Lesson video

Hello, everyone, my name is Ms. Barron, and this is lesson eight in our recycling unit, when we are changing the story, "Anansi and Tiger," to make it our own.

Now, in lesson seven, we started writing our stories, didn't we? We wrote the opening.

In today's lesson, we are going to write the middle.

Now, the middle is going to involve Anansi's first trick on Dog.

So let's just remind ourselves what that trick is, and we're going to do that by singing the song.

So you're going to sing my song with me, my verse for how Anansi tricks Dog in my story, and then you're going to sing it for your verse for your story.

So ready? Join in with me.

♪ He scuttled through the jungle ♪ ♪ He went to play a trick ♪ ♪ Oh Dog, I hear you love to play ♪ ♪ Go and fetch this stick ♪ ♪ Dog wagged his tail ♪ ♪ He ran after the stick ♪ ♪ And while he was running ♪ ♪ Anansi snatched the bone, oi ♪ Sing it with me one more time, ready? ♪ He scuttled through the jungle ♪ ♪ He went to play a trick ♪ ♪ Oh Dog, I hear you love to play ♪ ♪ Go and fetch this stick ♪ ♪ Dog wagged his tail ♪ ♪ He ran after the stick ♪ ♪ And while he was running ♪ ♪ Anansi snatched his bone, oi ♪ Fantastic job.

Now, I would like you to pause the video and sing your song.

So sing that verse that you made up for how Anansi tricks Dog in your story.

Pause the video now, and do that.

So, as I said, today, we are going to start writing the middle of our recycled stories.

So we're going to start with Anansi's first trick.

This is what today's lesson is going to look like.

First, we will do a quick spelling activity to practise some of our tricky words, and some of those words might come in handy when we're writing today, then we're going to sing our "Action that is clear" song to remind us of the things that we need to do as writers to make it really clear what happens in our story.

We're going to do some shared writing, and then you're going to have a go at doing some independent writing with one or two sentences of your own.

So, in today's lesson, you will need your exercise book or a piece of paper to write on, and a pen or pencil to write with.

You will also need your boxing up grids and what you wrote in lesson seven.

So pause the video now and go and get those things if you need to.

Fantastic job, you are back and ready to start the learning today.

Now, let's begin with our spelling activity.

We know that we have been learning some tricky words.

In today's lesson, we are going to play a game to practise those tricky words.

So here is my game.

You can see it on your screen.

It's a bit like a board game.

These are some of your tricky words that we have been learning, but they're all spelt wrong.

Now, I'm wondering if you can fix them.

This is what you have to do to play the game.

You're going to start in the top-left purple box.

Now, you can see the word said is spelt wrong there.

You need to correct it.

So each time you come across a word in a box that's spelt wrong, you need to write it down with the correct spelling.

And as you go along the board, following the arrows, correcting the spellings, you can pick up gold stars as you go.

So the aim is to pick up all four gold stars and get round the board, correcting all of those spellings as you go.

So I would like you to pause the video now and have a go at that.

See if you can collect all four gold stars.

How did you get on with that? This is what they should look like.

Here they are on your screen.

Said.

S-A-I-D spells said.

Full.

F-U-L-L spells full.

Some.

S-O-M-E spells some.

She.

S-H-E spells she.

They.

T-H-E-Y spells they, and W-E spells we, in the sense of you and me, we.

We play in the park.

Now, if you made any mistakes when you were practising those spellings with your board game, you can practise doing your look, cover, write, check strategy again to help you learn how to spell those so that you're really confident.

So if you feel that you need to, you might want to pause the video again now and practise spelling those words a bit more using your look, cover, write, check strategy.

If not, and you feel really confident with those words, then let's move on to the main learning today.

Okay, so let's first sing our action song to remind us what we need to do as writers to make the action really clear in our stories today.

Ready? Join in with me.

♪ You've got to show what happens step by step ♪ ♪ You've got to show what happens where and when ♪ ♪ You've got to show what happens, how it looks ♪ ♪ You've got to show what happens ♪ Fantastic.

You know that song really well now.

Now, let's think again about what that song tells us about what we need to do to make the action clear in our story writing.

So we need to show what happens ♪ Step by step ♪ Don't we? We need to show what happens in a clear order.

We need to show what happens ♪ Where and when ♪ So we're going to give some detail in our story writing today about where and when things happen.

So where and when Anansi tricks Dog.

And finally, we're going to ♪ Show how it looks ♪ So, to do that, we are going to add some adjectives so that there's some detail for the reader, so they can really picture in their minds what's happening in our story.

So those are three things that we are going to do today to help make the action in our story clear when we write Anansi's first trick.

Now, let's retell the middle of our stories.

We are going to retell the first trick before we write it down.

So here is the picture in my boxing up grid to show Anansi's first trick, to show how he tricks Dog.

So listen to me tell it first, and then you're going to tell this section of your story.

Off Anansi scuttled to the tree where he found Dog.

"Oh, Dog," he called.

"Woof, woof, yes," replied Dog.

"Dog, is it true that you love to play?" "Woof, woof, oh, yes," said Dog.

Anansi threw a stick and said, "Fetch!" Dog bounded off after that stick, wagging his tail excitedly.

Anansi snatched his bone.

So that is the first trick in my story.

Now, I would like you to pause the video and retell the first trick in your story.

Pause the video now and do that.

Let's just start by reading back over what we wrote in lesson seven so that we know where to start from today.

So read with me, ready? Once upon a time, there was a trickster spider called Anansi.

He was fed up with Tiger who had all the stories.

One day, he decided to play a mean prank on Tiger.

He scuttled to Tiger's cave.

"Oh, Tiger," he called in his sing-song voice.

Brilliant, so that was the opening of my story, and now I am ready to start writing Anansi's first trick to show how he tricks Dog.

So I've got my boxing up grid with me here.

I'm going to be writing this section today, aren't I? So my boxing up grid will remind me what I need to write, and I've got some key words in there too that I can copy to help me with my writing today.

So you should have your boxing up grid with you too to help you.

Now, then.

Just going to pop that to the side.

I'm going to turn the page.

I want to start the middle of my story today with Tiger making his agreement with Anansi.

So I might say, "Deal," said Tiger.

Or, "Agreed," said Tiger.

Or, "I'm in," said Tiger.

I wonder which one of those you like for your story? I think I'm going to choose the first one.

"Deal," said Tiger.

So say that with me, "Deal," said Tiger.

Three words.

Right, watch me write it.

So I'm going to open inverted commas because this is what he says.

Capital D to start my sentence.

Deal.

D-E-AL, deal.

Deal, close inverted commas 'cause he's stopped speaking.

Deal, said.

Now, said is one of our tricky words that we are learning this week.

So we now know that said is spelt, S-A-I-D.

Fantastic.

S-A-I-D spells said.

"Deal," said Tiger.

Capital T because it's his name.

"Deal," said Tiger.

Full stop at the end of my sentence.

Now, my next sentence is going to be about Anansi getting to Dog by the tree.

So, what verb could I use instead of went? Instead of Anansi went to Dog by the tree, what powerful verb could I use instead? Go on, tell me your ideas now.

Those are some brilliant suggestions.

Much better than went.

I heard you say scuttled.

Scuttled, I love that verb.

I can almost hear the sound of Spider's legs tapping across the floor when I use the verb scuttled.

Scurried, now scurried means to move really quickly, so I like that one too.

I can imagine that Spider is keen to get to Dog as soon as he can.

And I also heard you say hurried.

Now, that means to go really quickly too, doesn't it? And I like that because I think that Spider would hurry to Dog because he wants to get back to Tiger as quick as he can to get those stories.

Now, I'm going to choose the verb scurried, but you might like one of the others for your story, or you might have a different idea in mind.

Keep it in your head when you come to write your sentence.

So my sentence is, Anansi scurried to Dog by the tree.

Say that with me, Anansi scurried to Dog by the tree.

Let's count the number of words.

Anansi scurried to Dog by the tree.

Seven words.

Okay.

Anansi, capital A because it's the start of the sentence and it's his name, Anansi.

A-N-A-N-S, and then we know that Anansi's name ends in an I.

The E sound is an I in Anansi.

Anansi scurried.

Watch me write scurried.

Scurried, so it has two Rs in the middle and ends I-E-D.

Scurried, past tense verb.

Anansi scurried to Dog.

And Dog has a capital letter because it's his name.

Dog, D-O-G.

Anansi scurried to Dog by the tree.

By the tree.

Sound out tree with me.

T-R-EE, tree.

And what do I need at the end of my sentence? Thank you for reminding me.

A full stop.

Anansi scurried to Dog by the tree.

Shall we check that's seven words? Anansi scurried to Dog by the tree.

Yes, it is.

My sentence makes sense, doesn't it? And it has a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.

Okay, so now your turn to write these two sentences.

So the first one is going to be about Tiger making that agreement with Anansi.

So you might start by saying, "Deal," or, "Agreed," or, "I'm in," said Tiger.

You can choose which one of those you like for your story, or you might have a different idea for that sentence.

And then, your next sentence, you're going to say how Anansi went to Dog and where Dog was.

So you might choose Anansi scuttled, scurried, or hurried to Dog by the, and where was Dog? You can write that word yourself.

So I would like you to pause the video now and write those two sentences.

Now, my next sentence is going to be what Anansi says to Dog to trick him.

So we're going to start by saying, "Oh Dog," he, and then I might choose sang, called, or shouted.

I wonder which one of those you like for your story.

I think I'm going to choose sang because he does say it in a kind of sing-song voice, doesn't he? Oh, Dog! But you might like called or shouted for yours.

So help me write my sentence first.

"Oh Dog," he sang.

Four words.

So I'm going to open with my inverted commas again because this is what he says.

Capital letter, oh, O-H spells oh.

"Oh, Dog." Capital D because it's his name.

"Oh, Dog." Close inverted commas.

He's stopped speaking now.

"Oh, Dog," he sang.

Sound out sang with me.

Sang.

S-A-N-G.

Sang.

Brilliant.

"Oh Dog," he sang.

And now, my next sentence is going to be what he says to trick him.

So I'm going to say, is it true you love to play? Is it true you love to play? Now, I wrote that in my speech bubble in lesson seven, didn't I? So I've already practised writing that.

So watch me write this sentence.

Is it true? Is it true you love.

Lots of tricky words in this sentence.

Is it true you love to play? Sound out play with me.

P-L-AY.

And then, I need a question mark on the end of my sentence because it's a question.

I'm asking Dog a question, and I'm expecting him to tell me an answer.

Now, I'm just going to put inverted commas around that sentence because it's what Anansi says.

Okay.

"Is it true you love to play?" Now, I'm going to write a sentence to show what Anansi did to trick Dog.

So my sentence is going to be, he threw a stick.

Say that with me.

He threw a stick.

That's what Nancy did.

So capital H to start my sentence.

He threw.

He threw, so T-H-R-E-W spells threw, which is a verb in the past tense.

He threw a stick.

A stick.

Sound out stick with me.

Stick.

S-T-I-CK, stick.

He threw a stick, full-stop.

And I'm going to write one more word, which is what he said when he threw it.

So he said fetch, didn't he? Fetch.

So fetch, capital F, start of a new sentence.

Fetch, and I'm going to put an exclamation mark at the end because he says it in a really loud voice.

Fetch! Exclamation mark at the end.

And then, inverted commas around what he says there.

"Fetch!" So, "is it true you love to play?" He threw a stick.

"Fetch!" Your turn to write your sentence now about what Anansi says to trick Dog.

So you're going to start, "Oh, Dog." He, and then you choose the verb.

So you might choose said, called, sang, or shouted.

Now, I've written said and called on the screen for you, but you can have a go at sounding out sang and shouted for yourself if you want to choose either of those verbs, or you might have a different choice of verb in mind.

Now, the next sentence is going to be more about what Anansi says to Dog to trick him.

So what's that going to be for your story? Pause the video now and write those two sentences.

So now, time to write our next sentence.

And this sentence is going to be about what the Dog did to take his eye off the bone so that Anansi could snatch it.

So what did the dog do? I'm going to say the dog off.

So the dog.

What verb could I use instead of went? Instead of saying the dog went off, can you think of another verb that I could use? Go on, tell me your ideas now.

Oh, those are some brilliant verbs.

You're really on fire with your verbs today.

I heard bolted.

Bolted means zoomed off really quickly.

I also heard bounded.

Bounded means to move quickly, but in a kind of jumpy way.

So you can imagine Dog almost making jumps in the air as he moves excitedly.

And I heard sprinted, which means to move really fast, to run really fast.

So I think bolted, bounded, or sprinted.

I wonder which one you like for your story.

I'm going to choose bolted for mine.

So I'm going to say, the dog bolted off.

That's going to be the first part of my sentence.

So capital T to start my sentence.

T-H-E spells the.

The dog.

D-O-G.

The dog bolted.

Now, we can sound this one out.

Sound it out with me.

Bolted.

B-O-L-T-E-D.

Bolted.

The dog bolted off.

The dog bolted off.

That's the first part of my sentence.

Now, I want to say how he did it.

How did he bolt off? Here are some options you could choose from.

Wagging his tail, excitedly, or as fast as he could.

So I could say, the dog bolted off wagging his tail.

I could say, the dog bolted off excitedly.

Or, I could say, the dog bolted off as fast as he could.

I wonder which one of those options you would like for your sentence, or you might have a different idea.

Hold it in your head if you do.

Now, you're going to help me write the rest of my sentence.

The dog bolted off.

I want to say wagging his tail.

Wagging.

Sound out wagging with me.

W-A-GG, and it's two Gs.

W-A-GG-I-NG, wagging.

Wagging his tail.

T-A-IL, tail, tail.

The dog bolted off wagging his tail.

Full stop at the end of my sentence.

I wonder what you're going to write for your sentence.

Now, your turn to write this sentence.

The dog off.

Now, which of those verbs are you going to choose? Bolted, bounded, or sprinted.

Those are the verbs that you gave me, remember? Now, I wonder which one of those you like for your sentence, or you might have a different verb in mind.

So, the dog off.

And then, how are you going to finish your sentence? You might choose, wagging his tail.

You might choose, excitedly.

Or, you might choose, as fast as he could.

So pause the video now and have a go at writing your sentence to show what Dog did.

Now, you're going to have a go at writing a few final sentences of your own.

So your first independent sentence is going to be, Anansi the bone.

Now, which of these powerful verbs would you like to choose from for your sentence? They all mean took quickly.

Anansi snatched the bone, Anansi seized the bone, or Anansi grabbed the bone.

So have a think, which of those verbs would you like to complete your sentence or do you have a different idea? Pause the video now and write that sentence.

Brilliant job.

Well done.

Now, the last sentence that you are going to write on your own is about the next trick.

So we're going to start writing the next trick now when Anansi goes to trick Ogre.

So next, Anansi went to the ogre.

Now, I would like you to think of an adjective to describe Ogre.

Here are three on the screen that you might like to choose from.

Grumpy, mean, greedy.

Which one of those would you like to choose to describe Ogre in your story? Or, do you have a different idea? So first, you're going to do that.

Next, Anansi went to the ogre who was.

And then, you're going to finish that sentence by telling me where he was sitting.

So you might say, for example, who was sitting on top of a pot of gold.

You might say, who was sitting under a tree looking lonely.

Or, you might say, who was sitting by a pile of rocks.

Or, you might have a different idea of your own.

I would like you to pause the video now and write that sentence to finish your writing today.

The last thing that we're going to do today is what we always do as great writers, and that is to reread and edit our work.

So first, as always, I would like you to read your work back to yourself.

Then, you're going to think about SAD.

Is there anything you want to swap, add, or delete today? And then, you are going to do your five finger check.

So pause the video now and do that for your writing today.

And that brings us to the end of our learning today.

Fantastic effort writing that section of your story.

I feel really proud of your hard work today, and I hope that you feel proud of yourself too.

Now, we're going to carry on writing Anansi's tricks in the next lesson.

So let's finish today by singing the song about how Anansi tricks Ogre in my story.

And then, when the lesson finishes, you can sing your song about how Anansi tricks Ogre in your story.

So are you ready to sing with me? ♪ He scuttled through the jungle ♪ ♪ He went to play a trick ♪ ♪ Oh, Ogre, I hear you're lonely ♪ ♪ Get down to the lake quick ♪ ♪ There's a lady waiting by the lake ♪ ♪ To have dinner with you there ♪ ♪ Anansi snatched his pot of gold ♪ ♪ And didn't even care, oi ♪ One more time, sing with me.

♪ He scuttled through the jungle ♪ ♪ He went to play a trick ♪ ♪ Oh, Ogre, I hear you're lonely ♪ ♪ Get down to the lake quick ♪ ♪ There's a lady waiting by the lake ♪ ♪ To have dinner with you there ♪ ♪ Anansi snatched his pot of gold ♪ ♪ And didn't even care, oi ♪ Fantastic job.

So you can go and sing your verse now for your story.

I will see you in lesson nine.

Bye!.