the way someone thinks, feels or sees something

tells the reader the action happened before now

a point of view in writing or storytelling where the narrator or speaker refers to themselves using 'I'

Writing the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

English

Identifying the features of a diary entry

Planning the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

Planning the second entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

Writing the second entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

In this unit, pupils learned to write diary entires from the perspective of a historical person they had researched extensively. In 'The Journey': Diary Writing', pupils will build on this by using a fictional story as inspiration and adding more creativity to their diary entry. 

In 'Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: Non-Chronological Report', pupils learned about these two important historical figures and wrote about their lives. In this unit, pupils will use that knowledge to write from Florence Nightingale's perspective as they write a diary entry.

In this unit, pupils write two sections of a fictional diary entry based on the historical figure Florence Nightingale. Pupils use research around her life and career as a starting point for writing a diary entry, focusing on using the first person perspective consistently.

Florence Nightingale: diary writing

Fill in the blank. A diary entry should be written in the __________ person.

Which of these words would you likely use when writing in the first person?

Which of these is written in the first person perspective?

What is the name for a book that people write down their experiences, thoughts and feelings?

True or false? Each time a person writes in their diary, it is called a chapter. 

True or false? A diary is personal and private to the writer. 

Florence travelled to Crimea with a team of 38 ...

When Florence saw the hospital in Scutari, what do you think she thought?

Writing the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

Lesson outcome