Hello everybody, I'm Miss Corbett, and welcome to today's lesson comparing, "Coming to England," to, "Paddington." Today's lesson will be really great, 'cause it gives us the chance to discuss and compare two different books, which is really exciting.

So for this lesson, I need you to have your listening ears, your thinking brain, and your looking eyes.

You also will need someone to talk to nearby, and in the second task you might need something to write with or write on, but you could also do that as a talking task.

As well as that you will need copies of, are you listening carefully? The 2014 Harper Collins Children Books Edition of, "Paddington," by Michael Bond.

And the other book, the 2020 Macmillan Children's Books Edition of, "Coming to England," by Baroness Floella Benjamin.

Two books that you need to get, and maybe something to write with or write on.

Can you pause the video now and make sure you've got them? Fantastic, I can see that you are ready to get started.

Here is the Outcome for today's lesson.

"I can listen and respond to a story based on true events." And here are our Keywords that will help us.

First of all, I would like you to repeat them after me in your loud and proud voice.

Are you ready? My turn, then your turn.

Non-fiction.

Similarities.

Differences.

Comparison.

Well done, I wonder if you've heard of those words before? A non-fiction is a genre or type of text or book, which presents real events, information or knowledge.

Similarities are things that are the same.

Differences are things that are different.

And comparison is looking at those and comparing those similarities and differences between two things.

Let's have a look at the first part of our lesson, listening to, "Coming to England," exciting.

"Paddington," we know is a fictional story about a bear who travels from Peru to London.

Here is a map of the world.

You can see that arrow pointing.

Where the arrow starts at the bottom is Peru, which is a country in South America, and where the arrow is pointing to is London in the country of England.

In the story, he travelled by train.

This would take a really long time.

And also he's crossing an ocean, so he'd either have to go in a channel tunnel under the ocean or through different countries through train.

So this would take him a really long time, or maybe it shows us that this story is fictional.

Peru is a country in South America and London is a city in Europe.

These places have some differences and some similarities.

(Miss Corbett gasps) So we can start comparing straight away.

So here is a place in Peru.

This is a really famous place called Machu Picchu.

It is beautiful and lots of tourists and people travel there to visit there, just to see it every year.

Have a look though, at London City Centre.

What can you see in these pictures? Have a think, "What is the same and what is different?" Pause the video now.

Let's see, in Machu Picchu, I can see it's on a really high mountain.

There aren't really big tall buildings like there is in London and it's a lot greener and higher up.

Whereas in London City Centre, I can see some really tall, high and basically full buildings.

I wonder whether you recognise any of those buildings.

Maybe you recognise Big Ben or the London Eye or the River Thames? Another word for move or travel to, like Paddington, moved or travel to is migrate.

Could you say that for me? Migrate.

Well done.

You might have heard of this word in relation to birds.

Birds migrate every year to warmer places and they fly there together.

So they migrate for winter.

People do this too.

Emigrate, so slightly different.

Can you say that with me? Emigrate.

Emigrate means to leave one country to live in another.

Paddington emigrated from Peru to England.

So is this true or false? Did Paddington emigrated from England to Peru? Hmm, Paddington emigrated from England to Peru.

Is that true or false? Show me your thumbs in five seconds.

Five.

Two.

What do we think? Paddington emigrated from England to Peru.

Well done if you are showing me your thumbs down, because those are the places that Paddington's been.

But Paddington emigrated from Peru.

That's where he was born and where he started to live his life.

Then he emigrated to England.

"Paddington," we know is a fictional story, but now we are going to read a book called, "Coming to England," which is a book based on a true story.

This means it is non-fiction, because it means it is true, unlike, "Paddington." The author's name is Baroness Floella Benjamin, and there's a photo of her.

The story is all about how she emigrated, that word, move from one country to another, from Trinidad to England when she was 11 years old.

I am going to have a look at the front cover.

I have it in front of me.

And I'm going to tell you what I can notice and see.

I can see the title, "Coming to England." I can see a little girl on a boat at sea about to arrive somewhere.

I wonder where she's arriving? I can see illustrations.

So it looks like a fiction book, but I know that it's based on real things.

We just talked about that, meaning it is non-fiction.

Now it is your turn.

Can you get the front cover of, "Coming to England," in front of you and can you talk about what you notice? I can see.

Pause the video now.

Well done, this will really help us get started on understanding what the book is about.

So you are going to listen or read the first four pages of the book and you are going to stop at the word, "Queen." I really hope you enjoy, happy listening.

Fantastic, the book starts in Trinidad, which Floella describes as beautiful.

Now Trinidad or you might call it together, Trinidad and Tobago, because it's two islands quite close together.

Trinidad is an Island in the Caribbean, and you can see, you can see the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

And you can see the ocean, a photograph of it, and a beach right there.

In the past, lots of families were invited to the United Kingdom, like countries like England.

Now we celebrate all of the different cultures in the United Kingdom.

Now you're going to read some more.

You might find a bit more out about Trinidad or Trinidad and Tobago, and you might start to find out about Floella's journey.

So you're going to read up to page 14, and you're going to stop at the word, "said." I hope you enjoy, listen out carefully.

Pause the video.

Great, it took Floella and her siblings, brothers and sisters, 15 days to travel to England by boat.

Here's our map of the world again.

So she travelled from the islands, where the bottom of the arrow is, all the way to England.

This was in 1960, so over 60 years ago.

Now, I think she would most likely travel by plane, because it's such a long journey.

A plane would probably take less than a day compared to 15 days.

Floella had letters from her parents about England, but she'd never been before.

And she spends the journey wondering what England is like.

Have you ever travelled to somewhere new or just gone to a new place, like maybe when you started school? And how did you feel? Can you pause the video now? Really great sharing.

There might be a mix of emotions about it.

There might be some excitement about going somewhere new, but there might also be some nervousness, 'cause you're not sure because it's something different.

Now you are going to read or listen all the way to the end of the book to find out about Floella's life in England.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic, Floella and her family were not always treated very kindly.

It's really important to value and include others and everyone, but Floella often felt left out, especially at school.

How do you think this made her feel? Have a little think to yourself.

I think it probably made her feel maybe a bit confused at why she's being left out, a bit lonely and a bit upset.

Do we ever want anyone to feel that way? No.

Floella Benjamin grew up to be an actress, a singer, an author, and a politician, which means working for other governments, helping to make decisions about how the country's run.

So she's very important.

She was honoured and awarded by Queen Elizabeth II for everything she had done in her life, which is amazing, considering that was her dream to meet the Queen.

So now we have read the whole book, you are going to answer these questions in a full sentence.

Are you listening carefully? Where was Floella Benjamin born? Floella Benjamin was born in.

How do you think Floella felt when people in England were unkind to her? I think she felt.

Maybe you could list a few adjectives like I did.

And now a question about how you would feel.

How would you feel if you moved to a new place? I would feel.

Answer those questions, and then maybe listen to somebody else's ideas.

Pause the video now.

Let's see, where was Floella Benjamin born? Floella Benjamin was born in Trinidad and Tobago.

You might have said Floella Benjamin was born in just Trinidad or Floella Benjamin was born in the Caribbean.

How do you think Floella felt when people in England were unkind to her? I think she felt upset and disappointed.

That's a really great word.

She's disappointed in the people who are being unkind.

And how would you feel if you moved to a new place? I would feel excited about seeing a new place, but I might also feel a bit nervous.

I wonder if your answers to question two and three were similar to mine or different? Fantastic understanding everybody.

Now let's move on to the second part of the lesson.

Comparing, "Coming to England," to, "Paddington." "Coming to England," and, "Paddington," are both books about people or animals emigrating from one country to another.

Floella emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago to England and Paddington immigrated from Peru to England.

When we read books, we can think about their similarities and differences.

So let's make sure that we know about what that means and whether we can compare.

So have a look at these trees.

What is the same and what is different about these trees? Pause the video now.

Let's see what you came up with.

Similarities, they are green, they have a brown trunk.

And differences, they are different shapes, they are different sizes.

So we are comparing.

When we're comparing, we're not just looking for differences or just similarities, we're looking for both.

When we look at similarities and differences, we are comparing or making comparisons.

We can think about some of the similarities and differences of the two books to compare.

So for example, a difference is that Floella travelled from Trinidad by boat and Paddington travelled from Peru by train.

Paddington travelled on his own, but Floella travelled with her siblings.

So they travelled from different places, used different transports, and Paddington was on his own and Floella was with other people.

A difference is that, "Coming to England," is based on true events.

But, "Paddington," is fictional.

A similarity is that a setting in both of the stories is England.

Another similarity is that both characters move from one place to another.

A difference is that they were treated quite differently at the start.

In, "Coming to England," when Floella moved, she didn't feel very welcome did she? As people were unkind to her.

But luckily she had her family with her, and gradually made lots of friends and enjoyed her life in England.

In, "Paddington," Paddington was on his own, but people were kind and supportive to Paddington straight away, which made him feel included, comfortable and safe.

So thinking about the two different experiences, why is it important to include others? Could you pause the video and share your ideas, because it's a really important thing to talk about? Why is it important to include others? Pause the video now.

Well done, I think it's really important to include others, 'cause we've got to think about how it might make someone feel.

Because people were kind to Paddington straight away and included him, he felt included, comfortable and safe.

Floella felt a bit disappointed and unhappy.

So whereas, if she'd been included and welcome from the start, then she'd probably feel comfortable and safe straight away too.

So use these books as a lesson on how we should treat other people.

We can compare the two books using a Venn Diagram.

The middle shows the similarities, because the two ideas are crossing over.

So we have, "Coming to England," "Paddington," and then the things that are the same are in the middle.

So in, "Coming to England," "Coming to England," is non-fiction, 'cause it's based on true events.

Whereas, "Paddington," is fiction.

There are things that are different.

In, "Coming to England," the characters are people, whereas in, "Paddington," the main character is a bear.

In, "Coming to England," people were unkind to Floella, but in, "Paddington," people were kind to Paddington.

So there's some differences.

Some things that are the same is that it's set in England and that it's about people or characters who moved from another country.

So now it's your turn, before we do our task to check that you know.

To sort the statements to decide whether it matches, "Coming to England," "Paddington," or both.

I'm going to read them.

Fiction, so which is fiction? Non-fiction, which is non-fiction? A setting in England.

Travelled by train.

And travelled by boat.

Pause the video now and get sorting.

Let's see, fiction, "Paddington," is a fiction story.

Non-fiction, "Coming to England," is based on true events, which means it's non-fiction.

A setting in England is both, because both of them are partly set in England.

Travelled by train.

Hmm, is that both? No, that's just, "Paddington." Travelled by boats, that's just Floella.

So that's, "Coming to England." Did you get it? Well done.

I think you're ready for the task.

You are going to compare, "Coming to England," and, "Paddington." You could write your ideas into the Venn Diagram.

You could draw your ideas in the Venn Diagram, or you could just say the similarities and differences.

Try and think of as many as you can.

Pause the video now.

Here are some comparisons that I saw.

I saw that in, "Coming to England," she travelled by boat with her siblings, but in, "Paddington," he travelled by train on his own.

"Coming to England," is non-fiction.

"Paddington," is fiction.

In, "Coming to England," the main character is a person and in, "Paddington," the character is a bear.

And in, "Coming to England," some people were unkind to her, but in, "Paddington," some people were kind to him.

So that's our differences.

Some similarities that I saw was that it's set in England.

That the characters move to another country, and that it's about teaching us the importance of including others.

Have a look or think about your comparisons.

Did you think of anything else or did you miss somethings off? Really good job and amazing comparisons.

Well done, everybody.

What a fantastic lesson.

We have achieved lots today.

We have read a new book, "Coming to England," and we know that it's a book based on the true story and life of Floella Benjamin.

We know that, "Coming to England," is a non-fiction book, written and illustrated in the style of a fiction book, because it's got drawings.

Floella Benjamin emigrated from Trinidad to the United Kingdom.

And similarities and differences can be made about two books with the same theme, which is all about including others and belonging.

Thank you so much for learning with me today, and I really hope to see you again next time.

Bye.