeat the stone giant. Pause the video and see if you can work out which word is the imperative verb. Well done, storytelling superstars. Did you find the imperative verb? Let's see, it was smash. My turn, your turn. Smash. Smash. Fantastic. So we can say smash the stone giant with a hammer or smash the door down to get in and find the giant. So smash is the word that's telling you what to do. Let's look at our next sentence. I'm going to read it first. Throw the frost giant in the oven. Ah, the frost giant will melt away. Let's read that together. Magnet eyes on the first word. Throw the frost giant in the oven. Pause the video and see if you can find which word is the imperative verb. Well done, storytelling superstars. Let's see if you were right. It was throw, that's the word that's telling you what to do. Throw the frost giant in the oven. Or you could have throw the chilli peppers all around the outside of the house. Or throw the giant into the hole. Let's have a look at our next sentence. Now this is a bit of a challenge because here it's not the first word, it's not when. So let's have a read, I'll read it first. When you arrive, sneak up to the window. Let's read it all together. Magnet eyes on the first word. When you arrive, sneak up to the window. Pause the video and see if you can work out which word is the imperative verb. Well done, super storytellers. Now we know it's not when. When isn't a word that tells us to do something. It was sneak. When you arrive, sneak up to the window. We could change that sentence around. We could say, "Sneak up to the window when you arrive." Or even just, "Sneak up to the window." So it's really clear what we're asking somebody to do. We've got another one here. Let's read it together. I'll start and then we'll read it together. Quickly, jump on to the enormous giant's back. Oh my goodness, I wonder what sort of giant this is that you can jump on their back. Let's read it together. Magnet eyes on the first word. Quickly, jump onto the enormous giant's back. Pause the video and see if you can work out where is the imperative verb? Did you spot it? It wasn't quickly, quickly is an adverb. It tells us how to do something. It doesn't tell us what to do. It was jump. Quickly, jump onto the enormous giant's back. Or you could have, "Jump through the window to attack the giant." Or jump up and down to get their attention. So there are lots of different instructions you could give somebody with the imperative verb 'jump'. Now that we can spot imperative verbs, we're going to write sentences with some different imperative verbs. So you're going to watch me do it. And then you will have a go at writing your own instructions with imperative verbs. For our writing activity today, we are going to write the same instruction two or three times. But we're going to use a different imperative verb each time. Here's my instruction. Mmm along the fiery path. Oh, we must be on our way to the fire giant's house because we've got a fiery path. And path is about like bath. That we looked to at the beginning of this lesson. So I need to think about what verb could go here. Well I think the first one to start with would be walk along the fiery path. So walk. Walk along the fiery path. Okay, put walk along the fiery path, I could run along the fiery path. But then I think the fiery giant might hear me coming. Maybe I could sneak along the fiery path. Oh, I like sneak. Let me use my sounds, S-N-EAK. Sneak along the fiery path. Sneak along the fiery path. Okay, I need one more imperative verb. I've used walk, I've used sneak. What would be another really good way to go up the fiery path? I don't want to stomp or stamp. I don't want to jump. Oh, I could tip toe. I really like tip toe because that would be similar to sneaking. And it might also mean that my feet don't get burned if I can tip toe. So tip toe, I'm going to use my sounds. Tip, and then toe. T. That's how I've made my O sound. Tip toe. Along the fiery path. So I've got my instructions with three different imperative verbs. Walk, sneak, and tiptoe. Those are the verbs which are telling us what to do. Now it's time for you to do your writing using our imperative verbs. I've got three instructions here for you and you can choose which one you want to write. Remember, we're going to write the same instruction two or three times with a different imperative verb each time. If you did this for all three of the instructions that I've got for you, you will have nine sentences at the end. I'm going to read them to you. Mmm to the giant's house. Mmm as loud as you can. Also you could maybe sing as loud as you can. Mmm the giant into the hole. I've also got in the box some imperative verbs. Let's read them, my turn, your turn. Push. Kick. Put. Walk. Run. Shout. So you could use some of those to help you finish your sentences. So you can pause the video now and go and do your imperative verb writing. Well done, storytelling superstars. You are so fantastic at writing instructions now. I have got an adverb challenge. I wonder if you are ready for a challenge? You're going to see me do it. And then you can go and do your adverb challenge yourself. For my challenge, I am going to add an adverb to one of these sentences. You will have a lot more sentences than me. So I'm going to put challenge here. So I know that that's what I'm doing. So we know then adverb modifies the verb. So I can walk in lots of different ways. I could sneak in lots of different ways. I could walk quickly. I could walk slowly. I could walk quietly. I could sneak quietly, definitely. I wouldn't want to sneak loudly. I could tiptoe carefully. Or I really like that actually, tip toe carefully along the fiery path. I could even say carefully tiptoe along the fiery path. So I can think about where that would go. I think I'm going to put it at the beginning. So carefully. Carefully. And I don't need my capital T anymore because it's not at the beginning of my sentence. Carefully tiptoe along the fiery path. So I've added my adverb so we know how we should be tiptoeing. Now that you've seen me do an adverb challenge where I add an adverb that modifies the meaning of the verb, you can see if you can add an adverb to just one of your sentences. And I've got some adverbs here to help you. Let's read them, my turn, your turn. Quietly. Confidently. Slowly. Loudly. Quickly. Carefully. So you can choose one of these adverbs and add it to one of your instructions. Pause the video now to go and do that. Well done storytelling superstars. You are such experts at using imperative verbs now. You've been able to follow instructions with them. You've spotted them. You've written with them. And you've even been able to add an adverb, which tells us how to do them. You have done such fantastic work today. I would love to see some of your work, especially your writing of your instructions. So remember, you can always share your work with Oak National. 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. In our next lesson we're going to learn even more about how we can write amazing instructions so that we can defeat the fire giants. I can't wait, so I hope to see then. Bye, superstars.

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