Lesson video

Hello and welcome.

My name is Mr. Santhanam, and this is lesson 6 of 10 from our discussion unit.

Our learning objectives today is to box up for purpose.

The reason why boxing up for purpose is so important is because we want to really think about the different sections in our writing.

We're going to be using paragraphs when we come to do our shared write.

And that means that we're going to separate our ideas into different sections.

But in order to do this, we need to be able to box up.

So I'll show you how to do that later on.

Now, last time I was talking to you about strawberries, and I was talking about the good things about strawberries, but also the bad things about strawberries.

If I was talking about strawberries in a discussion piece, I might say things like, "Some people believe that they are good for you and healthy, and that you should have lots of them.

Other people believe that you should not have too many strawberries, because they can be a little bit unhealthy if you have too many, and they might make you sick." What sentence starters did I use then? Have a listen again and think about what sentence starters I'm using.

Some people think that strawberries are good for you.

Some people believe that too many strawberries can be bad for you.

What were my sentence starters then? Can you hear? That's right.

I said, "Some people believe, some people think.

I didn't say "I think," did I? I didn't say, "I think strawberries are good," or, "I think strawberries are bad." But that's because when we are writing discussion texts, it's really important that we stay neutral.

That means we're not for and we're not against.

We're staying in the middle; we're staying neutral.

We're not taking a side just yet.

We wait until the end of our speech in the conclusion.

And that's when we can give our opinion.

So we do not agree with Fiona, and we do not agree with Arnold until we get to the end.

And that's when you can say what you believe.

Should we try doing it with something else, not strawberries? Okay.

Let's talk about video games.

Some people find video games to be very, very fun.

On the other hand, there are some people who think that video games can be bad for you if you play them too often.

Can you see how I used some people again? We're going to think about that later on in the unit, but first of all, let's get started on our lesson for today.

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

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

Amazing.

Speedy Gonzalez.

You're ready to start the lesson now.

So in this lesson, we're going to start with our spelling activity.

We are then going to move on to a game called Fiona or Arnold.

And that's when we're going to be thinking about whether or not we're choosing between for arguments or against arguments.

Do these arguments agree with the statement or do they disagree with the statement? We are then going to learn how to box up for purpose.

And we're going to be thinking about all the different sections in our piece of writing.

And then finally you will get a chance to independently box up your writing, and then you'll be ready to begin your shared write.

Let's get started.

First of all, let's have a look at our spellings.

I wonder what it's going to be today.

Today, we are doing consolidation and review.

This means that we are locking the spellings in our brains, so they cannot escape and they will always be there.

The spellings that we're going to be looking at today are more.

I would like some more please.

Core.

You must throw away your apple core.

Sore.

Aw, I'm very sore in my tummy today.

One.

I would like one more, please.

Love.

I love my new trainers.

Your.

I would like to be your friend.

Unhappy.

When I miss my friends, it makes me unhappy.

Unhelpful.

When you don't tidy up your toys, you're being unhelpful.

Fantastic.

Why not pause the video now while you write down those spellings, and that way you can really start to process the spellings into your brain.

I know that I can practise my strategy check by looking at a word, saying it in a sentence so that it makes sense, covering the word, then writing the word next to it.

And then I can check my spelling to see how I did.

That way, I will know which ones I still need to work on and which ones are locked and consolidated in my brain.

Why not give yourself a little test now? Pause the video now and see which ones you will know and which ones are locked in your brain.

And which ones need a little bit of work still.

Pause the video now while you give yourself a spelling test.

Amazing.

I can tell you're working really hard on your spellings.

Soon you won't have to practise them anymore.

Okay, we're now ready to play a game called Fiona or Arnold.

Do you remember who Fiona and Arnold are? Fiona and Arnold are my two friends that were helping me to explain what a discussion text was.

Fiona always makes arguments that are for a statement.

That means that she agrees with the statement and she is in favour of the argument.

But Arnold is always against the argument.

He disagrees, and he does not believe it's the right thing.

So Fiona.

So in our discussion text when we were discussing whether or not zoos should be allowed to keep animals in them, Fiona agrees, and she says, "Yes, I think zoos are okay.

I think they are good," but Arnold does not agree.

He believes that zoos are bad.

Let's have a look at these sentences here from the discussion text.

Do you think it is Fiona saying it, or do you think it is Arnold saying it? Is it a for statement or is it against? Firstly, they think it is cruel because animals are locked in.

They want animals to be free.

Do you think that's Arnold or do you think that's Fiona? What do you think? Shout out your answer now.

You can also have a think about how you know that's a for or against argument.

What clues are there in the text that tell you that it is for or against? So, "I think it is because in the text it says." Fantastic.

Let's move on to the next one.

Oh, let's find out who that was.

Of course it was Arnold.

Because he's saying that some people think it is cruel, which is a very bad thing.

He also says that animals are locked in, and that they're trapped, and that they're not very happy.

That, again, is a bad thing.

And he also says that some people want animals to be free.

And that's implying that in zoos, animals are not free.

Again, that is a bad thing.

Let's move on to the next one.

Secondly, when people see animals in zoos, they care more about looking after nature, which is so important.

So they take better care of nature.

Do you think that is a Fiona statement, which is for, or do you think it is an Arnold statement, against? Pause your video now while you decide who do you think said it, and how do you know.

What in the text tells you that? Okay, let's find out.

Of course, that was Fiona because Fiona thinks it is a good thing that zoos help people to care more about nature.

Let's look at the next one.

Thirdly, people think that it is wrong to make animals suffer like this, just to make humans happy.

What words in that text gives you a reason for thinking that it is Fiona or Arnold? Pause your video now while you decide.

Let's find out.

Ooh, of course, this one is Arnold because it's saying it is wrong to make animals suffer, which means they are not happy, and they are in pain.

Arnold does not agree that this is okay just to make humans happy.

Let's have a look at the next one.

Thirdly, a trip to the zoo is relaxing and makes people happy.

Do you think it is Fiona who said this? Or do you think it was Arnold who said this? What do you think? Pause your video now while you say who and why you think this.

Of course, this was Fiona.

She's saying that zoos are relaxing, and they make people happy, and that is a great thing.

So, of course, she is fighting for the for side.

Okay, we're now going to learn how to box up for purpose.

Here I have all my different sections that I'm going to need in my discussion text.

The first paragraph is going to be my introduction.

I've done my title first of all, which we know is, what's our discussion title? That's right.

Should animals be kept in zoos or not? So it's saying, should they be kept in zoos or not? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Then I'm going to have a paragraph which is called my introduction.

My turn, your turn.

Introduction.

Introduction.

This means we are going to be explaining what are we talking about.

What are we going to be covering in this discussion? Which, of course, is explaining that we're going to be talking about how some people think that zoos are good and some people think that zoos are bad.

Then we're going to have three arguments against.

So Arnold is going to say his three arguments against zoos.

He's going to say, "Firstly, secondly, thirdly." Can you remember any of Arnold's reasons that he gave that are against zoos? Ooh, I heard lots of ideas then.

Well done.

Then we're going to have our for reasons.

And again, we're going to have three arguments for.

This is when Fiona is going to say what is good about the zoo.

And just like Arnold, she is going to say, "Firstly, secondly, thirdly." Can you remember any of Fiona's reasons that zoos are okay? And then finally, we've got one more paragraph right at the end.

What do you think this one is? This one is called the conclusion.

Conclusion.

My turn, your turn.

Conclusion.

Conclusion.

Conclusion.

A conclusion is where we say what our final thoughts are, what our opinion is.

So finally, we've said what Arnold thinks.

We've said what Fiona thinks.

And now we get to say what we think.

Do we think it is okay? Do we think it is bad? Or do we think it's somewhere in the middle? You get to explain what you think, and you get to have your voice now.

Here is my finished story map that I made for the discussion text.

Let's have a look through and see if I can remember how to perform it.

First, we've got my introduction.

So it says, "First today, I am talking about an important question, whether animals should be allowed to live in zoos or not.

This is a tricky question with no right or wrong answer.

Some people think it is okay.

And some people disagree with it.

Firstly, let me explain what a zoo is.

If you have never seen one before, a zoo is somewhere where animals are kept in cages so that people can come and look at them.

In zoos, you might see lions, tigers, giraffes, and elephants.

Some people believe that zoos should not exist.

And there are three reasons why they say this." That's my introduction finished.

That's one paragraph done.

Tick.

My next paragraph.

Here are the reasons against.

One reason.

Then we've got our reasons against.

I've got one argument, two arguments, three arguments.

Again, these only need to be a sentence or two maybe.

Then I've got my for arguments.

So I've got Fiona's arguments here.

Again, I've got one, two, and three.

Firstly, secondly, thirdly.

Finally, I've got my conclusion.

In my conclusion, I said, I think zoos are okay because they teach people to look after nature and care about nature and learn about nature too.

As long as the zoos are kept in good conditions and the animals are given a happy life, I think it's okay.

What do you think? Remember when you get to write your conclusion, you can say what your opinion is.

You do not have to agree with me.

You get to have your own voice.

Okay, we're now going to have a go at boxing up.

So watch how I do it first of all, and then you can have a go.

Okay, so I've got my story map here to help me.

And I'm going to use that to remind me of what part goes where.

I'm going to put that to one side, and then I'm going to get a piece of paper, and I am going to divide it in half.

On this side, I'm going to write the section of which I am, the section of writing.

On this side, I'm going to do pictures to remind me what goes in that section.

So I know that my title is, should animals be kept in zoos? And I know that Fiona is for this argument.

So she agrees that animals should be kept in zoos.

I know that Arnold does not agree.

He thinks animals should not be kept in zoos.

The first section I'm going to do is my introduction.

Okay, and then I'm going to draw a line.

Leave enough space so I have enough space to do drawings.

A line underneath my introduction.

Then I'm going to have my reasons against.

Going to draw a line underneath that part of my writing.

So that is my reasons against.

I'm going to have firstly, secondly, and thirdly.

Then I'm going to have my reasons for.

And again, I'm going to draw another line to section off my for paragraph.

And again, I'm going to have firstly, secondly, thirdly, three different points.

And finally, I'm going to have my conclusion.

This is where I'm going to say what I think.

So in my introduction, I'm going to say, "Today, we are here to talk about a very important question.

Should animals be kept in zoos? This is a tricky question with no right or wrong answer.

Some people believe zoos should stay open.

And some people believe that zoos are wrong.

Some people believe that zoos are cruel, and they have three reasons why." Then I'm going to explain why three reasons why Arnold, let's put Arnold here so we remember who is making these points.

Arnold, and he is against, and here is Fiona.

She is for, so she's happy.

Against.

Now, let's have a look at the against reasons to remind myself.

Some people believe that zoos are cruel, that's someone being cruel to an animal, because they keep the animals behind bars and locked up.

They think that animals should be free.

This is an animal dreaming of freedom.

Secondly, they also think.

This is a deer.

This is my tiger hunting a deer.

That animals who need to hunt are not able to in zoos.

They just get their food given to them.

So a piece of meat that's being given to them.

And this makes them sad and lazy.

Finally, thirdly, it is not fair for animals to suffer just to make humans happy.

There are some people who believe that zoos are a good thing.

They believe that, firstly, many animals are endangered.

And if we don't look after them, they will become extinct.

We don't really have a, that's a very technical word.

So we're just going to write that word there.

Zoos help to look after these animals and keep them alive.

Secondly, zoos help people to care and learn about nature, which is very important.

Finally, or thirdly, people believe that a zoo is a relaxing trip and it makes people happy.

Finally, we're going to say what our opinion is.

So this is what you get to say what your opinion is.

What is your opinion? We don't need to fill this in today because we're going to think about that when we come to our shared write.

But you can have a think about whether or not you agree with Arnold or if you agree with Fiona, or do you agree with both of them? That is up to you.

Remember, when you do your own boxing up, think about what is going to go into your introduction, what's going to be in your against, reason one, two, and three.

And don't forget we're going to use firstly, secondly, and thirdly.

Then we're going to use our for arguments.

So we're going to say firstly, secondly, and thirdly again, and then finally, we're going to do our conclusion, which is where I'm going to say, "This is what I think.

This is my opinion." A top tip here is to use your story map to help you, to remind you about what is in each section.

Don't forget to use these to help you.

Pause your video now while you complete your own boxed up version.

Oh my goodness.

I've seen so much hard work today.

I've seen you box up your discussion text, getting ready for your shared write.

I've seen you giving your opinions.

I have seen you thinking about how to speak neutrally instead of just saying, "I think this, I think that.

I'm staying neutral.

I'm saying some people believe this, many people believe this.

They believe this.

They think this." So loads of great things today.

So I'm sending you all the shine in the world from Mr. Santhanam.

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I will see you next time.

Bye-bye.