Lesson video

Hello everybody.

My name is Ms. Corbett, and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today.

In the lesson, Writing a Postcard with Descriptions and Questions.

For this lesson, it would be great if you could have the writing that you may have done in previous lessons.

So that might be your word bank, your senses map, and the start of your postcard.

Don't worry if you haven't, because I'm sure that you can still enjoy writing parts of a postcard in this lesson.

As well as that, you'll need something to write with and write on and you will need the 2014 edition of the Harper Collins children book version of "Paddington" by Michael Bond.

Can you pause the video and go and get everything that you need? Pause the video now.

Great job, I think we are ready to get started on writing the end of our postcard.

And here is the outcome for today's lesson.

I can write a postcard from Paddington's perspective, including descriptions and questions, and these keywords will help us with that.

So your first job today is to repeat those keywords after me in your loud and proud voice.

Are you ready? My turn, then your turn.

Description, question, question mark.

Fact.

Wow, thank you so much for joining in so brilliantly.

So a description is when we use words to help someone imagine what something is like and today we are going to use our senses to write those descriptions.

A question is a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark.

A question mark is a punctuation mark used at the end of a question.

So instead of the full stop when we get to the end of that sentence, when it's a question, we end with a question mark.

And a fact is something that is known to be true or proved.

So let's get started with our first part of our lesson preparing to write.

You're going to write the end of a postcard today.

So as well as our success criteria, which I'll look in a minute, there are some things that we need to always do when we write.

We always try to use capital letters at the start of sentences and we might end off sentences with a full stop if it's a statement sentence or a command.

A question mark, if it's a question or an exclamation mark if it's an exclamation sentence or a sentence showing shock or surprise.

We also try to write our letters neatly on the line.

We use phonics to sound out and spell words, but for words, we can't use our phonics for, those common exception words.

We try and remember the spelling of them.

And we always, always read back our writing to make sure it makes sense.

Can you do that today? Great.

So as well as that, here is the success criteria for today's lesson.

You'll write from Paddington's perspective, I am Paddington.

You'll use an expanded noun phrase, adjective comma, adjective noun.

You will join two ideas together using and.

And you will write facts written as did you know questions? So did you know that? So let's look at what you may have written about so far if you've started your postcard.

We have got our postcard with the address Aunt Lucy, Retirement Home for Bears in Peru.

Your postcards so far might look something like this.

Starting off with a greeting.

To Aunt Lucy, I am in London.

I travelled in a black speedy taxi.

I saw a leafy park, the shiny London Eye and red buses.

First I felt curious at the new train station.

Now I feel content at the cosy house.

If you have started your postcard, can you now pause the video and read what you have written so far? Off you go.

Fantastic.

So, so far you have greeted Aunt Lucy with the postcard.

You have said where you are, how you travelled there, and what you saw, as well as how you felt.

Most postcards we know are written in the first person perspective because they're about personal experiences.

We're imagining we are who? Paddington.

And thinking from his perspective.

So we'll use these words to imagine we are him.

I, me, my mine, we and us, such as I am in London.

I travelled in a black zooming taxi.

In this lesson we will finish our postcard.

We will describe London using our senses.

We've already described what we saw, so now we will think about what we heard, what we smelt, what we felt, and what we tasted.

I heard and I saw, I tasted and I felt.

And by felt this time it's not about our feelings, it's about what we could feel, what we could touch.

We will also share facts about London as did you know questions.

And here are some examples.

Maybe you could pinch these examples if you didn't already know these things about London.

Did you know the train station is called Paddington Station? Did you know that the river in London is called the River Thames? We'll find some more facts out later.

We know that Paddington experienced a lot in the book.

And we can use our senses to describe these experiences.

If you have already got a senses map, it would be good to get it ready because you can use those descriptions now.

We might describe the taste or the feel of the marmalade.

The sound or the look of the pigeon.

The look of the bright lights and the bridges.

How what it is like in the leafy park.

And maybe what it is like with all of the landmarks and seeing those for the first time.

Here are some other things that Paddington has experienced.

Again, we can use our senses, the sound and look and even the smell of the London buses.

What it was like to be in the train station with the noisy, busy people, what the taxi was like, what the people were like.

We know that word banks can help us to remember the adjectives we have learned.

They help us to use a range of adjectives so we are not making our writing repetitive and boring.

And they help us know how to spell them.

'Cause some adjectives, some words can be quite challenging to spell.

For example, you might describe what something looks like, bright, huge, grand.

You might describe the smell of something, sweet, fruity, delicious, what something feels like, smooth or sticky.

What something sounds like, noisy, rattling, chatty.

And what something tastes like, tasty, sweet, and tangy.

Some adjectives might be used for more than one sense, but others might be specific to that sense.

So if something's noisy, that's only really describing what it sounds like.

But if something's sweet that could describe what it smells like or what it tastes like.

Maybe you've already got a word bank to describe the setting of Paddington.

So again, it would be good to have that with you.

We can then use adjectives from our word bank to create sentences.

I saw the round huge London eye.

I heard cooing, noisy pigeons.

I smelt fresh, green grass.

I tasted sweet, creamy cake.

I felt sticky, delicious marmalade.

A sentence must include a verb.

Saw, heard, smelt, tasted, felt.

These sentences also include expanded noun phrases, adjective comma, adjective noun, round comma huge London Eye for example.

We can join two of those simple sentences together to create a compound sentence.

When the two ideas relate to each other when they are linked and they do link 'cause they're both about describing London.

We can use the joining word and, what are we going to use? The joining word and, well done.

Here's an example of two sentences.

My first sentence is my hearing sense sentence.

And my next sentence is my smelling sense sentence.

I heard cooing comma noisy pigeons.

Full stop.

Capital letter I smelt fresh comma green grass.

Full stop.

Now let's use our joining word and, and see what happens.

I heard cooing, noisy pigeons and I smelt fresh, green grass.

The joining word and replaces the first full stop.

Can you see that it's gone.

I heard cooing, noisy pigeons.

No full stop.

And I smelt fresh green grass Full stop because it's one complete sentence, but with this compound sentence, we have to keep the second capital letter.

Starting the second idea because I always needs a capital letter.

So capital letter, I heard cooing, comma, noisy pigeons and capital letter, and capital letter, I smelt fresh comma green grass full stop.

Let's have a look again at another example.

I tasted sweet comma creamy cake.

Full stop capital letter.

I felt sticky comma delicious marmalade.

Full stop.

Both of those are sentences on their own.

The first sentence is all about taste.

The second sentence is all about touch.

But those two sentence both describe Paddington's experience.

So we can use the joining word and, capital letter, I tasted sweet, creamy cake and I felt sticky, delicious marmalade, full stop.

So again, that joining word replaces the first full stop.

That full stop should not be there.

But again, because that second idea starts with I.

I always needs a capital letter.

So we don't need to take that away.

So let's look at some examples and then you are going to plan your own.

I heard noisy comma chatty people and I smelt oily comma smoky engines.

So in that sentence I have an expanded noun phrase.

I heard noisy comma chatty people, oily comma, smoky engines.

I have then joined those two ideas with the joining word and.

And I have a full stop at the very end to end my compound sentence.

Now I would like you to say two compound sentences of your own.

Each one should have two senses, hearing and smell, taste and touch.

Don't talk about what we have seen because we've already written about that.

Pause the video and off you go.

Have you got them in your head? Well done.

As well as describing it.

We can also share facts with Aunt Lucy that we have learned and know about London.

A fact is something that is true.

Did you know facts are asking a question? So need a question mark.

It's asking Aunt Lucy whether she knew it or not.

Here are some things that I know about London and here is the time to try and pinch some ideas and choose your favourite fact.

Maybe the one that is more most interesting.

Did you know that the station is called Paddington Station? Question mark, did you know that there are buses, taxis, and trains in London? Question mark.

Did you know that there is a tower called Big Ben? Question mark.

I wonder if you can think of another, did you know fact about London.

And maybe also share your favourite one of those.

Maybe did you know that the capital city of England is London? Did you know that London is very, very busy? Pause the video now.

Well done for sharing so many great did you know facts.

So which of these facts are written as questions? All of these are facts because they're all true, but where they aren't all written as did you know questions.

Are you listening? Did you know that London has lots of parks? Next one, London is busy.

Next one, the King lives in Buckingham Palace.

And finally, did you know that London has a wheel called the London Eye? Pause the video now and be did you know detectives to find them.

Off you go.

Let's see if you got them.

Did you know that London has lots of parks? So I know it's a question 'cause it's asking something.

Did you know? And it ends in a question mark.

And did you know that London has a wheel called the London eye? London is busy is a fact.

Shall we try and write it as a did you know question? Did you know that London is busy? So I added that.

Did you know that London is busy? Question mark.

The King lives in Buckingham Palace.

How can I write that as a did you know question? Did you know that? Did you know that the King lives in Buckingham Palace? Question mark.

Now we've heard even more did you know facts.

Pause the video and choose your favourite one that you've heard so far in the lesson, off you go.

Fantastic.

So here's an example.

Before you plan yours.

Did you know that London has lots of skyscrapers? In my fact, I have got a capital letter to start my sentence.

My fact is London has lots of skyscrapers and I have a question mark to end the question.

Did you know that? Then you put your fact and end with a question mark.

Now say which question you are going to write? Pause the video now.

Wow, we have learnt so many facts about London.

Well done.

Before we get ready to write, I need to make sure because you are writing a question that you know what a question mark looks like.

Is it A, B, or C? Can you get your pointing finger ready? And I would like you to point to it in five seconds.

Five, four, three, two, one and zero.

Can you point to the question mark now? Well done, if you are pointing to that question mark.

A is an exclamation mark and B is a comma.

I think we are almost ready to finish our postcard.

Postcards end with a closing to show who has written it.

Now we aren't writing imagining we are us, we are writing that we are Paddington.

So here's our postcard, and at the very bottom we will end it with From Paddington.

Paddington is a proper noun.

So we need a capital letter.

We want to put that closing so it's really clear to Aunt Lucy on a new line.

Now we are ready to finish our postcard.

We have been practising all of the parts that we are going to write.

So now we are going to rehearse all of them out loud to help you to remember what you will write.

First, you will just say them.

Then I want you to say them in a low or a high or a dupe voice.

Then you will say your sentences again including your capital letters, your commas, and your full stops.

As well as your question mark for your did you know question.

Then check by telling someone else your sentence.

Finally, whisper your sentences to your pencil to show me that you are ready to write.

So here is what you will practise.

I heard mm comma mm mm and I smelt mm comma mm mm full stop.

I tasted mm comma mm mm and I felt mm comma mm mm full stop capital letter.

Did you know that question mark from Paddington.

I can't wait to hear the rest of your postcard out loud in all of those ways to help you remember them.

Pause the video now.

Wow.

I think you are almost ready to write.

Here is an example and don't forget that you can still pinch some ideas if you like the sound of these ones.

I heard noisy comma rattling trains and I smelt sweet comma delicious cake full stop.

I tasted creamy comma smooth cake and I felt warm comma breezy air full stop.

Capital letter did you know that London is the capital city of England question mark.

From Paddington.

I think we are ready to write the end of our postcard.

Let's remind ourself of our success criteria.

Now we know what we're going to write.

We will write from Paddington's perspective.

From Paddington.

I heard noisy comma chirping pigeons.

We will use an expanded noun phrase.

I tasted sweet comma tangy marmalade and I felt my warm comma blue coat.

We will join two ideas together using and, like I just did then talking about what I tasted and what I felt.

And we will write facts written as did you know questions.

Did you know that London has buses comma trains and taxis question mark.

Now let's read some sentences to check if they meet that success criteria.

Capital letter I heard cooing comma chirping pigeons and I smelt sweet comma fruity marmalade full stop.

So I have written from Paddington's perspective using I.

I have used an expanded noun phrase.

Can you spot it? Cooing, chirping birds.

Sweet, fruity marmalade and I have separated my adjective with a comma.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

I heard cooing, chirping pigeons, my first idea.

And I smelt sweet, fruity marmalade.

My second idea.

Have I got a did you know question here? No, let's try the next sentence.

Capital letter, did you know that London is the capital city of England question mark.

There is my did you know question.

I think I am ready to write the rest of my postcard.

Please Will you help me? Thank you.

I am ready to write the end of my postcard.

I have got my success criteria with me.

And I have actually already started on my lined paper.

Can you help me read what I have read so far? I have tried to write a compound sentence about what I heard and what I smelt.

I heard cooing comma chirping pigeons full stop.

And I smelt sweet comma fruity marmalade.

Hmm.

I think there's a mistake in there.

Can you spot it? Thank you.

I heard cooing comma chirping pigeons because I have used the joining word and, I do not need that first full stop 'cause I haven't finished my sentence, so I'm going to put cross through that and read it back and see.

I heard cooing comma chirping pigeons, a great expanded noun phrase.

And I smelt sweet comma fruity mm ar mm lade, marmalade.

Full stop.

Thank you for helping me.

Now I think I'm ready to write my next compound sentence.

I tasted creamy, smooth cake and I felt the cold, rainy weather.

Okay, capital letter I tasted.

Now taste is tst a with a split diagraph, but my going sst going between tasted.

Tasted, I tasted, what did I taste? Smooth creamy cake.

Ooh, could you sound out smooth for me? Ss, mmm, ooo, th.

Smooth, I tasted smooth before my next adjective what do I need? A comma.

I tasted smooth, creamy, c re mmm eey.

I find that this E likes to be in certain foods or things that describe foods.

c re mmm eey, creamy cake.

Ka a split digraph ka cake.

I tasted smooth comma creamy cake.

I want to join what I felt.

So do I need a full stop or do I need my joining word and? My joining word and, a n d.

I felt, I f el t, felt the cold, rainy weather.

The, T-H-E cold.

Sound it out with me.

C o ld.

Cold.

Comma rainy, rr ai ney.

Rainy.

I felt the cold comma, rainy weather.

Ooh.

Then quite a rare spelling of f.

Which err likes to be at the end? Er.

Okay, let's check.

I tasted smooth comma creamy cake and I felt the cold comma, rainy weather.

I have used and to join two ideas.

So my sentence is finished, so I need a full stop.

Now I'm going to move on to my did you know fact.

And I'm going to write.

Did you know that the river is called the River Thames? Question mark.

Now did you know that is actually written in your success criteria so you can copy it.

Capital letter.

Did you know with that silent K.

N o.

That, did you know that? Okay, it's back to me.

Did you know that the river, the.

I need help with river.

Can you sound it out with me? Rr eh ve a, river is called, I know how to write call, kk or call ed.

Did you know that the river is called the, now it's a specific name of somewhere.

So I need a capital letter.

So I'm writing river again, but I need a capital letter.

Rr eh ve a, River Thames.

Now Thames is a very strange spelling because it looks like it should be pronounced as Th.

But it's just making a tt.

Then the a being made by letter a crazy T a mm es, Thames.

Did you know that the river is called the River Thames? I finished my sentence, but it is a question, so I need a question mark.

Then I'm going to close my postcard by writing from Paddington.

Ff r om.

Then we are imagining we are Paddington.

So we need to write Paddington with a capital letter.

You could look at the front of your book to help you.

Pa a di ing o t on, from Paddington, I have written from Paddington's perspective.

I heard, I smelt.

I have included expanded noun phrases, cooing, chirping pigeons, sweet, fruity marmalade, smooth, creamy cake.

Cold, rainy weather.

And I've used my senses map to help me get those ideas.

I have joined two ideas together using and.

And I remembered to only put the full stop at the end.

And I have my did you know fact written as a question with a question mark.

Wow, that is a lot of writing.

Thank you so much for helping me with mine.

Are you ready to write yours? Now you have helped me.

It is time for you to write the end of your postcard.

Don't forget to check your success criteria and read back your writing as you go.

Pause the video now.

Fantastic job.

You should be incredibly proud of yourself.

Here's an example that I have seen.

I heard bustling chatty people and I smelt fresh, green grass.

I tasted creamy, smooth cake and I felt sticky, fruity marmalade.

Did you know that London has a huge tower called Big Ben? So I have written from Paddington's perspective, I heard, I smelt, I have used expanded noun phrases for each of my senses.

Bustling, chatty people, fresh, green grass.

I have joined two ideas used together using and.

I tasted creamy, smooth cake and I felt sticky, fruity marmalade.

And I have written facts using as written as did you know questions? Did you know that London has a huge tower called Big Ben? And I have closed off my postcard with From Paddington on a new line.

Now, I'm going to ask you to pause the video and check your success criteria first.

Then I would like you to if you started your postcard, to read your whole postcard from the beginning.

Dear Aunt Lucy, all the way to the end to prove what fantastic writing you have done, pause the video now.

Amazing, I really hope you are really proud of yourself because what fantastic writing you have done, and I'm sure that when we post them off, aunt Lucy will be able to imagine being in London herself.

We now know that adding descriptive language to a postcard helps the reader imagine what the place is like.

Two adjective sentences need a comma in between the two adjectives such as fresh, green grass, fresh comma green grass.

Asking a did you know question teaches someone a fact about something.

In this case, London.

And a postcard should end with naming who the postcard is from, in this case from Paddington.

Well done for amazing description, imagination, and writing today.

I really hope you are leaving this lesson really proud of yourself, ready to post your postcard.

I hope to see you again soon.

Bye.