a piece of writing that recalls an event or experience

Analysing the features of a diary entry

English

Engaging with the opening of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Exploring character relationships in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Developing a character profile for Lila from 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

Exploring emotions in the opening of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

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

Writing the first diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

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

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

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

to recount important experiences and express feelings

Put the following in the order they appear in a diary entry.

Which of the following linguistic features appear in a diary entry?

Which tense does the writer use when recounting in a diary entry?

Which of the following supports the sequencing of events chronologically?

when the writer is recounting past events

when the writer is expressing how they are currently feeling

When does a diary entry shift into present tense?

a fictional tale involving magical creatures

a private book where someone records their experiences and feelings

a non-fiction text providing information to others

writing about things that are going to happen

writing from the perspective of the person involved

writing about yourself and calling yourself by your name

What does writing in the 'first person' mean?

Which of these words might a writer use when writing in the first person?

A diary greeting normally starts with which word?

What usually comes at the very beginning of a diary entry?

Starter Quiz

What is a diary?