Lesson video

Hello, I'm Miss Corbett and thank you so much for learning with me today.

Today's lesson is called Writing Descriptive Sentences.

So I hope you have your writing hands ready and your imagination to think of some great descriptions.

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

It would also be great if you had somebody to talk to, but don't worry if not.

As we are writing today, you need something to write with, a pen or a pencil, and you need something to write on.

It would be great if your paper that you have has lines so we can write really neatly and you need to find somewhere to sit comfortably.

Maybe you need to pause the video now to make sure you have all of that ready.

Pause the video now if you need to.

Today's lesson outcome is I can write descriptive sentences using adjectives and powerful verbs.

Very exciting.

Here are our key words to help us get there.

Remember, don't worry if you don't know what they all mean 'cause we will get through them within this lesson.

Are you ready? My turn, then your turn.

Character.

Describe.

Noun.

Adjective.

Verb.

Fantastic, and thank you so much for joining in with me.

Now let's go onto our first part of our lesson, using adjectives.

One of our key words straight away.

Nouns are naming words, another one of our keywords.

Nouns name people, places, or things.

Let's try and get that in our head.

Nouns name people, places, or things.

Fantastic.

People, places, or things.

So, straightaway have a think.

Which of these words are nouns? People, places, or things? We have young, girl, magical, and pot.

Which of those are nouns? Pause the video now.

The nouns are.

Let's see if you got it.

Remember that nouns are naming words, naming people, places, and things.

So the nouns are girl, a type of person, and pot, a thing.

Young might be a describing word to describe the girl and magical might describe the pot.

Nouns are places and things in the story as well as the characters.

So we've got to think about all of those things.

These nouns are all people in "The Magic Porridge Pot" and we call them characters.

Well done.

We have got Jin, grandmother, the old woman, and the villagers.

They're all characters and because they are people, it means they are nouns.

Jin is a specific name of someone so the word Jin has a capital letter because it is a proper noun.

Now here's another one of our key words, an adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Adjective.

An adjective describes a noun.

Fantastic.

So an adjective adds detail to the nouns.

We're going to use adjectives to describe the woman, old woman's character.

So the old woman in the story is our noun, so we can describe the old woman using adjectives and we will think about her personality or her character traits.

For example, we say she is kind because she gives the porridge pots away.

So inside she is kind, that's her personality, and we can think about her appearance, what she looks like on the outside such as old, another adjective, or grey.

And her hair, which is a noun, is grey, grey hair.

Here is a list of adjectives to describe the old woman and we're going to think, are these adjectives describing her personality or her appearance? Kind, mysterious, generous, wise, and enchanting.

Hmm? Are those adjectives describing what she looks like, her appearance, or are they describing her personality? Have a think.

Personality or appearance? Could you tell me in five seconds? Five, four, three, two, one.

Her personality, well done.

What she's like as a person on the inside.

Let's have a look at these ones then.

Old, small, wrinkly, and grey hair.

Out of those words, the adjective is grey and describing the noun hair.

So if kind, mysterious, generous, wise, and enchanting are describing her personality, old, small, wrinkly, and grey for hair are describing her appearance, what she looks like.

Adjectives can be used to describe places and things, as well as people.

So we can think of adjectives to describe the things and the places in the story "The Magic Porridge Pot" too.

So, let's think of some places and some things.

The places we have are the forest and the village.

How could we describe them? And the things that we have are the pot and the porridge.

Hmm.

Let's add an adjective to describe each of these nouns.

Let's have a look.

Lush forest.

Can you say that? Lush forest.

I'm imagining it all green and leafy.

Busy village.

Now let's think about the things.

Magical pot and scrumptious porridge.

So for each of those nouns, we've added an adjective.

What do you notice about where the adjective is? Where does it come around the noun? Pause the video and have a think.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

Well done if you said that the adjective is before the noun.

Lush forest, busy village, magical pot, scrumptious porridge.

If you had it the other way round, it wouldn't quite make sense.

Forest lush, village busy wouldn't quite make sense.

So an adjective often, not always, but often comes before the noun it is describing.

The young girl lived with her grandmother.

The magical pot began to bubble.

Tall trees swayed in the forest.

So, the first sentence, we have the young girl.

My adjective is next to my noun girl.

So the adjective is young.

The young girl lived with her grandmother.

The magical pot began to bubble.

My noun in that sentence is pot.

So where is my adjective if it often comes before the noun it's describing? The mm pot began to bubble.

The magical pot began to bubble.

Tall trees swayed in the forest.

I have two nouns there, trees and forest.

The forest, there's no adjective there.

Mm trees, my adjective is tall.

Well done.

So, true or false, get your thumbs ready.

An adjective always comes after the noun it is describing.

After the noun it's describing.

So let me think.

Tall trees, magical pot, young girl.

Is my adjective coming after or before my noun? An adjective always comes after the noun it is describing.

True or false, show me your thumbs in five seconds.

Five.

Let me see.

Well done if you are saying false.

An often comes before the noun it is describing.

It doesn't really come after the noun it is describing and even then, it's never always 'cause sentences might change.

Now it's your turn to try and sort the adjectives that best describe these nouns 'cause these are all adjectives, but it doesn't mean that we can use them for everything.

We have got the nouns Jin, porridge, and forest.

Then you have some adjectives to choose and you need to choose two adjective, adjectives for each noun.

Are you listening to the adjectives? Tasty, green, caring, kind, hot, and leafy.

You are going to look at those adjectives and think which one best describes the noun.

To help you, you might want to say them before the noun.

Tasty Jin.

Green Jin.

Caring Jin and so on.

Pause the video and off you go.

Fantastic.

Let's see how you got on.

We have got to describe Jin, caring Jin or kind Jin.

Those adjectives are describing someone's personality so they don't often describe things or places.

Then for porridge we have tasty porridge and hot porridge.

So tasty is describing what something tastes like.

So most often it's a thing, a food or a drink.

And then hot porridge as well.

Then for forest we have green forest.

All adjectives, all colours, sorry, are adjectives so you can always use them to describe.

Green forest and leafy forest.

Did you manage to get all of those adjectives? Well done if you did.

Let's move on to the next part of our lesson using verbs.

Verbs is another one of our key words.

A verb is a doing or a being word.

Could you say that after me? A verb is a doing or a being word.

Fantastic.

A verb can tell us what someone or something is doing, will do, or already has done.

So a verb, something what someone is doing.

We've got swimming, reading, and running.

They are all things that we can do, so they are verbs.

We can use verbs when we are retelling a story.

So the verbs that we are going to use are in the past tense because they are actions that have already happened.

The story of "The Magic Porridge Pot" has already happened so the verbs that we are going to use are in the past tense.

So we have swimming, reading, and running.

Let's see what happens when they change to the past tense.

Swimming, I am swimming.

Last week I swam in the swimming pool.

Reading, I am reading.

(gasps) Last night I read a book before I went to bed.

Running goes to ran.

(gasps) Yesterday I ran to school because I was a bit late.

So we are going to be using verbs in the past tense.

The verbs in the story tell us what someone has done or what has happened.

This helps us to imagine the story in our heads by picturing what the characters are doing or have done.

So let's have a look.

Jin explored the bamboo forest.

Explored is our verb there and we can imagine Jin exploring through the forest.

She met a mysterious woman.

Met is a verb, it's something that she did.

So we can imagine Jin meeting the old woman for the first time.

The wise woman gave her a magical porridge pot.

Gave is the verb, it's something that the wise woman did.

She whispered the magic words.

Whispered and that tells us how the words were said.

So verbs can tell us about a character's actions.

Which of these are verbs? Always thinking.

Which of these have been done or are actions? Are you listening? Forest, whispered, wise, or ran? Which of those are doing words or verbs? Pause the video and have a think.

Let's see if you got it.

The verbs are whispered because if you speak, you're doing something.

And ran 'cause if you ran or are running, that's something you do.

Forest is a noun, a naming word for a place and wise is an adjective.

You might say the wise old woman.

So verbs add to the description of events.

So look at this sentence again.

She whispered the magic words.

"Cook, little pot, cook." Because of the word whispered, that made me whisper what was said.

Let's change the verb and see how that changes the description.

She bellowed the magic words, "Cook, little pot, cook!" Hmm.

That's not what happened.

Or she yelled the magic words, "Cook, little pot, cook!" That's not what happened.

So that's why it's so important that we choose verbs carefully when we are writing so we can really help everybody imagine what actually happened in the story.

So look at these sentences from the story.

Jin hurried home.

She chanted the magic words.

The pot bubbled.

Can you find the verb in each of those sentences, the things that have been done? Pause the video and find the verbs.

Off you go.

Let's see if you found them.

Jin hurried home.

Hurried is the verb, something that Jin did.

She chanted, a way of speaking, the magic words.

And the pot bubbled, something that the pots did.

So we know that a verb is a doing or a being word so all of those are things that have been done.

Verbs are chosen really carefully to help describe the events in a story.

Jin hurried home.

This shows that Jin is excited to get back home.

She chanted the magic words.

This shows that she repeated them in a sing-song type voice, "Cook, little pot, cook." The pot bubbled.

This shows that the porridge is boiling and so hot.

If the verb was different, this would change what happened in the story? Let's see.

Jin plodded home, which means she wasn't excited to return with the pot.

She mumbled the magic words, "Cook, little pot, cook." The pot froze.

(gasps) It turned to ice? Is that what happened? No.

That's why it's so important to choose the verbs carefully.

So, true or false? Give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

Verbs can change the meaning of a sentence.

Can they change the meaning of something? True or false? I'll give you five seconds.

Five.

Can they change the meaning of a sentence? Yes, we've just seen that they can really change what actually happened because they're talking about things that happened, actions.

So look at these verbs.

Jin went home.

Hmm, that doesn't give us much information.

Whizzed, Jin whizzed home.

Jin dashed home.

Jin sped home.

Jin zoomed home.

Jin rushed home.

Or Jin raced home.

They all show that Jin went back home quickly because she was excited.

So they're all verbs meaning the same thing but ways to explain that Jin went home quickly.

Which verb do you like best? Jin mm home.

Could you choose one? I'll give you five seconds.

Have you chosen one? Which one do you like the best? (gasps) Keep that one in your head 'cause you're going to practise.

I am going to choose a verb that shows Jin left the forest quickly, hmm? Which one am I going to choose? Rushed.

I have chosen rushed.

I'm going to put that now into a sentence.

Jin rushed home from the forest.

Could you say that with me? Jin rushed home from the forest.

Now, you will choose a verb that shows Jin left her forest, left the forest quickly, and then you will turn it into a sentence.

Jin mm home from the forest.

We had whizzed, sped, dashed, raced, zoomed.

Which one are you going to choose? Pause the video.

Jin mm home from the forest.

Pause the video now.

Can I hear your sentence? (gasps) That sounds fantastic, but you know what? I think we can make our sentence even better because we are going to choose an adjective to describe the forest in our sentence.

My adjective is lush, which means it's leafy, full, and green.

I'm going to turn this into a sentence including my verb.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

Now you will choose an adjective to describe the forest.

You might have lush the same as me, green, shadowy, mysterious, leafy.

Which one are you going to choose? Then you will turn this into a sentence including your verb.

Jin mm home, that's your verb.

From the mm forest.

So your noun is forest, so you need an adjective to describe the forest.

Jin mm home from the mm forest.

Pause the video now and say your sentence.

Can I hear your sentence? (gasps) Those sentences sound fantastic.

We are going to write that sentence soon so we are going to plan that sentence aloud.

I'm going to plan mine first.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

So we are going to say the sentence.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

Then say your sentence in a silly voice.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

Then say it again with a capital letter, finger space, and full stop.

Capital letter, Jin.

Finger space, rushed, finger space, home, finger space, from, finger space, the, finger space, lush, finger space, forest.

Full stop.

Then I'm going to tell somebody else my sentence.

I'm going to tell you.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

Then I'm going to get my pencil.

I'm going to whisper it to my pencil.

Jin rushed home from the lush forest.

Now it's your turn to say your sentence in all of those ways so it's stuck in your head.

Pause the video and off you go.

Fantastic.

Here are some examples that I heard.

Jin charged home from the green forest.

Jin raced home from the shadowy forest.

I think you're ready to write your sentence.

Are you ready to write it? Fantastic.

Let's move on to the final parts of our lesson.

Here is our success criteria for today's lesson.

Use capital letters at the start of sentences and a full stop at the end.

You are going to use a verb to explain how Jin got home.

Rushed, raced, sped, zoomed.

You're going to use an adjective to describe the forest and you're going to use phonics to sound out and spell words.

Let's see if this sentence has met our success criteria.

Jin dashed home from the leafy forest.

Hmm, has it got a capital letter? Could you point to it for me? At the start of the sentence.

And has it got a full stop at the end? Yes, it has.

There's that tick.

Use a verb to explain how Jin got home.

Jin mm home from the leafy forest.

Where's my verb? Dashed.

There's my verb.

Use an adjective to describe the forest.

Jin dashed home from the forest.

Where's my adjective? Leafy.

And I've used phonics to sound out and spell those words.

I've stretched and I've wrote, I meant robot talk, sounded out those words really well.

I'm going to say my sentence out loud one more time to help me remember it.

Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

Can you say your sentence one last time out loud to help you remember it.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

I think you're ready to write.

But first, you're going to help me write my sentence.

I am ready to write my sentence.

I have my success criteria stuck on my page with lines in to write.

I have a pen to write with and I'm sitting comfortably.

Before I start, I'm going to remind myself of my success criteria.

Use capital letters at the start of sentences and a full stop at the end.

Use a verb to explain how Jin got home.

Use an adjective to describe the forest.

And use phonics to sound out and spell words.

So my sentence that I've been practising is Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

Rushed is my verb, leafy is my adjective.

So I think I'm ready to go.

I'm going to say my sentence with my capital letter and my full stop one more time.

Capital letter, Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

Okay, I'm going to start writing.

Can you stretch the word Jin for me? Jin.

J-I-N, Jin.

I need to start my sentence with a capital letter and I'm going to start next to the margin.

J-I-N.

Jin.

J-I-N, Jin.

Jin rushed.

Could you stretch it for me? Rushed.

R-U-S-H-T, rusht.

Okay.

R-U-S-H, a digraph.

Rusht.

T.

R-U-S-H-T, rusht, hmm.

That doesn't look right.

(gasps) My verb has the ed ending show that's in the past, so it's not a T even though it sounds like it.

It's an ED.

R-U-S-H-Ed, rushed, that's better.

Jin rushed home.

Stretch it for me.

Home.

H-O-Me, home.

Okay, finger space.

H, which O is it? O-M, it's my split digraph O.

O-M.

Home.

H-O-M, home.

Jin rushed home from.

Can you send that out with me as I write it? F-R-O-M.

From.

F-R-O-M, from.

Jin rushed home from the, that is a common exception word.

T-H-E, spells the.

Jin rushed home from the, ooh, I look like I'm starting to run out of space so I'm going to leave a line in case I need to make any changes and start again here.

Leafy.

Could you stretch it for me? Leafy.

L-E-A-F-Y, leafy.

L-E, hmm.

This E, E-A likes to be in the middle.

L-E-A-F-Y.

I know that the letter Y quite often makes the E sound for an adjective.

L-E-A-F-Y, leafy.

Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

F-O-R-E, now it sounds like an E but it's actually an E.

F-O-R-E-S-T, forest.

Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

I finished my sentence.

So what do I need? Shout it at me.

A full stop.

I think I finished my sentence.

Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

Let's check my success criteria.

Use capital letters at the start of sentences.

There's my capital letter.

And full stops at the end.

I did it.

Use a verb to explain how Jin got home.

Jin was my verb.

Jin rushed because that's how she travelled.

Jin rushed home.

So rushed is my verb and I remembered to check my spelling of rushed.

Use an adjective to describe the forest.

Jin rushed home from the, whereas the forest is my noun, my adjective comes before leafy.

And use phonics to sound out and spell words.

I sounded out all of those words and even corrected some mistakes.

So I'm going to tick that off.

Thank you for helping me with my sentence and now it's your turn.

Now you're going to write your sentence describing Jin going home.

Don't forget your success criteria to help you and check it once you're done.

Pause the video and off you go.

Wow! What fantastic sentences.

Let's have a look at this sentence and see if it's met the success criteria.

Jin rushed home from the leafy forest.

Has it got a capital letter and a full stop at the end? Yes it has.

Has it got a verb to explain how Jin got home? She rushed home.

Has it got an adjective to describe the forest? Leafy.

And has it used phonics to sound out and spell words? Yes, all of those words are correct.

Can you make sure now that you have checked your success criteria one last time? Pause the video and check your success criteria with your sentence.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

What a brilliant lesson today.

Thank you so much for learning with me.

We know that using descriptive language makes our writing more interesting.

We also now know that an adjective describes a noun and it's often put in front of or before the noun in the sentence, such as green forest.

Verbs are doing or being words and they are chosen carefully to help us imagine how someone has done something such as whizzed.

Adjectives can describe the appearance of someone or something, as well as the personality of someone.

I really hope to see you again soon and I hope you're really proud of your sentence that you've written.

Well done.

Bye.