Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name is Mr. Brown and I am your English teacher for today's lesson and we are going to be generating questions.

So, coming up with questions all about an animation and it's an animation called "Otherwise".

And we'll be using this animation throughout our lesson today and the rest of this unit.

So let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can ask questions about the characters in the animation "Otherwise".

The key words we'll use are animated story, character, and question.

Let's say this together, my turn and then your turn.

Animated story.

Character.

Question.

Great.

Let's look at the definitions.

An animated story is a narrative brought to life through the medium of animation.

A character is a person or animal in a story.

A question is a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark.

We'll start today's lesson by generating questions and then move on to writing questions ourselves.

Stories can be told in different ways, in picture books, in novels, through live action television, animated stories, films or plays.

We are going to be focusing on animated short stories.

That's what we'll be looking at in this unit.

A particular animated short story.

An animated story is a narrative brought to life through the medium of animation.

Animators have either drawn the animation by hand, used a computer, or made the animation using models.

These can also be called cartoons, movies, films, or TV shows.

The animation we'll be watching is called "Otherwise".

It's a story about a chameleon called Anders.

Do you know what a chameleon is or anything about chameleons? Pause the video and have a chat with the person next to you.

Do you know anything about chameleons? Do you know what a chameleon is? Off you go.

Welcome back.

I wonder how that discussion went.

I think some of you probably knew what a chameleon was and some of you might not have.

So a chameleon is a type of lizard that is well-known for its ability to change colour, to blend into its surroundings and avoid predators, which means other animals that are trying to eat it.

Here's an example of a few pictures of chameleons and you can see they are very well camouflaged.

They blend in so that they can't be seen.

The skill of blending into your surroundings to make it harder to be seen is called camouflage.

A chameleon can do which of these things? Is it A, see in the dark, B, fly, or C, change colour? Pause the video and decide now.

Welcome back and congratulations if you said C, change colour.

Absolutely, they do this to blend in with their surroundings.

If they're surrounded by lots of brown things, their skin will turn a more brown colour.

If they're surrounded by lots of green things, their skin will turn a green colour.

How much of an incredible adaptation is this for a chameleon to have? A question is a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark.

For example, what is your favourite food? And you can see the question mark at the end.

In today's lesson, we will be generating questions about the characters in the animation.

This helps us to engage with the animation.

Questions begin with question words.

Do you know any question words that can be used at the beginning of a question? Hmm, have a think.

What words can we use at the beginning of questions? Discuss with your partner to see how many you can think of.

Now, here's one to get you started, and it is what? So pause the video and have a chat with your partner.

How many question words can you think of that can start questions? Off you go.

And welcome back.

Okay, let's have a look at some question words.

Did you remember all of these? We have what, when, why, who, and where.

Now, many of the words used to start questions begin with wh, and you can see all of those do.

They also have capital letters because they come at the start of questions.

These will all start sentences, so therefore need capital letters.

Here are some questions that begin with what.

What is your name? What did you eat for breakfast? What games do you like to play? Ask your partner two questions that begin with when and two questions that begin with why.

And then swap.

For example, when is your birthday? And when are you coming to play? That's two when questions from Andeep.

Okay, pause the video and have a go with your partner.

Two questions that begin with when and two questions that begin with why.

Off you go.

And welcome back.

Okay, so we had two when example questions.

Let's have a look at two why examples.

We have, why are you crying and why were you late today? Lovely.

Look at this image from the beginning of the animation "Otherwise".

Ah, there it is.

What can you see? Discuss with a partner what you can see and what you think might be happening.

Pause the video and have that discussion now.

Welcome back.

So, I wonder what is happening here.

Well, we can see some chameleons.

There's five of them by the looks of it, but one of them looks different to the others.

We are going to ask questions about the characters in "Otherwise".

Do you know what a character is? Pause the video and discuss with your partner.

What is a character? Welcome back.

So, a character is a person or animal in a story.

In "Otherwise", the characters are the chameleons, and you can see them all there.

They are the characters in the animation.

With a partner, come up with three questions about the characters in the image, starting with the question word what.

So, pause the video and work with a partner to come up with three questions about the character in the image, starting with the question word what.

Pause the video and complete that task now.

Welcome back.

Okay, let's have a look.

So, Andeep says, "What is the red chameleon doing? And what are the green chameleons thinking?" Lovely questions with those question words at the start and question marks at the end.

Time for a task with a partner.

Generate questions about the image.

You should use each question word at least once.

So work with your partner to say these questions out loud.

What, when, why, who, where? These are the question words.

Try and come up with a question for each question word.

Okay, pause the video, look at that image and generate questions about it now.

And welcome back.

Let's have a look at some examples.

So you might have said, what are the green chameleons thinking? When did the red chameleon crack out of his egg? Because we can see the eggs there for the green chameleon, but not the red one.

Why are the green chameleons not shaking the red chameleon's hand? Yeah, he seems to be putting his hand out to shake, but no one seems to be shaking his hand.

Who is the red chameleon? Great question.

Where are the other red chameleons? Yeah, he's all on his own, isn't he? Let's move on to writing questions.

We are going to be writing our questions, but remember, question words need a capital letter at the start.

They are starting a sentence.

Don't forget those question words will have a capital letter at the start.

Questions always end with a question mark.

This shows it is the end of the sentence and that it is asking for an answer.

Here is an example of a written question.

Why are the green chameleons not smiling? And we can see we have a question word with a capital letter and a question mark at the end.

Which of these sentences is a correctly written question? Is it A, the red chameleon is smiling? B, why are the green chameleon so grumpy? C, where has the red chameleon come from? Or D, when did the red chameleon arrive? Which of these sentences is a correctly written question? Pause the video and decide now.

Welcome back again.

Let's see how you get on.

Well done if you said C.

Where has the red chameleon come from? Now, let's look at the other options.

A, the red chameleon is smiling.

That's a perfectly fine sentence, but it is not a question.

It doesn't start with a question word and doesn't have a question mark at the end.

How about B? Why, oh, that's a question word, isn't it? So this could be a question.

Why are the green chameleons so grumpy? It seems like a good question, but it's missing a question mark at the end, which means it is not a correctly written question.

And D, when did the red chameleon arrive? Well, that's got a question mark at the end.

It's got when at the beginning.

So that seems perfect.

But when is missing a capital letter? And we know that the questions, even though they are questions and not sentences, so to speak, they still start with a capital letter 'cause they're a type of sentence.

It is now time for you to write your questions.

Can you remember the rules for writing questions? Tell your partner.

Pause the video and tell them the rules for writing questions now.

Welcome back.

I am sure you remember them, but let's just check.

Izzy says, "Question words need a capital letter at the start 'cause they're starting the sentence.

And we have, "Questions always end with a question mark." These are the rules we have to remember.

I will write my own question about the image from "Otherwise".

I've got my question words there.

What, when, why, who and where? Now, let's see.

I'm gonna go for a where question.

Where are the red and green chameleons meeting? So where actually are they? That's my question.

Did I follow the rules for writing questions? Did I put a question word at the start with a capital letter? Let me see.

Where is a question word.

Got a capital letter.

Perfect.

And questions always end with a question mark.

And I have my question mark.

Lovely.

Okay, so I followed the rules for writing questions.

I've got my question word with a capital letter and I've got my question mark at the end of my sentence.

It's over to you now.

I'd like you to write five questions about the image from "Otherwise".

Use each question word once.

So we have what, when, why, who and where.

Remember, question words need a capital letter at the start.

Do not forget this.

Questions always end with a question mark.

Every time you write a question, I want you to check these two things really carefully.

And if you haven't done one, that's fine.

Just edit it in.

Pause the video and complete this task now.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? I am sure you wrote lots of questions using those question words.

Let's have a look at some examples.

So Andeep says, "What is the red chameleon trying to do?" Question mark.

And, "When did the green chameleons first meet?" Yeah, they seem to be together in a group.

Have they just met now? Did they know each other previously? And some from Aisha.

She says, "Why is there only one red chameleon? And where are his friends or family?" Lovely examples.

Let's summarise the learning we've done today.

An animated story is a narrative brought to life through the medium of animation.

A question is a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer.

Questions start with question words.

And these need a capital letter.

A question always ends with a question mark.

We can ask questions about the characters to help us engage with a story.

Great work.

We haven't watched the animation yet.

That will be coming in our next lesson.

But we've generated questions about an image from the animation "Otherwise".

I will see you very soon.