Lesson video

Hello and welcome, my name is Mr. Santhanam and this is lesson two of 10 from our "Jack and the Beanstalk" unit.

Today's learning objective is to learn a story from memory.

But why do we do this? The reason that we learn stories from memory is so that we can really understand and remember all the key parts of the story.

And once we know the story really well, we can then learn lots and lots of skills and really develop our language around the story.

So it makes us much better writers and much better storytellers.

Before we begin today, I want to talk to you about problems. In every single story you read, you will encounter a problem.

In "Jack and the Beanstalk," I know that the problem is the fact that Jack is very poor and the mean giant has stolen all of his father's treasure, which is the reason that Jack is so poor.

And it's not fair.

Can you think what the problem is in "Cinderella?" That's right, the problem in "Cinderella" was that Cinderella was treated as a servant.

She was trapped in that house with her evil stepmother and her two ugly stepsisters, when she really could have been the princess.

What about the problem in "Little Red Riding Hood?" Of course, the problem is again, the big, bad Wolf that wants to eat her and her grandma.

We're going to really think about the problem in "Jack and the Beanstalk," a bit more in the story.

If you can think about any other stories, why not try and pick out the problem? You could tell your friend or your teacher or your parent or carer about what the problem is in your favourite story.

Okay, let's start our lesson today.

Okay, in today's lesson, you are going to need a piece of paper, a pencil, and your brilliant brain.

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

Great, you're back, let's start our lesson.

In today's lesson, this is our agenda.

First, we're going to recap information from the story, and we're going to think about what things can we remember.

Then we're going to story map the story, and we're going to use images and drawings to help us really lock in that information from the story.

That way, when we look at the story map, we'll be able to just read it straight away without having to have the words there.

Then we're finally going to step and then speak the story.

So we're really working towards taking away the story map at this point, and then telling it without any support whatsoever.

And then that's when you know it's locked into your brain and we've committed it to memory.

Let's get started.

Okay, first we're going to recap the story.

Now I know what we're focusing on from this story is all about the problem in the story.

And it's really important that we think about the problems that matter.

Let's kind of think about these questions.

In the story, what does Jack get in return for his cow? What does Jack get in return for his cow? That's right, in return for the cow, he gets some magic beans from a strange mysterious man.

Do you think it was sensible for Jack to swap the beans for a cow? Do you think it was sensible for Jack to swap the cow for some beans? Remember his mum was not very happy, was she? Let's stop, let's have a look at our next question.

What did Jack's mother say when he came home with the magic beans? Now I remember that she wasn't too happy, what did she say? That's right, she grabbed the magic beans and threw them out of the window.

Should we throw our magic beans out the window right now? And she also said, "You silly boy, go to bed." What was strange about the old lady that Jack met at the top of the Beanstalk? So after he climbed his Beanstalk and he sang the song, ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk ♪ ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk to get to the top ♪ He met an old lady.

And what was different about her I wonder? Can you remember? That is right, she had golden wings because she was his angel and she helped him to get his treasure back.

She was the one who told Jack all about the mean giant lady who had stolen all of his father's treasure and lived in a castle with her husband.

This one's a very tricky one.

What happened to Jack's dad? I remember at the beginning of the story that Jack used to ask his mommy all the time, "Mum, where is my dad?" Because it was just him and his mum living together.

And they only had each other.

And his mum used to shake her head and cry and just say nothing.

Do you remember what happened to Jack's dad? Oh yeah, that's right.

Long ago, Jack's dad was very rich and had lots of treasure, but that mean giant ladies stole all his treasure.

How mean? And that's why Jack had to get it back in the end.

He had to get back what was rightfully his, and that was the only fair thing.

So what do you think is the main problem in the story? Pause the video now, while you either tell someone or you could write it down if you like.

I think the main problem is.

You can play the video again once you finish.

Okay, it's now time for us to story map the story.

Are you ready? Okay, so I've written my title at the top.

This is my title of my story.

And I'm now going to draw pictures in order to tell the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk." Remember they do not have to be very intricate or beautiful drawings.

They just need to be very simple, so I can remember what's happened in the story.

So the story begins with Jack and his mother.

Long ago, Jack lived in a house, a tiny cottage with his mother.

All they had was each other and they did not have very much money.

So I'm going to draw a pound sign and then seal an X across it.

So no money.

Sometimes Jack would ask, "Where is my dad?" But his mother would just cry and shake her head and say nothing.

So we know that something bad had happened to his father.

One day, his mother asked Jack to go and get, one day his mother sent Jack with a cow, cows are quite difficult to draw, draw a very simple cow.

Don't worry, it feels isn't there like a cow.

And it's very difficult for me to draw.

She sends him to market, to market.

On his way there, he meets a strange man who gives him some magic beans in exchange for the cow.

When he comes home and gives the beans to his mother, his mother is furious.

She says, "You silly boy." Now they've got no money and no cow.

So, she throws them out the window.

And then next morning, Jack wakes up in bed, this is his bed.

Wakes up and out of the window, he can see that a Beanstalk has grown.

Remember, do not worry about making it a beautiful drawing.

You can just do it very simply as well.

So he climbs up the Beanstalk.

And there were lots that it goes all the way up to the clouds.

And as he goes up the Beanstalk, he sings his song.

When he gets to the top of the Beanstalk, he meets an old lady and the old lady has got wings.

And she says, "I am your angel, "and I can tell you what happened to your dad.

"Your dad was very rich, but then the giant stole his money.

"They live in that castle now." This is my castle.

So Jack creeps up to the castle, the castle is on the clouds and he wants to go and get his treasure back.

So when he gets into the castle, there was a man in the kitchen chopping potatoes.

And the man says, "Go away, "my wife is going to eat you." So Jack asks, if he can come in, "I'm hungry," he says.

He let's him come in and he hides in the cupboard.

Let's draw Jack hiding in the cupboard and outside he hears boom, boom, boom.

And in walks the giant.

And she's very, very scary looking, and she's huge.

And she says, "Fee fi fo fum" I smell the blood, that in English.

And she sits down at the table and she demands, her husband brings her dinner.

And with the dinner, she says, "Where's my dinner?" And with the dinner she asks for her hen.

So, the man brings her, a magic hen.

And she lays an egg.

A golden sparkling egg.

Jack waits for the giant fall asleep.

And he steals the hen.

And he runs back down the Beanstalk.

So now we're going down and he gives the hen to his mother.

And they are rich forever.

Now they do have money.

Draw a pound sign with some money.

Then Jack, a little while later on, Jack gets curious and he decides to go back up the Beanstalk and the same thing happens three times over.

Now, I don't need to do the same drawing three times over.

So what I'm going to do, I'm going to draw him going up the Beanstalk, draw some leaves on the Beanstalk.

And I'm going to say he does it twice more, times two, that means two more times.

The next time he goes up to get his coins.

And then he also goes back another time to get his golden magic harp.

A golden magic harp is like a musical instrument.

It's a bit like a guitar, only it hasn't got a big, long neck.

It is, and it makes a very, very beautiful sound, right? Elegant sound.

So he goes up to get his coins and he goes up to get a harp.

But this time when he gets the harp, the giant wakes up and is very angry.

And Jack has to run away.

He climbs down the Beanstalk.

And this time and he has just some leaves on the Beanstalk and the giant is chasing him too.

And this time he gets an Axe, and chops the Beanstalk in half, the giant is killed.

And Jack and his mother live happily ever after, the end.

So as I can see, I'm going through the whole story and I can really tell what's happening in each thing, the drawings don't have to be seen fully amazing, but they should be clear enough that you understand what's going on in each part of the story.

Pause your video while you complete your own story not now.

Now I'm going to step and speak through the story, have a look at how I do it, and then you can have a go.

Okay, now that I've got my story map ready, I can tell the story all on my own, just by using the story map to help me.

I'm going to start somewhere I've got enough space to move forward.

I'm going to use my story map.

I'm going to use my story map and really step through each part of the story.

Once there lived a little boy called Jack who lived in a little cottage with his mother, they only had each other and they had no money.

Jack used to ask his mum, "Mum, where's my dad?" But she would only cry and shake her head.

One day Jack's mother sent him to market and she said, "Sell our cow and get a good price for it.

"Then maybe we can buy some food." On his way, Jack met a mysterious man who had a handful of beans.

Jack asked him what they were.

And he said, "These are magic beans.

"And I will swap them for your cow." So Jack took the magic beans and gave him the cow.

Once you've stepped through the story physically, you can then put your story map away and you can try and really tell it using just your voice.

You can still use actions to tell that part of the story.

If it helps you to understand and remember.

Jack's mother took the beans when he got home and threw them out of the window, "You silly, silly boy, go to bed." The next morning, Jack woke up and outside his window, there was a giant Beanstalk that grown all the way up to the clouds.

Jock was curious.

So he began to climb up the Beanstalk.

And as he did, he sang a song.

♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk, ♪ ♪ the Beanstalk, the Beanstalk, ♪ ♪ I'm climbing up the Beanstalk to get to the top.

♪ When he reached the top, there was a strange looking lady there with beautiful golden wings.

She said, "I am your angel Jack.

"I can tell you about your dad.

"Once he was a very rich man, "but a mean giant woman came along "and stole all his treasure.

"The giant lives in that house over there, "you should go and get back what is rightfully yours." So Jack skipped off to the castle to get his treasure back.

Why not try and step through the story and speak it as well.

Once you've stepped through the story, you can then try and tell the story without your story map, just your actions and your expression to tell the story, good luck.

Pause your video while you step and speak through the story.

Now, the giant was a very interesting character.

What three words would you use to describe her? We didn't hear very much of a description, so it really leaves things up to our imagination.

I've chosen three words, I've used to describe the giant, but I want to know what your three words are.

I'm going to tell you my three words in the next lesson.

So you'll have to tune in for that to find out.

Amazing work today, I have seen you use your brains to really, really recap the story, to draw your story map, to sequence your story, to step and speak through your story so that we're actually performing it and committing it to memory at the same time.

I would love to see you stepping and speaking through the story or your story map.

So please share your work with Oak National.

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I can't wait to see you next time, bye-bye.