Lesson video

Hi everybody, it's Ms. Gardner.

Welcome to the final lesson from our unit: "The BFG" Reading and Narrative Writing.

You've all worked so hard this unit and you should be so proud of all the writing that you have produced.

Today's a really exciting lesson 'cause we get to read back through all of the work and writing that we've done, and then get to publish it in our final draught.

Publishing is a great opportunity to show off the amazing writing that you've completed this unit, so I'm really looking forward to this lesson, and let's get started.

In our final lesson from our unit, "The BFG" Reading and Narrative Writing, we are going to be publishing our work.

So your learning outcome is, I can publish a piece of narrative writing based on "The BFG." Here are your keywords for today's lesson.

We're going to do my turn, your turn, publishing.

Publishing means producing a final, best version that becomes available to others to read.

Layout, that is the way information or words are organised on the page.

Paragraph, that is a distinct section of a piece of writing, and it is indicated by a new line and an indentation.

Illustrations.

This is visual representations of the characters, the settings, or the events that are described in the text.

So there are two sections of our lesson today.

In the first, we'll be publishing our narrative writing, and the second, we'll be looking at illustrations.

So let's start with publishing narrative writing.

To publish a piece of writing means to produce a final, best version that becomes available for others to read.

It's really important to use neat, joined handwriting when publishing so that it is visually appealing to the reader, so that it looks really great on the page.

Publishing your work is another opportunity to make any last edits and improvements to your writing.

You don't need to start completely from scratch with publishing and come up with loads of new ideas all over again, you are using the paragraphs that Part 1, Part 2 of the opening, and Part 1 and Part 2 of the build-up, you are using what you have written already, and rewriting it again as neatly as possible, and editing out any mistakes and correcting anything you might have made the first time you wrote it, so.

So it's this brilliant opportunity publishing, to write what you've already written again, but in the best version possible.

So let's review the structure of the narrative writing.

"The BFG" can be structured as opening, build-up, climax, and a resolution, and we can use paragraphs to indicate the start of a new section, so that means we can start a new, we'll have to start a new, we'll leave a space, start a new line, and make sure we indent the first word.

In this unit, we have written the opening, Part 1 and Part 2, and we've written the start of the build-up, and we separated it into Part 1 and Part 2.

So we're going to be rewriting all of those sections again.

So this is an example of the layout of a published piece of our narrative writing.

At the top and at the centre of your page, you'll have your title, which was "The BFG." Then you'll have opening, Part 1, and you can see there, the first line is a little bit shorter, it starts further away from the margin because you need to remember to leave an indent.

Then, maybe you'll have an illustration, a drawing about one of the key moments.

Then you'll write the opening, Part 2.

Then you'll write the build-up, Part 1.

Then you might have another illustration to draw something, another key moment, and then you'll have the build-up, Part 2.

So check for understanding, which of the following examples shows the layout in an appropriate way for the first page of your narrative? In A, you have the build-up, Part 1 first, then the title, and then opening, Part 1.

In B, you have the title at the top, then build-up, Part 1, then opening, Part 1.

And then in C, you have the title, opening, Part 1 an illustration, and then opening, Part 2.

So which one is the most appropriate layout? Pause the video now.

That's right, it is C.

You want to start with your title, at the top and centre of the page, you'll write Part 1 of your opening, then an illustration, and then Part 2 of the opening, well done.

So in a moment, you're going to design the layout of your narrative writing on piece or pieces, you might need two pieces of lined paper.

The first thing you'll do is start with your title, so "The BFG" in the top centre of the page, and then you're going to plan where you'll write your four paragraphs.

So Part 1, opening, Part 2, opening, Part 1, build-up, Part 2, build-up.

What's really important is that when you're planning where each paragraph is going to go, you need to make sure you leave blank spaces on the page for where you will want your illustrations to go.

So if you want to draw a moment from the opening, maybe you should leave a space near the opening.

If you want to draw an illustration about the build-up, Part 2, leave a space near the build-up, Part 2, so you need to plan ahead.

So this is a success criteria that you will use today.

Let's go through it so that we're really sure of what we need to be thinking about to make this a really successful outcome.

I have designed the layout of my narrative to allow appropriate space for each paragraph, and appropriate space for each illustration.

I have used neat, joined handwriting to publish my narrative.

I have checked the spelling of ambitious vocabulary, and I've drawn at least two illustrations.

So here is an example of some published narrative writing that I've written.

I need you to help me check that I have met the success criteria.

Have I designed the layout of my narrative to allow appropriate space for each paragraph, including space for your illustrations? I have, haven't I? I've got my opening, Part 1 on the top left page, opening, Part 2 at the bottom, then I've got build-up, Part 1 on the top right page of the right page, and then build-up, Part 2 at the bottom, and I've left a space in between both paragraphs to leave space for my illustrations so I can give myself a tick.

Have I used neat, joined handwriting to publish my narrative? I have, I tried really hard to make sure I was using my neatest cursive writing, so I wrote really quite slowly and carefully, and made sure I was writing on the line when I was publishing, so I can give myself a tick.

Have I checked the spelling of ambitious vocabulary? There was some quite tricky spelling in there, so I made sure to check any of the words that I wasn't sure of, some of them were on my plan, so I checked back on my plan, or I used a dictionary to help me, so I can give myself a tick.

And then, have I drawn at least two illustrations? I haven't yet, but I'm not supposed to, we're doing that in the second part of the lesson, so I'm not going to tick that part yet.

So when you are publishing a writing, remember to do all of these.

Indent, the start of a new paragraph, so leaving a space between the first word and the margin.

Leave space for your illustrations, and write in your neatest handwriting.

So it's time for Task A.

The first thing you need to do is get some lined paper.

Then, you're going to use the final and edited outcome of your narrative to publish.

But remember, if you spot some mistakes in your writing that you wrote earlier, try to write it in your published piece correctly, rather than just copying it exactly, without thinking about checking for those mistakes 'cause publishing is a great opportunity to edit your final outcome again.

So using the success criteria to help you pause the video now, and off you go, publishing your narrative of "The BFG." Well done, everybody, welcome back.

Did you use the success criteria to help you? So did you layout on the page so that you had enough space for all of your paragraphs and space for your illustrations? If you did, you can give yourself a tick.

If you used neat, and jointed handwriting, you can give yourself a tick.

And if you've checked the spelling of ambitious vocabulary, you can also give yourself a tick.

Don't worry about drawing illustrations, we're going to do that in the next part of the lesson.

Really well done with Task A, and I hope you enjoyed that.

So it is time for the second part of the lesson, where we are going to be looking at illustrations.

Illustrations are often found in fictional texts.

Illustrations provide visual representations of the characters, the settings, the events described in the text, and this helps the reader to better imagine what's happening, and also engage with the story.

Illustrations can bring the story to life and make it more vivid in the reader's mind.

Illustrations can also convey emotions and moods.

They can capture expressions and body language that enhance the reader's understanding of the character's feelings and actions.

So for example, if we drew the moment where Sophie saw "The BFG" for the first time, maybe we could draw her jaw drop to the ground, or really wide eyes to show how scared and shocked she was in our illustration.

So you wrote a version of the opening and the build-up of "The BFG." Now, you will add illustrations of the key moments to your published piece of writing.

So think back to what we've written.

What key moments could you include? And key moments are the most important, the most memorable moments of what we've written.

So pause the video now and discuss this question with your partner, or your class.

or whoever you're with.

Okay, so here are some possible responses.

What key moments could we include? You could include the girl walking across the room at night, that was a really scary moment, wasn't it, with Mrs. Clonkers shouting in the background? You could write about the moment, the first time we see the mysterious figure that hooded, cloaked silhouette in the darkness.

Or you could describe the moment that the giant's hand approaches Sophie in bed, a really scary moment of the build-up.

So we want to think about trying to include or draw these key moments as illustrations today.

So let's first learn to draw an illustration that could appear in the narrative.

You can use different sources to help you draw this illustration.

So you could look at pictures on the internet.

You could look back at the book, you could watch videos of "The BFG." You could look at previous lessons, and you can use your imagination, of course.

So you'll choose two key moments from your version of "The BFG" that you would like to draw.

So the first key moment that I'm going to draw is the first time we see the mysterious figure in the streets 'cause I think that's a really important moment.

You will need these materials.

Paper, pencils, erasers, or rubbers, and wax crayons, or coloured pencils if you have them.

So let's start drawing this.

So the first thing you need to do is start by sketching the outline of the silhouette of "The BFB,' and Sophie in the window.

So it'll look a little bit like this, You can see in the top left corner, you have Sophie looking out of the window, you have a few houses, and then you have the outline of the silhouette.

There's not much detail, but that's okay, I'm going to add that in.

Then you need to add detail to the houses, to the silhouette, and to Sophie.

So I used this here, I drew some facial expressions on Sophie's face, I drew her jaw dropping to the ground, I made sure to remember her glasses that she put on.

I added in the moon and the moonbeam shining.

I added windows and doors, and a bit of kind of sketching to the silhouette.

Then if you want to, you can colour in your illustration.

I didn't use many colours because in the film, it's so dark, isn't it? So I wanted to reflect that in my illustrations, I didn't want to have loads of bright colours 'cause the darker the colour, the more scary the atmosphere is in your illustration of this scene.

So it is time for Task B.

The first thing you need to do is take your published narrative writing that you've just written, and find the blank spaces where you're going to draw your illustrations.

Then, you're going to draw two illustrations of key moments from "The BFB." So just checking through our success criteria, so we're really sure that we've included everything we needed today.

You should have designed the layout of your narrative to allow appropriate space for each paragraph and your illustrations.

If you have, you can give yourself a tick.

Hopefully, you used neat, and joined handwriting to publish the narrative, so you can give yourself a tick.

Hopefully, you also check the spelling of ambitious vocabulary, so you can tick that off your success criteria.

And now we're going to draw our two illustrations, so then we'll be able to tick that off after.

So pause the video now, and off you go drawing two key moments in your published outcome of the opening or the build-up from "The BFG," off you go.

Okay, well done, everybody, welcome back, I hope you enjoyed that.

So as you can see here, this is my published piece of narrative writing.

On my first page, I drew a picture of "The BFG," the silhouette in the village, with Sophie looking out of her window, and I added a bit of colour there.

Then on the second page, I drew a really important moment from the build-up, which was when the colossal hand was slowly approaching Sophie in her bed.

I tried to add a bit of extra detail like the other children in their beds in the dormitory who were still fast asleep.

I tried to make show that there was no lights on, so I didn't add any colour, it was all just a black background, and I tried to show how big the hand was, by making it much bigger than Sophie in her bed, which is quite a crazy thought because our hands are so much smaller than the bed, aren't they? But I wanted to show that this was a giant, so his hand was really, really big.

So now I can tick off my checklist, all of the points, including the final one, I have drawn at least two illustrations.

I really enjoyed publishing my writing from this unit, and I hope you have too, and I hope you've enjoyed reading back through all the amazing work that you've completed in this unit.

You should be really proud of yourself, and all the amazing writing that you have produced, so really well done.

Here is a summary of everything we've learned in today's lesson.

Neat, joined handwriting is important when publishing.

A published piece of writing is the final, best version.

A published piece of writing should be visually and linguistically appealing to the reader.

Illustrations provide visual representations of the characters, settings, the events described in the text.

Illustrations can bring the world of the story to life, and make it more vivid in the reader's mind.

Great job today, everybody, and really well done!.