Lesson video

Hello, I'm Ms. Corbert, and welcome to today's lesson, thinking from the Character's Perspective in the story, "Jack and the Beanstalk." So for this lesson, all you will need is your imagination, your knowledge of the story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," and those listening ears, looking eyes, and thinking brains.

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

Let's get started.

And today's lesson outcome is, I can think from the perspective of different characters.

These key words will help us to achieve that outcome and they will appear throughout the lesson.

So are you ready to repeat them after me? My turn, then your turn.

Emotions, perspective, sequence, question, fantastic.

Emotions, perspective, sequence, question, fantastic.

Emotions, perspective, sequence, question, fantastic.

The first part of our lesson is expressing emotions.

We know that re-reading a story helps us to remember the plot as well as notice new details in the text and the illustrations.

Whilst you're listening to the story today, I would like you to think about how the characters are feeling during different points of the story.

I am going to read the whole story to you without stopping, so get those 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.

Thank you so much for listening and I just love that story so much.

I could read it again and again.

How was Jack feeling at the beginning of the story compared to how he was feeling at the end of the story? I think those emotions that he was feeling were different.

Could you pause the video and share how he was feeling at the beginning compared to at the end? Pause the video.

Fantastic, keep those descriptions on how Jack was feeling in your head.

We are going to imagine that we are the characters from the story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," and think from their perspective, which is thinking from their point of view, imagining not how we feel, but about how they feel.

And we can do that by imagining we are them.

We will express the emotions of the characters.

And there are different ways of expressing emotion which means showing it.

We might think about our facial expressions: happy, sad, furious, worried.

Your body movements, strong or brave, frightened and scared, shocked and surprised.

Use of voice as well.

You might (gasps) gasp or you might go, ah, if you're nervous.

Things that we say or do can show others how we are feeling.

So when we are thinking from someone else's perspective, we are imagining that we are them.

So we can use words such as, imagining we are Jack, I, I am Jack.

Me, my name is Jack.

My, mine, those beans were mine.

We, we were hungry, us, fantastic.

We, we were hungry, us, fantastic.

So I am going to imagine that I am Jack, so I am no longer me, Ms. Corbert.

I am Jack, nice to meet you.

So I am Jack.

It is the start of the story, and I can't find any food to eat.

I'm going to freeze-frame how I'm feeling, thinking about my facial expressions, thinking about my body movements, and maybe thinking about my voice.

Are you watching? Freeze-frame.

How am I feeling? I'm going to tell you how I'm feeling and I'd like you to repeat it.

I am hungry.

I am starving.

I am frustrated.

Thank you for joining in.

So I'm feeling all those things because we haven't got any food.

Me and my mother don't have anything to eat.

So I'm feeling those emotions.

Now, it's your turn.

So you are no longer you, you are Jack.

Can you close your eyes for five seconds? Five, four, three, two, one.

And turn into Jack.

Hi, Jack, nice to meet you.

You are Jack and you are in the market.

Can you think about that point in the story? An old man appears and offers you some magical beans.

Can you express to me how you are feeling? Don't say it, show me.

Are you ready? I'm going to give you some thinking time.

And freeze-frame, show me, I'm watching.

Wow, I'm going to describe how I think you're feeling.

Can you repeat this after me? You are surprised! You are curious.

You are intrigued.

So if I saw some magical beans, I would feel surprised, shocked, amazed.

Then I would think, curious, intrigued.

What are they going to do? What magic are they gonna provide? Fantastic expression, now it's my turn.

I'm no longer Jack.

I am Jack's mother.

Nice to meet you, everybody.

Jack's just got home from the market and he has sold my cow, Betsy, for some magic beans.

I'm going to express how I'm feeling.

Maybe I could look back in the book story to help me.

Okay, I think I've got it.

One, three, two, one, freeze-frame.

How am I feeling? Are you ready to repeat it? I am furious.

I am upset.

I am angry.

And I'm feeling angry because the cow is what gave us our money because we sold Betsy's milk food.

But now, we don't have Betsy and all I have are these beans.

So I'm going to throw them out the window, silly Jack.

Now, it's yours, you are still Jack.

And your mother has thrown the beans out the window and sent you to bed.

The next morning, you wake up, you open your curtains or your blind, and you see a gigantic beanstalk reaching up to the clouds outside of your window.

How are you feeling? Can you show me? Express to me in five, four, three, two, and one, freeze-frame.

How are you feeling? Fantastic, I'm going to describe it and you're going to repeat.

You are amazed.

You are excited.

You are shocked.

I heard some (shocks) for amazement and shock.

I saw this, excited to the beanstalk.

And I saw wide eyes for that shock, well done.

So you have done some amazing expressing there.

What you are going to do is choosing one part of the story, starting with this part first.

You're going to express how you're feeling with your body movement, your use of voice, your facial expression.

Then you're going to describe how Jack is feeling.

So express how Jack is feeling when he's climbed up to the top of the beanstalk and he finds a kingdom above the clouds.

Show that, express that.

Then put that into a sentence just like we just did.

But maybe you could try and choose two words to describe.

Jack is feeling.

and.

when he gets to the top of the beanstalk.

Then choose a different part of the story.

Maybe when you're racing back down the beanstalk, maybe when you get the axe, maybe when you find the golden treasures.

Pause the video now.

Amazing expression, and you chose some amazing language to describe it too, well done.

Maybe when he saw all of the treasures, all the top of the clouds and saw the castle, you might have said, Jack is feeling amazed and intrigued.

Well done, we are going to move on to the second part of the lesson, understanding the story.

Thinking from different characters' perspectives helps us to understand and remember the sequence of events.

Let's continue to think about the characters' feelings and their actions.

You are going to imagine that you are a character from the story, and I will ask you some questions.

You are Jack, so you're still Jack.

Where were you when you met the old man? Think back to that part of the story.

Maybe if you have the story nearby, you could look to remind yourself.

I met the old man.

Pause the video now.

Did you get it? I met the old man at the market.

Thumbs up if you did, well done.

I loved if you answered in a full sentence.

Okay, you're Jack.

Imagine that these things are happening to you, but they are not in sequence, which means they are not in order.

I would like you to put the event in the order that they happened.

I climbed the beanstalk.

I stole the treasures.

I swapped my cow for some magical beans.

Can you put them into order saying those sentences? Pause the video now.

Let's see if you remembered that sequence.

And remember, it's okay to look back at the story to help you.

First, I swapped my cow, Betsy, for some magical beans.

Then I woke up to an enormous beanstalk and I climbed up to the top.

Then I escaped the giant's castle with some golden treasures.

Fantastic sequencing, well done if you got it.

You are Jack.

How did you feel when the harp woke the giant up? So you've taken your things, and all of a sudden, the harp starts to shout.

How are you feeling? I felt.

and.

Pause the video now.

Well done, lovely, full sentences.

Here's some adjectives that I heard.

I felt scared and panicked.

I felt shocked and frightened.

I felt frustrated and annoyed at the harp.

I wonder which adjectives you chose.

One character's perspective might be different to another character's perspective.

So this time, I don't want you to imagine that you are Jack.

You are the giant.

You might need to close your eyes again and imagine you're the giant in five, four, three, two, one, hello, giant.

How did you feel when the harp woke you up and you saw a young boy in your castle taking your things? So Jack felt scared and panicked, but you're not Jack anymore.

You are the giant.

I felt.

and.

Imagining you're the giant.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic, so we can see that the same event might lead different characters to feel different things.

I felt shocked and furious.

I felt confused and angry.

Well done if you chose two adjectives to describe how the giant felt.

Furious, which is one that I used, maybe you could repeat it after me.

Furious, well done.

Furious is another way to say angry, but furious means extremely angry, one of the most angry feelings you could feel.

The giant was furious because Jack tried to steal his harp and golden goose.

The troll in the Billy Goats Gruff was furious because the goats tried to cross his bridge.

Little Red Riding Hood was furious because the wolf tried to eat her.

So that's why some characters in stories might be furious.

So which of these sentences uses the adjective furious correctly? So the most angry you could possibly be.

I was furious because it was bedtime.

I was furious because it was raining.

I was furious because my dog chewed up my favourite teddy and it could not be fixed.

Which one of those would you be furious at? The most angry you could possibly be.

Pause the video now.

Let's see what you thought.

I feel like the sentence that uses furious the best is, I was furious because my dog chewed up my favourite teddy and it could not be fixed.

I'm imagining my favourite teddy and it's been chewed up completely and it can't be fixed.

I would be really, really furious, really, really angry.

I was furious because it was bedtime.

I might not want to go to bed, but I wouldn't feel the angriest I could possibly feel.

I was furious because it was raining.

Again, it's a bit of a shame.

It's a bit of an inconvenience if I'm stuck in the rain, but I wouldn't be furious and there's nothing much I can do about it.

Villains in traditional tales often become really furious.

And then the emotions that a character feels can make them act in a certain way.

So the feeling leads to the action.

The giant is furious to see Jack in his castle.

That's his feeling.

So his action is he chases after jack shouting and stomping.

Even when we are feeling angry, furious, cross, or frustrated, is it ever okay to act badly towards someone else? What do you think? Do you think it is okay, and why? Or do you think it isn't okay, and why? Could you pause the video and share your thoughts? I loved hearing your ideas and your opinions.

No matter how strong an emotion we are feeling, we should never take it out on others.

It's okay to feel angry sometimes, but what we want to do is try and stop that feeling 'cause it's not a nice feeling to keep hold of, and we definitely don't want to take it out on others.

So what are some things that you could do to help you stop feeling furious or angry? What do you do? And then maybe you could share.

Pause the video now.

I loved hearing those different strategies.

Here are some that I've got, counting to 20 and back again.

It distracts me from my feeling and it calms me down.

Taking deep breaths (breathes deeply).

I like to imagine that I'm sniffing a flower, and then I'm blowing out the candles (blows), or I might do some breathing with my finger.

Then when I get to the end, I breathe out (breathes out deeply).

I might move somewhere else.

So if somewhere or someone or something has made me angry, I move away from the situation.

I might also think about my happiest memories to take my mind off it, or I might ask permission for a hug from someone to help me.

It's really good to have these strategies.

And maybe Lucas says, "I wish the giant had used some of those strategies." 'Cause if he had just calmed down and maybe ask Jack politely for his things back, he wouldn't have fallen down through the sky.

So we know then that a person's emotions can lead to actions.

Lots of events in the story, "Jack and the Beanstalk," happened because of how the characters were feeling.

I will describe the emotions of the character and explain their action.

So have a look at what Jack is doing.

Jack is scared of the giant chasing after him.

The feeling is scared.

So his action, Jack chops the beanstalk down.

What I would like you to do now is have a look through all of the events in the story, the main events, these are sequenced in order, and explain how Jack or another character is feeling and what action it leads them to do.

Jack is feeling hungry.

Jack's mother is feeling hungry so they go to the market to sell milk to buy food.

I would like you to do that, Jack is feeling or another character is feeling, and then explain the action.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic, did you manage to do that for all of the parts of the story? Well done, so for each main event of the story, describe how the characters are feeling and say how they're acting.

Here are some examples.

Jack is feeling hungry with no food at home so Jack trades the cow for some magic beans.

I'm not sure he thought about that one.

Jack is feeling curious about the beanstalk so Jack climbs the huge beanstalk.

There's his action.

The giant is feeling furious, there's our word that we've been looking at, that Jack stole his things so the giant stomps down the beanstalk to try and catch him.

Well done if you manage to explain the feeling and then the action in the story.

We have been working really hard today to think from different perspectives in "Jack and the Beanstalk." The expressions and actions of characters helps us to understand more about how a character feels.

And recalling parts of the story helps us to remember the sequence of events and the main parts of the story.

Asking the character to answer some questions from their perspective, like you're imagining you are Jack and the giant, can help us to understand key events.

And thinking from different characters' perspectives helps us to decide which character is right or wrong.

Thank you so much for learning with me today.

I loved your expression and the amazing vocabulary that you generated.

I hope to see you again soon, bye.