Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name is Mrs. Riley, and I'm here today to do some English learning with you.

Today, we're going to be focusing on learning some new vocabulary, and the vocabulary is going to focus on words to describe our eyes.

I really hope you enjoy today's learning.

The outcome of today's lesson is to learn the words fiery, steely, and vacant, and to be able to use them effectively in multiple contexts.

Let's get started.

Here are key words for our learning today.

I'm going to say each one, and I'd like you to repeat it back to me.

Are you ready? Off we go.

Noun, adjective, synonym, word pair, etymology.

Now, don't worry if any of those words are unfamiliar, because we are going to come back to them in the lesson, and I'm gonna describe to you what they mean now with their definitions.

So a noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

So if eyes are a noun, they're a thing, adjectives are going to describe them.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.

Word pairs are word that often appear together.

And etymology is the study of the origin of words and the way their meanings have changed over time.

So that means the origin is where it has come from.

Where has this word come from, and how has the meaning changed or developed over time? And we're going to come back to that right at the end of today's lesson, that idea of etymology.

So you can park it for now.

Here are our three learning cycles for today.

We're going to be learning three new eye words.

So let's start with our first new eye word.

Have a look at this Mrs. Wordsmith illustration.

It's actually got Mrs. Wordsmith in it herself.

How do you think she looks? How would you describe her? Also pay particular attention on her eyes.

Could you pause the video, and you can either have a think about that now, or you can say out loud what you can see.

Off you go.

Okay, well done.

Well, Mrs. Wordsmith is looking extremely angry here, I think.

I can see by her body language and her facial expression.

Her hands are tense, she's pointing.

She's got flames in her eyes coming out her mouth and off her head.

So I think that I would describe Mrs. Wordsmith as being extremely angry here.

I wonder if you thought the same thing.

This word is fiery.

My turn, your turn.

Fiery, fiery.

Fiery has got an unusual spelling because normally if we wrote the word fire and added a Y on it, then it would be spelled differently, but you can see that the E doesn't come after the R like in fire, it comes before.

So watch out for that today when you are writing this word.

It's not fire with a Y on the end, it's F-I-E before the R and the Y.

So this word means hot-tempered or furious, like someone who has lost their temper.

And it is an adjective, it's a describing word.

Well, that makes sense because Mrs. Wordsmith certainly looks hot-tempered or furious, and definitely has lost her temper in this illustration.

These words are synonyms of fiery.

Now remember, synonym is a key word and it means, it's something that means has the same or similar meaning.

Passionate, burning, and furious.

Here's the word in a sentence.

Mrs. Wordsmith had a fiery temper and got angry very quickly.

Do you know anyone who has a fiery temper? I wonder.

So if these words are synonyms, which they are, it means we should be able to replace them in this sentence.

Mrs. Wordsmith had a passionate temper, a burning temper, or a furious temper.

These are word pairs of fiery.

So if you came across the word fiery in a book, it would often be paired with one of these words.

A fiery explosion, a fiery sunset.

Ooh, imagine what that would look like.

A fiery crash.

Fiery red.

So a particular shade of red that we might describe as fiery.

Could you pause the video, and could you read these word pairs aloud, because that's how we're going to commit this new word, fiery, to memory.

Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Here are some more word pairs.

A fiery temper, fiery eyes, fiery speech.

Imagine if somebody was delivering a speech, and it was a fiery speech.

Maybe they were fired up when they were giving it.

Fiery passion, and a fiery debate.

A debate is, it's a kind of controlled argument.

So it's when two people are discussing something and they have different points of views.

But if it was a fiery debate, maybe they felt very passionate about their own view.

So just as before, can you pause the video and read these word pairs out loud? Excellent, well done.

So we can see here that whilst this word is, we're using it to describe eyes.

That's the we're collectively thinking of words we can use to describe eyes today, actually, this word fiery can be used in lots of different contexts.

It can describe a sunset or a debate.

So it's a really useful word to learn.

Here's a check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym for fiery? Is it A, calm, is it B, furious, or is it C, steely? Pause the video and answer that question now.

Okay, well done.

The correct answer is B, furious is a synonym for fiery.

It's time for your first task.

For this task, you have got fiery written in the middle of a word map with lots of words surrounding it.

Some of these words are synonyms. I would like you to circle them.

The other words are word pairs.

I'd like you to draw a line from fiery to each word pair.

Here's a sentence to help you.

Mrs. Wordsmith had a fiery temper and got angry very quickly.

Now, if the word is a synonym, you should be able to replace it in this sentence.

So here, let's have a look.

So we can cover up fiery.

And then if you think the word is a synonym, you could pop it in there instead and see if the sentence still makes sense.

So that's a little tip that could help you with this task.

So could you now pause the video while you complete this task? Excellent, well done.

So the synonyms for fiery are: passionate, burning, and furious.

And the rest of the words are word pairs, fiery sunset, a fiery red, fiery crash, fiery explosion, fiery debate, fiery temper, fiery eyes, fiery speech, and fiery passion.

It's now time to have a go at writing your own sentence using the word fiery.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

So you could pick a word, for example, fiery debate, and then you can build your sentence around the word pair.

Try to be really ambitious with your sentence.

Think about all the things that you've learned in grammar and English and try and apply them to make your sentence the best it can possibly be.

And don't forget those kind of boring things like capital letters and full stops, and finger spaces and spelling as well.

Can you please pause the video and have a go at writing a sentence using the word fiery now? well done.

Let's have a look at some examples.

The orange glow of the fiery sunset made Bogart's proposal more dramatic.

Or if you propose to someone, it's when you are asking them to marry them.

So a fiery sunset has made the setting of this proposal even more dramatic.

Bernice's fiery eyes made it clear that she was not very happy about having salad for dinner.

And Mrs. Wordsmith's fiery temper always got her into trouble.

Let's take a look at our second new eye word.

Here is Mrs. Wordsmith again.

She's looking a bit different now, though.

She's not looking so angry.

How would you describe her here? Look closely at her eyes.

What do you think they look like? How would you describe them? Can you pause the video and either think about this or say out loud what you can see now? Okay, well done.

Mrs. Wordsmith here is standing in a very confident pose.

She's got her legs apart.

She's got her hands on her hips, and she looks quite serious, doesn't she? She's looking straightforward.

I wonder what she's looking at.

Let's see what this word is.

This word is steely.

My turn, your turn.

Steely.

Steely, well done.

Steely is another objective, and it means cold and determined, like that look in someone's eye that makes them seem as tough as steel.

So you might have noticed or got a clue from the word steely.

Steel is a type of metal, and we know that metals are very strong and hard, and cold and tough.

So that gives us a clue that steely, an adjective, means cold and determined.

These words are synonyms of steely.

Stony, determined, cold.

Here's the word in a sentence.

Mrs. Wordsmith fixed a steely gaze upon her opponent.

Your opponent is the person that you play or fight against.

So these words are word pairs of steely.

They often appear together.

A steely expression.

Mrs. Wordsmith has a steely expression in this picture.

Steely resolve.

Now resolve is like a promise you make your to yourself, and you never give up.

So if you have steely resolve, it means that your resolve is going to be very, you are very determined not to give up on that thing.

Steely sky.

Hmm, that's interesting.

Now a sky can't be determined, but a sky could look very cold and very serious.

I wonder if you could picture a steely sky.

And steely determination.

Now we've spoken a little bit about determination.

Mrs. Wordsmith here looks very determined, doesn't she, in the way that she's standing? So steely determination.

Could you please pause the video now and read these word pairs out loud? Off you go.

Excellent reading.

Here are some more word pairs of steely.

Steely blue.

Oh, that's interesting.

So it a bit like we had fiery to describe the colour red, now we've got steely to describe the word blue.

Steely gaze.

A gaze is how you might look at someone.

Steely eyes.

Could you now read those word pairs out loud? Well done.

Here is a check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym for steely, which has the same or similar meaning? Is it A, eyes, B, gaze, or C, determined? Pause the video and answer the question now.

Well done.

The correct answer is C, determined is a synonym for steely.

Eyes and gaze are both word pairs.

It's time for another task.

Could you please circle the synonyms for the word steely, and then draw lines from the word steely to its word pairs? Here's a sentence to help you spot those synonyms. Mrs. Wordsmith fixed a steely gaze upon her opponent.

If the word is a synonym, you should be able to replace it with the word steely in that sentence.

You could use that to help you.

Pause the video now while you complete this task.

Excellent, well done.

Let's see how you got on.

So, the synonyms are cold, stony, and determined.

The rest of the words are word pairs.

Steely resolve, remember, that means a promise you make yourself to never give up.

Steely blue, a steely gaze, a steely voice, steely determination, steely sky, steely eyes, and a steely expression.

I'd like you to now write a sentence using the word steely.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

You could choose a word pair first, for example, steely sky, and then you can build your sentence around that word pair.

Can you pause the video now while you have a go at using the word steely? Okay, well done.

Here are some examples.

Brick knew that Oz would never change her mind because of her steely resolve.

I wonder if there's ever been something that you have made your mind up about and that you've had a steely resolve, no one was going to change your mind, you would never give up.

Yang is one of the tiger twins, Yang refused to go to the vet, so she gripped onto the carpet.

with steely determination.

The tennis players looked at each other with steely eyes, both refusing to give up.

Okay, well done.

Let's have a look at our third new eye word.

And in this word, we're also going to look at that keyword etymology as well.

So first of all, what is happening in this picture? This is Armie, and Armie is an armadillo.

And then we have Bogart, the little fly.

So what's happening here? How do you think Armie looks? How does he feel? What's Bogart doing and why? Can you pause the video while you think about those things now? Okay, well done.

So Armie here is staring straight ahead.

His eyes look almost like they've glazed over and he's drooling as if he's in a daydream.

Bogart is trying desperately to get his attention, but even though he's actually touching Armie's eyeball, Armie is not responding.

Hmm, let's see what this word is.

Vacant.

My turn, your turn.

Vacant.

Vacant.

Well done.

Vacant is an adjective.

It means empty or without emotion, like eyes that have a blank and lifeless look.

Hmm, so yeah.

Now I can see that the Armie definitely has got eyes that are blank or lifeless, and he's not showing any emotion there.

We can't see if he's happy or sad.

He's just completely blank.

These words are synonyms of vacant.

They have the same or similar meaning.

Blank and empty.

And here's the word in a sentence.

Armie's vacant eyes showed that he was in the middle of a daydream.

So we could also say Armie's blank eyes showed that he was in the middle of a daydream, or Armie's empty eyes, although empty doesn't work quite as well in that sentence.

So that's an example of how why while they might have a similar meaning, they're not exactly the same.

They don't always work perfectly in the same sentence.

Now here's the etymology of vacant.

Now a reminder, etymology was a key word, and it's the study of the origin of words and the ways that their meanings have changed over time.

So where have words come from, and how have they changed over time? So vacant comes from the same Latin root as vacation.

Now, a vacation is another word for a holiday.

So have a think.

How are vacations or holidays linked to our definition of the word vacant? Just a reminder, the definition is empty or without emotion.

Hmm, how does that link to a holiday or a vacation? If you want, you could pause the video while you think about it.

Well, if you are on holiday or on a vacation, you are free or unoccupied.

You hopefully on holiday don't have lots of meetings booked in or places you've got to be.

Holiday is a time where you can relax, and that links to our definition of the word empty.

Holidays are quite often empty of things that you have to do as a time to relax.

Holidays aren't without emotion, so it doesn't really link to that part of the word.

But empty definitely is something that you can see how that word has changed over time from the Latin vacation to our use of the word vacant now.

So let's go back to the word pairs now for the word vacant.

A vacant stare.

Armie is giving a vacant stare in this picture.

Vacant eyes.

I wonder if you could quickly act out vacant eyes for me.

Ooh, let me have a look.

Lovely, lovely acting.

A vacant room, hmm.

Now a room can't be without emotion, but a room could be empty.

So perhaps if you were booking a room at a hotel, you might say, do you have any vacant rooms? A vacant house.

Again, a house can't be without emotion, but it could be empty.

Perhaps somebody has moved out and no one has moved in yet.

So that house is vacant.

And a vacant seat.

If you were going to the theatre, perhaps, you would look for a vacant or an empty seat.

Can you pause the video now and read these word pairs out loud? Off you go.

Well done.

Here are some more word pairs for the word vacant.

A vacant chair.

So very similar to a vacant seat.

A vacant warehouse.

A warehouse is a great big building where you might keep, for instance, if you were moving house or your furniture might be stored in a warehouse.

So imagine an vacant warehouse would be an empty warehouse.

Vacant halls, so similar.

And a vacant expression.

So a bit like army has in the Mrs. Wordsmith picture.

A vacant expression, not showing any emotion.

And finally, vacant streets.

So imagine vacant streets.

So just as before, can you read these word pairs aloud? Remember, it's by reading them out loud that hopefully we can commit this new word to memory.

Off you go.

Okay, excellent.

It's now time for another check for understanding.

Which of these words is a word pair for vacant? Is it A, chair, B, empty, or C, blank? Pause the video and think about the answer now.

Okay, well done for having a go, the correct answer is, A, chair.

A vacant chair would be an empty chair.

Empty and blank are both synonyms of vacant.

So here is another task for you to complete.

This time we have a word map with vacant in the middle.

Just as we've done previously, please could you circle the synonyms and then draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's the word vacant in a sentence.

Armie's vacant ties showed that he was in the middle of a daydream.

Now remember, if the word is a synonym, we should be able to replace the word vacant with the synonym in the sentence.

So that can help you if you are unsure.

Pause the video and complete this task now.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

The synonyms for vacant are blank and empty.

The rest are word pairs, vacant house, vacant chair, vacant room, vacant stare, vacant eyes, vacant warehouse, vacant halls, vacant seat, vacant streets, and a vacant expression.

Now let's have a go at writing a sentence using the word vacant.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

For example, you might pick the word pair expression, a vacant expression, and you can build your sentence around that.

The word pairs really help us to use this new word appropriately.

So they're really, really useful.

Remember to try and be ambitious with your sentence.

Pause the video and write your sentence now.

Well done.

Let's look at some example sentences.

The vacant expression on the student's face revealed that they really didn't know the answer.

So imagine a teacher's asked you a question and you didn't know the answer.

You might give a vacant expression, a blank expression.

The vacant house had been empty for so long that a family of rats had made it their home.

Now you'll notice the spelling there in this sentence is not T-H-E-R-E, which is what we'd use to say, "It's over there." It's T-H-E-I-R, it's their home.

We use that spelling of their when something belongs to someone.

So, the rats made it their home, it belongs to them, which is why I've used that spelling.

During lockdown, the vacant streets were silent and empty with not a person in sight.

Yes, I can remember that.

When they showed on the news, the streets, really busy streets in London that normally, or in big cities that would normally be very, very busy, crowded with bustling, bustling with people, became completely vacant, completely empty.

Okay, so it is time for your final task of today's lesson.

I have three sentences here, and I would like you to read each one and decide whether fiery, steely, or vacant fits the best in each gap.

I'll read the sentences to you now.

There were no rooms in the hotel.

So, Bogart slept in his car.

Oh dear, poor Bogart.

That must have been very uncomfortable for him.

Brick fixed a mm gaze upon his opponent, that showed how serious he was about winning the game.

Mm, I wonder which one that could be.

And finally, Plato's mm passion for food was clear when he trained to be a chef for 10 long years.

Could you pause the video now and have a think about which new word that we've learned fits best in each sentence? Off you go.

Okay, let's go through the answers.

So there were no vacant rooms in the hotel.

So Bogart slept in his car.

That means there were no free rooms, no empty rooms. Brick fixed a steely gaze upon his opponent that shows how serious he was about winning the game.

So again, that word steely being very determined and cold.

And Plato's fiery passion for food was clear when he trained to be a chef for 10 long years.

So we can see here that even though we have grouped these words together, because they can all describe eyes, vacant eyes, steely eyes, and fiery eyes, we can apply these words in lots of different contexts.

We can use, for instance, vacant to describe rooms or buildings that are empty.

We can use steely to describe a gaze or the sky.

We can use the word fiery to describe someone's passion or a sunset.

So they can be used in lots of different ways and are really helpful.

So here's a summary of what we've learned today.

We have learnt three new words associated with eyes.

We have learnt fiery, that's an adjective, meaning hot-tempered or furious.

Like someone who has lost their temper.

We've learned steely, an adjective meaning cold and determined, like that look in someone's eye that makes them seem as tough as steel.

We've learned vacant, an adjective, meaning empty or without emotion, like eyes that have a blank and lifeless look.

Thank you so much for all your hard work in today's lesson.

You've worked really well and you've completed lots of tasks.

I really hope that these words will be helpful, and that you'll remember them and use them after your learning today.

Bye!.