Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

I'm Miss Corbert, and welcome to today's lesson, which is all about describing yourself.

I think it's so important to take the time to think about yourself in a really positive way.

Think about what makes you you, and all of the great things about you.

So for this lesson, you are going to need something to write with, like a pen or a pencil, something to write on, like some lined paper, and you will also need a copy of the book "A Superhero Like You" by Dr.

Ranj.

I would like you to pause the video now and go and get all of those things.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Now let's check a few more things.

When we write, we need to be sitting comfortably.

Good job.

We also need to turn on those listening ears.

We need to make sure we've got our looking eyes and that thinking brain.

Well done.

Let's get started.

So by the end of this lesson, you will have described yourself, thinking about your skills and your personality, in a sentence.

Let's have a look at our keywords, which will help us get to that learning outcome.

My turn, your turn.

Noun.

A noun is a naming word.

Adjective.

An adjective describes a noun.

Describe.

Describe is add detail.

Character traits.

Simple sentence.

Well done.

This, the first part of our lesson, is all about describing yourself.

Then we will write descriptive sentences.

We know that rereading a story always helps us to remember what happened in a story as well as notice details in the text and the illustrations.

Today you're going to listen to somebody read you this story again, and whilst you're listening, I want you to think about the personalities, so what the people are like, and the skills, what they can do, of the people who help us.

You are going to listen to the story from the beginning to the end.

Make sure you have someone to read it to you.

Pause the video and off you go.

Fantastic.

I wonder if you can remember any words that Lily used to describe the personality of the people who help us.

So how did she describe what type of people they were? Pause the video, and off you go.

Well done.

So many amazing ideas that you've managed to get from listening to the story.

Fantastic.

We know that Lily describes the people who help us as superheroes.

Here's a superhero, a fictional superhero.

We might describe superheroes in different ways, such as my turn, then your turn.

Helpful, kind, powerful, unstoppable, proud, caring, resilient.

We know that resilient means we don't give up.

Curious, which means we're thinking, and courageous, which is another word for brave.

All of those words are adjectives and they're describing, they can also be used to describe the people who help us, 'cause we are seeing them as superheroes.

I wonder, can you think of any more adjectives? Pause the video and have a think.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

You might have had a word like collaborative, respectful.

There's lots and lots of different ways and different adjectives that we can use to describe the people who help us.

Here are some of the jobs mentioned in the story.

A teacher, a carer, and an air ambulance pilot.

Using those adjectives that we've just looked at, can you think of any adjectives to describe the people who do these jobs? A (hums) teacher, a (hums) carer, a (hums) ambulance pilot.

Pause the video and try and think of an adjective.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

I heard so many.

I heard a helpful teacher, a kind carer, and an unstoppable air ambulance pilot.

Really amazing job.

Well done.

Which adjective then could you use to describe the people in the story? Remember, we choose adjectives carefully to describe the person best.

Would we describe the people in the story as lazy, courageous, or mean? Hmm? Which adjective would you choose? The people in the story are.

Pause the video and have a think.

Off you go.

Let's see if you got it.

Courageous.

The people in the story are courageous.

Courageous is a really great adjective that you can use to describe people with who are brave and who really, really try their best to protect people.

Lazy means people don't try very hard, and mean means unkind.

Our characters in the story are really, really helpful, so they aren't lazy and they aren't mean, but you could describe them as courageous.

Well done.

We know that adjectives describe nouns.

A kind, my adjective, teacher.

A helpful, adjective, carer.

Carer is my noun.

You are a noun, because you are a person.

A noun is a naming word for people, places, and things, and you are a person, so that means you are a noun, so that means we can use adjectives to describe you.

Let's have a look.

This might be somebody.

So we could say you are all of the same words.

You are helpful, you are kind, you are powerful, you are unstoppable, you are proud, you are caring, you are resilient, you are curious, and you are courageous.

Maybe with the person that you have to talk to nearby, or you could describe your think about yourself, choose one of these adjectives to describe that person.

You are.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

It's so lovely to describe each other with such positive adjectives.

So before we get started on our sentence, we need to make sure that we know how we can complete this sentence.

Adjectives describe, is it nouns, is it adjectives, or only words with capital letters? Adjectives describe nouns.

Adjectives describe adjectives.

Adjectives describe only words with capital letters.

Pause the video and have a think, which is the correct answer? Off you go.

Well done.

You know that adjectives describe nouns.

Adjectives don't describe adjectives.

That wouldn't make sense, and we know that some nouns, proper nouns need to have a capital letter, but adjectives don't only describe proper nouns.

They also describe common nouns that don't have a capital letter.

Adjectives describe nouns.

Well done.

So we are going think of some adjectives and we are going to think of adjectives that are character traits.

Character traits.

A character trait is the type of person that you are.

Some character traits are really useful to have to help other people, and these might be skills, things that you're really good at, or personality traits, the type of person that you are.

So here's an example.

I am collaborative.

Can you say that adjective? Collaborative.

That means I work well as a team.

That's such a great skill or personality trait to have.

Here's another one.

I am resilient.

Can you say that? Well done.

That means I never give up.

Two really great skills and personality traits to have.

Today you are going to write a sentence describing yourself and a really positive personality trait or skill that you have.

I am (hums).

So here's mine.

I'm going to describe myself with an adjective.

I am resilient.

Now I'm going to explain a time that I was resilient.

So I'm going to have a think.

I think I'm resilient.

Why? I was resilient when I learned to drive, because I found it really difficult at first, but I didn't give up, so that shows that I am resilient.

I don't give up.

Now it's your turn.

You are going to describe yourself using an adjective.

I am (hums).

You could use a adjective that we've heard already or one that you have in your head.

Pause the video.

I am (hums).

Well done.

I heard one example of, "I am courageous," which means really brave.

Now I want to explain a time when you felt that way, so think about your adjective.

I was (hums) when.

Pause the video.

Well done.

The example I heard was, "I was courageous when I went on my bike without stabilisers for the first time." That's so courageous.

That's so brave.

Well done for describing yourself using an adjective and explaining when you felt that you were this adjective.

Fantastic.

We are going to get ready to write, and we know that when we write, there are so many things to remember.

We need to write our letters neatly on the line, we need to form our letters correctly, and we need to use phonics to sound out and spell words.

As well as that, because we're writing a whole sentence, which is one complete idea, we need to start our sentences with a capital letter and end our sentences with a full stop.

Then we need to read our writing back to check.

Let's have a look and see our success criteria for today, and then see whether this sentence meets it.

Our success criteria is use capital letters at the start of sentences and a full stop at the end.

Use an adjective to describe a noun.

And the noun today is you, which will be the word I, because you're writing about yourself.

Use phonics to sound out and spell words, and make sure the sentence makes sense by reading it back.

So let's have a look at this sentence.

Hmm! I am hep-f-ul.

Hepful.

Hmm! I am hepful.

Hmm! I'm going to check for my capital letter.

I'm going to get my finger.

Can you point to the start of the sentence? Does it have a capital letter? Yes, it does.

Get another finger, scan along.

I am hepful.

I've got to the end of my idea.

Have I got a full stop? Yes, I have.

Have I used an adjective to describe my noun? I am hepful.

Hepful? What am I trying to write? (gasps) Helpful.

So, because I haven't used my phonics to sound out and spell or read it back to check, it doesn't even seem like an adjective.

So let's see.

I have changed it to hel-p-ful, helpful.

The adjective I was trying to write was helpful, so I need to make sure that I use my phonics and now it makes sense.

I am helpful.

(gasps) So that sentence has met our success criteria.

You are now going to plan your whole sentence aloud.

My sentence is, "I am resilient," which means I don't give up.

So I'm going to, the first thing I do is say it.

I'm going to show you first, then you're going to pause the video and have a go.

I'm going to say my sentence.

I am resilient.

Now I'm going to say my sentence in a loud voice.

You might want to cover your ears.

I am resilient! Now I'm going to say my sentence again, including my capital letter, my finger spaces, and my full stop.

Capital letter I, finger space, am, finger space, resilient, full stop.

Then I'm going to tell somebody else my sentence.

I am resilient, I am resilient, I am resilient.

Now I'm going to get my pen and whisper it.

I am resilient.

Now I'm ready to write my sentence.

Now it's your turn.

I am, and follow all of those steps.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Well done.

Did you manage to say it in all of those ways? Do you think you're ready to write your sentence? I think you are.

Well done.

We are now going to move on to writing our descriptive sentence.

We are getting ready to write.

Can you remember why it's important to warm up our hands before we write? It's because our hands and our wrists get stronger when you exercise them, just like any other muscle in our body.

We know that making your hands and wrist stronger will help you to hold your pencil properly in a tripod grip, which will help make your writing beautiful and neat, and sit your pencil or pen comfortably in your hand.

So we are going to do some warming up.

We're going to be do a few dance moves today to warm them up.

Can you get your hands into a fist, and can you roll your hands for me? Roll them forwards.

Now roll them backwards.

And freeze.

Now, I would like you to put one hand this way and one hand this way, and one hand this way, and one hand this way, and the last thing we are going to do is some shoulder curls, so can you get one shoulder ready and the other shoulder ready, and shoulder them back and again and again.

Give your hand a shake.

Are you ready to write? I know I am.

Let's have a look at our success criteria again, and look at some examples of how each sentence meets the success criteria.

I am kind.

I can see a capital letter at the start.

I am kind.

I've got to the end of my idea, so I need a full stop.

Let's have a look at another sentence.

I am collaborative.

Does this sentence use an adjective to describe the noun? My noun is I and collaborative is my adjective.

Let's have a look at another one.

Use phonics to sound out and spell words.

I am powerful.

The word powerful is quite long, but you can sound it out.

Po-w-er-f-ul, powerful.

If you choose an adjective that is a bit trickier to sound out, you might want to have a word bank next to you, which I'm going to show you when I'm writing.

And we want to make sure it makes sense.

Let's read this one.

I am st-r-o-ng, strong.

I am strong.

Yes, that makes sense.

I think you are ready to write.

Do you think you are? You can help me with my writing.

I am going to get ready to write.

Before I write, I need to make sure that I have somewhere comfortable to sit, that I have something to write on, like my lined paper here, and I have something to write with.

I also have my success criteria printed out so I can check off each thing.

If you don't have it printed out, don't worry.

Make sure that you can see it.

What I've also done is made a list of all of the adjectives that we have looked at today.

Let's have a look.

My turn, your turn.

Resilient, strong, powerful, collaborative, kind, courageous, brave, curious, caring, helpful, unstoppable, 'cause we are going to use those adjectives to describe ourselves.

Before I stop my sentence, I'm going to double check my success criteria so I know what I need to include.

Use capital letters at the start of sentences and a full stop at the end, because I'm writing a sentence to describe myself.

Use an adjective to describe a noun.

Well, the noun today is going to be myself, the word I, and the adjective is going to be how I describe myself.

Use phonics to sound out and spell words, or you might use the words that are written down in a word bank for you.

And then we're going to read back to make sure that the sentence makes sense.

I think we can do that.

Let me think of my sentence and have a look at my adjectives.

Hmm! I think that I would describe myself as resilient.

Resilient means never giving up and always trying their best, and I think I do that pretty well.

So I don't get confused, I'm just going to put a little mark here next to the word resilient to remind myself that that's the adjective I'm going to use.

It's quite a hard word to spell.

Re-sil-i-ent, resilient, so I've got it there to help me.

So I'm going to put that into a sentence.

I am resilient.

Can you say that for me? I am resilient.

(gasps) Let's say that again in a strong and powerful voice.

I am resilient! Fantastic.

Now let's count the words.

I am resilient.

Three words.

Now let's include our punctuation.

My turn first.

Capital letter I am resilient, full stop.

Your turn.

Capital letter I am resilient, full stop.

Well done.

Now I think we are ready to go.

I'm going to start writing here next to my margin on the left.

My first word is I.

Hmm! The word I on its own, it's just the capital letter I, so capital letter I.

Now I need a space to write am.

Could you stretch out am? Am.

A-m, am.

Finger space.

A-m, am.

I am, finger space, resilient.

I'm going to have it next to me to help me.

Resilient.

My first sound is a finger space first.

R-e-s-il, i, just checking, e-nt.

Resilient.

I am resilient.

Okay, I think I'm finished.

Let's check my success criteria.

Use capital letter at the start of a sentence, there's my capital letter, and a full stop at the end.

(gasps) What have I forgotten? My full stop.

Thank goodness for my success criteria, but now I've got it.

I am resilient, full stop.

Use an adjective to describe the noun.

Here is my adjective, resilient, and the noun is me as a person.

I'm going to give it a tick.

Use phonics to sound out and spell words.

Well, I is a common exception word.

Am I sounded out, and I tried to sound out resilient, but I did also get the help of a word bank, so I did do that, though.

And then I read it back to make sure it makes sense, and to check for that pesky full stop.

I am resilient, full stop.

I think I might write another sentence now as a challenge, choosing a different adjective.

I am brave.

I'm going to write that sentence now, but now it's your turn to have a go.

I can't wait to see how you are describing yourselves.

Now you help me.

It's your turn to write your sentence to describe yourself.

I am (hums), full stop.

Maybe if you finish one sentence, you could write another one.

I am (hums), full stop.

Just remember, after you finish each idea, you need to include a full stop and start your next sentence with a capital letter.

Pause the video, and I can't wait to see your writing.

Off you go.

What fantastic writing.

Let's have a look.

You managed to write a sentence to describe yourself.

Here's my sentence.

My sentence starts with a capital letter and a full stop, so I can tick off my first success criteria.

My adjective is resilient to describe me.

I is my noun.

I did use my phonics, even though resilient is a very difficult word, so I did use the word back to help me as well.

And I've read it back already, I am resilient, to make sure it makes sense.

Now it's your turn to read through your success criteria.

I would like you to pause the video, and with your sentence, check your success criteria.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

I'm so impressed.

Did you manage to check and meet your success criteria? Well done if you did.

If you didn't, you could pause the video again now and make sure you can fix any mistakes and then check it again.

Maybe you want to pause the video again now.

Fantastic.

What a fantastic lesson.

So much learning has happened.

We know that adjectives describe nouns and we know that people are nouns, so we can use adjectives to describe ourselves.

Some adjectives are character traits, which are special qualities about ourselves, and using our success criteria, we have learned to read our writing back to make sure it makes sense and to check for mistakes.

Thank you so much for learning with me today, and I loved hearing your descriptions all about yourself.

I hope to see you again soon.

Bye.