Lesson video

Hello everyone, my name is Miss Barron, and I love stories.

I love telling stories, I love listening to stories, I love writing stories, and I love playing with stories.

I like changing them to make them my own, and that's exactly what we're doing in this unit.

We're changing our stories from unit one, Monkeys and Hats, to make it our own.

And in lesson one we created our own character didn't we? For our new stories.

Now mine was a paper aeroplane maker, and so I have made a paper aeroplane.

And do you remember at the end of lesson one I sang a song about my character? Do you think we could sing it together now? Let's see if we remember it.

Are you ready? ♪ A paper aeroplane maker made some ♪ ♪ Planes, planes, planes to see what she could ♪ ♪ Sell, sell, sell but then she took a ♪ ♪ Nap, nap, nap and some monkeys took her ♪ ♪ Planes, planes, planes ♪ Let's sing it again, sing it with me this time, ready? ♪ A paper aeroplane maker made some ♪ ♪ Planes, planes, planes to see what she could ♪ ♪ Sell, sell, sell but then she took a ♪ ♪ Nap, nap, nap and some monkeys took her ♪ ♪ Planes, planes, planes ♪ Oh no, they're gone! So, I wondered whether you managed to have a go at changing the lyrics of that song to fit your character.

Now let me tell you what we're going to do in today's lesson.

Today is a very exciting lesson because we are going to tell our recycles stories from memory.

So we're going to map out the whole of our recycled story today.

This is what our lesson is going to look like.

First, we are going to do a recycling game to warm up our creative minds.

Then we are going to map our recycled story, and tell it from our map.

Then we're going to step it out to help us remember it.

And after that we are going to speak it, we are going to retell it in our own words.

So this is going what you're going to need today.

You will need an exercise book or a piece of paper, and a pen or a pencil to write with.

Pause the video now and go and get those things if you haven't got them already.

Amazing job! You are back with everything you need to start our learning today.

And now it's time for our recycling game.

Now remember recycling stories just means changing them so that we can make new stories from ones we already know.

So if you were here in lesson one, then we recycled Humpty Dumpty by changing the ending.

We retold our new versions with our own ideas for the ending.

Today we are going to plot recycle Humpty Dumpty.

Which means we're going to change nearly everything about it.

Let me show you how to do that.

Now there's my story map for Humpty Dumpty, and we're going to use it to remind us of the key events.

So let's use it to help us retell Humpty Dumpty.

Join in with me.

♪ Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ♪ ♪ Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ♪ ♪ All the kings horses and all the kings men ♪ ♪ Couldn't put Humpty together again ♪ Poor Humpty, now the first thing we're going to do is change the character.

So we're not going to have Humpty Dumpty anymore, we're going to have a new character.

I wonder what could that character be? You might already have an idea of your own, or you might like to take one of mine.

Here are three of my ideas for a new character.

You can see them on pictures on those orange post-it notes underneath my map.

So I thought the new character could be a fish.

It could be a school dinner plate.

Or it could be a carrot, and I'm going to name him Collin.

Have a think about what your character could be and draw a really simple, quick picture.

Pause the video now and do that.

Fantastic, you have got your new character! So now we need to think about where the character is sitting.

Remember Humpty Dumpty was sat on a wall.

Have a think, where could your new character be sitting? You might already have your own idea, or you might want to borrow one of mine.

So if you thought your new character could be a fish, maybe it's sitting on top of a piece of coral under the sea.

Maybe it's sitting on top of a castle under the sea.

Or maybe it's on top of the water spout on a whales head.

If you chose the school dinner plate idea then the dinner plate might be sitting on top of the head teachers desk.

It might be on top of the moon, it might be on top of the school roof.

Or if you chose Collin the carrot it might be on top of a horse, it might be on top of the fridge, or it might be on top of Ferris wheel at a theme park.

So you might like to choose one one of my ideas, or you might have your own idea.

So draw a quick and simple picture of your character sitting on top of something now.

Pause the video and do that.

So, now we're going to move on a bit and I'm going to show you my final story map for my finished recycled version of Humpty Dumpty.

So let me talk it through.

Collin the carrot sat on a horse, Collin the carrot had a great fall, all the queens broccoli's and all the queens peas, couldn't put Collin together again.

So the Queen ate him up for her supper.

So you can see now how I've added three more pictures and I would like you to have a go at that.

You need to think of two helpers who try to put your character back together.

And then you need to think about your ending.

Is it going to be a happy ending for your character? Is your character going to be put back together, or is it going to be a sad ending like mine? So I would like you to have a go now at drawing your own story map to recycle your whole story.

Changing Humpty Dumpty for your new character.

So pause the video and have a go at that, and then tell your new version just like I did.

Now we've warmed up our creative brains, we are ready to learn to tell our new stories from memory.

Now I'm going to show you how to create a new story map for your new version with your own character.

So mine is called Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes instead of monkeys and hats because my character is a paper aeroplane maker, and she's called Dizzy Lizzy, isn't she? So here's my picture of her.

I'm just going to draw simple, quick pictures, remember.

So at the beginning of this story she's happy singing her favourite song on her way to market.

And her basket is full of paper aeroplanes ready to sell.

But it's a hot day, isn't it? So there's the sun, and she falls asleep under a tree.

There she is sleeping and her basket of paper aeroplanes is there beside her.

Now when she wakes up her basket is empty, her paper aeroplanes have all gone.

So there's her empty basket.

After that she hears a noise above her head, doesn't she? She looks up into the tree and she sees monkeys playing with her paper aeroplanes.

So there they are, and those are her paper aeroplanes.

That those monkeys are having fun with! So she shouts at them, doesn't she? And she says "Give me back my planes "give me back my planes right now!", but those monkeys just copy her in their monkey talk and say "Oo-oui-oui-oui-oui." After that she throws her paper aeroplane down to the ground.

And what do those monkeys do? They copy her, don't they? They copy because what monkeys see, monkeys do.

Monkeys love to copy, and so they threw her paper aeroplanes down onto the floor and she got them all back.

And that day she sold all of her paper aeroplanes at market.

And when she got home she tells her son her story, and her son loved that story.

It was his favourite every night when she came home he would ask to hear that story again, and again, and again.

And when he grew up, he became the paper aeroplane maker himself, didn't he? And then one day, he was on his way to market to sell them, when he too fell asleep under a tree.

There he is sleeping, and his basket of paper aeroplanes down beside him.

When he woke up, they were gone, but he wasn't worried, he knew exactly where they were.

He knew they were up in the tree with the monkeys.

But when he asked them to give them back, they too copied when he threw his paper aeroplane on the floor, they did nothing.

He couldn't understand it, he was expecting them to give them back but they didn't.

So in the end the monkeys ran off with the paper aeroplanes , didn't they? And Dizzy Lizzy's son went home with nothing.

He had nothing to sell at market that day, and so from that day he realised why stories are so important.

Because you never know what you're going to learn from one.

So there's my new story map for my new version of the story, starring Dizzy Lizzy as the paper aeroplane maker, and now my story is called Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes.

And we can now tell it from our map just like I did then.

So I would like you to pause the video now and have a go at drawing your own story map with your character and the things your character makes.

Make it your own, so it might be monkeys and toy dinosaurs, monkeys and footballs, monkeys and party dresses.

You might have chosen one of my three options, or you might have had your own idea.

Here you can see my completed story map on the screen.

I'd like you to have a go at drawing your story map for your recycled story now, and then talk your map like I just did.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Now we've drawn our new story maps, we are ready to step our new recycled stories.

I'm going to step mine first to show you.

Now we're going to do it a bit differently this time.

We are going to put a phrase or a short sentence with each step.

So watch me step out my story, Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes , and then it's going to be your turn to step out your new story.

Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes.

Dizzy Lizzy, the paper aeroplane maker, went to market.

Dizzy Lizzy fell asleep, under a tree.

When she woke up, her paper aeroplanes were gone.

"Give me back my paper aeroplanes !" she shouted, but the monkeys just copied.

I've had enough.

The monkeys threw the paper aeroplanes to the floor.

Dizzy Lizzy got her paper aeroplanes back and went home and told her son all about it.

Dizzy Lizzy's son grew up to be a paper aeroplane maker, he too fell asleep under a tree.

Dizzy Lizzy's son did not get his paper aeroplanes back.

So that's me stepping out my story with some short sentences to go with each action, to go with each picture on the map.

Did you notice how I took a step for every picture on my map? That's what I want you to do for your story.

Now you just saw me step the story, I want you to pause the video now and have a go at stepping your story using your story map to help you.

Now we've mapped and stepped our stories, we are ready to have a go at telling them in more detail in our own way.

Now I'm going to tell you my new story, Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes.

I'd like you to listen carefully because at the end I'm going to ask you to tell me what your favourite moment was of my new story.

And then you're going to have a go at telling yours.

So, are we ready? Make sure you're sitting somewhere comfortable, make sure you're sitting somewhere quiet, and let's do our story chant.

Do you remember it from unit one? Ready? ♪ It's story time ♪ ♪ It's story time ♪ ♪ Look, listen, learn ♪ Do it together with me? ♪ It's story time ♪ ♪ It's story time ♪ ♪ Look, listen, learn ♪ Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes.

Once upon a time, there was a paper aeroplane maker named Dizzy Lizzy.

She loved paper aeroplanes more than anything else in the world.

She loved how fast they were, and she made all sorts of paper aeroplanes.

She made big ones, and small ones.

She made fat ones and thin ones.

She made brown ones and pink ones.

All sorts of paper aeroplanes , and one day she put her basket of paper aeroplanes on her head, and walked through the forest on her way market.

And as she walked she sang her favourite song.

♪ I'm going to market ♪ ♪ To market, to market ♪ ♪ I'm going to market ♪ ♪ To sell my paper aeroplanes ♪ But it was such a hot day, Dizzy Lizzy became so tired that she decided to sit down under a tree and take a rest.

She put her basket of paper aeroplanes down beside her.

And before long, she fell asleep.

When she woke up her paper aeroplanes were gone.

Her basket was empty! She looked for them everywhere, she looked behind trees, she looked under rocks, she looked in the bushes, but there were no sign of her paper aeroplanes.

"Whose stolen my paper aeroplanes ?" she thought.

And then she heard a chattering sound above her head.

She looked up and in the tree she saw a crowd of monkeys, each one of them playing with one of her paper aeroplanes.

She saw them giggling and laughing as they were flying those planes around the tree.

She was furious, she shouted at those monkeys "Give me back my "paper aeroplanes right now!" But monkeys love to play, and what monkeys see, monkeys do.

They just copied her in their monkey talk.

"Oo-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui" they shouted.

Dizzy Lizzy was absolutely furious now, she was so annoyed with those monkeys.

How dare they talk to her like that.

She said "if you're making fun of me "then you'll be sorry." And those monkeys just copied her in their monkey talk.

"Oo-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui." Well Dizzy Lizzy tried a third time, she said "Give me back my paper aeroplanes right now!" And again the monkeys just copied her, "Oo-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui." In the end Dizzy Lizzy was so fed up that she took her paper aeroplane that she had with her and she threw it on the ground.

She threw it on the ground in total frustration.

But when she did that you'll never guess what those monkeys did? They copied her! And they all threw the paper aeroplanes that they were playing with on the floor.

Dizzy Lizzy got her paper aeroplanes back! She was delighted, so she quickly swept them all up, put them in her basket, put the basket back on her head, and walked off to market.

That day she sold all of her paper aeroplanes and she went home and told her son the story of how she tricked those monkeys into giving her back her paper aeroplanes.

And the son loved the story so much that he asked for it every day.

Every night when Dizzy Lizzy came home he would say "Mom! Tell me the story of Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes !", and so she did.

Years passed, and Dizzy Lizzy's son grew up to become a paper aeroplane maker himself.

And one day he too put all of his paper aeroplanes in a basket on top of his head, and walked off to sell them at market.

But it was a hot day that day too, and he fell asleep under the same tree.

When he woke up all of his paper aeroplanes were gone.

But he wasn't worried, he knew where they were because he knew that story.

He knew the monkeys had them.

So knowingly he looked up into the tree and smiled.

There were monkeys, all of them playing with his paper aeroplanes.

So he said to the monkeys "I know this story, I now how to get my paper "aeroplanes back.", and in their monkey talk they just copied him.

"Oo-oui-oui-oui-oui, "oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui." So he said again "I know what to do! You're going "to give me my paper aeroplanes back!" And they said "Oo-oui-oui-oui-oui! Oo-oui-oui-oui "oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui-oui!" So Dizzy Lizzy's son threw his paper aeroplane to the floor.

But the monkeys did nothing, so again he threw his paper aeroplane to the floor.

But again they did nothing.

Again he threw it down, and again, and again, and again.

He kept throwing it down to the floor, but the monkeys did not move a muscle.

Dizzy Lizzy's son couldn't understand it.

What was going on? "Come on monkeys" he said, "Come on, throw them down.

That's what you're meant do to.

Copy me then." But they didn't, and then finally the chief monkeys son climbed down the tree until he was face to face with Dizzy Lizzy's son.

And said "You think you're so clever, "because you're mom told your stories.

"Well our moms told us stories too, "and this time we're keeping the paper aeroplanes ." And off they went, into the forest flying all of those paper aeroplanes , playing and laughing.

And Dizzy Lizzy's son went home with nothing.

He had nothing to sell at market that day.

And so that's why stories are so important.

Because you never know what you're going to learn from one or when one might come in handy.

And that's the end of the story, Monkeys and Paper Aeroplanes.

I hope you enjoyed my story, I wonder what was your favourite moment? Can you tell me in a full sentence now? My favourite moment was.

Ah great to hear what you enjoyed most about my story.

I think my favourite moment was talking about all the different types of paper aeroplanes Dizzy Lizzy made.

Now it's your turn to tell your own story in more detail in your own way like I just did for mine.

And then you've got your own story that you can be really proud of and that you can tell to anyone you would like to.

Pause the video now and have a go at that.

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

Well done everybody, you have tried so hard and you have been fantastic storytellers.

I can't wait to see how these stories develop over the next few lessons.

Shall we finish with our song again about our story characters? So I'm going to sing it about Dizzy Lizzy, join in with me and then I would like you to put it to your character.

So, let's sing mine, let's go.

♪ A paper aeroplane maker made some ♪ ♪ Planes, planes, planes ♪ ♪ To see what she could ♪ ♪ Sell, sell, sell ♪ ♪ But then she took a ♪ ♪ Nap, nap, nap ♪ ♪ And the monkeys took her ♪ ♪ Planes, planes, planes.

♪ So that's my song about my character, I would love it if you could have a go at putting that tune to a song about your new character.

So that's all for me today, see you in the next lesson.

Bye everyone!.