Lesson video

Hello everyone, it's Mr. Brown here with your English lesson for today, and we are going to be writing.

We are gonna be writing a section of a non chronological report.

And today's section is all about bats, which I hope you are experts on and are ready to use that knowledge in your writing.

So let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is, I can write a section about bats in a non chronological report on nocturnal animals.

And the keywords which will help us with our learning today are apostrophe and possession.

Let's say those words together because they are tricky and they might be new to some people.

My turn, your turn.

Apostrophe.

Perfect, really good.

Possession.

Excellent work, well done.

So the lesson outline, we are going to start by focusing on apostrophes for possession.

So both our keywords combined there.

We then we'll be looking on at preparing to write and we'll be moving on finally to writing a section.

All punctuation marks have different purposes.

I wonder how many punctuation marks you already know.

There's the full stop, an exclamation mark, a question mark and others that I'm sure you know too.

A full stop is used to mark the end of a sentence like a fact.

An exclamation mark is used at the end of a sentence expressing strong emotion.

And a question mark is used at the end of a sentence asking a question.

Another example of punctuation that you may have used before is an apostrophe.

That's one of our key words, apostrophe.

Now an apostrophe has more than one purpose, so we can use it in different ways.

And that's what an apostrophe looks like.

It looks like a comma really, but it's floating high up above the line in line with the ascenders, and we'll look at that in detail in our lesson.

Now, apostrophes for contraction, that is the first way that we can use an apostrophe.

For example, taking the words is not and combining them to make isn't, that's an example of an apostrophe for contraction.

Now another way to use an apostrophe is an apostrophe for possession.

And that was another one of our keywords, possession.

Let's check your understanding.

I would like you to match these punctuation marks to their label.

So you have four different punctuation marks and four different labels.

Your job match the punctuation mark to its label.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Welcome back everyone, let's see how you got on.

So the first example of punctuation, if we look on the left side, we can see that is an exclamation mark.

Well done, if you said exclamation mark.

We then had an apostrophe, a question mark, and finally a full stop.

Well done if you've got all four of those correct.

What does possession mean? It's one of our keywords.

We've talked already about an apostrophe for possession, but what does possession mean? Possession means to own something.

It means that something belongs to you, it is connected to you or it's in your control.

And here's some examples.

My most loved possession is my snuggly, old teddy bear.

Share your possessions.

He had possession of the ball for ages before he scored.

And tidy up your possessions.

So I've talked in that first example about a possession that I love my old teddy bear.

It belongs to me.

The next example says, share your possessions.

Share the things that belong to you.

Include other people in your possessions, that's sharing.

And we learn that at such an early age, don't we? He had possession of the ball for ages before he scored.

Now this is a football reference.

The person who is in possession of the ball is the person who currently has it, the person who owns it right now.

Now in a football match, the ball is constantly changing possession from one team to the next, from one player to the next.

And the last example, tidy up your possessions.

So maybe your family members have told you or your teacher has told you to tidy up the possessions on your desk or in your bedroom.

Tidy up the things you own.

Let's check our understanding of what does possession mean.

Is it A, to lose control, B, to rely on something, C, to own something, or D, to give something away? A, B, C, or D? Pause the video and decide what's the correct answer now.

Welcome back everyone.

Okay, let's see if you are right.

Possession is not A, it does not mean to lose control.

It's not B, to rely on something.

So it's either C, to own something, or D, to give something away.

If you are in possession of something, it belongs to you, you own it.

Well done if you said C, that's the correct answer.

Let's look at these examples that help demonstrate possession.

Think about things that belong together.

Toy, a toy might belong to a child.

Table, a table belongs to the classroom.

Bed, a bed belongs to a bedroom.

Habitat, the habitat belongs to the bat.

The habitat is the place the bat lives and it belongs to the bat.

The bat owns its own habitat.

We can use an apostrophe to show when something belongs to someone or something else.

We usually add an apostrophe and then an S.

Apostrophe, S to the first noun.

I'm gonna show you an example of that.

Bat's wing.

You can see child's bike is another example.

King's crown.

There is a singular noun, which means just one noun, bat, child, king.

These are the singular nouns.

We then have your apostrophe S, bat apostrophe S, child apostrophe S, king, apostrophe S.

Then you have the noun that belongs to the first noun, the singular noun.

So wing, bat, crown.

The wing belongs to the bats, the bike belongs to the child, the crown belongs to the king.

These are all examples of an apostrophe being used for possession.

Remember apostrophe for possession, not contraction, possession.

Let's check our understanding.

We use apostrophe, T to show singular possession.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone, let's see if you were right.

Fingers crossed, I hope you were.

We use apostrophe, T, not apostrophe, T, what is it? Let me hear.

Apostrophe, S.

Good job apostrophe, S to show singular possession.

Definitely not apostrophe, T.

In this section of the report, you'll be using an apostrophe for possession when it comes to something that belongs to a bat.

The section of our report is all about bats, so we'll be using apostrophe for possession when something belongs to a bat.

For example, bat's wings.

We have the singular noun, bat, our apostrophe, S, and then wings is the noun that belongs to the bat.

We have used an apostrophe for singular possession.

Say that with me.

We have used an apostrophe for singular possession.

You will be doing that in your writing today.

The apostrophe, S shows that the second noun belongs to to the first noun.

The apostrophe, S shows that the wings belong to the bat.

Now there are many nouns that belong to a bat.

Some are more obvious than others.

For example, the bones of a bat, skin, eyes, eyesight.

Now that's a tricky one.

How does the eyesight, I understand how the eyes belong to the bat or the skin, but eyesight is a sense that belongs to the bat.

I have a sense of eyesight, you have eyesight, and the bat would have eyesight.

Adaptations.

Now adaptations are changes that the bat has made over millions of years, but they still are adaptations that belong to the bat.

The diet, of course, what the bat eats that belongs to the bat.

Habitats and wings where we started, the wings belong to the bats.

So things like habitats, diets, adaptations, and eyesight are less obvious.

Bones, wings, skin, eyes, these are the ones that we might think of first when we think of things that belong to a bat.

Apostrophe for possession needs to be positioned correctly when used in your writing.

I would like you to look at these examples and explain to your partner or someone with you at home, which one you think is correct.

Bat's wing, bat's eyes, bat's habitat? Now, wing, eyes, habitat, these are all things that belong to the bats.

So this is a perfect example to use an apostrophe for possession.

But have I used an for possession correctly in all three of these examples? Because if you look closely, the apostrophe seems to be positioned slightly differently.

So I'd like you to take a moment, first of all to think.

Have a look, which one looks right? You will have seen an apostrophe for possession used before in books that you've read.

Which one looks right? Pause the video, and have a quick chat with someone around you, and talk through which one you think looks right and why.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back, I am so interested to hear your conversations.

Each example has the apostrophe positioned differently.

Let's see which one is correct.

Well done if you said bat's habitat, that is the correct positioning of the apostrophe.

It should be the same height as the ascender, which means the letters that are moving upwards.

The taller letters, the letters that go to the top of the line above, that's where the apostrophe should be positioned.

So well done if you spotted that.

Let's check our understanding, tick the correct examples, so we think there's more than one, of apostrophes for possession being used.

So which examples show an apostrophe for possession being used correctly? A, B, C or D? A bat's wing is A, a bat's eyesight, B, a bats' habitat C, a bat,s bones, D.

Tick the correct examples of an apostrophe for possession.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Welcome back everyone, let's see if you were right.

So we know that an apostrophe when it's used for possession should be positioned in line with the ascenders, the taller letters that are reaching up towards the line above.

So well done if you said A and B, congratulations.

A and B were the correct answers.

We can see C uses an apostrophe for possession, but the apostrophe is after the S and we know it goes apostrophe, S, not S, apostrophe.

And D, well that apostrophe, that's down low.

That looks like a comma.

Yes, of course.

Well done if you said A and B.

Time for a practise.

I would like you to look at this table, circle the nouns, and then use apostrophe, S to show which noun belongs to the other.

Remember to put the apostrophe for possession in the right place, that's what we're looking for.

I've done the first one for you.

The wings belong to the bat.

So I have circled the nouns, wings and bats.

And then I've had a go at writing the apostrophe for possession on the right side of the table, the bat's wings, bat, apostrophe, S, wings, the bat's wings.

Over to you now.

Pause the video and have a go at the habitat belonging to the bats, and the diet belonging to the bats.

They're the two examples I'd like you to have a go at.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back everyone, let's see how you got on.

So the first thing you had to do was circle the nouns.

So the nouns you should have circled in the second example are habitat and bat.

Well done if you circled habitat and bat.

And then writing it as an apostrophe of possession would be, the bat's habitat, the bat apostrophe, S, habitat, that's what we're looking for.

The third example, the diet belonging to the bat.

The nouns are diet and bats.

Well done if you circled diet and bats.

And then the bat's diet, bats, apostrophe, S, diet.

Let's move on to our second learning cycle, which is preparing to write.

The sections of a non-chronological report are structured in this order.

Introduction, section one, section two, and in this lesson we are writing the first section, section one, which we know will be all about bats.

You may have a plan to help guide you when you're writing this section.

If you do, fantastic.

If you do not, it's not a problem because you can use this one.

I have a plan that I can share with you.

When we write, we always try to do these things.

Plan and say each sentence before we write it.

Use punctuation where we know the rules.

And today you've become experts at a particular example of punctuation, haven't you, apostrophes for possession? And you know the rules, so I expect to see that in your writing today.

Vary our sentence types.

Write letters neatly on the line and in joined handwriting.

Sound out words to spell them accurately.

Read our sentences out loud to check they make sense and edit to improve our writing if necessary.

So important.

Once you're finished writing, that is not the end, you must read your sentences back out loud.

You'll be able to hear if there are words missing, if there are mistakes that you need to edit and improve, that's a really important thing.

Let's check our understanding.

Which of these do we always try and do when we're writing? A, write letters neatly on the line in joined handwriting? B, write as quickly as we can.

C, write with as many commas as we can.

Which of these do we always try and do when we're writing, A, B, or C? Pause the video and decide for yourself now.

Welcome back everyone.

Okay, let's see how you got on.

A, write letters neatly on the line in joined handwriting is the correct answer.

B, writing as quickly as we can.

No need to rush, we don't need to write as quickly as we can.

And C, write with as many commas as we can.

Well, there's no prizes for using lots and lots of commas.

We just use commas where we know the punctuation rule and where they need to be used.

So well done if you said A.

Okay, I would like you to say the first two sentences out loud of the section of your reports on bats.

We talked about how important it was to say our sentences out loud first, this will help prepare you for writing.

Use an apostrophe for possession and say the apostrophe out loud too.

So what I mean by this is if you are saying, for example, a bat's wings, I would like you to say, a bat apostrophe, S, a bat's wings.

So say it out loud so I can hear that you know how you are using that apostrophe correctly.

Use the plan below or your own one if you have it to help include the relevant information.

So here's the plan, and you can use any of my plan or your own if you have your own.

So pause the video and have a go at saying the first two sentences of your section on bats now.

Welcome back.

Now let's just take a moment to check your sentences.

Did you include an apostrophe for possession? And did you include information from your plan? Take a moment, and if you didn't, feel free to pause the video and say your sentences again.

I am now going to show you an example of my sentence.

A bat is the only mammal that can fly.

Full stop.

A bat apostrophe, S, a bat's wings contain arm and hand bones, which help it to change direction when it is flying.

Full stop.

Did you hear how I said the punctuation out loud? Full stops and an apostrophe for possession.

That will help me to remember those things when I come to writing.

Let's move on to the final part of our lesson outline where we will be writing a section.

Here's the success criteria and plan that we'll be using today.

The four parts of our success criteria are, I have written a subheading.

I have used my plan to include the key information about a bat's adaptation and habitat.

I have used an apostrophe for possession, and I have read my writing back to check for any mistakes.

If you can complete those four parts of your success criteria, you'll be doing an excellent job in your writing today.

The plan we have as well is, only mammal dash can fly.

Now remember, this is written in notes form.

Arm slash hand bones in wing dash helps to change direction.

Poor eyesight dash echolocation, dash understand surroundings, dash sound waves.

And habitat in UK, and UK stands for United Kingdom, Great Britain where we live equals trees, caves, old buildings, under bridges.

We know that they are notes and our job will be to take those notes and turn them into full sentences.

So let's have a go.

The first thing we're going to do is write the subheading and the first sentence for the section on bats.

Now I've already ticked in my success criteria that I've used my plan to include key information about a bat's adaptations and habitat.

Because I know everything I do is gonna be taken from my plan.

Now the first thing I'm gonna do is my subheading.

Now a subheading, you can see there is underlined and it has capital letters for each word.

Brilliant Bats, I've even used some alliteration there to have both words in my subheading start with the same sound, B, Brilliant Bats.

Here's the first sentence of my section on bats.

A bat is the only mammal that can fly.

Full stop.

I have a capital letter at the start of my sentence and a full stop at the end.

I've used my plan.

My plan said only mammal dash can fly.

So I have taken that plan and I've incorporated it into my first sentence.

My second sentence, if I look at my plan, it says, arm slash hand bones in wing, helps to change direction.

Here's my sentence, A bat, apostrophe, S, bat's, a bat's wings contain arm and hand bones, which help it to change direction when flying.

Full stop.

I have used an apostrophe for possession.

I have shown the reader that the wings belong to the bat.

I've used an apostrophe correctly, it's in line with the ascenders.

Well done to me, and well done to you if you are able to that as well.

So I've ticked, I have written a subheading in my success criteria, and I can tick I have used an apostrophe for possession.

So two sentences and I've already been able to tick off three things.

No, I'm not going to tick off, I have read my writing back to check for any mistakes because I need to do that consistently before I can tick that off.

So now it's your turn.

I would like you to write and underline your subheading, which can be the same as mine, Brilliant Bats, or you can use your own unique one too.

Use the success criteria and your plan to write the section on bats.

And here's the success criteria that you will be using.

So now it is your turn.

Pause the video and have a go at writing a section of a non-chronological report all about bats.

Over to you.

Welcome back everyone.

I am so interested to see how you got on.

But before you look at an example of mine, I would like you to read your writing back to check it makes sense and to edit any punctuation errors.

That's the last part of our success criteria.

Reading your writing back to check the mistakes.

Check for apostrophes.

This is something new for some of you, so make sure that you are checking that you've used them correctly.

Then tick in each box when you've completed your success criteria.

If you've done your subheading, you've written it, you can tick that.

If you've used your plan to include key information, you can tick that part off.

So pause the video again and take a moment to complete your success criteria to read your writing back to hear if there's any mistakes that need editing.

Over to you, off you go.

Welcome back everyone.

Let's see an example of mine.

Brilliant Bats.

Interestingly, comma, a bat is the only mammal that can fly.

Full stop.

A bat, apostrophe, S, a bat's wings contain arm and hand bones which help it to change direction when it's flying.

Now that's not an apostrophe for possession, it's apostrophe for contraction.

Well done if you spotted that.

Were you aware that's a bat, apostrophe, S, a bat's eyesight is very poor, and they use an amazing adaptation called echolocation to understand their surroundings? Question mark.

They make sound waves that bounce off objects and back to the bat to help it know where things are.

Full stop.

Bats live in caves, comma, trees, comma, old buildings and even under bridges! Exclamation mark.

So that last sentence, I've included a list of nouns, and when you write a list, you need commas in between to separate them, apart from the last one, which has an and before it.

Let me read that last sentence to you one more time.

Bats live in caves, comma, trees, comma, old buildings and even under bridges, you can see I have my subheading highlighted there.

I've included that, it's underlined.

I've got lots of key information that I've taken from my plan and apostrophe for possession examples.

So bat's wings, a bat's eyesight.

Subheading.

I've included key information from my plan about a bat's adaptations and habitats.

Apostrophe for possession, I've done two examples.

I always think it's best to use more than one example to show your teacher that you can do a particular skill over and over again.

And I've read my writing back to check for any mistakes.

Excellent work today.

Let's summarise our learning.

The first section of a report should inform the reader all about bats, thE first section of our report rather, will inform the reader all about bats.

An apostrophe can show if a noun belongs to another singular noun.

Apostrophes for singular possession are useful to make our writing clear.

And an apostrophe sits at the same height as the ascender of a letter.

Brilliant work today.

You have written a section all about bats of a non-chronological report.

I will see you again very soon.