Lesson video

Hi everyone, my name is Ms. Voyle, and welcome to today's lesson where you are going to be writing the resolution of your narrative based on the "Iron Man." You have already written a plan for the resolution and it is important that you use this to support you with your writing today.

Pause the video and make sure you have your plan with you now.

Great, now, I know you have your plan with you.

During this lesson, you'll need to be listening and looking carefully.

There'll be tasks where you need somebody to talk to and you will also need a piece of paper and pen or pencil for writing.

I hope you're feeling excited and ready to learn.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is: I can write the resolution of the "Iron Man." Here are our key words for today's lesson.

Let's practise saying them.

My turn, your turn.

Resolution, exaggeration, imagery, superlative, simile.

Great job, well done.

Let's take a look at their definitions.

The resolution is the part of the story that resolves the problem and allows readers to reflect.

Exaggeration is overstating for dramatic effect.

Imagery is the use of language to create a vivid image in the reader's mind.

A superlative is the form of an adjective that compares one noun to an entire group of nouns, placing it at a higher degree.

And a simile is a linguistic device that compares two things using like or as highlighting similarities.

There are two parts to today's lesson.

In the first part, we will be preparing to write, and in the second part, you will be writing the resolution.

So let's begin with preparing to write.

The purpose of the resolution is to resolve the problem encountered in the story and allow readers to reflect.

You have already written the opening, build-up and climax of your narrative.

You have also already planned the resolution.

In today's lesson, you will use your plan to write the resolution.

Your narrative resolution needs to include the following linguistic features, precise and ambitious vocabulary from your plan.

This should include synonyms for simple verbs, adjectives and nouns.

It should also include show and tell language.

You need to include exaggeration and imagery.

You will use superlative adjectives to do this as well as similes.

And you need to write a range of sentence types to support text flow.

This should include simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences.

Linguistic features are types of words and language that a writer chooses carefully.

We will use the notes from our plan to write the resolution.

Here is an example of the notes for key moment one.

You developed precise and ambitious vocabulary and show and tell.

We should use our notes to form a range of sentence types.

Let's remind ourselves of the different sentence types.

A sentence made of just one main clause with just one idea is called a simple sentence.

It contains one main clause.

A compound sentence is a sentence formed of two main clauses and a coordinating conjunction.

Main clause, coordinating conjunction and, or, or but, followed by another main clause.

Let's look at the rules for an adverbial complex sentence.

When an adverbial subordinate clause is joined to a main clause, it makes an adverbial complex sentence.

The main clause can come first and be followed by the adverbial subordinate clause, or the sentence can begin with the adverbial subordinate clause, and then it needs a comma to separate it from the main clause that follows.

An adverbial clause must begin with a subordinating conjunction, for example, as, when, so, these subordinating conjunctions will be useful for your narrative resolution.

Let's check your understanding.

Can you spot a simple compound and adverbial complex sentence in the following model? Once you have found each, explain to your partner how you know.

Listen carefully, I will read the model to you.

Carefully, Hogarth guided the starving iron giant through the town and the curious farmers followed.

As they came to a halt, the Iron Man could not believe his eyes.

He gazed in wonder at the most exquisite metal scrapyard in the land.

His eyes lit up and his belly rumbled in eager anticipation.

Pause the video now and see if you can spot the simple compound and adverbial complex sentences.

Let's take a look at the answers together.

Hopefully, you spotted that the first sentence is an example of a compound sentence because it uses the coordinating conjunction and to join two main clauses.

The following sentence is an example of an adverbial complex sentence because it begins with an adverbial subordinate clause as they came to a halt.

And the final two sentences are both examples of simple sentences because they contain one main clause.

Well done for demonstrating your understanding of the different sentence types.

Exaggeration is a key part of conveying the Iron Man's positive emotions in the resolution of the Iron Man.

We also want to build imagery for the reader so that they have a vivid image in their mind of the Iron Man in the scrapyard.

We are going to look at two more linguistic techniques you can use to exaggerate and build imagery, superlatives and similes.

You have already developed a range of precise and ambitious adjectives that exaggerate.

We can exaggerate further by turning an adjective into a superlative.

A superlative is the form of an adjective that compares one noun to an entire group of nouns, placing it at a higher degree.

We use the suffixes, est, iest, or the word most to create superlatives.

Let's look at some examples: The most wondrous scrapyard in the land.

The crunchiest metal he had ever tasted.

The greatest selection of metal he had ever seen.

Let's check your understanding.

Identified the superlative adjectives in the following sentences.

I will read them to you.

A, the greatest metal scrapyard in the world.

B, the most delectable treats an Iron Man could ever find.

C, the yummiest tractor he had ever tasted.

Pause the video and identify the superlative adjectives in each example now.

Let's take a look at the answers together.

For A, the superlative adjective is the greatest.

Here, the suffix est has been added to the adjective, great.

For B, the superlative is the most delectable.

Here the word most has been added to the adjective delectable.

And for C, the superlative is the yummiest tractor.

Here the Y was dropped at the end of yummy and the suffix iest was added to turn it into a superlative.

Well done for demonstrating your understanding of superlative adjectives.

A simile is a linguistic device that compares two things using like or as highlighting similarities and creating vivid imagery for the reader.

We can use similes in two ways when writing about the Iron Man eating the metal.

We can use them to compare the taste or texture of the items to something.

For example, he devoured a burnt old oven that was as chewy as candy.

We can also use similes to compare the way he ate the items to something.

For example, he slurped down metal chains like spaghetti.

Comparing the metal to items of human food is a fantastic way to engage the reader.

Let's check your understanding.

Can you complete the following similes with appropriate comparisons? A, he grabbed a metal pole and crunched on it like a.

Here you want to think of an item of food that is shaped like a stick or a pole and that you would crunch on.

B, he gleefully gnawed on a train that was as tough as.

Here, you want to think of an item of food that is really tough and chewy.

And C, he munched on a handful of old car doors like.

Here, you should think of an item of food that you might grab a handful of and munch on.

Pause the video and complete the similes with appropriate comparisons now.

I loved hearing all of your different ideas for completing these similes.

I'm now going to share with you some of the wonderful examples I had.

For A, we might say, he grabbed a metal pole and crunched on it like a celery stick.

For B, we could say, he gleefully gnawed on a train that was as tough as burnt steak.

And for C, we could say, he munched on a handful of old car doors like crisps.

Well done for demonstrating your understanding of how to form similes.

It's now time for your first task and it is a talk task.

Say the first few sentences of the resolution.

Make sure you use your plan and include the following.

Exaggeration, including at least one superlative and one simile.

And a range of sentence types and the use of fronted adverbials.

You can use the following sentences to help you start.

You could begin with a fronted adverbial.

Followed by Hogarth led the starved giant.

Complete the sentence.

Then when they arrived, the Iron Man looked.

And here, you can complete the main clause with a superlative to describe the scrapyard.

Pause the video and orally rehearse your sentences now.

Welcome back.

I loved listening to your oral rehearsal.

It was wonderful to hear how you incorporated exaggeration and you say range of sentence types.

Let's take a look at a good example together.

Slowly, Hogarth led the starved giant through the town and the curious farmers followed.

When they arrived, the Iron Man could not believe his eyes.

They were stood in the most glorious metal scrapyard in the land.

With no time to waste, the Iron Man began devouring the tasty metal delights.

Excitedly, he grabbed a handful of doorknobs and chewed them like skittles.

So for exaggeration, including at least one superlative and one simile, we can see it says, the Iron Man could not believe his eyes.

They were stood in the most glorious metal scrapyard in the land.

That's a superlative.

Farther down, it says that he began devouring the tasty metal delights.

That's very exaggerated.

And then excitedly, he grabbed a handful of doorknobs and chewed them like skittles.

That's a simile.

And for a range of sentence types, the first sentence is an example of a compound sentence.

It uses a coordinating conjunction and to join two main clauses.

The next sentence is an example of an adverbial complex sentence.

It begins with the adverbial subordinate clause, when they arrived.

The following sentence is an example of a simple sentence.

They were stood in the most glorious metal scrapyard in the land.

This contains one main clause, so I can definitely see that a range of sentence types have been included.

Well done again, for orally rehearsing the beginning of your resolution.

I hope you are feeling really ready to begin writing.

It's now time for the second and most exciting part of the lesson where you are going to be writing the resolution and completing your narrative.

When we write, we always try to do these things: Plan and say each sentence before we write it.

Use punctuation where we know the rules vary our sentence types.

Write letters neatly on the line in joined handwriting sound out words to spell them accurately and read our sentences out loud to check they make sense and edit to improve our writing if necessary.

Here is the success criteria for your writing today.

Listen carefully, I will read it to you.

I have used precise and ambitious vocabulary from my plan.

I have used exaggeration to convey the Iron Man's positive emotions, including at least one superlative and one simile, and I have used a range of sentence types to support text flow.

You will use the notes from your plan for writing today.

Your plan contains notes for three key moments in the resolution.

Pause the video and make sure you have your notes with you now.

Great, now I know you have them with you.

I am now going to model writing the beginning of the resolution, and then we will check it against the success criteria.

Here is the plan for my resolution.

I have precise and ambitious vocabulary and show and tell the key moments one, two, and three.

And I want to make sure I use my plan to support me when I'm writing.

Over here, I have my success criteria and I have already begun my resolution.

Let me read it to you.

As Hogarth slowly guided the eager, starved giant through the town, the farmers curiously followed.

The Iron Man came to a stunned halt when they arrived up to the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth.

You will see that I have used lots of the vocabulary from my plan here.

Eager, starved giant came to a stunned halt.

So I'm already doing this first point on my success criteria.

For exaggeration, including at least one superlative and one simile.

I already have a superlative, the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth.

And for a range of sentence types to support text flow, I have two adverbial complex sentences here.

Here, the adverbial subordinate clause comes first as Hogarth slowly guided the eager, starved giant through the town.

And in the next sentence, the adverbial subordinate clause comes second using the subordinating conjunction when to begin it.

So I want to try and include some compound and simple sentences next.

Let's go back to the plan and see what I'd like my next sentence to be.

So we have, oh, I can spot gazed in amazement.

I really like that as a piece of show and tell.

But I want to link into the second key moment too.

So how about the Iron Man gazed in amazement at the variety of scrumptious delicacies? And that's a simple sentence, great.

The Iron Man gazed in amazement at the variety of scrumptious delicacies.

Great, now I want to start talking about what the Iron Man could see and how he ate it.

This will be a great point to include a simile as well.

So we can see neglected cars, lorries, motorbikes.

We can see some good verbs and adverbs, grabbed, gobbled, dangled, slurped.

Hmm, what would I like to say? How about he excitedly grabbed a handful of chains and 'cause this could be a compound sentence.

Okay, he excitedly grabbed a handful of chains and he dangled and slurped them.

Oh, what human food would you dangle and slap? I know, spaghetti.

Let me say that one more time.

He excitedly grabbed a handful of chains and dangled and slurped them like spaghetti.

Great.

Wonderful, I'd really like to add another piece of show and tell here to show just how happy the Iron Man is.

So what about, oh, we've got cackled with joy and rubbed his belly with delight.

Hmm, I could have both.

I could have another compound sentence.

He cackled with the joy and rubbed his belly with delight.

Great, now let me read this back.

As Hogarth slowly guided the eager, starved giant through the town, the farmers curiously followed.

The Iron Man came to a stunned halt when they arrived at the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth.

The Iron Man gazed in amazement at the variety of scrumptious delicacies.

He excitedly grabbed a handful of chains and he dangled and slurped them like spaghetti.

He cackled with joy and rubbed his belly with delight.

So I have definitely used precise and ambitious vocabulary from my plan.

I made sure I used my notes to support me when developing my sentences and I orally rehearse them first.

So I can tick that.

For I have used exaggeration to convey the Iron Man's positive emotions, including at least one superlative and one simile.

My superlative is the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth, and my simile is he dangled and slurped them like spaghetti.

So I can definitely tick that.

And I have other pieces of exaggeration as well, show and tell to show just how happy he is.

He cackled with joy and rubbed his belly with delight.

For I have used a range of sentence types to support text flow, we know my first two sentences were adverbial complex sentences.

I then have a simple sentence here, the Iron Man gazed in amazement at the variety of scrumptious delicacies, and I then have two compound sentences.

Both have used the coordinating conjunction and to join two main clauses.

So I can definitely tick that.

It's now time for you to write the resolution.

Remember to indent the first sentence, and you should use the success criteria and your plan to help you structure your paragraph.

Pause the video and do your writing now.

Welcome back.

Well done for working so hard on writing your resolution.

It's now time for you to read your writing back, to check it to make sense and edit any punctuation errors.

You should also check your writing against the success criteria to make sure you have met each point and tick each box once you are sure you have.

Pause the video and do this now.

Well done for reading over your writing and reflecting on it.

I am sure you did a great job at making any necessary improvements and meeting the success criteria.

Let's now take a look at a good example of the resolution together.

As Hogarth slowly led the hungry Iron Man through the town, the farmers eagerly followed behind.

When they arrived, the Iron Man was mesmerised by what he saw.

They were at the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth.

The great giant gazed in amazement at the variety of scrumptious delicacies, he saw.

There were cars, old trains and tractors, freezers, pots and pans and more.

He grabbed an oven that was burnt like toast and crunched it with joy.

He dangled metal chains into his mouth and slurped them up like pasta.

His new home was like heaven and he no longer needed the farmers' machinery.

Every day the Iron Man feasted and his eyes glowed the brightest of colours.

Let's now check this against the success criteria.

For precise and ambitious vocabulary, we can see hungry Iron Man, the farmers eagerly followed.

That's a great adverb.

The Iron Man was mesmerised by what he saw.

The great giant gazed in amazement.

A variety of scrumptious delicacies.

Grabbed, a precise verb.

And further down at the bottom we can see it says, the Iron Man feasted and his eyes glowed to the brightest of colours.

That's a great piece of show and tell, letting us know just how happy and content the Iron Man is in the scrapyard.

So we can definitely tick that.

For exaggeration, including at least one superlative and one simile.

We can see the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth.

That's a great superlative.

We can see an oven that was burnt like toast, that's an example of a simile.

And slurped them up like pasta.

New home was like heaven.

Those are more similes.

So we can definitely tick that because we can see lots of exaggeration.

And for a range of sentence types to support text flow, the first sentence is an example of an adverbial complex sentence.

It begins with the adverbial subordinate clause, as Hogarth slowly led the hungry Iron Man through the town.

The following sentence is another example of an adverbial complex sentence.

This time beginning with the subordinating conjunction, when.

The adverbial subordinate clause is when they arrived.

Further down, we can see two examples of compound sentences, whether coordinating conjunction and has been used to join two main clauses.

A great example of a simple sentence is, they were at the most wondrous metal scrapyard on earth.

That contains just one main clause.

The following sentence is also a good simple sentence, the great giant gaze in amazement at the variety of scrumptious delicacies he saw.

So we definitely have a range of sentence types and we can tick that.

We've now come to the end of our lesson.

So let's go over a summary together.

In the resolution, the Iron Man finds a new home in a metal scrapyard and he no longer needs the farmers' machinery.

Exaggeration is a key part of conveying positive emotions in the resolution of the Iron Man.

Superlative adjectives and similes are used to exaggerate and build imagery for the reader.

Superlatives are used to compare one noun to an entire group of nouns, placing it at a higher degree.

And a simile is a linguistic device that compares two things using like or as highlighting similarities.

Well done again, for your hard work and fantastic writing today.

You have now written the resolution, which means you have completed your narrative based on the Iron Man.

I hope you have enjoyed this unit because I have loved teaching you.