Lesson video

Hi everyone! I'm Mrs. Howley and this is Sedrick.

Oh dear, Sedrick looks a bit sad.

He said he needs cheering up.

Do you think we can put him in a happier mood? Could you say, cheer up Sedrick, for me? 1, 2, 3.

Great! Well he seems much more cheerful now.

He said he was tricking you, but we're learning about moods today.

In today's lesson, we're going to explore the moods in your created stories.

We're going to start with a spelling activity, then we're going to play a mood drama game.

And then we're going to create a mood map.

For this lesson, you will need an exercise book and some paper, a pen or a pencil, and your brilliant brain.

Pause the video now so you can collect those things.

Now we're spelling, we're looking at the letter string "A, R, E" that makes an "Eeeaaa" sound.

"Eeeaaa" "Eeeaaa" "Eeeaaa" Great! Have a look at it in this word, "c-are." "Sh-are," share.

"St-are," "st-are," stare.

"Sp-are," "sp-are," spare.

We're going to play a game with these words now.

I'll just let you know what they mean.

Care, when we care for somebody, we're going to need that in our helping stories.

Share, when we give something to somebody else of ours, or we share our love.

Dare, if you dare to do something, if you're being very brave.

Scare, if you like to scare somebody else.

Stare, when you look at something very closely.

And spare, if I've got something spare, it's leftover.

I don't need it.

Okay, so in my magical hat, I've got some of our "are" words.

Now, I'm going to pick one out, and then mime it and see if you can guess it.

Don't peek! What do you think it is? Scare! Well done.

I'll try another one.

Stop peaking! What do you think it is? Stare! Fantastic! Oh I like this one.

Ahhh.

It's.

care.

"C-are." Care.

Great! We'll let's do one more.

What do you think it is? "Sh-are," Share! Great work! Great writers and story tellers, use certain things to engage their listeners; their audience.

One of these building blocks, is creating mood that moves the audience.

Helps them to feel exactly what you, as the story teller, or the writer, want them to feel.

We're going to play a game now, that's going to help us explore some of the moods in my story.

We're going to do some drama now.

This activity is called a reflective, my turn, your turn.

You're going to reflect the mood that I show, and repeat the words that I've used.

See if you can show, the mood that I'm showing.

I've chosen some moments from my created story.

Okay.

[Sigh] "I don't want to come!" Your turn.

Great! What mood do you think you were showing then? Yes, it's the mood of sadness and gloom.

Well done.

Let's try another one.

[Gasp] "It's coming straight for him!" Your turn.

[Scream] You had me worried then! What mood do you think we're showing there? That's right, it's that mood of fear and terror.

The moment where the bird is coming to eat my snail.

Let's try another one.

"We're all friends!" Your turn.

That was lovely.

What mood do you think we were creating there? It's that mood of kindness and happiness.

Great work! In a previous lesson, you may have created your own story using the plot matrix.

You could use that now to create some of your own mood phrases.

Maybe you could teach them to somebody at home, or say them to the screen.

Pause the video now and have a go.

In our last unit or work, you might have joined us when we explored the moods in the story of "The Magic Paintbrush." In that story, there was lots of magic; sometimes some fear.

The mood of kindness, happiness; it was a great story! But I know your stories are going to be great as well! So we're going to explore the moods in our created stories.

I'm going to start by having a think about my story.

Looking at the story map, and mapping out which moods happen at which times in the story.

You might want to get your story map, if you made one in a previous lesson.

Okay, so I'm going to look for certain moods.

The mood of kindness; of love.

I know that's going to be in there because it's a helping story.

There might be some wonder in there; that moment of "wow." I'm also going to look for the celebration, joy, happiness.

And you can see I've used pictures and words.

You can just use pictures if you want to.

And then that mood of fear and danger.

And also sadness.

Will there be some sadness in your story? So now, I'm going to get my story map, and think about where these moods fit on my story map.

So, at the start of this story, I've got a very sad snail.

And that mood carries on as each of the animals try and persuade him to go to the party.

Now, there's a change of mood when the big black bird comes along.

And that's where I got that mood of fear and danger.

And as an audience, you're worried about the snail and what's going to happen.

But then, it changes when butterfly has the idea of creating a big cloud of butterflies.

And it's such a beautiful thing to see to see that we've got that mood of wonder.

And then, we've got this moment of kindness, where snail makes friends with butterfly, and she shows that kindness to him.

And then of course, invites him to the party.

And then at the end, we've got that mood of celebration, joy, and happiness.

Now it your turn.

You can see on the screen what I did, when I was doing the story of "The Magic Paintbrush." You've seen what I've done with my snail story, now, it's your turn with your story.

What are the moods? Is there wonder? Is there fear? Mystery, sadness, joy or kindness? You can draw pictures or you can write key words.

Pause the video now and have a try.

Now that we've explored the moods in our story, I'm going to practise telling the story, using those moods.

And I'm going to need my.

magical hat.

So, I'm going to get my mood map, and I'm going to use this to help me tell the story.

And I'm going to make sure that I can show, each of these moods.

So, "Once upon a time, there was a snail." I'm doing my sad mood.

"Once upon a time, there was a snail and he was ever so lonely.

Even when everyone else in the garden was excited about a garden party, Snail wanted to just curl up in his shell and hide away.

'I don't want to go to a party!' he said.

Butterfly who was very excited about the party tried first to persuade him.

'Please will you come to the party?' she said.

'Nope.

I don't like parties!' said the snail.

Then, Worm tried.

'Please come to the party!' said the wiggly worm.

'No, I don't like parties.

' said the worm.

Then, the fly tried.

'Bzzz please, will you come to the party snail?' 'No, I don't like parties!'" Now I've noticed that the mood changes here.

And it goes to fear and danger.

So I'm going to try to show that in the way that I tell the story.

"Suddenly, Butterfly, who was up high, checking on the arrangements for the party, saw something that made her heart skip a beat.

There was a big, black bird flying down, jaws open! And it was heading straight for Snail; it was going to eat him up!" How was that? Were you scared? "But," Change of mood here, "Butterfly, suddenly had an idea.

She called upon all her butterfly friends, 'Come on, come on everybody!' And she got them all together so they made a huge, beautiful cloud.

A beautiful cloud of butterflies." Wonder.

That mood of wonder.

"The bird had never seen anything like this before.

He was entranced.

It made him completely distracted, and he completely forgot about the snail, and flew off in the other direction; not sure what had happened." I'm getting ready for my kindness mood now.

"Snail had been watching the whole time.

He couldn't believe, someone had been so kind and thoughtful for him.

'What can I do for you?' he said.

'I'll do anything Butterfly.

That was so kind of you!' Butterfly just asked one thing.

'Snail, why won't you come to the party?' 'I get ever so lonely because I'm the only person who after a party, has to go home on my own because I carry my home on my back.

Everybody else gets to share their homes with other people!' 'Oh snail, didn't you realise the garden is everyone's home! Come on snail, let's go to the party!'" And now we're changing the mood to that celebration; that joy and happiness.

"Everybody was at the party.

They had the most fantastic time! There was singing, there was dancing; it was the best day of Snail's life!" What did you think? Could you see the moods in my telling? Why don't you have a go at telling your story, using your mood map! Great work! Oh! Can you tell what mood Sedrick's in? He's excited! Oh, Sedrick said his favourite part of the lesson, was showing the different moods with phrases and our faces.

Do you think you could practise showing moods with your face? Oh! Sedrick's looking worried now, I think.

You're very good at this Sedrick.

Great work on mood today! Let's give ourselves a British weather cheer.

Are you ready? Brilliant! We'll see you again soon! Bye!.