Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name is Mrs. Riley and we're here today to learn some new vocabulary together.

In today's lesson, we are going to be learning new vocabulary that is associated with the wind.

That means that these words can be used to describe the wind, but they can also be used in different contexts, so they're going to be really helpful.

Let's get started, shall we? The outcome of today's lesson is to use the words gust, flurry, and blustery effectively in multiple contexts.

These are our key words in our learning today.

I'm going to take each one, and then I'd like you to repeat it back to me.

My turn, your turn.

So, make sure you've got your listening ears and your loud speaking voices ready.

Here we go.

Noun, adjective, synonym, word pair.

Excellent.

Well done.

A noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

Three different things.

A naming word for people, places, or things.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, a describing word.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.

And word pairs are words that often appear together.

So, in our learning today, we're looking at words that are associated with the wind.

Now, the wind is a thing, so it is a noun, but we might also have some adjectives to describe the wind.

So, we might be looking at nouns and adjectives.

And in order to learn these words, we'll be learning synonyms, because if we learn words that mean nearly the same thing, it can help us to understand what the words mean.

And we'll be learning word pairs, so we know how to use these words effectively.

In today's lesson, we have three learning cycles.

In each learning cycle, we'll be learning a new wind word.

Let's get started with the first one.

Have a look closely at this picture.

I would like you to be a detective and look at every little detail of what is happening here.

This is Brick.

What's happening? How do you think he feels about it? How would you describe the weather? Could you pause the video and have some thinking time? Well done.

I can see in this picture that Brick the hippo is sitting and having a picnic.

He looks like he's about to tuck into some delicious doughnuts, but it looks like some wind has come along and has whipped his doughnuts up in the air and he looks very upset and shocked, and he is reaching to try and catch them.

Poor Brick.

This word is gust.

My turn, your turn.

Gust.

Gust.

Well done.

Thank you for joining in.

Gust is a noun, so it's a thing.

It is a blast of air or strong breeze, like a puff of wind so strong it blows your doughnuts into the air.

Have you ever been in a situation where a gust of wind has suddenly blown something into the air? I had it once before when I had a pile of writing that I had marked of children in my class and the window was open and a sudden gust of air blew them all over the classroom.

So, these words are synonyms of gust.

That means they have similar meaning.

A blast of air or a strong breeze.

A breeze we usually associate as being with quite gentle.

So, this is a strong breeze.

Here's the word in a sentence.

A sudden gust of wind came from nowhere and blew Brick's doughnuts into the air.

These words are word pairs of gust.

A sudden gust, like the sudden gust of wind that blew my papers all around my classroom.

A strong gust.

An icy gust.

Oof, that would make you feel cold.

An occasional gust.

Occasional means it happens once in a while, not all the time.

So, you might say, we had a lovely holiday.

The weather was lovely, but there was an occasional gust of wind.

Now, could you please pause the video and say each word pair out loud, because that way, you will remember this word.

You'll be able to commit it to memory.

So, pause the video now while you read these word pairs out loud.

Well done.

Here are some more word pairs of gust.

A swirling gust, a great gust, a fierce gust.

Could you now read those word pairs out loud? Pause the video while you do it.

Well done.

Let's check what we've just learnt.

Which of these words is a synonym for gust? Is it, A, a strong breeze? B, is it fierce? Or, C, is it strong? Remember, a synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to gust.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

The correct answer is, A, strong breeze is a synonym for gust.

Fierce and strong are both word pairs.

So, now, I would like you to have a look at this word map.

This is your first task.

In the middle is the word gust.

Around this word are synonyms or word pairs.

If you think the word is a synonym, I'd like you to circle it.

If you think the word is a word pair, I'd like you to draw a line from gust to the word pair.

Here's the word in a sentence to help you.

A sudden gust of wind came from nowhere and blew Brick's doughnuts into the air.

If you are not sure if the word is a synonym, sometimes we can take the word out of the sentence and try to replace it with the synonym.

It doesn't always work, but that might help you a little bit.

Pause the video now while you complete this task.

Good luck.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

So, the synonyms are blast of air and strong breeze.

They actually wouldn't have been able to replace gust in that sentence.

We couldn't say a sudden blast of air of wind or a sudden strong breeze of wind.

But we could say a sudden blast of air came from nowhere.

So, gust of wind almost comes as a little group of words.

So, the word pairs are sudden gust, a strong gust, a great gust, a fierce gust, icy gust, swirling gust, and occasional gust.

I'd now like you to write a sentence using the word gust.

Here are the word pairs to help you.

If you're not sure how to come up with an idea, pick one of the word pairs and build your idea around that.

For example, you might pick icy gust, and then you might think about a scenario.

Where might you be or where might a character be, where there might be an icy gust of wind and how might that make them feel or what might it make them do? So, think really carefully about your sentence.

Perhaps you might want to practise saying it a few few times before you write it down.

Could you please pause the video now while you write your own sentence using the word gust? Good luck.

Well done.

Let's look at some examples of what you might have written.

A swirling gust of wind scattered the leaves all over the road.

Bogart wished he was wearing more than just his robe when an icy gust of snow blew.

Everything was still apart from the occasional gust of wind that ruffled Bearnice's hair.

So, you can see that we quite often use gust with gust of wind or gust of snow.

Well done for writing your own sentence.

Let's take a look at our second new wind word.

What is happening in this picture? This is Stax.

How would you describe him? What does the weather look like? How do you think he feels? Could you pause the video while you either think or describe out loud what you can see now? Off you go.

Well done.

Stax in this picture is wrapped up.

He's got a scarf all the way wrapped around his very long neck and he's wearing a hat.

He's got gloves and a green coat on, but he still looks extremely cold.

It looks like perhaps his teeth are chattering and his eyes are wide open and he's sort of huddling himself in to try and keep warm.

And all around him, that looks like there is, it either looks like snow or sleet, which is sort of like icy rain.

Poor Stax.

He looks very cold, doesn't he? Let's find out what this word is.

Flurry.

My turn, your turn.

Flurry.

Flurry.

Well done.

A flurry is a noun.

So, just like gust, it's a noun, it's a thing.

And it's a short, swirling gust.

Ah, so it's lucky we've learned what a gust is.

Like a burst of whirling snow that makes you snuggle into your scarf.

These words are synonyms of flurry, so they have nearly the same meaning.

Whirl, gust, swirl.

The wind blew a flurry of snow off the tree branches and right onto Stax.

These words are word pairs of flurry.

A sudden flurry, initial flurry.

Initial is something that comes at the start of a sequence.

You might have heard the word initial as the initial of your name.

My name's Poppy.

My initial is P, because the first letter in my name is a P.

A brief flurry.

That means it happens very quickly, and then it's over.

A last-minute flurry.

A constant flurry.

That means it's going on and on and on.

And a chaotic flurry.

You might know the word chaos.

Chaos means that everything is a bit all over the place.

It's very unorganised and perhaps very hectic.

Now, you might be noticing that some of these words don't necessarily link to the wind.

For instance, a last-minute flurry.

Don't worry, because we're going to talk about that in a little bit more detail later on in the lesson.

For now, could you please pause the video and read these word pairs out loud.

Off you go.

These words are also word pairs of flurry, but you'll notice there's something a little bit different.

Let's just have a quick look back.

So, these words are adjectives that describe a flurry.

A flurry is a noun.

So, we've got sudden initial brief.

These are all adjectives to describe the flurry.

These word pairs are different to have a look.

A flurry of snow, a flurry of rain, a flurry of leaves, a flurry of emails, a flurry of questions, a flurry of activity.

So, flurry can be used in other contexts other than to describe the weather.

For example, you might say there's a flurry of activity just before the party started to get everything ready or just before you went on holiday, there was a flurry of emails that you had to respond to in your inbox.

So, we can see that these word pairs are a little bit different, but they're important that we learn them, because we're trying to learn all the different ways we can use this new word flurry.

Can you now pause the video and read these word pairs out loud? Off you go.

Well done.

So, let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a synonym for flurry? Is it, A, swirl, B, initial, or, C, brief? Which is a synonym for flurry? Pause the video now.

Well done.

The the correct answer is, A, swirl is a synonym for flurry.

For your next task, I would like you to just as we did before, circle the synonyms of flurry, and then draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's the word in a sentence to help you.

The wind blew a flurry of snow off the tree branches and right onto Stax.

Remember that little trick that might help you to spot the synonyms. Doesn't always work, but it sometimes can.

So, pause the video while you complete this task.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

Gust, whirl, and swirl are the synonyms of flurry.

The rest of the words are word pairs.

Sudden flurry, initial flurry, brief flurry, last-minute flurry, constant flurry, chaotic flurry, flurry of wind.

So, two different options there for the word pairs.

Some of them go before initial flurry and some of them go after a flurry of wind.

Could you now write a sentence using the word flurry? Here are the word pairs to help you.

Perhaps you could use double word pairs.

So, for example, you could say there was a brief flurry of snow, or there was a constant flurry of questions.

So, you could double up and use both word pairs either side of the word.

Remember to practise saying your sentence out loud before you write it down and try to be really ambitious with your sentence.

Try to make it the best possible sentence you can write.

Pause the video now while you write your own sentence using our new word flurry.

Well done.

Let's take a look at what you might have written.

There was a sudden flurry of activity as Oz stepped out of the car to meet her excited fans.

A last-minute flurry of emails meant that Grit was going to have to work late again.

After an initial flurry of activity, the fair quieted down and the staff could take a well-deserved break.

So, we can see here that whilst flurry can be associated with the wind, for example, a flurry of snow or a flurry of rain, we also can use flurry to describe other things, a flurry of activity as Oz stepped out of the car.

Perhaps Oz is famous in that sentence.

Or a flurry of emails, meaning that Grit has to stay and work late.

So, it's a really useful word.

It can be used in lots of different contexts.

Okay, it's time to look at our final new word.

The first word we looked at was gust.

The second word was flurry.

They're both nouns.

Let's take a look at what our third word might be.

Let's take a look at what's happening here.

This is Bearnice.

She looks like she's gone on a walk, but what has happened? Can you pause the video while you describe this picture? Well done.

Bearnice's walk looks like it has been interrupted by a gust of wind that has turned her umbrella inside out.

Has that ever happened to you before? It's really annoying, isn't it, when that happens.

I can see that there are leaves all around her and she looks quite taken aback by what's happened.

So, let's find out what this word is.

Blustery.

My turn, your turn.

Blustery.

Blustery.

Well done.

Blustery is an adjective.

So, we've just learned two nouns, gust and flurry.

But this is an adjective, a describing word.

It means windy or gusty, like gusts of wind that turn your umbrella inside out.

These words are synonyms of blustery.

Windy.

Gusty.

Here's the word in a sentence.

The blustery weather nearly lifted Bearnice off the ground.

These words are word pairs of blustery.

Blustery snow, blustery day, blustery conditions.

Conditions are, this is a state or circumstance.

For example, you might talk about someone's living conditions and talk about the sort of environment that they, or circumstances in which they live.

Blustery breeze, blustery weather.

Could you now pause the video and read these word pairs aloud? Well done.

Here are some more word pairs.

A blustery morning, blustery afternoon, blustery shower, blustery wind.

Could you now read these word pairs out loud? Pause the video.

Well done.

Let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a word pair of blustery? A, day, B, windy, or, C, gusty? Pause the video now.

Well done.

The correct answer is, A, blustery day.

Day is a word pair for blustery.

Could you now for your next task, complete this word map by first circling the synonyms, and then drawing lines to the word pairs? Here's a word in a sentence to help you.

The blustery weather nearly lifted Bearnice off the ground.

Remember, if the word is a synonym, you might be able to replace it in that sentence.

Pause the video while you complete this task.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

The synonyms for blustery are windy and gusty.

The rest of the words are word pairs.

Blustery snow, blustery day, blustery conditions, blustery weather, blustery morning, blustery afternoon, blustery shower, blustery wind.

It's now time for you to try and write a sentence using the word blustery.

Remember, the word pairs are there to help you.

They will help you to use the word really effectively.

There's a challenge.

It's optional.

You don't have to do this, but if you are feeling confident, you might like to try and write a relative complex sentence.

A relative complex sentence has got a main clause which has been interrupted by a relative clause.

A relative clause starts with a relative pronoun.

It could be which or who.

The scaffold is there to help you.

So, if you like, you could try to write a relative complex sentence.

Remember though, the key thing is to include the word blustery.

I'm gonna show you the word pairs one more time.

Perhaps you might quite like to quickly pick one, which is gonna be your word pair.

Perhaps it might be blustery morning.

Lock your word pair in your head, and then we'll go back to this page, so you can see the scaffold to write a relative complex sentence.

Remember, you don't have to use this, but it's there if you want it.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

Let's take a look at some examples of what you might have written.

Here is an example of a relative complex.

A blustery breeze, which seems to have come from nowhere, made all the napkins blow off the table.

So, the main clause there is a blustery breeze made all the napkins blow off the table.

That's my main clause, but we have interrupted it and we have inserted into it a relative clause, which starts with a relative pronoun which, a blustery breeze, which seemed to have come from nowhere.

I've added some relative information about the blustery breeze.

Well done if you were brave enough to try to write your own relative complex sentence.

Due to the blustery conditions, all the departures from the airport were delayed.

Deary me.

So, it was too blustery, they couldn't send any aeroplanes up into the sky.

All of the flights were delayed.

It had been such a blustery afternoon, all of Bearnice's underwear had blown off the washing line.

Golly gosh.

Poor Bearnice.

It's time for your last task of today.

I would like you to fill the gaps with either the word gust, flurry, or blustery.

The sentences are the, mm, weather, which had lasted all week, was starting to get on everyone's nerves.

Can you see there that I've done a relative complex sentence? There was a last-minute, mm, of activity before the party started, but luckily, everything was ready on time.

There's a compound sentence.

There was a last-minute, mm, of activity before the party started, but luckily, everything was ready on time.

And finally, as a sudden, mm, of wind blew through the windows, all the exam papers blew around the room.

Oh, that was a bit like my example earlier.

So, could you now pause the video and decide which of our words, gust, flurry, or blustery fits best in which sentence? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

Let's go through the answers.

The blustery weather, which had lasted all week, was starting to get on everyone's nerves.

There was a last-minute flurry of activity before the party started, but luckily, everything was ready on time.

As a sudden gust of wind blew through the windows, all the exam papers blew around the room.

Well done if you managed to pop those in the correct sentences.

So, let's summarise what we've learned today.

We have learnt the three words, gust, flurry, and blustery.

Gust is a noun, meaning a blast of air or strong breeze, like a puff of wind so strong, it blows your doughnuts into the air.

A flurry is a noun, a short swirling gust, like a burst of whirling snow that makes you snuggle into your scarf.

Blustery is an adjective.

It's the only adjective that we've learned today of our three words.

It means windy or gusty like gusts of winds that turn your umbrella inside out.

Well done for all your hard work today.

I wonder if you might spot any of these words in the books that you are reading, or perhaps you might try and use one of these words to describe the weather or something else this week.

Thank you for working so hard today.

See you again soon.