Lesson video

Hi, everybody, it's Ms. Gardner, and welcome to today's vocabulary lesson.

In today's lesson, we are going to be focusing on generating vocabulary that we can use to describe villages.

However, lots of these words that we will be looking at today can also be used in different contexts to describe different things as well.

So I hope you enjoy the lesson and that you can even start to use some of this vocabulary in your writing afterwards.

So let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to effectively use the words picturesque, remote, and other rich vocabulary associated with a village.

Let's start by looking at the key words.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Noun.

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

Adjective.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

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

Word pair.

A word pair are words that often appear together.

So there are three learning cycles in our lesson today.

In the first, we'll be learning our first new village word, then we'll be learning our second new village word.

And then finally, we'll be learning four new village words.

Let's start with our first new village word.

So before I reveal what the word is, I want you to look really closely at this picture.

What is happening? What can you see? You can use these sentence starters to help you.

I can see.

Stax is.

The view is.

So pause video now and either have a think about this by yourself or discuss it with your partner, or your class, or whoever you're with.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Okay, well done.

So what is happening in this picture? What can we see? So it looks like Stax has been on a walk.

He's wearing a backpack that looks like a hiking backpack.

It looks like he's arrived in a really beautiful village in the middle of the mountains.

The sky is blue.

There's a shimmering lake.

There's really charming houses along the side of the lake.

It looks pretty picture perfect.

That's my clue for you.

So the word for this lesson is picturesque.

My turn, your turn, picturesque.

Picturesque is an adjective, and it means attractive or scenic like a village so pretty, it could be on a postcard.

So the village here in this picture is picturesque.

It's so beautiful and scenic.

It's a beautiful scene.

These words are synonyms of picturesque.

So words which have a similar meaning.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Attractive.

Pretty.

Scenic.

So these words all mean something that looks really beautiful and aesthetically pleasing.

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

Stax found a picturesque spot by the lake to stop for a picnic.

These words are word pairs of picturesque, so you could use the word picturesque to describe these nouns.

I'm going to read them out loud first and then we'll pause the video and you can have a go at saying the word pairs out loud yourself.

Picturesque view, picturesque spot, picturesque village, a picturesque scene.

A scene from a film maybe is very beautiful.

You could describe it as a picturesque scene.

Picturesque appearance, this village had a picturesque appearance.

It appeared beautiful, and a picturesque valley.

A valley is the area or town at the bottom of the mountains, which are often very beautiful.

So the picturesque valley.

So now pause video and off you go saying aloud these words pairs.

Well done.

Right, let's check for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym of picturesque? a, scenic, b, view, or c, unattractive? Pause the video now.

It is a, scenic.

Scenic is quite similar in meaning to picturesque.

b, view is a word pair, and c, unattractive is an antonym.

It has the opposite meaning of picturesque.

Well done.

It's time for task A.

You need to complete the word map for the word picturesque.

The first thing you need to do is look at the words that are around the outside of picturesque and circle the synonyms. So words which have a similar meaning to picturesque.

Remembering, picturesque is an adjective, so the word pair, sorry, the synonyms will also be adjectives.

Then you need to draw lines to the word pairs.

You can use the sentence to help you.

So Stax found a picturesque spot by the lake for a picnic.

Cover up the word picturesque.

Choose the word your wondering whether it's a synonym or a word pair and replace picturesque with that word.

For example, view.

Stax found a view spot by the lake to stop for a picnic.

You can tell that doesn't make sense, so it cannot be a synonym 'cause it doesn't have a similar meaning to picturesque.

So pause the video now and off you go, circling the synonyms and drawing lines to the word pairs.

Well done, everybody.

Great job.

Let's go through these.

Our synonyms for picturesque were scenic, pretty, and attractive.

Our word pairs, picturesque spot, picturesque view, picturesque village, picturesque scene, picturesque appearance, and picturesque valley.

Great job.

It's time for the second part of our lesson where we are learning our second new village word.

Again, have another look at this picture before I reveal what the word is.

What can you see happening? Where is Plato? Pause video now and off you go having a think about this or discussing it with your partner class whoever you're with.

Okay, so what can we see happening? So all we can see in this picture is this island.

The island is surrounded by sea.

There's nothing else there.

It looks really, really far away from anything else.

So how could we describe the island? The island is remote.

My turn, your turn, remote.

Remote is an adjective, which means far away and alone like an island where one person lives all by himself.

Other forms, you can use the word remote in is as an adverb.

Remotely.

Plato lived remotely for the year.

So he lived all by himself far away from anyone else for the year.

These words are synonyms of remote.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Far off, distant, isolated.

If you are isolated, you are by yourself.

Distant and far off mean you're really far away from anywhere else.

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

Plato got stuck on a remote island thousands of miles away from anywhere else.

These words are word pairs of remote because remote isn't just describing a village even though this lesson is all about village words.

We can use the word remote to describe a lot of things.

I'll read the word pairs out first, and then we'll pause the video, and you can have a go at reading them aloud as well.

Remote part.

Plato lived in a very remote part of the world.

Remote village, a village which is far away from anything else in the middle of the mountains or the fields, far away from the town, and the city, and the buses, and transport.

A remote island.

You can see that in the picture in the middle of the ocean.

A remote area.

Remote community.

There are communities around the world that we can describe as remote 'cause they live really far away from towns, and cities, and the rest of the country, or the world.

A remote corner.

You can describe a corner of the world or a corner of a city as being remote if it's far away from everything else.

Now pause the video and off you go saying aloud the word pairs.

Now these words are more word pairs of remote where we are going to use it in a slightly different context.

Remote possibility.

That means there's a really small possibility of something happening.

It's far off, it's really unlikely.

There's a remote possibility of snow tomorrow.

It's not very likely.

A remote chance.

There is a remote chance of me winning the lottery.

Probably I'm not gonna win it.

It's a very small chance.

And there's a remote likelihood.

The likelihood of me being struck by lightning is very remote.

It's not very likely.

So you can just see that these are the word remote used in a slightly different context.

So pause video now and off you go saying these word pairs out loud yourself.

Well done.

Right, just checking for understanding.

Which of these is a word pair of remote? a, isolated, b, corner, or c, overpopulated? Pause the video now.

That's right, corner.

A remote corner of the world is past the world that's really far away from anything else.

Isolated is a synonym, and overpopulated is an antonym and opposite meaning.

Well done.

It's time for task B.

You need to first circle the synonyms of remote.

So words which have a similar meaning.

So other adjectives, then you'll draw lines to the word pairs.

Here's the sentence to help you as well.

Plato got stuck on a remote island, thousands of miles away from anywhere else.

If you can replace the word remote with another word and the sentence makes sense still, it's most likely a synonym.

So pause video now and off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Great job.

Let's go through these.

Our synonyms for remote were distant, isolated, and far off.

And then our word pairs.

Remote part, the remote part of the world.

A remote chance.

There is a remote chance that it will rain tomorrow.

So it's not very likely.

A remote village, remote island, remote possibility, remote area, remote community, remote corner, and remote likelihood.

Well done.

Now we're going to write a sentence, and we're going to use either the word picturesque or remote.

You can choose.

You can use the word pairs to help you.

Here are the word pairs for picturesque.

Here are the word pairs for remote.

The first thing you need to do is choose which adjective you want to use, then which word pair, and then you can build your sentence around that.

So, for example, I might choose spot, picturesque spot.

Stax chose picturesque spot to take a photo.

However, I think you can be even more ambitious with your sentences today.

Maybe you could include a non-finite clause or a relative clause, or maybe some show, not tell language, fronted adverbials, whatever you'd like to do to make this an even more ambitious sentence.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Great job.

Can you help me check? Does this sentence used remote correctly? There was a remote possibility of snow.

Does that make sense? Have I used remote correctly? I have, and I've used the word pair possibility.

That was a remote possibility of snow.

It's not very likely that it's gonna snow.

However, I think we can improve this sentence.

Let's have a go.

The weather forecaster said there was a remote possibility of snow, but that it was very unlikely due to the increasing temperature.

So here, I've explained in a compound sentence why it is a remote possibility of snow.

I've added extra detail.

So now pause the video, read back through your sentence, and have a think about how effective it is in using the word picturesque or remote.

Off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Great job.

It's now time for the third part of our lesson where we are learning four new village words.

Have a look at these pictures.

Can you predict what each word may be? I'll have a go.

I'll talk you through the pictures first.

As I'm talking it through, you can be trying to guess what the word might be.

So in our first picture, we have Armie on a bicycle.

He looks really happy, doesn't he? He looks like he's really enjoying his bike ride, and he is riding along a beautiful road, which is right next to the sea.

So that's my clue for you there.

Then in the next picture, Brick has arrived.

He looks like he's gone for a weekend away or a holiday 'cause there's a sign which says for rent.

He's got a little suitcase.

And he's arrived at a charming cottage with a thatched roof.

So how could we describe that cottage? Which word could we use? Which word could we use? Then in the third picture, Stax almost looks like a farmer or a cowboy, doesn't he? He looks like he works on a farm in kind of the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the countryside.

There's no other houses around.

Definitely not part of a town or a city.

So it looks like a, what kind of area, what kind of landscape is this? Then in our final picture, Yin and Yang look very happy, don't they? They're playing in fields, the sun shining, they're surrounded by sheep.

It looks like a lovely place to be.

So how could we describe the setting of where they are? So pause video now, and off you go thinking about what each word might be.

Okay, we're gonna go through it.

We'll do my turn, your turn for each word.

Our first picture was coastal, coastal.

Coastal is an adjective, which means on the coast or beside the ocean, like a road that takes you past beautiful beaches.

So you can see in that picture there.

The road that Armie is cycling on is a coastal road.

It's next to the coast.

Our next picture is quaint, quaint.

Quaint is an adjective, which means charming or picturesque, like a pretty old-fashioned cottage.

So it looks like Brick has rented a quaint cottage for the weekend.

In our third picture, our third picture is rural, rural.

Rural is an adjective, which means rustic or natural, like being in the countryside.

So Stax is living a very rural lifestyle in this picture, isn't he? He lives in the middle of the countryside with no other towns or anything around him, just fields.

So this is a rural place to live.

It's actually the opposite of urban, which means where you live, an area which is in a city.

And then finally, bucolic.

My turn, your turn, bucolic.

Bucolic is an adjective, which means pleasantly rural or idyllic, like a day out in the countryside.

It looks like a really bucolic area where Yin and Yang are playing in, isn't it? It's rural, it's idyllic.

It looks very clean, and calm, and peaceful.

So bucolic.

So checking for understanding.

Can you match the adjective to the correct image? Off you go.

Okay, so let's go through it.

Quaint is the picture of Brick arriving at his quaint cottage for the weekend, the charming little cottage with its thatched roof.

Coastal, the coastal road that Armie is riding along next to the sea.

Bucolic, this idyllic, pleasant, clean, calm area of countryside that Yin and Yang are playing on.

And then rural, a rural area is in the middle of the countryside, far away from towns and cities where Stax is living.

Well done.

So it's time for task C.

We're going to first complete the word map for the word coastal.

Now we've already completed a couple of word maps already, so I'm not going to go through the instructions in too much detail.

However, this time, we haven't already completed or gone through the synonyms and word pairs together.

So you are going to have to work them out yourself.

You can use the picture, the definition, and the sentence to help you with this.

Here's your sentence.

Armie cycled along the coastal road looking for the perfect beach.

If you can replace the word coastal with another word and the sentence still makes sense, then it's most likely a synonym.

And remember, synonyms are the same word class.

Coastal is an adjective, the synonyms will also be adjectives.

Pause video now and circle the synonyms and draw lines to the word pairs.

Off you go.

Well done.

Let's go through these.

The synonyms for coastal are seaside, beside the ocean, and on the coast.

The word pairs, a coastal path.

You can go for a walk along a coastal path next to the sea.

The coastal road, like the one Armie cycling on.

A coastal town is a town next to the seaside.

For example, Brighton.

A coastal village is a village next to the coast and the sea.

A coastal resort, you could go on holiday to a coastal resort.

So that might be like a hotel next to the sea.

Coastal scenery.

Scenery is the landscape.

So if it's coastal scenery, it's landscape by the sea.

And then coastal flooding.

Houses which live near the sea can sometimes be flooded because the water comes up too high, and we call that coastal flooding.

Well done.

Now we need to fill in the word map for the word quaint.

Here's the sentence to help you.

Brick rented a quaint cottage in the countryside for the weekend.

So use the picture, the definition, and the sentence to help you find the synonyms and the word pairs.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Okay, so what are our synonyms of quaint? Picturesque, cute, and charming.

Something that has a lot of charm.

Your word pairs for quaint are cottage, like the cottage in that picture.

A room, a quaint room.

It's really sweet, it's charming, lovely decoration.

A quaint village, maybe a small village with lots of thatched cottages, and just one or two shops, and maybe a library in the middle of the countryside.

That's a quaint village.

Quaint style.

You could describe a house as being decorated in a really quaint style, like charming style.

Quaint shops, maybe just a small shop, which sells, you know, things from local producers, very small, everything is freshly made.

You could describe that as a quaint shop.

And then the quaint streets in a village.

Charming little street, probably quite quiet, peaceful with lots of lovely houses, and flowers, and trees.

Well done.

Now it's time to complete the word map for the word rural.

Remember, you can use the picture, the definition, and this sentence to help you.

Stax enjoyed rural life with its fresh air and green landscapes.

Remember, a synonym has a similar meaning to rural.

So could you use it in the sentence and the sentence still makes sense? Pause video now and off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Let's go through it.

Are synonyms for rural were pastoral.

That's an outdoor lifestyle, outdoor place.

Natural.

Natural is the opposite of manmade.

So from the environment.

And rustic, quite back to basic.

Rural living, rustic living is back to basic.

It's not filled with modern buildings, and modern technology, and modern lifestyle.

Then our word pairs are a rural life.

You can lead a rural life in the country.

Rural setting.

That's a farm, a countryside away from the towns.

Rural area, a bit like a setting.

Rural scenery.

If you describe the scenery as rural, it's probably very green with meadows, and fields, and trees.

Rural landscape, again, fields, trees, hills, not cities or towns.

A rural community.

People grew up in a rural community.

You grew up maybe living on a farm, in the countryside, maybe very far away from the towns and cities.

Well done.

Finally, we need to complete the word map for the word bucolic.

Here's the sentence to help you.

Yin and Yang played happily all day in the bucolic countryside.

So, circling the synonyms and drawing lines to the word pairs.

Pause video now.

Off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Our synonyms for bucolic were pastoral, rustic, and idyllic.

Idyllic is perfect.

And then your word pairs are a bucolic village.

A bucolic charm.

If you said somewhere had a bucolic charm, it's this really idyllic, charming place.

The bucolic setting.

A bucolic life.

Yin and Yang lead a bucolic life in this countryside.

The bucolic landscape.

It's green fields, beautiful flowers, meadows, bucolic landscape.

Bucolic bliss.

That weekend was just filled with bucolic bliss when we spent all day playing outside in the countryside.

And then the bucolic countryside.

That's where Yin and Yang where playing.

Well done.

Now we need to compete our final task of today's lesson.

You need to fill the gaps with either the word picturesque, remote, coastal, quaint, rural, or bucolic.

I'll read out loud the sentences first.

As I'm reading, you can just be thinking about which word could go in each sentence.

The, mm, shops in the charming village were over a hundred years old.

The, mm, village was so far away from anywhere that no one ever visited.

Oz wanted to live in a, mm, area, but she was worried about getting bored in the countryside.

The town attracted lots of tourists because of the, mm, views.

The, mm, path took Brick all the way around the edge of the island.

Plato found respite from his hectic city life in the, mm, village.

Now some of these words are quite close in meaning.

So give it a go, and we'll go through the answers afterwards.

And don't worry if you have got them in a word in a different sentence 'cause some of them could work in more than one sentence.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Let's go through these.

So as I said, some of these words could work in more than one sentence.

But here are the answers that I've got.

The quaint shops in the charming village were over a hundred years old.

The remote village was so far away from anywhere that no one ever visited.

Oz wanted to live in a rural area, but she was worried about getting bored in the countryside.

The town attracted lots of tourists because of the picturesque views.

The coastal path took Brick all the way around the end of the island.

Plato found respite from his hectic city life in the bucolic village.

Well done, everybody.

Great job.

Here's a summary of everything we've learned.

Picturesque is an adjective, which means attractive or scenic like a village so pretty, it can be on a postcard.

Remote is an adjective, which means far away and alone, like an island where one person lives all by themself.

Rural is an adjective, which means rustic or natural, like being in the countryside.

Quaint is an adjective, which means charming or picturesque like a pretty old-fashioned cottage.

Coastal is an adjective, which means on the coast or beside the ocean, like a road that takes you past beautiful beaches.

And bucolic is an adjective, which means pleasantly rural or idyllic, like a day out in the countryside.

Great job today, everybody.

I hope you enjoyed the lesson.