a story that features made-up characters, places and adventures that did not happen in real life

an act of travelling from one place to another

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

pulling out the key events and ideas from the text

Engaging with the plot of 'Into the Forest'

English

Analysing features of a diary entry

Generating vocabulary for a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Writing the opening of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Planning a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Writing a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Planning the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Writing the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

In this unit, pupils use a picture book as a stimulus for empathy for characters and establishing chronology of a diary entry. In 'How to Train Your Dragon', pupils will use film as the starting point for writing a diary entry.

In 'The Firework Maker's Daughter', pupils learnt to structure a diary entry in paragraphs. In this unit, pupils will learn to use a picture book as a stimulus for empathy for characters and establishing chronology of a diary entry.

In this unit, pupils write a diary entry based on the picture book 'Into the Forest' by Anthony Browne. Pupils use the book as a starting point from which they write a diary entry, focusing on using the first person perspective consistently and practising the skill of varying tense accurately.

'Into the Forest': diary writing

a piece of writing that recalls an event or experience

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood, or relationship with others

the form of an adjective that compares one noun to an entire group of nouns, placing it at a higher degree

the use of exaggerated statements or claims

the tense used to describe something that started in the past, but has not yet ended

the helping verb that is always paired with a main verb

a shortened way of writing two words where some letters are left out and an apostrophe is used in their place

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

a casual, unexpected or brief meeting with a person or thing

strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others

a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions and expressions

a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happened

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

refers to a verb form that indicates an action or state happening in the current moment

a question asked that does not expect an answer

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'Into the Forest': diary writing

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