Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name is Miss Clarke.

I'm really pleased you've made the decision to come and learn with me today.

We've got an exciting lesson today where we are going to be performing a poem for an audience.

We're going to learn lots and lots of really useful skills about performing, and most of all have lots and lots of fun.

So let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is I can perform a poem for an audience.

So you are going to perform a poem with other people watching.

These are our keywords for today's lesson.

So these are the words that are really, really important and that are going to help us with our learning today.

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

My turn.

Your turn.

Audience.

Audience.

An audience is a group of people watching a show or an event.

I bet to you have been part of an audience before.

Volume.

Volume.

Volume refers to how loud or how quiet someone speaks.

And the last one, nursery rhyme.

Nursery rhyme.

A nursery rhyme is a type of poem or short song often read or sung to or by young children.

I bet you know lots and lots of nursery rhymes.

So in our lesson today, it's going to be broken up into two parts.

In the first part, we are going to be preparing to perform a poem.

And in the second part, we will be performing a poem.

It's really, really important when you perform that you practise and prepare beforehand.

It will help us to feel more confident, and it'll help us to do the best we can with our performance.

So let's get started, everyone.

Okay, have a look at these three pictures.

The first picture, I can see a clock and a mouse at the top of it.

The second picture, I can see a shepherdess and some sheep.

She looks like she's looking for them.

And then the third picture, I can see a mummy duck and five little ducks.

Can you turn to your partner and discuss what is the link between all of these pictures? What are they all? Pause the video and chat to your partner now.

Well done if you said they are all from nursery rhymes.

We've got "Hickory Dickory Dock," we've got "Little Bow Peep," and we've got "Five Little Ducks." Nursery rhymes are often enjoyed by young children.

Can you put your hand up if you know some nursery rhymes and wiggle your fingers if you like listening or singing nursery rhymes? Amazing.

So nursery rhymes are a type of poem.

Poems are a type of fiction text that are often short.

Fiction.

Hmm, what does fiction mean, everybody? Fiction is something that is made up or imagined.

It's not real.

And poems are fictional.

That means they're made up and they're often very short, a lot shorter than stories you would know and read.

Poems are written to entertain whoever is reading or listening.

Entertain means to get someone to enjoy it.

So if you're reading or listening to it, you want to enjoy what you're reading or listening to.

Nursery rhymes can be sung to an audience.

So you can say nursery rhymes.

And often they have a little tune that goes with them and you can sing them as well.

Now talk to your partner and discuss can you name a nursery rhyme or a poem that you know? See how many you and your partner can come up with.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Wow, so many nursery rhymes and poems that you guys know.

Okay, let's check your understanding.

True or false? A nursery rhyme is a type of poem.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video and make your choice now.

Okay, let's see if you were right.

Well done if you said true.

It is a type of poem.

Nursery rhymes are often easy to learn and remember.

So here's a nursery rhyme I bet you know.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." Now wiggle your fingers if you know this one already off by heart, that means you have all the words in your head already.

Wow.

Lots of you.

And some of you might not know this one yet.

That's okay.

We can't know all of the nursery rhymes, but they are really easy to learn and remember.

And today we are going to try and learn and remember "Twinkle, Twinkle" and perform it for our friends.

Now a little trick.

What do you notice about these two words? Star, are.

What do you notice? Star, are.

That's right.

They rhyme.

The rhyming words can really help you to remember them.

And I've got two rhyming words here.

High and sky.

They don't have the same spelling on the end of that word, but they sound the same, and that's what makes it rhyme.

So let's say the nursery rhyme aloud together.

Sitting up nice and straight, get ready.

I'd like everybody joining in and saying it with me.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." Great job, everyone.

I am now going to say the nursery rhyme aloud, and then you are going to say the nursery rhyme after.

We want to try and remember all of the words without looking.

But if you need to look, it is also written down.

So my turn first.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." Now you are going to say the nursery rhyme aloud.

So sitting up in a nice loud, clear voice, see if you can know all the words.

Pause the video and say the nursery rhyme "Twinkle Twinkle" aloud.

Off you go.

Amazing.

Did you remember all the words? Great job if you did, and if you didn't, don't worry.

Have another go now and see if you can learn them and get to know all the words so you can say it off by heart.

Today we are going to perform "Twinkle Twinkle" to an audience.

A performance is a show that you put on for others.

Have you ever been part of a show or performance before? So here in this picture we have the stage.

Maybe you've put on a show on a stage, maybe you've been to a show where there've been performers on a stage.

And in the seats or on the floor sit the audience.

The audience is a group of people who watch a show or an event.

Can you put your thumbs up if you've been part of an audience before? And can you put your thumbs up if you have been in a performance before? And don't worry if you haven't performed in front of others yet, today we're going to really, really practise to get our confidence up for performing in front of others.

Okay, let's check your understanding.

True or false? An audience is a show that you put on for others.

Pause the video and decide is that true or false? Off you go.

Okay, what do you think? Well done if you said false.

An audience is not a show that you put on for others.

That's a performance.

An audience is a group of people who watch the show or performance.

Okay, well done.

Okay, can you discuss with your partner what makes a successful speaker? Successful means doing something really well.

So what makes a good speaker? What do you have to do to speak really well? Pause the video and chat to your partner.

Lots of brilliant ideas.

Well done.

So you might have got some of these.

A successful speaker will speak loudly, speak clearly, speak in full sentences, and stand up to speak and look at the audience.

The volume of our voice is how loud or how quiet it is.

When we are speaking, especially when we're speaking in front of an audience, our voice should be loud and our voice should be clear.

This does not mean shouting.

Shouting might be for playground games or if you're trying to get somebody's attention and they can't hear you and it's very noisy.

When we're speaking in front of an audience, we need to be loud so someone can hear us, so that the people listening can hear what we are saying.

And speaking with good volume helps to keep the audience's attention.

That means the audience will keep focused on you and will keep listening to you.

If you are speaking too quietly, the audience are going to stop listening 'cause it's so difficult for them to hear.

We also need to try and speak with a really clear voice, speaking quite slowly, and really emphasising the sounds in the words, and trying not to sound too mumbled.

So I am going to say the nursery rhyme "Twinkle Twinkle" aloud.

And I'm going to use a loud, clear voice.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." Now it's your turn to say the nursery rhyme aloud.

You are going to use a loud, clear voice.

Are you ready? Sitting up straight.

If you need the words, they're there.

And if you don't need the words, try doing it without.

Loud and clear, nice and slow.

Pause the video and say the nursery rhyme aloud.

Wow, you guys sounded amazing.

Well done.

I'm going to say the nursery rhyme aloud again.

This time it's asking me to stand to speak and look at the audience.

Now if I stand up, my head will be cut out of the camera, so I'm not going to stand.

I'm just going to sit up nice and straight, but I'm going to try and look at the audience.

Okay.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." So I looked at the audience all the time.

Now you are going to say the nursery rhyme aloud again.

And you are going to stand to speak, so can everybody stand up? And you are going to look at the audience, whoever might be watching you.

That might be a partner.

It might be somebody at home.

Maybe you don't have anybody.

You can look in the mirror.

What we don't want to do is be looking at the floor or looking around.

We want to be looking out at who we're speaking to.

Are you ready? Eyes at the audience.

Loud, clear voice.

Standing up to speak.

Pause the video and say the nursery rhyme aloud now.

Brilliant, everybody.

Well done.

Give yourselves a big pat on the back.

You did that so brilliantly.

So it is time for our first task of the lesson.

And your task is to perform "Twinkle Twinkle" to your partner.

So we're practising performing to a partner, not to a big group at the moment.

Remember to do the following.

Stand up to speak, use a loud voice, speak clearly, and really try to look at your audience.

Look at your partner.

Listen to your partner and tell them what they did well.

Maybe their voice was really clear or maybe them standing up really helped you to listen.

And then swap roles, so then you will listen to your partner perform.

Here are the words to "Twinkle Twinkle" just in case you need them, okay? So decide who's partner A, who's partner B.

Partner A go first, standing up, and perform "Twinkle Twinkle" to your partner.

Have fun.

Pause the video and off you go.

Amazing job, guys.

Really wonderful performances.

So thinking about your partner's performance, did your partner stand up to speak? Did they use a loud voice? Did they speak clearly so you could understand all the words? And did they look at the audience? Did they look at you when they were performing? Have a think, and if you haven't already, give some feedback to your partner.

Tell them what they did well.

Let's see.

Laura here said to her partner, "You spoke loudly so I could hear you and I kept watching." Great idea, Laura.

So they spoke loudly, you could hear, but you also kept engaged, you kept listening.

And Jacob said to his partner, "I liked that you looked at the audience and not at the floor." Well done to Jacob's partner for looking at the audience.

Really, really good job.

Some amazing performing already going on.

So it's time for the second part of our lesson where we will be performing the poem.

Now we've talked about using a loud, clear voice, standing to speak, and looking at the audience, but there are other things we can do to make our performance really exciting to watch and to keep our audience's attention.

So we could use actions and movements, and we can use facial expressions.

So happy faces, scared faces, amazed faces.

Using actions and facial expressions helps to add to a poem's meaning so that someone watching or listening will understand the poem better if you add some of these in.

Okay, let's check your understanding.

Which of these make a performance more exciting to watch? a, actions and movements, b, facial expressions, or c, sitting on a chair.

Pause the video and make your choices now.

Okay, let's see.

If you said actions and movements, that's absolutely right.

And also facial expressions.

Sitting on a chair would be a little bit boring to watch I think.

It's more interesting to move and do some actions and change your face as well.

Okay, thinking about "Twinkle Twinkle," can you discuss with your partner? Think of some actions and movements you could use when performing "Twinkle Twinkle." So here is the nursery rhyme written down.

So you might take some of the words and decide what actions you might use to kind of show the listener the meaning of those words.

Okay, have a chat to your partner now.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Okay, well Sam came up with this brilliant idea.

She said, "I will open and close my hands like a star twinkling for the words 'Twinkle, twinkle.

'" So going, "Twinkle, twinkle little star." Brilliant idea, Sam.

And Andeep said, "I will point above my head for the words 'so high.

'" "Up above the world so high." Brilliant idea.

I wonder what your ideas were.

Were they similar or were they different? I am going to say the nursery rhyme aloud.

I am going to use actions and movements to add meaning.

I don't want to use too many, but I want to use enough to add meaning and make it interesting for my audience.

Okay, watching me carefully.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." So I added an action for each line of the nursery rhyme.

Now it's your turn.

You are going to say the nursery rhyme aloud.

And you are going to use actions and movements to add meaning.

Okay, pause the video.

Say the nursery rhyme aloud using some actions and movements.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

What actions did you use? I hope you had some really good ideas.

Now, facial expressions can help to show our feelings.

What facial expressions could you use when performing "Twinkle Twinkle" to add meaning? Maybe you're amazed or maybe you think it's so wonderful and beautiful.

Think about some facial expressions you might use when performing the poem.

Pause the video and discuss with a partner now.

Sam said, "I will open my eyes wide to show wonder." Yeah, absolutely.

If you're wondering something, you might open your eyes wide.

Really good idea, Sam.

And Andeep said, "I will smile to show amazement and happiness at the star." Absolutely.

So the star in the sky, maybe you think that's so amazing it makes you happy.

You'll give a big smile.

Thank you for those ideas.

So I am going to say the nursery rhyme aloud again, and I'm going to use facial expressions to add meaning.

Okay.

"Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." So I was wondering, I was doing a slightly confused face because I was wondering what you are.

I'm not sure.

And then I stole Andeep's idea of smiling at the diamond in the sky.

It's your turn.

You are going to say the nursery rhyme aloud, and you are going to use facial expressions to add meaning.

So pause the video and off you go.

Wow, brilliant facial expressions.

Which ones did you use? Maybe you used some the same, maybe you used a different one.

Now we can perform on our own, in small groups, or in big groups.

When we are not performing, we are the audience.

It's one of our keywords there.

To be a polite audience, we need to use good listening skills.

How can we be a good listener? Can you talk to your partner and discuss what makes a good listener? How can we show we are listening? How can we be a good listener? Pause the video and come up with some ideas with your partner.

Off you go.

Some brilliant ideas there.

So good listeners look at the person who is speaking.

You're not looking around the room, you're not looking at the floor, you're not looking out the window.

You are showing you are interested in what they're saying by looking at the speaker.

Good listeners keep their bodies nice and still.

We don't want to be moving around the room.

We don't want to be wiggling around 'cause that's distracting for the speaker and other people listening.

And we want to show respect by showing we're listening.

So we want to try, I know it's not easy to keep completely still all the time, but we want to try and keep as still as we can.

Good listeners keep their lips closed.

We wouldn't be being a polite audience if we were just chatting to our partner while someone was speaking, would we? We need to keep our lips closed when we're listening so that we can all hear the speaker.

And good listeners pay attention to what the person speaking is saying.

So we're not only looking and sitting still, we're also thinking about what they're saying.

I am sure you can all show really good listening skills today.

So you are going to be my audience, and I'm going to perform "Twinkle Twinkle" to you.

I want you to think about something that went well, something I could improve, and you can share these with me after my performance.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." Okay, I think you've got some feedback for me.

Andeep, "It was good when you used your hands to show the twinkling star." Thanks, Andeep.

"I also liked it because you spoke at a good volume." That's good.

Sam says, "You could add more facial expressions to show how you feel." Thanks, Sam.

I completely forgot to do the facial expressions, didn't I? Well, that's why we practise.

Your feedback will help me with my next performance because next time I know I want to keep doing what Andeep liked, but I also need to add my facial expressions that Sam asked me to.

Thank you for the feedback.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false? Supportive feedback is helpful.

Pause the video and decide is that true or is that false? It's true.

Well done if you said that.

It's really helpful.

I know sometimes it's not always nice to hear something that wasn't so good about something that we've done, but actually we need to turn it into a positive and think, "Okay, so Sam said I didn't use enough facial expressions.

That's okay.

Next time I know I can do it better." I don't take it too personally and I don't get too upset about it because I think that's just part of learning.

We can't get everything right all of the time.

It is time for your performance.

Perform "Twinkle Twinkle" to your class or to a small group.

Your teacher will help to organise you.

Remember to do all the following.

Quite a lot to remember now.

Use a loud, clear voice, stand up to speak, look at the audience, include some actions and movements, and use facial expressions.

And the audience can give you some feedback.

And really importantly, try and enjoy yourself.

Pause the video and perform "Twinkle Twinkle" now.

Really fantastic performances, everybody.

So did your performance include a loud, clear voice, standing up to speak? Did you look at the audience? Did you use actions and movements? Did you use facial expressions? And most importantly, did you enjoy performing? I hope you did.

Laura says "You used lots of actions." Brilliant.

And Jacob says, "You could have looked at the audience more and your volume could have been a bit louder." So thank you for that feedback, Jacob.

Whoever was Jacob's partner, I hope your partner can take that on and remember it for their next performance.

What an amazing lesson we've had today performing a poem, a nursery rhyme, for an audience.

So let's have a look at some of the key points of our learning.

We've learned standing to speak helps to get the audience's attention.

Successful speaking includes speaking clearly and at the right volume so everyone can hear.

Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.

Speaking with volume helps to hold the audience's attention, helps them to listen.

And nursery rhymes are a type of poem that can entertain an audience.

I hope you enjoyed today's lesson, and I hope you can use lots of the skills we've practised today in lots of other lessons and other areas of your learning.

And I hope as you keep practising , the more you perform, the more confident you get during little performances for others.

So thank you so much, everyone, for joining in today, and I hope to see you again soon.