Video: To develop a rich understanding of words associated with feeling stressed or scared

﻿Hello everyone, my name is Ms. Butt. And today I'm going to be teaching you some new vocabulary for you to use in your Windrush unit. At the moment, you're preparing to write a diary entry for the perspective of a child who's just been told by their parents that they're going to be moving to settle in the UK. Now this might have caused feelings of anxiety or feeling a little bit stressed or scared. And therefore today we're going to be learning some different ways to describe feelings, stressed or scared. Hopefully these words will come in really useful when you write your diary entry. I hope you enjoy the lesson. Here's what we're going to do. First I'm going to introduce the new vocabulary to you one word at a time. And we're going to be looking at Mrs. Wordsmith illustrations to help us have a deeper understanding of what each word means. Then we're going to identify word pairs and synonyms for each word, which we'll talk a little bit more about what those mean in a minute. And finally, we're going to apply these words in sentences that will hopefully be really useful in your diary writing. Now towards the end of the lesson, you are going to need to write your own sentence. So you will need something to write on and something to write with. Perhaps you could pause the video now to make sure you've got all the things that you need and to make sure you're ready and focused to start your learning. Here's some key vocabulary we'll be using today. I'd like to say each word and then you to repeat it back to me. Synonym, word pair, adjective, noun. A synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word. Like the words merry and happy. Word pairs are words that often appear together. Like a bright sun, or bright moon or a bright light. An adjective is a describing word. And today because we are going to be describing how we feel in our diary entries, we'll be learning three adjectives. And a noun is a person, a place, or a thing. So let's start thinking about this emotion of feeling stressed or scared about something. I'd like you to pause the video and answer this question. How can you tell if someone is feeling stressed? What might they do with that body? Off you go have a think. So if somebody is feeling stressed, they might do things like bite their nails, or they might here, like you can see that kind of gritting my teeth, showing their teeth. They might have bulging eyes, they might be sweating. They might be even trembling or shaking. Maybe they might go pale. So there's lots of different emotions, there's lots of different things that can happen to your body when you're feeling stressed or scared. And obviously it depends how stressed or scared you're feeling. So sometimes we can feel a little bit worried about something and other times we can feel extremely stressed about something. So there's a wide scope of feelings. So let's take a look at our first stressed or scared word. Could you have a look at this image closely and see if you can describe it to me. So what do you see? How do you think his character's feeling? How would you describe this character? So you can pause the video and either have a think about that, or you can describe it out loud. Okay, so we can see lots of these things happening with the body language here that we spoke about earlier, like biting their nails, maybe they look like they're quite tense. You can see that in their hands. and they look like they're shaking. I can see that 'cause there are a few feathers flying off. So this word is distressed. Distressed. This is an adjective, meaning very worried and upset. You might get all sweaty and bite your nails. I'm going to read some words to you now. And I'd like you to see if you can identify the synonyms of the word distressed. Now remember synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same thing. The words that aren't synonyms or word pairs. And we're going to talk a bit more about them later on. So for now, see if you can spot the three synonyms. As I read these to you. Feeling, upset, state, looks, miserable, parents, denim, condition, very worried, an animal. To help you, here's the word in a sentence. My mum had a distressed look on her face and I instantly knew something was wrong. Can you pause the video and tell me the three synonyms that you can spot. Well done. So the synonyms are upset, miserable, and very worried. Which means the rest of these words are word pairs, which I'm going to read to you now. A distressed feeling, a distressed state, a distressed look, a distressed animal, distressed parents, distressed denim. Now Denim is what clothes are made out of like these, these are made of denim. So this is slightly different, distressed can be used to describe clothes, or to describe furniture or things like that. And if something's distressed, it means it has marks of age or wear. So if you had distressed denim, let's say you had a distressed denim pair of jeans, it would mean that they might have faded they might've even torn a little bit. So you've worn them a lot or maybe they're quite old. Distressed condition is the same thing. So could you please now pause the video and read these word pairs out loud, because it's through saying out loud that we remember the words, not just from reading them or hearing them. So pause the video and read these now. Excellent. So before we move on, can you remind me, what does this word distressed mean? Well done. It means very worried and upset. So let's take a look at our second Mrs. Wordsmith picture. What's happening here? What story can you see? And how do you think this character is feeling? So pause the video like we did before, just have a think about this now. I think this character has decided to get a tattoo. You can see that the tattoo artist is looking a little bit bewildered as he's about to put the needle on to them, because they look extremely scared and stressed. And perhaps they're regretting their decision. This word is apprehensive. Apprehensive. This is an adjective, meaning nervous or afraid, when you feel worried about a big decision you've made. So usually we use this word apprehensive, it's the feeling you might have before something. So we can see here, this character is apprehensive when he's about to get this tattoo You might feel apprehensive before you went on a school trip or before you had to have an injection. So it's kind of a, it's a feeling that you might get before any situation that you're nervous or stressed about. And apprehensive comes from the Latin for hold or grasp. So what innate emotion do you think you're holding if you're feeling apprehensive? What do you think? What emotion would you be holding or grasping on to? Yeah, you'd be holding or grasping fear or worry. So I'm going to read some words to you again, and I'd like you to see if you can spot the synonyms of the word apprehensive. Nervous, feeling, glance, face, patient, mind, afraid, expression, look, and worried. Here's the word in the sentence to help you. I felt apprehensive as soon as I saw the expression on my father's face. Now remember if the words are synonyms, they mean the same thing. So sometimes you can take the word apprehensive out of the sentence and replace it with the synonym and it should still make sense. So pause the video and have a go at spotting the three synonyms. So the synonyms are nervous, afraid, and worried. So we could say, I felt nervous as soon as I saw my father. or I felt afraid as soon as I saw the expression on my father's face. That means the rest of these words or word pairs, which I'll read to you now. Apprehensive feeling, apprehensive mood, an apprehensive glance, when you quickly look at something. An apprehensive face, an apprehensive patient, an apprehensive expression an apprehensive mind, and an apprehensive look. I was certainly an apprehensive patient, when I had to have my wisdom teeth removed. I certainly felt very apprehensive before that happened, but it wasn't too bad. Okay, could you now pause the video and read these words pair out loud just as I did. Excellent. So very quickly, remind me, what does the word apprehensive mean? Excellent. It means nervous or afraid. Let's look at our final illustration. So what's happening in this picture? How do you think this character is feeling? And how would you describe them? Can you pause the video and have a think about that now? So I think we can all agree that this character is feeling very stressed out or very upset, but you can even see how stressed they are because they've got in all of their hands, they've got some of that jacket, they've ripped off in desperation. Let's find out what this word is, exasperated. Exasperated. This is an adjective, meaning annoyed or frustrated. When you feel like screaming because you can't have what you want. Can you think of a time where you ever felt exasperated? And we can see from the image here that this is a very extreme emotion. The prefix ex, which we can see, a prefix is the letter or the letters at the start of a word, can often be found in words that have an extreme meaning. Can you think of any other words that start with the prefix E X or X that also have quite an extreme meaning. You might want to pause the video and have a think about it. So here are some words, excited, so when you're really happy. Extreme, exaggerate. So if you exaggerate a story, you might tell an extreme version of it. And exhausted. So not when you're just a bit tired, but when you're very tired. So that can give you a clue. When you see words, when you spot words with that prefix ex, it might mean that it's got quite an extreme meaning. So just as before, I'm going to read you these words, and I'd like you to see if you can identify the synonyms of exasperated. Outburst, sigh, frustrated, groan, irritated, annoyed, customer, parent, driver, and tone. Here's the word in a sentence. I replied with an exasperated outburst that showed them how upset I was. Could you pause the video and see if you can spot the synonyms of the word exasperated. Well done. So the synonyms are, frustrated, irritated and annoyed, which means the rest of these words are word pairs. An exasperated customer. Perhaps if the person was taking a really long time, the person at shops was taking a really long time to wrap it up and you were in a rush, you might feel exasperated. An exasperated outburst. An outburst is when you get to burst with emotions and you might start ratting or crying, or going off on a sort of tangent. An exasperated sigh, an exasperated groan, an exasperated parent, an exasperated driver, and an exasperated tone. So the tone is how you might be saying something. So could you pause the video now and read these word pairs aloud? Well done. So now we have learned three new ways of describing feeling stressed or scared. Can you remember about what each word was? Pause the video and tell me now. So the first word was distressed, the second adjective was apprehensive and the final one was exasperated. I'd now like you to come up with your own definition of each word, because when we put things in our own words and when we have to explain things ourself, it helps us to remember and make sense of something. So imagine you were talking to a younger child and they have no idea what these words meant, and they couldn't look at these pictures to help them. How would you describe what distressed, or apprehensive, or exasperated meant? Could you pause the video and have a go at defining each word now? Excellent, well done. So just to remind you here with a real definitions, to see how close you are, Distressed means very worried and upset. Apprehensive means nervous or afraid, and exasperated means annoyed or frustrated. And we said that that word ex, that prefix showed it's an extreme emotion. So here's a sentence that I would like you to read, or I'm going to read it to you. And I'd like you to choose which of these three adjectives you think would fit well in the sentence. And you'll notice that this section I've written could be a useful section that you might pop in your diary entries. Lying on my bed now, my mind is spinning. I have no idea what to expect, and I feel very, at the idea of leaving everything and everyone I know. So pause the video and have a think about which adjective you think would fit well in this sentence. So there's a little bit of a clue here, that because we spoke earlier about the word apprehensive being the feeling you might have before something happens, and in this sentence, I have no idea what to expect and feel apprehensive at the idea of leaving, it's not happened yet, but it could happen in the future, and I'm feeling apprehensive about it. Of course you would feel apprehensive if you were going to completely change where you lived, your school, you'd have new friends, all those kinds of things. Okay, let's take a look at another sentence. Often my dad's outburst, I felt even worse! Why doesn't he understand how I feel? There are two adjectives that we can fit into this sentence. Pause the video and have a think about which ones you think fit here. Okay, so after my dad's exasperated outburt, one of the word pairs for exasperated was an outburst but also was a parent. 'Cause parents might sometimes feel exasperated, of their children, I felt even worse! Why doesn't he understand how distressed I feel? So I'd like you now to have a go at writing your own sentence, using either the word distressed, apprehensive, or exasperated. If he want to be really ambitious, you could even write three sentences and try to include each word in each different sentence. It can be difficult just to think of a sentence on the spot. So try to think about the context of your diary entry. Think about how you would feel if you were in that situation. And here's some sentence starters to help you. Looking at my mum, I noticed... So you could start the sentence with this. This is a non-finite clause. Looking at my mum, the non-finite verb, the unfinished verb is looking, and it's got an I N G on it. Another sentence starter could be, Even though my dad tries to reassure me, I still feel... and maybe you could say I still feel apprehensive about, or I still feel distressed because, and you could explain why. This is a complex sentence. It's got the subordinating conjunction, even though. And then so, even though my dad tried to reassure me, I still feel. And finally another non-finite clause, lying here now, so if the verb is to lie, but we're saying lying I N G, it's an unfinished or incomplete verb. It's got a comment after it, just like the other non-finite clause. So imagine you're lying there now on your bed, writing your diary, and this sentence might be in the present tense. 'Cause it's how you're feeling right at this moment. Lying here now, I am feeling, and then you would describe how you're feeling. The first sentence starter, looking at my mum I noticed. So that's going to be in the past tense. So do think that when you're writing a diary entry, 'cause it's difficult, it's got range of tenses, we sometimes write in the past about what's happened, sometimes we write in the present about how you're feeling right at this moment. And sometimes we write in the future tense to talk about what we think might happen in the future. So good luck. Pause the video now and have a go at writing your own sentence using one of these words. Excellent, well done. Well, I hope that you enjoyed learning these new adjectives, and I hope that they're really useful when you write your own diary entries. If you feel really proud of your sentences and you want to share them, then you can ask the parents or carer to take a photo and upload them on Twitter. We always love seeing the work that you're doing. Thank you for watching and well done for working so hard, and I'll see you soon. Bye.

Lesson summary: To develop a rich understanding of words associated with feeling stressed or scared

In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.

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