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

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

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Engaging with the plot of 'Into the Forest'

Analysing features of a diary entry

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

ignored mum and took the quick route through the forest

Put the following in order to show how you will structure your diary opening.

Which of the following are key features of a diary entry?

an alternative word that means the same thing as another word

the form of an adjective that compares one noun to an entire group of nouns

Match the adjective to the suffix or word used to turn it into its superlative form.

I had never felt so frightened in my life.

Match each emotion to the appropriate hyperbole.

The boy's mum gave him cake to take to his poorly grandma.

The boy's mum told him to take the long route to avoid the forest.

The boy didn't listen to his mum and went through the forest.

Put the events from the beginning of 'Into the Forest' in the correct order.

The boy had encounters with fairy tale characters, who unsettled him.

The boy had a sense he was being followed and he felt scared.

The boy ran to his grandma's house, but was terrified when he arrived.

It didn't sound like his grandma inside, but to his relief, it was.

The boy discovered his dad was there too and he was reunited with him.

The boy and his dad returned home to his mum.

Put the events from the rest of 'Into the Forest' in the correct order.

How can we infer the boy felt when he was woken up by a dreadful noise?

How can we infer the boy felt when he discovered his dad was gone?

so he could explore the nature on the forest

so he could get home as quickly as possible in case his dad came back

Why did the boy ignore his mum and take the short route through the forest to his grandma's house?

The illustrations show the boy in colour and the forest in black and white.

How do the illustrations in the story convey the boy's fear of the forest?

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

Lesson outcome