Lesson video

Hello, I'm Miss Corbett and welcome back to another English lesson.

I'm so excited today because last time I told you that I love reading stories and I also like going on long walks and adventures just like our little girl in the story, "Wild." Let's get started.

Today's lesson title is the Theme of Belonging in "Wild." By the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe how a character is feeling at different points in the story "Wild." For this lesson, you will need your listening ears, your looking eyes, and your thinking brains.

As well as that you will need something to write with today and some paper.

And finally, as always, you will need somebody to talk to.

If you are at school I'm sure your teacher will tell you who to talk to, and if you are at home, you can find somebody at home.

Let's get started.

Here are our keywords.

Our keywords help us navigate our journey through our lesson.

Some of these words you might have heard before and some of them you might not have done, but don't worry because we're going to go through all of them throughout the lesson.

For now, I want to hear your loud and proud voices as I say them, and then you say them.

Are you ready? Let me hear you.

Theme.

Fantastic.

Character.

Feeling.

Emotion.

That was amazing, but I think we can do it even better, and a little bit quicker.

Are you ready? Off we go.

Theme.

Character.

Feeling.

Emotion.

Fantastic, I'm so excited to find out how all of those words link to our lessons.

Let's get started with our lesson.

In the first part of our lesson, we're going to be revisiting the story "Wild" and trying to see what you can remember as well as enjoying reading it together again.

Before I read it to you, I would like you to talk to your person nearby about what you can remember.

Who is in the story? Where does the story happen? And what is the plot, what happened in the story? Maybe you could also share your favourite part.

Can you pause the video and share everything you can remember? Off you go.

Well done, you remembered so much.

You remembered the characters, which is who is in the story.

You remembered the setting, where the story takes place.

And you remembered the plot, what happens in the story.

Amazing job.

Well done.

Now we are going to reread the whole story without stopping.

I'm going to reread the story "Wild" by the author Emily Hughes.

Get ready.

Off we go.

"No one remembered how she came to the woods but all knew it was right.

The whole forest took her as their own." And there she is.

"Bird taught her how to speak.

'Caw! Caw!' Bear taught her how to eat.

Fox taught her how to play." Having lots of fun.

"And she understood and was happy.

One day she met some new animals in the forest." Ooh.

"They found her strange and she found them strange too.

They did everything wrong.

They spoke wrong.

They ate wrong.

They played wrong.

And she did not understand and she was not happy.

Enough was enough!" (gasps) Look what the little girl has done.

"Everyone remembered how she left and all knew it was right.

Because you cannot tame something so happily wild." The End.

Let's see how well you were listening to that story.

We have got these three main events, which means some of the most important parts of the story, to match to whether they happen at the beginning, the start, in the middle, or the end.

Hmm, at the moment, they're in the wrong order so we need to match or sequence these pictures to match the words beginning, middle, and end.

You could do this by talking and sharing your ideas with your person nearby.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Let's see if you managed to do that.

Drum roll please.

(gasps) Well done.

In the beginning of the story, the little girl was born into her beautiful forest with her friends.

(gasps) In the middle, we have a problem.

The little girl has been taken to a house and she feels lost and confused.

And by the end, she returns safely back to her forest with her friends.

Fantastic job if you managed to match or sequence those illustrations correctly.

Well done.

Now I'm going to retell the story using some illustrations from the story as well as some sequencing language.

Sequencing language, if they come at the very start of a sentence, are called fronted adverbials.

Most of these are fronted adverbials of time telling us when they happen in the story.

I hope you're listening and listening out for those sequencing words.

Off I go.

First, the little girl lived in a magical enchanted forest surrounded by colourful flowers and she felt peaceful.

The furry, friendly bear taught her how to eat from the freezing cold water.

The noisy, chirping birds taught her how to speak, and the howling, playful foxes taught her how to play.

(gasps) Suddenly she heard a rattling, noisy car and two strange different animals took her away.

Where were they going? Then, they tried to teach her how to eat, speak, and play.

Oh, she felt frustrated and confused.

After that, she raced upstairs to hide under her lumpy, wooden bed.

She was feeling lonely and lost.

Suddenly, enough was enough.

She felt furious and destroyed the spooky, plain house.

She rode back to her home calmly on her friendly, speedy dog.

And finally, she was back home in her wild, safe forest and she felt accepted.

Now I've done that, I would like you to have a go at doing that too.

So use the illustrations to retell the story with your person next to you, and I really hope that you managed to use some of those sequencing words like first, suddenly, then, after that, and finally.

Pause the video and off you go.

Wow, dd you manage to use some of those sequencing words to tell the story? I think you did.

I heard you telling the story fantastically from the beginning to the end, remembering the main events, remembering the order using those sequencing words and adding some description too.

Very well done.

Now we're gonna move on to our second part of the lesson, exploring emotions.

Emotions was one of our key words.

Let's have a think about what that might mean.

In the story "Wild," the girl's feelings and emotions change throughout the story.

Your feelings and emotions are how you are feeling on the inside.

An example might be happiness, feeling of excitement, sadness, or feeling nervous, and in the story they change quite a lot, and that's normal.

I'm sure your feelings and emotions might change throughout a day, 'cause something might make you feel really happy and something might make you feel maybe a bit upset or frustrated, and that's okay.

It's okay to feel different things as long as we understand how we are feeling.

Let's have an explore about how the girl is feeling at different points of the story.

(gasps) In this picture, it's at the very start of the story.

She's living in the forest.

I'm going to give you some adjectives to describe how the girl is feeling.

In the forest, the girl is feeling peaceful.

I know she's feeling peaceful because her eyes are closed, her shoulders are down, and she looks very relaxed with her friends in the forest.

She's also feeling safe.

She feels safe.

I know that because she's not looking around.

She's again, she's feeling safe in her home that she knows really well with the animals and creatures that she knows really well too.

She's also feeling calm.

Now calm means the same as peaceful.

You feel settled and safe and relaxed.

Finally, I think she's feeling content.

Hmm.

You might not have heard that word before.

Can you say content? Well done.

Now content means you are just very happy with what you have.

You don't feel like you need anything more or anything less, and that's exactly how the girl is feeling.

She's very happy in her forest with her friends and she doesn't feel like she needs anything else.

Well done.

(gasps) Now her feelings have started to change.

She's feeling something different.

(gasps) Let's see how she's feeling.

I wonder if you can share with your person next to you how have the girl's emotions, her feelings, changed, and how do you know know? Now, I'll give you a little bit of a help.

I'm going to look at her in these illustrations.

I can see her face is red, her eyes are open, and she has a furrowed brow.

Her eyes aren't closed.

She's not feeling peaceful and calm and content.

She's certainly not smiling.

So first I want you to share with your person next to you, how have the girl's emotions changed? How is she feeling now and why have they changed? What has changed in the girl's life? Pause the video and off you go.

(gasps) I heard some amazing descriptive language there.

Well done.

You really got it.

The girl's emotions have changed because the strange animals appeared in her forest.

She's now feeling confused, maybe a bit worried, maybe nervous, and then maybe angry to know that she's been taken away from her home.

Very well done.

Let's have a look at some other adjectives you might have used.

Confused, which means she's not sure about why these things are happening and who these strange animals are.

Remember, she's never seen a human before.

Frustrated, which means quite cross and angry.

She's frustrated because she doesn't want them there.

She doesn't want to be taken from her home.

And finally, unsure.

Again, another word for confused, not really sure what's going on and where she's going.

Well done.

(gasps) Here's another part of our story.

The girl has, they've been trying to teach her to eat, to speak, to play, to talk in a different way, and she does not like it.

She's raced upstairs to hide under her bed.

(gasps) She's definitely not feeling content anymore.

Hmm.

How is she feeling now and how do we know? Have a look at her.

How can you tell? This time I'm going to count down from 10.

"She is feeling, mm.

I know because, mm." Off you go.

Five seconds left.

Amazing.

Again, I heard so many amazing descriptions.

She's feeling lonely, lost.

She is feeling confused and worried.

She is feeling afraid.

I know this because (gasps) she's hiding under her bed, her eyes are wide, and her mouth is down.

Really well done.

Now I would like you to have a go in seeing if you can do this on your own.

You're going to match the picture to the feeling.

I'm going to read the words underneath for you.

Content, frustrated, lonely.

I wonder if you can match the correct adjective to the illustration in the story.

Off you go.

Pause the video.

Amazing.

Let's see if you were right.

Now, let's have a look at the first picture.

She is feeling lonely.

She's lonely because she's no longer with her friends and she's not sure where she is.

In the second picture, she is feeling frustrated.

Some strange animals have arrived in her home and she does not like it.

And in the third picture, well done, she is feeling content.

Remember that means she couldn't be happier where she is.

She's very settled.

She's very safe.

Fantastic job.

Now, let's move on towards the end of the story.

She has destroyed the whole house.

I know she's angry because she's destroyed the whole house.

She's gone from being frustrated to lonely to furious because her anger has got out of control, which is not a very nice thing to happen, which meant she's taking it out on all of the furniture in the house.

(gasps) What do you think would make her happy again? I think you know the answer.

What will make her happy? Quickly, I'm counting down from five.

Tell the person next to you.

Off you go.

(gasps) Amazing.

We all know that she would feel happy again in her forest.

Well done.

Now, you are going to see if you can say two adjectives to describe how the little girl is feeling at different points of the story.

I'm going to go first.

Here she is being taken away from her home.

Hmm.

We've already talked about this.

Let me see if I can remember.

She is feeling frustrated and confused.

Can you say that for me? Well done.

Now it's your turn.

Can you say two adjectives to describe how the little girl is feeling in this part of the story? She said, "Enough is enough!" That's a little clue.

Can you tell the person next to you, "She is feeling mm and mm?" Two adjectives.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Amazing.

I heard a whole range of adjectives.

One example that I heard was she is feeling furious and enraged.

Enraged is another word to describe furious.

So not just a little bit cross, but very, very angry.

Well done.

Now you're going to have a go at doing this for all of the parts of the story.

You are going to take it in turns to say a part of the story in order and say, "She is feeling mm and mm." Choosing two adjectives.

Challenge yourselves to see if you can choose two different adjectives for every part of the picture, of the story.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Wow.

Did you and your partner manage to choose two different adjectives to describe each illustration and how she is feeling? You must have so many adjectives now with all of to describe those feelings and emotions.

Very well done.

Now let's move on to our final part of the lesson, the theme of belonging.

Our final two key words.

A theme is a big idea on what the author is trying to tell us and teach us about.

And the word belonging, we're going to find out what it means about to feel like your belonging somewhere right now.

Here are two settings in the story, the forest and the house.

Hmm.

The girl preferred living in the forest.

But what does she like about living in the forest? I wonder if you can very quickly share? I'm going to count down from 10.

All of the things that she loved about living in the forest.

Off you go.

Five.

Fantastic.

She loved living in the forest because it was her home, she had her animals around her, her friends, her family, and all of the things that she knew and she learned so much there as well.

Now, I wonder what would you prefer? Would you prefer to live in the house or the forest? Now, there's no right or wrong answer for this because it's just your opinion and how you feel.

Can you take it in turns to say and listen to your person next to you, "I would prefer to live in the, because"? Off you go.

Pause the video.

(gasps) I heard a whole range of opinions.

Fantastic.

I heard, "I would prefer to live in the forest because the animals are friendly." But I also heard, "I would prefer to live in the house because it is warmer." I love that I heard so many different opinions and that you listened to your partners so respectfully.

Well done.

Now, the girl believed she belonged in the forest.

Belonged.

This means that she felt part of a group, safe, loved, and cared for.

And that's what it means to belong somewhere.

Because in the forest she had her home, her friends, and she felt because of that safe, she felt loved, she felt calm, and she felt accepted.

So no matter what she did, her animal friends would accept her for who she is.

So that is then a feeling of being content, an adjective we've explored today.

The girl preferred being with the animals she grew up with compared to the animals who took her.

She doesn't call the humans humans, she calls them animals because she's never seen or heard of them before.

So of course she doesn't feel safe.

So in the house she had a new home, she had adults trying to change her, not accepting her.

So then because of that she felt angry, afraid, lonely, and lost.

Definitely not a feeling of belonging.

Now, we've got two different settings, the forest and the house.

And then I have six exciting adjectives to try and match to how she's feeling in those settings.

Remember, we know she belongs in the forest, but not in the house.

I'm going to read the adjectives and then you're going to match them with the person nearby.

Afraid, loved, accepted, lonely, safe, and angry.

Pause the video and match them.

Off you go.

Well done, I heard so many amazing discussions and I think you might have managed to match them correctly.

So she felt afraid in the house.

She felt loved in the forest.

And she also felt accepted by her friends in the forest.

But in the house she felt lonely because she didn't have her friends with her.

But in the forest she felt safe.

And in the house she felt angry because she'd been taken away.

Well done if you managed to match all six illustrations to the two settings.

Fantastic.

So the feeling of belonging is very, very important.

The adults in the story thought they were helping because they thought she belonged out of the forest.

Because most humans, they live in a home, don't they? However, we know that the girl believed she belonged in the forest with her friends in her home.

And because she feels that way, that's her place of belonging.

Because in the forest she felt comforted and accepted by the place she was in and by the animals.

I'm going to tell you about a time when I felt like I belonged.

So I felt like I belonged at a dance club when I was younger because I felt safe, cared for, and included by my teacher.

Always made sure that I was included with the rest of the group unless I felt okay, even if I was finding some of it tricky.

And as you can see in my drawing, there I am dancing when I was younger looking very happy, content, and ready to go with my friend.

You are going to have a go now at first telling your partner an example of when you felt like you belonged.

So first you are going to say, "I felt I belonged," and then describe how that made you feel.

"I felt mm." Then, you're going to draw a picture of you in this place and show how you are feeling.

Remember, everybody's feeling of belonging might be different.

It might be a club you go to, it might be home, it might be your school, or it might be somewhere else.

And that's okay, as long as you can explain how it made you feel and showing in your drawing how you are feeling.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Wow.

Well done.

I have seen some amazing drawings and heard some amazing ideas.

I wonder if you managed to explain where you feel like you belong and how it made you feel.

Fantastic.

And that is the end of our lesson.

Today, we have explored emotions and we now know that our emotions and feelings of characters can change throughout a story.

We also use lots and lots and lots of adjectives.

And adjectives can be used to describe feelings and emotions of characters.

And then we looked at the theme, the big idea, of belonging and the feeling of belonging means you feel accepted, included, and safe.

Thank you so much for another amazing lesson and I can't wait to see you next time.

Bye.