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Year 3

'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and diary writing

9 lessons

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  • Fiction reading spine
  • Modern literature strand 1: identity, belonging and community

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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.

This unit builds on pupils' prior experience of writing in character, including conveying emotions and switching between tenses in diary entries. By summarising events and using inference to understand Lila's character and relationships, pupils deepen their comprehension and empathetic writing skills. Writing from Lila's perspective further strengthens their ability to articulate emotions and thoughts with authenticity. These skills prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will refine their diary-writing techniques.

  1. Engaging with the opening of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  2. Exploring character relationships in 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  3. Developing a character profile for Lila from 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  4. Analysing the features of a diary entry
  5. Exploring emotions in the opening of 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  6. Planning the first diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  7. Writing the first diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  8. Planning the second diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
  9. Writing the second diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'
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