Lesson video

Hello everyone, my name is Miss Barron.

Now, as you know, we are working with and learning one of my favourite stories at the moment, the story of the unlucky man.

Now, you know that I love telling stories, I love writing stories, I love making up stories, so I also love reading stories too and we are going to be doing some reading in today's lesson.

So, in today's lesson, we are going to make inferences based on what is said or done and I'm going to recap for you what it means to make inferences a little bit later in the lesson.

But first, let's take a closer look at what we are going to do today.

So, we are going to begin with a spelling activity, then we're going to do a strategy check to help us be amazing readers today, then we're going to do some reading together and as we read together, we are going to practise making inferences.

So in this lesson, you will need an exercise book or a piece of paper to write on, a pencil to write with and if you can, download the reading extracts now that comes with this lesson and print it off.

So pause the video now and do those things if you need to.

So let's begin with our spelling activity.

Have a look at the words in the white boxes on your screen.

What do you notice? Pause the video now and have a think about that.

Brilliant, you're back.

Go on then, tell me what you notice, say I notice that.

, tell me to the screen now.

Fantastic job, well observed.

You notice that those words in the second box all end in the suffix "est", est, "est" and I'm really impressed that you remembered that "est" is a suffix.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word to change its meaning, isn't it? So, let's just have a look at those root words.

Fast, strong, quiet.

Now notice that when we add "est" onto the end, the spelling of the root word doesn't change, does it? Now, let's have a look at these words.

Wise, read them with me, wise, strange, nice.

Now, what do you notice happens to the spelling of those roots words when we add the suffix "est"? Is anything different? What do you notice? Go on tell me to your screen now say I noticed that.

Well done.

You noticed that when we add "est" on the end, we don't keep the "e" on the root word, do we? Otherwise we would have two ees in the middle, it would be W I S E E S T, the wiseest and it would be wiseest and that doesn't make sense, does it? That doesn't sound right.

So what's happens is that if the adjective, wise, strange, nice, ends in a vowel, then we have to drop that vowel at the end when we add "est", est.

So that is the rule there.

Now let's have a look at these words.

What do you notice here? Take a careful look at those words in the white boxes.

What do you notice? Have you worked it out yet? Go on tell me to your screen say I notice that.

, tell me your screen.

Fantastic job.

You noticed that those adjectives all end in "y".

So, when we add "est" we drop the "y" and it changes to an "i" and becomes "iest" So let's read those words in the second box, unhappiest, unluckiest, grumpiest.

So do you notice that those Ys at the end of all of those adjectives in the first box have been dropped and replaced with an "i"? And so, that "est" ending that "est" suffix becomes "iest", which we pronounced "iest".

So, let's have a look at how that suffix changes the meaning of the word.

Now, it changes the meaning of the word so that we can use it to compare three or more things.

All of those words that we've just been looking at are adjectives, aren't they? So when we add the suffix "est" or "iest" on the end, then we can use that adjective now to compare three or more things.

So that's really important.

Remember that.

let's have a look at that with my sentences.

He thought he was the unluckiest man on earth.

So, we are comparing the man to all of the other men on earth, so that's definitely three or more men, isn't it? Let's have a look at the next sentence, the old man was the wisest man in the mountains.

So we're comparing the old man to all of the other men in the mountains and that's definitely more than three.

And then it's look at the last sentence, he was the grumpiest man in the village.

So we are comparing the man to all of the other men in the village.

So, again, comparing him to three or more things, there's probably going to be more than three men in the village I think, don't you? So, that is how we can use those adjectives ending in the suffix "est" or "iest" to compare things.

Now then, you have just heard some of my story sentences, so I would like you to come up with some stories sentences of your own using some of these spelling words in the white boxes.

You don't have to use all of them, but I would like you to use at least one from each box.

So there's example again in the middle of the screen, he was the grumpiest man in the village.

Pause the video now and use some of those spelling words in your own story sentences.

So let's move on to our reading today.

Now, we know in today's lesson, we are practising our inference skills.

Now, inference is quite a long and tricky word, so let's just recap what it means.

when we are infering, we are acting like detectives looking really closely for clues in the text to help us work out extra meaning that's not necessarily written in the words on the page in front of us.

So often what we can do is we can look really carefully at the words, look at what we know already, what we are being told and use it to help us work out other things.

Other things about the characters, other things about what's going on in the text.

So that's what we're going to practise today.

Looking really closely and finding those clues.

So, let's first just think about some strategies that we can use, if we come across words that are tricky to read.

So what do we do in that case if a word is difficult to read? We look at the letters, make the sounds and blend them together, don't we? Fantastic, so we use our phonics.

Now, if it's a tricky word or a sight word, we can't sound it out, can we? So we just have to see it and say it.

We see it and say it, Brilliant.

And if we don't understand something that we've read, we're going to go back and read the sentence again.

What are we going to do? Go on you tell me.

Brilliant, we're going to go back and read the sentence again.

Fantastic.

Now then, let's have a look at some specific strategies that we can use to help us infer today.

So these are other things that we are going to do that are really going to help us with our inference.

Let's have a look at them.

So first, we are going to use what we already know from the text to help me.

We're going to use information that we have read already.

Then, we are going to use all of the information in the text to help us.

So that might be; what's characters say, how they say it and what they do.

That information is really important.

Often we can work out what characters are thinking and feeling from what they say and do, even if it's not written there in the text for us.

We can also use the punctuation to help us.

So, if we see an exclamation mark, we can use that to know that there is going to be strong feeling there.

We can use it to work out what that strong feeling might be, when we read the rest of that sentence.

If we see a question mark, we know that the character is asking a question, may be to themselves, maybe that tells us that they confused.

So we can use punctuation to help us work out extra meaning.

And finally, we can look for bold or italic print.

Now if a word is written in bold, then it looks thicker.

It's really going to stand out and if it's an italian print, it means it's slanted to the side.

Or maybe the word is written in capital letters.

So often, if that's the case, then it means that the writer is really trying to emphasise those words, those words are really important.

So that might tell us something else to help us infer meaning as well.

So those are the things that we are going to do today to help us.

Now then, here is some key words in the text that we are going to read today.

Let's read them together and then, find out what they mean.

So the first word, egotistic.

Now, my turn your turn, egotistic, your turn.

Brilliant, again, egotistic, your turn.

Fantastic.

Now, if you're egotistic, it means that you think a lot of yourself.

You are very self centred, you always think about yourself first.

Now, let's read the next word, observant, my turn, observant, your turn.

Brilliant.

Now you might have noticed that I used that already today in when we did our spellings, I said that you had been observant.

So to be observant means to look carefully.

Now then, let's look at the next word, hectic, my turn, hectic, your turn.

Fantastic.

If something's hectic, then it's really busy and chaotic.

So the marketplace might be hectic, maybe Westfield shopping centre is hectic.

Let's have a look at the next word, serenity, my turn, serenity, your turn.

Fantastic.

Serenity means calm peacefulness.

So if something's serene, it's really calm and peaceful and the noun is serenity.

So we're going to meet that word in the text today, let's see if you can remember it when we spot it.

And finally, ponder, my turn, ponder, your turn.

Fantastic.

Now to ponder means to think really hard about something, to think carefully about something.

So those are our key words.

Let's begin reading.

Now, I've got a key question for you to think about as we read together today and that question is at the top of your screen in the green box.

What does this passage tell us about the character? So as we're reading, be thinking about that.

What are we finding out about the character? So let's read together.

Are you ready? He walked back to his house, muttering to himself the whole way, kicking stones on the path.

"This is so unfair," he thought.

"Everyone has a it in for me." When he got home, he slammed the door shut hard behind him and stormed upstairs to his bedroom.

He threw his things down on the bed and ripped up his application.

"Stupid people!" he said scornfully.

"Well, I didn't want it anyway.

I'm far too good for them.

I'm too good for everybody." So, let's have a think, what do you think that passage tells us about the character? I would like you to pause the video now and have a think about that.

Go back to the text, reread it and find some evidence to help you support your answer.

So you can use these sentence stems to help you.

It tells me that.

, I know this because in the text it says.

, so pause the video and have a think about that.

What can you find out about this character? Brilliant, you're back.

So well done for looking carefully over that piece of text and finding some clues, finding some evidence.

So go on then, tell me something that you've learned about the character.

Say, I know that, hmm, because.

, tell me to the screen.

Brilliant, lots of different ideas.

Well, let's see if these next comments are anything similar to what you found.

So let's have a look at these statements.

I would like you to order them from the one that you least agree with, to the one that you most agree with and you're going to find some evidence in the text to support your opinion.

So let's read them together.

He is a negative person who always thinks the worst.

He is well respected, so that means that people respect him.

They think a lot of him.

He has a very high opinion of himself, that means he thinks a lot of himself.

He likes to keep things clean and tidy.

And finally, he is patient, accepting and understanding.

Interesting.

So, let's have a go at that.

I would like you to rank those statements from the one that you least agree with, up to the one that you most agree with, so put them in order and you are going to go back to the text to help you find evidence to support what you think.

You can use this sentence then to help you as well.

I least/I most agree with the.

statement, so the first statement, the second statement, et cetera, because in the text it says.

So pause the video now and have a go at ranking those statements.

Brilliant, you're back so, I am really interested to hear your thoughts on this one.

Tell me which statement you most agree with and why? So say, I most agree with.

because.

Go on tell me to your screen.

Really interesting.

So most of you most agree with the first and the third statements.

Now let's take each of them in order and find some evidence to support whether they are true or false.

So, let's take the first one.

He is a negative person who always thinks the worst.

So lots of you most agreed with this statement and here's why, there is the evidence in the text because he says, "This is so unfair" and mainly, this next sentence is the main piece of evidence to support that.

"Everyone has it in for me," not just one person or few people, everyone.

So "everyone" is the key word there that shows that he's negative and thinks the worst.

He thinks everyone is out to get him.

Now, the next statement, he is well respected.

Now, we might not be certain about this, it doesn't tell us for sure, but again, we can use clues in the text to help us infer.

So, you might say, I'm not sure, but I might infer that he is not well respected, because in the text it says, "Stupid people!" I'm far too good for them I'm too good for everybody." Now, if somebody is rude like that, or treats other people in that way, or thinks like that about other people, then it's probably not very likely that they are going to respect him.

So there is the evidence to support the fact that, he is well respected, is not going to be a statement that we should agree with.

He has a very high opinion of himself, meaning he thinks a lot of himself.

There's the evidence, there in the last two lines.

We agree with that, don't we? Because in the text it says, "I'm far too good for them.

I'm good for everybody." That means he thinks a huge amount of himself, doesn't it?.

Let's have a look at this one.

He likes to keep things clean and tidy.

So it seems like this may not be true because in the text it says, he threw his things down on the bed and ripped up his application.

That would make a mess, wouldn't it? Maybe he's just doing it this once because he's really angry.

Let's have a look at this statements.

"His patient, accepting and understanding." Well, all of you disagreed with that one and there is loads of evidence as to why we should disagree with it.

Here's all the evidence in that piece of text.

Muttering to himself the whole way, kicking stones on the path, that doesn't show his patient or understanding, does it? "This is so unfair," he thought.

"Everyone has it in for me." Again he's not being understanding about people.

He's just making out like, it's not his fault, it's everybody else's fault.

Then, when he gets home, he slammed the door shut hard.

That doesn't show understanding or patience.

Stormed upstairs, again, stormed, a really angry verb.

He threw his things down on the bed and ripped up his application.

that doesn't show much understanding or acceptance, does it? So he's not accepting that, obviously things haven't gone very well for him.

"Stupid people!" he said scornfully.

So again, he's not accepting things or understanding, he is just blaming other people.

"Well, I didn't want it anyway.

I'm far too good for them.

I'm too good for everybody." So all of that is evidence that supports the fact he is not patient, he is not accepting and he is not understanding.

Now then, egotistic means, do you remember? To think a lot of yourself, to be proud and self centred.

So here's another statement for you.

The unlucky man is egotistic.

What do you think? Pause the video now, go back to the text and find some evidence to support your answer.

Do you he's egotistic? Do you agree or disagree? Go back to the text and find out why.

Pause the video and do that.

Go on then, say what do you think? Tell me whether you think he's egotistic, say, I agree or disagree that the unlucky man is egotistic because.

, tell me what you think.

Hmm! Lots of you are absolutely spot on.

You agree with that statement because, in the text it says, "I'm far too good for them.

I'm too good for everybody." If somebody says that they definitely think a lot of themselves, don't they? They are egotistic.

Well done.

Let's carry on reading.

So this time, I want you to think about this big question, What can we infer? So what can we work out about the wise man? Read with me.

This was his favourite time of day.

He loved the peace and quiet.

The serenity of being ordered alone and undisturbed in the silence of the mountains.

Do you remember serenity meant the calm and the peacefulness? it's had been nearly an hour already.

He sat cross-legged on the floor, straightened his back and closed his eyes.

He began his, Ooh, this is a tricky word.

Let's break it down into chunks.

Med-i-tation, meditation.

Now meditation is when we sit really quietly and we try and block out all of the other thoughts that are disturbing our mind and just really focus.

So, he began his meditation, aiming to block out any distraction.

He wanted to learn how to empty his mind of all other thoughts and just connect with the beauty and magnificence of the mountains.

He wanted to ponder what it meant to be alive.

Remember to ponder meant to think hard about.

He wanted to ponder what it meant to be alive.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" he grumbled, rolling his eyes.

So, what does that passage tell you about the wise man? What do you think? I would like you to reread it and find some evidence in the text to support your thoughts.

What can you work out about him from what is written there? So, it tells me that.

I know this because in the text it says.

So we're looking for clues in the text aren't we? To help us work out what the wise man is like.

Pause the video and have a go at that.

Okay, fantastic.

Now, I wonder what you came up with.

Let's have a look at these statements.

Now, which of these statements do you most agree with and why? So you don't need to rank them this time, I just want you to pick one that you most agree with.

Let's have a read of them.

The wise man is a deep thinker.

The wise man longs for a more exciting, hectic life.

Now remember, hectic meant really busy and chaotic.

The wise man was annoyed about being interrupted.

So which one of those do you most agree with and why? Remember to go back to the text to find evidence to support your answer.

Pause the video now and do that.

Shall we take a look at some evidence to support our thinking? So there is the first statement, we know the wise man is a deep thinker because in the text it says.

, there it is, he wanted to ponder what it meant to be alive.

Now that is a really big, deep question, isn't it? So if we're pondering, remember we're thinking.

He wanted to think about what it meant to be alive.

That shows that he's a really deep thinker.

So let's move on to our next statement.

Now the next statement said that he longed for a more exciting, hectic life.

Now we know that that's not true, don't we? So, those first few sentences are our evidence to support that.

It says, this was his favourite time of day.

He loved the peace and quiet, the serenity of being all alone and undisturbed in the silence of the mountains.

So does he like things to be busy and hectic? No he doesn't, does he? He likes silence, look, there's that word, serenity as well, meaning peacefulness and calm, we've also got to the phrase, all alone, he likes to be all alone and we've got the word, undisturbed.

So he doesn't like to be disturbed, he likes silence, serenity, peace and quiet, to be alone and undisturbed.

Now then, let's have a look at that last statement.

We know he was annoyed about being interrupted because in the text it says, he grumbled, rolling his eyes and that was when there was a knock at the door, wasn't it? So he answers, "who is it?" And then there is that last bit that tells us that he's annoyed about it, he grumbled, rolling his eyes.

If we roll our eyes, it means we're annoyed.

Fantastic.

Now, which of these words do you think best describes the wise man and why? Thoughtful, observant, or patient? So remember, if you're observant, you're someone that looks at things carefully.

So, if you could just pick one of those words, you might think they could all be used to describe him.

But if you could just pick one, which one would it be? Thoughtful, observant, or patient? So I would like you to have a look through the text and find some clues to support your answer.

Pause the video and do that.

Fantastic.

Go on then, I would love to hear your thoughts.

So, tell me which one of those you most agree with.

Say, I think the wise man is mostly.

because in the text it says.

tell me it's your screen.

Okay.

Some mixed opinions there.

Now, I think that you could choose either thoughtful or patient.

Now, I would probably go with thoughtful, of the two, because we know he's thoughtful, we know he's a deep thinker because it says that he ponders what it means to be alive.

Patient, now we could think that he is patient because he sits and meditates for long periods of time, doesn't he? Those kinds of people are usually very patient people, but then there is that line at the end, so when he gets a knock at the door, he grumbles and rolls his eyes, that tells us that sometimes he can be a little bit impatient.

Observant, Hmm, I'm not sure, it doesn't really mention anything about that in the text, does it? He might be but there's less evidence to support that.

So, I think if it were me, I would choose thoughtful there.

But really well done going back to the text to find your evidence.

Now here is your final challenge today.

Which character would you most like to meet? The wise man or the unlucky man and why? So using evidence from the text to support that, which one would you most like to meet? Hmm, interesting question.

So, pause the video now and have a think about that.

Fantastic job.

So, go on then tell me to the screen, I would most like to meet.

because.

Tell me your screen.

Very interesting.

All sorts of different opinions there.

If it were me, I think, I would most like to meet the unlucky man because I would like to find out what's happened to him to make him feel like he's so unlucky? Now that brings us to the end of today's learning.

I have really enjoyed reading with you today and looking in the texts like detectives, finding clues to help us infer information about the characters in our story.

We've worked really hard today to infer information about the wise man and the unlucky man in our story.

So that brings us to the end of today's lesson.

I hope that you keep telling stories, that you keep writing stories, you keep reading stories and you keep making up stories and hopefully, we will meet each other again soon.

Bye everyone.