Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name's Mrs. Riley, and I'm here to do some learning with you today.

In our lesson, we're focusing on learning new vocabulary associated with looking or seeing.

So we know that we can look at something, but we can look at something in so many different ways.

We might look at something in amazement if we were amazed at what we were seeing.

We might look at something suspiciously.

We might look at something or someone angrily.

So today's lesson is going to focus on different verbs, different ways of describing how you might look at something.

So let's get started.

The outcome of today's lesson is to use the words scrutinise, glimpse, and other rich vocabulary associated with looking or seeing.

These are the keywords that will be really important in our learning today.

Before we think about what each of these words mean, let's practise just saying each one out loud.

My turn, your turn.

Are you ready? Noun, verb, adverb.

synonym, word pair.

Excellent, well done.

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

So anything that you might look at, be it a person, a place, or a thing, would be a noun.

A verb is a being, doing, or having word.

Looking is a doing word.

So looking, or to look, is a verb.

So it's highly likely today that the words that we're learning that have a similar meaning to looking at something will also be verbs.

An adverb is a word that can describe a verb or an adjective.

So if we were describing the way someone was looking at, if we said, "They looked," we could add an adverb to describe how they looked.

They curiously looked.

They anxiously looked.

So adverbs can describe verbs.

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

And words pairs are words that often appear together.

So in our lesson today, we have three learning cycles.

In the first two learning cycles, we'll be looking at one word in each in lots of detail.

And then in the third learning cycle, we'll be looking at four words.

So six words in total.

By the end of the lesson, we're going to know six new incredible ways of describing how we would look at something.

Let's start with our first new looking or seeing word.

Now, before I tell you what this word is, I would like you to closely look at this Mrs. Wordsmith illustration.

This is Stax the giraffe and Bearnice the bear, but what is happening here? Could you pause the video and either have a bit of thinking time, or if someone's close by, you could have a little discussion or describe what is happening in this picture.

Well done.

Well, Stax in this picture has got a magnifying glass, which zooms in on something and shows it so that if you want to look at something really clearly, you might use a magnifying glass.

They're quite often associated with detectives.

And he is bending over his long neck to look very closely at, it looks like Bearnice's toenails, which look quite long and sharp and spiky.

And Bearnice is just sitting slumped on her towel.

Perhaps she's got a splinter in her foot, or perhaps there's something wrong with her feet, and so Stax is taking a look for her.

But he's looking, he looks like he's really concentrating on it because he's got one arm behind his back.

He's bent over.

He's kind of his eyes bulging.

His facial expression looks like he's really focusing on this job.

So let's find out what this word is.

Scrutinise.

My turn, your turn.

Scrutinise.

Well done.

Scrutinise is a verb.

It's something that you do.

It's an action.

It means to inspect or study.

Ah, yeah, okay.

So Stax is inspecting or studying Bearnice's toenails.

Like when you look at something up close and in detail.

Now, another form of this is scrutiny, which is a noun, which is a careful examination, inspection, or close inspection of something.

So for example, if there was a school and all the pupils were leaving and there were barely any pupils left, you might say, "The school was under scrutiny because all the pupils were leaving." The school, if it was under scrutiny, that means that it would be being closely examined or inspected to try and work out why the pupils are leaving and to try and make it better.

So we can have scrutinise, which is a verb, something you do, to inspect or study, or you could have scrutiny, which is a careful examination.

So these words are synonyms of scrutinise, the verb.

Examine, study, and inspect.

"Stax scrutinised her toenails carefully, looking for chips and scratches." These are word pairs of scrutinise.

Scrutinise every detail.

So imagine if you did a piece of work and you had a very fussy, strict teacher.

They might scrutinise every detail.

They might say, "Oh, well, this word here, your letter T is just not quite high enough.

And here, you haven't done your dot on the top of that letter I." They would scrutinise every detail.

Scrutinise her face.

Perhaps you might say to someone, "Are you sure you didn't eat all my chocolate?" And then you're scrutinising her face to see if she's looking, showing any signs of guilt.

Scrutinise the performance.

Perhaps a critic, a very harsh critic, might scrutinise the performance, inspect it or examine it.

Scrutinise the document.

Again, looking at it very closely.

Scrutinise the evidence.

That might be what a detective or a police officer might do.

They might scrutinise the evidence, examining the evidence.

And finally, scrutinise the letter.

So what I'd like you to do now is pause the video and read these word pairs out loud just as I did, because it's not just from hearing the words or seeing the words, it's actually saying them ourselves that we can commit these words to memory.

So pause the video now and read these word pairs out loud.

Well done.

Let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a synonym for scrutinise, of scrutinise? A, examine, B, glimpse, or C, blink? Pause the video while you think about your answer.

Well done; the correct answer is A, examine is a synonym of scrutinise.

They have a similar meaning.

Okay, so it's time for our first task.

In this task, you have the word scrutinise in the middle of this word map.

Around the word scrutinise, you have either got synonyms or word pairs.

First, I'd like you to look for the synonyms, and I'd like you to circle them.

Then I'd like you to draw lines from the word scrutinise up or across or down to the word pairs.

If you're unsure if the word is a synonym or a word pair, you could have a look at this sentence, "Stax scrutinised her toenails carefully, looking for chips and scratches," and you could think, well, if it's a synonym, you might be able to replace the word in that sentence.

Now, Stax, in that sentence, we've got "Stax scrutinised." It's in the past tense, so you might also have to turn the synonym verbs into the past tense.

So that's a way of just helping you if you're unsure if it's a synonym or a word pair.

The other thing you could do is you could say scrutinise with the word.

So scrutinise the detail, scrutinise, inspect, and you can hear which ones sound like they pair up.

And if they don't pair up, it probably means it's a synonym.

So there's two tricks to help you.

Pause the video now while you complete this task.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

The synonyms are examine, study, and inspect.

The word pairs are scrutinise every detail, scrutinise his face, scrutinise the performance, scrutinise the document, scrutinise the evidence, and scrutinise the letter.

Well done for completing that task.

Okay, so we've already learned scrutinise is a different way of describing how you might look at something.

Let's look at our second new looking or seeing word.

So what's happening in this picture here? This is Yin, one of the tiger twins.

And there is also a little mouse here.

Could you pause the video while you have a think or describe what's happening in this picture? Okay, well done.

Well, it looks like Yin is having a nice picnic.

I can see a picnic basket full of bread and grapes and some cheese, and she's laid out her plate and knife and fork.

And as she's just tying on her napkin, she's kind of looking round, and that makes me think that she might have seen the mouse, but she's a bit unsure if she.

You know, sometimes you think you're seeing things and you're like, "Did I just see that, or did I imagine it?" And the mouse is hiding behind the picnic basket, trying not to be seen be.

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

Glimpse.

My turn, your turn.

Glimpse.

Well done.

Glimpse is a verb.

It's to spot or get a quick look, like catching sight of a mouse out of the corner of your eye.

So a very different way of looking at something than scrutinise, where you're closely examining, looking at every detail.

A glimpse is to spot or get a very quick look at something.

So two very different ways of how you might see something.

These words are synonyms of glimpse, notice, spot, or peep.

"Yin was sure she had glimpsed a mouse on her picnic rug." These are word pairs of glimpse.

Glimpse a mouse 'cause maybe 'cause they scamper so quickly, you would only get a quick look.

Glimpse a light.

Perhaps if you were out on a boat, you might glimpse a light from a lighthouse.

Glimpse a shadow.

Ooh, that might be a bit scary.

Glimpse the truth.

Ooh, so perhaps you were searching for the truth and you glimpsed the truth very quickly, and then it went again.

Glimpse the sea.

When I was younger, we used to drive on a holiday.

We'd go down somewhere in the southwest of England called Cornwall.

And one of the things me and my brother and my sister would get so excited about was who was the first person to glimpse the sea or see the sea? And sometimes, because it was very hilly, we would, like, go up to a top of a hill, and then I'd go, "Oh, I just saw the sea!" But then it would go again 'cause we'd go down to the bottom of the hill.

So I glimpsed the sea because I saw it or noticed it, but it was a very quick look.

And glimpse the future.

Oh, so maybe something might happen and you might get a glimpse at the future at what's going to happen.

Okay, so again, could you pause the video and read these word pairs out loud? Well done.

Okay, which of these words is a synonym of glimpse? A, stare, B, surprise, or C, spot? Pause the video now.

Well done; the correct answer is C, spot and glimpse are synonyms. They have a similar meaning.

Okay, another word map.

This time, glimpse is in the middle.

First, could you circle the synonyms, and then can you draw lines to the word pairs? Here's the sentence to help you, "Yin was sure she had glimpsed a mouse on her picnic rug." Remember, you might be able to take out that word and replace it if it is a synonym.

So pause the video while you complete this task.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

The synonyms are notice, spot, peep.

The word pairs are glimpse a mouse, glimpse a light, glimpse a shadow, glimpse the future, glimpse the sea, and glimpse the truth.

Well done if you managed to identify the synonyms and word pairs.

Okay, we have a second part of this task, which is to write a sentence using either the word scrutinise or glimpse, so the two new words we've learned.

Use the word pairs to help you.

Here they are for scrutinise, and here are the word pairs for glimpse.

The word pairs will help you to use these new words correctly, okay? Now remember, because both of these words are verbs, there are other forms because when we use a verb, we can use it in lots of different tenses.

So for example, you might say, "The critics were known to scrutinise every detail." Or you might say, if you were writing in the past tense, "The critics scrutinised every detail." Or you might say, if you were using, you might use glimpsing or scrutinising if you were using perhaps the progressive tense, "She was scrutinising the document when something happened." So there are different forms that you could use.

You just need to try and think about what tense your sentence is in, and hopefully you can hear which version sounds right, okay? So start off by picking, are you going to use scrutinise or glimpse for your sentence? Then choose your word pair.

For example, you might say, "Glimpse a shadow." Then think about the tense.

Is it gonna be in the past tense, in which case it'll be glimpsed a shadow.

And think about who is the character, who are you writing about? Could be about a Mrs. Wordsmith character.

Could be about a character from a book you're reading.

It could be about yourself or a friend.

And try to be really ambitious with your sentence.

Try to make it the best sentence it can possibly be.

Pause the video now while you write your very own sentence using one of these words.

Well done.

Let's look at an example together.

I've used scrutinised in this sentence, but have I used it correctly? The critics scrutinised the performance.

Hmm.

What do you think? Thumbs up or thumbs down? Yeah, I think I've used it correctly because a critic is somebody who goes to see someone and is critical.

They say what's good and what's bad, so they would be likely to scrutinise a performance.

And it could be a ballet performance, or it could be a play or something like that.

But I'm just wondering if this sentence is ambitious enough.

The critics scrutinised the performance.

I've just done a simple sentence.

Sometimes simple sentences are really effective in our writing 'cause we want short, snappy sentences to create suspense.

But I think here, we could improve this sentence by adding some extra detail.

So I'm gonna add, "The critics scrutinised the performance, noticing every little mistake and analysing each line with meticulous detail." Okay, so I've added here more information, which kind of, I guess, it sort of exaggerates what the word scrutinise means.

They've noticed every little mistake.

They've analysed each line with meticulous detail.

All of that extra information I've added in that non-finite clause, which is "noticing every little mistake and analysing each line with meticulous detail," is just adding more information to my sentence.

So I've used the word pair "the performance," they scrutinised the performance, but then I've got this extra detail which really shows that they were examining it closely.

And that's the kind of detail we want to strive for when we write our own sentences.

Perhaps you might want to just check how effective is your sentence? Could you improve yours? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

We're going to look at our other four looking or seeing words.

So look at these pictures.

Perhaps you might even be able to predict what each word might be as I describe them to you.

Okay, so in this first picture, Brick is sitting on a bench.

And I don't know if you can see 'cause it's quite a small picture, but it says, "Burger Bandit Strikes." So he knows that there's a burger bandit, someone stealing burgers out on the loose.

And as he's reading it, he's looking round his shoulder because he sees that Armie is there with a burger in his hand and he's perhaps a bit suspicious.

So that's the first word, but I'm not gonna tell you what it is, but that's what's happening in the first picture.

In the second picture, Oz is kind of squeezing her eyes together and looking out, maybe trying to look quite far, or maybe it's quite bright, so she's shielding her eyes.

And Bogart on her head, the little fly, is doing the same thing.

In the third picture, Bearnice and Yin look like they may be travelling.

I can see there, I think it's the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is in Italy, I think.

And Bearnice has got her camera, and she looks really amazed at all the pictures, and Yin's posing for a picture.

Bearnice's mouth's wide open, like she's looking around in amazement.

And in the fourth picture, we've got Yin and Yang.

And Yin is looking at the ice cream with eyes wide open, almost like the ice cream is hypnotising her.

She looks very excited by this ice cream.

So if you want, you could pause the video and perhaps try and predict what any of these words might be.

Okay, let's go through each one.

The first one is peer, a verb meaning to peek or stare, like looking over your shoulder to see what's going on.

Okay, so Brick is peering over his shoulder at Armie, the burger bandit.

Oz is squinting.

This word is squint, to look through half-closed eyes, like when you shield your eyes from the bright sun.

Can you all show me a squint? Well done.

Bearnice is gawking at all of the amazing things around her.

Gawk is a verb, to gape or stare openly, like a tourist wandering around with eyes wide open.

Can you all show me what a gawk might look like? Lovely.

And gaze is a verb, to stare or look deep in thought, like looking longingly at somebody else's ice cream.

Perhaps you might gaze into the distance or gaze at something that you really liked.

Okay, so, let's see if you can match the verb to the correct image.

We've got peer, gaze, squint, and gawk.

Could you pause the video and see if you can match each verb to the correct image? Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

So peer is Brick peering over his shoulder.

Gaze is Yin gazing longingly at that ice cream.

Squint is Oz squinting into the sun.

And gawk is Bearnice gawking at all of the things around her.

Well done if you managed to get those and match those up correctly.

Okay, so for each of these four words, we're going to do a word map.

We're going to go through these ones a little bit more quickly because hopefully you're comfortable now with how to do these word maps.

First, you're going to circle the synonyms for each word.

Then you're going to draw lines to the word pairs.

These ones might be a bit more tricky because I haven't told you what the synonyms and word pairs are, so you're gonna have to really think hard about this.

In each one, there's a sentence to help you.

"Bearnice gawked admiringly at all the historic landmarks." Could you pause the video while you complete this word map? Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

The synonyms are stare, goggle, gape.

So they're all synonyms of gawk.

The word pairs are gawk stupidly, or stupidly gawk, openly gawk, happily gawk.

I think Bearnice is happily gawking.

Awkwardly gawk.

If you do something awkwardly, you're a bit uncomfortable, maybe you feel a bit embarrassed, or maybe something's a bit difficult to navigate.

And it kind of involves, like, a lack of being smooth or graceful.

So if you are going to gawk awkwardly at something, you might look a little bit silly.

Gawk ahead, and constantly gawk, meaning you're doing it over and over again.

You're just not stopping.

You're just constantly gawking at something.

So, well done if you managed to identify the synonyms and the word pairs.

Now you might notice that all of these word pairs are adverbs.

They all describe how you might gawk, which is a verb.

They all end in -ly, apart from ahead.

Stupidly, openly, happily, awkwardly, and constantly all end in -ly.

So these are adverbs that describe the verb.

If you gawk at something, which means staring at something, how might you do it? Stupidly gawk, happily gawk, awkwardly gawk.

They add some description of how you might do this verb.

So, well done.

Let's look at the next one.

We've got squint.

Here's the word in a sentence, "Oz and Bogart stepped out into the sunshine, squinting in the bright light." Could you pause the video while you complete this word map? Well done.

Let's go through the synonyms first.

The synonyms of squint are peer, scrunch up your eyes, or narrow your eyes.

The word pairs are hideously squint.

Ooh, maybe some horrible character might hideously squint.

Thoughtfully squint; squint while you're thinking.

Slightly squint, curiously squint, constantly squint again, over and over again, or suspiciously squint.

If you're suspicious of something, you're thinking, "Hmm," you're thinking, "I'm not quite sure what's going on here." If you have a, perhaps if I was suspicious that somebody had eaten my chocolate, I might suspiciously squint at all of you to try and work out which one of you had stolen it.

Okay, peer.

"Brick cautiously peered over his shoulder, trying not to be seen." Circle the synonyms. Draw lines to the word pairs.

Pause the video now.

Well done.

The synonyms are stare, peek, gaze.

The word pairs are peer inside.

Maybe you might peer inside a box.

Peer down.

Peer down.

Maybe if you're at the end of a diving board, you might peer down.

Peer eagerly.

There's another adverb.

That means that you do it really enthusiastically or full of eagerness.

Peer anxiously.

Maybe you might peer anxiously down that off the diving board if you felt nervous.

Peer cautiously.

Peer curiously.

Hmm.

Okay, and the final one is gaze, "Yin gazed longingly at Yang's ice cream, wishing she could taste it." Pause the video while you complete this last word map of the day.

Okay, the synonyms are stare, observe, and gape.

The word pairs are lovingly gaze.

Aww, maybe you might lovingly gaze at somebody who you love.

Intently gaze, a bit like how Yin is intently gazing.

She's not getting distracted.

She is intently gazing at that ice cream.

Steadily gaze.

Longingly gaze.

If you long for something, you really, really want it.

Blankly gaze.

Maybe you might blankly gaze at the television if you've been watching it for too long.

Dreamily gaze.

Perhaps you might dreamily gaze up at the stars if you longed to be an astronaut.

Okay, well done.

We've got one last activity for you today.

I'm going to read some sentences to you.

And in each sentence, there is a gap.

You need to fill the gaps with either the words, and you'll notice these, most, I think all of these have been turned into the past tense, scrutinised, glimpsed, squinted, gawked, peered, or gazed.

So as I read these to you, think about which word fits best in each sentence, and think about the word pairs 'cause they will help you.

As he thought about his future as an astronaut, Armie, mm, dreamily up at the moon.

Oz, mm, the painting, trying to work out if it was real or fake.

So perhaps it might be a famous artist like Picasso.

She's trying to work out if it's real or fake.

Brick, mm, helplessly out of the window as the thief stole his car and drove away.

Armie, mm, at the cinema screen, wishing that he'd remembered to bring his glasses.

The detective thought he'd, mm, the truth, but he needed to find more evidence.

And finally, Armie, mm, through the keyhole to see if anyone was inside.

Now, if you are unsure which word fits in a sentence, just leave that one blank and go to the next one.

Find the ones, first of all, that you feel confident that you know which word fits in that sentence.

And then cross them off as you put them in, and then that means you can go back to the ones you're a bit unsure of and there'll be less options, so it will hopefully be easier to work out which one fits best.

Some of the words are similar.

For example, gawk and gaze were synonyms of each other, so they obviously have a similar meaning.

So some of them might be more tricky, but the word pairs will really help you if you can remember the word pairs or look back at your word pairs from the word maps that you've done.

They will help you to fit each word in correctly.

So pause the video now while you complete this final task of today's lesson.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

As he thought about his future as an astronaut, Armie gazed dreamily up at the moon.

Oz scrutinised the painting, trying to work out if it was real or fake, looking at every detail.

Brick gawked helplessly out of the window as the thief stole his car and drove away.

Armie squinted at the cinema screen, wishing he'd remembered to bring his glasses.

The detective thought he'd glimpsed the truth, but he needed to find more evidence.

Armie peered through the keyhole to see if anyone was inside.

So, well done for completing that task.

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

We have learnt vocabulary associated with looking or seeing.

All of the words we've learned today are verbs.

They are doing words, or they're an action.

Scrutinise means to inspect or study, like when you look at something up close and in detail.

Glimpse means to spot or get a quick look, like catching sight of a mouse out of the corner of your eye.

Peer means to peak or stare, like looking over your shoulder to see what's going on.

Squint means to look through half-closed eyes, like when you shield your eyes from the bright sun.

Gawk means to gape or stare openly, like a tourist wandering around with eyes wide open.

And gaze means to stare or look deep in thought, like someone longingly looking at somebody else's ice cream.

So, well done for all your hard work today.

I hope you feel proud of yourselves that you now have six different verbs, six different ways of describing how someone might look at something.

So next time perhaps you're writing some narrative writing, instead of saying, "A looked at B" or "they looked at something," you could think: Hmm, I'm gonna use one of those Mrs. Wordsmith words.

I'm gonna say, "They scrutinised the letter," or I'm gonna say, "They squinted at the horizon" or "they gawked in wonder." And hopefully you can use one of these new ways of describing how you might look at something, and that, I think, is gonna make your writing very impressive.

So, well done for all your hard work.

Hopefully I'll see you for some more learning another time.

Bye!.