Lesson video

Hello everybody, I'm Miss Corbett and welcome to today's lesson, using descriptive language to describe yourself, which is going to be an amazing opportunity to celebrate you and all of the amazing things that makes you you.

For this lesson, you are going to need a copy of the book, "Ada Twist, Scientist" by Andrea Beaty.

As well as that, you will need some lined paper to write on and something to write with.

Can you pause the video and go and get those things now? Off you go.

Are you ready to go? Can you put those to the side so they aren't distracting you? And can you show me your hands? Can you point to those listening ears, those looking eyes and that thinking brain? Let's get started.

And today's lesson outcome is, I can write descriptive sentences to describe my appearance and personality, and these keywords will help us to get there.

For now, I would like you to repeat them after me.

My turn, your turn.

Character.

Description.

Adjective.

Adverb.

Joining word.

Thank you so much for joining in with me there.

The first part of our lesson, we will be describing your appearance.

When we write a character description, we are describing a character, which means we can describe their personality and their appearance.

So think about you as a person.

What you look like on the outside, so what you look like, what you wear is your appearance, but what you are like as a person on the inside, what type of character you are, is your personality.

In this lesson, we will be writing a character description about ourselves.

So is this true or false? Let's see if you were listening.

True or false, get your thumbs ready.

Your appearance describes what you are like on the inside.

Is that what your appearance describes? I'll say it one more time.

Your appearance describes what you are like on the inside.

Is that true or false? Can you show me in five seconds? And can you show me? Well done if you are showing me your thumbs down for false.

Your appearance describes what you look like on the outside and your personality describe what you look like on the inside.

We can start by listing what you are wearing or what you like to wear.

So you might want to think about what you are wearing today or something that you really like to wear.

So for example, in "Ada Twist, Scientist", Ada wears yellow bobbles, clear goggles and a red dress.

Have a look at how I've listed those nouns, those things that we wear.

Bobbles, goggles and dress.

When we list nouns, we need to separate them with a comma.

What do we need to separate them with? A comma.

But when we are about to write the final noun, we don't need a comma, we use and.

So we separate the first ones with a comma and when we are getting to the final one, in this case dress, we don't need a comma.

We use and to show that our list is finished.

So we have got Ada wears yellow bobbles, comma, clear goggles and a red dress.

My first nouns are separated to show they are separate with a comma and my final noun is separated with the word and.

I am gonna say three things that I am wearing and describe them with an adjective.

This is a list that I thought of already.

Green jumper.

Black hair bobble.

Comfortable jeans.

So I have three nouns there.

Jumper, hair bobble, jeans and I have three adjectives, green jumper, black hair bobble, comfortable jeans.

Now I will list them in a sentence and say the sentence with my punctuation, because listing my nouns needs some punctuation.

Capital letter.

I am wearing a green jumper, comma, a black hair bobble and comfortable jeans.

Full stop.

My first two nouns are separated with a comma.

My final noun is separated with the word and.

Now it's your turn.

You will say three things that you are wearing and describe them with an adjective.

Three things, have a look what you are wearing or have a think about what you like to wear and describe them with an adjective like mine.

Green jumper, black hair bobble, comfortable jeans.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic, keep those ideas in your heads, because now you will say them in a sentence with punctuation.

Capital letter, I am wearing, comma, and full stop.

Can you put that into a sentence for me? Pause the video now.

Fantastic, can you keep that sentence in your head, because you are going to be writing it soon? Let's remind ourselves about other parts of Ada's appearance.

So we thought about what we wear, but what about hair, our face and our expression? And we are going to use an expanded noun phrase, adjective, comma, adjective, noun.

Brown, curly hair, bright, excited eyes.

Curious, interested expression.

Think about your appearance.

Can you think of any expanded noun phrases to describe yourself? Maybe it'll be similar to Ada or maybe it will be different.

So for example, I don't have brown, curly hair, I have long, ginger hair.

I might say that I have bright, excited eyes and a curious, interested expression.

Think about your appearance.

Can you think of any expanded noun phrases to describe yourself? Pause the video now.

Have you got it? Lovely, well done.

Here are two phrases that I thought of put into sentences.

I have long, ginger hair.

I have a happy, interested expression.

There are two separate ideas.

We can see our capital letter and our full stop for each.

My sentences have a noun, I, talking about myself and hair and then in my second sentence, expression.

I also have verbs, and these are a bit trickier to spot.

I wonder if you can see them.

They are my being verbs, have.

I have, that's my verb.

And I've used expanded noun phrases.

Can you spot them? Long, ginger hair, happy, interested expression.

And my adjectives are separated with a comma.

When you are talking about one noun, you need to use a or an.

So I have long, ginger hair, I don't need a or an for, but I have a happy, interested expression.

I've used a or a.

So what must the sentence include? Thinking about those sentences we've just looked at.

A sentence must make sense on its own, include an adjective, include a verb, start with a capital letter, end with a punctuation mark.

Pause the video now and say, "A sentence must," off you go.

Let's see if you got everything.

A sentence must make sense on its own, it must be a complete idea.

A sentence must include a verb, a being or a doing word.

And a sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark.

A sentence might include an adjective, long, ginger hair, happy, interested expression, but it does not have to.

So I've got a sentence here.

I can hear birds singing in the trees.

That's a sentence, but it doesn't have an adjective.

We like to add adjectives to our sentences to make them more interesting.

We can join two more simple sentences together to create a compound sentence, because the two ideas relate to each other.

We can use the joining word and.

Which joining word are we going to use? The joining word and.

Well done.

Okay, so these are my two ideas that I've taken from somebody else.

I have dark, blue eyes.

I have straight, spiky hair.

My two ideas are there, but I want to join them together, because they are both describing someone's appearance.

So I am going to use my joining word and.

I have dark, blue eyes and I have straight, spiky hair.

The joining word replaces my first full stop, because I'm making one sentence.

But when we're using I to start our second idea, we need to keep it as a capital letter.

So normally the and replaces the full stop and the second capital letter, but we know that I always needs to be a capital letter.

Have you got that? Well done.

So you are gonna today describe your appearance by listing what you are wearing and write a descriptive compound sentence.

Here is our success criteria.

Get those listening ears ready.

I have listed what I'm wearing, so you're going to have noun, comma, noun and noun.

I have used expanded noun phrases to describe my appearance.

I have joined two ideas using and.

I have used the capital letter to start my sentence and a full stop to end my sentence.

Have a look and see whether these sentences meet our success criteria.

First, I'm going to read them.

I am wearing a spotty hair clip, a green dress and smart sandals.

I have curly, black hair and I have rosy cheeks.

Let's see, I have listed what I'm wearing.

What do we think? Yes, I am wearing a spotty hair clip, comma, a green dress and before my final noun, smart sandals.

We've got it.

I have used expanded noun phrases to describe my appearance.

Curly, black hair, rosy, red cheeks.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

I've used and twice in my sentences.

One is to end my list of nouns, but one is to join two ideas together.

I have curly, black hair and I have rosy, red cheeks.

And have we got our capital letter at the start of our sentences? We have, and we've got our punctuation marks at the end.

Fantastic.

Now, let's look at some more example sentences and maybe you could pinch some of these ideas.

I am wearing a smart jumper, comma, a grey skirt and long socks, full stop.

Capital letter for a new sentence.

I have brown, comma, curly hair and I have a bright, comma happy smile, full stop.

I wonder which ideas you like there.

Let's look at the next one.

I am wearing round glasses, comma, dark shorts and cool trainers, full stop.

Capital letter.

I have short, comma, ginger hair and I have dark, comma, brown eyes.

I wonder what you like about those sentences.

Could you pause the video and talk about your favourite parts of those sentences and maybe some ideas that you could pinch too? Pause the video now.

Fantastic, well done.

I wonder now whether you can plan your sentences.

Now, we've heard some examples.

We've listed what we're wearing.

We thought of those expanded noun phrases.

Now we need to put them together just like the examples we have here.

First, you're going to list what you are wearing.

I am wearing a, comma, and full stop.

Then you're going to think of some expanded noun phrases and join them together using and.

I have and I have, full stop.

Can you plan your sentences now? I am wearing, pause the video now.

Now you're ready to write your character description about your appearance.

First, you will write a sentence to describe your appearance by listing what you are wearing.

Don't forget noun, comma, noun, and noun.

Then write a descriptive compound sentence about the rest of your appearance.

I have, comma, hair and I have, comma, then you can choose your noun.

Maybe your expression, maybe your eyes.

Think about all of those things, as well as your success criteria.

I can't wait to see your writing.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic, I loved how much you were checking your success criteria.

I wonder if you could now check these sentences that I've seen.

I'm wearing a purple hat, a floaty skirt and brown boots.

I have short, curly hair and I have sparkling, green eyes.

I love that adjective.

Let's check with our success criteria.

I have listed what I am wearing.

I'm wearing a purple hat, comma, a floaty skirt, comma, brown boots.

Mm, what's missing? (gasps) I know, before our final noun, we don't use another comma, we need, what word do we need? And, okay, I am wearing a purple hat, comma, a floaty skirt and brown boots.

Now I've listed what I'm wearing correctly.

I have used expanded noun phrases to describe my appearance.

I have short, curly hair.

That's one expanded noun phrase.

And I have sparkling, green eyes.

That's another one.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

I have short, curly hair and I have sparkling, green eyes.

Have I used a capital letter to start my sentence and a full stop to end? Let's see.

I'm going to put my finger on my first and I'm going to remember my capital letter.

I am wearing a purple hat, comma, a floaty skirt and brown boots, full stop.

That's ended my idea.

To start my new idea, I have a capital letter.

I have short, curly hair and I'm carrying on, I have sparkling, green eyes, full stop.

Can you now check your success criteria just like I have there? Remember, just like I did, I spotted a mistake.

Now is your time to fix it if you spotted it too or improve your writing if you've seen any adjectives that you like here.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic.

Let's move on to the second part of our lesson, describing your personality.

Now, we will describe your personality.

This can include what your character is like, what type of thing you enjoy, what you like to do and how you do it.

So thinking about what you're like on the inside, which is really special and exciting to celebrate.

Let's remember what we know about Ada's personality and maybe it'll give you some ideas.

She did not speak until she was three years old.

She likes to look at the world around her.

She leaves a trail of chaos behind her.

She has lots in her head and she thinks about things carefully.

She loves to learn facts and she likes to ask lots of questions.

And remember, we know she is a brilliant scientist and she's only a brilliant scientist, because she is resilient and she never gives up.

From this, we can generate adjectives about Ada's personality.

We know that adjectives describe nouns and Ada as a person is a noun, so that makes you a noun too.

Thinking about Ada Twist, Ada is curious, scientific, chaotic, inquisitive, busy, excitable and resilient.

Thinking about those adjectives, would you use any of those adjectives to describe your personality? Let me give you an example.

I am inquisitive, because I like to ask questions.

I am busy, because I'm always running from place to place.

I am excitable, because I just love seeing new things.

Can you think about any of those adjectives that you are? I am, pause the video now.

Great job.

If you did think that you were any of those adjectives, keep them in your head, because you might want to use them later.

Or there are lots of other adjectives that you could use to describe your personality too.

Kind, caring, loving, friendly, brave, powerful, strong, resilient, collaborative.

Remember, collaborative means you're a great team player.

Creative, smart, sporty.

Which of those adjectives would you use to describe your personality? Maybe try and choose one from each section.

I would say, "I am kind.

I am powerful.

I am creative." Maybe you could try and think, which of those adjectives would you use to describe your personality? I am, pause the video now.

Well done.

To write sentences though, we must include verbs.

Let's think about some of the things you do and then add adverbs to show how you do them.

Let's have a look at some.

Play, read, run, paint.

Hmm, how might I play? Bravely, because I'm not worried about hurting myself.

I might read curiously, because I want to learn things.

I might run quickly.

I might paint creatively.

Adverbs add more detail to verbs and these adverbs describe how the verb is done and we can see that they often end in the letters -ly.

We can generate a word bank to help us to create sentences about our personalities.

We've got adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

Here are some adjectives that I have, some verbs and some adverbs.

Have a quick look at them, because you are going to use them to create your sentences.

My verbs that I have, climb, read, play, walk, run, paint.

Maybe they're not things that you like to do, so don't worry, because you can think of your own as well.

First, let's check if we are happy that we can know the word type to its example.

I have got adjective, verb, adverb and then I have these words.

Paint, creatively, enthusiastic.

If you are enthusiastic, it means that you are excited about things and really want to do things.

Can you try and match the word type to its example? Maybe to help you, you could put it into a sentence to see what job it's doing.

Pause the video now.

Let's see if you got it.

The adjective is enthusiastic.

Ada is enthusiastic about science.

The verb is something that we do.

Paint.

I like to paint.

And the adverb is creatively.

I like to paint, how do you like to paint? Creatively.

I like to paint creatively.

Well done if you got that.

Have a look at my sentence, because your sentence is going to look similar too.

I am curious and I play games collaboratively.

So I like playing games in a team.

First, I have described myself using an adjective.

Next, I have used the joining word and to join my next idea.

Finally, I have explained what I do and added more detail by using an adverb.

Let's see if we can spot those things.

So first, I have described myself using an adjective.

I am curious.

There's my adjective.

Next, I have used my the joining word and to join my next idea.

So I am curious is my first idea and, that's joining word, I play games collaboratively.

Finally, I have explained what I do and added more detail to it.

Hmm, where's my verb? Play.

I play, then games to add a bit more and my a verb is collaboratively.

I play games collaboratively.

So you will write descriptive compound sentences to describe your personality and here is the success criteria that will help you.

I have used an adjective to describe my personality.

I am loving.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

I am loving and I read quietly.

I have used a verb and an adverb to describe what I do.

So I might think, hmm, I hike powerfully.

My verb, hike, powerfully my adverb.

I have read back my writing to make sure it makes sense.

Let's see whether this sentence meets our success criteria.

I am inquisitive and I race bravely.

I have used an adjective to describe my personality.

Inquisitive.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

Could you point to where and is for me? I am inquisitive, new idea, and I race bravely.

I have used a verb and an adverb to describe what I do.

Hmm, which is that doing verb? I race.

And bravely is my adverb.

I read back to make sure my writing makes sense.

Could you read it back with me? I am inquisitive and I race bravely.

Fantastic.

Now it's your turn.

Thinking about that success criteria and this word bank to help you, use the word bank to write a descriptive compound sentence.

And if you finish, you could challenge yourself to write another one.

Your adjectives are first, I am, and to start your new idea, I, verb, adverb, full stop.

Pause the video now.

Brilliant job, everybody, well done.

Here are some of the sentences that I've seen.

I am caring and I read curiously.

Sounds like a fantastic thinker.

I am sporty and I race excitedly.

Brilliant.

Have a look.

I have used an adjective to describe my personality.

The first one, caring.

The second one, sporty.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

I am caring and I read curiously.

I am sporty and I race excitedly.

I have used a verb and an adverb to describe what I do.

I read, verb, curiously, adverb.

Race, verb, excitedly, adverb.

I have read back my writing to make sure it makes sense.

We've read those sentences a few times.

Now, can you check your success criteria just like mine? Pause the video now.

Brilliant job, everybody.

Today you have managed to write a character description to describe your personality and your appearance.

Describing your personality is about what you are like on the inside, such as curious or resilient.

Describing your appearance is about what you look like.

Descriptions can create expanded noun phrases, such as curly, brown hair, or they can be listed as nouns separated by a comma, such as long socks, comma, green jumper and blue hat.

Using verbs and adverbs can help to explain the adjectives that you have chosen to describe yourself.

So you might be curious, because you read quietly.

Fantastic job, everybody.

I hope you're really proud and it's so lovely to hear you describe yourselves.

Hope to see you next time.

Bye.