Lesson video

Hello, everyone, my name is Mr. Brown, and I am your teacher for today's English lesson.

And we are going to be sequencing and retelling the story of the animation that we've been looking at in this unit, which is called "Otherwise." So, today, sequencing and retelling.

Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is "I can sequence and retell the story of 'Otherwise.

'" The keywords we'll use in our lesson today are sequence, retell, and fronted adverbial of time.

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

Sequence.

Retell.

Fronted adverbial of time.

Fabulous.

Let's look at the definition.

So, sequence means putting things in a specific order.

To retell means to summarise a story in our own words.

Fronted adverbial of time, well, that is a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens.

We'll start today's lesson by sequencing a story and then move on to retelling a story.

Let's start today's lesson with a famous fairytale story called "The Three Little Pigs." Put your hand up if you have heard of "The Three Little Pigs" before.

Ah, great.

So lots of you.

Let's look at "The Three Little Pigs," but told in just four sentences.

So I've taken the whole story and I have condensed it into just four sentences.

The pigs in the destroyed houses ran to the brick house for safety.

The wolf tried to enter through the chimney, but the clever pigs outsmarted him and he fell into a pot of boiling water.

A big bad wolf blew down the straw and stick houses, but couldn't destroy the brick house.

Three little pigs each built a house, one of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks.

Okay, what did you think? Did it sound like the version of "The Three Little Pigs" that you'd heard before? Let's try that again.

Three little pigs built a house, one of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks.

A big bad wolf blew down the straw and stick houses, but couldn't destroy the brick house.

The pigs in the destroyed houses ran to the brick house for safety.

The wolf tried to enter through the chimney, but the clever pigs outsmarted him and he fell into a pot of boiling water.

So, with the person next to you, have a discussion what was different this time.

So the second time I read the story, what was different? With the person next to you, pause the video and have that discussion now.

Welcome back.

Okay, let's see what you thought.

So, the second time you heard the story of "The Three Little Pigs," it was sequenced correctly.

So the second time it was sequenced correctly.

Sequencing means putting the events in the right order so they make sense and can be understood.

If a sequence of events in a story is not correct, the story will not make sense.

So let me check your understanding.

Sequencing means putting the event in the right order so they make sense.

Now, is that true or is that false? Sequencing means putting the event in the right order so they make sense, true or false? Pause the video and decide now.

Welcome back.

Let's see if you're right.

Sequencing means putting events in the right order so they make sense, is absolutely true.

Well done if you said true.

In today's lesson, we will be sequencing an animated story.

The animation is called "Otherwise," and is about some chameleons.

Let me just check your understanding on this.

What animal features in the animation, "Otherwise," is it A, chameleons, B, camels, or C, cats? Pause the video and decide now.

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What animal features in the animation, "Otherwise," it is of course chameleons.

Well done.

And we're going to be using the word chameleons so much in this entire unit.

So, if you want to please pause the video, take a moment to look at that word chameleons and practise writing it several times so that you know each time you write it, how to spell it correctly.

I always break it up into cham, C-H-A-M, ele, E-L-E, ons, O-N-S.

And that helps me to remember how to spell chameleons.

We will now watch the first part of the animation, "Otherwise." So pause the video and watch the clip now.

(upbeat music) (egg shells cracking) (object whirring) (upbeat music) (object whirring) (egg shell pops) (upbeat music) (footsteps thumping) (upbeat music) (playful music) (crickets chirping) (footsteps thumping) (crickets chirping) (bright music) (eagle squawking) (chameleons gasping) (soft intense music) (eagle squawking) (crickets chirping) (branch squeaks) (feet thumping) (crickets chirping) (chameleon squeaks) (crickets chirping) (branch whooshes) (birds chirping) Welcome back.

I hope you enjoyed the first part of that fabulous animation, "Otherwise." So, tell your partner what has happened in the story so far.

It's important to sequence the story correctly, so use these stills below to help you tell the story in the right order.

Have a discussion with the person next to you.

What's happened in the story so far? Pause the video and off you go.

Welcome back.

How was your discussion? Did you manage to sequence all the parts of the story so far correctly? That will definitely have helped you to be able to tell that story so far.

But I'd now like you to make a prediction about what will happen next.

Make a prediction to your partner and listen to their prediction.

Now, a prediction is making a sensible guess using what we already know.

Okay, it's over to you.

Pause the video and make a prediction about what will happen next.

Off you go.

And welcome back.

Let's have a look at an example prediction and see if this was close to the prediction that you made.

So, I predict that the red chameleon will meet some other red chameleons and be friends with them instead, which is a really nice prediction.

I wonder how your prediction went.

True or false? A prediction is knowing exactly what is going to happen next.

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

Welcome back.

Okay, a prediction is knowing exactly what is going to happen next.

Absolutely not.

That's false.

A prediction is using what you already know to try and make a guess about what might happen next.

Now, let's see if your prediction is correct by watching the rest of the animation.

Pause the video and watch the clip now.

(bright music) (tongue thumps) (chameleon munches) (tongue thumps) (chameleon munches) (tongue thumps) (chameleon munches) (Anders sniffs) (Anders munches) (feet thumping) (bright music) (cattail snaps) (cattail rustling) (hand taps) (cattail rustling) (tongue squelches) (crickets chirping) (footsteps thumping) (tongues thumping) (playful music) (tongues thumping) (tongue whooshing) (gentle music) (water sloshing) (eagle squawking) (soft intense music) (wind whooshing) (intense music) (eagle squawking) (eagle whooshing) (feet thumping) (chameleon grunting) <v ->Huh?</v> (chameleons groaning) (soft intense music) (water sloshing) (chameleons grunting) (soft intense music) (footsteps thumping) (footsteps clopping) (soft intense music) (birds chirping) (Anders whooshes) (dandelions chiming) (chameleons grunting) (intense music) (chameleons grunting) (footsteps clopping) (intense music) (Anders panting) (intense music) (chameleons grunting) (Anders panting) (intense music) (eaglets squawking) (intense music) (eagles squawking) (bright music) (chameleons grunting) (bright music) (gentle music) (Anders quivers) (Anders chuckles) (bright music) <v ->And welcome back.

</v> Congratulations, you have now watched the whole of the animation.

I wonder if your prediction was right.

Did you like the animation? Were you surprised by the ending? I have so many questions and so much to discuss with you, but let's move on.

I would like you to retell the ending of the story to your partner.

Use the stills from the animation below to help you.

So we have the eagle grabbing one of the green chameleons, the green chameleons getting very angry, chasing the red chameleon up those rocks, and then the red chameleon saves the green chameleon that's been taken, and finally, everyone is friends at the end.

So, retell the ending of the story to your partner using the stills below.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Welcome back.

Okay, so it's time for a task.

I would like you to sequence these stills from the animation "Otherwise," so that they're in the right order and the story makes sense.

We have lots of stills, nine stills, from the animation "Otherwise," and they are all in the wrong order.

They are not sequenced correctly.

Your job, to sequence them correctly.

So pause the video and sequence these stills correctly now.

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Let's see how you got on and if you managed to sequence them correctly.

So we had, first of all, the red chameleon popping out of his egg, going over to meet the green chameleons, trying to shake their hand, but they are not interested, are they? Then we start to see that the red chameleon is different.

He notices that he has a different colour skin to the other chameleons.

They can all change colour and he can't.

Then he tries to forget about this and go for a swim and relax.

But the eagle swoops down and grabs one of the green chameleons.

The other green chameleons blame the red chameleon.

They chase him up the rocks.

Then he gets to the eagle's nest.

The eagle is frightened, flies away, and the red chameleon is able to save that green chameleon that was taken, and finally, everyone is friends.

Let's move on to retelling a story.

A story can be structured into four parts.

The parts are shown on this story staircase.

So we have the opening, the buildup, the climax, and the resolution.

Fill in the blanks with the names for each part of a story.

You have the buildup, resolution, opening, and climax.

Your job is to fill in those blanks on this story staircase.

Pause the video and have a go at this task now.

And welcome back.

How did you get on? Did you find that easy? Do you feel like you know the story staircase already? Well, let's check.

Well done if you started with the opening, then it's the buildup, then the climax, and the resolution.

Here is the story of "Otherwise" structured on a story staircase.

You can see we have, again, the opening, the buildup, the climax, the resolution, and each part of the story has been put into the correct part of the story staircase.

Retelling stories is something that we do every day.

Retell means to summarise a story in your own words, highlighting key events and details, so the important bits.

When we are retelling a story, it's important to sequence and retell it in the correct order.

There are most likely lots of times when you have retold something.

What you learned at school that day, for example.

What you did at the weekend or during a school holiday.

A favourite story.

An interesting part of history.

Or an experience such as a school trip, or an event that happened at playtime.

These are all things that you might retell to a parent, a family member, a teacher, a friend.

Today, you'll be retelling the story of the animation "Otherwise." To retell the story accurately, try to include the key details and make sure you include the most important parts.

So, the important parts need to be there.

The less important parts doesn't matter so much, but you must include the key data details and the important parts.

Imagine you are retelling the story to a family member or friend who hasn't seen it before.

They need your retelling to be clear and detailed to help them picture the story in their minds.

So that's why it has to be so clear.

True or false? To retell a story accurately, miss out lots of the important parts.

Is that true or false? To retell a story accurately, miss out lots of the important parts.

True or false? Pause the video and decide now.

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Okay, to retell a story accurately, miss out lots of the important parts, is false.

You do not want to miss out any of the important parts.

So well done if you said false.

To help you retell the story, you can use these fronted adverbials of time to start your sentences.

For example, "One day," "Next," "Then," "Soon after," "A moment later," "Just then," "Suddenly," "In a flash," "Finally,".

These are fronted adverbials of time.

Now, fronted adverbials of time tell the reader when the events in the sentence took place.

They are sentence starters, and when written, have a comma after.

Retell the story of "Otherwise" using fronted adverbials of time.

That's the task that I would like you to do now.

You can see we have the story staircase.

Your job is to use that story staircase to retell the entire story of "Otherwise" using fronted adverbials of time.

And remember, take it in turns with your partner to say one sentence each.

So you'll go back and forth and back and forth.

There, you can see on the screen, your fronted adverbials of time.

You've got "One day," "Next," "Soon after," "Just then," "Suddenly," "In a flash," and "Finally,".

I'd like you to use those.

You might need to repeat one or two of them, that's absolutely fine.

Don't try and have two fronted adverbials the same next to each other.

So, for example, your first sentence might be, "One day, a little red chameleon popped out of his egg." Full stop.

And then you'll move on to your next sentence.

And you might say, "Soon after," or "Next," or "Just then." And then you'll say, "What happened?" Okay, it's over to you now.

Retell the story of "Otherwise" using fronted adverbials of time.

Pause the video and have a go now.

Welcome back.

Okay, how did you get on? Did you retell the story in the correct order? Did you use fronted adverbials of time? Take a moment to reflect.

Can you remember any fronted adverbials of time that you definitely used? Can you remember that your partner used any of them? Let's summarise the learning we've done today.

Sequencing means putting the events in the right order so they will make sense.

"Otherwise" is an animation that follows Anders, a red chameleon who is different to the others.

Retell means to summarise a story in your own words.

And fronted adverbials of time tell the reader when the events in the sentence took place.

I will see you again very soon.