speaking aloud to retell events that have already happened

the point of view where the speaker or writer is the "I" character providing a personal account of events or experiences

a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

Planning the second diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

English

In this unit, pupils learnt to write a diary entry from a character's perspective with heightened emotions from a fictional context. In 'Into the Forest', pupils will learn to develop their skills of writing a diary from a fictional character's perspective. 

In 'The Journey' unit, pupils learned how to convey character's emotion in a diary using informal tone and language in the first person. In this unit, pupils will continue to develop their skills of conveying emotion through writing. 

Pupils explore the text's opening by summarising events and using inference to understand character traits and relationships. They identify Lila's emotions in the opening and use empathy to develop thoughts that convey these. Pupils then plan and write a diary entry from Lila's perspective.

'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and diary writing

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

because she is the main character in the story

because her diary is where she writes about her life from her own point of view

Why is it important to write Lila's diary entry from the first person perspective?

Recount of discovering father told Chulak the secret

Recount of decision to leave and writing letter

Order the following to show how they will appear in a diary entry.

Which of the following emotions did Lila feel when she discovered her father had told Chulak the secret?

Which of the following emotions did Lila feel after deciding to go on her quest?

How should notes for a diary entry be organised?

a verb form used to refer to an action that was ongoing in the past

a verb form used to refer to an action that happened in the past

Match the linguistic feature to the correct definition.

What is **hyperbole** commonly used for in a diary entry?

Match the emotion to the appropriate hyperbole.

I was feeling so disheartened by not knowing the secret.

Chulak saw how upset I was and he wanted to help.

I was feeling so upset, but Chulak said he would help me.

Match the sentences to the tense they are written in.

True or false? Lila's diary entry should be written in an informal tone.

Chulak saw Lila upset and wanted to help her.

Chulak said he would visit Lila's father to dicover the secret for her.

Chulak told Lila he had been successful and shared the secret with her.

Lila decided to leave on her quest to the Volcano of Merapi.

Lila wrote a letter to her father telling him of her plans.

Order the following events from the beginning of the story.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz