Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name's Mrs. Riley and I'm here to teach you your lesson today.

In our learning today, we're going to be doing lots of speaking and lots of listening.

So I hope you've got your loud speaking voices ready and those listening ears ready.

Once you have, we can start our lesson.

The outcome of today's lesson is to explain why you agree or disagree with someone else's opinion.

Here are our keywords for our learning today.

That means these words will be really important for our lesson.

Let's start by saying each word.

My turn.

Your turn.

Are you ready? Opinion.

Opinion.

Well done.

Agree.

Agree.

And the last one is disagree.

Disagree.

Well done.

Let me tell you what each of these words means.

The first word was opinion.

An opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

So maybe we could do this action.

It's what a person thinks or believes.

I might have an opinion that mint chocolate chip is the best flavour of ice cream.

That's my opinion because it's what I think or believe.

You might think something different.

Agree means to feel the same way about something.

So if you also think mint chocolate chip is the best ice cream, you agree with me, which is why I did a thumbs up.

You agree with me.

But disagree, I'm doing a thumbs down because it means you feel differently about something.

Disagree.

You might disagree that mint choc chip is the best flavour ice cream.

And that's okay.

We can still be friends.

It just means we have different opinions and that's okay.

So in our lesson today, we're going to be explaining why we agree with an opinion.

And in the first learning cycle, we're going to be practising sharing our opinions.

So sharing what we think and believe.

And in the second learning cycle, we're going to be thinking a bit more about agreeing or maybe even disagreeing with opinions.

So first, let's think about sharing opinions.

An opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

Sharing your opinion means telling else what you think.

Everybody has opinions and it's good to share them with your friends, people at home and teachers at school.

Okay, so let's check you were listening.

What is an opinion? Is it, A what a person is called? B, what a person thinks or believes, or C, what a person says.

Could you pause the video and have some thinking time and choose your answer? Okay, well done.

The correct answer is an opinion is B, what a person thinks or believes.

Well done for giving that a go.

So here are some examples of different people's opinions.

Okay, so Alex says, "I love going to the zoo." That's his opinion.

It's what he thinks.

And Aisha says, "I don't like the colour purple." That's okay, isn't it? It's her opinion.

And Jun says, "Football is the best sport ever." Sofia says her favourite film is "Moana." And Andeep says he thinks tomatoes taste disgusting.

So all of these are examples of people's opinions.

It's what they think or believe.

They're not facts.

For example, it's not a fact that football is the best sport ever, it's just Jun's opinion.

And with all these opinions, we might agree with them or disagree with them, and that's okay.

We should always listen when someone's sharing their opinion.

Good listeners keep focus on the person who is speaking.

They keep their bodies still.

They keep eye contact with the person who is speaking and they pay close attention.

So here are some images to help us remember these things that make us good listeners.

So here's a little picture to remind us to keep our bodies still.

Here's a little image to remind us to keep eye contact.

That means we're looking at the person speaking.

And here's a little reminder to pay close attention.

So I would like you now to discuss in partners what is your favourite food? I'd like you to share your opinion with your partner and then you're going to listen to your partner's opinion.

And when you're listening, I want you to show all of these good listening skills.

And remember, those pictures are there to help you remember those things like eye contact or sitting still.

So could you pause the video now while you and your partner discuss what your favourite food is? Off you go.

Well done.

Gosh, you made me hungry listening to all of those delicious foods you were describing, and I love the way I saw all of you sitting really still when you were listening and keeping eye contact and keep paying close attention.

Well done.

So let's just check one last time, how can we be a good listener? A, keep eye contact with the person who's speaking.

B, turn away from the person who's speaking.

Or C, sit still.

There might be more than one answer.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

The correct answers are keep eye contact with the person who's speaking and sit still.

We definitely don't want to turn away from the person who's speaking because that will make it more difficult to hear them, but also, they might think we're not listening if we turn away from them.

We show people we're listening by looking straight at them.

So we've thought about our listening skills.

Now let's think about our speaking skills.

When we are speaking, our voice should be loud and clear.

This does not mean shouting.

We need to speak loudly enough so that the people listening can hear what we are saying and we need to speak clearly so they can understand us.

If we mumble like this, we need to speak loudly enough so that people can hear us, it's very difficult for people to understand what we're saying.

So we need to speak loudly enough without shouting, and clearly.

Okay, let's check if you were listening.

How should our voice sound when we're speaking? A, quiet.

B, loud.

C, quick.

And D, clear.

Which of these do you think you would choose? How should our voice sound when we are speaking? Pause the video now.

Well done.

The correct answers are our voice should be loud and clear.

If you speak too quickly, people won't understand what you're saying.

So sharing your opinion can improved.

That means it can be made even better by saying why you have that opinion.

When sharing why you have that opinion, you'll be giving a reason and reasons help us to understand and explain things.

We can use the word because to give a reason why we have a certain opinion.

So here's an example.

Here's Sofia's opinion.

My favourite food is pizza.

So she could have just stopped there.

My favourite food is pizza, but she's carried on, and given us a reason why it's her favourite pizza using the word because.

"My favourite food is pizza because I like how you can choose lots of different toppings." Now I understand a bit more about Sofia's opinion, why she loves pizza so much.

I know what she means.

It's fun choosing different toppings.

Maybe you might choose mushroom or some cheese or some ham.

So now I understand a little bit more about Sofia's opinion because she gave a reason why using that keyword because.

Okay, let's check your understanding.

Which word signals, that means shows us, that you are now sharing the reason why you have an opinion? Is it A, and, B, so, or C, because? Pause the video now.

Well done.

The correct answer is because.

For example, Sofia said, "I like pizzas because I like how you can choose the different toppings." She gave a reason why she had an opinion, using that word because.

So here it is again.

So first of all, we had the opinion, what she thinks or believes, which is, "My favourite food is pizza." And then she gave us the reason why, which is her reason why is because you can choose different toppings.

Okay, it's now time for your first task.

This is going to be a talk task.

So you are going to be discussing something with your partner.

You're going to be working just with one other partner.

So you'll have partner A and partner B.

So partner A is going to answer each question and give a reason why they have that opinion using because.

Partner B is going to listen to their partner and show all those good listening skills that we thought about, like sitting still, keeping eye contact.

So here are those important questions.

The first question is what is your favourite animal? And the second question is what is your favourite thing to do after school? Here's a sentence scaffold to help you.

So you might, for example, if I was partner A, say, "My favourite animal is a mm because," and then I'll give a reason why I have that opinion.

Or for B, I'd say, "My favourite thing to do after school is hmm because," and then explain why it's my favourite thing to do.

And while I'm doing that speaking, hopefully speaking loudly and clearly, my partner will be showing me really good listening and then we'll swap, and I'll get to hear my partner's favourite animal, and my partner's favourite thing to do after school.

So good luck.

Remember your good speaking skills, loud and clear, and your good listening skills, and I hope you enjoy this task.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

I loved seeing you all working as a team then, working as a pair and doing really good listening and really good speaking.

And I loved finding out your favourite animals, and finding out also what you like to do after school.

So here's examples of things I heard.

So my favourite animal is an elephant because they are loyal and stay in their herds for years.

Elephants often stay with their mums for 16 years.

Isn't that amazing? Some animals, just after they're born, very quickly go off independently.

But elephants, when they're born, stay with their mums for up to 16 years.

That's amazing.

Thank you for whoever shared that.

Okay, and I also heard somebody saying that they like going to the park after school because there are often lots of people to play with there and they love making dens under the climbing frame.

So two different opinions here.

One was their favourite animal was an elephant and one was that their favourite thing to do after school is go to the park.

But what I loved is they gave a reason why.

For example, the reason why they like going to the park is because there are people to play with and they can make dens.

It helps me to understand why you have that opinion.

Now we're going to focus on learning cycle two, which is agreeing with an opinion.

So I would like you to discuss, do you think all our opinions are the same? For example, here's a question.

What is your favourite sport? Do you think we will all have the same answer? Pause the video and tell your partner what you think now.

Okay, welcome back.

Well done.

So we're all different and so we all have different opinions and that's a good thing.

Imagine if we all thought the same way.

Imagine that Alex says, "I want to be a tennis player when I grow up." And then everyone says, "Me too, me too, me too, me too." We can't have everyone being tennis players when they grow up.

We need lots of people to want to do different things because there are lots of important jobs that people need to have.

For example, we need to have people who want to be teachers when they grow up or people who want to work in shops when we grow up or people that want to be nurses when they grow up.

There are so many different jobs that you could do and it's great that people have different opinions and want to do different things.

So we should celebrate the fact that we all have different opinions.

So is it true or false? People can have different opinions.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

It's true.

Of course it's okay to have different opinions.

So feeling the same way as someone else means you agree with them.

Feeling differently to someone else means you disagree with them.

People can agree or disagree with someone.

It's all right to agree or disagree with someone, as long as you are polite and respect different opinions.

And it always helps to give a reason why you agree or disagree.

So it's not bad if you disagree with someone.

It's not like 'cause I'm doing a thumbs down, it doesn't mean that you are going to have an argument with them or you're saying, "Oh boo, I disagree." You're just saying, "I think in a different way." So that's why we're doing agree and disagree.

But I don't want you to think disagreeing is bad or rude because as long as you're being polite and explaining why you disagree or agree, it's okay because remember, we all are different.

So we're all gonna have different beliefs.

So is it true or false? It's rude to disagree with someone else's opinions.

We should always agree with our friends.

Is this true or false? Pause the video now.

Well done.

This is false.

It's not rude to disagree.

It's okay to disagree as long as we do it in a polite way and it always helps to give a reason why we agree or disagree with someone.

Okay, so we're gonna have another discussion now.

I want you to imagine that my opinion is that I think we should get a class pet.

So we can have a pet, a type of animal that stays in a classroom with us all the time.

Who agrees with my opinion? Now, I'm not asking you, but let's see these different people's opinions and let's try and work out who agrees with my opinion that we should get a class pet.

So Sofia says, "Some people are allergic to animals." That means it might make them sneeze or get like an itchy rash.

"So I don't think we should get a class pet." Okay, so does she agree with me or disagree? Aisha says, "I think if we had a pet, we would all get really distracted from our learning." So do you think she thinks we should get a pet or not? I wonder if you think she agrees or disagrees with me.

And finally, Alex says, "I think it would be so fun to have a class pet because we could all learn to train it and we could read to the pet!" So I would like you to pause the video now and tell your partner or decide together whether you think Sofia, Aisha and Alex agree or disagree with my opinion that I think we should get a class pet.

Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Welcome back.

So hopefully you found out that Sofia disagrees.

She thinks that people might be allergic to a class pet so we shouldn't get one.

Aisha also disagrees because she thinks that we could get distracted from our learning.

But Alex agrees because he thinks it would be fun and you could learn to train it and read to the pet.

So hopefully you can start to see the difference between people who agree and disagree.

And remember, it's okay to disagree so long as you are polite.

So Sofia and Aisha disagreed with me but they didn't say anything to me like, "Mrs. Riley, that's such a stupid idea" because that might have hurt my feelings.

They were just polite and respectful and gave a reason why they disagreed.

So when we agreed or disagree with someone else's opinion, we should always give a reason why we agree or disagree.

Speaking in full sentences helps the listener to understand what is being said.

So discuss which response is better.

Alex says, "My favourite sport is football." Jun says, "I agree because I love being part of a team and scoring goals." That's one response.

And then Andeep's response is, "I agree." So pause the video and tell me do you think Jun or Andeep has a better response, and why? Okay, well done.

Well, Andeep just said, "I agree," but they didn't give a reason.

Jun said, "I agree because I love being part of a team and scoring goals." So I think Jun's response is better because he explains why he agrees.

He gives a reason.

So when we agree with someone, we should A, not give a reason why we agree, B, stay quiet.

We only say if we disagree with them.

Or C, give a reason why we agree.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

The correct answer is C.

When we agree with someone, we should give a reason why we agree.

It's now time for your second and final task in today's lesson.

In this task, you're going to be working in a pair.

So you'll have partner A and partner B.

First, partner A is going to answer question one and give a reason why you have that opinion, using the word because.

Partner B will listen to your partner and then politely tell them if you agree or disagree with their opinion and why.

So here's question one.

Would you rather eat a worm that tasted of ice cream or an ice cream that tasted of worms? Oh, I'm sorry, it's a bit of a gross question, isn't it? So you have to picture either you have a little worm that's been dug out of the ground and even though it is a worm, it tastes delicious, it tastes of ice cream.

Or you've got a delicious ice cream but it tastes of worm.

So you've got to think which one you prefer and give a reason why.

And then your partner's going to listen and tell you if they agree or disagree.

I agree with you because, or I disagree with you because.

And then you can look at question two, what is the best sport? So again, partner A will say, "I think the best sport is hmm because." And then partner B will say, "I agree because," or "I disagree because." And then you're going to, once you've answered question one and two, swap roles.

So partner B will say whether they'd rather eat the worm that tasted of ice cream or the ice cream that tastes of worm, and they'll say what their favourite sport is, and partner B will say if they agree or disagree.

Don't worry if you're repeating yourself because we're just practising giving our opinion and saying if we agree or disagree, and really importantly, giving a reason why.

And remember, always speak loud and clear.

So pause the video now while you complete this task.

Okay, well done.

Here's an example of what you might have said.

You might have said, partner A might have said, I would prefer to eat the worm that tasted of ice cream because at least it would taste nice.

And partner B might have said, "I agree because I wouldn't want to eat ice cream that tasted disgusting.

I would definitely rather eat the worm that tasted of ice cream." So both of you have shared your opinion, given a reason why you have that opinion and said if you agree or disagree with one another.

So well done.

Let's summarise what we've learned today.

An opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

Using the word because allows us to explain our opinions.

People can agree or disagree with an opinion and that's okay.

Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.

Speaking in full sentences helps the listener understand what is being said.

So perhaps after this lesson, you can practise giving your opinion in full sentences, giving a reason why you have that opinion.

And perhaps you can also practise saying whether you agree or disagree with other people's opinions, remembering again, always to be polite and always to give a reason why you have that opinion.

Well done for all your hard work today.

You've done such great speaking and such great listening, and I've really enjoyed hearing all of your opinions.

See you for some more learning another time.