Lesson video

Hi everyone.

I'm Ms. Chu, and in today's lesson, we are going to be planning the resolution of "Whale Rider," that means the final part of the story for "Whale Rider." So when you're ready, let's get started.

Today's lesson outcome is I can plan precise, ambitious vocabulary for the resolution of "Whale Rider." Here are the key words for today.

Please read through them now.

This lesson is split into two parts, preparing to plan and writing the plan.

Let's start preparing.

"Whale Rider" can be structured like this: opening, build up, climax, and finally, the resolution.

The purpose of the resolution is to do all of these: resolve the story's problem, allow readers to reflect.

In the resolution, we resolve the story and bring it to a close.

Paikea greets the whale with a hongi, a traditional greeting in which two people press their noses and foreheads together.

Paikea climbs onto its back and she encourages the whale to shift its weight back into the water.

And Paikea rides the whale through the water in the sea.

Koro witnesses her bravery and the whale's response to her.

He understands that Paikea is the one chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe.

This is a turn and talk activity.

How do the characters' perspectives contrast, that means how is it different, with their perspectives from the opening? I'd like you to pause the video now and turn and tell your partner.

So the purpose of the resolution is, is it to A, close the story, to develop the characters and plot, to introduce characters, to give the reader a chance to reflect? Which one of these is it? Pause the video and have a think.

Okay, so the purpose of the resolution is to close the story.

Is there another one? It's also to give the reader a chance to reflect on what's happened in the story.

When we plan, we log precise and ambitious vocabulary to help paint vivid pictures for our reader.

We must include precise verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and a range of nouns.

We can use show-not-tell language to describe in detail how the characters are feeling.

This helps us develop the characters in our narrative.

Let's now review the key moments of the resolution.

Paikea greets the whale with a hongi.

Paikea climbs onto its back, and she encourages the whale to shift its weight back into the water.

Paikea rides the whale through the water in the sea.

And Koro witnesses the whale's response to her and understands that Paikea is the one chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe.

I would like you now to put the key moments of the resolution in the correct order.

Koro witnesses her bravery and understands that Paikea is the one chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe.

Paikea greets the well with a hongi and climbs onto its back, and Paikea encourages the whale to go back into the sea and saves all the other whales.

Which one comes first? Which one comes second and which one comes third? Pause the video and have a go at this.

Okay, let's have a look at which one comes first.

So number one is Paikea greets the whale with a hongi and climbs onto its back.

Number two is Paikea encourages the whale to go back into the sea and saves all the other whales.

And the final one is, Koro witnesses her bravery and understands that Paikea is the one chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe.

Let's look at each moment in more detail.

Let's look at this first moment.

Paikea greets the whale with hongi.

We need to use our senses of sight and sound to generate adjectives, verbs, and adverbs to describe this moment.

At the edge of the sea.

The great, majestic whale.

Her heart was pounding.

She had her eyes closed.

The air was thick with anticipation.

And she leaned in.

Let's look at this moment in more detail.

Paikea climbs onto its back and she encourages the whale to move into the water.

Once again, we will use our senses to generate adjectives, verbs, and adverbs to describe this key moment.

With quiet determination, she does this.

She secured her grip onto the whale.

She could feel the rough, cool skin of the whale.

The whale's weight shifted slightly.

While she found her balance.

And she could feel the immense power beneath her.

Which adjectives would you use to describe the atmosphere in paragraph two? Would it be ominous? That means a feeling of impending doom.

Would it be hopeful? Would it be chaotic, meaning that it was really disordered and rushed? Or would it be calm? Pause the video and have a think.

So the answer is hopeful and possibly calm.

Let's look at the next moment in more detail.

In this key moment, Paikea rides the whale through the water in the sea.

We will generate adjectives, verbs, and adverbs to describe this moment.

As she chanted, a spray of sea water splashed onto her face.

They surged forward, deeper into the ocean.

Her heart was soaring proudly.

Deeper and deeper into the sea they went.

She could feel a connection deepening.

As the waves embraced them.

Let's look at the next key moment in more detail.

This time, Koro witnesses the whales' response to her and understands that Paikea is the one chosen by their ancestors to lead the tribe.

Let's think of some adjectives, verbs, and adverbs to describe this key moment.

A shiver ran down his spine.

His heart swelled with pride.

His eyes filled with tears 'cause he was witnessing a miracle.

And with acceptance, he understood.

He felt joy and relief.

Which verb and adverb would you use to describe how Koro looked at Paikea in that key moment? Do you think he scoured furiously? Do you think he watched her admiringly? Or did you think, or do you think he blinked exhaustedly? Pause the video and have a think about what the answer is.

And the answer is, he watched admiringly because he was so proud to see that she had been the one chosen by their ancestors.

We can also use fronted adverbs to describe each key key moment in detail and add extra information for the reader.

In narrative writing, we can use these types of fronted adverbials.

We can use fronted adverbials of time, fronted adverbials of place, and fronted adverbials of manner.

Fronted adverbials of time tell the reader when an action is taking place.

For example, we could use just before dawn, as the sun rose, or at that moment.

Fronted adverbials of place tell the reader where an action is taking place.

For example, at the edge of the sea, at the water's edge or in the cold water.

Fronted adverbials of manner tell the reader how an action is taking place.

For example, with quiet determination, as gently as possible or with joy and relief.

Which fronted adverbial is most appropriate for the resolution in "Whale Rider?" Is it A, with deep regret, B, with strength, C, dangerously or D, on the other hand? Pause the video and have a think about what the answer could be.

I would like you now to fill in the blanks with the ambitious and precise vocabulary listed below.

They are majestic, weariness, determination, and guidance.

I'm going to read through this paragraph now, and as I read, I would like you to think about where each of these precise words might fit.

"At the edge of the water, Paikea felt her heart pounding in her chest.

With quiet mm, she leaned in, her forehead and nose coming to rest against the great, mm whale.

In that moment, Paikea felt the whale's thoughts, its pains and its mm, but also its strength.

With the mm from her ancestors, Paikea began to chant softly." Pause the video now and have a go at completing task A.

Well done.

Let's have a look, shall we, at where the words go within this paragraph? "At the edge of the water, Paikea felt her heart pounding in her chest.

With quiet determination, she leaned in, her forehead and nose coming to rest against the great, majestic whale.

In that moment, Paikea felt the whale's thoughts, its pains and its weariness, but also its strength.

With the guidance from her ancestors, Paikea began to chant softly." Well done.

We are now onto part two of this lesson.

We are going to write the plan now.

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.

What is in a plan? Is it, A, bullet points for notes, B, full sentences with capital letters and full stops, C, precise and ambitious vocabulary, or D, unnecessary information? Pause the video and have a go now.

So the answer is bullet points for notes, and precise and ambitious vocabulary.

Well done.

We are now onto task B.

I would like us to fill in the plan with fronted adverbials and ambitious and precise vocabulary to describe each moment in detail.

The first key moment is Paikea greets the whale with a hongi.

Where would she be doing this? When would she be doing this? Or how could she be doing this? I want you to have a think about the fronted adverbials that would be best suited for this key moment, and also think about ambitious and precise vocabulary.

Pause the video and complete this now.

Well done.

Let's have a look at this plan, shall we? At the edge of the sea, as gently as possible, and slowly would be suitable fronted adverbials to use for this key moment.

Let's look at the vocabulary needed.

A great, majestic whale, her heart was pounding, closed her eyes, and air thick with anticipation.

Let's fill in this plan with fronted adverbials, and ambitious and precise vocabulary to describe this key moment in detail.

Paikea climbs onto its back and she encourages the whale to move into the water.

Where would she be doing this, how and when? And what is the ambitious and precise vocabulary needed? Pause the video and have a go.

Well done.

Let's have a look at this plan.

With quiet determination, after a few minutes, and with guidance.

Rough, cool skin of the whale, secured her grip, shifted its weight and immense power beneath her.

Let's fill in the next part of the plan with fronted adverbials, and ambitious and precise vocabulary to describe this key moment in detail.

"Paikea rides the whale through the water in the sea." Think about the fronted adverbials and vocabulary needed for this key moment.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done.

Let's have a look at this plan.

As she chanted, with a bond forged, that means that they created a bond.

Finally, heart soaring, surged forward, waves embraced, connection deepening.

And finally, the fourth key moment.

Koro understands that Paikea is the one chosen by their ancestors.

I would like you to think of the fronted adverbials suitable or appropriate for this key moment, a show-not-tell, and ambitious vocabulary.

Off you go.

Pause the video.

Great job.

Let's look at this plan.

With a deep breath, proudly, from a distance, a shiver ran down his spine, his eyes filled with tears, and his heart swelled.

He witnessed a miracle.

Well done.

We are now at the end of this lesson.

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

Ambitious and precise vocabulary is logged on a plan for future use.

Notes should not be written in full sentences, and bullet points can be used to make notes clear.

Fronted adverbials of time, place and manner indicate when, where, and how an action takes place.

Show-not-tell language conveys characters' emotions.

I hope you enjoyed planning the resolution of "Whale Rider" with me today.