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Year 4

'Into the Forest': diary writing

8 lessons

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  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community
  • Traditional tales

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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.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of diary writing from the Year 3 unit 'The Journey': diary writing'. The unit starts with the analysis of the plot of the picture book 'Into the Forest' by Anthony Browne, where pupils discuss key themes explored by Browne. Pupils then write their own version of a diary entry from the protagonist's perspective in three paragraphs. This unit prepares pupils for writing another diary entry in the Year 5 unit ''How To Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing'.

  1. Engaging with the plot of 'Into the Forest'
  2. Analysing features of a diary entry
  3. Generating vocabulary for a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
  4. Writing the opening of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
  5. Planning a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
  6. Writing a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
  7. Planning the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
  8. Writing the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
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