Hello and welcome.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

I'm Mrs. Butterworth and I have to say I am really looking forward to today's lesson.

The lesson focuses on exploring a text with multiple perspective, but what I'm most looking forward to is in order to do this, we're going to use an article about this incredible woman called Megan Hine who has got some amazing stories to tell to do with survival and exploration.

So are we ready to get started? So in this lesson, you will identify different voices and perspectives within a text.

But before we delve into the lesson, let's just look at some keywords that are gonna help with our understanding.

These words are profile, hyperbole, imagery, paraphrase, and objective.

Now, profile's a key word 'cause the article that we are looking at can be considered a profile.

Now a profile is a description of a person and it highlights their background, maybe their personality and achievements, but it can also be used as a verb.

So we could say in this article, the writer is profiling Megan Hine, or that it is a profile on Megan Hine.

So it's a really interesting word and I'm sure will come across it as the lesson goes on.

We've also got hyperbole.

So hyperbole is all about exaggeration.

So you may see this a lot in nonfiction text because it's all about making a point or to make something sound dramatic.

So sometimes people use hyperbole to make a point or emphasise a particular thing.

We also get the word imagery.

And imagery is using words to create vivid pictures in a reader's mind.

Now, the way I remember what imagery means is it actually has the word image in it, doesn't it? Imagery.

So I always think about imagery, image.

It's all about creating vivid pictures in a reader's mind using language.

We also have this word paraphrase.

Now, paraphrase is similar to summarising, but paraphrasing is all about expressing an idea using different words.

So if you paraphrase something that someone said, you will be using your own words to paraphrase what it was they were talking about.

And then we have this word objective.

Now, an objective point of view is something that is based on facts and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions.

So you may have talked about people having an objective view, which means they are kind of outside the subject, so they don't bring their personal feelings or opinions.

So think about this word objective today as we read through the article, because in this article, it's worth considering is the writer truly objective or is she bringing her own feelings, her own opinions as she writes about another person? Okay, so the outline of our lesson looks like this.

We're going to start by reading the woman who helps keep bag real safe.

So you need to make sure you have this article ready to go and you can find it in additional materials.

But we will be reading that and referring to that throughout the lesson.

And then we're going to think about this idea of identifying perspectives.

And we're going to look at how writers use direct and indirect quotations.

So let's get started with that reading of the article, "The Woman who helps keep Bear Grylls safe." Thank you so much.

Some very lively discussions happening there, which is fantastic.

So lots of you are picking up on this theme of survival and the wilderness and outdoors.

We also have this idea about outdoor skills.

So we have the hands there making a fire just with wood, which again links to this idea of survival skills.

Some of you know the name Bear Grylls, and he is famous for making TV shows about kind of surviving in extreme situations.

So he might be in the desert and he'll film himself finding water in a desert.

And how he does that, the skills that you need to be able to do that, for example, and lots of different other things, how to build a shelter in the jungle.

So we know that his specialty is all to do again with this idea of survival, wilderness, exploration, travel.

And obviously, Megan Hine is connected to him.

So we can start to make these intelligent speculations that perhaps she too is a survival expert or someone that is very good at surviving in the wilderness and has a particular skillset.

So let's read the headline, an introductory paragraph together.

Okay, let's read it together.

So we know the title by now, "Megan Hine, the woman who helps keep Bear Gryll safe." She has been attacked by lions, chased through the jungle by an armed drug gang and can light a fire with a tampon.

Meet the adventure expert who tests stunts and survival expeditions for TV.

So now I want you to discuss, whose perspective is this article written from? What is the form and purpose of the text? Okay? So you may just want to read through that short paragraph again and then answer those questions.

So pause the video to give yourself time to discuss, or you may just wish to think quietly to yourself, okay? Pause the video and off you go.

Okay, great.

Let's just share some of our feedback.

So the article is actually written from the perspective of the writer.

So some of you may have picked up her name, which is Emine Saner, and it's her perspective, and she is profiling Megan Hines experiences and expertise.

So this article is written from the perspective of Emine Saner, but it is all about Megan Hine's experiences and expertise.

And some of you did mention that it uses a third person narrative voice.

So the form of the text is a feature article.

So more specifically, a profile piece.

So we've got that keyword there, profile.

So yes, it is an article, but we can more specifically say that it is a profile.

Now, the purpose of this text, it has quite a few purposes actually, because it is to inform about Megan Hine and who she is, but there's also an element of entertainment.

So one of its purpose is to entertain the audience by highlighting the intriguing and impressive life of Megan Hine.

The article aims to give readers an insight into her professional background and the challenges she faces in line of her work, particularly as a woman.

So the more you read of this, the more you'll notice that these dual purposes.

It isn't just a profile in terms of it being information about Megan Hine, there's a lot more that is there to engage, entertain, and hook the reader in.

And there's also another purpose of just writing about the challenges that Megan Hine faces, both as a survival expert and a woman.

So it's a very complex article in that sense when we're thinking about purpose and its aims and its messages.

So true or false time, the article is written from Megan Hine's personal perspective.

Is that true or false? Lots of you shouting the right answer, which is great.

So that is false.

It is not written from Megan Hine's personal perspective.

So now you need to justify your answer by picking A or B.

Okay, so hopefully lots of you feeling confident because the answer is A.

So the article is written in third person and uses the pronouns she and they.

So it is written from the writer's perspective rather than Megan Hine's personal perspective.

So let's just read a bit more of this article together.

So we'll read it together and then we'll discuss the questions, okay? So let's read it through.

She has survived killer snakes, not washing for three months, gun-toting opium farmers and managed to keep dozens of clueless celebrities alive for outdoor endurance reality shows.

Megan Hine is an expedition guide, one of Bear Grylls' is survival consultants and the woman you want to stick close to, come the resources wars.

She can climb, abseil, knows what bugs to eat and can start a fire with a tampon.

And she's warm and funny too, so you wouldn't mind if you were stuck on a desert island with her.

As a bonus, she can catch fish with her bare hands.

Whoa! Wow, she's pretty impressive, isn't she? What a list of amazing things.

So bearing that in mind, what I would like you to do is I'd like you to discuss, please.

How does Saner, the writer use language to describe Megan Hine and what impression are we given of her, okay? So pause the video to discuss those questions or just think quietly to yourself, okay? Off you go.

Thanks for your contributions.

Now let's just feed back some of those things that we have found out about the language used and the impressions that we get of her.

So lots of you picked up on this kind of dramatic exaggeration, and this is where Saner is using hyperbole, okay? So the exaggerations are there for a reason because they really emphasise the extreme and dangerous situations that Hine has encountered and it really highlights her bravery and resilience.

But I think arguably most importantly, it also evokes a sense of shock and wonder from the reader.

Like you read through, like she survived killer snakes and gun-toting opium farmers and she keeps dozens of celebrities alive.

Like it sounds really quite amazing, doesn't it? As opposed to her saying that she's encountered snakes or that she's encountered this.

It's not a list of not exciting things.

There's this real sense of hyperbole there to really bring her experiences to life.

And also the lists.

Now, I dunno if you notice when I was reading, I almost was running outta breath, and Saner does this for a reason, she used lots of detailed lists.

And she does this because it really evokes awe and emphasise the magnitude of Hine's achievements.

Like when you are reading it, you almost feel quite overwhelmed with all of these amazing things.

And the lists really help to create that feeling.

So this is really clever on Saner's part.

And there's also this vivid imagery.

So these images that are created in our heads, because again, this really makes Hine's skills seem really extraordinary.

But also by using this imagery, it makes them tangible because we can see them, we can imagine them, we can understand them.

Okay, so now I need to pick A, B, or C.

Which of these sentences best describes Saner's use of hyperbole? Do you think it's A, B, or C? Okay, hopefully lots of you feeling confident.

Should we get the answer? It is A.

it emphasises Hine's bravery and resilience, arguably evoking a sense of shock and awe from the reader.

And it really does, doesn't it? It feels really dramatic and engaging.

Like you cannot help but be impressed by this woman.

She almost sounds like a superhero, doesn't she? Okay, so now it's over to you as we have reached our first practise task.

So what I would like you to do is you need to make sure that you've got the article from the additional materials, so "Megan Hine: the woman who helps keep Bear Grylls safe," and you are going to need to read the rest of the article.

So we read the first part together, you need to read the rest.

Once you have done that, I would like you to discuss the following questions, or you may wish to just write your answers down if that's more suitable for your situation.

So the following questions are, how does Megan Hine help make survival TV shows like Bear Grylls' safer and more successful? And what skills does she need for her job? So there might be some skills that aren't the most obvious that you can pick out.

So yes, she needs her specific survival skills, but what other skills might she need for her job? And the second question is, in what ways does the portrayal of Megan Hine's experience in the article challenge traditional gender roles in the field of adventure and survival? And finally, how do the exaggerated stories in the article make Megan Hine seem more impressive and how does this affect the way we think about her? So lots to think about there.

So make sure you pause the video to give yourself time to read the article and then complete those questions, okay? Off you go.

Great work everyone.

I hope you enjoyed the article as much as I did.

It's really interesting, isn't it, to hear from someone else's perspectives.

Like Bear Grylls is quite a famous person for what he does.

So it's interesting to hear from the people or learn about the people that actually enable him to do what it is that he does.

And Megan Hine just sounds like an incredible woman.

She's just so many achievements that just fascinating to read.

Okay, so let's just do a bit of feedback.

Aisha here has given us her answer too.

In what ways does the portrayal of Megan Hine's experiences in the article challenge traditional gender roles in the field of adventure and survival? So Aisha has written, the article describes Megan facing and overcoming extremely dangerous situations.

These are not typical experiences associated with women in popular media, especially in the context of adventure and survival.

By showcasing her bravery and competence in these extreme scenarios, the article challenges the stereotype that men are the primary adventurers and risk takers.

That's a really great answer from Aisha there.

And it's interesting and really great that she's picked up that actually this article really challenges those gender stereotypes by fore grounding someone else's story that perhaps isn't in front of the camera, like Bear Grylls.

So we are hearing a woman's perspective of survival, and I think Aisha has described that really, really well.

Okay, so I'd like you just to take a moment to reflect on your own discussions.

So how far does this reflect your own discussions? You may wish to pause the video to give yourself time just to think about your own discussions.

So we are at the second part of our lesson.

We are getting through this today.

Fantastic.

So let's keep going.

So now we're going to be thinking about identifying perspectives and how writers use direct and indirect quotations.

So we're gonna be continuing to work on this article.

So we know now that this article is a profile.

So the writer focuses on the life and experiences of another person.

So we know that it is written in third person, but it isn't entirely objective, is it? And we still hear the writer's voice and perspective, although we could say that a profile should be objective, it really isn't, is it? Even though it's written in third person, we can almost still hear the writer's voice and opinions.

And also we hear Megan Hine's voice and perspective in the use of direct and indirect quotations.

So this is how Megan Hine's voice is put in the article through this use of quotations.

So direct and indirect quotations can be used in a profile to capture the subject's voice authentically and provide firsthand insight into their thoughts and personalities.

It's almost like watching or listening to an interview because by using what they say, for example, what Megan Hine says, and then placing it in that profile, we get to hear from her directly via the writer.

So Saner uses both direct and indirect quotations to foreground Hine's perspective and voice, which is really important, because it is a piece about her so we need to hear from her too.

So let's just look what we mean by direct and indirect quotations.

So a direct quotation is, now a direct quotation, we'll use the exact words from an original source.

So our original source, in this case, is Megan Hine.

So these can be spoken or written.

So it'll be the exact words from that original source, spoken or written.

And it needs speech marks to show the words from another source, okay? So let's look at an example.

So here, "How are children going to understand risk if we don't let them experiment?" So those speech marks tell us that these are the exact words that Megan Hine said.

So the writer has purposely put it in speech marks to show us this is exactly what Megan Hine said.

It is a direct quotation.

Let's look at one more.

"It was the weirdest feeling," she says, "It was just watching these creatures.

I was ready to fight for my life." So again, you can see how the writer has put the exact words that Megan Hine said in quotations, so the direct quotation, but she hasn't put she says in the quotation, because obviously, those aren't her words.

So a direct quotation always speech marks to show this is exactly what the source has spoken or written.

So an indirect quotation is slightly different.

Now, an indirect quotation is where a writer uses their own words to paraphrase or express ideas from another source, okay? So you are still sort of quoting the source, but you are retelling it in your own words, you're paraphrasing.

So let's have a look.

So Grylls once said she was stronger than 99% of the men he knew.

So you can see here, there aren't any speech marks, okay? Because it isn't the exact words that Bear Grylls said, it's just referring to what he said.

It is paraphrasing what he said in the writer's own words.

And let's look at another one.

Worms aren't nice, she says, but maggots can be surprisingly tasty.

So you'll notice that this also has she says like the direct quotation that we looked at, but because the writer isn't quoting the exact words that the source has said, she's not using speech marks.

This is paraphrase.

This shows us as a reader that this has been rewritten in the writer's own words, it's been paraphrased.

It's not a direct quote, it's an indirect quotation.

So you can see the difference there and how they work.

So now I would like you to discuss, please, how has Saner used these quotations to present Hine's? So what do they do to present her, okay? So pause the video.

So you've got time to discuss that question or you may just wish to think quietly to yourself.

Off you go.

Okay, right.

So let's see what we remember.

So which of these sentences, A, B, or C uses a direct quotation? Now remember, a direct quotation will use the exact words from the source.

So which of these A, B, or C uses direct quotation? Okay, who's feeling confident? Should we look at the answer? Okay, and the answer is C.

So, "He is an amazing character and his team is everything to him," she says.

Now I wonder if you could explain why this is a direct quotation.

Now it is a direct quotation because we've got those speech marks, haven't we? So we can see that use of speech marks tells us that these are the exact words that Megan Hine has spoken and the writer has quoted.

So when in B where it says, she says, it was the time Grylls found and boiled some fertilised eggs, although it refers to she says, so something that Megan Hine has said, it's been paraphrased and rewritten in the writer's own words.

So it has come from the source, but it's not the exact word.

So it doesn't need speech marks.

So B is actually an indirect quotation.

In a profile, a writer can also present a perspective, so their perspective.

So we can still hear the writer's voice.

So yes, we've got those direct and indirect quotations from Megan Hine's.

So her voices very much at the foreground of this article.

But we can still hear the writer's voice, we can still hear Saner's perspective throughout this piece.

So I'm gonna show you some quotes now to just exemplify what it is that I mean.

So these quotes present Saner's voice and her description of Hine.

Let's have a look.

So we've got here, "And she's warm and funny, too, so you wouldn't mind if you were stuck on a desert island with her.

As a bonus, she can catch fish with her bare hands." "Hine knows what it feels like to be something's prey." And "Occasional differences in physical strength aside, there is nothing a man can do that she couldn't." So we've got Saner's voice here, her perspective in her description of Hine.

And what I would like you to do, please, is to discuss how is Saner using language to represent Hine? And is this an objective of viewpoint? So is this an objective viewpoint or can we hearer's opinions and perspective in these quotes, okay? So pause the video so you've got time to discuss these questions or you may just wish to think quietly to yourself, okay? Pause the video and off you go.

Great.

Some excellent discussions happening there around Saners point of view and how she's using language to represent Hine.

And lots of you have said that this isn't really an objective view because we can hear how Saner almost admires Hine, so she talks about her being warm and funny.

She really foregrounds all of the amazing things that Hine does.

So there's this definite positive perspective.

This almost a perspective of admiration coming from Saner when she describes Hine.

And we know also, that Saner is exploring this idea of sexism, ideas of women in survival whose stories get to be told.

So there's a lot happening here in terms of Saner's perspective on that.

When she says things like, "Hine knows what it feels like to be something's prey," she is referring to animals in the wild.

But there's also this undertone that perhaps Saner is hinting to something else, something to do with being a woman and that her perspective on that.

So we can see here that Saner is using that language to represent Hine in this kind of, she really admires her, there's lots of admiration, there's lots of awe, there's lots of exploration of other issues too.

So we can hear Saner's point of view.

And it isn't objective because it isn't just a list of facts, is it? There's lots of description in there too.

So over to you now for your second and final practise task.

So just a bit more work to get us to the end of the lesson.

So you'll need to go back to that article.

And from the article, I would like you, please, to find an example of the following.

I would like you to find a direct quotation.

So remember, you are looking for those quotations with their speech marks.

And indirect quotation, so remember, indirect quotations do not have speech marks, they have been paraphrased by the writer.

So it will still refer to Hine and what she said, but it will be paraphrased by the writer.

So no speech marks.

And then finally, can you find an example where the writer's perspective is presented? So where do we hear Saner's voice, opinion or perspective? And then for each example, I'd like you to answer the following questions.

How does the example reveal Hine or Saner's perspective? How is language used to present Hine or her experiences? Okay, are we ready to go? We've got everything we need? Fantastic.

Okay, so we need to get started.

So make sure you pause the video so you've got time to complete this task.

And I really look forward to seeing what you discover.

Off you go.

Okay, great.

Excellent work, everyone.

So it's interesting, isn't it, how this article has those multiple perspectives.

We are hearing from Hine, we are hearing from Saner, we even hear from Bear Grylls at some point.

So you can see how this direct and indirect quotations can be used to create these multiple perspectives.

So Jacob has shared some of his work here.

So Jacob uses this example for his indirect quotation.

"There isn't a place for macho style in survival because that sort of behaviour gets you and other people killed or injured." Now his example is incorrect.

Now, we said this is his example of an indirect quotation.

So can you explain why Jacob's example is incorrect? What do you think? Okay, great.

So lots of you picked up that this is actually an example of a direct quotation, okay? And it's a direct quotation because it uses Megan Hine's exact words, okay? It's a quotation that quotes her exactly.

And we know this because it uses speech marks to show that she is being directly quoted, okay? So that's why it's wrong.

So Jacob has another go and he correctly selects an indirect quotation.

So here's his indirect quotation.

She says we have all tried to eliminate all risks from children's life, but it comes at a cost.

So you can see there, there's no speech marks, that it is paraphrased.

So that is an example of an indirect quotation.

So now what I would like you to do is just to check through your own work in the same way we have done with Jacob.

So just check that you have directly identified a direct and indirect quotation, okay? Pause the video just to give yourself some time to quietly check through your work.

Off you go.

Okay, fantastic work.

And we have reached the end of the lesson.

And I hope you enjoyed the article as much as I did.

I really enjoyed learning about such an inspirational and impressive woman, and she really is, isn't she? Like what she has achieved and all those adventurous things that she has done.

So let's just recap everything we've been through.

So we know that the article is a profile piece and it is written in third person.

We know that the writer uses hyperbole and imagery and lists to bring Hine's experiences to life.

But we know that most importantly, a text can convey multiple perspectives.

So it's good to look out for this when you are looking at nonfiction texts.

So direct quotations use the exact words from an original source, whereas indirect quotations use your own words to paraphrase or express ideas from another source.

Writers will use direct and indirect quotations to capture the subject's voice authentically.

So again, thank you so much for your hard work in this lesson.

Can't wait to do it all again soon.

So until then, I'll see you in another lesson.

Goodbye.