Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

I'm Miss Corbett and welcome to today's lesson, the theme of identity.

For this lesson, you will need your listening ears, your thinking brain, and your looking eyes.

You will also need your talking voice ready to share your opinions and feelings on the books that we read, as well as that listening ear to make sure you respect others' opinions.

You will also need two books today, so listen carefully.

You will need copies of the 2014 Harper Collins Children Book Edition of "Paddington" by Michael Bond.

And you will need the 2020 Macmillan Children's Book Edition of "Coming to England" by Baroness Floella Benjamin.

Two books.

Can you show me that they are back ready? Pause the video and go and get them.

I can see that you've got them, which means we are ready to start.

Well done.

And the outcome for today's lesson is I can discuss the theme of identity, linking to my own experience and what has been read.

And these keywords will help us with that.

So first of all, I would like you to get your loud and proud voices ready and repeat them after me.

My turn, then your turn.

Theme, opinion, similarities, differences.

Great joining in.

Let's talk about what those mean.

A theme is a big idea or message that is important in a text or a book.

An opinion is a personal view about something.

So it might be what you like or dislike.

Similarities are things that are the same, and differences are things that are different.

Great.

Let's get started.

The first part of our lesson is responding to "Paddington" and "Coming to England".

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

Here's our world map to show where our characters or people emigrated from.

Floella emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago all the way to England, and she travelled by boat.

Paddington, in the fiction story, so this didn't really happen, emigrated from Peru to England by train.

You are going to get the chance to sit back and relax and listen to the two books, "Paddington", our fiction book, and "Coming to England".

Whilst you are listening, I'd like you to think about the similarities and differences in the books and which books do you prefer and why.

Can you pause the video now and listen carefully to both books.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Did you notice any more similarities or differences to the ones that we've talked about before? Keep them in your head if you did.

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

A difference is that Floella travelled from Trinidad by boat and Paddington travelled from Peru by train.

He travelled on his own and Floella travelled with her siblings.

Another difference is that "Coming to England" is based on true events, but "Paddington" is fictional, made up.

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

Another similarity is that both characters moved from one place to another, but a difference is that they were treated differently.

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

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

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

So why is it really important to make sure that that happens more, that positive experience that Paddington has? Why is it important to include others? Pause the video now and share your idea.

So we've looked at some of the similarities and differences and we can compare the two using a Venn diagram because the part in the middle shows the things that are the same.

So in "Coming to England", it's non-fiction and "Paddington" is fiction.

In "Coming to England", the character is a person.

So how is "Paddington" different to that? Hmm.

Paddington, the character is a bear.

In "Coming to England", people were unkind to Floella.

How is it different in "Paddington"? People were kind to Paddington.

Well done.

In "Coming to England", Floella travelled by boat with her siblings.

What about in "Paddington"? He travelled by train on his own.

Similarities are: both of them have settings in England, both of them moved from another country and both of them have a theme where it's trying to make us think, those big ideas about how important it is to include others and think about other people's feelings.

So can you match the description to the title of the book? We have two titles, "Paddington" and "Coming to England".

So which is a fiction book, which is a nonfiction book and which is a book including a journey to England? Hmm.

Could you pause the video now and decide? Off you go.

Let's see if you got it.

The fiction book is.

tell me.

"Paddington", which means the non-fiction book is.

"Coming to England".

And a book including a journey to England.

Well, Paddington travelled from Peru to England, and Floella travelled from Trinidad and Tobago to England.

So I think it's both of them.

That's a similarity.

Now we've compared them, we can share our opinions about books.

When we share our opinions, we share our own thoughts and feelings.

Our opinion may not be the same as someone else's opinion.

For example, I really like pasta, but you might like pizza.

We can also have different opinions about our favourite books.

Explaining your opinion using "because" helps someone to understand your thoughts and feelings.

So your opinion may be different to somebody else's.

So it's really important to respect someone else's opinions and accept that you may think differently to someone else.

And it's okay to not like something or have a least favourite thing of something.

However, it is really important to explain why you have that opinion and say it in a respectful way.

Here are two different opinions.

"My favourite book is 'Coming to England' because I enjoyed listening about Floella's journey and life and I learned lots about Trinidad.

Which is your favourite book?" "My favourite is 'Paddington' because I love fictional books and I find Paddington's clumsiness funny.

Which was your favourite book?" So what I love about those opinions, is they've shared their favourite and explained why using "because" and then they've shown interest in somebody else's opinion by asking which was their favourite.

Great job.

So now it's your turn.

You are going to tell someone which is your favourite book and why out of "Coming to England" and "Paddington".

Then ask them which their favourite is.

Then you could compare your thoughts.

"My favourite is.

because.

Which is your favourite book?" "My favourite is.

because." Pause the video now.

Great, respectful sharing of your opinions and great listening.

So different people may have different responses to a story.

We know that now.

Sharing your opinion about a story helps you to start to know what type of stories or books you do and do not enjoy.

Because in the world, there are so many books.

So you might have just not come across the ones that you really like yet.

We can think about these questions to help us.

Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books, and why? Would you change anything about the books that we have read? What was your favourite part of the books that we have read? So you are going to ask and then answer the questions about "Paddington" and "Coming to England".

So your first question you are going to ask someone is: Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction books and why? "I prefer mm books because.

." Would you change anything about the books we have read? "I would change.

." What was your favourite part of the books that we read? "My favourite part was.

." And that's in "Paddington" and "Coming to England".

I can't wait to hear your opinions.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic.

Here are some responses you might have heard and that I heard too.

"I prefer fiction books because I love imagining adventures and journeys." "I would like more information about Trinidad at the start of "Coming to England" because it looks like an amazing place." That's a really great change that I'd like more information about that too.

"My favourite part of "Coming to England" was when Floella was reunited with her parents.

And my favourite part of "Paddington" was when Mr. And Mrs. Brown discovered Paddington." What great, respectful opinions.

Well done.

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

We know that a theme is a main idea of something.

One theme in both books is identity.

Can you say that word for me? Identity.

Well done.

Identity is what makes you you! So here are some examples.

Your name is part of your identity.

What you enjoy is part of your identity, your family members, where you live, where you were born and your feelings and how you think.

So all of those things can make up what makes you you, what makes you special and unique.

So which of these are part of your identity? What you enjoy, where you are from, what other people think of you and your feelings.

Pause the video now and share your thoughts.

Off you go.

Great.

So parts of your identity can be what things that you enjoy, like hobbies or favourite foods, favourite colours, favourite things to do, where you are from, and that might be where you were born or where you live now, and your feelings.

What other people think of you doesn't really make up your identity, because that's just what people think about you.

Whereas your identity is all about you and not what makes you you.

So your identity is about you and personal to you, not really about what other people think of you.

Both Paddington Bear and Floella Benjamin moved away from their homes.

This helps us to learn about their identities, because background, culture and nationality is a part of someone's identity and should be celebrated.

Your nationality is where you are from, where you were born and maybe where your family are from, but not necessarily because it might just be where you are born.

Do you know what your nationality is? My nationality is British.

I was born in England.

I was born in the north of England in a town called Blackpool.

I wonder if you know what your nationality is.

"My nationality is.

." Pause the video now.

Well done if you managed to share yours, don't worry if you didn't know.

It's a perfect way to go and find out later.

As many people emigrate to different countries all over the world, we can learn and celebrate each other's nationalities, backgrounds, and cultures.

We can enjoy the food, the music, and the traditions from so many places around the world, which is a great, great thing.

Here are some things that make up part of Paddington's identity.

Have a look at Paddington.

There's his statue.

Paddington Bear is his name.

He loves marmalade sandwiches.

His family are the Brown Family, where he's from and where he lives, Peru and London, can make up part of his identity, so where he's from and where he is now.

And about his personality and his feelings, he's clumsy, he's interested and he's polite.

And here are some things that make up part of Floella's identity.

Here's Floella.

So her name, big part of her identity, Baroness Floella Benjamin.

She's a Baroness because she was honoured by the Queen.

She enjoys writing and being a politician.

Her family are her parents and her siblings.

Her nationality, where she's from is Trinidad, but she also sees England as part of her nationality because that's where she emigrated to.

And her personality, I'd say hardworking, musical.

She can sing and dance, and confident because she can speak in front of others.

So now it's your turn to discuss your identity with someone else and then compare the similarities and differences between you.

I would like you to share, you could take it in turns, your name, what you enjoy, your family, where you live, where you were born, and your feelings and how you think.

So make sure you take the time to share yourself and listen and respect what other people share about their own identity.

Pause the video now.

Excellent job.

Did you manage to share all about your identity and was it similar or different with the person nearby? What's really great is if we were all the same and our identities were all the same, that would be really boring.

So it's so great to celebrate some similarities but also the differences.

Well done for focusing so well today on today's lesson.

I really love that we managed to connect two books to our own experiences and ourselves.

And we use a theme to do that.

A theme is a big idea and focus of a book.

A theme in "Paddington" and "Coming to England" is identity as both explore characters moving from their homes.

Identity means who or what a person or thing is and what makes them them.

Someone's identity may include their background, personality, and interests.

And how someone perceives their own identity is personal to them because it was what makes you you.

What a lovely lesson.

I really hope you enjoyed it and I hope to you again soon.

Bye.