Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

I'm Miss Corbett, and welcome to today's lesson, Exploring the Genre of Fairy tales in "Jack and the Beanstalk," which I'm so excited for because I love stories that have magical and creative and imaginative aspects.

For this lesson, I need you to have your listening ears, your looking eyes and your thinking brains.

I also would really like it if you could have someone to talk to, but don't worry if you don't as you can talk to me.

I think we're ready to get started.

Today's learning outcome is I can name the features of a traditional tale.

And here are the key words that will help us to get there.

Are you ready to get your loud and proud voices and repeat them after me? Ready, my turn, your turn.

Traditional tale, fantastic, genre, well done, fiction, magical, character.

Fantastic, and thank you so much for joining in with me so brilliantly.

The first part of our lesson is reading and responding to this traditional tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk." Have a look at these stories.

"Little Red Riding Hood," "Anansi the Clever Spider," "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Three Little Pigs." I wonder if you've heard of any of those before.

I know I have.

These are traditional tales, well done.

They have been retold lots of different times by different people.

So for example, you might have heard of the traditional tale or story, "Little Red Riding Hood," but you might not have seen that exact one because they have been retold lots of different times by lots of different people.

Different versions may either be spoken or written down, and different pieces of writing have a different genre.

One of our key words, you might not have heard that word before, but a genre is a style of writing.

And the style of writing that we are looking at is traditional tales.

Some traditional tales have magical aspects, such as magical objects like Cinderella's pumpkin, magical characters like the Fairy Godmother or the troll in The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Magical settings like a castle in the clouds.

Magical events like the magic porridge pots flooding the streets.

Traditional tales with magical aspects are known as fairy tales, to show that they have that magical aspect.

And they are fiction.

Fiction means, what does it mean? Fiction means it is made up.

It's a made up story, which makes sense because those magical aspects don't happen in real life, which is such a shame.

So true or false, get your thumbs ready.

Fairy tales are a type of traditional tale with magical aspects.

Is that true or is that false? I'm going to give you 10 seconds to decide.

10, nine, eight, seven, six, five.

Let me see those thumbs.

Let me see.

Well done if you are saying true.

A fairy tale is in the genre of traditional tales, but they have magical aspects, objects, characters, events.

Fantastic.

We are going to be looking at the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk," which is so exciting.

I wonder whether you've heard this story before.

A version that you might have heard.

I want you to pause the video and say to the person nearby everything you know about "Jack and the Beanstalk." Pause the video now.

Fantastic.

It's great if you already know about "Jack and the Beanstalk," but don't worry if you don't because we are going to be reading this version together.

And there are lots of different versions of this fairy tale, and this is the one that we will be looking at.

We are going to start reading the first two pages of the story.

Have you got your listening ears ready? Off we go.

Here is 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.

"On the way, he met a strange old man "who offered him some magical beans for the cow, "and Jack excitedly agreed." Do we think that's a good or a bad idea? Thank you so much for listening so beautifully.

I really enjoyed the start of this version of "Jack and the Beanstalk." Did you, fantastic.

Which characters so far have we been introduced to? The characters are, pause the video now.

Let's see if you got them.

We have been introduced to Jack's mom or mother, Jack and Betsy, the cow.

We have also been introduced to, on the next page, the old man.

And what is he holding? Maybe something magical.

So can you remember? A character is, we've just looked at some characters, so they should help you.

A character is where the story takes place, a person or animal in a story, the person who has drawn the pictures.

Pause the video now.

A character is.

Did you get it? Could you say it with me? A character is a person or animal in the story.

And so far, we've been introduced to both.

Jack's mother, Jack, the old man and an animal, Betsy, the cow.

Now I'm really excited to read the next part of the story to you.

I wonder what's going to happen to those magical beings.

"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." Not as excited as Jack was.

"The next morning, "Jack woke up to find a gigantic green beanstalk "had grown outside his window.

"It went all the way up into the clouds.

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

"Up, up, up, "Jack climbed to the sky "until he reached a kingdom above the clouds." And what is he going to find at the top? Amazing listening.

And where did that magical beanstalk that grew lead Jack to? Where did it lead Jack to? The kingdom above the clouds.

I can see a huge, enormous castle.

Who do we think is going to be inside? Now, this setting, a castle in the clouds, can you look out the window and can you see a castle in the sky? No, that is a magical, fictional setting.

A setting which doesn't exist in real life, but it would be so exciting if it did.

Fairy tales often contain characters who are heroes and villains.

We are going to read to the end of the story and see what happens to our characters.

I'm very excited.

"There, he saw a huge castle and quietly sneaked inside.

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

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

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

"When Jack grabbed the magical harp, "it started yelling loudly, "'Help, master, help.

"'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 for 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.

"They lived happily ever after, the end." I really hope you enjoyed getting to the end of the story, and thank goodness we have a happily ever after.

But who was the villain in the story? The villain is somebody who might not be very kind, might be a bit rude, or might be the person that needs to be stopped.

Who do we think is the villain? Can I hear you there? Well done if you're saying the giant, although we will learn that other people might think that maybe Jack wasn't doing the right thing either.

Traditional tales often teach the reader a lesson.

In this version of the story, Jack learns that his actions have consequences.

Because what did he do, he? He stole all of the giant's things, which then made him scared and made him have to run down.

But also, he's traded out his cow, Betsy, for the magic beans, which made his mother furious and led to quite unexpected consequences.

So something that happened as a result of his actions.

So this story teaches us to think carefully about our actions.

Is that the right thing to do? Should I be doing that, hmm? What's the most sensible thing? Think about our actions before we make that decision because it could lead to some unexpected consequences.

So what does the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" teach us? Think about the one that it teaches us most about.

Is it, A, be kind to others? B, always tell the truth.

Or C, think about your actions before making your decisions.

Could you pause the video and decide which one you think it is and why? Pause the video now.

Amazing job, well done if you said think about your actions before making decisions.

You could say be kind to others because Jack wasn't that kind to the giant by stealing his things, but also the giant was quite scary and not kind to Jack.

It doesn't really talk about telling the truth because we don't have characters that don't tell the truth.

But most importantly, it teaches us to think about our actions before we make those decisions.

Now we have read the whole story, which means we know the whole plot, which is so exciting.

And once you get to the end of something, there might be parts that you like and that you dislike, and that's okay.

My favourite part was when Jack saw the enormous beanstalk outside his window and he decided to climb it.

That is my favourite part because I was trying to imagine how I would feel if I saw a huge, enormous beanstalk, and it made me feel shocked.

You are now going to ask some questions to the person nearby, and then you're going to answer them yourself.

The questions are what was your favourite part of the story and why? And you could answer, my favourite part was, because.

Who was your favourite character and why? My favourite character was, because.

And is there anything about the book that you would change? So is there a part of it that you thought, oh, I didn't like that.

Maybe the ending.

Maybe there'd be a different ending for the giant, hmm.

Or if you wouldn't change anything because you liked it all, that's fine too.

I would change.

Could you pause the video now and take it in turns to ask and answer those questions? Off you go.

Fantastic, I loved how carefully you were listening to each other, and how brilliant you were at answering the questions.

Here are some answers that I've seen.

My favourite part was when Jack managed to escape the giants because I was worried that the giant would catch him.

My favourite character was the old man because I would like to meet him to get my own magic beans.

Such a nice idea.

I would change the story by making sure the giant was safe in his castle, rather than falling down the beanstalk.

Somebody's feeling sorry for our giant.

Well done, I wonder if your ideas were similar or different.

Now we are going to move on to comparing fairy tales.

We know that fairy tales are traditional tales with a magical element.

Look at these fairy tales, including the one that we are focusing on.

You remember the one that we've read? We have got "Cinderella," "Snow White," "The Snow Queen" and "Jack and the Beanstalk." These stories have lots of similarities and some differences.

For example, "Cinderella," "Snow White" and "The Snow Queen" all have a female main character.

But "Jack and the Beanstalk" has a male main character.

Cinderella is set mostly inside.

And we can see from the front cover that the others are mostly set outside.

We can find things that are the same and things that are different.

And when we do this, we are comparing.

Can you do that for me, comparing? Well done.

Fairy tales, one way to compare is to decide do they have heroes and villains? Because fairy tales often do.

Heroes are the good characters in the story.

Cinderella, Snow White, the Fairy Godmother, so helpful.

Villains are the bad characters in the story.

The Ugly Sisters in "Cinderella," the Wicked Stepmother in "Cinderella" and the Giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk." With heroes and villains, people might have different opinions, so ideas and feelings, about Jack's character in "Jack and the Beanstalk." Here's one idea from Lucas.

"I think Jack is a hero "because he chopped down the beanstalk "and stopped the giant from coming down it." Ah, so he's thinking about how he's protecting others.

"But I think Jack is a villain "because he stole things from the giant "that didn't belong to him." Oh, well, now it's quite hard to decide whether he's a hero, a good character, or a villain.

What do you think? What is your opinion about Jack? Do you think he is a hero or a villain in the story? I think Jack is a hero because.

I think Jack is a villain because.

Pause the video now and share your idea.

It's really interesting to think really carefully about our characters and what type of character they are.

We can compare fairy tales by looking at features that are the same and that are different.

So for example, we have got "Cinderella" and "Snow White." Then we have the features of the fairy tales.

Magic, does "Cinderella" have magical aspects? Yes, the glass slipper, the pumpkin.

Does "Snow White" have magic aspects? The mirror, the magic mirror and the poisoned apple.

Does "Cinderella" have heroes and villains? We have the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella," and then we have the Ugly Stepsisters and the Wicked Stepmother.

And "Snow White" has the Evil Queen, but then has Snow White and the Seventh Dwarves and the Prince Charming, who are heroes.

Does "Cinderella" have a theme which teaches us a lesson? Hmm, I think it does.

I think it shows that patience, waiting out and not being unkind to others, because Cinderella is treated so poorly.

"Snow White" has a good theme of jealousy because the Evil Queen is jealous of Snow White.

But do they both have a happy ending? Yes, both characters live happily ever after.

So you can see that those two fairy tales have lots and lots of similarities, even though they have completely different stories and settings.

Lots of the features of fairy tales are the same, but when we look more closely at the details, we can find those things that are different.

So in "Cinderella," the magic object is a pumpkin carriage.

But in "Snow White," the magical object is a talking mirror.

So let's think about the villains in these fairy tales, "Cinderella," "Snow White" and our fairy tale we're looking at today, "Jack and the Beanstalk." "Cinderella," we've already said the Ugly Sisters and the Wicked Stepmother.

"Snow White," the Evil Queen.

And "Jack and the Beanstalk," the giant or Jack, depending on what you think.

But not all fairy tales have villains.

"The Magic Porridge Pot" is a fairy tale, but it doesn't have a villain.

It just has a very silly, magical porridge pot.

So true or false, do all fairy tales have to have a villain? Is that true or false? I'm going to give you five seconds.

Five, four, three, two and one.

False because we know, for example, "The Magic Porridge Pot" doesn't have a villain.

We know that we can compare fairy tales by thinking about what's the same and what is different.

The main features of a fairy tale are, let's remind ourselves, they often have magical characters, objects or settings.

They often have heroes and villains.

They often teach us a lesson and they often have a happy ending.

So have a look at these fairy tales.

We've got "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Cinderella," "The Magic Porridge pot" and "Snow White." You are going to choose two of those and compare them by thinking about what is the same and what is different.

So you are going to choose two fairy tales.

It might be two that we've talked about or it might be two that you already know.

You are going to compare and decide, do they have magical people, places or things, heroes and villains? Do they teach us a lesson and do they have a happy ending? Can you pause the video now? Off you go.

Fantastic comparing, let me show you an example.

This person decided to compare "Jack and the Beanstalk" with "The Magic Porridge Pot." Both of them have magical people, places or things.

Only "Jack and the Beanstalk" has heroes and villains because "The Magic Porridge Pot" doesn't have a villain.

Both of them teach us a lesson.

"Jack and the Beanstalk" teaches us to think about our actions before we do them.

And "The Magic Porridge Pot" teaches us to make sure we share and be kind to others.

And both of them have a happy ending.

Jack's happy ending is that the giant was never seen again and he has all of those magical objects.

And "The Magic Porridge Pot's" happy ending was that the porridge was making enough to feed the village.

Well done.

And we have got to the end of our lesson, and we have learned that traditional tales are stories that are retold again and again and can be retold in different ways.

Fairy tales are traditional tales with magical aspects.

Traditional tales often teach us a lesson about something, and they often have heroes and villains.

We discussed that Jack could be described as a hero or the villain, depending on your perspective.

And we can compare features of different fairy tales.

I really hope you enjoyed this lesson just as much as I did.

I hope to see you next time, bye.