Lesson video

Hello, it is Mrs. Hardisty here for your English lesson for today.

In our lesson, we are going to be doing some more planning to plan for the sections of the middle part of our explanation text.

So when you're ready, let's get started.

This is what we're going to do in today's lesson.

We're going to start with a warmup where we're going to generate lots of new words that we can use to describe the chocolate making process.

So we're going to be vocabulary building.

Going to be building up all the different words that we can use.

And then we're going to plan our harvesting paragraphs and then we're going to plan our roasting paragraph.

So for this lesson, you will need plenty paper for all the different parts of your plan and a pencil or pen.

So please make sure you have those.

And then we can start.

We'll begin with some vocabulary building.

So I've got a picture here of the raw cocoa beans inside the pod when it's first split open.

And I'd like you to think of some adjectives that we could use to describe the cocoa beans.

So their texture.

what colour they are, how big they are.

What words what adjectives could be used to describe these beans? So they're obviously white and this is important, isn't it? Because at this stage they're white and then they turn a different colour.

They're pulpy that means that they're not hard, they're much more squishy and moist.

They're pale so they're not a strong colour.

Pale is like a similar word, a synonym to white.

And then they're moist, they're wet.

They become dryer later on in the process, don't they? So could you now look at those words and pick two of them and put them up here because then you can use them in your writing.

Which two words have you remembered? Tell me.

Good choice.

Okay.

So now the beans have been put on the store mats out in the sun.

So can we describe they're colour and they're texture now that they've changed? So what colour are they? What do they feel like? Are they still pulpy or do they feel different? What word could you use to describe the beans now? So I've come up with brown their colour.

Another way of saying that is bronzed.

And if you're bronze, that often means that the sun has turned something brown so bronze is a great way to describe the colour of the beans 'cause the sun has turned them this bronze colour.

And then they're not moist they're dry now aren't they? And they're quite tough.

So before they were quite soft and now they're much, much tougher.

So again, choose two words which you might want to steal put them up here and then shout them out, tell me which ones you want.

So now we have a picture of the beans after they've been roasted and you can see that they've changed colour again.

And they're texture is really different.

They feel different.

They look different.

Can you think of a word to describe the beans? They're not smooth at all, are they? what do you think they would feel like? What does their shell look like? What colour are they? So can you shout out one of your ideas and I'm going to show you mine.

So the beans are brittle.

That means that they can easily be snapped and broken.

They're quite hard compared to what they were like when they were first in the pod when they were kind of pulpy and soft.

They're cracked, aren't they? You can see that some of the shells have started to splinter and crack.

And they're really rough.

So they're not the smooth nibs that are going to be used.

They're really quite rough.

So again, choose two of these adjectives and pop them up here so that you can use them in your writing.

Which two ads did you choose? Excuse me, lovely.

So finally, we're not going to describe the beans.

We're going to describe the banana leaves.

So have a look at the picture of the beans fermenting underneath the banana leaves.

And can you choose some adjectives that would describe those leaves? So what colour are they? Can you be really precise about the colour? What do they feel like? How big are they? what shape are they? Think about what those banana leaves look like.

Call out your answers.

And here's some of my ideas.

So the banana leaves are really broad.

That means that they're wide.

They're really big.

They're fresh.

You can see that they're not dry and cracked.

They're really, really fresh.

They have to be fresh and moist to help the beans ferment underneath.

They're really large, they're really big.

And rather than saying green, they're particular type of green.

So I've said that they are emerald green.

Emerald is this really bright green colour.

So your thoughts about different adjectives that we can use to describe some of our nouns, and now we're going to plan our harvesting paragraph in the same way that we did our planning for our opening.

So I think I mentioned when we did our planning for our growing stage, that now the format for your plans is going to stay the same all the way through.

So in a moment, I'd like you to pause the video and draw another one of these tables with three columns.

And the first one is labelled stage.

And the second one, the middle one is labelled facts.

And then the last, the third stage is labelled vocabulary.

And again, make sure that you've got enough space underneath to fill in everything you want to for your plan.

So can you pause the video now, draw out your table on your page.

I'll see you in a minute.

Super work.

Okay, so we've done the growing stage which means the next stage is our harvesting stage.

So again, you might want to draw a picture if you would like but you must write harvesting so that you know when you come to write, you've got the right plan.

And as we did before, let's try and think of a subheading that we can use in our writing to describe this section.

So it could be as simple as how other cocoa beans harvested? And I've added into mine harvested and dried 'cause that drying and fermenting process is really important.

So now again, to list all the information that we need to include to describe how the beans are harvested and fermented and dried.

So they're chopped down with a particular blade or knife, can remember its name? It's a machete and they split open with a machete as well.

And then the seeds are scooped out and I want to write down how many seeds, how many beans there are.

So there are between 30 and 50 beans and then we know that they're placed under what? Under the banana leaves to ferment.

And as the beans are fermenting, that outer pulp, that white, soft, moist pulp all turns to liquid and runs off the beans.

Okay, so done the fermenting, which means they've just got the drying now and they're put out on straw mats and I've made sure that I've written that it's for one week.

So now I've got all my information about how it happens.

I want to think about my vocabulary.

So these are the most important words my harvesting section.

So sequencing conjunction telling me when something happens are really important.

It's fun to get verbials that explain when each section happens.

So we've got next, after, then, when, or once you might have your own ideas, which ones are you going to put in your plan? And then I've got those formal conjunctions, interestingly and unusually to start some of my sentences.

And then I've got two conjunctions, which explain why something happens because or so that, and that's going to be really important when I'm explaining about the banana leaves and they're laying out in the sun.

And then did you spot the subject specific words? So ferment and then the jute sack is the particular type of bags that the beans are packed in before they're then transported.

So can you now pause the video and complete your plan for the harvesting stage? So now we've done our planning for our harvesting stage.

We can do our planning for our roasting paragraph.

So as before you need a plan or a table with three columns and it's going to be stage and then facts and then vocabulary.

So can you pause your video and draw out your table for your next plan? Well done.

So this is the roasting stage that we're going to planning now.

So we'll need to put in our picture of our roasting and we definitely need to write in our word roasting.

And then we need to think about a subheading.

So again, in the form of a question, so it could be, how are the beans roasted or why the beans roasted? I'm going to have how a cocoa beans roasted.

You might have a different idea of what you would like to put in your subheading.

Now, again to write down the facts of the different parts of this stage.

And so we need to think about the fact that when they get to the factory, they're sorted by how big they are and where they came from.

So by size and by country, and then they're put in the oven and I want to talk about the fact that it moves.

What was that verb to show that it moves round and round and round and how hot it is.

So it's 250 degrees Celsius and it's rotated, the beans are rotated.

And then I need to remember how long they're in there.

So for between 30 minutes and up to, can you remember, two hours and that as they're rotated and roasted, they start to smell like chocolate.

And then lastly, I need to put in my key vocabulary.

So we've got this same sequencing conjunctions, but now I'm really focusing on my formal conjunctions that mean, and, and but 'cause I want to link lots of my ideas together.

So I've got in addition, moreover, however, nevertheless, you might have some different ones that you might want to put in.

You might want to put the same ones in your plan and then going back to what we were doing at the start of the lesson.

I've added in some subject specific adjectives to describe the beans.

So they're brittle and they're hard.

Can you now pause the video to complete your plan for the roasting stage? Great work everyone.

Let's just recap what we have done in today's lesson.

So we started by doing some vocabulary building where we thought of adjectives to describe the beans at their different stages and the banana leaves.

And then we planned our harvesting paragraphs and then we planned our roasting paragraphs.

Well done, everyone.

What brilliant planning.

These are going to be so useful when we come to write these sections of our explanation texts.

I'll see you soon, bye bye.