Lesson video

Hi, everybody, it's Ms. Gardner.

In today's lesson, we are going to be learning new vocabulary that is associated with inspiration.

So a really exciting lesson.

I hope you enjoy it and let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to effectively use new vocabulary associated with inspiration.

Let's start by looking at the key words.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Adjective.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Synonym.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.

So there are two sections to the lesson today.

In the first will be learning the new vocabulary, and in the second will be applying the vocabulary.

So let's start with learning the vocabulary.

Before we look at today's words, there's a few questions I want you to think about with your partner or your class or whoever you're with.

The first question to think about is this.

What are you passionate about? What do you really care about? What do you love? Pause the video now and discuss this with your partner or whoever you're with, off you go.

Okay, I hope you enjoyed talking about things that you are passionate about.

The next question, what inspires you or who inspires you? Pause the video now.

And then finally, what do you want to know more about? This can be anything, maybe a subject, a topic, anything really.

What are you curious about knowing more about? Pause the video now.

Well done, there are no right or wrong answers for those questions, but I really hope you enjoy discussing them as a class.

Here are some possible responses, but I'm sure we've got a wide range of answers today.

"I am passionate about taking care of our planet." "My mom inspires me because she is so strong." And, "I would like to know more about how we can keep our bodies healthy." I wonder if any of you said anything similar to this.

There are so many different responses because we're all so different and have so many different inspirations and things that we care about and things that we're passionate about.

So there is no right or wrong answer to this.

Great job.

So everyone has different passions and is curious about different things in life.

Everyone also has different things or people that inspire them.

We are going to explore some words we can use when discussing inspirations and passions in today's lesson.

So before I reveal the first word, have a close look at this picture.

What is happening? What can you see? Pause the video now.

Okay, so in this picture we have Armie reading a book.

He looks like he loves reading.

He's got three books just next to him.

And then in kind of his daydream bubble, you can see all these different activities and stories and adventures that Armie looks like he wants to be doing.

And maybe he wants to be doing them because he's read about them in his books.

So the word for this picture is inspired.

Inspired.

Inspired is an adjective, which means feeling full of ideas and excited to do something.

Let's listen to a story.

"Inspiration can come from anywhere.

Armie likes to read lots of books.

The adventures and tales of the characters in the books he reads have inspired him.

When Armie grows up, he wants to live a life full of adventures like the characters in his books." So he's been inspired by what he's been reading.

That's the kind of life he wants to live.

What makes you feel inspired? What did you do with that inspiration? So, for example, "I was inspired by my dad who cycles everywhere." And then what did I do with that inspiration? "Now, I cycle to school every day!" Your turn.

What makes you feel inspired? Here's a sentence starter to help you.

"I am inspired by.

." Tell the person next to you, or you can discuss this as a class.

Pause the video now, off you go.

Okay, here's a possible response.

"I'm inspired by Marcus Rashford because he plays football professionally and also helps so many children in need.

I want to be like him!" I think Marcus Rashford is an inspiration for a lot of people, especially people who also want to be a footballer.

Well done.

So just checking for understanding.

What is the adjective that matches this picture? Pause the video now.

Okay, the adjective for this picture is, everybody, let's say it together.

Three, two, one, inspired.

Great job.

Here is our next pic word.

Have a look at the picture.

What can you see? What do you think is happening? What do you think the word might be? Pause the video now.

Okay, so in this picture we can see Plato is swimming down to the very bottom of the ocean, and he's got to the bottom of the ocean and he's seeing something that he's really interested in, but he's not just swimming past it and ignoring it.

He's getting even closer.

He's getting as close as he can and trying to almost touch it because Plato is curious.

My turn, your turn.

Curious.

Curious is an adjective, and it means feeling like you really want to find out more.

Let's listen to a story.

"Plato is fascinated by ocean life.

When he was swimming in the sea, he swam to the bottom of the ocean to see what was there.

The curious platypus had never seen an oyster before! He swam as close as he could to try and find out more." He's really curious.

He wants to know more.

What are you curious about? What would you like to know more about? "I am curious about how rockets fly all the way to space.

And I have read lots of books to find out more!" Because I'm so curious, I've done lots of research.

What are you curious about? Tell the person next to you.

Here's your sentence starter to help you.

"I'm curious about.

." Pause the video now.

Okay, I'm sure you're all curious about lots of different things, but here is a possible response.

"I'm curious about why the sky changes colour at sunrise and sunset.

I'm going to try and watch lots of sunsets to learn more!" So if you want to know more about something, and you actually do something to learn more about it, that's you being really curious.

Checking for understanding, what are the adjectives that match these pictures? Pause the video now and have a think.

Okay, our first picture with Armie reading the books and all those characters and their exciting adventures.

They leave Armie feeling really everybody.

Three, two, one, inspired.

Well done.

Our second picture, Plato swimming down to the bottom, getting as close as he can to find out more about that oyster.

We can describe Plato as, everybody, three, two, one, curious.

Well done.

Okay, here's our next picture.

We'll have a look at the picture.

What can you see? What do you think might be happening? What do you think the word might be? Pause the video now.

Okay, so in this picture we have Stax who looks like he's an artist in this picture, and he looks like he is absolutely loving doing his painting.

He looks so happy.

He looks like he's doing something he loves.

So we can describe Stax in this picture as passionate.

Passionate.

Passionate is an adjective.

And it means feeling a strong love or enthusiasm for something.

Let's listen to a story.

"Stax is a very good painter.

He spends all of his spare time creating works of art.

He doesn't just like painting, he loves it.

In fact, he is completely passionate about it.

If he could, he would spend all day, every day painting whatever he wants!" So Stax is a passionate artist.

He absolutely loves it.

What are you passionate about? "I am passionate about dancing.

When I grow up, I want to dance on stage in front of audiences!" What are you passionate about? Tell your partner or your class or whoever you are with.

And here's your sentence starter to help you.

"I'm passionate about.

." Pause the video now.

Okay, I'm sure you're all passionate about lots of different things, but here is a possible response.

"I am passionate about gardening.

I spent all weekend looking after the plants and vegetables in my garden." That's a great thing to be passionate about.

Checking for understanding.

What are the adjectives that match these pictures? Pause the video now and have a think.

Okay, so the first picture, Armie, reading all those books, all those exciting stories.

He feels really, everybody, three, two, one, inspired.

Well done.

Plato swimming all the way down to the bottom of the ocean and getting as close as he can to the oyster.

He is really, everybody, three, two, one, curious.

Great job.

And then our final picture.

We can see Stax absolutely loves painting.

How can we describe how he feels about painting? Everybody, he is three, two, one, passionate.

Passionate about painting.

Well done.

Okay, here's our final picture.

What do you think the word might be? Take a closer look at this picture.

What can you see? Pause the video now.

Okay, so in this picture we've got Grit, and he looks like he's dressed himself up as a knight from cardboard boxes.

So he's really creative.

He's made an amazing costume and it looks like he's playing, or he's fighting against a dragon that doesn't really exist, but exists in his mind.

So he feels like he is fighting against a real dragon.

So we can describe Grit as imaginative.

My turn, your turn.

Imaginative.

Imaginative is an adjective, and it means feeling creative or full of new ideas.

Let's listen to a story.

"Grit liked playing by himself more than anything else.

He had a wicked imagination and created lots of fantastic ideas and tales in his head.

The imaginative boy spent hours playing with imaginary friends and characters that, to him, felt real." So we can describe him as imaginative because he has this amazing imagination.

Are you an imaginative person? "I am imaginative because I have lots of different imaginary friends I play with after school." Tell the person next to you or your partner, are you an imaginative person? Here's a sentence scaffold to help you.

"I am imaginative when.

." Pause the video now.

"I am imaginative when I'm drawing because I create lots of different characters like animals, which are not real." So imaginative also kind of means creative.

If you can create this imaginary world where everything isn't real but kind of feels it, you can be described as really imaginative.

Well done.

It's time for task A.

You need to match each picture to the correct word and definition.

So here are your pictures, here are your words and the definitions, and you just need to draw lines to each.

Pause the video now, off you go.

Well done, everybody, great job.

Okay, let's match the words to the definitions.

Passionate, so feeling a strong love or enthusiasm for something is the picture of Stax.

He's a passionate artist.

He loves drawing and painting.

Inspired, feeling full of ideas and excited to do something.

That's Armie.

He's inspired by all the stories that he's read.

Imaginative, feeling creative or full of new ideas.

The picture of Grit who's got this amazing imagination.

He can imagine all these make-believe characters.

And then curious, feeling like you really want to find out more.

That's Plato who's going as close as he can to the oyster to learn more about it.

Well done.

It is now time for the second part of the lesson where we are applying the vocabulary.

When we are speaking or writing, we can choose vocabulary that helps us to describe something in a really precise way.

This doesn't mean that one word is better or more ambitious than another.

It just means that we want to choose the word which describes the characteristic most precisely.

So let's have a look at some examples of using really precise vocabulary.

"I like science and the natural world." You can say, "I like science," that's fine, but I want to show just how much I like it.

So I'm going to use a more precise word choice.

I'm going to say, "I am passionate about science and the natural world." "I'm passionate about science because I spent all my time trying to learn more." I don't just like it, I'm passionate.

Let's have a look at another example.

"I like the women's England football team." Again, that makes sense.

That's fine, but that's not telling us how much you like it or how that affects you.

So you could be more precise and say, "I am inspired by the women's England football team." "The women's England team has inspired me to play football too." Let's have a look at another example.

"With my fun mind, I turned my cardboard box into a spaceship and flew to the moon!" Fun doesn't quite work in the sentence here.

I think we need to be a little bit more precise.

So let's say, "With my imaginative mind, I turned my cardboard box into a spaceship and flew to the moon!" "An imaginative mind can take you to the craziest places!" Like the moon.

And then finally, "I wanted to know what the noise coming from the cupboard was.

So I bravely peeked inside." Let's be a bit more precise here.

Instead of saying, "I wanted to know," "I felt curious about the noise coming from the cupboard so I bravely peeked inside." A curious person is someone who will always try to find out more.

Checking for understanding.

Match each word to the definition.

You have curious, inspired, passionate, and imaginative.

And then you have the definitions next to it.

So drawing lines from the word to the definition.

Pause the video now, off you go.

Okay, let's go through it.

So curious, it's feeling like you really want to find out more.

Inspired, feeling full of ideas and excited to do something.

Passionate, feeling a strong love or enthusiasm for something.

Imaginative, feeling creative or full of new ideas.

Great job.

It's time for task B.

You're going to fill in the blanks in the two sentences below using either curious, so wanting to know more, or inspired, so feeling full of exciting new ideas.

Here are the two sentences.

A, "The girl was," hmm, "about the smell from the kitchen so she poked her head around the door." B, "I feel," hmm, "by Mrs. Oz and now I want to be a teacher when I'm older." So think about which word, think about the definitions of each word, and then which word is the most precise and most appropriate to go in each sentence.

Then tell your partner why you chose each word.

So you can use this sentence since starter to help you.

"I chose curious because," or, "I chose inspired because." Pause the video now, off you go.

Well done, everybody.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Let's go through it.

So, "The girl was," hmm, "about the smell." "The girl was curious about the smell from the kitchen so she poked her head around the door." B, "I feel inspired by Mrs. Oz and now I want to be a teacher when I'm older." So Mrs. Oz must be his teacher.

Then tell your partner why you chose each word.

I chose curious because curious means you want to find out more, and the girl wants to know what the smell is.

She's not just ignoring it, she's being curious and going around the door to find out more.

Really well done today.

You've all worked so hard and learned so much ambitious and precise vocabulary that I hope you can start to be using more and more of.

Great job today, everybody, well done.

Here's a summary of everything we've learned.

Inspired is an adjective, which means feeling full of ideas and excited to do something.

Curious is an adjective, which means feeling like you really want to find out more.

Passionate is an adjective, which means feeling a strong love or enthusiasm for something.

And imaginative is an adjective, which means feeling creative or full of new ideas.

I hope you enjoyed today's lesson, well done.