Lesson video

Hello.

I'm Miss Corbert, and welcome to today's lesson, Writing a Character Description of Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk.

So I hope you've got your creative ideas ready, because for today's lesson, I need you to have something to write with and something to write on.

You will also need your success criteria nearby, either on the screen or printed out if you can.

It would also be great if you could have somebody to talk to.

Could you pause the video now to make sure you have all of those things? Great.

Are you ready to go? Because I know I am.

Off we go.

Today's learning outcome is I can join two ideas together when describing Jack.

These key words will help us to get there and will come up throughout the lesson.

For now, can you repeat them after me in your loud and proud voices? Ready? Character, personality, appearance, adjective, joining word.

Thank you so much for joining in with me.

The first part of our lesson will be describing Jack.

We know that rereading a story really helps us to remember the plot as well as notice some details in the text and the illustrations.

I'm going to read the whole story to you from the beginning to the end of "Jack and the Beanstalk" without stopping.

Get your listening ears ready.

I'm going to read my version of "Jack and the Beanstalk." Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack, who lived with his lonely mother.

They had very little money for food, but they had a cow named Betsy who gave them milk every morning.

One day, Jack took Betsy to the market to sell her milk, but on the way, he met a strange old man who offered him some magical beans for the cow, and Jack excitedly agreed.

However, when Jack got home, his mother was furious.

She angrily threw the beans out of the window and sent Jack to bed without any supper.

The next morning, Jack woke up to find a gigantic green beanstalk had grown outside his window, and it went all the way up into the clouds.

He decided to climb it to see what he could find at the top.

Up, up, up, Jack climbed into the sky until he reached a kingdom above the clouds.

There he saw a huge castle and quietly sneaked inside.

Inside the enormous castle, Jack tiptoed past a sleepy, smelly giant in a room filled with treasures.

Jack spotted a goose who laid golden eggs and more coins and jewels than he had ever seen.

But what caught his attention most was a beautiful golden harp in the corner of the room.

When Jack grabbed the magical harp, it started yelling loudly, "Help, master! A boy is stealing me!" The angry giant woke up and saw Jack running away with the harp, the golden goose, and a sack of gold.

Jack raced down the beanstalk with the fuming giant stomping after him.

As soon as Jack reached the bottom, he shouted for his mother to bring an axe.

With a big swing, Jack chopped the beanstalk down.

The giant tumbled down, crashing onto the ground below.

Jack and his mother were safe at last.

With the treasure Jack brought home, they would never be poor again, and they lived happily ever after.

I really hoped you enjoyed listening to the story as much as I did telling it.

We know that the main character in the story is Jack, and in this lesson, we will describe him.

We will use adjectives to describe Jack's appearance, what he looks like, and what he's wearing, and his personality, what he's like on the inside.

These adjectives can describe Jack's personality and appearance.

I wonder whether you know which ones they are describing.

Curious, which means he's thinking about things.

Adventurous, which means he's up for adventure.

Brave.

Sneaky.

Determined, which means he won't give up.

Those adjectives describe his personality, what he is like on the inside.

What about these ones? Young.

Scruffy.

Bright eyes, and bright is our adjective and eyes is our noun.

Muddy.

(gasps) Can you see those muddy wellies? Those adjectives describe his appearance, what he looks like.

He looks young, he looks scruffy.

I can see a patch on his dungarees.

He has bright eyes and he has muddy wellies.

Can you think of any more adjectives to describe Jack? Maybe you can try and challenge yourselves to think of some adjectives to describe his personality, mischievous, maybe, and some to describe his appearance.

Brown, flicky hair.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Thank you for thinking of some adjectives.

I wonder if you can match these adjectives to say whether they describe Jack's appearance or personality.

We have sneaky and scruffy.

Hmm! Pause the video now and decide which one is which.

Let's see if you were right.

Sneaky is describing what type of character he is, so describing his personality, and scruffy is describing those dungarees with a patch on.

They're his appearance.

Well done if you got that.

We know that using two adjectives to describe a noun creates an expanded noun phrase, because we are stretching out the description of the noun.

And when we use two adjectives to describe a noun, they must always be separated by a comma.

For example, bright, comma, blue eyes.

My adjectives are bright, blue.

They are separated by a comma, and my noun is eyes.

Bright, comma, blue eyes.

Here are some more expanded noun phrases to describe Jack's appearance, what he looks like.

Muddy, yellow wellies.

Scruffy, brown hair.

Freckled, young face.

Rosy, red cheeks.

We can use the expanded noun phrase to then form a simple sentence.

Jack had, I've added my verb, had, muddy, yellow wellies.

Jack had scruffy brown hair.

Jack had a, sometimes you have to add a, freckled, young face.

Jack had rosy, red cheeks.

I wonder, could you get your cameras out and could you take a photo of your favourite expanded noun phrase? Ready? Three, two, one.

(clicks tongue) Well done.

So is this true or false? Get those thumbs ready.

Is it true that two adjectives must be separated by a full stop? Is that true or false? Can you pause the video and decide and explain how you know? What did you say? Well done if you said false.

Two adjectives must be separated by something, but not a full stop.

A full stop shows the end of a sentence.

Our two adjectives must be separated by a comma.

Well done.

I am going to choose an adjective to describe Jack's personality and put it into a sentence.

Jack was brave.

My verb is a being word, was.

Jack was brave.

I will then describe part of Jack's appearance with two adjectives.

Jack had rosy, red cheeks.

Let me show you my punctuation.

Capital letter Jack had rosy, comma, red cheeks, full stop.

Now you will choose an adjective to describe Jack's personality to put it into a sentence.

Jack was determined, curious, mischievous, brave, sneaky.

What are you going to choose? Pause the video now.

Fantastic, keep that sentence in your head.

Now you will describe part of Jack's appearance with two adjectives.

Jack had (hums).

Adjective, comma, adjective, noun.

Can you say your sentence? Jack had (hums).

Pause the video now.

Well done.

Keep those sentences together, because now you're going to say them out loud together and you're going to say them in different ways to help you to remember them.

Firstly, you just need to say them.

Jack was curious.

Then you might say your sentences in a silly voice.

Let me give you an example of saying it in a high voice.

Jack had yellow, muddy wellies.

Then you want to say your sentences again, including your capital letters, maybe your finger spaces if you're still working on them, your comma, and your full stop.

Capital letter Jack had scruffy, comma, blue dungarees, full stop.

Then you need to tell somebody else your sentence.

Can I tell you one of mine? Jack was curious.

Then you need to get your pencil and you need to whisper them.

You are going to do all of those steps with your two sentences.

Pause the video now, and off you go.

Fantastic.

Can I share two of the sentences that I heard? And maybe you could borrow them as well.

Jack was adventurous.

Jack had a freckled, young face.

I'm going to say those again with my punctuation.

Capital letter, Jack was adventurous, full stop.

Capital letter, Jack had a freckled, comma, young face, full stop.

I think we are ready to write, so let's move on to the second part of our lesson, writing a descriptive compound sentence.

We know that a simple sentence is one idea that makes complete sense and includes a verb.

Here are some different examples of simple sentences.

Jack was adventurous.

My verb here is a bit trickier to spot.

It's a being word, was, talking about somebody in the past tense.

Jack had rosy, red cheeks.

Again, my verb is a being word here, so a bit trickier.

Had.

He had muddy wellies.

Jack was small.

All of these sentences include a verb, start with a capital letter, and end with a full stop, and they make complete sense.

So can you please thinking about all of those things? Identify the simple sentence.

Was young, full stop.

Jack was.

Jack was young.

Which one of is a complete idea, has a verb, starts with a capital letter, and ends with a full stop? Pause the video now and explain how you know.

Well done if you have spotted, "Jack was young." "Jack was young" is my sentence because it has the verb was, a little bit trickier to spot.

It starts with a capital letter, Jack, ends in a full stop, and it makes complete sense.

Jack was young.

Was young might have a full stop and a verb, but was young? What was young? Who was young? Doesn't make sense.

Jack was.

It has a capital letter at the start and it has a verb.

Jack was.

It's not a complete idea.

Well done.

We can also write sentences about two ideas.

We can use a joining word to help us to join the second idea to the first idea to create one compound sentence.

Jack was adventurous.

Then I want to use a joining word, and.

And did you notice that my full stop disappeared and was replaced by and, because I haven't finished my sentence.

Jack was adventurous and Jack had muddy, yellow wellies, full stop.

Now, normally when we use and to join both ideas, our first full stop goes, and the capital letter starting the second idea goes as well and is replaced with and, but because Jack is a proper noun, Jack always needs a capital letter anyway, no matter where it is in a sentence.

Jack was adventurous and Jack had muddy, yellow wellies.

Both ideas are joined together with the joining word and, and both ideas make complete sense on their own.

Jack was adventurous.

Jack had muddy, yellow wellies.

Then we join them together with and.

Jack was adventurous and Jack had muddy, yellow wellies.

We call this a compound sentence.

Look at this compound sentence again.

Jack was adventurous and Jack had muddy, yellow wellies.

Both ideas in the sentence are related.

They are linked because they are both describing Jack.

We can make the sentence sound less repetitive, which means repeating the same things, by using he instead of saying Jack again.

Jack was adventurous and he had muddy, yellow wellies.

Jack was adventurous and he had muddy, yellow wellies, and both ideas still make sense on their own.

Jack was adventurous.

He had muddy, yellow wellies, joined together with a joining word, and.

So is this true or false? I have another one for you.

Show me your thumbs.

Get them ready.

Both ideas in a compound sentence should be related to each other, should be linked.

Think about the sentence we just read.

Is that true or false? I'm going to give you five seconds.

Five.

Did you get it? True.

Both of our ideas when we are using the joining word and should be related, and in today's writing, they will be related, because they're both describing Jack.

Let's plan another descriptive compound sentence.

You are going to keep your adjective to describe Jack's personality.

Jack was determined.

Then you will use the joining word and to join your other idea with an expanded noun phrase to describe Jack's appearance, and you've already planned your first simple sentences, so now we're just joining them together.

Jack was determined and, that full stop goes, he had scruffy, brown hair.

And you can see now, because we're not using a proper noun, Jack, he does not need a capital letter.

Capital letter, Jack was determined and he had scruffy, comma, brown hair.

Remember, use he instead of repeating Jack.

So now we have thought out our compound sentence, let's look at the success criteria for today's lesson.

Put a comma between two adjectives in an expanded noun phrase.

Make sure each idea makes complete sense on their own.

Use the joining word and, and use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and the full stop at the end.

Jack was (hums) and he had (hums).

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

Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks.

Hmm! Put a comma between two adjectives.

Where's my expanded noun phrase? Brave is an adjective to describe Jack, but it's not an expanded noun phrase, so I don't need a comma.

Rosy, comma, red cheeks.

There it is.

Make sure each idea makes sense on its own.

Jack was brave, idea one.

He had rosy, red cheeks, idea two.

Use the joining word and.

Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks.

Use a capital letter at the start of the sentence and a full stop at the end.

The best way to check this is to get my finger on my capital letter at the start and then move all along until I think it's the end of my full idea, and then check if there's a full stop.

Jack was brave, but I've not finished because I'm joining two ideas, and he had rosy, red cheeks, full stop.

Yes, I have.

Now you are going to say your sentence out loud before we write it.

I'm going to go first, and I will use adjectives to describe nouns and and to join two ideas.

Capital letter, Jack was brave and he had rosy, comma red cheeks, full stop.

Now it's your turn.

Don't forget to use adjectives to describe nouns and and to join two ideas.

Jack was (hums) and he had (hums), full stop.

Can you pause the video now and say your compound sentence? Well done.

Now I am going to write my sentence and I want you to help me, and then it will be your turn.

I am ready to write my descriptive compound sentence about the character Jack.

I am ready because I have my success criteria, I have my lined paper, and I have something to write with, and I have practised my sentence in my head.

Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks.

I'm starting my sentence with a capital letter, and I need a capital letter anyway 'cause Jack is a proper noun.

J-A, which goes at the end, often? My digraph Jack was, we're writing in the past tense, so I need was, common exception word, W-A-S, was.

Jack was brave.

That's a great adjective to use, but maybe a little bit tricky to spell.

Can you send it out with me? Br-ave, brave.

Okay.

Br, A, split diagraph, ve, brave.

Jack was brave.

I finished my idea.

Am I going to do a full stop or join with the joining word and? Join with the joining word and.

Jack was brave and, and, and he had rosy, red cheeks.

That's where I have my two adjectives that I need to put to comma in between.

And he had, he.

H with an E spells he.

He had, because I'm talking the past tense, had, had.

Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks.

Rosy.

Now, I know the word rose.

It's R-O with an S, split digraph, but because it's rosy, it needs to be R-O-S, for making that sound, and then not an E.

Instead, I have a letter Y, because that Y likes to make the sound E at the end of adjectives.

Rosy, R, red cheeks.

Cheek, cheek, and because I have more one cheek, I need S on the end.

Okay, then I need a full stop.

Let's check.

Jack was brave and he had rosy red cheeks.

Hmm! Let's check my success criteria.

Put a comma between two adjectives.

Hmm! Let me look for adjectives.

Brave is an adjective, but there isn't another adjective around it, so I don't need a comma.

And he had rosy, red, (gasps) two adjectives next to each other and they're not separated by a comma.

Can we separate it together? Comma.

That was close.

I have put a comma between my two adjectives.

Now I need to make sure that each idea makes sense on its own.

Jack was brave.

He had rosy, red cheeks.

And I have joined them together using and.

Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks.

And I have used, I'm going to check the capital letter at the start, then I'm going to read along to make sure I have my full stop in the right place.

Jack was brave.

I could have a full stop there, but instead I swapped it for my joining word and, so I don't need another capital letter, either.

Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks, full stop.

I have met my success criteria.

Thank you so much for helping me with my writing, and now it's your turn.

Thank you so much for helping me with my writing.

Now it's your turn.

You are going to write a descriptive compound sentence describing Jack.

Jack was (hums) and he had (hums).

And don't forget to check your success criteria.

Pause the video now.

Amazing.

What amazing focus and great descriptive sentences.

It's almost time for you to check your success criteria, but can you help me with this one first? I'm going to read them first.

Jack was inquisitive, which means he likes thinking.

He had wavy brown hair.

Okay.

Put a comma between two adjectives, so I'm looking for an expanded noun phrase.

Inquisitive? No, that's just one adjective describing Jack.

Wavy brown hair.

There it is.

Have I got a comma? (gasps) No! Okay, make sure each idea makes complete sense.

Jack was inquisitive.

He had wavy brown hair.

Yes.

Use the joining word and.

Jack was inquisitive, full stop.

(gasps) He had wavy brown hair, full stop.

Oh no! This sentence hasn't joined two ideas together, but I have got a capital letter and a full stop at the end of each sentence, but I need one compound sentence.

Okay, let's see.

This looks better.

Jack was inquisitive and he had wavy, comma, there's my comma, brown hair, and I've joined them together using and.

I've taken away my first full stop and my second capital letter and replaced it with and.

Thank you for helping me there.

Now it's your turn to check your success criteria, and remember, don't worry if you haven't quite met it.

This is the perfect time to help you achieve it now.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

I hope you're really proud of your writing, 'cause I know I am of you.

Thank you so much for learning with me today.

We have learned that adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality.

We know that if we use more than one adjective to describe a noun, we put a comma in between them.

We know that two ideas can be joined together using a joining word to make a compound sentence, and using and joins those two ideas together.

Referring to Jack or a person as he or she or they, depending on who they are, after naming them the first time, makes writing less repetitive.

Thank you for writing with me today, and I really hope you enjoyed today's lesson.

I know I did.

I hope to see you again soon.

Bye!.