Hello and welcome to today's lesson.

My name is Mr. Young, and it is great to see you again on another lesson in this "Twisted Tree" sequence.

So, I'm super excited about today's lesson where we are going to be developing a plan for a fantastic newspaper article about the events of "The Twisted Tree".

So, should we get started? So, today's lesson has a very clear learning outcome, so let's take a look at what it is.

So, by the end of today's lesson, everybody should be able to plan a newspaper article about the draugr's death in "The Twisted Tree".

And to get there, we're gonna have some really important words, our keywords that are going to accompany us throughout this lesson.

So, as always, I do encourage you just to pause the video, jot these down, particularly if they're new to you, because we're gonna be using them quite a bit.

Let's take a look at what they are.

Main body, the central paragraph of a news article that outlines the main details.

Skjebne, the fictional town in Norway, where the action of the story takes place.

The draugr, an undead creature from Norse mythology that haunts the living.

And finally, the tail, a section of a news article that sums up the events and concludes the article.

So, today's lesson has two very clear learning cycles.

So, by the end of today's lesson, we will have a fantastic plan for which to write our news article about the death of the draugr.

In order to get there, we've got the two learning cycles that you can see on the board.

The first one is all about introductions and the main body.

So, we're gonna work on making the opening to our article in particular, as impactful as it can possibly be.

And then, in our second learning cycle, we are going to create a really excellent multiple paragraph outline, which is going to set out the different parts of our article and all of those fantastic things that we need to include within it.

So, let's get started with learning cycle one.

So, in "The Twisted Tree" dramatic conclusion, Martha is able to kill the draugr with an axe.

And it's a fantastic conclusion.

I really enjoyed reading that and I hope that you did too.

But in particular, we are going to use that as the source material for our article.

So, imagine that you are a reporter for the local newspaper, "The Skjebne Times", and you now need to report on the full details of what has happened.

So, we will be planning a full newspaper article based on the conclusion of "The Twisted Tree".

So, my first question for you is as follows, can you remember what the features of a newspaper article are? What are the things that make a newspaper article what it is? Hit that pause button, have a quick discussion, jot down some ideas if you're working independently, and then do push play when you'd like to proceed.

Okay, fantastic discussions to kick us off with learning cycle one.

Let's keep that energy.

Let's keep that enthusiasm going as we go through our lesson today.

And I totally agree, there are lots of different things that make up a newspaper article, and I heard lots of them flying about the classroom.

So, let's take a look at exactly what we mean by a newspaper article.

Well, firstly, we've got the headline, then we've got the subheading, we've got the opening, the main body, and then we have the tail.

So, let's explore those in a bit more detail.

So, the headline is designed to hook the reader.

It's a couple of words and it is designed to hook the reader into the article.

Then, we have the subheading, which gives a brief summary of the article itself.

It adds a little bit more detail to the headline.

Then, we have the opening, the main body, and the tail.

So, I'm gonna hand it over to you now then.

So, quick discussion, question formula then, please.

Can you remember where each feature goes in the pyramid? So, where does the who, what, where, when, why go? Where is the essential information? For example, interviews with witnesses.

And where does any other background information go? So, once again, hit that pause button, have a quick discussion, jot down some ideas, and then push play when you'd like to proceed.

Okay, great job on that.

I'm really super impressed to hear how much you remember about your newspaper articles.

So, let's take a look at where we could put these things.

So, firstly, the opening.

We would definitely say the five Ws go in the opening of the newspaper article.

So, the who, what, where, when, and why of any story is usually presented to us very, very quickly in the newspaper article.

And in the main body itself is the essential information.

So, for example, interviews with witnesses would absolutely be part of the main body.

And finally, the article ends with the tail.

So, any other kind of background information that brings the story to life a little bit, we'll be putting that in the tail.

So, quick check for understanding for me then, please.

What must go in the opening of an article? Is it, A, the who, what, where, or when, why of an event? Is it an interview quote or is it any background information? So, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then do push play when you'd like to see which is correct.

Okay, it's of course A, isn't it? It's the who, what, where, when, and why of any event.

The reader wants to know about those things as quickly as possible.

And we're gonna be sure to include those in our own articles as we move through today's lesson.

Okay, next check for understanding for me then, please.

Which part of the article is most likely to use rhyme, alliteration, or a pun to hook the reader? Is it the tail, is it the headline, or is it the opening? So, once again, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then push play when you'd like to see which is correct.

Okay, great job to everybody who identified it as B,.

It's of course the headline, isn't it? They can use rhyme, alliteration, or a pun, and they can even use other language devices as well.

And they are there to be as captivating as possible and really hook the reader into your newspaper article.

Okay, so we've reached our first practise task of today's lesson.

We've reached task A of learning cycle one.

So, we will start planning the opening.

And in order to do that, we are going to answer the following questions to gather a bit of information.

And those are the who, what, where, when, and why questions of the article.

So, the who is, who was involved in the killing of the draugr? The what is what happened to the draugr? The where is where did it happen? And you can be specific about that.

Four is when and what day and time did it occur? You may need to look at the text again for this.

And five is the why.

Why was the draugr killed and what was the reason? Really excited to see how you got with this one.

So, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then do push play when you'd like to continue.

Okay, fantastic job on that task.

The first step of making our newspaper articles is really to be able to capably answer those five W questions.

So, we might have said the following.

So, number one, who was involved in the killing of the draugr? Well, we could say Martha killed the draugr, but she was assisted by the ravens and her mum as well.

We could even say that more Mormor's spirit helps out a little bit, doesn't she? Before she's forced back to the underworld.

So, quite a lot of who individuals there that we could use in the article.

Then, we've got the what, what is the nature of the story? What happened to the draugr? Well, we could say the draugr was killed.

We don't just wanna be as simple as that.

We can be much more specific and we can say it was killed by a heavy swing from Martha's axe.

And then, we've got the where, where did it happen? Again, we wanna be specific.

We don't just want to say Norway or somewhere remote.

We want to be as specific as possible.

And we could say Martha kills the draugr at the base of the twisted tree itself.

Then, we can move on to four.

On what day and time did it occur? And you may have needed to look at the the text to find this out, and that's absolutely fine, but we could say it took place at dusk.

So, just as the sun is setting, with the sky ripple with red and purple light.

And finally, why? Why was the draugr killed and what was the reason? Well, for that, we could say the draugr has escaped from the underworld and has been tormenting the living.

Martha kills the draugr to prevent further deaths and the deaths of people like Olav and Yrsa.

So, really fantastic work on capturing those five Ws, which are the really first building blocks of our article.

We now want to move on to the second part of our practise task for task A, which is about planning the main body of the article.

So, a key part of this section is witness information and interview quotes.

So, we've got some examples here on the board.

We've got three people that were involved in the scene.

We've got Martha, we've got Martha's mother, and we have Stig as well.

And they were all involved in some way.

So, your task is to complete the table to show what different people might say in their interview and how they might feel.

So, really excited to see how you got with this one.

So, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then do push play when you'd like to continue.

Okay, fantastic job on that.

I've really enjoyed doing this myself.

I think it's great to inhabit these characters and think about things from their perspective and use our creative writing to come up with the quotes of what they might actually say.

So, we've got some examples on the board in front of you.

Yours don't have to be exactly like this.

This is just a way you could have approached the task.

So, we could have said for Martha.

She could have said, "I felt fear at first, but as soon as I realised Mormor was there watching over me, it disappeared.

It was the end for the draugr." And we could say her tone there is quite triumphant.

She's quite triumphant in what she says.

Then, we've got Martha's mother who says, "I've been worried sick ever since Martha left home.

Imagine my concern when I arrived to see her fighting an undead creature." And potentially her tone there might be relieved.

And then, we've got this one from Stig who says, "I really thought that was it for me.

Martha truly came to my rescue.

I owe her my life." And for this quote, we could definitely put grateful, couldn't we? So, we are now starting to develop our article even more.

So, we've got our five Ws, and now we're starting to develop it even further with some really interesting interview quotes.

Okay, we have reached learning cycle two, where we are going to create our own multiple paragraph outline, which is our plan for our writing.

So, let's get started.

So, let's read a model article, which can be found in your additional materials, and we can see how it can be translated into a multiple paragraph outline.

So, let's read.

So, it begins.

Dreadful draugr meets ugly end.

Skjebne sleeps easy as draugr killed at last.

So, we've got our headline and our subheading there, which hooking the reader.

Then, the story begins with the introduction.

"The fearsome draugr's reign of terror has finally come to an end after it was killed by a teenage girl, Martha, who has relatives on the island, brutally killed the draugr with an axe at dusk yesterday evening.

Martha was at her recently deceased grandmother's cabin in a rural woodland when she got the opportunity to slay the draugr at the foot of a twisted tree.

So, we can see we've got the headline, we've got the subheading, and we have the opening as well.

So, let's move on to the main body.

The chilling encounter unfolded yesterday evening, where Martha accompanied only by her determination, faced the supernatural threat head on.

'I felt fear at first, but as soon as I realised Mormor was there watching over me, it disappeared.

It was the end for the draug,' Martha recounted, her eyes reflecting the ordeals intensity.

Martha's mother who arrived just in time to witness the climactic battle, expressed her relief and astonishment.

'I've been worried sick ever since Martha left home.

Imagine my concern when I arrived to see her fighting an under creature,' she exclaimed, visibly shaken, yet proud of her daughter's bravery.

Stig, still visibly shaken from his near-death experience, expressed profound gratitude towards Martha.

'I really thought that was it for me.

Martha truly came to my rescue.

I owe her my life,' he confessed, his voice trembling.

And then it ends with the tail as follows.

Amidst the tranquil surroundings of Skjebne, Martha's heroic act continues to resonate with the community, serving as a testament to courage and resilience.

As they navigate this new chapter together, mother and daughter draw strength from their bond and the enduring legacy of Mormor's garden, pledging to keep on watering the twisted tree." So, let's see how this article translates into a multiple paragraph outline.

So, the article does lots and lots of things really, really well.

And in order to get there, this student or this individual that has written this has clearly used a multiple paragraph outline to outline the key ideas of their work.

So, let's take a look.

So, we've got the headline, dreadful draugr meets ugly end.

And this is effective because it uses alliteration.

The subheading, Skjebne sleeps easy as draugr killed at last.

And again, this is brief, it's snappy, it's to the point, it's under eight words, which is exactly what we want from our subheadings.

Then, we move on to the opening.

So, we've got the who, we've got the what, the where.

We've got the why, and then we've got the when.

So, all of those key pivotal questions are answered really, really quickly in the article.

Then, we move on to the main body, which sets out the key details.

It sets out how the draugr was killed, and then it talks about the kind of comments from the individuals involved in the story as well.

And then, the tail includes background information, doesn't it? It talks about what happens at the end.

It offers some degree of resolution to the article.

It talks about how Martha and her mother will remain and how they will continue to water the twisted tree.

Okay then, check for understanding time for me then, please.

So, let's take a look at what this question is.

So, you need to plan the information you want to include in your article tail.

Is that true or is that false? So, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then do push play when you'd like to see which is correct.

Okay, it's of course true, isn't it? Really well done to all of the groups and individuals that identified that, but why? Can you tell me why that is true? How can we justify that statement? So, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then do push play when you'd like to see some feedback.

Okay, fantastic work to everybody who identified the following thing, which is that we must plan the content of every section of our article, mustn't we? We don't just plan the tail, we plan all of it.

We plan the headline, the subheading, the introduction, the main body, and the tail itself.

It's really well done if you picked up on that in your own discussions.

Okay, we have reached our final practise task of today's lesson.

So, super excited to see how you got on with this one.

So, this is going to be a fantastic resource for you, particularly in the next lesson where we are going to get a really nice opportunity to write up these articles.

So, I would like you to create your multiple paragraph outline for your article reporting on the death of the draugr.

And in particular, you are going to include a headline, a subheading, the opening, the main body, and the tail.

So, hit that pause button, complete the task, and then do push play when you'd like to continue.

Okay, fantastic work on that plan.

It is fantastic to see you bringing all of these elements together and now having a really first rate plan in front of you that will be absolutely pivotal to the next lesson.

So, let's reread our plan and identify, have we done the following? So, have you written a headline with a language device such as a pun, alliteration, rhyme, or sensationalist language? Have you written a subheading of eight words or fewer? Have you planned the who, what, where, when, and why in the opening? Have you identified at least one interview quote from a relevant person in the body? And finally, have you referred to background information in the tail? So, if you've done all of those things, then that must be a fantastic piece of work indeed.

But if you've not done any, please don't worry, because that could be a really nice target for next time.

Okay, my goodness, we have reached the end of the lesson already.

We have covered an awful lot today, haven't we? So, let's just recap all of those fantastic things that we have learned today.

So, firstly, newspaper articles include a headline, subheading, opening, main body, and tail.

A clear and interesting introduction should be used to introduce the article's focus.

Each paragraph should have a clear and distinct focus.

The draugr's death at the end of "The Twisted Tree" lends itself well to be written about in a newspaper article.

And planning the content and vocabulary for each paragraph before writing helps to create fluency.

It's been an absolute pleasure to teach you today, and I really look forward to teaching you on another lesson on this sequence.

So, thank you very much and goodbye.