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Hello, super storytellers.

And welcome to this English lesson.

My name is Ms. Cashin.

And this is lesson four of this unit where we are learning all about the story, The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken.

In this lesson, we are going to be using the progressive form verbs to write sentences in the past tense.

And we're going to be writing sentences all about the story, The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken.

We're going to start stays lesson with a game.

Then we're going to see if we can identify sentences in the past progressive tense.

Then we're going to speak through some sentences in the past progressive tense.

And then we're going to write some sentences in the past progressive tense.

If you don't know what this tense is at the moment, don't worry because you will do by the end of the lesson.

And I am sure you already use this in your speaking and writing, anyway.

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

You're going to need an exercise book or a piece of paper, and it would be brilliant if you have some lined paper so that you can really neatly write your sentences.

You could also get your story map, which we made in lesson two of this unit.

You're going to need something to write with a pen or a pencil and of course, you're going to need your brilliant brain but hopefully you have that all ready.

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

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

So let's get started with our game.

For our game today, I have got my story map all about the story, I have got my story map all about the story, The Eagle Who Thought He Was A Chicken.

I am going to act out a bit of the story, I am going to act out a bit of the story, but I'm going to mime it, I'm not going to use any words.

You need to watch my actions carefully and then see if you can tell me which bit I acted out.

Okay, let me have a look.

Okay.

I think I know what I'm going to do, right here is my first action.

Should I do it again? Which bit was I acting out? Can you tell me? So many amazing learners knew.

I was acting out at the part when the owl laughs at the eagle and he says, "You are an eagle but you are acting like a chicken." Well done super storytellers.

Let me have another look at my map.

Which bit could I act out next? Which bit could I act out next? I know which part I'm going to act out.

Okay, here we go.

Should I do it again? Can you tell me which bit was I acting out? Lots of our brilliant learners knew that I was acting out the part when the eaglet falls from the sky.

And what happens after he's fallen? Ah! That's right, he opens his wings and he says, "I can fly.

I am an eagle after all." Okay, one more.

Let me see.

Oh, I've got one, okay.

I'll do it again.

Do you know which part of the story that was? Can you tell me? So many amazing learners knew that it was right at the beginning after the farmer has seen those two magnificent golden eagles, stone cold dead.

He climbs up the tree and he collects the eagle eggs.

And where does he put them when he gets back to his farm? That's right, he puts them underneath Mother Hen.

Now we're going to speak through some sentences in the past progressive tense.

Here's the start of my first sentence.

The farmer was.

I'm going to use my story map to have a thing I could say, "The farmer was stealing the eggs." "The farmer was stealing the eggs." I could have, "The farmer was annoyed that the owl was laughing." "The farmer was annoyed that the owl was laughing." What could you say about the farmer? Can you tell me your sentences? The farmer was.

I heard, "The farmer was walking along the path." I heard, "The farmer was thinking about what to do with the eggs." Fantastic sentences in the past progressive tense.

Well done.

Okay, I've got: Mother Hen was.

Oh, what could I have? Mother Hen was teaching the eaglets how to cluck.

Mother Hen was teaching the eaglets how to cluck.

That would be a really lovely sentence.

What could you say about Mother Hen? Mother Hen was.

Get your sentence ready in your head.

Mother Hen was.

Can you tell me your sentence? Some brilliant ideas for sentences I heard: "Mother Hen was sitting on her eggs." I heard, "Mother Hen was looking up at the eagles." I heard, "Mother Hen was looking up at the eagles." Fantastic! Let's have a look at our next sentence starter.

The eaglets were.

This time my past tense verb isn't was, it's were.

The eaglets were.

What were the eaglets doing? Have a think, the eaglets were soarming, maybe.

The eaglets were feeling, the eaglets with thinking.

Get your sentence ready in your head.

Okay, tell me your sentence.

The eaglets were.

Incredible ideas I heard, "The eaglets was soaring above the chicken coop." I heard, "The eaglets were feeling confused." I heard, "The eaglets were feeling confused." I heard, "The eaglets were scratching like chickens." I heard, "The eaglets were scratching like chickens." The owl was, what was the owl doing? The owl was.

When he meets brother eaglet, when he flies up with him, when he turns over.

Okay, tell me your sentence In the past progressive tense.

Just amazing ideas.

I heard, "The owl was laughing." I heard, "The owl was giggling." "The owl was flying with brother eagle on his back." And, "The owl was proud that his plan worked." And, "The owl was proud that his plan worked." Brilliant sentences there in the past progressive tense, well done.

Now we're going to write some sentences in the past progressive tense.

So you going to watch me right them and then you will write them.

I'm ready to write my sentences in the past progressive tense.

And there are two words that I need to remember.

My two past tense verbs.

I need to remember the word was that's one of our tricky words.

We just need to know it w-a-s.

We just need to know it w-a-s.

and I need to know the word were another one of our tricky words.

We just need to know w-e-r-e.

We just need to know w-e-r-e.

Was and were.

Was and were.

Was and were.

If you want to, you can pause your video now and you can go and write was and were at the top of your piece of paper so that you remember them later.

Well done superstars.

I've got my map here and I'm going to use my map for some ideas about my sentences.

I really, really like this part of the story when the eaglets are acting like chickens.

So I'm going to say, the eaglets were eating grubs.

So I'm going to say, the eaglets were eating grubs.

The eaglets were eating grubs.

Okay, Capital T for The, that's one of our tricky words we just need to know it T-h-e.

The eaglets The eaglets were eating.

Oh I need to, I need to use my sounds.

Okay, ea t ing The eaglets were eating grubs.

The eaglets were eating grubs.

g r a b s The eaglets were eating grubs.

I used word, were so this sentence is in the past progressive tense, okay? Let me have another look.

Oh, I really like this picture.

I really like this picture.

I think this is such an exciting part of this story when our eaglet is going, "Oh my goodness, put me down." So I want to say something about the owl.

I can say, "The owl was soaring through the sky." or even something like how he's feeling antsy.

"The owl was confident the eaglet would be fine." "The owl was confident the eaglet would be fine." or "The owl was going really fast." I think I'm going to say, "The owl was soaring quickly." The owl, okay.

The owl, okay.

The owl was soaring, I'm going to use my sounds s oa r ing The owl was soaring quickly.

The owl was soaring quickly.

Full stop.

Okay, one more.

Let me see.

Oh, what about Mother Hen? I could say, "Mother Hen was sitting on her eggs.

Mother Hen was lying on her eggs." Or, "Mother Hen was waiting for her eggs." Oh, I really like that.

She'll be so excited to meet all of her children.

So Mother Hen, capital M M a tha Hen cause it's her name, Mother Hen was waiting, w ai t ing for her eggs.

I'm going to extend that, to hatch.

Full stop.

Now that you've seen me write my sentences in the past progressive tense.

It's time for you do the same.

So you can use your map to write three sentences in the past progressive tense.

I've given you some sentence starters here, if you would like to use them but it would be brilliant if you could do it independently, just using your map.

So I've got here.

The farmer was.

The eaglets were.

And Mother Hen was.

So you can pause the video now to go into your very own independent writing.

Well done, super storytellers, you have learnt so much today.

Let's have a look at our challenge.

I wonder if you could write a sentence about the other chicks, the chicken chicks who were sat under Mother Hen before the eagle eggs were slipped in The other chicks were.

Hmm, what might the other chicks be doing? We're going to have to use our imaginations because we don't hear much about them in the story.

What might they be doing in the farm? What might they do with their eaglet brother and sister? What might they do at the end of the story? Have a careful think.

Now you can pause the video and see if you can write a sentence that begins with, The other chicks were.

Well done super storytellers.

I would love it if you could read me your sentence.

Get it ready.

Now you can read it to me.

I heard some amazing ideas.

I heard, "The other chicks were wondering why their brother and sister had such long beaks." "The other chicks were happy when the eagles came back to visit." Or even, "The other chicks were eating grubs too." Fantastic work.

I would love to see some of the writing that you've done today.

So remember, 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 hashtag #LearnwithOak cause I would love, love, love to see some of your amazing work.

In our next lesson, we are going to be reading a different story with the same characters.

We'll get to meet our characters all over again.

I'm very excited.

So I hope to see then.

Bye.