Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name's Mrs. Riley, and I'll be teaching you this lesson today.

In our lesson today, we're going to be sharing our opinions, and discussing whether we agree, or disagree with one another.

So for our lesson, we're going to need loud speaking voices, and our listening ears.

Have you got both those things? Okay, great.

Then let's start our learning.

The outcome of our lesson today is to politely, and respectfully explain why I disagree with someone else's opinion.

These are our key words for our lesson today.

That means they're going to be really important.

Let's start by saying each key word.

My turn, your turn.

Are you ready? Opinion.

Opinion.

Well done.

The next one is agree.

Agree.

Well done.

The next one is disagree.

Disagree.

And finally, respect.

Respect.

Well done.

So let's think about what each of these words means.

So an opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

So sometimes I like to do this action to remind me.

An opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

If I said to you, "My favourite colour is blue." That is my opinion, it's what I think or believe.

The next key word is agree.

And that means you feel the same way about something.

If you agree with me that blue is the best colour, it means you also think blue is the best colour because you feel the same way as I do.

Disagree is to feel differently about something.

So if you said, "Mrs. Riley, I disagree with you." That would be because you didn't think blue was the best colour.

Perhaps you thought green is the best colour or pink.

And respect is showing consideration for the feelings, and opinions of others.

So if we're being respectful, we are thinking about how other people might feel, and we are being, you would always be if you are respectful, polite.

Okay, so we're going to think a little bit more about that as the lesson goes on.

So in our learning today, we have two learning cycles.

In the first one, we are going to think a little bit more about the difference between agreeing and disagreeing with an opinion.

And in the second learning cycle we're going to focus a bit more on how we disagree politely, and respectfully.

So we'll start off with agreeing, and disagreeing with an opinion.

So let's remind ourselves.

An opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

Sharing your opinion means telling someone else what you think.

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

Okay, so let's check your listening.

Is it true or false? It is good to share our opinions.

Is this true or false? Pause the video while you answer this question.

Well done.

It is true.

It is good to share our opinions.

Now, we should always listen when someone is sharing their opinion.

So let's just remind ourselves what good listeners do.

Good listeners keep focused on the person who's speaking.

So if somebody's speaking to me, I'm keeping focus on them.

I'm not getting distracted, and looking around, or fiddling with things.

They keep their bodies still.

Again, if you're fidgeting around, and moving a lot, it's quite hard to focus.

So we're gonna try to keep our bodies still when we're doing good listening.

And we're going to keep eye contact with the person who's speaking.

That means we're going to look at the person who's speaking.

And we're gonna pay close attention.

Paying close attention to what they're saying.

So all of these things are what a good listener would do.

Okay, let's check.

How can we be a good listener? A, should we keep eye contact with the person who's speaking? B, we should move around a lot when we're listening.

C, we should try to sit still when we're listening.

There might be more than one answer.

Could you pause the video now, and tell me what can we do to be a good listener? Okay, well done.

To be a good listener we should keep eye contact with the person who's speaking, but we shouldn't move around a lot.

We should try to sit still.

So all of these things are really important when we're being a good listener.

And now we need to think about our speaking skills because when somebody is sharing their opinion, we should listen.

But when we want to share our opinion, we've got to think about how we can do that.

So when we're speaking, our voices should be loud and clear.

This doesn't mean shouting.

We need to speak loudly enough so that people listening can hear what we're saying.

So that's why we need to be loud, but it doesn't mean shouting.

And we need to speak clearly so they can understand us.

If you asked me, "Mrs. Riley, what's your favourite colour?" And I said, "Oh, I think my favourite colour is blue but I also quite like green." I wasn't speaking very clearly, was I? I was mumbling and covering up my mouth.

So you probably found it quite hard to listen.

So we need to try to speak clearly and loudly.

Okay, let's check your listening.

So how should our voice sound when we are speaking? A, quiet.

B, loud.

C, quick.

And D, clear.

Which of these are correct? How should our voice sound when we are speaking? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Let's come back together.

So our voice should be loud and clear.

If we speak too quietly, people won't be able to hear what we're saying.

So sharing your opinion can be improved, it can be made even better when you give a reason why you have that opinion.

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

For example, when I said my favourite colour is blue, I could say, "I love the colour blue because the sky is blue on a sunny day and the sea is blue, and they're are two things I really like, the sky and the sea." So I've given you a reason why I like the colour blue.

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

So we're going to have a discussion now with your talk partner.

I would like you to discuss, would you prefer to have a school uniform or wear your own clothes at school? So two choices, either option one, you can come to school every day in a school uniform, and everyone has the same.

Or option two is that you could choose whatever you want to wear to school every single day.

And you're going to discuss this with your talk partner.

I'd like you to share your opinion, and give a reason why you have that opinion.

Remember you can use the word "because." And you're going to try to listen carefully to your partner when they are talking, and then your partner can tell you what their opinion is.

So we're not saying, "I think we should have a school uniform." "I disagree.

I don't think we should have a school uniform.

I think we should wear our own clothes." We're trying to give a reason why.

For example, "I think we should have a school uniform because," and then you can give your reason.

And remember I want loud and clear voices, and all those skills to be a really good listener when your other, when your partner's talking.

So pause the video now and enjoy your discussion.

Well done.

I loved hearing all of your opinions, and you were talking in such lovely full sentences, and I heard lots of you giving reasons using that word "because," so well done.

So let's have a look at some examples here, and I'd like you to tell me which of these answers gives a reason for an opinion.

So option A, I think we should wear a uniform.

So does that give a reason why? B, I think it would be better to wear our own clothes.

And option C, I think a school uniform is better because it makes us look smart, and doesn't distract us from our learning.

Which of these answers gives a reason for an opinion? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Let's come back together.

So in A and B, they both give an opinion.

I think we should wear a uniform.

I think it'd be better to wear our own clothes, but neither of them give a reason why.

So option C is correct because it says, I think a school uniform is better because it makes us look smart, and it doesn't distract us from our learning.

So there are two reasons given there why they think a school uniform is better.

We are all different.

So we all have different opinions.

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

So for example, if you both thought in the school uniform example that it would be better to have a school uniform, then you agreed with one another because you felt the same way.

Feeling differently to someone else means you disagree with them.

So if one of you felt we should have a school uniform, and one of you felt we shouldn't have a school uniform, that meant that you disagreed with one another because you felt differently.

And people can agree or disagree with someone, and it's all right to agree or disagree with someone, but it's as long as you're polite, and you respect different opinions.

And that word "respect" is our key word, one of our key words today.

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

Okay? Okay, so we're going to have another discussion now.

I would like you to discuss whether you agree or disagree with Sofia and why.

So here's what Sofia's opinion is.

Sofia says, "I think we should be able to wear what we like to school because it would be more fun.

I would like to wear my Spiderman pyjamas because they're so comfortable." So you might say, "I agree because." Or, "I disagree because." And remember both options are okay as long as you are polite and respectful.

And remember when you are giving your opinion to speak loudly and clearly.

Pause the video now and enjoy your discussion.

Okay, well done.

Let's come back together.

I loved hearing your discussions, and I love how you were speaking in full sentences, and I heard you all because you were speaking loudly, and clearly and you all had different opinions, and that's okay.

It's good that we're all different, and we all think different things.

Okay, so we're now going to look at another opinion, and you're going to have three examples of what people, if people agree or disagree, and you're going to tell me who disagrees with my opinion.

So my opinion is that I think we should have a shorter lunch break.

So here are the three opinions.

Sofia says, "We could learn more if we had a shorter lunch break." Good idea.

Aisha says, " love lunch break, and I think it's really important to get fresh air, and have free time before a whole afternoon of learning.

They should not be made shorter." And Alex says, "I find lunch break boring, and I never know what to do.

So I would like it to be shorter." So if my opinion is I think we should have a shorter lunch break, I would like you to now discuss with your partner, Sofia, Aisha, and Alex who disagrees with my opinion.

Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

So Sofia says that, "We could learn more if we had a shorter lunch break." Good idea.

So Sofia agrees with me.

She thinks a shorter lunch break would be a good idea.

Aisha says she loves lunch break, and it's important to get fresh air, and have some time before a whole afternoon of learning.

So Aisha disagrees with me and that's okay because she gave a reason why she disagrees, and she was polite and respectful.

Alex says he finds lunch break boring, and doesn't know what to do.

He liked it, he would like it to be shorter, so he agrees with me.

Again, he gave a reason why.

So all of these children gave reasons why they agreed or disagreed and all of them were polite and respectful.

But Aisha was the one who disagreed.

She thought differently to the way I felt and that's okay.

So you're now going to do a task and in this task you're going to read each statement, and you are going to sort them into two piles.

People who agree with my opinion, they think the same as me.

And people who disagree with my opinion.

People who think differently to me, So my opinion is, I think phones should be banned at school.

That means I think phones should not be allowed in school.

So here are the statements.

One person says, "Phones would distract us from our learning." So do you think they agree or disagree with me? One statement is, "It would be nice to play on our phones at break time." One opinion is, "It would be fun if we could message our friends at school." And one is, "I don't have a phone, so I wouldn't like it if some people had them at school as it wouldn't be fair." So my opinion is I think phones should be banned at school.

You're going to read each statement again, and say who agrees with me and who disagrees with me.

You're going to be doing this in pairs.

Pause the video now and good luck with this task.

Okay, well done.

Let's come back together.

So the people who agreed were the person that said, "Phones would distract us from our learning." And the person who said they didn't have a phone so they wouldn't want other people to have them because it wouldn't be fair.

The people that disagreed was the person that said, "It would be fun if we could message our friends," and the person that said, "It would be nice to be able to play on phones at break time." So different opinions there, and giving reasons why they agreed or disagreed.

So we're gonna move on now to our second learning cycle, which was really focusing on disagreeing politely, and respectfully.

Remember that word "respect" is one of our key words.

So we can disagree with an opinion, but not with a fact.

That's important.

So let's just discuss which of these are facts, and which are opinions.

If for something is a fact, it's something that is just true, it's proven, it's true.

So we, that's why we can't disagree with it.

So 1 plus 1 equals 2.

Is this a fact or is it my opinion? Strawberries are the best fruit.

Is this my opinion or is it a fact? London is the capital city of England.

Is this just my opinion or is it a fact? And finally, my drawing is better than yours.

Is this just my opinion or is it a fact? Pause the video and discuss which of these are facts, and which are opinions.

Okay, well done.

So 1 plus 1 equals 2 is a fact.

It's not my opinion.

You can't say, "Oh you're wrong," because it just is the right answer.

1 plus 1 equals 2.

Strawberries are the best fruit is just my opinion.

You might think something different.

London is the capital city of England.

That's a fact.

It's true.

You could look it up on the internet, or you could look it up in a book, and everyone would tell you the same answer because that is a fact.

But my drawing's better than yours is just my opinion.

Somebody else might think your drawing's better than mine because we might all think differently.

So we cannot say we disagree with something if it is a fact.

For example, if I said, "London is the capital city of England," you couldn't say to me, "I disagree," because it's a fact.

But you could say, "I disagree that strawberries are the best fruit," because that's just my opinion.

So hopefully you can see the difference there.

Okay, so true or false.

We can disagree with someone's opinion but not with a fact.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

This is true.

We're now going to discuss a time when someone disagreed with you and how it made you feel.

So think of a time when you said something, or thought something and someone else, someone said, "Oh, I don't think, I disagree.

I think something different." And how did that make you feel? Perhaps even you could pause the video, and just have some thinking time, or if you want you could share an example with your partner.

Okay, lovely.

Well here's an example.

Sofia remembered a time that she said, "I think we should play superheroes at break time because it's my favourite game." And Alex said to her, "Superheroes are so boring, only babies pretend to be superheroes." So Alex disagreed with Sofia about what they should do at break time.

But even though he disagreed with her opinion, he didn't show her respect, or he wasn't very polite.

He said, "Superheroes are so boring, and only babies pretend to be superheroes." So he wasn't really respecting Sofia's opinion.

So what could he have said instead? Have some thinking time.

How could he say that in more of a polite, or in more of a respectful way? Hmm, have some thinking time.

Maybe he could have said, "I know you love superheroes but it's not my favourite game.

Can we think of a game that we both like?" So he's still saying he disagrees that they should play superheroes, but he said it in a polite and respectful way.

So is it true or false? It is all right to agree or disagree with someone as long as you're polite and respect different opinions.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

This is true.

So it can be a bit difficult when someone disagrees with your opinion, but if they're polite and respectful, it can lead to a really good conversation.

Here are some useful phrases that will help you to be polite and respectful when you disagree with someone's opinion.

So these are useful phrases you could say.

"I can see your point but I think," and then you would say what you think.

"Can you help me to understand why you think that?" You could ask them to give you another, to give a reason so that you can understand what their opinion is.

"I understand why you feel that way, but I feel differently because.

." "It's great we can talk about this.

I think differently because.

." So in all of these phrases that you could use, you can hopefully see that even though we're disagreeing, we're doing it in a polite and respectful way.

So it always helps to explain why you disagree rather than just saying, "I disagree, I think you're wrong.

I think differently." It's always better if you can say, "I think differently because" and give a reason why.

So I'm going to read each person's opinion, and reword the second opinion to be more polite and respectful.

And then you're going to do the same thing.

So first you're the teacher and I'm the pupil, and I'm going to do this task.

Okay? So I'm gonna read the person's opinion.

And reword the second opinion.

So here's the first opinion.

"I think cats are the best pets because they're so cuddly and easy to take care of." Okay? So that's one person's opinion.

But then their friend says to them, "You are wrong.

People that like cats are weird, dogs are way better." Hmm.

So that second opinion, they disagreed.

They thought that that dogs are better, but they weren't very polite or respectful.

So what could I say instead? Okay, cats are the best because they're cuddly, and easy to take care of.

So maybe instead we could say, "I prefer dogs because I think they're more fun to play with, but I can see why you like cats." So even though that second person is still disagreeing, they still prefer dogs, they're saying it in a way that is respecting their opinion because they're saying, "Oh, I can see why you like cats and giving a reason that I prefer dogs because I think they're more fun to play with." So now it's your turn.

Are you ready? So you are going to read this opinion.

Here's the opinion.

"I really like broccoli.

It's my favourite vegetable." So here's the reply.

"Yuck, how can you eat broccoli? It's so gross.

Only strange people like broccoli." So I would like you to rephrase that to make it more polite and respectful.

So how could you say, if someone says, "I really like broccoli, it's my favourite vegetable," and you disagree, what could you say to be polite, and to be polite and respectful? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

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

"I don't like broccoli, but that's great that you like it because it's really good for you." So again, we're respecting that they like it.

"That's great you like it because it's good for you, but I don't like it, I disagree." Okay, and that's fine.

It's okay to disagree as long as we are polite and respectful.

Okay, it's time for the final task in today's lesson.

In this task, you're going to work as a pair, partner A and partner B.

Partner A is going to answer question 1, and give a reason why they have that opinion.

And remember to speak in a loud, clear voice.

Partner B is going to listen, and then politely, and respectfully tell them if you agree or disagree and why.

Here's question and then you're going to repeat with a question 2.

So here's question 1.

What is your favourite subject at school? So partner A will say, "My favourite subject at school is mm because.

." and give a reason.

Partner B is listening carefully.

and then they're gonna say, "I agree with you.

I also love that," or, "I disagree with you, I love this one," and give a reason why.

And question 2 is, what superpower would you have? So partner A will answer it and give a reason why.

"I would have this superpower because.

." Partner B, listening and then saying, "I agree or I disagree," and then giving you a reason why.

And remember always we're going to be polite and respectful, and remember if you disagree, you could say something like, "I can see your point, but I think.

." and give your reason why you disagree.

And then you'll swap.

So partner B will answer those questions, and partner A will listen and say whether they agree or disagree.

So lots of speaking loudly, lots of that, those good listening skills like keeping your body still and keeping eye contact.

And always remember to be polite and respect other people's opinions.

Pause the video now while you complete this task.

Okay, well done.

You did so well in that activity.

I loved hearing your full sentences.

I loved hearing you all sharing your opinions, and you were all being polite.

So did you remember to use a loud, clear voice when you gave your opinion? Did you listen carefully to your partner? Were you polite and respectful if you disagreed with your partner's opinion? Hopefully you were.

So well done for completing that task.

And that brings us to the end of our lesson.

So let's summarise what we've learned today.

We've learned that an opinion is what a person thinks or believes.

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

Using the word "because" allows us to explain our opinions.

Like at the beginning when I explained why blue was my favourite colour.

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

Speaking in full sentences and in a loud clear voice helps the listener to understand what is being said.

So hopefully you can leave this lesson now and feel really confident at sharing your opinions, giving a reason why you have an opinion, but also in saying to people if you agree or disagree, and feeling confident that it's okay to disagree with someone's opinion as long as you are polite and respectful.

So well done for all your hard work today, and hopefully I'll see you for some more learning another time.

Bye.