Lesson video

Hello, everyone, my name is Miss Barron, and this is my friend, Marcel, and we both love stories.

We love telling stories, we love listening to stories, and we love writing stories.

And it just so happens that in this unit we are learning and working with one of our favourite stories, "Jack and the Beanstalk." Marcel, why do you like this story so much? Oh, you like it because it makes you imagine how scary it would be to be caught by a giant.

Yes, I think that would be really scary.

What's that? Why do I like this story? Well, I like this story because Jack gets justice, which means that he rights a wrong.

He makes something unfair fair again.

Jack gets his dad's riches back from the giant, doesn't he? The riches that the giant stole from his dad, and that is justice.

So that's why I like this story.

I wonder why you like this story? Can you tell it to your screen now? Say, "I like this story because.

." Go and tell it to your screen.

Fantastic, lots of different reasons why people like this story.

So I'm going to tell you what we're going to do in the lesson today.

In today's lesson, we are going to box up for purpose.

Now to box up just means that we are going to take our story and put each key section in a different box.

And for purpose, just means that we're going to think carefully about what each section of our story is for.

So what effect do we want to have on our reader? And we know that we're thinking really hard about how to make the problem matter in this unit.

So we're going to be thinking about that today as we box up our story, and that is going to become our plan to help us with our writing in some lessons a bit later on.

So this is what today's lesson is going to look like in a bit more detail.

First, we are going to do a quick spelling activity, followed by a quick grammar focus.

Then we are going to sing our "problems that matter" song to remind us why problems really matter in stories.

And then we are going to box up our story for purpose.

So in this lesson, you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper to write on, a pencil to write with, and your "Jack and the Beanstalk" story map, if you have it, but don't worry if you don't.

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

Brilliant job, you are back with everything you need to start the learning today.

So let's begin with our spelling activity.

In our spelling activity today, we are going to be thinking about how to make nouns plural.

Remember, a noun is a naming word.

It names a person, place, or thing.

And plural just means that we have more than one of them.

So let's have a look at the nouns in the coloured boxes on your screen.

I'm going to say each word and put an action with it.

I would like you to watch and listen carefully so that you can join in with me a second time.

Ready? Bean.

Giants.

Cow.

Castle.

Hen.

Harp.

Okay, ready to join in with me? Say the words and do the action.

Bean.

Giant.

Cow.

Castle.

Hen.

Harp.

Fantastic.

So those are our nouns from our story.

And I would like you to think about what you need to add to the ends of those words to make them plural so that we have more than one of each thing.

Pause the video now and have a think about that.

Brilliant job, you're back.

Go on then and tell me your thoughts.

What do you think you need to add to the ends of those words to make them plural? Tell me to your screen now, say, "I think you need to add," tell your screen.

Fantastic effort.

You are thinking really hard today, well done.

You know that you need to add the letter s to the ends of those words to make them plural so that we have more than one of each thing.

So let's have a look.

One bean.

If I have more than one, we add the letter s, and it becomes beans.

Giant becomes giants.

Cow becomes cows.

So I might have one cow, but lots of cows.

Castle becomes castles.

Hen becomes hens.

Harp becomes harps.

So usually if we have more than one of something, we just add s, and when we add a letter or group of letters to the ends of a word, we call that a suffix.

So to make these nouns plural, we are adding the suffix s.

Good job.

Now then, I would like you to choose three of these plural nouns and put them in your own story sentences.

So here's my story sentence.

Jack was excited about his magic beans.

I've used the plural noun beans in my sentence, haven't I? Jack was excited about the magic beans.

So I would like you to choose three plural nouns from those boxes on your screen and make up your own story sentences with them.

So pause the video now and have a go at that.

Brilliant effort.

I would love to hear your favourite story sentence today.

Can you tell me to your screen now? Say, "My favourite sentence is.

." Go and tell me to your screen.

Fantastic job.

I loved hearing your story sentence just then.

So that brings us to the end of our spelling.

Well done, team.

Now let's have a look at our grammar focus today, the personal pronoun I.

Whenever you see the letter I on its own in a sentence, it always, always needs a capital letter.

And that's because it's a personal pronoun, which means we are writing in the first person about ourselves.

And the personal pronoun I will always come before a verb.

So let's see if you can spot some in these sentences said by Jack's mum in our story.

Ready? Jack, listen carefully.

I need you to sell our cow.

I want you to get a good price for her so I can buy some food for us to eat.

I would like you to pause the video now and see if you can spot the personal pronouns I in those sentences.

Put your finger over them when you find them so you know where they are.

See how many you can spot.

Pause the video now and do that.

Amazing effort, you're back.

Go and tell me how many you found.

Say, "I found," tell me to your screen now.

Fantastic.

Should we see if you're right? There are three personal pronouns I in those sentences.

Let's have a closer look.

I need you to sell our cow.

I want you to get a good price for her so I can buy some food for us to eat.

So that's Jack's mum talking about herself.

I would like you now to write your own sentence in role as Jack replying to mum.

In your sentence, you need to use the personal pronoun I somewhere.

So for example, if I was Jack replying to mum, I might say, "I promise I will get a good price for her, mum." I would like you to pause the video now and have a go at writing your sentence using the personal pronoun I.

Remember, your sentence needs to start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

Pause the video now and write your sentence.

Amazing effort.

Well done.

Now I would love to hear the sentence that you just wrote.

Can you tell me to your screen now what you wrote? Go and tell me to your screen.

Some brilliant sentences there.

And I can tell that you worked really hard to make sure that you used the personal pronoun I.

Good job.

Now then, let's move on and sing our "problems that matter" song.

Now, Marcel and I are going to sing our "problems that matter" song.

This song is to remind us why problems really matter for the characters in our stories and why we care that the characters solve them.

We're going to sing each verse twice.

So you should listen carefully the first time so that you're ready to join in with us the second time.

It goes like this: ♪ I've got a problem I care about, care about, care about ♪ ♪ I've got a problem I care about ♪ ♪ It's really hard to solve ♪ Join in with us.

♪ I've got a problem I care about, care about, care about ♪ ♪ I've got a problem I care about ♪ ♪ It's really hard to solve ♪ The next verse goes like this: ♪ It makes me feel really worried, worried, worried ♪ ♪ It makes me feel really worried ♪ ♪ It's really hard to solve ♪ Join in with us.

♪ It makes me feel really worried, worried, worried ♪ ♪ It makes me feel really worried ♪ ♪ It's really hard to solve ♪ And then the final verse goes like this: ♪ I need to think how to solve it, solve it, solve it ♪ ♪ I need to think how to solve it ♪ ♪ It's really hard to solve ♪ Join in with us.

♪ I need to think how to solve it, solve it, solve it ♪ ♪ I need to think how to solve it ♪ ♪ It's really hard to solve ♪ So that's our "problem that matters" song.

Now we're going to box up our story into key sections and think about what the problems are that Jack faces.

We're going to have a think about how he feels about those problems and come up with some key words to help us explore those problems in a bit more detail.

Okay.

So now we're ready to box up our "Jack and the Beanstalk" story.

If you can, download and print your boxing up grid now, but if not, don't worry, you can have a go at drawing one just like mine.

If you're going to draw it, you will need one, two, three columns across your page and then one, two, three, let me move this up so you can see it, there we go, four, five, six rows down your page.

And try and use a ruler to keep it neat so that you can see really clearly what you're doing today.

So pause the video now and have a go at drawing your boxing up grid if you need too.

Brilliant job, you're back.

Now, let us begin boxing up.

You will notice that I have already filled out the first row of boxes for you.

So let me talk you through them.

First, we've got this big black I here in the left-hand column, and that stands for introduction.

So our first box is going to be about the introduction or the opening of our story.

And in this box here, we are going to use some pictures to remind us what happens in the introduction.

So let me talk you through my pictures.

We've got Jack and his mum who lived together in a small cottage but life is really hard.

They have no money and they're really hungry.

They're very poor.

And that's because a mean giant killed Jack's dad and stole all of his riches and kept them for himself.

And that's why Jack and his mum have been left with nothing.

And so here you can see that I've drawn an unhappy face and that's to show Jack's feeling in the beginning of our story.

How does he feel at the beginning? We know he feels unhappy because he's poor and hungry.

So those are the first two boxes for the introduction.

Now, let's move on.

We're going to move down to our next row of boxes.

And this arrow pointing upwards here here means buildup.

So we are going to start to add more action in now.

We're going to start building the drama and the action in our story.

So what happens next? Let's have a think.

Let me draw some pictures to show what happens next.

Well, Jack's mum tells Jack to sell their only cow at market.

So off Jack goes to market to sell his cow.

Remember, she tells him to get a good price so that she can buy some food.

So there's that cow.

But what does Jack do? He swaps his cow for magic beans.

Now, Jack is excited about this, but when he gets home, his mum is furious.

She throws them out the window.

And the next day when Jack wakes up, he sees a huge beanstalk growing out of his garden into the sky.

So there's the beanstalk.

Let's draw some clouds, shall we? Okay.

Now, how is Jack feeling at this point in this story do you think? I'm going to draw a happy face here because I think Jack feels really excited.

He's excited to come home with the magic beans, isn't he? And when he sees the beanstalk in the morning, he's excited to climb it.

So I'm going to draw an excited, happy face.

There we go.

Now then, our third row, this is our third box.

And you'll notice a hand next to this circle.

Now, that means that Jack is going to take back the first piece of treasure that the giant stole from his dad.

So let's have a think about some pictures that we can draw to show that part of the story in this box here.

So I know that Jack goes to the giant's castle to get the treasure back, doesn't he? So there's the giant, that evil, nasty giant in her castle who stole his dad's treasure.

And what's the first piece of treasure that he takes back? Can you remember? It's the hen, isn't it? That lays the golden eggs.

And Jack waits until the giant falls asleep, and then he rushes down the beanstalk with the hen, gives it to his mom and they're rich.

Okay, there we go.

There's Jack climbing down the beanstalk with the hen.

Now I think Jack feels a few different things in this section of the story.

I think first of all, when Jack is hiding in the cupboard in the giant's castle and he sees the giant playing with the hen that really should belong to him, he feels it's really unfair.

And then when he decides to take the hen back, I think he feels really scared because he's worried about what will happen if the giant catches him.

So first, I'm going to draw this face.

This face is to show that he feels, first of all, that things are unfair and that he feels worried or scared about the giant catching him when he takes the hen.

But then when he gets down the beanstalk and he's got the hen and he gives it to his mum and they're rich and he's got that hen back that really should belong to him, the hen that was stolen from his dad, I think he feels really happy.

So I'm going to draw a happy face here.

So you can see, at the start of this section, he feels like things are unfair, he feels worried, and then he feels really happy when he's taken that hen back that really belongs to him and he and his mom are rich.

So now you've seen me box up the first three sections of our story.

I would like you to do the same thing in your boxing up grid.

So pause the video now and do that.

Well done for filling out your first three rows of boxes.

Now, let's carry on.

So Jack is now going to take back the second treasure that the giant stole from his dad.

Can you remember what that is? Go and tell me to your screen now.

Say, "The second treasure was.

." Brilliant, well done, it's the gold and silver coins, isn't it? So once again, he's in the giant's castle.

There we go.

And there is our mean giant.

And this time, he's going to take back the bag of gold and silver coins, isn't he? So there it is.

And once again, he dashes down the beanstalk while the giant's sleeping with those gold and silver coins to bring them back home to his mum.

So not only does he right a wrong, once again, he gets something back that belongs to him.

He's also happy, isn't he? Because him and his mom are going to be even richer now.

So again, we've got the same feelings here, haven't we? At the beginning, when he's hiding in the giant's castle in that section, first, he feels a sense of unfairness.

He looks at that bag of money and thinks that's mine.

That's unfair that the giant has stolen something that belongs to me.

And then he feels worried, doesn't he? In case the giant catches him when he runs away with the money.

And then when he gets down the beanstalk, once again, he feels happy.

He's been brave and it's worked out for him, and he and his mum have got the money back that belongs to them and they're even richer, aren't they? So that's that section.

Now, let's move down to the third treasure.

Can you remember the third treasure that Jack takes back from the giant? Go and tell me to your screen now.

Say, "The third treasure was.

." Fantastic job.

Well, remember, the third treasure was the golden harp, wasn't it? That played that beautiful music.

So once again, Jack is hiding in the giant's castle.

Then the giant comes back and plays with the golden harp.

There it is.

Jack takes it back, but this time the giant wakes up and chases him.

He's chasing him down the beanstalk.

Jack gets to the bottom first and luckily cuts the beanstalk with his axe.

So let's have a think about how Jack feels in this section.

Again, the same thing as before, when he sees the giant playing with the harp that belongs to him, he feels like it's unfair.

He thinks that's mine, I want that back.

Then he feels worried.

The giant starts to chase him.

He's scared.

What happens if the giant catches him? Then when he gets down to the bottom of the beanstalk and he defeats the giant, he feels brave and he feels happy.

And finally, our final box, this symbol here means ending.

So what happens at the ending of the story? Well, once Jack has cut the beanstalk down, the giant falls to the ground dead, doesn't she? So that is the end of the mean, nasty giant.

And Jack and his mom have now got all the treasure back that belonged to Jack's dad.

So they are happy.

They have got justice, haven't they? Jack has righted the wrong done by the giant.

He's made something unfair fair again, which means that he has got justice.

So they're both happy.

And not only do they have justice but they also have the riches that belonged to Jack's dad, and that means that they have money to buy food, to have a nice house, and to make life easier.

So at the end, how is Jack feeling? He is feeling happy, isn't he? Now you've seen me fill out the last three sections in our boxing-up grid.

I would like you to do the same thing in yours.

Pause the video now and do that.

Great effort boxing up your story.

Well done.

Now, a bit later in the unit, we are going to have a go at writing three of these story sections, really making the problem matter for Jack.

And the first one that we are going to write is the introduction of our story.

We're going to focus on the opening, the introduction, and really show what the problem is for Jack and why it matters.

So we're going to write some key words in this box, alongside our face to help us think about that.

And the three words that I'm going to write here are unhappy, to show how Jack feels, poor and hungry to show what the problem is.

So let's have a go at writing those words.

I'm going to start writing unhappy so we can break that word down into two chunks, can't we? Let's start with the first chunk, un, un, un, happy.

Sound it out with me, un, happy.

Unhappy.

Now notice the /p/ sound in happy has two Ps and the /i/ sound at the end is spelt with a y.

Unhappy.

Now, why are they unhappy? Why is Jack unhappy? Because he and his mom are poor.

Watch me write it.

P-O-O-R spells poor.

And they're hungry, aren't they? /h-ʌ-ŋ-ɡr-i/, hungry.

/h-ʌ-ŋ-ɡr-i/, hungry.

And again, as the happy /i/ sound spells with a y like on the end of happy.

So unhappy, poor, hungry.

Those are my three key words to go in that box there to help me think about why the problem really matters in the introduction of our story.

So let's take the next section now that we are going to have a go at writing in a few lessons time, and that is going to be this one, when Jack takes the first piece of treasure back.

Now then, let's write some words that help us think about what he's feeling at this moment in the story.

So again, at first, we said that he feels like this is unfair.

It's unfair that the giant has got the hen which should belong to him.

So I'm going to write unfair first.

Again, we can break it down into two chunks, un, /ʌ-n/, un, fair.

Sound it out with me, /f-ɛː/, /f-ɛː/.

Unfair.

And it's A-I-R for the /ɛː/ sound in fair.

So unfair, he feels it's unfair.

Then he feels worried or scared, doesn't he? In case the giant captures him.

I'm going to write the word scared.

Watch me write it.

Scared.

There we go.

S-C-A-R-E-D spells scared.

He feels scared.

And then I think at the end, when he gets down the beanstalk with that hen and he and his mum finally have some money and they have the first piece of treasure that belonged to his dad, I think he feels happy.

So happy, happy.

Now then, so in that box, I've got three key words, unfair, scared, and happy, to show how Jack feels in that section when he's got that problem of getting that first piece of treasure back.

Now, the next section we are going to write about in a few lessons time is this section here, when he takes the last piece of treasure, and this one, the problem really, really matters because the giant wakes up and the giant chases him.

So there's a real risk there of Jack getting caught by the giant.

So that's how I think about what our words could be.

Again, I'm going to choose unfair, because I know when Jack sees the giant playing with his harp, that should belong to him, he thinks, "That's mine, that's unfair, I want it back." So unfair, unfair.

Then again, I'm going to write the word scared, because I know that Jack feels really scared this time.

The giant wakes up and chases him, so like I said, there's a real risk of him being caught.

And then finally, when he gets to the bottom and he defeats the giant, we could write the word happy again.

I could write the word brave, but I'm going to teach you a new word.

I'm going to write the word determined.

Now determined means that we don't give up.

I think Jack felt really determined to get that harp and defeat the giant.

So what shall I write here? Determined.

It's a long word but a really good one to use.

He feels determined, which means he doesn't give up.

So now you've seen me add some key words to those three story sections that we are going to write about later.

I would like you to do the same thing now.

You might like to use my words or you might have some ideas for different word choices of your own.

Remember, they need to tell us something about the problem at those moments in the story and why it matters to Jack.

So pause the video now and have a go at writing some key words in those boxes.

So here is your independent challenge for today.

I would like you to see if you can take some or all of your key words for those three story sections and have a go at putting them in a sentence for each box.

So here's my example.

I've taken the first box, the introduction of our story.

Now I had three key words, didn't I? Mine were unhappy, poor, and hungry.

So I've taken two of those words, poor and hungry, and put them in a sentence.

Here's my sentence: Jack and his mom were poor and hungry.

And that sentence really shows what the problem is in the opening of our story, doesn't it? So I would like you to have a go at doing that yourself now.

Pause the video and have a go at that.

Super job boxing up your stories today, well done.

That is going to be really useful as a plan when we come to write.

Now, before I leave you, I have got one final question for you to think about before our next lesson.

And the question is, what do you think would happen to Jack if he got caught by the giant? What do you think would happen to Jack if he got caught by the giant? Have a think about that, and I can't wait to hear your ideas at the start of the next lesson.

Until then, goodbye.