Hi, everyone.

My name is Ms. Boyle, and welcome to this reading lesson where we will be exploring Lila's emotions in the opening of "The Firework-Maker's Daughter".

For this lesson, you need this copy of "The Firework-Maker's Daughter" by Philip Pullman.

Pause the video and get your copy now.

Great, now I know you have your copy of the book with you.

During this lesson, you need to be listening and looking carefully.

You need your copy of the book to refer to, and there will be lots of tasks where you need somebody to talk to.

I hope you are feeling excited and ready to learn.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is I can identify Lila's emotions and develop thoughts that convey them.

Here are our key words for today's lesson.

Let's practise saying them, my turn, your turn.

Emotions, perspective, empathy.

Well done.

Let's take a look at their definitions.

Emotions are strong feelings that result from a person's circumstances, mood, or relationship with others.

Perspective refers to a person's point of view.

And empathy is the ability to understand other people's feelings and point of view.

There are two parts to today's lesson.

In the first part, we will be identifying Lila's emotions.

And in the second part, we will be developing thoughts for Lila.

So let's begin with identifying Lila's emotions.

What do we know about the firework-maker's daughter? Let's remind ourselves.

It is a quest narrative written by Philip Pullman.

The protagonist in the story is a girl named Lila, who is the daughter of Lalchand, a firework-maker.

Lila and Lalchand's relationship is central to the plot because of their conflicting views on her future.

Lila wants to be a firework-maker, but Lalchand doesn't think it is appropriate for a girl and wants her to focus on finding a husband instead.

Lila discovered that her father had shared the secret to firework-making with her friend Chulak, and she decided to defy her father and run away on her quest to become a firework-maker.

You are going to be writing two diary entries from the perspective of Lila in "The Firework-Maker's Daughter".

Your first diary entry will be written after Lila finds out her father's views on her future.

Your second diary entry will be written after Lila discovers her father told Chulak the secret.

Each of these diary entries will provide a recount of events and express Lila's emotions and thoughts.

It is important for us to analyse the opening of the story in order to understand the journey Lila went on with her emotions, because we know that those emotions changed throughout.

The opening can be summarised into four key moments.

Lila loved fireworks, and shared her dream of being a firework-maker.

Lila's father told her she needed to find a husband instead.

Lila learnt her father had told Chulak the secret to firework-making.

Lila decided to leave home on her quest to the Volcano of Merapi.

Lila's feelings shift and change over the course of these key moments.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false, Lila's emotions remain the same throughout the opening of "The Firework-Maker's Daughter"? Pause the video and select your answer now.

That is false.

Well done.

Time to justify your answer.

A, her emotions shift and change at four key moments, or B, her emotions change once.

Pause the video and select your justification.

The answer is A, her emotions shift and change at four key moments.

Well done.

It is time for your first task, and it is a talk task.

Discuss and identify the different emotions you think Lila was experiencing at each of the following points in the story.

One, Lila loved fireworks and shared her dream of being a firework-maker.

Two, Lila's father told her she needed to find a husband instead.

Three, Lila learnt her father had told Chulak the secret to firework-making.

And four, Lila decided to leave home on her quest to the Volcano of Merapi.

Pause the video now and discuss the different emotions you think Lila experienced at each of these points.

Welcome back.

I loved listening to your discussions.

Lots of you used clues from the text to identify and infer Lila's different emotions, and lots of you tried to put yourself in Lila's shoes to try and imagine how you would feel.

Let's take a look at some of the answers I heard.

For one, Lila loved fireworks and shared her dream of being a firework-maker, you identified that she was feeling inspired, proud, excited.

So really positive emotions at this point in her story.

For two, Lila's father told her she needed to find a husband instead.

Some of the answers I heard were upset, sad, deflated, lonely, confused.

So a real shift from the positive emotion she was experiencing before she found out her father's views.

For three, Lila learned out her father had told Chulak the secret to firework-making.

You said that she was furious, angry, betrayed.

And for four, Lila decided to leave home on her quest to the Volcano of Merapi, you identified there was another key shift.

She began to feel determined, committed, but there was also a sense of nervousness.

So we can clearly see how Lila's emotions shift and change at each of these four key points.

Well done For discussing this and identifying these emotions with your partner.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson where we will be developing thoughts for Lila.

We are going to try to understand Lila's perspective.

Perspective refers to a person's point of view.

By empathising with Lila's experiences, we can understand what her perspective in each situation might have been.

Empathy means the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

We can use empathy towards Lila in each of the situations she found herself in.

This will help us try to understand her perspective and imagine what she was feeling or thinking.

Doing this will help us develop thoughts she would share in her diary entries.

Let's check your understanding.

Match the following keywords to the correct definitions.

For the keywords we have emotions, perspective, and empathy.

And the definitions are a person's point of view, the ability to understand other people's feelings and points of view, and strong feelings resulting from circumstances, moods, or relationships with others.

Pause the video and match these now.

Let's take a look at the answers.

Emotions are strong feelings resulting from circumstances, moods, or relationships with others.

Perspective refers to a person's point of view.

And empathy is the ability to understand other people's feelings and points of view.

Well done for showing a great understanding of these key words and what they mean.

Expressing thoughts and emotions is a key part of writing a diary entry.

Emotions in a diary are expressed in two ways.

They can be expressed by explicitly stating how an experience made you feel.

For example, you might write, "I felt so proud of myself." Or emotions can be expressed through choice of words and phrases that can convey emotion.

For example, you might write, "I couldn't believe it." These words imply a sense of surprise or shock, but they do not explicitly say, "I was shocked," or, "I was surprised." Let's consider the following experience of Lila's.

Lila loved fireworks and shared her dream of being a firework-maker.

We inferred that Lila was feeling inspired, proud, and excited at this point in the story.

We can develop thoughts for Lila that convey and express these emotions.

Lila might say, "I couldn't wait to discover all of the best secrets to firework-making." These words convey the feelings of being inspired and excited without explicitly saying it.

Lila might write, "I felt so proud of myself because I've dedicated so much time to learning." This is an example of explicitly stating an emotion.

Another example is, "I was buzzing and I couldn't wait to tell my father about my dream." These words express Lila's feeling of excitement, but she chose a different word.

Instead of saying excited, she said, "I was buzzing." Let's check your understanding.

Consider the following experience of Lila's.

Lila's father told her she needed to focus on finding a husband.

Match the emotion she felt to an appropriate thought to convey it.

The emotions are upset, lonely, confused.

And the thoughts are, "I didn't understand why being a girl mattered," and, "I felt crushed by the thought of not following my dream," and, "I felt like my father and I didn't know each other at all." Pause the video and match the emotions to an appropriate thought now.

Let's take a look at the answers.

So for feeling upset, an appropriate thought would be, "I felt crushed by the thought of not following my dream." The word crushed conveys Lila's feeling of being upset.

For lonely, an appropriate thought would be, "I felt like my father and I didn't know each other at all." She's used to being very close to her father, and suddenly she didn't feel like she knew him anymore, so that would make her feel lonely.

And for confused, an appropriate thought is, "I didn't understand why being a girl mattered." The words, "I didn't understand," show confusion, and she explains what she's confused about.

Well done for showing a great understanding of how choice of words and phrases can convey emotion without explicitly stating it.

It's time for your task.

Discuss and identify a thought you think Lila had at each of the following points in the story to show her emotions.

Point one, Lila loved fireworks and shared her dream of being a firework-maker.

What might she write to convey the feelings of being inspired, proud, and excited about this? For point 2, Lila's father told her she needed to find a husband instead.

We know that she was feeling upset, sad, deflated, lonely, confused.

What thoughts might she have about these emotions? For point 3, Lila learnt her father had told Chulak the secret to firework-making.

We know she felt furious, angry, betrayed, wronged.

What might she say about this point? And for point 4, Lila decided to leave home on her quest to the Volcano of Merapi.

We know she was feeling determined and committed, but a bit nervous at this point.

What thoughts do you think she was having then? Pause the video now and discuss this with your partner.

Welcome back.

I loved listening to all of your ideas about what Lila was thinking at each point, and what she might write in her diary entry.

Let's take a look at some examples.

For point 1, Lila loved fireworks and shared her dream of being a firework-maker.

We know she was feeling inspired, proud, and excited.

She might say, "It was thrilling to watch my firework invention come to life." Or, "I was over the moon, and couldn't wait to tell my father about my future dreams." Both of these examples convey Lila's feelings of being excited and inspired by fireworks and proud of her achievements.

For point 2, Lila's father told her she needed to find a husband instead.

We know that she was feeling upset, sad, deflated, lonely, and confused.

Lila might write, "I suddenly felt all of the excitement and joy leave my body." Now, I loved this example because it doesn't explicitly state the feelings of sadness.

It highlights that the positive feelings she had before had left her body, which implies a clear shift to feelings of sadness.

Another example for this point in the story is, "It broke my heart to even think about a future without making fireworks." This conveys the feeling of sadness through the phrase, "It's broke my heart." For point three, Lila learnt her father had told Chulak the secret to firework-making.

We know that at this point, Lila was feeling furious, angry, betrayed, wronged.

She might write, "I cannot believe my own father would betray me this way." Or, "I don't ever want to speak to my father again.

I will show him." Now the first example clearly states that feeling of being betrayed, but the second implies it because she is so angry and feels so betrayed that she doesn't ever want to speak to him again.

And for point 4, Lila decided to leave home on her quest to the Volcano of Merapi.

We know that she was feeling determined and committed, but also a bit nervous.

She might write, "It is a big journey to take alone, but I am so determined." Now, this was a wonderful example.

It shows the feelings of nervousness as well as being determined.

She doesn't explicitly say she's nervous, but she implies it through saying, "It is a big journey to take alone." And then she uses a coordinating conjunction, but, to say, "I am so determined," to show that even though she's nervous, that feeling of determination still remains.

Another example is, "I will discover the secret and become the finest firework-maker in the world." This really shows that feeling of determination and commitment, especially through her capitalization of the words, "I will." Well done for discussing each of these four key points and developing such wonderful thoughts for Lila.

We've now come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together.

The opening of "The Firework-Maker's Daughter" can be summarised into four key moments.

Lila's emotions shift and change over the course of these four key moments.

Using empathy can help us develop a greater understanding of Lila's perspective.

We can develop thoughts for Lila that convey and express her emotions, and emotions can be stated explicitly or conveyed through choice of words and phrases.

Well done for all of your hard work today.

I have really enjoyed teaching you this lesson.