Lesson video

Hi everyone, my name is Ms. Clark and I'm really excited to teach you today's lesson.

Today, we're going to be using lots of speaking and listening skills to share our opinions and tell everyone things we like and don't like.

And hopefully, we're going to learn a lot about our friends as well by finding out what they like and dislike.

So, let's get started.

The learning outcome for today is I can share my opinion and explain why.

Here are our key words for today's lesson.

These are our really, really important words that are gonna come up a lot and help us with our learning.

I'm going to say the word and I want you to say it back to me.

My turn, your turn.

Are you ready? Speaking, speaking.

Speaking means using your voice to talk to someone just like I'm doing now.

Listening, listening.

Well done, listening means you are paying attention to what someone is saying.

Opinion, opinion.

An opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

So what they might like or not like, that's your opinion.

And we all have different opinions.

Last one, explain, explain.

When we explain something, we are giving a reason for an opinion.

So you will have lots of times where someone's explaining things to you or you might be explaining things to other people.

It's giving a reason, helping us to understand why.

Okay, our lesson today has two parts to it.

We are thinking about our likes and our dislikes.

And in the first learning cycle, we are going to be giving an opinion, one of our keywords.

And in the second learning cycle, we're going to make that even better by using because to explain our opinions.

So, let's get started.

Things you like or dislike are called your opinions.

Sharing your opinion means telling someone else what you think.

Everybody has opinions and it's good to share them with your friends, people at home, and teachers at school.

It's a good idea to share them, to say them out loud, to let people know it's interesting, and you can learn about other people as well.

So let's check your understanding.

What is an opinion? A, is it what a person is called? B, what a person likes or dislikes? Or C, what a person says? Pause the video and decide now.

Okay, welcome back, everyone.

What is an opinion? Yes, it's B.

It's what a person likes or dislikes, great job.

So here are some examples of people giving their opinion.

They are sharing what they like or dislike.

Let's see what they say.

Alex says, "I love going to the seaside." That's his opinion.

That's something he really likes.

You might agree with that.

You might also like going to the seaside or you might not like it.

Maybe you don't like the sand so much.

Aisha says, "I don't like the colour red." Her opinion of something she doesn't like.

Jun says, "Rugby is the best sport ever!" That's his opinion.

It's not a fact, it's his opinion.

It's what he thinks or believes.

Sofia says, "My favourite film is 'Matilda'." And Andeep says, "I think broccoli tastes disgusting!" That's his opinion.

So your opinions don't always have to start with I like or I don't like.

We've got, "I love," "My favourite," "I think," "This is the best sport." So lots of different things, but it's all about yourself.

You'll see all of those start with I or my, that's 'cause your opinion belongs to you, not anybody else.

It belongs to you.

Today, we will be sharing our likes and dislikes.

We will do lots of speaking and listening.

You will share your opinions and you will listen to your friends and learn about their likes and dislikes.

Hopefully, you'll learn something new about your friends.

Before we start doing our speaking, we need to think about what makes a successful speaker.

What makes us good at speaking? What are things we need to remember when we are speaking to an audience or to a partner? Can you pause the video and discuss this with your partner now? Brilliant, lots of great speaking and listening going on there.

So what makes a successful speaker? I wonder if you said some of these, successful speaking includes: Speaking loudly, speaking clearly, speaking in full sentences.

Well done if you've got that one! And looking at the audience, that is a really, really good one as well.

Well done if you manage to get any of those.

So, let's check our understanding.

How should our voice sound when we are speaking? Is it A, quiet; B, loud; C, quick; or D, clear? There might be more than one.

Pause the video and make your choice now.

Okay, let's see, shall we? How should our voice sound when we are speaking? It should be loud, yes! We don't want to speak too quietly or no one will be able to understand what we're saying.

We need to speak nice and loudly but not shouting.

And it should be clear.

We don't want to sound too mumbled or talk to the floor.

We need to speak slowly, open our mouth nice and wide to pronounce all of the words.

"Huh?" Aisha says, "If you speak too quickly, people won't understand what you are saying." Yes, that's true.

If you speak too quickly, people won't understand what you're saying.

It's very difficult to understand someone if they're speaking so, so quickly, which lots of us do do.

So especially when we're speaking to an audience or to a partner in our learning, we want to try and speak nice and slowly, loudly and clearly, well done.

Speaking in full sentences really helps the listener understand what is being said.

Let's have a look at some examples of speaking.

Lucas says, "Blue." And Laura says, "My favourite colour is yellow." So both of them were trying to tell us something.

They were trying to give their opinion.

Lucas says "Blue." And Laura says, "My favourite colour is yellow." Can you discuss with your partner who told us their favourite colour in a full sentence? Pause the video and chat to your partner.

Okay, did you say Laura? Well done, Laura did say it in a full sentence.

If Lucas just came up to us and said "Blue," we wouldn't really understand what he's talking about, would we? He would just be saying a colour, it could mean anything.

But Laura's given it in a nice full sentence so we know what she is telling us.

It helps us to understand what she is being said.

So let's all try and speak in full sentences today.

Looking at the audience when we are speaking helps to keep their attention.

When the audience is paying attention, it means they are listening carefully to what you are saying and looking at you and thinking about what you're saying as well.

So if you, as the speaker, are looking at the audience, that really helps the audience or your partner to be looking at you and stay focused and keep paying attention.

We want them to be listening, don't we? Because we've got interesting things to say.

Okay, let's check your understanding.

Which of these show good speaking skills? A, speaking loudly; B, shouting; C, speaking in full sentences; D, looking at the floor.

There might be more than one.

Pause the video and decide which ones now.

Okay, great job, everyone.

Well done if you said A, absolutely, speaking loudly, not shouting.

We don't want shouting when we're showing good speaking skills.

Speaking in full sentences, excellent.

We don't want to be looking at the floor.

Who do we want to be looking at? Our audience, if we're looking at the floor, our voice will automatically go down to the floor and it will stop being as clear what we're saying to our audience, okay? Now there's good speaking and there's also good listening.

We should always listen when someone is sharing their opinion, it's polite.

But what makes a good listener? How do we show good listening? Can you pause the video and discuss this question with your partner? What makes a good listener? Oh, well done.

I saw lots of brilliant speaking and partners listening to each other really, really well, great job! So you clearly know what it is.

Let's see if you got some of these.

Good listeners look at the person who is speaking.

So not only when you are speaking do you want to be looking at your listener, but when you are listening, you want to be looking at the speaker.

Good listeners keep their bodies nice and still.

We are not showing good listening if we are moving around the classroom or jumping up and down in our chair.

We want to keep as still as possible to show that we are listening to somebody.

Good listeners keep their lips closed.

You can't be listening if you are chatting.

When you are listening, your lips need to be closed and your voice needs to be off.

Good listeners pay attention to what the person speaking is saying.

So we need to be looking, keeping still, lips closed, but we also need to be thinking about what they are saying, paying attention.

And then, that will help us to understand what we are being told.

Okay, great job if you've got some of those.

So let's check your understanding.

How can we be a good listener? A, Look at the person who is speaking; B, Turn away from the person who is speaking; C, Keep our bodies still.

There might be more than one.

Pause the video and make your choice now.

Okay, let's see.

How can we be a good listener? That's right, we need to look at the person who is speaking.

Do we want to turn away from the person who's speaking? No, that wouldn't be very polite.

And well done! We want to keep our body nice and still, great job.

So when we share our opinions, we are sharing our thoughts and our feelings.

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

For example, I might say, "I like pasta." My partner might not like pasta, they might like pizza.

We are all different.

So, of course, we are going to have different opinions and that is a really good thing.

It would be a bit boring if everybody thought the same thing.

Yep, all of our favourite food is pizza.

All of our favourite sports is tennis.

It would be a little bit boring.

It's more interesting that we have different things and we all like different things.

So we are going to share our opinion, first of all, on food.

I've put a few examples of some different foods up on your screen.

So you can see the first one is a cheese sandwich.

I can see it in in a baguette roll with cheese in it and some tomatoes and lettuce.

The second one is a jacket potato with baked beans on top.

The third one is some spaghetti.

Spaghetti pasta with a bolognese sauce, kind of a tomato-mint sauce.

The next one is some sushi, which is fish on rice, and sometimes with some vegetables in it as well.

And the last one is a piece of salmon, type of pink fish, with some salad next to it.

I will have an opinion on these foods.

You might not like all of these, that's okay.

We can't like everything.

You might really, really dislike some of these, that's okay.

So I want you to discuss which food is your favourite out of these.

Or maybe none of them are and you want to come up with a different one and that's okay too.

You can come up with something completely different.

And are there any here that you don't like? Or is there a food that you really, really don't like? So you can use these speaking sentence starters.

"My favourite is." "I really like." "I don't like." "I think hmm is." So let me give you an example.

"My favourite is spaghetti bolognese." "I don't like salmon." Pause the video and discuss which food is your favourite and which do you not like now, have fun.

Okay, well done, everyone! Really interesting to hear all of the different opinions about these different types of foods.

So we are going to do a bit of my turn, your turn.

I am going to share my opinion about my favourite colour.

I've got a colour wheel there on the screen there to help me to think of all of the colours.

I will try to use all the skills for successful speaking.

So I need to speak loudly, clearly, need to try and look at the audience and I need to speak in full sentences.

Okay, on my favourite colour.

"My favourite colour is yellow.

I don't like the colour purple." Okay, I shared my opinion.

I shared what I liked and what I don't like.

I shared them in a full sentence.

And I use a nice, loud, clear voice.

Your turn, you will share your opinion about your favourite colour and the colour you don't like.

You will try to use all the skills for successful speaking: loud, clear voice, full sentences, looking at your partner or whoever you are sharing to, looking at your audience.

Okay, are you ready? Pause the video and share your favourite colour, a sentence about your favourite colour, and a sentence that you don't like now.

Off you go! Great speaking everyone.

I heard lots of loud, clear voices, lots of lovely full sentences.

Have a think about what you said.

Did you speak loudly and clearly? Did you speak in full sentences? Did you look at your audience? Amazing, well done! Okay, it is time for our first task.

You are going to discuss, you're going to take turns with a partner to share your opinion on these topics.

We've got animals, sport, stories, transport, games, or movies.

You can share what you like and what you dislike.

Remember to do the following: Use a loud, clear voice.

Speak in full sentences.

Look at the audience.

And you need to take turns and listen to your partner share their opinion.

So decide with your partner who's going to speak first and who's going to listen first.

Do all of these things when you're speaking and show really good listening when you're the listener.

You might want to use these sentence starters: "My favourite hmm is." "I like." "I don't like." So if I was doing it with my partner, you don't have to go in this order, but I'll start with animals.

Think in my head first.

"My favourite animal is a leopard." "I don't like snakes." And then, I would listen to my partner.

Maybe I'd go straight to transport.

I might say, "My favourite transport is an aeroplane." "I don't like buses." Okay, so pause the video and do this activity now, sharing your opinion.

Off you go.

Well done, everyone! Some amazing speaking and listening going on there.

Okay, have a think.

Did you do the following? Did you use a loud, clear voice? Show me thumbs up or thumbs down.

Did you speak in full sentences? Did you look at the audience, look at your partner? Did you take turns and listen to your partner's opinion? Well done if you do most or all of these.

Laura says, "We both said our favourite animal was a lion!" So her and her partner agreed on their favourite animal and sometimes that will happen.

It also shows she listened to her partner 'cause she knew what he said.

Jacob said, "I said my favourite sport was tennis, but my partner doesn't like tennis!" So they had a different opinion there.

But that doesn't matter.

You were just listening and learning about each other.

Well done, everyone! Okay, so we have done our first learning cycle.

We've learned to give an opinion in a full sentence.

And now we're moving on to using because to explain your opinion.

Sharing your opinion can be improved, that means made better, by explaining why you have that opinion.

We can use the word because to explain why you like or dislike something.

My turn, your turn: because.

Because, a really useful word for explaining.

Sofia says, "My favourite food is pizza because I like how you can choose lots of different toppings." Yeah, I really agree with Sofia here.

It does make it quite an exciting food, doesn't it? Because you can mix it up a little bit.

Reasons help us to understand and explain things.

So now I understand why Sofia really likes pizza.

Let's check your understanding.

Which word can you use to explain your opinion? A, and; B, because; C, but.

Pause the video and choose the word now.

Okay, well done if you said because.

It is absolutely right.

Because is a really good word for explaining.

Okay, so this time, we are going to give our opinion on our favourite food, but we are also going to tell our partner why.

Okay, why? And we are going to try and use the word because.

So just like last time, look at these foods, or you might choose a food that's not there and that's absolutely fine.

And you can tell them which is your favourite and why using because.

So if I was going to do this, I might say, "My favourite food is sandwiches because you can choose lots of different things to go inside them." Okay, you might say, "I don't like sushi because I don't really like fish." And that would be fair enough.

That gives a reason why you don't like sushi.

I don't like the taste of fish.

So let's practise those speaking frames.

My turn, your turn: "My favourite food is." "I don't like hmm because." Okay, so take it in turns to tell your partner your favourite food and why, what you don't like and why.

And then listen to your partner share their opinion.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Great speaking, everyone! And lots of really, really interesting reasons given.

Okay, let's do a bit of my turn, your turn practise.

I'm going to tell you my favourite sport.

I'm going to use because in my sentence to explain why.

And I also don't want to forget all of those speaking skills loudly, clearly, looking at my audience, and full sentences.

Okay, "My favourite sport is swimming because I love splashing in the water when it's summer." So I spoke in a full sentence.

I spoke loudly and clearly and I gave a reason why using because.

Your turn, you are going to share your favourite sport.

You are going to use because in your sentence to explain why.

So have a think first.

What is your favourite sport? Use the starter, "My favourite sport is hmm because." Loudly, clearly looking at your audience.

Are you ready? Pause the video and share your favourite sport now.

Amazing, how interesting! So many different reasons why.

Well done if you used a full sentence saying, "My favourite sport is hmm because," great job! I am now going to tell you my least favourite sport.

I am going to use because in my sentence to explain why.

So we're talking about our likes and our dislikes today.

Okay, "My least favourite sport," I need a full sentence thinking in my head so I can say my full sentence and speak nice and clearly.

"I don't like football because I don't like being tackled and I find the rules a bit confusing." You are going to share your least favourite sport.

You are going to use because in your sentence to explain why.

You can use this starter, "I don't like hmm because." Have a think in your head first, what sport do you not like? Or maybe you like all of them, but maybe there's a least favourite and explain why.

So remember looking at your audience, loud, clear voice,.

and a full sentence.

Are you ready? Pause the video and share your least favourite sport now.

Brilliant, well done everyone! Okay, it's time for our final task of the day.

You are going to take turns with a partner to share your opinion on these topics, the same topics we had in task A: animals, sports, stories, transport, games, and movies.

Share what you like and dislike and explain why using the word because.

Remember to do the following: Use a loud, clear voice.

Speak in full sentences.

Look at your audience, look at your partner.

And make sure you take turns and listen to your partner share their opinion.

So decide who will speak first and who will listen first.

Speaker, choose a topic.

Say what you like and what you dislike.

And then partner, listen, and swap over.

You might use these sentence starters: "My favourite hmm is hmm because." "I don't like hmm because." So I might say, "My favourite story is 'Oi Frog!' because I find it really funny." Okay, so take it in turns with your partner to share your opinion on all on these topics.

Pause the video and off you go.

Brilliant, great sharing, everyone! Have a think back.

Did you do the following? Did you use a loud, clear voice? Did you speak in full sentences? Did you explain why using because? Did you take turns and listen to your partner's opinion? Well done if you think you did all of these.

Laura said, "My favourite movie is 'Encanto' because I love the magical powers each family member has." Oh yeah, I love that too.

And Jacob said, "My least favourite mode of transport is the tube because I find it too noisy." Yeah, they can be really, really noisy, can't they? Well done for sharing and explaining your opinion.

What a busy lesson we have had.

Let's have a look at all of the things we've learned.

We've learn things you like or dislike are called your opinions.

We've learned that using the word because will allow you to explain why you like or dislike something.

We've learned that speaking in full sentences helps the listener understand what is being said.

And we've also learned, and we've practised doing this a lot, when talking with someone, it's important to take turns and listen to what the other person is saying.

Hopefully, you can use all of these skills throughout all of your learning at school.

And I hope you will share your opinion with lots of people and also learn a bit more about your friends by listening to their opinions and find out what they like or don't like.

Well done on an amazing lesson of learning today and I hope to see you again soon.