Hello everyone.

This is Ms. Afzal here again to share some more handwriting with you.

I'm so excited to be here.

I hope you're feeling excited too, we're going to as always, do our best.

We are as always going to have lots of fun.

Are you ready to begin? Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can form the capital letters X, Y, and Z.

There are some key words that I would like you to look out for and to listen out for and to think about in today's lesson.

Here are our keywords.

Let's do my turn your turn.

Horizontal line, diagonal line.

Those are our keywords.

Let's make sure we're on a lookout for them.

Today's lesson has three parts to it.

So in our lesson formation of X, Y, and Z.

We're going to do three things.

They are, first of all, forming the capital letter X, next, forming the capital letter Y, and finally, forming the capital letter Z.

Let's begin with forming capital letter X and some warmups.

Let's have a go at the finger tap warmup.

I'll go first and then it will be your turn.

I love this warmup, because it exercises our fingers and because it feels so good doing this on our head, giving ourselves a little massage.

So I'm gonna start by putting my hands on top of my head and I'm gonna tap each of my fingers starting with my little finger all the way to the thumb, and I'm actually gonna tap down the side of my head, so moving each of my fingers tapping and it feels great on my head, like a lovely, gentle massage.

Now I'm going to go back up to the top, and this time I'm going to tap down the back of my head.

Oh, this is feeling like a lovely way to begin our handwriting session.

Hmm, really nice.

And now it's your turn.

Get your hands ready, place 'em on top of your head, tapping down the sides of your head.

Doesn't that feel good? I love this exercise because it sounds good, it feels good on our head, and crucially, it's strengthening our fingers ready for handwriting? Fantastic.

Next, we're going to have a go at the wrist shake.

This is really helpful for our wrists.

So all we're gonna do is just gonna hold our hand down like this, and we are going to shake, shake our hand, so shaking our wrist, shaking our hand, and I'm gonna do the same on the other side, just shaking my wrist and my hand.

Now it's your turn, are you ready? So get choose whichever hand you want to begin with.

And let's just shake that wrist.

Other side, shake your wrist.

Nice gentle shake.

Really fun way to do this is we could also shake upwards.

And this is lovely.

Have a go with me, because this is like we're saying bye just for now, or we could be saying, hello, hello.

Well done.

Here are the Xs.

The Xs are on our screen at capital X, our lowercase x.

Let's look closely at them, what can you see? Turn to someone nearby and tell them what you notice that is the same and different about these Xs.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice that they go up to different heights? So the capital letter X goes all the way up to the ascender line and the lowercase letter x is an x-height letter, x is an X, and so it just goes up to that midway point, as an x-height letter.

Both of these Xs are sitting on the baseline.

They have a similar formation.

They're both formed in that same way with two lines that cross in the centre.

The capital letter X and the lowercase x are formed in similar ways.

The capital letter X starts all the way up on the ascender line.

It sits on the baseline.

It's formed by two straight diagonal lines, which cross in the middle.

So a diagonal line is a line that slants or leans.

So it's a straight line, but it's a line that leans to the side.

Instead of being like this, like a vertical line or horizontal line, it's leaning.

Let's have a go at forming the capital letter X.

So I'm going to go first.

I'm gonna start forming the letter X using my finger, and then it'll be your turn, then we can have a go with our fists.

So first of all, I'm starting up here at the ascender line and I'm going to make a diagonal line down to the baseline.

I'm gonna lift up my pencil, go back up to the ascender line and make another diagonal line down to the baseline.

And I'm gonna make sure that those two lines meet in the middle and that will be at the x-height line.

So loads of Xs in this story of X writing the letter X.

Let's start again.

So up at the ascender line, the diagonal down to the baseline.

Lift my pencil back up to the ascender and another diagonal to the baseline.

Make sure they meet and they cross in the middle.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Get your finger at the x-height at the ascender line.

Let's go diagonal down to the baseline.

Lift your pencil, go straight up to the ascender and another diagonal.

Let's try one more from the ascender diagonal down back up to the ascender, another diagonal down, wonderful.

Now I'm going to have a go using my fist.

I'm gonna start at the ascender line, make a diagonal down.

If my pencil go straight up to the ascender and another diagonal down.

It's your turn, ready? At the ascender, diagonal down, pencil back up, diagonal down.

Let's do one more.

Ready, diagonal down, pencil back up, diagonal down.

Wonderful letter Xs, great job everyone.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter X.

I'm sitting comfortably and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start at the ascender line and I'm going to make a diagonal line down to the baseline.

Then I'm going to lift up my pen and then go back up to the ascender line to the right of where I started and make another diagonal line down to the baseline and I'll make sure that my two lines cross at the centre.

Let's try that again.

So start at the ascender line, make a diagonal line down to the baseline, lift up my pen, go back up to the ascender line and then make another diagonal line down to the baseline and I'll make sure those lines cross in the middle.

And one more.

Ascender diagonal down to the baseline, lift up my pen back up to the ascender line and another diagonal down to the baseline.

Check for understanding which is the correct formation of the capital letter X.

Take a look at these three Xs on screen, choose which is the correct one, pause the video here.

Well done, if you pick that first X on the left-hand side, that one is sitting between the correct lines, the ascender line, and the baseline, and it's made of diagonal lines instead of vertical or horizontal lines.

For your task, I let you to practise forming the capital letter X.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

Focus on every single X, enjoy them all.

So how did you get on with forming the capital letter X? Did you start on the ascender line, make a diagonal line straight down to the baseline, and then lift your pencil? Did you start again on the ascender line to the right of where you first started and make a diagonal line straight down to the baseline, ensuring the two lines cross in the middle? Did you enjoy forming every one of those letter Xs? Circle your best one and celebrate.

Now it's time for us to look at forming the capital letter Y.

Are you ready? Here they are, here are the Ys.

capital letter Y, lowercase letter y.

Let's look closely at them.

What do you see? What do you notice? What's the same? What's different? Tell somebody nearby what you can see.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice that the capital letter Y is going all the way up to the ascender line, whereas the lowercase letter y goes as high as the x-height line? Did you notice that the capital letter Y sits on the baseline, whereas the lowercase y it has a descender to descend a letter descending down to the descender line.

They have a different formation.

Capital letter Y is made of straight lines, lowercase letter y has curved lines and it has that lovely curl up at the end.

Let's find out more.

The capital letter Y and the lowercase y are formed in different ways.

The capital letter Y starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter Y sits on the baseline.

It is made of two diagonal lines.

Remember diagonal lines, they're not vertical, they're not horizontal, but they are leaning or tilting or slanted.

Let's have a go at forming the capital letter Y.

I'm gonna go first.

I use my finger, then I'm gonna use my elbow, so right tip of my elbow.

Okay, and then it will be your turn.

All right, so I'm gonna begin my letter Y up here at the ascender line, and I'm gonna make a diagonal line into the x-height line.

I'm gonna lift my pencil and go back up to the ascender line to the right of where I started and make another diagonal line down to the baseline.

That's it, two diagonal lines.

Let's try that again.

From the ascender line, diagonal into the x-height line.

Pick up my pen, go back up to the top to the right of where I started, and another diagonal line all the way to the baseline this time.

It's your turn, are you ready? Start at the ascender line, one diagonal, short diagonal that time, and then pick up your pencil back up to the ascender line, and another diagonal all the way down to the baseline.

Let's try one more.

Ascend the small diagonal to the x-height line, pick up our pencil back to the ascender and a long diagonal to the baseline.

Wonderful letter Ys, I like them.

Let's have a go with our elbows now.

This is so much fun.

This is such a great stretch where you are practising our handwriting, it's all good.

I'm gonna go first.

I'm gonna start up here at the ascender line, one small diagonal, pick up my pencil, and then a long diagonal down to the baseline.

Again, now you join in, ready? Put your elbow up in the ascender line, imaginary ascender line one diagonal down to the x-height line.

Pick up your pencil and another diagonal all the way down to the baseline.

Fantastic letter Ys, great job.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter Y.

I'm sitting comfortably, my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start up on the ascender line and I'm going to make a diagonal line down to the x-height line.

I'm then going to lift up my pen, go back up to the ascender line to the right of where I started and make another diagonal line that goes down to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Start at the ascender line, make a diagonal line to the x-height line.

Pick up my pen.

Go back up to the ascender line and make another diagonal line down to the baseline.

One more.

The ascender line diagonal to the x-height line, pick up my pen and another diagonal line at this time all the way down to the baseline.

Check for understanding which is the correct formation of the capital letter Y.

Take a look at these three Ys on the screen.

Which one is the correct formation? Pause the video here.

Well done, if you chose the Y in the middle, that one is sitting correctly going up as high as the ascender line and down to the baseline.

For your task I would like you to practise forming the capital letter Y.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

and finally complete two lines of the capital letter Y independently on your tram lines.

Enjoy everyone, stay focused.

Pause the video here.

So how did it go? How did you get on with forming the capital letter Y? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a diagonal line down to the x-height line? Did you start again on the ascender line to the right of where you first started and make another diagonal line this time all the way down to the baseline? Did you have fun? Circle your best letter Y and celebrate.

And now it's time for us to have a go at forming the capital letter Z.

This is gonna be a fun one.

Let's have a close look.

Here are the Zs, capital Z, lowercase z.

What do you see? What do you notice about 'em? What's the same? What's different? Tell somebody nearby what can you see? Pause the video here.

Did you notice that the capital letter Z goes all the way up to the ascender line? Did you notice that the lowercase letter z is an x-height letter? It's just sitting between the x-height line and the baseline.

Both these letters sit on the baseline and they have a similar formation.

They have the same formation, three lines, just the capital letter Z is bigger, and it's sitting between two different lines.

So the capital letter Z and the lowercase z are formed in similar ways.

The capital letter Z starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter Z sits on the baseline.

It's formed by making a zigzag pattern with two horizontal lines and one diagonal line in the middle.

Let's have a go at forming this letter, the capital letter Z.

This is a really super-fun one.

I'm looking forward to this.

I'm gonna go first using my finger and it'll be your turn, and then we can have a go with our fists.

Okay, I'm gonna start up here and at the ascender line, and I'm making a horizontal line.

So a horizontal line goes across the way.

So it's a straight line that goes across.

So here I go, horizontal line.

Then I'm gonna make a diagonal line all the way down to the baseline, and then I'm gonna finish with a horizontal line across the baseline.

So it's a zigzag pattern.

Such a nice one this.

All right, ready, let me show you again.

The ascender line, horizontal across, diagonal down, horizontal across.

Are you ready for your turn? Let's go.

Get your finger and position at the ascender line.

Let's go and make our zigzag pattern.

Okay, ready? So we're going across, then we're going diagonally down, then we're going across.

That's it, so nice and easy.

I'm gonna show you with my fist now starting at this ascender line, across horizontal line, diagonal down, horizontal across.

It's your turn.

Get your fist ready in position.

Let's go across, diagonal down and across.

One more at the ascender line, horizontal across, diagonal down, horizontal across.

Can't seem to stop.

Let's do one more.

Across, diagonal down, across.

Oh my goodness, these Zs are fun.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter Z.

I'm sitting comfortably, my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start on the ascender line, and I'm going to go straight across the ascender line making a horizontal line, then I'm going to go down, make a diagonal line down to the baseline, and then I'm going to go straight across and make a horizontal line on the baseline.

Let's try that again.

So start on the ascender line and I make a horizontal line, then we go down diagonal line down to the baseline, and then a horizontal line back along the baseline.

So there's a kind of zigzag pattern I'm making.

One more time.

On the ascender line, I make a horizontal line, then I can make a diagonal line down to the baseline, and then finally, one more horizontal line.

Check for understanding which is the correct formation of the capital letter Z.

Take a look at these three Zs, which is the correct formation.

Pause the video here while you choose.

Well done if you selected that first Z, that's the correct one, it is sitting in between the ascender line as how far it goes up as high, and then it's sitting on the baseline.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the capital letter Z.

First of all, go over the grey examples, next, try using the starting dot.

and finally, complete two lines of these zigzagging Zs independently on your tram lines.

Enjoy every single one.

Pause the video here.

How did it go? How did you get on with forming the capital letter Z? Did you start on the ascender line and go straight across with a horizontal line? Did you draw a straight diagonal line down to the baseline? Did you go straight across on the baseline and finish with a horizontal line? Did you enjoy every single one? Celebrate your best Z by circling it and giving yourself a high five.

Well done.

In today's lesson, formation of capitals X, Y, and Z, we have covered the following.

The letters X, Y, and Z all start on the ascender line.

The capital letters X and Y need the pencil to be lifted to add the second line, and the capital letters Z has a zigzag pattern.

Well done everyone for forming these last three letters of the alphabet.

It's been a lot of fun to spend time with you.

See you next time.