Lesson video

Hello everybody, it is me Ms. McCartney and I am so excited to continue our English lesson today by thinking about how to be a storyteller in even more depth.

We are going to be learning about four different sentence types today and looking at how they impact the mood of the story.

To make sure that you are fully prepared for our lesson today, you will need three things.

A piece of paper or something to write on, a pencil or something to write with and your wonderful creative brain.

Pause the video now, if you need to go and collect any of those things.

Fantastic, let's have a look at what we are going to be doing today.

Firstly, we are going to do a little activity where you have to hunt for the odd one out.

Then we are going to start learning about our four different sentence types and have a think about the mood that they create for our reader.

We will then complete a short writing activity and end with a deep reflection.

Let's get started.

Okay.

There are four sentences on your screen and I am going to read them out.

Sentence one, Ganesh is wise, knowledgeable and determined.

Sentence two.

What a cheater Ganesh was! Sentence three.

Kartikeya slide down the mountains into the forest.

And sentence four.

At the feast, everyone danced in their bright costumes.

Now, I would like you to pause the video and find the sentence that you think is the odd one out.

Now there isn't a right answer, this is completely up to you.

Pause the video now to complete your task.

Wow! I could hear some hmm-ing because everybody was thinking really deeply about which sentence was the odd one out.

You could have chosen "Ganesh is wise, knowledgeable and determined" because it is the only sentence that is in the present tense.

But, I decided that sentence two was the odd one out, but could it? Because it was the only sentence that was an exclamation and you can see the exclamation mark at the end.

I wonder if you came up with either of those two reasons or, a reason all of your own.

Okay.

The first sentence type we are going to look at is statements.

Statements, tell the reader a fact or idea about a single topic.

They must always end with a full stop.

I have got a picture here from one of our settings.

This is from the Amazon rainforest.

And we hear about that when Kartikeya visits it in his race around the world.

Now I have written an example of a statement.

It says, Kartikeya saw raging rivers, tall trees, and flat fish.

Now for my statement, I have included three different descriptions.

Raging rivers, tall trees, and flat fish.

I have also used alliteration.

So I have got raging rivers that both start with "r" tall trees that both start with "t" and flat fish that both start "f".

So I have created a bit of a detailed sentence because the mood I'm trying to create for my reader is one where they can really imagine the beautiful scene and wish that they were there.

So I would like you to have a turn now, I would like you to describe three different things that Kartikeya might have seen in the Amazon rainforest.

And, if you would like an extra challenge, see if you can include some alliteration as well.

So now it is your turn.

You have got the sentence then "Kartikeya saw" and I would like you to create a descriptive statement.

Pause your video now to complete the task.

Excellent.

I heard some really wonderful adjectives.

Remember, we were creating a mood where we could really imagine and picture the setting in our heads and get really excited about where Kartikeya was in his journey.

Fantastic work, everybody.

I would like you to see if you could spot the mistake in my statement.

I have written, Kartikeya saw colourful birds chirping in the trees.

I would like you to pause the video and use the sentence stem.

"The mistake in the statement is" Excellent.

I saw lots of learners pointing to that end of the sentence, because a statement must end with a full stop.

So therefore, I made a mistake by using an exclamation mark.

Well done learners for learning what a statement is.

The next sentence type that we are going to look at is questions.

Questions start with question words.

Who, what, why, and there are lots of others as well.

And in theory they require an answer.

Although in stories, sometimes characters ask a question and they don't expect an answer.

They end with a question mark.

I have got an image, an interpretation of Ganesh on our screen.

And my example is, "Do you feel bad that you misled your brother Kartikeya?" So I would like you to think about a question that you could write.

It needs to start with a question word.

I have used the question word "do", and it needs to end with a question mark.

We can use questions to change the mood of the story and get our reader to really reflect.

I would like you to pause the video now, and you can ask any question you would like about our story.

Brilliant.

So I heard some children asking the question as Kartikeya, asking the question as Ganesh and some children even just asked a question because they wanted to learn more about our wonderful story.

I would like you to put your learning into practise now by spotting the mistake in the sentence that I have written.

"Ganesh lied to Kartekiya and should be punished." You can use the sentence stem, "This is not a question because".

Pause the video now to complete your task.

Excellent.

I heard lots of wonderful answers.

Some children noticed that this sentence wasn't a question because there is no question mark at the end.

Other people also identified that there was no question word at the beginning and this sentence doesn't need an answer.

Fantastic learning everybody.

Let's move on to our next sentence type.

The next sentence type that we are going to look at is exclamations.

Exclamations usually start with what or how.

They show surprise, shock or excitement.

Exclamations must have an exclamation mark at the end.

These are really important for creating mood within our story.

Let's have a look at my example.

We have got an image of the Himalayan mountains because that is the first place that Kartikeya visits in our story.

My example, the first one is, "How high the mountain was!" Cause remember, Kartikeya ran up the mountain so high that he was above the clouds.

My second example is, "What an enormous mountain!" And then I have got my exclamation mark on the end.

Now you could write your sentences about the picture of the mountain on your screen, or if you would like a challenge, you could choose a different setting from our story.

You have got the two sentence stems below that start with "What" and "How".

Pause your video now to complete the task.

Fantastic learning everybody.

So far, we have learned about statements, questions, and exclamations.

I wonder if you can spot my next mistake.

I have written "Where was the top of the mountain!" I would like you to use the sentence stem, "This is not an exclamation because".

Pause the video now to complete your task.

Brilliant.

The first thing you might have noticed is that my sentence started with a question word "Where" and at the end of my sentence, I did have an exclamation mark, but actually I should have had a question mark.

So that is why this sentence is not an exclamation.

I think we are ready to move on to our final sentence type now, and these are called commands.

Commands tell somebody to do something.

They start with an imperative verb.

Commands are punctuated by a full stop.

What other sentence type is punctuated with a full stop? Fantastic.

You remembered that statements are also punctuated with a full stop.

So we need to look at them very carefully when we are finding the difference.

On my slide now I have a picture of a panda because this is one of the animals that Kartikeya meets on his journey.

And possibly one of the animals that Ganesh reads about.

Let's have a look at my example.

Oh, I have got the imperative verb, which is also sometimes called a bossy verb.

And my imperative verb is "don't" because I am telling somebody not to do something.

Don't make any loud noises.

I would like you to now have a go.

Before you start, we are going to think of some more imperative or bossy verbs.

So I am going to give you three and then you are going to tell me three.

You could have the imperative verb "run".

You could have the imperative verb "rush" and you could have the imperative verb "cups".

I would like you to pause the video now and whisper three different imperative verbs to me.

Okay.

That's the first step of our sentence done because lots of you have come up with some wonderful imperative or bossy verbs.

I have got an example to help you, and I have started my sentence with "Hide" because I think if I was talking to Kartikeya and he saw a panda, I would tell him to hide.

What would you tell Kartikeya to do? And then, if you would like an extra challenge, you don't have to talk about the panda, you could command Kartikeya how to act at a different point in our story.

Pause the video now to complete your task.

Well done everybody.

We have now read our four different sentence types.

So I would like you to give yourself some shine, make yourself feel all woman happy because you have done such a great job.

We have got a final spot-the-mistake task.

I have written, "Where would you like to climb." And you have got the sentence stem "This is not a command because".

Pause the video now to complete your task.

Well done everybody.

This is not a command because it is not telling anybody to do something.

We also do not have an imperative verb at the beginning of our sentence.

So this is not a command.

Okay everybody, let's move on to our final challenge task.

Fairness is about making sure that everyone knows the rules at the beginning of a game.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement? You can use the sentence stem "I agree or disagree with this statement because" I would like you to think about the ending of our story when Kartikeya finds out that actually Ganesh did not race around the world, but he still thinks that he is entitled to win because he has read all about the world.

What's your opinion? Pause the video now to complete your task.

Okay.

I would like you to whisper your sentence about if you agree or disagree with the statement to the screen so that I can hear all of your wonderful ideas.

Oh, so many wonderful ideas.

And what I really liked is that lots of children think different things.

Some people agree that fairness is about making sure that everyone knows the rules, and actually some people think that fairness is about making sure you know your own rules and that you're not lying about them.

So it's really good to hear everybody's different opinions.

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Well done for your fantastic learning everybody today, you have done certainly a wonderful job.