Lesson video

Hi everybody.

My name's Ms. Gardner and welcome to today's vocabulary lesson.

Thank you so much for joining.

I'm really looking forward to today's lesson 'cause we are going to be learning lots of really precise and ambitious vocabulary that we can use to describe when we are feeling happy.

You'll see that there are lots of different ways that we can use to describe the feeling of happiness depending on the context or the moment.

And what's great is that you'll then be able to use this vocabulary in your writing.

So let's get started with today's lesson.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to effectively use the words ecstatic, gleeful, and other rich vocabulary associated with happiness.

So let's start by looking at the keywords.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Noun.

That is a naming word for people, places or things.

Adjective.

An adjective is a word that describes the noun.

Synonym.

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

And word pair.

Word pairs are words that often appear together.

So there are three learning cycles in our lesson today.

In the first we'll be looking at the first new happiness word.

Then we'll be looking at another new happiness word.

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

So let's start with looking at our first new word associated with happiness.

So before I tell you the word, I'd like you to engage with this picture and have a look at it.

You can discuss it with your partner, with your class, or just sat by yourself have a think about it by yourself.

But I think I want you to think about what is happening in this picture.

What can you see? What is Armie doing? Pause the video now and have a think.

Well done.

So what could you see in this picture? I could see Armie, the armadillo have a big smile on his face.

He looks really happy, doesn't he? And why does he look so happy? Well, I can see the cameras that are shining down on him, the curtain behind, so it looks like he's on a stage.

He has a microphone and this is the big clue, he's holding a what looks like a golden award, doesn't it? So he's clearly won some.

And when you've won an award that can make you really, really happy.

So let's find out what the word is.

We're going to do my turn, your turn.

Ecstatic.

Ecstatic is an adjective and it means blissful or perfectly happy.

Like how you would feel if you won an academy award? Another form we could use it in would be as an adverb, ecstatically.

I jumped on the stage ecstatically, when I found out I had won.

So you can see there, it's become an adverb to describe how I jumped on the stage.

Here are the synonyms of ecstatic.

Remember a synonym means a word that has a similar meaning to another word.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Blissful, thrilled, perfectly happy.

And let's see this in a sentence.

"The winner of the competition was so ecstatic that he carried on smiling for days." You can see that in the picture, can't you? Armie looks so ecstatic that you can imagine he'll have that grin on his face for days because he's so happy.

He's ecstatic to have won.

These the word pairs of ecstatic.

I'm going to read them out loud to you now.

Ecstatic winner, ecstatic crowd, the ecstatic reaction, ecstatic smile, ecstatic mood and ecstatic experience.

Now you are going to pause the video and have a go at reading aloud the word ecstatic with the different word pairs, because we know that reading these words out loud and saying them out loud is a really good way to help you remember them.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done everybody.

So just checking for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym of ecstatic, A, blissful, B, reaction, or C, mood? Pause the video now.

That's right, it is A, blissful is a synonym of ecstatic.

Well done.

It's time for task A.

You can see here on the word map, we have our first word, ecstatic, in the middle.

And then we have some different words around the outside.

The first thing you need to do is read all the words around the outside and circle the synonyms. Then you need to draw lines to all of the word pairs.

There's a couple of tricks that you can use to help you with this.

To find the word pairs have a go at saying the word, each word next to ecstatic with ecstatic.

And see if it sounds right.

See if it sounds like a word that would be next to ecstatic.

If it doesn't, maybe that's because it's a synonym.

You can also have a go at saying the sentence, "The winner of the competition was so ecstatic that he carried on smiling for days." But then covering up ecstatic and replacing it with one of the words from the word banks.

If the word you've replaced ecstatic with makes sense in the sentence, then perhaps it's a synonym.

Remember, just because it doesn't make sense doesn't mean it's not a synonym, 'cause not all synonyms have the exact same meaning.

Sometimes it can be a little bit more nuanced, so, but that is a trick that you can use to help you.

So pause the video now and off you go with task A.

Well done everybody.

Let's go through the answers.

So the synonyms were, perfectly happy, thrilled and blissful.

And the word pairs were ecstatic winner, ecstatic crowd, ecstatic reaction, ecstatic mood, ecstatic smile, and an ecstatic experience.

Great job.

It's time for the second learning cycle where we are learning our second new happiness word.

Again, I want you to have a look at the picture first before I tell you what the word is.

So can you look at the picture really closely? You need to be a detective here and think about what you can see that is happening.

What is Bearnice doing? How does she seem? Pause the video now and off you go discussing this or thinking about what you can see happening in this picture.

Okay, so Bearnice looks really happy in this picture, doesn't she? Just like Armie in the first word, she has a huge smile on her face.

She's looking down and Grit seems to have put a glass slipper on her foot that fits perfectly.

So she's really happy about that.

So let's have a look at what the word is.

Gleeful, my turn, your turn.

Gleeful.

Gleeful is an adjective and it means cheerful or merry when you feel full of joy and you can see that in Bearnice's body language and facial expressions, can't you? She looks so happy and gleeful.

We can also use gleeful in another form as an adverb, gleefully.

She smiled gleefully as she put her shoes on.

So you can also use it as an adverb to describe the verb.

So here are the synonyms of gleeful.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Cheerful, merry, full of fun.

Let's have a look at the word gleeful in a sentence.

"Bearnice gave a gleeful grin as she found the perfect shoe." Here are the word pairs of gleeful.

I'm going to read them out to you first.

Gleeful grin.

It's your smile, a gleeful smile, a gleeful chuckle.

So a laugh, a gleeful squeal.

That's a noise you make, gleeful laughter and a gleeful shout.

Now can you pause the video and have a go at saying the word gleeful with the different word pairs? Off you go.

Well done everybody.

Let's just check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym of gleeful, A, merry, B, gleefully, or C, smile? Pause the video now.

That's right, it is A, merry is a synonym of gleeful.

Well done.

So it's time for task B.

You have another word map here and this time the word gleeful is in the middle.

You need to find the synonyms first.

And when you find a synonym, draw a circle around it.

And then you need to draw lines to the word pairs.

Remember the trick of saying the sentence, "Bearnice gave a gleeful grin as she found the perfect shoe." And then you can cover up gleeful and replace it with another word.

And if the word makes sense in the sentence, it's quite likely that it will be a synonym.

So pause the video now and off you go completing task B.

Great job everybody.

Let's go through the answers.

So our synonyms of gleeful were cheerful, merry and full of fun.

And the word pairs were gleeful grin, gleeful smile, gleeful shout, gleeful laughter, gleeful squeal and gleeful chuckle.

Great job everybody.

So now in task B, you need to write a sentence using either the word ecstatic or gleeful.

And you can use the word pairs to help you.

So the first thing I would do is choose which adjective you're going to use, which happiness word you're going to use and then choose your word pair and then you can build your sentence around it.

And I want you to try and be really ambitious when you are writing a sentence.

So you could just say the winner was ecstatic, but it'd be great if you could add a bit of extra detail to this.

Why was the winner so ecstatic? The winner was ecstatic because he had never won an award before.

So you can see that by adding that subordinate clause, I've added some extra detail to this sentence.

So pause the video now and off you go writing a sentence using either ecstatic or gleeful.

Good luck.

Great job everybody.

Well done.

So does this sentence use ecstatic correctly? I'm going to read it out to you and as I'm reading, I want you to be thinking, is the word ecstatic used correctly? The ecstatic crowd jumped up and down with excitement.

So I used the word pair crowd here, and it does make sense in this sentence.

However, could I be a little bit more ambitious? Let's improve it.

Jumping up and down with excitement, the ecstatic crowd was thrilled that the band gave an encore.

So how did I improve the sentence? How did I make it more effective? I added in a non finite clause to start my sentence, jumping up and down with excitement to show the excitement of the crowd.

And I added extra detail, explained why the crowd was so ecstatic, why were they? Because the band gave an encore.

So lots more additional information there to make this a more effective sentence.

So now can you pause the video and read back through your sentence to see how effective it was? Well done.

Well done, everybody.

It's time for the third learning cycle of the lesson where we are going to be learning four new happiness words.

So here are the pictures for the four new words.

I'm going to talk through them now and as I'm talking through them, I wonder if you can predict or guess what the word might be.

I'll give you a clue, they are all an adjective.

And of course they're all to do with being really, really happy.

In the first picture, you can see Plato and Stax.

They're on a rollercoaster.

They've got big smiles on their face.

They look like they're having the time of their life.

How do you feel when you are on a rollercoaster, that might be able to help you with understanding what this word is? Then in the next picture, you've got Yin and Yang.

They're jumping on a trampoline, jumping up and down again, looking really happy about it.

Then in the third picture, we have Bogart and he looks like he's got confetti flying all around him.

He's celebrating.

It looks like he's maybe jumping for joy.

And then in the final picture, a bit more calm, a bit calmer than the other pictures, Bearnice, she's sleeping.

Again, she looks really happy, doesn't she? She's got this smile on her face, but she looks calmly happy, a bit more peaceful, but very pleased about the fact that she can have a nap on those mattresses.

So now you can pause the video and just discuss this with whoever you are with or just have a think about what you predict each word might be.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Okay, so the first picture, I wonder if you guessed this, the word was exhilarated.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

Exhilarated.

That is an adjective which means excited or thrilled, like how you would feel when you are riding a rollercoaster.

The next word, my turn, your turn.

Light-hearted.

That is an adjective again, and it means carefree and happy.

So pleased that you could jump for joy.

My turn, your turn for the third picture.

Overjoyed.

That means delighted and gleeful, like when you feel like partying or celebrating.

And then finally my turn, your turn.

Contented.

That is an adjective which means satisfied and comfortable, like feeling so relaxed and happy that you sleep soundly.

So just checking for understanding here.

Can you match the adjective to the correct image? Pause the video now, and off you go.

Okay, so firstly, contented.

That was the picture of Bearnice looking really satisfied, comfortable, and pleased about lying on those comfortable mattresses.

So she is contented.

Then light-hearted, that was the picture of Yin and Yang jumping for joy.

Overjoyed, Bogart celebrating, looking really, really happy with all the confetti around him.

And then exhilarated was the first picture on the left with the two of them on the rollercoaster, having an amazing time, looking really excited.

Really well done everyone.

It's time for task C where you're going to complete the word maps for these new four words.

What's different in task C though is that we are not going to go through the words and pairs and the synonyms beforehand together, so you're going to have to use your knowledge of the definition and by looking at the picture and the sentence which I'll read out loud to help you try to work out what are the synonyms and the word pairs.

So it might be a little bit trickier, but I'm sure you'll still do really well.

So here's the sentence for light-hearted, "Yin and Yang were in a lighthearted mood because the weekend had started." So pause the video now and off you go, circling the synonyms and drawing lines to the word pairs.

Well done everybody.

Our synonyms for light-hearted are joyful, carefree, and happy.

And then the word pairs, a light-hearted mood.

I was in a light-hearted mood, so I'm in a really good, happy mood.

I'm relaxed and feeling good.

Light-hearted humour.

So if you have a sense of humour that's light-hearted, you make jokes quite a lot, you like to have a laugh.

A light-hearted film.

So a film that you might want to watch if you want a bit of cheering up, you don't want to be in a sad mood.

You might watch a light-hearted film to cheer you up.

Light-hearted fun.

Example of light-hearted fun might be running around in the playground.

Light-hearted tone.

So the way you speak, if you're speaking in a light-hearted tone, it's in quite a positive way.

A light-hearted comment, a comment you might make to your friend or to a teacher that's not very serious.

And then again, a light-hearted joke.

A light-hearted joke is one that you might say to make somebody smile or feel a little bit better.

Well done everybody.

Now you need to do the same thing and complete the word map for the word overjoyed.

Here is the sentence to help you.

"After studying for weeks, Bogart was overjoyed with his brilliant results." So pause the video now and off you go, circling the synonyms and drawing lines to the word pairs.

Well done everybody.

Let's go through these.

Our synonyms for overjoyed are delighted, elated and gleeful.

And the word pairs were the overjoyed parent.

Maybe a parent would be overjoyed if their baby just started learning how to walk.

An overjoyed fan, a football fan is overjoyed when their team scores a goal.

The overjoyed team, they're overjoyed when they score the goal.

People were overjoyed by the amazing fun fare in their village.

The overjoyed couple, that's two people.

Maybe they were overjoyed because they've just had a baby.

The overjoyed reaction of the crowd when their band performs their favourite song.

Well done.

Now you need to circle the synonyms and draw lines to the word pairs on this word map for exhilarated.

Here's the sentence to help you.

"Plato let out an exhilarated gasp as the rollercoaster soared through the sky." So pause the video now and off you go, completing the word map for exhilarated.

Well done everybody.

Our synonyms for exhilarated are thrilled.

You can see how thrilled they were to be on the rollercoaster.

It gives you that thrill 'cause it's so scary, but fun.

Energised.

If you're exhilarated, you've got lots of energy, so you're energised and excited.

Then the word pairs an exhilarated feeling, when you are soaring up and down the rollercoaster.

An exhilarated mood again, how you're feeling when you're on the rollercoaster.

The exhilarated crowd.

Crowd might be exhilarated in a big concert when their favourite bands playing the best song and it's the end of the night.

Everyone's feeling exhilarated.

An exhilarated gasp.

The noise you make when you're really excited and thrilled.

An exhilarated spirit.

If someone's spirit is exhilarated, they're feeling really excited.

An exhilarated state.

If you are in an exhilarated state, you're in a state of over excitement.

So it's a really positive feeling.

Well done.

Okay, it's now time to complete the word map for the word contented.

Here's the sentence to help you.

"Bearnice, happily snoozed with a contented smile on her face." So pause the video now and off you go, completing this word map.

Well done.

The synonyms for contented are pleased, satisfied and comfortable.

Contented is a bit less overexcited than thrilling than some of the other previous words.

If you are contented, it's more of a calm peace, a calm happiness.

So now the word pairs, the contented smile, a contented sigh, (Ms. Gardner sighs) a contented existence.

If someone leads a contented existence, they're just satisfied and happy with the way their life is.

It might not be the most exciting life full of thrill and adventure, but they're happy with it.

It's a content life.

A contented silence.

Maybe you're sitting in silence with your friend or your family and no one's talking, but it's not awkward.

It's just a really comfortable contented silence.

A contented heart, when you are really happy your heart feels contented.

And then a contented customer, someone's been really happy and pleased with the service that they've received at the restaurant today.

Well done.

It is time for our final task in today's vocabulary lesson.

You need to fill in the gaps in these sentences below with either the word ecstatic, gleeful, overjoyed, light-hearted, exhilarated or contented.

Don't worry, if you come to one of the sentences and you're really not sure which word goes there, my trick for you is to leave it, going through the other sentences that you're really confident with and then come back to it when there's a few less options.

I'm going to read the sentence out loud now, and as I'm reading, you can have a think about which word could go in each gap.

"The old couple sat in mm, silence, comfortable enough to say nothing.

Yin gave Yang an mm, smile when she opened her gift.

With a mm, squeal, Bearnice opened a box of her favourite donuts.

The mm, parents watched their child perform confidently on stage.

Each time the team nearly scored the mm, crowd shouted in excitement and Brick's mm, humour didn't impress the teachers in detention." If you'd like to and if it'd be useful, you can use the word maps that you completed earlier in the lesson to help you with this.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done everybody.

Great job.

Let's go through these.

The old couple sat in contented silence, comfortable enough to say nothing.

Yin gave Yang an ecstatic smile when she opened her gift.

She's really happy about the present.

With a gleeful squeal, Bearnice opened a box of her favourite donuts.

The overjoyed parents watch their child perform confidently on stage.

Each time the team nearly scored, the exhilarated crowd shouted in excitement.

And finally, Brick's, light-hearted humour didn't impress the teachers in detention.

Now I know that gleeful and ecstatic are really close in meaning, so you might have got them the wrong way round.

But the way we can tell that ecstatic came in that sentence and gleeful came in that sentence, is by looking at the word before the adjective, an and A, the determinants remember, an comes before a word which starts with a vowel, E for ecstatic.

And A comes before a word that starts with a consonant, G, g for gleeful.

So that is just another trick you can use to make sure your words are in the correct places.

Really well done on the final part of Task C.

You've all worked so hard today.

So here's a summary of everything that we've learned today.

Ecstatic is an adjective, which means blissful or perfectly happy.

How you would feel if you won an academy award.

Gleeful is an adjective which means cheerful or merry.

When you feel full of joy.

Exhilarated is an adjective which means excited or thrilled, like how you'd feel riding a rollercoaster.

Overjoyed is an adjective which means delighted and gleeful.

Like when you feel like partying.

Light-hearted is an adjective which means carefree and happy.

So pleased you could jump for joy.

And contented is an adjective which means satisfied and comfortable, like feeling so relaxed and happy that you sleep soundly.

Brilliant job today everybody.

Really well done.

And I wonder if you can include any of this vocabulary in any upcoming writing that you are going to be doing.

Great job.