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

True or false? All the meaning of ‘Into the Forest’ can be found in the words.

How is the boy woken up in the opening of the story?

They were hungry, but they didn't have any food.

The boy’s father was not there and they missed him.

They were terribly cold and had no heating.

Why were the boy and his mother sad in the morning?

True or false? The boy listened to his mother's instruction to take the long route in order to avoid going through the forest.

familiar characters from traditional fairy tales

Who does the boy encounter on his journey through the forest?

He is worried that it isn't his grandma who is in the house.

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

Starter Quiz

What is a narrative?