Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

How are you today? I hope you're feeling really, really good.

My name is Ms. Afzal, and I'm feeling great today.

Guess why? Because we're going to be sharing some poetry and I love poetry.

And the poetry we're gonna be sharing is really, really fun.

It's written by someone called James Carter.

You're going to need a copy of her book, "Zim Zam Zoom!: Zappy Poems to Read Out Loud." Yep, we are gonna be reading some very fun poems out loud.

So I will pause here while you go and get your copy of the book.

Okay, you are back.

You've got your poetry.

But what else do you have? Have you got lots of ideas? Are you feeling creative? Are you feeling excited? Are you up for having some fun? Come on, let's do it then.

Let's begin exploring this poetry.

The outcome for today's lesson is "I can listen to and discuss 'BEwARe!'" We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Onomatopoeia, rhythm, description, imagination.

All right.

I liked hearing those words.

Let's find out what they mean.

Onomatopoeia, is a type of word that sounds like what it describes.

Rhythm, is the pattern of sounds that makes a poem flow and sometimes feel musical.

Description, is using words to help someone imagine what something is like.

And imagination, is forming a thought or a picture of something or someone that is not actually there.

These are our key words, let's look out for them.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's think carefully about these keywords.

They'll be coming up in our lesson today.

So our lesson today is called, "Reading 'BEwARe!' by James Carter." It has two parts to it.

Introduction to the poem, and exploring the poem.

Let's begin with our introduction to the poem.

James Carter is a poet.

This means he writes.

Yep, you got it.

He writes poems. He thinks that daydreaming is very important.

Put your hand up, who likes daydreaming? Yeah, me too.

It allows us to think creatively and use our imaginations.

And imagination is one of our keywords, and it means to form a thought or a picture of someone or something that isn't actually there.

Now, I'm wondering, is there anything that you like daydreaming about? Pause the video and turn to someone nearby and share with them what do you like to daydream about.

All right, thanks for sharing.

I wonder if you had similar things, wildly different things, wild things that you like to daydream about.

I like daydreaming about being by the sea.

That's one of my favourite ever things.

James Carter has written lots of poems. His poems are often about animals, nature, space, and one of his poems is called "BEwARe!" Can you say that? Fantastic.

Beware means to watch out and be careful of something dangerous.

What do you think this poem will be about? Pause the video, tell someone nearby.

What do you think this poem is going to be about? Okay, great to be back with you.

I wonder what ideas you came up with.

Did you have similar ideas? Maybe something different.

I'm excited to find out if the poem is actually what you think it will be about.

We'll get to that.

Check for understanding.

James Carter likes writing poems about, cars, animals, nature, food.

Pause the video while you decide what is it that James Carter likes writing poems about.

Well done if you selected animals, and well done if you selected nature.

Who likes games? Yeah, me too.

I love games.

We're gonna play a little game.

It's called, "Guess the animal." So I'm going to give you three clues, and you have to guess the animal I am describing.

First clue, "I am enormous." What ideas you've got so far? Have a think.

Tell someone nearby.

What do you think so far? "I'm enormous." Which animal could it be? Okay, now let's see how we doing with the next clue.

"I have big ears." Again, pause the video here, turn to your partner, and then now which animal do you think it could be? Okay, here's your final clue.

"I have a long trunk." That's the animal.

And finally, pause the video here and turn to the person next to you and tell them now what animal am I describing? You've guessed it.

It was an elephant.

Who got that? Yep.

Okay, well done.

Great job, everyone.

Love how you're really attending to those clues.

And maybe some of you got it even after just one or two clues.

It's too much fun to stop here.

Let's have another go.

Here we are, clue one, "I live underwater." Tell the person next to you, pause the video, and tell them what animal do you think it could be.

"I live underwater." Okay, next clue, "I have no bones." Pause the video, tell the person nearby which animal could I be.

Final clue, "I have eight legs." Pause the video and tell the person nearby what animal am I.

Guess the animal.

You got it.

I am an octopus.

Look at me.

Oh my goodness.

In all my blue brilliance under the water there with my no bones and my eight legs.

So, you use the clues in the description to help you guess the animal.

These clues were like a puzzle or a riddle.

And there's one of our keywords again, description, and it means to use words to help someone imagine what something is like.

So I use description there in my clues.

Check for understanding.

The animal is a cat.

Choose a clue that would help you solve the riddle.

"I can bark." "I like swimming." "I have whiskers." Pause the video and decide which would be a good clue to help someone solve this riddle.

Well done if you chose "I have whiskers" because a cat has whiskers.

James Carter tries to create pictures in our heads.

Closing our eyes can help us to listen carefully to the words.

So I'm going to read the first four verses of "BEwARE!" I want you to close your eyes if that feels comfortable for you, or else just lower your gaze and listen carefully to the words.

So pause the video while you listen to the first four verses of "BEwARE!" Okay, so well done for listening carefully with your eyes either closed or gazed slightly lowered so you could really focus in and concentrate.

What pictures did you see in your head when you were listening to the poem? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

What pictures did you see in your head when you were listening to the poem? Okay, thanks for sharing with each other.

I wonder what you came up with.

Maybe you had similar ideas to each other.

Maybe something different.

And that's all okay.

This poem is like a riddle.

It's like a little puzzle.

Each line gives us a clue about an animal, but a little bit more information each time.

The first clue is "jaw-snapper." (hands tap) This makes me think the poem could be about a crocodile.

In the second verse, the clue "back-scratcher" makes me think that the poem is not about a crocodile but an elephant.

I would like you to listen to "BEwARe!" again up to the end of the fourth verse.

Listen carefully for other clues about the animal.

Pause the video while you do this.

I wonder what other clues you picked up on apart from jaw-snapper and back-scratcher.

And now, it's time for your first task.

I would like to have a discussion.

Discuss which animal you think James Carter's poem "BEwARE!" is about.

And then next, which clues from the poem make you think that? This is a nice way you could say your answers, but Jun is suggesting, "I think "BEwARE!" is about.

." And then next, you could say the clue.

Tell us what the clue is "makes me think this." So pause the video while you have a go at this task, discuss which animal you think the poem is about and which clues make you think that.

Pause the video and I'll see you when you're finished.

All right, great to be back with you.

How did you get on? I wonder which animal you think this poem is about.

Which clues helped you? Let's hear it from Alex.

"I think 'BEwARe!' is about a bear.

The clue 'grizzly-fella' makes me think this." Oh, interesting, Alex.

Let's hear it from Jun.

"I think 'BEwARe!' is about an alligator.

The clue 'teeth-gnasher' makes me think this." Love the way you're really looking out for those clues to help you.

And here's Laura.

"I think 'BEwARe!' is about the shark.

The clue 'fish-catcher' makes me think this." Oh my goodness, they are all such good reasons.

Could be any one of those, couldn't it? Let's keep exploring this poem to find out more.

Next part of our lesson, exploring the poem.

And now it's time to read the whole of James Carter's poem, "BEwARe!" So pause the video, sit back and listen to the whole of the poem.

Okay, we've heard the whole poem now, and each clue helps us to imagine the animal in our head, in our mind.

"River-swimmer." Oh, that was a great clue.

What else was there? "Cave-seeker." "Grizzly-fella." These are just some of the clues that lead us to the answer.

The animal is a.

Yeah, you got it.

It's a bear.

Oh my goodness.

Look at those bears on the screen.

Look amazing.

What a wonderful creatures.

Now, I have another question for you.

What do you notice about the title of the poem, "BEwARe!"? So Sam is telling us they're a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters.

What else does that lead you to? So pause the video and tell someone nearby.

What do you notice about the title of the poem, "BEwARe!"? All right, I wonder what you came up with.

Here's Andeep.

"If you just read the capital letters, it spells," you've got it, "BEAR." Fantastic job, everyone, noticing that.

James Carter has chosen to write it like this.

What a clever idea.

The way he has written the clues is interesting too.

I'm going to look at the words James Carter has chosen in the first verse.

I'm going to count how many words there are on each line.

Two in the first line.

Two in the second line.

You guessed it, two in the third line.

Two in the fourth line.

And three in the fifth line.

And now you are going to have a look at the words that James Carter has chosen in the second verse.

And you're going to count how many words there are on each line.

Pause the video while you do this.

Okay, so how did you get on? How many words were there in the first line? Two.

Second line? Two.

Third line? Two.

And fourth line? Two again.

Well done for counting the words in each line of the second verse.

Check for understanding.

True or false? The lines in the poem, "BEwARe!" are very short.

Pause the video while you decide if this is true or false.

Well done If you selected true.

They are really short.

Most of the time, only two words.

James Carter has created new words by joining words together with a hyphen.

So the hyphen we can see is that line in between the words jaw and snapper.

It kind of links them together.

So we've got jaw-snapper, winter-sleeper, grizzly-fella.

Joining two words with a hyphen helps to give us a quick and clear description.

And remember description is when we use words to help someone imagine what something is like.

These words immediately create a picture in our imagination.

Some words in this poem are examples of onomatopoeia.

An onomatopoeia is the type of word that sounds like what it describes.

Let's look at these words again.

Jaw-snapper, winter-sleeper, grizzly-fella.

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia, and sounds like what it describes? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected snapper.

Snapper kind of makes that kind of snapping sound.

If we say this word of expression, our mouths open and closes quickly, like teeth snapping together.

Have a go.

Snapper.

Check for understanding.

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia? Sleep, snap, snake.

Pause the video while you decide which of these words is an example of onomatopoeia.

Well done if you selected snap.

And now let's clap the syllables in these words.

A syllable is a beat or a sound in a word, and it usually contains a vowel.

So let's clap the syllables in jaw-snapper.

Ready? Jaw-snapper.

(rhythmically clapping) Let's try winter-sleeper.

Winter-sleeper.

(rhythmically clapping) One more, grizzly-fella.

(rhythmically clapping) Oh, is this fun? Okay, next.

Let's count the syllables as we say each word again.

Ready? Jaw-snapper.

Three syllables.

Let's try winter-sleeper.

Winter-sleeper.

Four syllables there.

Next up, grizzly-fella.

Ready? Grizzly-fella.

Four syllables again.

Fantastic job at counting syllables.

Most of the words in this poem have three or four syllables.

The words often end in the same sound.

We can see here, snapper, sleeper, fella.

It will have a "ah" sound at the end.

The short lines and the sounds the words make, create the rhythm of "BEwARe!" Rhythm is the pattern of sounds that make a poem flow, and sometimes sound musical.

And the rhythm of this poem feels quite lively and quick.

Check for understanding.

The rhythm in "BEwARe!" feels.

Slow and calm.

Lively and quick.

Bouncy and happy.

Pause the video while you decide how the rhythm in "BEwARe! feels.

Well done if you said lively and quick.

The rhythm of the poem helps build up excitement.

We're excited to find out what the poem is about.

The way we read the poem can make it even more exciting.

So we are going to read the first verse together.

I will say a line and then you will repeat it.

My voice will also start in a whisper, but it will get a little bit louder with each line I read.

Let's have a go.

Pause the video.

Have a listen to each line, and then you will repeat it.

Pause the video here.

Well done, everyone.

That sounded so great.

I like the way you're getting louder and louder as you went along.

Okay.

And now, it's time for your task.

I would like you to read a verse of the poem or the whole poem aloud.

And here are some things to have a go at whilst reading.

With a partner, take in turns to read a line each.

Start reading in a whisper, and get a bit louder with each verse until you shout the final word, "Bear!" Use your hands to pat the rhythm of the words on your knees.

Use your fist to punch in front of you as you say each of the syllables in a word.

Stand up and stomp the words as you say them.

So many different ways in which you can bring your body into reading the poem.

So, pause the video here and enjoy reading the poem.

It's great to be back with you.

How did you get on? Did you read the poem out loud? What did you have a go at? What other techniques did you add in? Were you punching your fist in front of you each time you said one of the syllables? Were you stomping your feet for each word? Whatever you did, I hope you enjoyed it.

That's always the main thing.

In our lesson today, "Reading 'BEwARe!' by James Carter," we have covered the following.

James Carter tries to create pictures in the listener's head.

Descriptions using onomatopoeia, verbs, and nouns, help to imagine how the bear sounds, looks, and moves.

Words can be spoken with expression to add to the excitement of the poem.

Poems feel different to read, depending on their rhythm.

The way we read a poem can make it entertaining for people listening.

I really enjoyed this lesson with you today.

I loved exploring this poem, "BEwARe!" What a lot of fun it was.

Guessing these animals and finding out what the poem was all about.

And I really loved your performances.

So, well done, everyone.

Hope you're feeling very proud of yourselves, and I'll see you at another lesson soon.

Bye for now.