Engaging with the opening of '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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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

to pull out the key events and ideas from a text

Match the keyword to the correct definition.

Who is the author of ‘The Firework-Maker’s Daughter’?

every secret there was to making fireworks

In Chapter 1, what did Lila learn all about from her father Lalchand?

in the middle of a volcano called ‘Merapi’

In Chapter 1, where does Chulak discover the secret ingredient for fireworks is?

Chulak will keep Lalchand’s secret to himself & try to become a firework-maker.

Chulak will tell Lila the secret and she will go on a quest to find it.

Select the most likely prediction of what will happen next in ‘The Firework-Maker’s Daughter’.

writing that always gives true information

a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

Which of the following are examples of **genre**?

the main character in a story and the one whom the plot revolves around

a room or building in which goods are made or repaired

an explosive mixture of powders used in fireworks

writings or drawings scribbled, scratched or sprayed on a surface

the currency of money used in India and other Asian countries

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz