Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name's Mrs. Riley and I'm here today to learn some new vocabulary with you.

In today's lesson, we're focusing on vocabulary, which is associated with the wind, but hopefully we'll find out that these words can be used in lots of different contexts as well.

So they'll be really helpful.

Let's get started, shall we? The outcome of today's lesson is to use the words howl, whirlwind and windswept effectively in multiple contexts.

These are all keywords we'll be using in today's lesson.

I'm gonna say each one and I'd like you to repeat it back to me, so make sure you've got your loud speaking voices ready.

Here we go.

Noun.

Adjective.

Verb.

Synonym.

Word pair.

Well done.

Thank you so much for joining in so beautifully.

Let's see what these words mean.

A noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

The wind is a thing.

So that would be a noun.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

So for example, if we were going to say wind, which is a noun, we might choose an adjective to describe it.

The loud wind.

A verb is a doing or being word.

So we might think about what the wind could be doing.

Perhaps it might be blowing.

The wind was blowing loudly.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.

So if we were going to take, for example the word wind, a synonym might be the word breeze because it has a similar meaning.

And word pairs are words that often appear together.

So for example, gentle breeze.

Those two words might be word pairs because quite often when we describe a breeze, we use the word gentle with it.

Okay, so in our lesson today, we have three learning cycles, and in each learning cycle we're going to learn a new wind word.

So let's get started with our first new wind word.

I would like you to look closely at this Mrs. Wordsmith illustration and have a think about what is happening here.

Yang is the tiger who seems to be, well actually I'm not gonna give you any clues, and Grit is the dog.

So have a look.

Perhaps you might want to pause the video and describe out loud what's happening in this picture.

Off you go.

Well done.

I can see Grit in this picture and it looks like he is either making a noise that's very noisy, that's so noisy, it's swept Yang off the floor.

Or it could be that he is almost blowing and it has blown Yang off the floor.

Yang looks very surprised.

Her arms are up in the air.

Her top has come off as well because the noise or the puff of air has been so strong.

So let's find out what this word could be.

Ah, howl.

My turn.

Your turn.

Howl.

Well done.

Howl is a verb.

So it's a doing or being word.

It means to cry or wail, like what a dog does to get your attention.

Can you think of any other animals that quite often are described as howling? It might be a dog or it might be, perhaps you could shout out to me what other animals might howl.

Oh, I heard a few people shouting wolf at me there.

Well done.

Could you quickly, I think because this is a verb, this is a doing word, it's something that we can do.

I think I'm gonna have to hear you howling.

Can everyone just do their best howling impression? Off you go.

Lovely howling.

Well done.

Okay, so these words are synonyms of howl.

Wail, shriek, yelp.

Here's the word in a sentence.

Grit howled fiercely at the intruder to scare her away.

These words are word pairs of howl.

So let me read them to you.

Howl pitifully.

If something is pitiful, it deserves your pity, which is like when you feel sorry for something.

So if something was howling pitifully, you would probably feel really sorry for them or really sad for them.

Howl angrily, howl mournfully.

Now if you are feeling mournful, you are either feeling or expressing sadness or grief.

So again, if someone or something was going to howl mournfully, that would be really very sad.

Howl loudly.

So before we move on to the other word pairs, I'd like you to pause the video and just say those word pairs out loud just as I did, because that's what's going to help us to really remember these new words that we're learning.

So pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Let's take a look at some more word pairs.

Howl furiously, howl fiercely, howl miserably.

So it seems that howl, which is a verb, something that you do is either done in a sad way like mournfully or pitifully or in an angrily way, like fiercely or furiously.

So just as before, could you pause the video and read those three word pairs out loud? Excellent.

Well done.

Let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a synonym for howl? Remember, synonym means it has the same or similar meaning.

Is it A, shout, B, wail, or C, sing? Pause the video while you think about your answer.

Well done.

The correct answer is B.

Wail is a synonym for howl.

They have a similar meaning.

Okay, it's time for your first task.

In today's task, I would like you to look at this word map, which has the verb howl written in the middle.

Around the word howl, you have either got synonyms or word pairs.

Could you please decide if the word is a synonym or a word pair? If it's a synonym, I'd like you to circle it.

And if it is a word pair, I'd like you to draw a line from the word howl up or across or down to the word pair.

Here's a sentence to help you.

Grit howled fiercely at the intruder to scare her away.

Remember, if the word is a synonym, you should be able to replace it or you might be able to replace it in this sentence because synonyms have a similar meaning.

That trick might help you if you're a bit unsure.

So pause the video now while you complete this task.

Good luck.

Okay, well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

So the synonyms for howl are shriek, wail, and yelp.

They're all verbs as well.

They're doing words because we know howl, our main word is a verb.

It's something you do.

So the the word pairs are howl miserably or miserably howl, howl pitifully, howl angrily, howl mournfully.

I'm gonna say them the other way round now.

Loudly howl, furiously howl and fiercely howl.

So you can see there that our word pairs can either come, which all these word pairs are adverbs.

They end in L-Y, ly.

They describe how the verb is done.

So the verb is howl, and these adverbs or add detail to explain, to describe how the person or the animal, it or the wind is howling.

And we can see that the adverb can come before, miserably howl or after, howl miserably.

Both of those work.

So well done for completing that task.

I would now like you to have a go at writing your own sentence using the word howl.

The word pairs are here to help you.

So you could choose a word pair, for example, pitifully howl and then you can think about your idea around that.

What might be pitifully howling? Because this word is a verb, we could also use a different tense.

So for example, you might use howled if you wanted to write a sentence in the past tense, or you might use howling.

So for example, you might say the dog was howling.

That would be in the progressive past tense.

So you can play around a little bit with the tense of the word, but remember we're focusing on the word howl.

So that's what's really important that you are using a version of that in your sentence.

Use the word pairs to help you, try to be as ambitious as possible and always read your sentence back to check for any mistakes.

Pause the video now.

Excellent.

Well done.

Let's take a look at some examples of some sentences.

The wind howled as loudly as a pack of wolves and rain lashed at the window.

In that sentence, I have changed the verb howl into the past tense by adding E-D.

The wind howled.

And in that sentence, I've got a simile.

As loudly as a pack of wolves.

The wind obviously isn't actually a pack of wolves, but I'm comparing them using as.

And we can also use like to write a simile.

And we can also see in that sentence that I've made a compound sentence because I've got two main clauses.

The wind howled as loudly as a pack of wolves is one of my main clauses.

And then I've got the joining word and then the other main clauses, rain lashed at the window.

Both parts of my sentence make complete sense by themselves.

Both contain a verb, therefore they're both main clauses.

Here's another sentence.

The lonely dog would howl miserably every morning after its owner left for work.

That's actually an adverbial complex sentence because I've got a main clause, the lonely dog would howl miserably every morning, and then I've got a subordinate clause starting with the conjunction after, after its owner left for work.

After its owner left for work doesn't make sense by itself.

So it's a subordinate clause.

It depends on the main clause to make sense.

And that is an adverbial complex sentence.

So perhaps later in the lesson when you are writing your own another sentence, you could try to write either a compound sentence or an adverbial complex sentence.

And maybe you could even try and include a simile like I did here.

And finally, Yin was howling furiously when she discovered Yang had eaten all of her ice cream.

Goodness.

I think I would howl furiously if someone ate all of my ice cream as well.

And again, that's an adverbial complex using the conjunction, when.

When she discovered Yang had eaten all of her ice cream.

Okay, let's take a look at our second new wind word.

The first word was howl.

It was a verb.

I wonder what type of word this is going to be.

Have a look at this picture.

What is happening here? We've got Yin and Yang, the tiger twins and Grit.

What's going on? How would you describe them? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

In this picture, Yin and Yang look like they're having a terrible argument and it looks like perhaps, they're chasing one another and there's almost like a tornado going on around them and Grit looks like he's been caught up in it and he just looks like he's trying to escape.

Let's find out what this word is.

Ah, whirlwind.

My turn.

Your turn.

Whirlwind.

Well done.

Now whirlwind is a noun.

So howl was a verb, a doing word, but whirlwind is a noun.

It's a thing.

Like a hurricane or tornado, like a violent wind that spins and sweeps everything up from the streets.

These words are synonyms of whirlwind.

Hurricane, twister, tornado.

The violent whirlwind tore through the town and destroyed everything in its path.

So a hurricane, a twister, a tornado or a whirlwind are all types of different natural disasters and they can be very destructive.

But as we can see in this picture here, that here is a whirlwind, which seems to be being caused by Yin and Yang having an argument.

So even though we can use whirlwind to describe the weather, a natural disaster, we can also use it in other examples and we're going to find out about that now, when we look at the word pairs.

So these are word pairs of whirlwind.

An unexpected whirlwind, something that you weren't expecting.

A violent whirlwind, a sudden whirlwind, suddenly it's come out of nowhere.

A destructive whirlwind.

Destructive.

If something is destructive, it's destroying something.

A furious whirlwind, and a savage whirlwind.

If something is savage, it's fierce or violent or uncontrolled.

So imagine a savage whirlwind.

Can you pause the video now and read those word pairs out loud? Off you go.

Well done.

Let's take a look at a check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym for whirlwind? Swirl, a twirl or a twister? Could you pause the video while you decide which you think is correct? Well done.

The correct answer is C.

A twister is a synonym for a whirlwind.

They have a similar meaning.

So just as before, you've got another word map.

But this time we have the noun whirlwind written in the middle.

I'd like you to first circle the synonyms, which will also be nouns.

And then I'd like you to draw lines to the word pairs, which will be adjectives, describing the noun, describing the whirlwind.

Here's the word in a sentence to help you.

The violent whirlwind tore through the town.

Remember, if the word's a synonym, you might be able to replace it in that sentence.

Pause the video while you complete this task.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

So the synonyms are hurricane, twister and tornado.

We could say the violent hurricane tore through the town or the violent tornado tore through the town.

The rest of the words are word pairs.

They're adjectives to describe the whirlwind.

An unexpected whirlwind, a violent whirlwind, a sudden whirlwind, a destructive whirlwind, a furious whirlwind, and a savage whirlwind.

Remember, savage means fierce, violent, or uncontrolled.

It's now your turn to write a sentence using the word whirlwind.

Remember those word pairs are there to help you.

They're adjectives.

So you've already got two words in your sentence.

For example, you might say, sudden whirlwind.

And then you can think about your idea surrounding that.

Perhaps you might want to try to use one of these conjunctions after or while to write an adverbial complex sentence.

In this (indistinct), the subordinate clause is going to come first.

So we're starting off with that subordinating conjunction.

So you might say, after the sudden whirlwind swept through the town, and then we have our comma, and then we have our main clause.

Or you might start your sentence with while.

While the destructive whirlwind swept along the beach comma.

And then you can think about what is happening at the same time as that.

So after and while are both subordinating conjunctions that are going to start a subordinating clause.

And remember, we have to have the comma if the subordinate clause comes first, okay, to separate it from the main clause.

Remember the main clause makes sense on its own.

So lots to think about there.

You don't have to use one of those sentence stems if you don't want to, but it's there if you would like.

And remember, it's really impressive writing adverbial complex sentences.

So if you feel brave enough, I think you should go for it.

Okay, pause the video and have a go at writing your sentence now.

Well done.

Let's look at some sentences together.

Ah, so I can see straight away, I've got an adverbial complex sentence here, starting with the subordinating conjunction while.

While the furious whirlwinds swept through the town, comma, trees were uprooted and lampposts were knocked over.

Those two things are happening simultaneously.

Trees were uprooted and lampposts were knocked over is my main clause.

It makes sense by itself.

And I've got a comma to separate the subordinate clause from the main clause.

Okay, let's look at another sentence.

Grit's neat pile of leaves had blown all over the place after the sudden whirlwind had unexpectedly swept through the park.

In that sentence, you might notice there's an apostrophe in the word Grit's.

That's because there's only one Grit, but the neat pile of leaves belongs to him.

So we're using an apostrophe there to show possession.

And this is also an adverbial complex sentence, but this time I start with my main clause, Grit's neat pile of leaves had blown all over the place.

And then I have my subordinating clause, second after the sudden whirlwind had unexpectedly swept through the park.

And because my subordinate clause came second, I didn't need a comma in that one.

So well done if you managed to write an adverbial complex sentence or well done, if you managed to write a sentence that makes sense using that new word, whirlwind.

Okay, it's time to look at our third word.

So we've looked at howl, which is a verb and whirlwind, which is a noun.

Let's have a look at what our third word might be.

Oh, what's happening in this picture? Similar, isn't it to the whirlwind picture? Okay, so this is Armie.

What is going on here? How would you describe this picture? Pause the video now.

Well done.

I can see that Armie looks like he was having a nice relaxing picnic.

He has had a sun umbrella up and a towel that he was lying on.

And I can see a sandwich that's been blown up in the air and some crisps and a drink.

And it looks like Armie has been swept up by some kind of wind.

So let's find out what this word is.

Ah, windswept.

My turn.

Your turn.

Windswept.

Well done.

So windswept is an adjective.

So whirlwind was a noun.

It was a thing, but windswept is an adjective.

So it's going to be a describing word.

So I wonder what it's going to describe.

We'll find out probably when we look at our word pairs.

So it's an adjective, meaning windblown and untidy, like how you would look if you were blown around by the wind.

These words are synonyms of windswept.

They have a similar meaning.

Windblown, untidy, wild.

Here's the word in a sentence.

Armie's picnic blew all over the windswept beach.

So we can see how this word is an adjective in that sentence because beach is a noun.

It's a naming word for a place.

And windswept is the adjective describing it.

The windswept beach.

So these words are word pairs of windswept.

Windswept hillside.

So just imagine that perhaps because it's high up, that's why it's exposed to so much wind.

Windswept plain.

Now if you described a bedroom as being very plain, it would mean that perhaps it was lacking in decoration or colour.

But if you are describing a landscape as being plain, so it's another word to describe a type of landscape.

It's an a large area of flat land with very few trees.

Often a plain, is quite desolate, there's not really much going on there.

So a windswept plain.

A windswept cliff.

Imagine that, perhaps like seas crashing down below it.

A windswept cliff.

A windswept island.

Okay, so four word pairs there.

Could you pause the video and read them out loud? Well done.

And we've got three more.

A windswept beach, a windswept look.

So that might be for example, you might say, "Oh, he had a windswept look after he'd got out of the open top car." And windswept hair.

Again, if you were in a car with no roof on it and you might have windswept hair.

So again, can you pause the video and read those word pairs out loud? Excellent.

Well done.

So let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a word pair of windswept? A, beach, B, untidy, or C, wild? Well done.

The correct answer is A, beach.

Beach is a word pair for windswept.

A beach could be described as windswept.

So just as before, you are probably getting so used to these tasks now, I'd like you to circle the synonyms of windswept and draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's the word in a sentence to help you.

Remember by taking out the word and replacing it with a synonym that can help you to decide if it's a synonym or not.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

Let's go through that together.

So the synonyms are untidy, windblown and wild.

They're all also adjectives describing words.

The word pairs are a windswept hillside, windswept hair, a windswept plain, windswept cliff, windswept island, windswept beach, windswept look.

Okay, it's now time for you to write your last sentence of today using the word windswept.

The word pairs are there to help you.

Here's also another sentence stem.

So this time we've got another adverbial complex sentence, but whereas before you started with the conjunction, after and while and had a comma after the subordinate clause, now we are going to start with the main clause and then have our subordinate clause second, which means we don't need a comma.

Just as I said before, we don't have to use those sentence stems. You don't have to write an adverbial complex sentence using after or while, but they're there to help you.

And I think you would feel very proud of yourself if you did do that, because writing an adverbial complex sentence is always gonna make your writing really exciting.

So pause the video while you write your sentence now.

Well done, everyone.

Okay, let's look at some example sentences.

A lonely umbrella blew along the windswept beach.

So that's just a simple sentence.

Oz's windswept hair looks like a bird's nest after being blown outta place.

So there's my adverbial complex sentence.

I've got my conjunction, after, starting my subordinate clauses, which comes after the main clause, Oz's windswept hair looked like a bird's nest is my main clause.

After being blown outta place is my subordinate clause.

Again, I have an apostrophe for possession to show the nest belongs to the bird, and also the windswept hair belongs to Oz.

And finally, the flowers danced wildly on top of the windswept cliff.

There's just another simple sentence.

So let's just picture that sentence.

That what's happening.

The flowers danced wildly on top of the windswept cliff.

Okay, it's time for your final activity or final task of today's lesson.

I would like you to fill the gaps with either the word howl, which is a verb, whirlwind, which is a noun or windswept, which is an adjective.

So the word classes should help you to see which one fits where.

The sentences are, the lone wolf would (hums) at the moon every night after hunting for prey.

On the (hums) hill, the solitary tree, which had been battered by the relentless breeze, stood alone.

If something's relentless, it happens over and over again.

And in that sentence, you can see we've got a relative pronoun, which, which has started a relative clause which had been battered by the relentless breeze.

I'm adding in information.

I've split up my main clause on the hill.

On the (hums) hill, the solitary tree stood alone.

I've interrupted it with my relative clause, which had been battered by the relentless breeze.

And finally there was an unexpected (hums) of excitement as the party bags were handed out to the elated children.

Elated means really happy and excited.

So can you pause the video now while you complete this final task? Good luck.

Okay, let's go through the answers.

So the first one is, the lone wolf would howl at the moon.

It's a doing word, it's something that the wolf is doing.

On the windswept hill, perhaps you knew that because hill is a noun.

So windswept is an adjective describing it.

And finally, there was an unexpected whirlwind of excitement as the party bags were handed out to the elated children.

So there's an example of how whirlwind can be used, not just as to describe the weather or a natural disaster, but there could be a whirlwind of excitement.

So we can use that one in different contexts as well.

Perhaps there might be a whirlwind of activity in the shops when it's Christmas time because so many people are trying to buy their presents.

So let's have summarise what we've learned today.

We've learned three new words associated to the wind.

We've learned howl a verb, which means to cry or wail, like what a dog does to get your attention.

We've learned whirlwind a noun, like a hurricane, tornado or a violent wind that spins and sweeps everything up from the streets.

And finally, we learned windswept as an adjective, meaning windblown and untidy, how you would look if you were blown around by the wind.

So well done for working so hard in today's lesson.

You've now got three new words that you can add to your vocabulary toolkit, and hopefully you can use those in your speaking or in your writing.

I'll hopefully see you again for some more learning another time.

Bye.