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Year 3

'The Journey': diary writing

8 lessons

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In this unit, pupils write a diary entry based on the picture book 'The Journey' by Francesca Sanna. 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 pupils' knowledge of diary writing from the Year 2 unit 'Florence Nightingale: diary writing'. The unit starts with an analysis of the plot and characters in the picture book 'The Journey' by Francesca Sanna in order for pupils to understand and discuss key themes in the text. Pupils review key features of diary entries, then they write their own version of a diary entry from the perspective of one of the girls. This unit prepares pupils for writing another diary entry in the Year 3 unit 'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and diary writing'.

  1. Engaging with the plot of 'The Journey'
  2. Exploring the characters and key themes in 'The Journey'
  3. Analysing the features of diary entries
  4. Planning the first paragraph of a diary entry based on 'The Journey'
  5. Writing the first paragraph of a diary entry based on 'The Journey'
  6. Planning the second paragraph of a diary entry based on 'The Journey'
  7. Writing the second paragraph of a diary entry based on 'The Journey'
  8. Publishing a diary entry based on 'The Journey'
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