Florence Nightingale: diary writing
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of who Florence Nightingale was from the Year 2 unit 'Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: non-chronological report'. This is the first diary writing unit that pupils encounter in the English curriculum. Pupils learn the key features of diary entries, including how to maintain the first person perspective and what an informal tone sounds like. They then write two diary entries from Florence Nightingale's perspective. This unit prepares pupils for writing another diary entry in the Year 3 unit ''The Journey': diary writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- To know that writing in the past tense tells the reader the action happened before now
- To know that a statement is a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop
- To know that sentences are punctuated with capital letters and full stops
- To know that a simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of who Florence Nightingale was from the Year 2 unit 'Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: non-chronological report'. This is the first diary writing unit that pupils encounter in the English curriculum. Pupils learn the key features of diary entries, including how to maintain the first person perspective and what an informal tone sounds like. They then write two diary entries from Florence Nightingale's perspective. This unit prepares pupils for writing another diary entry in the Year 3 unit ''The Journey': diary writing'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- To know that writing in the past tense tells the reader the action happened before now
- To know that a statement is a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop
- To know that sentences are punctuated with capital letters and full stops
- To know that a simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Reading, writing & oracy
Florence Nightingale: diary writing
In this unit, pupils write two sections of a fictional diary entry based on the historical figure Florence Nightingale. Pupils use research around her life and career as a starting point for writing a diary entry, focusing on using the first person perspective consistently.
5 lessons in unit
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