Lesson video

Hi, I'm Miss Brooms, and I'm so very excited to be learning with you today.

I will be guiding you through our learning, and we're going to have such a great time.

So let's get started, shall we? Welcome to the lesson "Writing the end of the story: 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

'" Your outcome for today is I can write the end of a story.

So by the end of today's lesson, you should be able to write the end of the story from "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." For this lesson, you are going to need your looking eyes, your listening ears, your thinking brain, somebody to talk to, and something to write on.

Your keywords for today are simple sentence, capital letter, full stop, adjective, sequence.

Wow.

Great repeating.

If you haven't heard these words before, that's okay.

We're going to be focusing on them during this lesson.

Today, we are going to be looking at writing the end of the story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." We are going to be looking at preparing to write and writing the end of the story.

So let's start with preparing to write.

When we write, we need to always make sure that we're trying to use capital letters at the start of sentences and a full stop at the end.

We need to try and make sure that our letters are written neatly on the line, that we really use our phonics to sound out and spell words.

We also need to try to remember the spellings of some of our common exception words, which can be a little bit tricky, but we need to try and remember.

Hmm, when I'm preparing to write, I need to make sure that I'm looking at my success criteria.

My capital letters and full stops, my adjectives here, my sequencing language, and making sure that I'm reading back the sentence to make sure it makes sense.

This is my success criteria here.

Now have a look at this sentence, "first, the hungry goats lived in dry meadow" Does this meet the success criteria? Hmm? Well, I can see we've got a adjective that describes the characters and the setting.

The goats have been described as hungry.

The meadow has been described as dry.

And I can see that I've used sequencing language to order the events, first, but it doesn't make sense.

"first, the hungry goats lived in dry meadow" It doesn't make sense, and I haven't used a capital letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end.

Maybe I can fix it for my next sentence.

Right, I've noticed that I hadn't met my success criteria, so I added in a capital letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end.

I read back my sentence, and I thought, "Hmm, I need to add in a word to make sure that this sentence now makes sense.

"First, the hungry goats lived in a dry meadow." It makes sense now.

I've used my capital letter and my full stop.

My adjectives are still there to describe the characters and the setting, hungry goats, dry meadow.

My sequencing language is there to order the event, first, and I've read it back to make sure that it makes sense.

Tick.

Well done, me.

Now I would like you to use your story mountain to retell the story.

Now, we should already know this story, so have a look at the pictures, have a look at the sequencing language, and tell yourself the story using your story mountain, okay? I would like you to do that now.

Pause the video here.

Great retelling.

I could see how hard you were focused.

Now, towards the end of the story, the troll comes face to face with the largest billy goat, so it comes face to face with the largest billy goat.

I'm going to read pages seven and eight.

"The largest goat was brave and mighty and would not be deterred.

With strength and courage, he lowered his powerful horns and charged at the troll.

The troll went tumbling into the river below and disappeared with an enormous splash never to be seen again." Hmm, well done for your great listening using those listening ears.

Now I want you to use your thinking brain.

How does the largest goat stop the troll? From the pages that I've just read, how does the largest goat stop the troll? Can you turn to someone near to you and tell them now? Pause the video here.

Well done.

Great discussions.

So the largest goat charged at the troll knocking him into the river.

So the largest goat stops the troll by knocking him into the river.

Hmm, let's see if you can tell which of these events takes place towards the end of the story.

So which of these events happens near the end of the story? Is it a, b, or c? Can you show me on your fingers a, b, or c? Which of these events takes place near the end of the story? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Okay, show me on your fingers.

The answer is a.

This event happens near the end of the story when the goat knocks the troll into the river.

Well done if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

In this lesson, we are going to be writing the end of the story.

Suddenly, the biggest bravest Billy goat stood up to the mean troll.

After that, the goat knocked the mean troll into the river.

Finally, the three billy goats Gruff were happy in the lush green meadow.

The end.

Oh, what a great ending.

Now, when we use adjectives, it makes our writing much more interesting and much more detailed.

It also helps the reader imagine in their mind.

So adjectives describe nouns.

Adjectives.

That's one of our keywords.

Word banks give us ideas for different adjectives to include in our writing.

So if we're to start with the largest goat, some adjectives in our word bank could be courageous, large, powerful, brave.

All great language that we could use to describe the large goat.

So adjectives, they help to describe the goat's appearance and personality.

Which of these adjectives do you think best describes the largest goat towards the end of the story? a, upset, b, powerful, c, cheerful? Have a think.

Have a think of the adjective in this sentence.

Which one best describes the goat towards the end? "Suddenly, the mm goat charged at the fierce troll." Which adjective would you use? a, upset, b, powerful, c, cheerful.

Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Well done.

Okay, show me on your hands.

a, upset, b, powerful, c, cheerful.

Which of these adjectives best describes the largest goat towards the end of the story? The answer is b.

Powerful.

"Suddenly the powerful goat charged at the fierce troll." If you got that, great.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Now, let's describe the troll.

You could describe the troll as mean, selfish, fearsome, green, fierce, or angry.

Now, these adjectives are describing the troll's personality and appearance.

These adjectives are fantastic.

Word banks are so helpful.

Hmm, now which of these adjectives best describes the troll towards the end of the story? a, fierce, b, kind, c, cheerful.

Think about it in this sentence.

"Suddenly the brave goat charged at the mm troll." Which adjective would you choose? a, fierce, b, kind, c, cheerful.

Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Well done.

Okay, now, the answer is that describes the troll the best towards the end of the story would be, a, fierce.

"Suddenly the brave goat charged at the fierce troll." Well done if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Now, when we are writing, rehearsing a sentence out loud helps us to remember it.

So rehearsing a sentence out loud helps us remember the sentence in our minds.

So we've got to make sure we plan our sentences using adjectives to describe the characters and a verb to show how the goat moved.

So we're going to plan our sentence using adjectives to describe the characters and a verb to show how the goat moved.

Hmm, I have to think about my sentence.

Okay.

Hmm.

"Suddenly the mm goat charged at the mm troll." Okay, I need to think of an adjective to describe the goat in my sentence here and a verb to show how the goat moved.

I know.

I've got it.

"Suddenly the brave goat charged at the horrible troll." So to prepare my writing, I'm going to say my sentence in different ways.

First, I'm gonna say the sentence.

"Suddenly the brave charged at the horrible troll." Then I'm going to it in a silly voice.

"Suddenly the brave goat charged at the horrible troll." Then I'm going to say it again with a capital letter, finger space, and full stop.

Capital letter, suddenly, finger space, the, finger space, brave, finger space, goat, finger space, charged, finger space, at, finger space, the, finger space, horrible, finger space, troll, full stop.

Okay, I've got my capital letter and my sequencing language.

I've got an adjective to describe the goat.

So I describe the goat as brave.

I have an adjective to describe the troll.

I describe the troll as horrible, and I have my full stop.

Now, traditional tales usually have a happy ending for the kind characters.

So we can see at the end after that, the troll's pushed into the river, and finally, they all lived happily ever after in the lush green meadow.

So our kind characters are the goats.

Now, what happens to the troll at the end of the story? Which picture? a, b, or c? a, b, or c? Everyone show me on your fingers.

Show me.

Show me.

I'm gonna show you the answer in three, two, one.

b, the troll is knocked into the river at the end of the story.

Well done if you got b.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Now, the troll falls into the river at the end of the story.

After that, the brave billy goat pushed the troll into the river.

Now, we can use a word bank to choose different adjectives to describe the troll to make our writing more interesting.

Word banks are so, so useful.

So we can describe the troll as mean, selfish, fearsome, green, fierce, angry.

Really great repeating.

Hold those adjectives in your mind.

"After that, the mm troll sank into the cold river." We can use one of the adjectives from our word bank to help us fill in those gaps to think about adjectives, which will make our writing at the end so much more interesting.

Which adjective do you like best? Mean, selfish, fearsome, green, fierce, angry.

I want you to whisper in your hands which adjective you like best.

Just whisper it now.

I'm listening.

Well done.

Okay, now, which of these adjectives do you think best describes how the troll felt when he fell into the cold river? Which of these adjectives best describes how the troll felt when he fell into the cold river? How did he feel when he fell into the river? Was it a, angry, b, selfish, c, shy? a, b, or c? How did he feel? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Well done.

Okay, show me the answers on your hands.

Well done.

Okay, I'm going to show the answer in three, two, one.

a, the answer was a.

"After that, the angry troll fell into the cold river." Well done.

I would like you now to plan your sentence using adjectives to describe the characters.

We've been thinking about a lot of adjectives through this lesson.

Now it's your turn to plan your sentence using adjectives to describe the characters.

"After that, the mm troll fell into the cold river." Practise this sentence with me.

"After that, the mm troll," well done, "fell into the cold river." Lovely.

Now let's practise the whole thing.

Don't fill it in just yet.

"After that, the mm troll fell into the cold river." Very, very good repeating.

Now I would like you to turn to somebody near to you and fill in the gaps.

See if you can fill in the gap using adjectives to describe the characters.

If you can come up with your own sentence, that's great, but you can use my one too.

Just make sure you're really thinking of those adjectives.

Pause the video here.

Wow, well done.

What great adjectives I was hearing.

I might have said, "After that, the angry troll fell into the cold river." A capital letter I've used at the beginning and sequencing language.

My sequencing language is, "After that," okay? Now, sequence is one of our keywords, so we need to make sure that our story is in order.

Then I've also used an adjective to describe the characters, the character being the troll here, and I've described him as angry, and I've used a full stop at the end.

Now, at the end of the story, the goats get to the other side of the river, okay? So adjectives can also describe places.

So how can we describe the setting at the end of the story? We could try and make sure that we are using some adjectives, okay? So this word bank here has some adjectives that are describing the meadow as grassy, bright, luscious, green.

Well done.

Good repeating.

Now, how could you describe the setting at the end of the story? See if you can fill in the gap to my stem sentence? "Finally, the goats got to the mm meadow." Fantastic.

Now with your partner, fill in that gap.

I want you to describe the meadow.

What is it like? Pause the video here.

Good job.

Very good.

Now let's plan and rehearse the final sentence of the story.

"Finally, the goats got to the mm meadow." I would describe the meadow as being luscious.

"Finally, the goats got the luscious meadow." So I've said my sentence, now I'm gonna say it in a silly voice.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Said it in my silly voice, now I'm gonna say it with my capital letter, finger space, and full stop.

Capital letter, finally, finger space, the, finger space, goats, finger space, got, finger space, to, finger space, the, finger space, luscious, finger space, meadow, full stop.

I've said my sentence, now I'm going to tell someone.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Now I'm going to whisper my sentence.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow.

Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." I have got my sequencing language finally, and I've made sure I've used a capital letter.

I have got an adjective to describe the setting, so I've described the meadow as being luscious, and I've got a full stop at the end.

Now, luscious just means really lovely and green.

I have already written my first two sentences about the ending of the story.

I am now going to write my last sentence.

I have already written, "Suddenly," comma, "the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll." Full stop.

"After that," comma, "the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river." Full stop.

What could I put for my last sentence? What could I write? Hmm? Oh, I know.

"Finally, the goats got to the meadow." Now, before I write my sentence, I need to make sure my hands are nice and warmed up, so make sure your hands are also warmed up.

Then we've got to rehearse the sentence properly.

First, I'm going to say the sentence.

"Finally, the goats got to the meadow." Then I'm going to say the sentence in a silly voice.

"Finally, the goats got to the meadow." Now I'm going to say the sentence with a capital letter, finger space, and full stop.

Capital letter, finally, finger space, the, finger space, goats, finger space, got, finger space, to, finger space, the, finger space, meadow, full stop.

Now I'm going to tell someone my sentence.

"Finally, the goats got to the meadow." Now I'm going to whisper my sentence to my pen or pencil.

"Finally, the goats got to the meadow." Okay, now I'm ready to write.

I need to make sure I've got my capital letter, okay? Finally, here I am using my phonics.

Finally.

F-I-N-A-L-Y.

Y with a Y.

Finally, comma, the, T-H-E.

Finally, the goats.

G-OA-T-S.

Goats.

Finally, the goats got.

G-O-T.

Got.

Finally the goats got to.

T-O.

To.

Finally, the goats got to the.

The, T-H-E.

The.

The.

The.

Finally, the goats got to the meadow.

Meadow.

M-EA- D-OW.

Meadow.

Full stop.

"Finally, the goats got to the meadow." Full stop.

Have I used capital letters at the start of sentences and the full stop at the end? Capital letter.

Full stop.

Yes.

Capital letter.

Full stop.

Capital letter.

Full stop.

Yes, I have.

Tick.

Have I adjectives to describe the characters and setting? I've said the goat is powerful.

The troll is nasty.

I've said the troll is also selfish and the river is cold.

Hmm.

Meadow.

Oh, no.

I've forgotten to use an adjective for meadow.

I need to use an adjective to describe the setting.

What could I possibly use? Hmm? I know.

Luscious.

I can say, "Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Luscious.

L-U-S <v ->C-I-O-U-S.

</v> Luscious meadow.

Phew.

I can tick my success criteria.

Have I used sequencing language to order events? Yes, I have.

Suddenly, after that, finally.

Tick.

And I need to read back to make sure my sentences make sense.

"Suddenly the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll." Full stop.

"After that, the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river." Full stop.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Full stop.

Tick.

I finished my success criteria.

Yay.

Well done, me.

Now, when we're rehearsing a sentence or when we're rehearsing the bit that we want to write, we need to make sure that we keep going over and over again with our sentences so we remember them.

So we need to make sure we say the sentence.

We say it in a silly voice.

We say the sentence with a capital letter, finger space, and full stop.

We tell someone the sentence, and we whisper our sentences.

So I wonder if you can rehearse the ending of the story aloud with somebody near to you.

You can use this.

"Suddenly the mm goat charged at the mm troll.

After that, the mm troll fell into the cold river.

Finally, the goats got to the mm meadow." I want you to rehearse the ending of the story aloud to someone nearby to you.

You're going to do great.

You already have so many adjectives that we've thought about.

Pause the video here and off you go.

Well done.

That was really, really great rehearsal, everybody.

Okay, I hope you rehearsed it out loud.

This is mine.

"Suddenly the brave goat charged at the fierce troll.

After that, the angry troll fell into the cold river.

Finally, the goats got to the bright meadow." Now we are going to be moving on to writing the ending of the story.

So let's look at our success criteria for today's writing, okay? And then we're going to read some sentences to see if they've met the success criteria.

So we need to make sure today that we are using a capital letter at the start of sentences and a full stop at the end.

That we are using adjectives to describe the characters and the setting.

That we are using sequencing language to order events, and that we're reading back to make sure a sentence makes sense.

Let's check some sentences.

"Suddenly, the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll." I can see that this sentence has a capital letter at the start and it has a full stop at the end, okay? I wonder if the next sentence will have an adjective to describe the character and the setting.

Hmm? "After that, the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river." Okay, so we've used the adjective selfish to describe the troll and the adjective cold to describe the river, so we've described the characters and the setting in the sentence.

I wonder if the next one will also have sequencing language.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Finally is a part of our sequencing language to order our events.

It is telling us what happened at the end.

Finally.

Sequencing language, tick.

And we read back our sentences to make sure they made sense.

Let's see.

"Suddenly the mighty goat charged at the hideous troll." That makes sense.

Great.

Now, we will be writing more than one sentence.

So one simple sentence is one idea.

One simple sentence is one idea.

Great.

Simple sentence.

That's one of our keywords.

"After that, the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Oh, one simple sentence is one idea.

I've just read that.

Is this correct? Just have a think.

Is that correct? Now let's put one finger on the capital letter.

Everyone point to the screen.

Put one finger on the capital letter.

And let's read and check if there is one full stop after one idea.

"After that, the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." Oh, I think we need to use our story mountain to separate this into three separate ideas.

"Suddenly, the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll." Full stop.

"After that, the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river." That's another idea.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." And that's another idea.

So our story mountain can help us separate our ideas, okay? Now it is your turn to write the ending of the story, but make sure that you're checking you have a capital letter at the start of a sentence, a full stop at the end, an adjective to describe the characters and the setting, sequencing language to order the events, and read back to make sure that your sentence makes sense.

Pause the video here.

Okay, have a look at this sentence.

"suddenly, the powerful goats charged at the nasty troll after that, the selfish troll tumbled into the cold river finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow" Oh, well, I've used adjectives to describe the characters in the setting.

Powerful goat.

Nasty troll.

Selfish troll.

And I've described the river as being cold and the meadow as being luscious.

I've used sequencing language, suddenly, after that, finally, but it doesn't make sense, and I haven't used a capital letter or a full stop.

Okay, now that I've put in a capital letter and a full stop.

"Suddenly, the powerful goat charged at the nasty troll." Full stop.

That's one idea.

"After that, the selfish troll fell into the cold river." Full stop.

That's another idea.

"Finally, the goats got to the luscious meadow." And that's my third idea.

Now it's separated up, it makes sense.

I have used adjectives to describe the characters and the setting as we looked at before.

I have used sequencing language to order events as we looked at before.

And now my sentences make sense now that I've split them up.

To summarise our lesson of "Writing the end of the story: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." We have looked at how rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing helps us to remember it, and reading a sentence back after writing helps us to check that it makes sense.

And we have also looked at how every sentence must start with a capital letter and often sentences end with a full stop.

When looking at this and writing, we looked at how simple sentences have one idea.

So we need to make sure that our simple sentences have one idea each.

We also looked at traditional tales usually having a happy ending for characters who are kind.

And that how word banks are so, so helpful in finding key words to include in our writing.

It makes it much more exciting.

You guys have been absolutely brilliant today.

Give yourself a big, "One, two, three, well done, me." It has been lovely learning with you today, and hopefully I'll see you in another lesson.

Bye.

Well done.