Lesson video

Hello everyone my name is Miss Baron and this is Marcel.

Welcome to lesson two in our unit, recycling the story.

"How Coyote Brought Fire to Earth." Now we learned that story in unit one didn't we? And in this unit, we are recycling it or changing it to make it our own.

To make a new story full of our own ideas.

Now in today's lesson, you are going to learn to tell your new story but before we get onto that, let's play a quick game.

Now Marcel would like to describe one of the characters from his new story, and he wants you to try and guess what kind of character he is describing.

So let's see if you could work it out from his clues.

Are you ready Marcel? Brilliant, go on then.

Tell us what you can see first.

Did you get that? He said that he can see a white giant dripping in icicles.

What can you hear Marcel? He says that he can hear a booming voice up in the clouds.

What can you feel? Marcel says that he can feel freezing cold ice on his skin, making his skin go numb.

Meaning he can't feel it anymore.

And what can you taste Marcel? He can taste the ice in his mouth.

The freezing cold ice which is melting to water.

So can you guess what kind of character he's describing? Go on tell me to your screen now.

Say I think it might be a.

Tell us to your screen.

I heard you say that you think it might be an ice giant in the clouds, you're right.

So in Marcel's recycled story, he's decided that ice is missing from the world and the ice giant up in the clouds is guarding it all.

So now I'm going to tell you about my character.

See if you can work out which character from my story I am describing.

I can see black and white stripes and strong sharp claws.

I can hear the sound of digging.

I can feel the soil beneath his claws.

I can smell the damp earthy soil.

I can see his rough fur.

Who do you think I'm describing from my story? Go on have a guess, tell us to your screen now.

Say I think it might be.

Well done, you are listening so well today and you spotted it.

It's brother Badger, isn't it from my story? Now then, why don't you have a go? Why don't you have a go at describing one of your characters from your new story? See if somebody else in your household can guess who you're describing, or maybe you might like to do it with a toy.

So pause the video now and have a go at playing guess my character from your descriptions.

As I mentioned in today's lesson, you are going to learn to tell your new recycled story from memory.

So how are we going to do that? First, we are going to do a quick recap of our new stories.

Then we are going to map them.

We're going to talk our maps and we're going to step them out to help us remember them, and finally, we are going to have a go at speaking our stories.

So by the end of the lesson, you will be able to tell your story from memory in your own way.

So today you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper to write on.

A pencil to write with and your plot matrix grid from lesson one, that you use to come up with all of your new ideas for your new story.

So pause the video now and go and get those things, if you need to.

Fantastic job, you're back with everything you need to start the learning today.

So let's begin by recapping our new stories and we're going to do that, using our plot matrix grids from lesson one.

Now here is my grid, you might recognise it.

I'm going to give a brief recap of my story to you first and then it's going to be your turn to do it for your story.

So once upon a time, there were no stories on earth.

All of the humans were so bored and grumpy that they just argued all the time.

Then Hummingbird stepped up and offered to get the stories back from the underground story cave, where they were being hidden but she needed help.

So brother Badger, sister Fox and sister Rabbit, all offered to help her.

Together they dug down deep into the ground until they reached the underground story cave.

Hummingbird dashed in to snatch the stories but evil, angry story Bat to saw her.

He chased her out of the cave and up through the tunnel.

Hummingbird had to throw the stories to sister Rabbit who threw them to brother Badger, who threw them to sister Fox, who threw them back to Hummingbird.

All the time, they were being chased by the angry story Bat who wanted his stories back.

Finally Hummingbird threw the stories into the clouds and then it began to rain.

It rained down stories, and all of the oceans, lakes and rivers in the world filled up with stories.

The humans drank them and soon they too were full of stories, and they told together, they wrote stories, they listened to stories, they made up stories and there was no more boredom in the world.

They had fun, they were entertained.

They were happy, the world was a great place and that is how Hummingbird brought stories back to the world.

So that is my story.

That's a brief recap, using my plot matrix grid to help me.

I would like you to pause the video now and recap your story.

Fantastic job you have recapped your story, using your plot matrix grid to help you.

Now we are ready to map our new stories.

So I'm going to map mine for you first and show you how to do it, and then you are going to create your own story map for your new story.

So the title of my story is, "How Hummingbird Brought Stories to Earth." Now watch me draw is series of quick and simple pictures ordered with arrows to help me remember the main events in my new story.

So at the beginning, humans are really bored and grumpy aren't they, because there are no stories in the world.

There are no stories.

So I'm going to put a cross through the stories.

Now the next key thing that happens, is that Hummingbird steps up and offers to get the stories back from the underground story cave, but she needs help.

So sister Rabbit, brother Badger and his black and white stripes.

Brother Badger and sister Fox all offer to help and they dig their way down, don't they? Down underground to try and reach the story cave.

Now then, they find the cave don't they? The next key thing that happens, is that they find the sparkling story cave underground.

There are all of the stories, but they are being guarded by evil, angry story Bat.

So there he is.

So they find the cave with all of the stories in guarded by evil, angry story Bat.

Now the next key thing that happens, is that Hummingbird dashes in and snatches the stories but she is chased by angry story Bat, isn't she? So there he is, so Hummingbird has to throw the stories first to sister Rabbit.

So there's sister Rabbit with the stories running with them in her paws, but she is chased by the Bat.

So she has to throw them to brother Badger.

So here's brother Badger with all of the stories, but he's also chased by angry story Bat.

So he has to throw them to sister Fox.

There's sister Fox, with all of the stories.

Again, chased by angry story Bat, who is so close behind her but sister Fox throws them back to Hummingbird.

Who throws them into the clouds doesn't she? The next key thing that happens is that it rains and when it rains, what does it rain? It rains stories, doesn't it? It rains down stories, into all of the oceans, and the rivers, and the lakes on earth and the humans drink up the stories and they tell them together, they listen to stories.

They make up stories, they have fun, they're no longer bored.

They are happy together on earth, listening to and telling stories together.

So that is my story map.

You can see that my pictures are really simple and it didn't take me long to do it, did it? It's a quick exercise.

So I would like you to draw a story map, to retell the main events in your story.

So very quick, simple pictures and make sure that they are clearly ordered with arrows.

That's important, so you know the order of the events in your story.

So now that you've seen me do it, I would like you to draw a story map for your story.

Pause the video now and do that.

So now I'm going to talk my map.

I'm going to use the pictures that I've just drawn, to help me remember what happens in my story.

So listen to me do it first and then it's going to be your turn.

Once there were no stories in the world and so people were really bored and grumpy.

Then Hummingbird offered to rescue the stories, but she needed help.

So sister Rabbit, brother Badger and sister Fox, all offered to help her.

They dug down deep into the earth.

They came to the underground story cave where the stories were hidden and guarded by an angry, evil story Bat.

Hummingbird dashed into the cave and snatched the stories but the angry story Bat saw her and chased her out of there.

He chased her through the tunnel.

So she threw the stories to sister Rabbit, who threw them to brother Badger, who threw them to sister Fox.

They were all chased by angry, story Bat.

Sister Fox threw them to Hummingbird once more who threw them into the clouds.

Then it rained and it rained down stories and all of the oceans, and the rivers, and the lakes in the world were filled with stories, and the humans drank them.

They were full of stories and the world was great again.

They were happy, they had fun.

They weren't bored anymore.

They enjoyed each other's company telling stories.

Laughing, making up stories together and that is how Hummingbird brought stories to earth.

So that's me talking my map and you can hear that I did it in very basic detail didn't I? So don't worry about adding too much detail to your story telling at this point.

Just to make sure you can use your pictures, to tell the main events in the story, in the right order.

So now you've seen and heard me talk my story map.

I would like you to do the same thing.

Pause the video now and talk your maps.

Now it's time to step our new stories.

So now that we've mapped our stories, we are now going to step them out to help us remember them by doing actions.

So I'm going to take a step for each picture that I've drawn on my story map, and with each step, I am going to do a clear action to show what's happening.

So watch carefully to see how I do it for my story, because then you are going to do it for your story.

See if you can work out, what I'm showing with each step.

Which part of my story I'm showing so.

Okay so that was me, miming my story, stepping it out in mime with actions.

So this time you're going to join in with me.

So stand up on the spot and join in the steps with me, let's go.

Are you doing it too? Make sure you're doing the actions too, ready? Brilliant, next step.

Next step.

Wonder if you could work out who that was, next step.

Brilliant, next step, keep joining in.

Next step.

Next step.

Next step.

Next step.

So that was us stepping through each picture on my story map with actions.

So now that you've seen me step the story in mime and you've done it with me for my story, I would like you to have a go at stepping out your story in mime.

So remember you're not going to put any words with your steps at this point, you are just going to do actions.

So you might step on the spot like I did or you might step forward if you've got space.

So with each set, I would like you to do a clear action to show what's going on in your story at that moment, and remember, take a step for each picture on your map.

So keep your map with you to help you.

Pause the video now and have a go at that.

So now that we've done it with mime, we are going to put a phrase with each step.

So we're going to add some language this time.

So I'm going to get you to do it with me.

I'd like you to stand up now and we're going to do one step at a time, with some language added.

So standing up, brilliant let's go.

Bored and grumpy, do that with me.

Bored and grumpy, brilliant.

Make sure you take your step.

Fantastic so next step, I'll help.

So do that with me again, I'll help.

Brilliant, next step.

Take your step, underground story cave.

Do that with me, underground story cave, next step.

Angry story Bat, do that with me.

Angry story Bat brilliant, next step.

Hummingbird snatched the stories.

Do that with me.

Hummingbird snatched the stories, next step.

Rabbit run! Do that with me, Rabbit run! Brilliant next step.

Badger, dig fast! Do that with me, Badger dig fast! Brilliant, next step.

Sister Fox keep going! Do that with me, sister Fox keep going! Brilliant, next step.

Hummingbird threw it to the clouds.

Do that with me, Hummingbird threw it to the clouds and the last one, it rained down stories.

Do that with me, it rained down stories.

Fantastic job, well done for joining in with me.

Stepping out my story, this time with a phrase or a short sentence to go with each action.

So now you've done it with me for my story.

I would like you to step your story out with words or a short sentence, to go with each action.

Pause the video now and do that.

Fantastic job with your stepping.

Now then, you know the story well now because we've mapped it, we've talked our maps, we've stepped our stories out.

So we know what happens in our stories.

So now we're going to have a go at speaking the story.

At telling it in a bit more detail and before we do that, let me just draw your attention to our toolkit for description that is vivid.

So let's have a look at the white box.

We know now that in order, to paint a really clear picture for our reader we need to do these things.

We need to use the senses.

So mention what we can see, hear, feel, smell, and taste.

We need to show character reaction to what's happening and we need to use powerful adjectives and adverbs to add detail.

So when we tell it this time, we are going to have a go at telling our story in as much detail as we can and being more descriptive.

So that we can really paint a clear picture for our listener.

So I'm going to do that with my story first to show you, and then it's going to be your turn to have a go for your story.

So I'm going to have a go at telling my story in a bit more detail now and I'm going to keep my story map with me to help me just in case I need it.

So are you sitting comfortably? Are you sitting somewhere quiet? It's story time, once upon a time there were no stories in the world.

Humans were so bored because they had nothing to do without stories.

They were unhappy, they were grumpy and they just argued all the time and then one day brave, daring Hummingbird stepped up and offered to help.

She said that she would go down to the underground story cave, where all of the stories were hidden and get them back for the humans, but she needed help.

So sister Rabbit, brother Badger and sister Fox, all offered to help her.

Together as a team, they dug deep, deep, deep down into the earth until they finally reached a tunnel.

They crawled down the tunnel and soon found themselves at the entrance of a huge underground story cave.

It was so dark in the cave, they could hardly see a thing.

Hummingbird volunteered to go in first, "Wait here," she said to the others, "Let me go first." She dashed into the cave, desperate to get those stories as quick as she could and get out of there.

She snatched all of the stories in her beak, but the stories were guarded by an evil, angry story Bat.

He had mean glaring eyes and huge, black, rubbery wings and he spotted Hummingbird taking his stories.

"Stop thief," he yelled, "Give me back my stories, I will not allow someone to take them from me." And he flew after Hummingbird chasing her.

She darted out of that cave and up through the tunnel as fast as she could fly, but angry Bat was right behind her.

He was just about to reach out and grab her.

When Hummingbird threw the stories to sister Rabbit who was there waiting.

Sister Rabbit caught them and carried on up the tunnel.

Scurrying as fast as her legs could carry her but angry Bat was right behind her.

He reached out to grab her and thankfully there was brother Badger waiting.

Sister Rabbit threw the stories to brother Badger.

"Hey catch it's your turn," she shouted.

Brother Badger caught them, he ran as fast as he could.

Digging, digging, digging up through the soil to get to the surface, angry Bat was right behind him.

He was just about to reach out and grab him when there was sister Fox.

"Phew, hey sister Fox catch," and he threw the stories to sister Fox who caught them in her paws.

She ran, and she ran, and she ran, angry Bat was right behind her.

Once again, angry Bat was just about to reach out and grab sister Fox, when there was Hummingbird.

"Hey, Hummingbird catch the stories." Hummingbird caught them once again in her beak and flew up to the sky, up, up, up to the clouds.

She threw the stories into the cloud so that they were safe, once and for all from angry story Bat, and then you'll never guess what happened.

It began to rain and it rained down stories and soon all of the oceans, and the lakes, and the rivers in the world were full of stories.

And the humans drank them all up and soon they too were full of stories, and they told stories together.

They made up stories together, and they laughed, and they had fun and there was no more boredom in the world.

Humans were happy because stories had been returned to earth once again, and that is the story, of how Hummingbird brought stories to earth.

So you just heard me tell my story in a bit more descriptive detail.

Hopefully you could imagine, what was happening in my story as I told it.

I would like you to have a go at doing that with your story now.

So tell it in your own way, in your own words and try and add a bit more descriptive detail, so that when you tell it to somebody else they can really picture what's happening in your story.

There's the toolkit on the screen to help you.

So pause the video now and have a go at telling your story.

That brings us to the end of our learning today.

Well done for your fantastic efforts, learning to tell your story from memory.

Now it's a really special thing to be able to tell our own stories that we have made up and tell them to an audience.

So I would love it, if you could have a go at telling your story again, before we see each other in the next lesson.

You could tell it to somebody else in your household.

You could tell it to one of your toys.

You could tell it to one of your friends, up to you but that would be really great.

So that you know it really well, so that you feel really confident when you're telling it.

Now then, I will see you in lesson three for our next lesson on our new recycled stories.

Until then keep telling your story, bye.