Lesson video

Hi and welcome to this English lesson.

This is unit five, lesson two.

And my name is Miss Cashin.

In today's lesson, we are going to be learning a recycled story from memory.

In unit four, we learned all about the story of Baba Yaga.

And remember you can always go all the way back to lesson one of unit four to hear that story again.

In lesson one of unit five, we thought of ideas for our own story just like Baba Yaga And today you're going to hear my story, and then you're going to map your story, you're going to step through your story, and you're going to speak through your story.

So by the end, you will be able to tell your own recycled story from memory.

I am so excited, so let's see what order we're going to do things in in today's lesson.

So first you're going to hear my recycled story.

But remember, that's not the story that you're going to learn from memory today, you're going to learn your own story.

Then you're going to watch me do my map, and you will do your map.

Then you're going to watch me step my story, then you will step your story.

And then you will watch me speak my story, and then you will speak your story.

And by the time we've got to the end of that, you will know your whole story by memory.

These are the things that you're going to need for our lesson today.

You're going to need an exercise book or some paper.

It would be fantastic if you had some plain paper for our map.

It would be absolutely brilliant as well if you did less than one of this unit to get your story matrix because that's where you have all of your ideas for your story.

You're going to need something to write with, so a pencil or a pen, and you're going to your fantastic brain to learn this story from memory.

So if you need any of those things, you can pause the video and go and get them now.

We are all ready for our lessons today.

Absolutely fantastic.

You're going to hear my story now, so you're going to hear Miss Cashin's story.

And then you're going to watch me map my story.

This is my recycled story based on Baba Yaga.

And my story is called, "Ellie and The Yeti." Once upon a time in a beautiful snow covered land, there lived a girl called Ellie.

She lived in a small Ikulu with her mother, her father and her Arctic Wolf puppy, Buster.

One day, her mother and father were getting their equipment to go out to work.

They said to her, "Remember, stay in the Ikulu, never go to the bottom of the mountains or the towering, hairy Yeti will come and get you and Buster and we'll eat you both up." One day, Ellie was bored at home with Buster and she wants to take him on a walk.

So she walked out of her little Ikulu across the icy plains towards the bottom of the mountains.

All of a sudden, a big snowy Owl sweeped out of the sky and picked up Buster and flew away with him.

"Aah," Ellie was shocked.

She knew he was being taken to The Yetis cave.

She ran and she ran and she ran until she saw a Polar Bear trapped in a cage.

"Help me, help me!" said the Polar Bear.

Kindly, Ellie let the Polar Bear out of the cage.

"You have helped me, so I will help you." Said the Polar Bear.

"Take this stone." "Thank you." Said Ellie.

"If you are ever in trouble," said the Polar Bear, "Throw it over your shoulder and I will come and help you." Ellie ran and she ran and she ran until she found a Walrus stuck in a hole in the ice.

"Help me, help me!" said the Walrus.

Kindly, Ellie held onto the Walrus and wiggled him out of the hole in the ice.

"Thank you," said the Walrus.

"You have helped me, so I will help you." He swam down into the ice and came back up with a shell.

"Take this shell", said the Walrus, "And if you are ever in trouble, throw it over your shoulder, and I will help you." "Thank you," said Ellie.

She ran and she ran and she ran until she saw an Arctic hare.

"Help me, help me, help me!" said the hare.

"I am lost and don't know where to go." "Do you know the way to the mountains?" Kindly, Ellie told the hare how to get back to the mountains.

"Thank you", said the hare.

"You have helped me, so I will help you." "Take these delicious berries and if you are ever in trouble, throw them over your shoulder and I will come and help you." "Thank you", said Ellie.

She ran and she ran and she ran until she got to The Yeti's, big dark cave.

She slowly crept up and peered inside.

"Ahh", she could see Buster on the floor and she could see a big pot in the middle of the cave that The Yeti was going to put Buster in.

The Yeti was enormous, hairy with big sharp teeth.

Quick as a flash, Ellie ran in, scooped up Buster and ran straight out of the cave.

The Yeti was furious.

"Who's taken my dinner?" shouted The Yeti.

Ellie ran and she ran and she ran, but The Yeti was close behind her.

Just as he was about to grab her, she remembered the stone.

She threw it over her shoulder and a brick wall appeared.

The Yeti stopped, but then smashed through the brick wall and kept going.

And he ran and she ran and she ran and The Yeti was close behind her.

Just as he was about to grab her, she remembered the shell.

She threw it over her shoulder, and some ice appeared.

The Yeti slid it and slipped, but was able to keep his balance and kept going.

And he ran and she ran and she ran, but The Yeti was close behind her.

Just as he was about to grab her, she remembered her berries.

She threw them over her shoulder and thick branches, covered in thorns appeared.

The Yeti stopped instead.

He couldn't go through it.

He couldn't eat it.

He couldn't go around it.

So he just went back home.

And he ran and she ran and she ran, until she got back to her Ikulu with Buster in her arms. At that moment, her parents came home from work.

"How was your day?" They asked.

"Fine." said Ellie.

And that was the end of that.

Now that you've heard my recycled story, I'm going to map it so you can watch me map my story.

Then you're going to have a go at creating the story map for your recycled story.

So now I'm going to map out my story.

And remember when we mapped our story is not an art lesson.

We're just going to do a few quick sketches to help us remember what happens.

So at the beginning of my story, we have our setting, which is the Ikulu, that Ellie lives in.

So there's the Ikulu.

I'm going to put some snowflakes around the Ikulu.

So we know it's a snowy cold place and I've got Ellie, her mom, her dad and of course I've got Buster.

And one day when her parents about to leave for work, they say to her, "Remember, stay in the Ikulu." "Never go to the bottoms of the mountains or The Yeti will come and get you." And there is my Yeti, I'll make him look as hairy as I can.

What happens next? Aah, that's right.

Ellie decides that she is going to leave the Ikulu.

And she goes to the bottom of the mountain.

In fact, we're going to put some mountains in the background of my setting at the beginning.

And she has Buster with her.

And when her back is turned, the Owl sweeps down and picks up Buster in his beak and takes him away.

Ellie realises, and she ran and she ran and she ran until she saw, which animal did she see first? Aah, that's right, it was the Polar Bear.

So she saw that Polar Bear trapped in a cage.

And he said, "Help me, help me!" And Ellie helped him out of the cage.

And he gave her the special stone.

She ran and she ran and she ran.

She really wants to get Buster back, until she found a Walrus.

Remember the Walrus was stuck in a hole in the ice.

After she helped the Walrus, it said, "Thank you, you have helped me so I will help you." "Take this shell." And Ellie got this special shell.

She's still running, she ran and she ran and she ran.

And what was the third animal? That's right, it was the Arctic hare.

And the Arctic hare was lost and it said, "I don't know how to get to the mountains, can you help me?" When Ellie helped it, she was given her last gift.

The hare said, "You have helped me, so I will help you." "Take these lovely berries." She ran and she ran and she ran until she came to The Yeti's cave.

There's Yeti, Sorry, there's The Yeti's cave.

The dark opening.

And as she peered inside, she cracked up and she peered inside.

And what could she see? Aah, That's right.

She could see The Yeti Make him look as Hairy and as angry as I can.

She saw that pot.

They were going to put Buster in.

And Buster was there as well.

Quick as a flash, Ellie came in and grabbed Buster in her hand and she ran as fast as she could.

And there she can hold Buster in her back arm there.

But Yeti was furious.

He said, "Who's taken my dinner?" She ran and she ran and she ran, The Yeti's really close behind her.

And she threw, what did she throw first? Let me check.

Aah, That's right.

She threw the stone and the stone became a brick wall.

It stopped Yeti for a bit, but then he smashed through it.

So she ran and she ran and she ran until she found well not until she found, until she threw her shell over her shoulder.

And the shell became ice.

Remember The Yeti slipped, but was able to get back up again.

And it still ran and ran and ran until Ellie ran, but she still had the berries.

So she threw those berries over her shoulder.

And what did they become? Aah, Well they've got kind of a Holly ring from them.

So they became branches covered in thorns.

And I'm going to put some thorns all over this.

Branches covered in thorns and that stopped The Yeti because he couldn't get through them.

So there's The Yeti.

I'm going to put a bit of a question marks.

He doesn't know what to do.

And then Ellie could run all the way back to her Ikulu.

And at the end of the story, it was a happy ending with Ellie, her parents and her dog.

So that is my story map for my recycled story.

Now that you've seen me do my story map, you're going to create your very own story map for your story.

My story map is here to help you.

But remember that if you did your story matrix in lesson one of this unit, make sure you have that because it will really help you to remember your choices.

Your story will probably have a different main character, a different precious thing that is stolen, a different monster, a different setting, different animals.

So you need to think carefully about your very own story when you go map it.

So you can pause the video now to create your very own story map.

Well done.

You have done a map of a whole story that you've made up by yourself.

You are an amazing storyteller.

Now you're going to watch me step my story, and then you'll have a go at stepping it yourself.

Now I'm going to step through my story and I've made an activity room so that I can do that.

You might have so much room that for each step, you can step forwards.

I don't have that much space, so I'm going to do a big step on the spot.

So we know we're moving through the story.

I've got my story map ready.

And remember, because all our stories are different.

Your actions will be different to mine.

There might be some that are really similar.

There might be the action that I'm going to do when the precious thing is stolen, which is this.

And you might be able to use that in your story.

So I'm going to put my map down and I'm going to start stepping through with one or maybe two actions for each picture.

So here I go.

Now it's time for you to step through your very own story.

Here's some things to help you.

Remember to think about your facial expression.

Is somebody scared? Is somebody angry? Is it a happy part of the story? Make sure that you show that with your face.

You need a clear action or pose for each part of the story and for each picture.

And you need a clear step in between.

So well done super storytellers.

You can pause the video now and go and step through your story.

Wow, that's fantastic.

Now you're going to watch me speak through my story and then you'll have a go at doing that yourself.

Now, we're going to speak through our story.

Remember we want to be able to tell our whole story from beginning to end.

But to start with, we're just going to add a key word or phrase for each picture.

A snow covered place.

Stay in the Ikulu.

A white snowy Owl.

Help me, help me.

Take this stone.

Help me, help me! take this shell.

Help me, help me! Take these berries.

The Yeti's cave.

A cooking pot.

Quick as a flash.

Who's taken my dinner? A brick wall.

Ice.

Thorns.

How was your day? So you've mapped your story and you've stepped your story.

Now it's time for you to speak through your story.

Remember to have a clear voice.

Remember to use expressions.

When I say, "Help me, help me." I've really tried to make this animal sound like they're in trouble and remember to use your actions as well.

So now super storytellers, you can pause the video and go and speak through your story.

My goodness! you have done your mapping, your stepping and your speaking.

So you now know your story from memory.

I've got a challenge here.

I wonder how far can you speak through your story without looking at your map.

So see if you can get your map, turn it over and speak through your story.

See how far you can get.

You can even challenge yourself a bit more by each time seeing if you can get a bit further.

Fantastic, you have really worked hard today by trying that challenge task and seeing how far you can get along your map.

Remember, the more times that you try to speak through your story, the more that you'll be able to do completely from memory and the more brilliant language you'll be able to include as well.

So you can be an absolutely incredible storyteller.

Well done for all your brilliant learning today.

I would love to see some of your maps and even a video of you stepping and speaking.

So remember, you can always share your work with Oak, if you would like to.

If you'd like to, please ask your parents or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

Well done, Super storytellers and I hope to see you for lesson three of this unit, when we're going to carry on, thinking about the story that you have invented yourself.