Lesson video

Hi there, my name is Miss Toole, and this is Ted.

And we love to re-tell stories.

But we also love to create our own stories.

Why don't you bring your teddy along today to help you create your own story.

Let's have a look at what we're going to be doing in today's lesson.

We're going to start off by hearing our creative story from the previous lesson.

We're then going to map our story and use our map to tell the story.

We're then going to step through our story and then finally we're going to step and speak our creative story.

So you are going to need a piece of paper or an exercise book, a pencil or a pen, your brain, and your amazing self.

And don't forget, you can bring your teddy top partner along, too, if you'd like.

So pause now while you go and get your resources, and then when you're ready to start this lesson, press play.

The focus of this unit is to create our own story with a focus on problems that matter.

And in the last lesson, we created a plot matrix to help us plan our story.

Now, can you remember our song all about problems that matter? Don't worry if not, 'cause I'm going to be singing it and then you can join in.

Are you ready, Ted? It goes: ♪ If you have a problem, I can lend a hand ♪ ♪ If you have a problem, I can lend a hand ♪ ♪ We sometimes cannot solve them ♪ ♪ And we need a friend to help us ♪ ♪ If you have a problem, I can lend a hand ♪ Can you can join in at home? Let's go.

♪ If you have a problem, I can lend a hand ♪ ♪ If you have a problem, I can lend a hand ♪ ♪ We sometimes cannot solve them ♪ ♪ And we need a friend to help us ♪ ♪ If you have a problem, I can lend a hand ♪ So we are focusing all about problems. So when we are doing our story today, we need to really make sure when we're writing our map that our problem comes through so that when we are stepping and speaking, we can really exaggerate our problem within our story.

So I'm going to have a go now with telling my story and then I'd like you to have a go at home.

So Ted, how are we going to tell? On an island, far, far away, there lived a young pirate called Pirate Pete.

Pirate Pete spent his days alone on an island, 'cause his fellow pirates and family had died in a terrible disaster while sailing the Seven Seas, and all that remained was his father's treasure map.

Pirate Pete spent his days searching for the treasure that belonged to his father.

He roamed and roamed, but he was unable to find the golden treasure.

One stormy night, another pirate ship arrived on the deserted island.

Pirate Pete was all alone.

Later that day, Pirate Pete was confronted by Captain Stonefoot and his crew.

They stole everything that belonged to Pirate Pete, including his father's treasure map.

Pirate Pete was devastated and set off on a journey to find Captain Stonefoot, and his band of pirates in order to retrieve the treasure map.

Pirate Pete searched and searched, and then he saw fresh footprints.

He followed the footprints, and he came to a cave.

And inside the cave, he saw his treasure map poking out of the pocket of Captain Stonefoot.

He didn't know how he was going to get the treasure map back.

All of a sudden, a squawking parrot appeared on Pirate Pete's shoulder.

He told Pete that he would distract the band of pirates so that Pete could get his treasure map back.

As the parrot began to squawk loudly, Pete snuck behind Captain Stonefoot and took his father's treasure map back.

As fast as they could, Pirate Pete and the squawking parrot got away from the gang.

Just as Pete stopped beneath a palm tree, he noticed a big red cross up on the tree.

Pete started to dig down.

"I've finally found the golden treasure chest." Pirate Pete was so delighted.

He shared the treasure with the squawking parrot and they became the best of friends.

So that's my story and I would like you to have a go at using your plot matrix to tell your story.

Now that you've retold your story, we're going to have a go at doing our story map to sequence the key events and to help others to write our story.

So I'll do it from my creative story, and then I'd like you to have a go doing it for your creative story at home.

So, first thing in our opening is we introduce our character.

So for me, it's Pirate Pete.

So I'm just going to draw Pirate Pete here.

There's Pirate Pete.

And Pirate Pete lives on an island all on his own.

And the only thing he has left from his family is a treasure map.

So introducing the thing, the object linked to my problem, because remember our focus is problems that matter.

So I'm introducing the treasure map; it's really important in our story.

And he searched for the treasure every day, every night, but he never found it.

And then one stormy night, a band of pirates came onto the deserted island and stole the treasure map.

So this is our problem now.

So the problem goes here.

The pirates came upon the island and they stole the treasure map.

Remember, our problem is that the treasure map is stolen.

How does Pirate Pete feel then? How does your character feel? Let's really think about our thoughts and feelings.

Pirate Pete is devastated.

He thinks, "How am I going to get my treasure map back?" He searches for it, doesn't he? Okay, remember what helps him at first find it? What's the first thing he spots? He spots fresh footprints.

So the first thing to help him is the fresh footprints.

And he follows the fresh footprints to a cave, and then he sees the treasure map poking out of Captain Stonefoot's jacket.

But he's still doesn't know how he's going that, and now he's feeling a little bit lost because he's all on his own and Captain Stonefoot has got all of his pirates.

But who comes to help him? This is where we look at our solution.

We have a squawking parrot that tells Pirate Pete that he will squawk to distract the other pirates.

So as this parrot starts to squawk, Private Pete steals the treasure map back and they run as fast as they can.

So I'm going to have my treasure map here, and I've got big tick to say he gets it back.

And as they run, they come to rest underneath a palm tree.

So this is my ending now.

And on the palm tree, they see a red X.

They have an X on the palm tree.

So Pirate Pete starts to dig, and dig, and dig.

And then he finds his dad's golden treasure.

So that is my story map.

Have a go now at doing your story map.

Use your pop matrix to help you, and remember when you go through your problem, think about how your character is feeling, what he does in order to get his stolen item back.

Off you go.

Now that you've mapped your story, we're going to have a go at telling our story using our story map.

Are we ready, Ted, to tell the story? On an island far, far away, there lived a young pirate called Pirate Pete.

Pirate Pete lived all on his own because his fellow pirates and family died in a terrible disaster while sailing the Seven Seas.

And all that remained were Pirate Pete with his father's treasure map.

Pirate Pete searched and searched and searched for the treasure, but he never found it.

One stormy night, band of pirates and Captain Stonefoot came on the island and stole Pirate Pete's treasure map.

Oh, was that bad? How was Pirate Pete feeling? He felt devastated.

What was Pirate Pete thinking about the problem? He thought, how am I going to get my treasure map back? I'm all alone.

What did Pirate Pete do? Well, he was determined.

So he set off to look for the pirates.

And he found some fresh footprints in the sand.

So he followed the footprints and got to the cave.

And inside the cave, he saw his treasure map poking out of Captain Stonefoot's pocket.

What was he feeling now? Well, he felt a little bit excited because he could see the treasure map, but also a little bit nervous because he didn't know how he was going to get the treasure map back.

What was he thinking? He was thinking, how can I get the treasure map back without the other pirates seeing me? What did he do? Well, he sat and he thought for a little while until a squawking parrot landed on his shoulder.

And the parrot said, "I will distract the pirates while you go and get the treasure map." So Pirate Pete got the treasure map out of Captain Stonefoot's pocket and the parrot and Pirate Pete ran away as fast as they could it.

When they stopped, beneath a palm tree, they noticed a red cross on the palm tree.

Pirate Pete started to dig down as fast as he can and he found his father's treasure.

Oh, what a wonderful ending.

And I bet Pirate Pete was feeling fantastic by the end of our story.

Now have a go at using your map to re-tell the story and think about the problem, how is your character feeling? What is your character doing? And what thoughts is he thinking or is she thinking at this part in your story? Off you go.

You should now have your map of your story and you should be able to talk through your story using your story map.

So we're going to use those two things to now step through our story.

Now while we're stepping, you need some space around you.

So just check around you that you have adequate space.

Now I am going to be stepping on the spot.

But if you've got enough room, you can step as if you're on stepping stones to move through your story.

So I'm going to to model with my story, and I'm going to pause and have a go at stepping through your story.

So are we ready? When we step, we do an action, and sometimes we can also say a word to convey sound effect.

So I'm going to go first for mine.

Pirate Pete, that's my opening, introducing him.

Treasure map.

Captain Stonefoot takes the treasure map.

Pirate Pete is sad.

Footprints.

Treasure map.

"I will help you." Treasure map.

X-marked spot.

Treasure.

Okay? So I have had to go through stepping through my story using the different images.

Have a go at stepping through your story.

Now that you stepped through your story, we're going to step and speak.

So that means we step and our action, and whilst we do our action, we tell part of the story that it links to.

And it just helps us to flow our story together.

So I'm going to come to write it, we know what we are writing down 'cause we will be fabulous storytellers.

So are we ready? In a land far, far away, there lived a young pirate called Pirate Pete.

Pirate Pete's friends and family died in a terrible disaster on the Seven Seas, and all that remained was Pirate Pete's father's treasure map.

One stormy night, Captain Stonefoot and his crew of pirates landed on Pirate Pete's island.

They stole Pirate Pete's belongings, including his father's treasure map.

Pirate Pete was devastated.

He didn't know what to do and how to get his treasure map back.

Pirate Pete decided to search for Captain Stonefoot and his crew of pirates.

All of a sudden, he saw fresh footprints within the sand.

He followed the footprints until it came to a cave.

Inside the cave, he saw his treasure map poking out to Captain Stonefoot's jacket.

"How am I going to get it?" He thought.

All the pirates are surrounding Captain Stonefoot.

All of a sudden, a parrot landed in Pirate Pete's shoulder.

And he said, "I will distract the pirates whilst you go and steal your treasure map back.

The parrot started to squawk, and Pirate Pete snuck behind Captain Stonefoot and took the treasure map back.

Pirate Pete and the parrot ran as fast as they could until they came to a palm tree.

And they noticed on the palm tree a red X.

Pirate Pete started to dig down as fast as he could.

And then he found his father's treasure.

Pirate Pete and the parrot shared the treasure and became the best of friends.

Have a go at stepping and speaking your story.

Did you enjoy today's lesson? I wonder, what was your favourite part of today's lesson? My favourite part of today's lesson was when we got to put everything together and at the end we did our step and speak, because I think that really helps us to re-tell our story and it means we become really good storytellers.

What was your favourite part of today's lesson? Tell your teddy top partner your most favourite part.

Thank you for joining in today.

And I can't wait to see you in the next lesson of this unit to carry on creating our own story.

See you later.