Writing the second entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

English

Identifying the features of a diary entry

Planning the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

Writing the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary

Planning 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

True or false? A diary is a **formal** piece of writing. 

Informal writing contains more of the writer's ...

Who is the intended audience of a diary entry?

What two words have been contracted to make the word 'couldn't'?

True or false? An apostrophe usually takes the place of the letters that have been removed from the second word.

True or false? To write from Florence Nightingale's perspective, you'll need to have good knowledge of her life.

Where was the hospital that Florence worked in located?

because the doctors thought it would help 

Why were the soldiers lying on the floor in the hospital?

When writing about what Florence did to improve the conditions at the hospital, you'll be using lots of...

I will organise the medical equipment tomorrow. 

Which of these sentences is **not** written in the past tense?

Starter Quiz

True or false? To write from Florence Nightingale's perspective, you'll need to have good knowledge of her life.