Lesson video

Hello, super storytellers, and welcome to this English lesson.

My name is Miss Cashin, and this is lesson seven of our unit, all about information texts.

We have been finding out so much about the dreaded ice witch, and you have now invented your very own witch.

Before we start writing our own information texts, in lesson eight of this unit, we are going to read all about the wicked desert witch, and we are going to see if we can spot the features of an information text, so that we can use them in our own writing.

We're going to start today's lesson with a game all about witches.

Then, we're going to do a strategy check, so that we're ready to do our reading.

Then, we're going to read parts of information texts together, and then see if we can identify the features of an information text after we've done that reading.

These are the things that you're going to need in today's lesson.

You're going to need an exercise book or a piece of paper and something to write with, a pen or a pencil.

When we're looking at information texts, you might choose to just talk through your answers or to just find them with your finger, but you might want to write them down.

So it's great to have a piece of paper just in case.

Of course, you guys need your brilliant brain, but hopefully you have that already.

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

Well done, super storytellers, you are all ready for our learning.

So let's get started with our game.

For our game today I'm going to interview you and you are going to be a witch.

So I can't wait to interview you and ask some questions.

So, I am going to use my water bottle as a microphone today.

Let me get.

All ready to go.

I get to use my water bottle.

If you would like to get something to be your microphone, you could pause the video now and go and get it.

Fantastic.

Okay.

I've got my microphone ready.

Let's have a look at our first question.

What sort of witch are you? What sorts of witch are you? Are you an ice witch? Are you a forest witch? Are you a city witch? Are you an ocean witch? Which what sort of witch are you? Get your answer ready.

Okay, here we go.

What sort of witch are you? So many different sorts of witches.

I heard about some ocean witches.

I heard about some forest witches.

I heard about some snow witches.

I heard about some witches who live in the jungle.

Amazing.

Let's have a look at our next question.

Oh! What is your favourite thing about being a witch? How a careful think.

What do you like the most about being a witch? Is it your powers? Is it what you get to wear? Is it where you live? What is your favourite thing about being a witch? I had one learned say that their favourite thing about being a witch is that they get to help people if they're in trouble, because they can use their magical powers.

I had one person say that their favourite thing about being a witch is that they can scare people.

I had one person say their favourite thing about being a witch is that they get to live in a really unusual place.

What is your least favourite thing about being a witch? What don't you like about being a witch? Have a careful think.

Okay, here we go.

What is your least favourite thing about being a witch? So many incredible different answers.

I had one learner say that their least favourite thing about being a witch is that they find it really lonely, because the witches that we've looked at usually are living by themselves.

I had one learner say that their least favourite thing about being a awake is that people are scared of them and they don't always want to talk to them.

What do you like about where you live? Ooh.

Remember, what sorts of witch are you? Where in the world do you live, and what do you like about it? What makes it special and fun? Okay.

Get your answer ready.

Here we go.

What do you like about where you live? So many interesting answers! I had one person say that they liked to be able to wake up every morning and look over the mountains in the distance.

And that they really liked that.

I had one learner say that they really like the heat of the desert, and they really like the feeling of the hot sand under their feet, because they have special witchy feet, which mean that they don't get too hot.

I had one person say that they love to be able to go on really long walks through the forest.

Oh! If you saw a human, what would you do? Lots of different things that you could do.

Have a think.

If you saw a human, what would you do? Would you be kind to them? Would you be unkind to them? Would you help them? Would you eat them? If you saw a human, what would you do? Here we go.

If you saw a human, what would you do? I had somebody say that you would catch them with your big witch claws and take them back to your lair.

I had somebody say that you would try and help the humans and let them know that you can do magical spells and you would like to help them.

I heard somebody say that you would be a witch like Baba Yaga and you might eat them.

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for letting me interview you.

I really enjoyed that.

Now we're going to check our strategy.

When we're reading, we need to have our magnet eyes, so you can follow through as I am reading.

And so that you can then do the reading yourself, when you pause the video.

you need to have your listening ears to listen to me read, and then also to use your sounds, so that you can read independently.

You also need your finding finger, so you can find those features of an information text.

So let's get started.

We're going to read together, and then we're going to identify features of an information text.

Remember each time we pause for you to read, make sure you read independently.

Okay, we're going to start with our introduction.

Here we go.

Magnet eyes on the first word of this information text introduction.

Introduction.

There are many types of witches in the world.

There are ice witches, garden witches, and even flower witches.

That are old witches, but also young witches.

I am going to tell you about one of the most magical witches of all today - the desert witch.

Fantastic listening, super storytellers.

Here is my question.

Can you list the different witches that have been introduced? What witch is this text about? So we know that the purpose of our introduction is to introduce what this text is about.

So can you find all the different witches that have been listed here? And can you find out which witch this text is about? You could write them down if you would like to help you remember them.

So pause the video now, read through again and see if you can answer this question.

Well done, super storytellers.

Let's have a look.

There we go.

There are all different witches that have been introduced in our introduction.

We've introduced the ice witch, the garden witch and a flower witch.

We've also, there are old witches and young witches.

So those are five different sorts of witches that we've mentioned.

We also then have said that in this text, we are going to talk about the desert witch, so that is the witch that this text is about.

Well done, super storytellers, for thinking so carefully about our introduction.

Now we're going to read about the desert witch's appearance.

What does appearance mean? What do we find out in the appearance section? Can you tell me? That's right! It means what they look like.

Magnet eyes on the first word appearance.

Here we go up.

Appearance: The desert witch's hair is a twisting swirling sandstorm on top of their head.

Their skin is rough and coarse like sandpaper.

Their eyes are red and their lips are always dry.

They mostly wear brown clothes and never, ever wear green.

Brilliant this thing, super storytellers.

Here is my question.

What adjectives can you spot? We know that adjectives modify a noun.

So I can see, for example, their skin is rough.

Skin is a noun, and we've modified that noun by describing it as rough.

So see what other adjectives can you spot here? You might even spot some in an expanded noun phrase.

Then I've got a challenge question for you in purple.

Why do we need adjectives in our appearance section? How does it help us give that information? So pause the video now and see if you could answer this question? Well done, super storytellers! Let's have a look at all those different objectives that were there to describe the desert witch.

There we go.

So there were a lot in there to help us to picture what the desert witch looks like.

So the desert witch's hair is a twisting, swirling sandstorm.

So we've got a really clear image and we've got two adjectives in our expanding noun phrase, that twisting and swirling.

Their skin is rough and coarse.

Their eyes are red.

Their lips are dry and they mostly wear brown clothes.

I wonder if you were able to think about our challenge.

Why do we need adjectives in our appearance section? Can you tell me what you thought? Fantastic, super storytellers.

I had some learners say that we need adjectives because those descriptive details are actually giving us information.

They are telling us some facts about the desert witch.

They're telling us that their skin is rough and coarse.

So that's some really good information that we have there, because we know that their eyes are red and their lips are dry and their hair is like a sandstorm.

We have a really clear picture of what they look like.

So the adjectives really help us to give that to our reader.

Now we're going to read about their habitat.

What do we find out in the habitat section? Can you tell me? So many superstars, we know so much about information text now.

We are going to find out about where the desert witch lives.

Here we go.

Magnet eyes on the first word: habitat.

Habitat: Desert witches live in some of the biggest deserts in the world, because they love the earthy colours.

They build caves under the sand, so that they can sleep in a cool spot.

If their cave gets destroyed in a sandstorm, they can always build another one.

Fantastic, superstars.

Okay.

What conjunctions, can you spot? So I've got three sentences here.

What conjunctions can you spot? And then when you've spotted them, how did they add detail to the information? So, see if you can spot the conjunctions.

And if you'd been able to spot the conjunctions, which we know link two clauses together, then you can think about what detail has been added here and how does that help me to understand more about the desert witch.

So pause the video now to have a go at this.

Well done, super storytellers.

Let's have a look.

There were three conjunctions there for us to look at.

Because, so, and if.

So, well done, if you found those conjunctions.

Let's have a at call first sentence.

Desert witches live in some of the biggest deserts in the world, because they love the earthy colours.

So because there has told us why they live in the desert.

So that was a brilliant piece of information.

They build caves under the sand so that they can sleep in a cool spot.

So, so has let me know why they build these caves, the reason behind it, which is really important.

If their cave gets destroyed in a sandstorm, they can always build another one.

So again, that gives me some information about what they would do, if there was a sandstorm.

Well done, superstars, if you were able to spot those conjunctions, that are detailed to our information.

Okay, now we're going to read about their behaviour.

Magnet eyes on the first word behaviour.

And remember behaviour is the things that they do.

Here we go.

Desert witches loved to dance in sandstorms. If they saw any plants, they covered them in sand.

They ate scorpions and beetles.

I think I've made a mistake here.

Silly Miss Cashin, you have.

It didn't sound right when I was reading it.

Let me read it again and have another think.

Desert witches loved to dance in sandstorms. Let me check that word loved.

Loved, okay.

If they saw any plants, they covered them in sand.

They ate scorpions and beetles.

I know what I've done.

I wonder if you know what mistake I've made.

I've put this paragraph in the past tense, but we know that our information texts are witches are all going to be in the present tense like it is happening now is continuously happening.

I wonder if you could help me by changing this paragraph into the present tense.

Remember to look for the verbs, which in this paragraph are the things that the desert witch is doing.

So, see if you can change those verbs into the present tense.

And then I've got a challenge for you in purple to see if you could add any descriptive details.

So pause the video now to have a go at this.

Well done, super storytellers.

Let's have a look at those verbs.

There they are in the past tense, we've got loved, saw, covered, and ate, and I can see the loved and covered both end in -ed, which we often see in past tense verbs.

And there they are in the present tense.

So, loved became love, saw became see, covered became cover, and ate became eat.

So well done if you're able to get those.

You can pause the video now to check that your verbs were the same.

Well done, super storytellers.

Right, I wonder who was able to do our challenge.

What's descriptive details could you add? Did you add any descriptive details to describe the sandstorm, the plants, the scorpions, the beetles.

Can you tell me your descriptive details? So many fantastic descriptive details.

You have made my paragraph so much better! I had, desert witches love to dance in wild sandstorms. I had, if they see any green plants, they cover them in sand.

They eat.

Oh, what could we say for scorpions and beetles? Can you tell me some ideas? They eat poisonous scorpions and enormous beetles.

What amazing ideas! We've just got our conclusion now.

So let's have a read of our conclusion, which we know sums up everything that we have read in our information text.

Magnet eyes on the first word: conclusion.

Conclusion: Desert witches are incredible creatures.

I hope you will meet a desert witch one day, because they look so different to other witches.

It is also amazing to see them survive in such a difficult environment.

Well, don't seep storytellers.

You have listened so well today and you've done some amazing independent reading.

I've got to challenge: What special powers would you give a desert witch? I would give a desert witch the power to.

Hm, have a careful think: what special powers would you give them? You can pause the video to write it down or say it out loud.

Well done, super storytellers.

Let's have a listen.

I would give a desert witch the power to: Oh my goodness, so many fantastic ideas! I had, I would give the desert witch the power to kill any plants that they saw.

I would give a desert witch the power to create water in the desert to help humans who are lost.

I would give a desert witch the power to summon up sandstorms. Well done, superstars.

Remember, I would always love to see some of your fantastic work for this unit.

So you can always share your work with Oak National.

So if you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearwithOak.

Well done, super storytellers, and I will see you in our next lesson, where we're going to start our writing.

Bye!.