Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name's Mrs. Riley and I'm here to teach you some new vocabulary today.

In our lesson today, we're focusing on vocabulary that is associated with walking.

So we all know that we can walk, or a creature can walk in so many different ways.

The verb, "Walk" Doesn't really give us much indication how they were moving or how they were feeling.

So by the end of today's lesson, we're going to have six new ways of describing how someone might walk or how something might walk.

So let's get started.

The outcome of today's lesson is to effectively use the words, "Meandering", ""Skulk"" And other rich vocabulary associated with walking.

Here are our key words we'll be using in today's lesson.

Let's start off by just saying each one.

My turn, your turn.

Adjective.

Verb.

Synonym.

Word pair.

Well done, let's go through the definitions.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

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

So walking, the word, "Walked" or, "Walks" Is a verb.

It's a doing word, it's an action.

It's something that we would do.

So it's highly likely if we are learning different ways of saying somebody walked we'll be learning verbs today.

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

So if we're learning words that are similar to the word, "Walk" Today, we'll be learning synonyms of the word, "Walk." Word pairs are words that often appear together, and it's really helpful when we learn new vocabulary to learn what words they're often paired with so we know how to use them really appropriately.

In our lesson today, we have three learning cycles.

In the first two learning cycles, we'll just be looking at one word in a lot of detail.

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

So by the end of our lesson today, you're going to have six new words to use in your speaking or your writing.

Let's get started with our first new walking word.

So what's happening in this picture? You might think, "Hmm, Mrs. Riley, this doesn't look like it's to do with walking.

There's not actually any walking happening in this picture" But let's stick with me 'cause it will come.

You'll see how it's linked to walking later.

Before I tell you what this word is, I would like you to look closely at the picture.

This is Plato the platypus.

What is he doing here? How would you describe what's happening in this picture? Could you pause the video now? Well, Plato is on some kind of raft and he's got a little oar, and he's using that to move along the sea.

It looks very calm and flat.

And it looks like it's either sunrise or sunset because I can see the sun is either coming up or going down.

I think maybe it's sunset.

And we can see the route that Plato has taken.

And he's not just gone in a line.

He has wiggled and zigzagged all over the place.

So it must have taken him a long time to get where he is.

So let's find out what this word is.

Meandering.

My turn, your turn.

Meandering.

Meandering is an adjective.

It means wandering or following a bendy path.

Now, this is actually the only adjective we'll be learning today.

The other words are all going to be verbs, but this word is an adjective.

It can describe a noun that would be wandering or following a bendy path, like a sailor roaming across the sea.

Other forms are, "Meander" Which is a verb, so we can use this word as an adjective, Meandering, to describe a noun like the meandering route that Plato took.

The route is the noun, so the word, "Meandering" Is describing the word, "Route" Or we could use the word as a verb.

For example, we might say, "The river meandered through the valley." So the river meandered through the valley.

The word, "Meandered" There, which is the past tense of meander is being used as a verb.

It's something the river is doing.

So we've got two words for the price of one here.

An adjective, "Meandering" And a verb, "Meander." These words are synonyms of, "Meandering".

Winding, wandering and bendy.

So we can see that route that Plato has taken is a windy route, a wandering route or a bendy route.

"Plato wasn't in a hurry, so he took a meandering route to make the most of the peace and quiet." Oh, I see, so he wasn't trying to be quick, he was trying to take his time to take in that lovely scenery around him.

These are word pairs of meandering.

A meandering track, so that would be a very windy track.

A meandering route, a meandering pathway, a meandering stream, a meandering river, and a meandering road.

Now there are some more word pairs, but before I read those to you, could you pause the video and read all of these word pairs out loud? Well done.

So all of these are linked to, as if you are trying to get from A to B, a track, a pathway, a river, a road, and if you were in a rush, you wouldn't really want a meandering road or a meandering river.

You'd want a direct, quick one.

But we can see now that we can use meandering in other ways as well, which is a bit more abstract.

A meandering speech.

So imagine if somebody gave a speech, rather than just being direct and going straight to the point and then it finishing, if it was a meandering speech, a bit like, think about that winding, wandering road.

It might be a speech that sort of, he starts going off on a tangent and then comes back to the point and then maybe goes off on another tangent and then comes back.

It would probably be quite a long speech and it would probably be going from one idea to another all the way through.

A meandering conversation.

Again, if you were to sit and have an a meandering conversation for hours with someone, you wouldn't just stick to one topic.

You might start talking about one thing and then talk about something completely different and then return back to what you were talking about.

Just like a windy road, your conversation would take lots of twists and turns.

And a meandering narrative.

So again, very similar idea to the meandering speech and meandering conversation.

And finally, a meandering melody.

Now, a melody is a sequence of musical notes arranged in a pattern, and they could be played or they could be sung, they could be played by instruments or sung.

So again, if it was a meandering melody, it would be a melody that perhaps would have lots of different changes in it.

Perhaps it might start off being very quick and then it might go slowly and it might be a long, meandering melody.

Okay, so again, could you pause the video and read these word pairs out loud? Okay, let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a synonym of meandering? Remember, it's an adjective.

A, river.

B, road.

C, bendy.

Pause the video while you think about your answer.

Well done, the correct answer is C, bendy because, "Bendy" Is an adjective, it's a describing word.

"River" And, "Road" Are both naming words for things so they're both nouns.

Okay, it's time for our first task.

In this task you have a word map with the word, "Meandering" Written in the middle.

I would like you to look at all those words around meandering and decide if they are synonyms or word pairs.

First I'd like you to find the synonyms and circle them.

There should be three synonyms. Then draw lines to the word pairs.

As you draw the line from meandering to each word pair, say them out loud.

Here's the sentence to help you.

"Plato wasn't in a hurry, so he took a meandering route." If you are unsure if a word is a synonym, you could try and take out the word, "Meandering" And replace it with the synonym and see if it still makes sense.

It doesn't always work, but often that's a useful tip to see if it is a synonym or not.

If it's a word pair, you should be able to read it with the word, "Meandering" and it should sound right, like a meandering stream.

That sounds right so I think that's a word pair.

Could you pause the video while you complete this task? Well done, let's go through the answers together.

The synonyms are, "Bendy, winding" And, "Wandering." The word pairs are, "Meandering track, meandering route, meandering pathway, meandering stream, meandering road, meandering narrative, meandering river, meandering melody" And, "Meandering speech." Well done if you identified those correctly.

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

What is happening in this picture? We've got Yin, one of the tiger twins here, and Armie.

What's happening? Could you pause the video and describe what you can see? Well done.

Well, Armie is fishing here and he looks very pleased with himself because he has caught a fish on the end of his fishing line.

But little does he know that Yin is very quietly creeping up behind him.

Let's find out what this word is.

"Skulk." My turn your turn.

"Skulk".

"Skulk" is a verb, it's something we would do, it's an action.

It means to creep or prowl when you lie low and move carefully to avoid being seen.

So Yin is definitely skulking in that picture.

Skulking behind Armie.

Other forms are, "Skulks, skulked" Or, "Skulking." The reason we have that have other forms is because the word, "Skulk" Is a verb and we can use a verb in different tenses to tell us when something happened.

And we use different versions if the tense changes.

So we've got different versions of the word "Skulk".

These are synonyms of "Skulk".

They have a similar meaning.

"Prow, lurk, creep." "Yin skulked behind Armie, hoping he wouldn't notice her taking his fish." These are word pairs of "Skulk." The cat skulked, the person skulked, a wolf skulked, an enemy skulked, a thief skulked, a coward skulked.

So in all of these, I have turned the word "Skulk" Or the verb, "Skulk" Into the past tense.

And all of those word pairs are nouns.

A "cat, person, wolf, enemy, thief" And, "Coward." They're all naming words for either people or groups of people or animals.

So these are things that we might associate with "Skulking." Wolves, enemies a coward, a thief.

Could you pause the video now and read those word pairs out loud? Well done, let's check what we've just learned.

Which of these words is a synonym of "Skulk"? A, charge.

B, dash.

C, creep.

Pause the video while you think about your answer.

Well done, the correct answer is C, "Creep" Is a synonym of "Skulk." Time for another word map.

This time we have the verb "Skulk" in the middle.

So the synonyms will also be verbs.

And then I'd like you to circle them and then draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's your sentence to help you.

"Yin skulked behind Armie, hoping he wouldn't notice her taking his fish." Now, because I've put the word "Skulk" in the past tense here, "Skulked." If you wanted to check if a synonym fits in that sentence, you would also have to turn it into the past tense.

Pause the video while you complete this task.

Well done, let's go through the answers together.

The synonyms are, "Prowl" So it would be, "Yin prowled behind Armie." "Lurk.

Yin lurked behind Armie." And, "Creep.

Yin crept behind Armie." The word pairs are, a cat can skulk, a wolf might skulk, the enemy skulked, a thief skulked, a coward skulked, and a person skulked.

It's now time to write a sentence using either the word, menacing, "Meandering" Which is an adjective, or "Skulk", which is a verb.

Use the word pairs to help you.

Here are the word pairs for, "Meandering." There's quite a lot of them.

Here are the word pairs for "Skulk".

So start by picking which word you're going to use.

Are you going to use the adjective, "Meandering" To describe something? Or are you going to use the word "Skulk" and use it as a verb? Then pick your word pair.

For example, you might pick, "Coward skulked." Then you might think, "Right, the coward skulked.

What can my idea be around that? Why is the coward? Who's the coward sort of skulking behind? And why are they skulking behind? How is everyone else reacting?" We're only writing one sentence in the lesson today so let's try to make it a really ambitious sentence with lots of extra detail.

Pause the video now while you write your sentence using either, "Meandering" Or the verb, "Skulk." Well done, let's look at an example together.

Does this sentence use, "Skulked" Correctly? So I've used the verb, "Skulk" And I've turned it into the past tense, "Skulked".

"The thief skulked unseen in the shadows." Thumbs up or thumbs down? Does that sentence work? It does work, doesn't it? The thief is a word pair so I know I've used the word correctly.

"The thief skulked unseen in the shadows." That's why he's unseen, because he's lurking in the shadows.

But I think we could improve the sentence even more.

So let's improve it together.

Instead of just saying, "The thief skulked unseen in the shadows" We could say, "The thief skulked unseen in the shadows, waiting for the shopkeeper to turn his back." That shows that the thief was trying not to be seen.

That extra bit of detail.

It's a non-finite clause.

I've got a comma after my main clause.

"The thief skulked unseen in the shadows." And then I have my non-finite clause, which uses the verb with an, "Ing" Version of the verb.

"Waiting for the shopkeeper to turn his back." A non-finite clause at the end of a sentence with a comma to separate it from the main clause is a really nice way of adding a bit of extra detail.

So could you just check how effective is your sentence? Is there anything you could do to improve it? Pause the video and check your sentence now.

Well done.

Okay, we're looking at our final four words.

Look at these pictures.

As I describe what's happening in each one, maybe you might even be able to predict what each word might be.

So in the one we have got Grit.

He looks like he's coming outta the sea.

It looks like it's sunset.

Perhaps he's been in the sea all day long with his surfboard, trying desperately to catch a wave.

But it looks like the sea is quite flat and he looks quite flat the way he's walking out.

He looks a bit fed up.

He's stooped forward and he looks tired and exhausted.

So how would you describe that way of walking if you were tired and fed up? In the second picture we've also got Grit.

This time Grit is, I think he looks like, I think he thinks he's really cool in this picture.

He looks quite arrogant, he's kind of slumped over.

He's standing up on top of some speakers.

I think he thinks he looks really cool.

In the third picture, we have got Bearnice, and she looks like she has been walking for a really long time.

Can you see that path has gone up and down, up and down? And Bearnice has walked all that way.

And in the final picture, Stax looks like he has been hit on the head by a very big coconut and he's walking quite unsteadily.

How would you describe that way of walking if you walked unsteadily? So if you'd like, you could pause the video and have a guess at what each word might be before I tell you.

Okay, let's go through each one.

So the first picture is, "Trudge." A verb meaning to plod or walk slowly with heavy steps like a tired dog walking out of the sea.

So if you felt a bit fed up or if you felt very tired, you might trudge instead of walking.

In the second picture, the verb is, "Swagger." To strut or stride.

How you walk when you are feeling on top of the world.

So perhaps if you were a celebrity and you are all dressed up and you were walking down the red carpet to go to an award ceremony and you felt really confident that you were gonna win a prize, you might swagger down the red carpet.

The next one is, "Traverse." A verb meaning to cross or travel through like a hiker making their way across steep hills.

And finally, "Stagger" Is a verb meaning to stumble or walk unsteadily.

How you might walk after being hit over the head with a coconut.

Okay, let's check what we've just learnt.

Could you see if you could match the verb to the correct image? Let's first of all just practise saying them.

My turn, your turn.

Traverse.

Swagger.

Stagger.

Trudge.

Lovely.

Now could you pause the video and see if you could match those verbs to the correct Mrs. Wordsmith image? Well done, let's go through the answers.

"Traverse" Is Bearnice passing or crossing over that long walk or that valley.

"Swagger" Is grit thinking he's pretty cool there, feeling pretty good about himself.

"Stagger" Is what Stax is doing, having been hit on the head by a coconut.

And, "Trudge" Is what grit is doing.

He's trudging out of the sea, feeling probably tired and fed up.

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

They might be a little bit more tricky because I haven't told you the synonyms and the word pairs yet.

I've just told you the definitions for each word.

But I think you are gonna be really good at this 'cause we've done two of these activities already.

So for each one I'd like you to first circle the synonyms. There will always be three synonyms. Because all four of these words are verbs, the synonyms will also be verbs.

And then I would like you to draw lines to the word pairs.

Remember you can always try it with the word.

Traverse a mountain, traverse cross.

That doesn't sound right so maybe cross is a synonym.

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

"Bearnice spent two days traversing the mountain before she finally reached the other side." Because these are all verbs, they might be in a different form.

For example, "Traverse" In that sentence has turned into, "Traversing." "She spent two days traversing the mountain." It's in the progressive tense.

It's kind of, it's not finished, it's sort of still happening.

So could you pause the video while you complete this word map? Well done, let's go through the answers.

The synonyms of, "Traverse" Are, "Cross, cut across" And, "Pass over." The word pairs are, "Traverse a mountain, traverse the globe, traverse the desert, traverse the slope.

Traverse the valley." A valley is a low area of land between hills or mountains, and typically it might have a river or a stream flowing through it.

And, "Traverse a ridge." Well done if you managed to identify the synonyms and word pairs correctly.

Okay, we've now got, "Swagger." "Grit swaggered confidently into the disco with his new sound system blaring." First, could you circle the synonyms and then draw lines to the word pairs? Pause the video now.

Well done.

So the synonyms are, "Stride, parade" And, "Strut." The word pairs are, "Confidently swagger" Or, "Swagger confidently." "Arrogantly swagger, boldly swagger, boisterously swagger." If something is boisterous, you are describing it as being noisy or energetic or a bit rowdy.

So imagine a group of people, boisterously swaggering into a room.

"Purposefully swagger." Very direct, you know where you're heading.

And, "Casually swagger." Well done If you managed to identify those synonyms and word pairs.

Okay, now we've got that verb, "Trudge." "Grit trudged wearily out of the sea, having spent hours trying to catch a wave." Can you pause the video while you complete this word map? Okay, well done, let's go through the answers.

The synonyms are, "Walk slowly, plod" And, "Tramp." These are the word pairs.

"Laboriously trudge." So if something is laborious, it's exhausting.

So, "Laboriously trudge." "Slowly trudge.

"Wearily trudge.

Steadily trudge.

Reluctantly trudge" Like you really don't want to be doing it, but you're having to do it anyway.

And, "Moodily trudge." So they're all word pairs that are of that word, "Trudge" Is often paired with one of those words.

Well done if you manage to identify those.

Okay, we've got one last word map.

It's for the word, "Stagger." "Stax staggered about after being hit repeatedly on the head by coconuts." Could you pause the video while you circle the synonyms and draw lines to the word pairs? Okay, let's go through the answers together.

The synonyms of stagger are, "Walk clumsily, stumble" Or, "Walk unsteadily." The word pairs are, "Stagger downstairs, stagger blindly, stagger back, stagger along, stagger forwards, and stagger about." We've got one last activity in our lesson today.

I'm going to read six sentences to you.

And I would like you to, as I read them, start thinking about which word would fit best in each gap.

Remember, only, "Meandering" Is an adjective.

The rest are all verbs.

And you can see other than, "Traverse" All the others have been put in the past tense.

"Skulk" has become, "Skulked." And we've got, "Swaggered, trudged" And, "Staggered." "Traverse" is still in the present tense and, "Meandering" Is an adjective.

So as I read these, start to think about which word would fit best in each gap.

"Stax" (hums) "Through the blizzard, finding it difficult to walk in the snow.

Grit was not in the right mood for a party, so he" (hums) "In the corner all on his own." Sorry, I didn't see that bit.

He (hums) in the corner all on his own.

"Oz" (hums) "Arrogantly down the red carpet, rudely pushing her fans out of the way." "Bogart almost fell as he" (hums) "Back in awe from the shop window." "Brick challenge Stax to" (hums) "Across the entire globe in 80 days." And finally, "Mrs. Wordsmith followed the twists and turns of the path alongside the" (hums) "Stream." So if you are unsure which word fits in each gap, go to one that you feel confident about and then cross out the word you've used, and then that way you're going to have less options for the ones that you are a little bit more unsure of.

Pause the video while you complete this final activity in today's lesson, and good luck.

Okay, well done.

Let's go through the answers together.

"Stax trudged through the blizzard, finding it difficult to walk in the snow." "Grit was not in the right mood for a party, so he skulked in the corner all on his own." "Oz swaggered arrogantly down the red carpet, rudely, pushing her fans out of the way." "Bogart almost fell as he staggered back in awe from the shop window." "Brick challenged Stax to traverse across the entire globe in 80 days." "Mrs. Wordsmith followed the twists and turns of the path alongside the meandering stream." That one describes the stream.

A stream is a naming word for a noun, so it had to be an adjective that fitted there, whereas all of the rest of them are verbs.

So well done if you managed to put those in the correct places.

Let's summarise what we've learned today.

We have learned that, "Meandering" Is an adjective.

It means wandering or following a bendy path like a sailor roaming across the sea.

But we know that we can also turn it into a verb, "Meander" And that could be a way of saying that you walked in a way where you are kind of following a bendy path.

You might say, "We meandered along all day." So you're not going quickly and directly and purposefully.

You're just kind of like, floating along all day, just happily taking your time.

"Skulk" Is a verb.

It means to creep or prowl when you lie low or move carefully to avoid being seen.

"Trudge" Is a verb, meaning to plod or walk slowly with heavy steps like a tired dog walking out of the sea.

"Swagger" Is a verb, meaning to strut or stride.

How you walk when you're feeling on top of the world.

"Traverse" is a verb, meaning to cross or travel through, like a hiker making their way across steep hills.

And, "Stagger" Is a verb, meaning to stumble or walk unsteadily.

How you might walk after being hit over the head with a coconut.

So well done for all your hard work in today's lesson.

I hope you feel proud of yourselves that you've got six new ways of describing walking if we turned "Meandering" Into a verb, we would have six different verbs, but we've also got that bonus adjective, "Meandering" To describe a noun.

You've achieved a lot in today's lesson.

You've completed six word maps.

You've filled in the gaps in six sentences, and you've written your own incredible sentence.

So well done for all your hard work and hopefully I'll see you for some more learning another time.