Lesson video

Hello and welcome.

My name is Mr. Santhanam, and this is lesson one of 10.

Today's learning objective is to listen to a persuasive speech and ask questions afterwards.

Persuasive writing is so important because we use it all the time in our lives.

You might want to persuade someone to give you something, you might want to write to your prime minister to change a law, you might want to persuade your teacher to change something in your classroom.

So we use persuasive writing all the time.

I remember when I was little, I had to write a letter to my mum and dad and tell them that I wanted a Game Boy, and the only way they would let me do it is if I wrote a persuasive letter.

Have you ever tried to persuade someone to do something? Hmm.

Wow, I heard some people saying that they have tried to persuade people to give them chocolate, to give them sweets, even to lend them their toys.

Let's get started on our lesson.

In this lesson, you are going to need some paper, a pencil and your brilliant brain.

Pause the video now while you go and get those things.

Amazing, you've got them, let's get started.

The first thing on our agenda today is we're going to look at our spelling activity.

And we've got some exciting spellings today because they are tricky words, and I love learning tricky words.

Then we're going to do grammar focus, and our grammar focus today is all about different sentence types.

Then we're going to listen to our new persuasive speech.

And we've got a special visitor who's going to come and give us our persuasive speech today.

After that we'll have a chance to ask some questions about the speech.

First of all, let's get started with our tricky words in our spelling activity.

What are tricky words exactly? Have you ever come across a tricky word? Ah, that's right.

Tricky words are words that you can't necessarily sound out.

They're quite mischievous because they try and trick you.

Unfortunately, the only way we can read these words is just by remembering them and locking them in our brains so that when we see them, we can read them straight away.

Let's have a look at some.

Here are some tricky words that you're going to write down and learn.

Plant, improve, whole, should, again, half, money, class, sugar, steak.

If you try to sound out each sound and then blend them together, it would sound a little bit strange.

Let's have a go with plant.

P-L-A-N-T, plant.

Hmm, doesn't sound quite right, does it? Let's try the next one.

I-M-P-R-O-V-E, improv-e, that doesn't sound right either.

So as you can see, these words can not be sounded out, and we need to just be able to look at them, remember them.

I know that I can remember some spellings by looking at the word, saying it in a sentence, writing down the word, and then going back to check the spelling.

Why not give yourself a little test now to see how many you remember? That way you can know which ones you need to work on.

Pause the video now while you write down these words.

Great, I can tell that you already doing a fantastic job at your spellings, but let's move on.

Okay, it's now time for our grammar focus.

No matter what sentence we're using, they can be grouped into four different categories.

We are either making a statement, that's when we are stating a simple fact, we are either asking a question, we are either making a command, I am telling someone to do something, or we are making an exclamation, I am saying something in a powerful way.

I'm going to see my turn, your turn.

Statement.

Statement.

Question, question.

Command, command.

Exclamation, exclamation.

Fantastic, now that we know the four different types, let's have a little practise at grouping our sentences.

I'm going to give you a challenge now, I'm going to give you a sentence, I want you to tell me what kind of sentence you think it is.

Is it a statement? Is it a question? Is it a command or is it an exclamation? And you can use the actions to help you to remember which one it is.

Are you ready? My school uniform is green.

Is it a statement, a question, a command or an exclamation? Pause the video now while you discuss, pause the video now while you decide.

Okay, I can see that there's no question mark at the end, there's no exclamation mark at the end, and it's not telling me to do something.

Therefore, I know this is a statement.

The next sentence says, would you like some cake? Pause the video now while you decide what kind of sentence it is.

Okay, I can see that the end of that sentence, there is a question mark, so I know straight away it is a question, it's asking someone a question.

The next sentence is, what a scary monster! Hmm, I wonder if we're going to get this one.

Pause your video now while you discuss or decide what kind of sentence this is.

I can see at the end of that sentence there's an exclamation mark.

So I know straight away that it must be an exclamation.

Did you get it right? Well done if you did.

Switch off the light.

Pause the video now while you decide what kind of sentence this is.

There's no question on the end, there's no question mark on the end, there's no exclamation mark on the end, it's not really a statement, it's not telling someone something.

It's not telling someone a fact, it's telling someone to do something, switch off the light.

Therefore it must be a command.

Amazing, very soon you're going to know how to group any kind of sentence.

Okay, it's now time to listen to our speech.

And I've got a special guest here for you to tell you our persuasive speech.

I wonder what it's going to be about.

Why you should never light fires in a dry forest.

Hello, I am the fire chief.

I am here today to tell you about fire safety so that you will know what to do if you ever find yourself in a hot, dry forest in summer.

Our message is simple, don't light fires, protect the forest, save lives.

So repeat after me, don't light fires, protect the forest, save lives.

Now, let me explain why there are three important reasons why you should never light a fire in a dry forest.

First, the forest is home to millions of plants and animals, which will all die if you start a forest fire.

Not only that, but humans can get killed too.

So don't light fires and you will save many lives.

Second, living forests help to make oxygen in the air from carbon dioxide gas.

Without the forest, there will be more carbon dioxide gas, which means the world would warm up.

This is dangerous for our planet.

Third, even if you are very clever, you never know when a single spark is going to fly out of the forest and start a fire somewhere else.

So remember, do as I say, don't light fires, protect the forest and save lives.

Oh, I don't know about you, but that fire man really knew what he was talking about, he definitely persuaded me not to light fires anymore.

Okay, now that we've listened to the fireman performing his speech, it is time for us to ask some questions.

What questions would you like to ask the fireman? Remember, most questions begin with how, where, why and what.

For example, I've written a question, why do some people start fires? Shall we ask the fireman? I'll go and get him.

Yes, hello I'm the fireman.

Well, the reason that some people start fires is because sometimes they are just playing around and messing around, but other times they might be camping in the forest or perhaps they're even trying to survive in the forest because they're lost.

And they might be creating fires to make food and to keep themselves warm.

But unfortunately, these fires can cause sparks which then catch on to other bits of dry wood, and then before you know it, there's a huge fire.

It's not very good.

Do you have any other questions for me? Why not pause your video now and think of some questions that you would like to ask.

You could ask the questions to your teacher, your parent or carer, or a friend.

Okay, it's time now to answer some questions about the speech that we just heard.

Who was performing the speech about fire safety? Pause your video now while you answer question.

That's right, it was the fire chief.

And it's his job to put out the fires, so he knows all about fire safety.

The next question says, who could be in danger from the fire? Who did he say could be in danger? Pause your video now while you answer the question.

That's right, he said that plants and trees could be in danger, animals could be in danger, and even humans could be in danger as well.

What do trees do to help us? Pause your video now while you answer the question.

The fire chief said that the trees give us oxygen and without them, the world would have too much carbon dioxide gas.

And that would mean the world would really heat up, and that's very dangerous for our planet.

Even if you're being careful, what else could go wrong with the fire? Pause your video now while you discuss your answer.

That's right, he said that even little sparks could fly off the fire and cause a bigger fire in the forest.

And finally, what are the three main points we must remember about fires in forests? Pause your video now when you try to remember.

I'll be really impressed if you remember these things.

That's right, he said, don't light fires, protect the forest and save lives.

If you remembered all three of those things, I am super impressed, so massive shine to you.

Great job.

Oh, that fireman is so helpful, he answered our questions for us.

What other questions did you come up with? I'm so glad that we've listened to our new persuasive speech now and that's going to help us tell our own persuasive speeches.

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