Lesson video

Hi everyone.

My name is Ms. Voyle, and welcome to today's lesson where you are going to be generating vocabulary for a diary entry.

This unit is based on the story "Into the Forest", and you may wish to refer to it.

You will need a copy of the 2022 Walker Books Limited edition of "Into the Forest" by Anthony Browne.

Pause the video and get your copy now.

Great, now, I know you have your copy of the book 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'll also need a piece of paper and pen or pencil for writing a plan.

I hope you are feeling excited and ready to learn.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is, I can generate precise vocabulary for a diary entry based on "Into the Forest".

Here are the key words for today's lesson.

Let's practise saying them, my turn, your turn.

Recount, emotions, exaggeration, superlative, hyperbole.

Great job, well done.

Let's take a look at their definitions.

A recount is a piece of writing that recalls an event or experience.

Emotions are strong feelings that result from a person's circumstances, mood, or relationship with others.

Exaggeration is overstating for dramatic effect.

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 hyperbole is the use of exaggerated statements or claims. There are two parts to today's lesson.

In the first part, you will be generating vocabulary and in the second part you will be planning the opening of your diary entry.

So let's begin with generating vocabulary.

We are going to be generating vocabulary for the opening paragraph of your diary entry.

The opening of a diary entry normally provides a general statement about the whole day before beginning the recount chronologically.

You will cover the following in your diary entry opening, a general statement summarising the day.

Then you will recount how you awoke to a frightful noise.

You discovered dad was gone.

You got ready to take cake to grandma.

And you ignored mum and took the quick route through the forest.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false, the opening of a diary entry immediately begins with a chronological recount.

Pause the video and select your answer That is false.

Well done, now it's time to justify your answer.

A, the opening of a diary entry normally begins with a question or B, the opening of a diary entry normally provides a general statement about the whole day.

Pause the video and select the correct justification.

The answer is B, well done.

Before the recount begins, the opening of a diary entry normally provides a general statement about the whole day.

Conveying emotions is a key feature of diary entries.

Emotions are often exaggerated in diary entries.

Exaggeration means overstating for dramatic effect.

It is the act of making something seem greater, more intense, or more important than it really is.

For example, instead of saying, "Today has been an emotional day," if the boy wanted to exaggerate, he might say, "Today has been the wildest rollercoaster of emotions." Let's check your understanding, what is exaggeration? A, overstating for dramatic effect.

B, providing an accurate recount of events or C, writing in chronological order.

Pause the video and select the correct answer.

The answer is A, well done.

Exaggeration is overstating for dramatic effect.

What methods have been used for exaggeration in the following sentences? "Today has been the wildest rollercoaster of emotions." "My heart was absolutely crushed." Pause the video and see if you can identify what methods have been used for exaggeration here.

Let's take a look at the first sentence.

Wildest, this is a capitalised word and it is a superlative adjective.

Capitalising words places emphasis on them.

And superlatives describe something as better or worse than everything else.

For, "My heart was absolutely crushed," this is an example of hyperbole.

A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement or claim.

This is an exaggerated way of saying, "I was really upset." 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.

For example, "The scariest noise I had ever heard." Here, the suffix, IEST has turned the adjectives scary into its superlative form scariest.

"The saddest discovery imaginable." Here the suffix EST has turned the adjective sad into its superlative form, saddest.

And, "The most foolish mistake." Here the word most has been used to turn the word foolish into its superlative form.

Let's check your understanding.

Identify the superlative adjectives in the following phrases, I will read them to you.

A, "The craziest day I've ever experienced." B, "The most distressing discovery." and C, "The strangest encounters of my life." Pause the video and identify the superlative adjective in each phrase now.

let's take a look at the answers together.

In A, the superlative adjective is craziest.

Here, the suffix IEST has turned the adjective crazy into its superlative form, craziest.

For B, the superlative is the most distressing.

Here, the word most has turned the adjective distressing into its superlative form.

And for C, the superlative is the strangest.

Here the suffix EST has turned the adjective strange into its superlative form strangest.

Well done for demonstrating your understanding of superlatives.

Hyperbole is the use of exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally.

Let's take a look at some examples.

Instead of saying, I was heartbroken, you might say, "It was like a dagger to my heart." Instead of saying, "I was really happy," you might say, "I was over the moon." Hyperbole is commonly used in diary entries to exaggerate positive and negative emotions.

Let's check your understanding.

Match the emotion to the appropriate hyperbole.

For emotions, we have A, "I felt scared." B, "I felt happy." C, "I felt surprised." The examples of hyperbole are, "I was shocked to my absolute core." "I had never felt so frightened in my life." "I was over the moon with joy." Pause the video and match these now.

Let's take a look at the answers together.

For A, "I felt scared," The appropriate hyperbole would be, "I had never felt so frightened in my life." For B, "I felt happy," The appropriate hyperbole would be, "I was over the moon with joy." And for C, "I was surprised," the appropriate hyperbole would be, "I was shocked to my absolute core." Well done for demonstrating your understanding of hyperbole.

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

Discuss and generate exaggerated phrases to convey the boys' emotions for each of the following points.

One, "He experienced lots of difficult emotions over the course of the day." Two, "He was awoken suddenly by a scary noise." Three, "He discovered his father was gone and he didn't know where he was." And four, "He ignored his mom and went through the forest, which he now regrets." Remember when you are developing these exaggerated phrases to do so in first person using the pronoun I.

Pause the video and discuss with your partner now.

Welcome back, well done for generating exaggerated phrases to convey the boy's emotions.

Let's take a look at some of the wonderful examples I heard.

For one, "He experienced lots of difficult emotions over the course of the day." You could say, "Today has been such a whirlwind of emotions.

I don't know where to even begin." I love the capitalising of the word "such" here and the phrase, "Whirlwind of emotions." For two, "He was awoken suddenly by a scary noise." You could say, "The most terrific sound shocked me awake.

I have never been so startled in my life." "Most terrific" is an example of a superlative and "I have never been so startled in my life," is a great example of a hyperbole.

For three, "he discovered his father was gone and he didn't know where he was." You could say, "I was absolutely crushed to discover my dad was gone, my heart physically ached." Both examples of hyperbole.

And for four, "He ignored his mom and went through the forest, which he now regrets." You could say, "I made the silliest decision.

I had the strangest encounters of my life." Both examples of superlatives.

Well done for demonstrating your understanding of exaggeration and how you can use this in your diary entry.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson where you are going to be planning the opening.

When we write a plan, we use notes.

Notes are concise and capture key vocabulary and information.

The purpose of notes is to help the writer to organise information easily for future use.

We use bullet points when note taking, they look like this.

You are going to write a plan for the opening of your diary entry.

You will need to include a range of precise and ambitious vocabulary to recount and convey your emotions.

Nouns are people, places or things.

Adjectives describe nouns.

Verbs are doing, being or having words and adverbs describe verbs.

You will need to include a range of these.

You will also need to include exaggeration, which is language that overstates for dramatic effect.

Let's check your understanding.

What will you need to include in your plan? A, "Full sentences with capital letters and full stops." B, "Exaggeration," C, "Precise and ambitious vocabulary." D, "Unnecessary information." Pause the video and select the correct answers now.

The answers are B and C, well done.

In your plan, you will need to include exaggeration and precise and ambitious vocabulary.

Let's take a look at some examples of precise and ambitious vocabulary for the opening paragraph.

"Scariest day of my life." "Frightful noise jolted me awake." "Discovered the most devastating news." "Missed dad so much it hurt." "Mom made such a fuss about avoiding the forest." "Had encounters that shook me to my core." Let's check your understanding.

Which of the following would be appropriate, exaggerated language for the opening of your diary entry? A, "Was a little concerned." B, "Utterly shaken by the sound." C, "Felt absolutely crushed that dad was gone." D, "Casual stroll through the forest." Pause the video and select the correct answers.

The answers are B and C.

Well done, "Utterly shaken by the sound." "Felt absolutely crushed that dad was gone." These examples exaggerate the emotions the boy felt during his day.

It's now time for your final task.

Complete the plan for the opening of your diary entry.

In your opening, you will include a general statement about the day and you will recount the morning's events.

You have a section for bullet pointing precise vocabulary and a section for bullet pointing exaggeration.

Pause the video and do the task now.

Welcome back, well done for completing the plan for the opening of your diary entry.

Let's take a look at some of the examples I saw.

For precise vocabulary.

"Frightful noise," "Jolted awake suddenly," "Went downstairs to find," "A cake for poorly Grandma," "Long route, avoid forest." And for exaggeration, "Scariest day ever," "Rollercoaster of emotions," "Absolutely crushed," "The silliest decision," "Encounters shook me to my core." Here we have examples of superlatives and hyperboles.

We've now come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together.

A diary entry recounts experiences chronologically and expresses emotions, thoughts and feelings.

Exaggeration is often used to convey emotions in a diary entry.

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

Hyperbole is the use of exaggerated statements or claims, and a plan for a diary entry should include precise and ambitious vocabulary, including exaggeration.

Well done again for your hard work in today's lesson.

You have now planned the opening of your diary entry and I hope you are feeling really excited to write it.