Lesson video

Hi there, I'm Ms. Chu, and in this lesson, you're going to be helping me to plan a section about anglerfish habitat.

Do you think you know a lot about anglerfish habitat? If you don't, that's okay because we're going to find out some information about that.

Are you ready? Let's go.

Today's lesson outcome is, I can plan the habitat section of a non-chronological report about anglerfish.

The keywords are subject-specific vocabulary, your turn, subject-specific vocabulary, well done, plan, and notes.

Subject-specific vocabulary is vocabulary used when writing about a particular subject.

A plan is a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text.

And notes are written out of full sentences.

Today's lesson outline looks like this.

You're going to prepare to plan, and then you're going to write the plan.

Let's start preparing.

Subject-specific vocabulary is words that are specifically related to the biology, ecosystem, and anatomy of the anglerfish.

What do those words mean, though? Well, biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. Used to be my favourite subject when I was at school.

Ecosystem is a community, that means where they live and where they thrive, of living organisms in relation to their environment.

Anatomy is the branch, the part of biology, that focuses on the structure of living organisms. That is, how the parts of the body are made up.

Which of these words are subject-specific vocabulary about anglerfish? We have shrimp, we have illicium, sea, shore, esca, and deep.

I'm going to have a go at working out which of these are subject-specific vocabulary about anglerfish.

I need to think about whether these words are related to the anatomy, biology, or the ecosystem where they live.

Now, shrimp, it could be related to their diet, but it's not related to the actual specific biology of the fish, so I'm not gonna circle that.

Now, the illicium I know is a part of the fish.

It's the long part of the dorsal fin that dangles down, so I'm going to circle that one.

Sea and shore are quite general words that we would use to talk about, it could be about any subject really, but they're not specific to the anglerfish.

Well, the esca is specific.

I can't think of any other topic currently that refers to an esca other than when I'm talking about anglerfish.

And that is the fleshy part of the illicium, the end part of the illicium where the bioluminescence is, so I'm going to circle that one.

And deep, deep is too general.

You're going have a go now at circling the words that you think are subject-specific to the anglerfish.

Here are the words.

We've got essay, lure, abyss, features, animal, and we have ocean.

Pause the video and have a think about which of these words are specific to either the ecosystem where they live or the anatomy of the anglerfish.

Pause it now.

Okay, hopefully you have circled lure because that is the part of the fish that is a long illicium, and it contains the esca, and that's where they lure their prey in.

And the other word is abyss because that refers to the zone.

The abyssal zone or the abyssal region is the part of the ocean in which the anglerfish lives.

It's the deepest region of the ocean.

There are 200 different anglerfish species that live in all oceanic habitats.

They can be found all over the world.

But some are found only, only in the deep sea; others remain closer to the shore.

The ones that live in that deep, deep part of the ocean, in the abyssal zones, can you say abyssal zone? Abyssal zone.

They have to live in extreme pressure, and in those parts of the zone, in those parts of the ocean, they have to live in near-freezing temperatures.

So not only do they have to live in absolute freezing cold waters, but they also have to deal with the pressure.

So the lower down you go, the more pressure there is on your body.

So if you imagine something crushing you, that would be, as you go deeper and deeper, the pressure pushes against your body, and they can survive in that extreme pressure.

True or false? All species of anglerfish live in the abyssal regions of the ocean.

They only live there.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video and have a think about the answer.

Okay, get ready to point to the correct answer.

Is it true or is it false? Get ready in three, two, one.

It is false.

Yeah, that's right.

Why is it false? They are found in.

Some are found in the deep sea; others remain closer to shore, or they are all found in the deep sea.

What's the right answer there? Well, they are not all found in the deep sea.

So some are found closer to the shore.

The anglerfish diet is carnivorous.

Can you say carnivorous? Carnivorous.

Well done.

And what does that mean? Well, that means that they only eat meat.

They don't eat any plant material.

And they're not picky.

That means they're not fussy.

They will eat any sea animal that they can get their large jaws on.

Here's a picture of an eel, and here's a picture of a crab.

So they will eat eels, and they will eat crustacean and large fish.

They can eat things that are up to twice their own size.

However, what is more common for them because of how deep they live, usually they eat smaller creatures such as shrimp, there's a picture of a shrimp, baby fish, and sea snails.

Those are the more common sea animals that you would find in the abyssal regions.

Now, female anglerfish, they have really large jaws, flexible bodies with expandable stomachs, and really active digestive systems so that they can digest all these large marine animals that they ingest.

They can swallow.

Remember I said that they can swallow, consume.

And they just open up their mouths and they just snap upon any prey that they can get their jaws on, and they can just swallow them whole, up to twice their size.

So they can even swallow an octopus.

They can swallow a turtle.

That is really impressive.

Which of the following is true of anglerfish? They have large jaws, they are picky eaters, they are carnivorous, or they are over 200.

Sorry, there are over 200 species.

Which of the following is true? Pause the video and have a think.

Shall we have a look to see which of the following is true? Well, they do have large jaws because they need to open their mouths really wide to swallow prey that is almost up to twice their size.

Are they picky eaters? No, they're not.

But they are carnivorous, and there are over 200 species of anglerfish.

Yes, that's right.

We are now on to Task A.

Fill in the blanks with the words below.

Here are the words, and you're going to fill in these blanks using the words in the rectangular box.

Let's have a go at saying the words.

My turn, your turn.

Carnivorous, pressure, common, temperatures, twice, and 200.

When I read this passage or this paragraph, I want you to think really hard about which of those words would go in those blanks.

Are you ready? Make sure you keep your eyes on those words as you're listening to me.

There are over, mm, different anglerfish species that live in all oceanic habitats.

Those that inhabit the abyssal regions dwell in extreme, mm, and near-freezing, hmm.

The anglerfish diet is, mm, and they will consume small creatures such as shrimp, baby fish, and sea snails.

These sea animals are more, mm, in the deep depths of the oceans than larger fish.

Despite the scarcity of food, that means not much food around, anglerfish have the remarkable ability to consume prey up to, mm, their own size.

Wonder if you can have a go.

Pause the video and give this your best shot.

Let's have a look at what the answers are now.

There are over 200 different anglerfish species that live in all oceanic habitats.

Those that inhabit the abyssal regions dwell in extreme pressure and near-freezing temperatures.

The anglerfish diet is carnivorous, and they will consume small creatures such as shrimp, baby fish, and sea snails.

These sea animals are more common in the deep depths of the oceans than larger fish.

Despite the scarcity of food, anglerfish have the remarkable ability to consume prey up to twice their own size.

Well done on completing Task A.

We are now on to the second part of the lesson, writing the plan.

Now, when we write a plan, we use notes.

Notes are concise, and they capture key vocab, vocabulary, and information.

The purpose of notes is to help the writer to organise information easily for future use so that they can use it in their writing.

We use bullet points when note-taking.

They look like this.

Make a round ball with your hand so it looks like this.

Bullet points are those black dots there.

Can you do this? Those are the bullet points, and they look like that.

We use subheadings to organise these bullet points.

They are an important part of organising notes.

If we didn't have the subheadings, we wouldn't know what these bullet points are about.

What is in a plan? Do we have subheadings? Do we have full sentences with capital letters and full stops? Do we use bullet points with notes? Or do we include unnecessary information? Pause the video and have a go at this.

Okay, let's look at what the answers are.

So in a plan, we have subheadings.

Do we use full sentences? Do we write in full sentences? No, we don't, but we definitely use bullet points.

Do that.

Try not to hurt anyone when you're doing it, though.

We use bullet points with notes, and we don't include unnecessary information.

No, we don't.

Task B, writing the plan.

Part one of Task B is you're going to write the first subheading, Habitat.

Then you're going to write three main facts about the anglerfish's habitat with subject-specific vocabulary.

Use bullet points for each set of notes.

So I want you to write Habitat.

Underline it with a ruler.

Start your first set of notes with your bullet points, then your second set, then your third set.

Pause the video and give these a good go.

Okay, so this is my plan.

I've written Habitat as my subheading, underlined it.

My first set of bullet point notes are over 200 species, all oceanic habitats.

Second set of notes, thousands of metres below sea level, perpetual darkness.

Third one, abyssal regions, extreme pressure, and near-freezing temperatures.

Happy with my plan.

Now part two, write your second subheading, Diet, then underline it.

Then write three main facts about the anglerfisher's diet with subject-specific vocabulary.

So use one bullet point for one set of notes, another one for a second set of notes, and the third one for the third set of notes.

Pause the video and have a go at writing about their diet.

This is my plan.

I've got Diet, underlined my subheading, and then I have carnivorous as my first main point because that's what I want to say generally about their diet.

My second set of notes is that I've written small sea animals, and I've given examples of what they are, more common than larger fish.

And then my third one I want to let everyone know is that they can swallow prey twice its size.

As well as facts, we need to include linguistic features.

So part three of your plan is you're going to write in some linguistic features.

I would like you to think about including formal fronted adverbials to help to build upon ideas or contrast existing ideas, and viewpoint fronted adverbials because they help to introduce different types of facts, and fronted adverbials of cause because we might want to link a cause to an effect.

So now you're going to copy into your blank table examples of the following, three formal fronted adverbials, two viewpoint fronted adverbials, and one fronted adverbial of cause.

Don't worry, you don't have to remember all types of formal, viewpoint, or adverbials of cause.

Here are some that you can choose from.

Pause the video and copy those in to your blank table.

Okay, so I've copied into mine also, furthermore, and despite this.

As my viewpoint, I've copied in significantly and interestingly.

And finally, I have copied in as a consequence for my fronted adverbial of cause.

To summarise, a plan is a framework that writers create before they begin to write the section or whole text.

A plan has subject-specific vocabulary related to the section.

Notes help the writer to organise information easily for writing in the future.

And finally, bullet points are used in note-taking.

I hope you enjoyed learning about anglerfish habitat.

I feel like I know so much more about anglerfish habitat than I did at the beginning of the lesson.

Good job on writing your plan.

Well done.