Planning the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make a plan for writing a diary entry as Florence Nightingale.
Key learning points
- Perspective is the way someone thinks, feels or sees something.
- Florence Nightingale went to the Crimean War to help the wounded soldiers. She was shocked by what she saw.
- Notes are used when making a plan and they are short and only capture key vocabulary and important information.
- Notes are not written in full sentences and do not require capital letters, full stops or commas.
Keywords
Perspective - the way someone thinks, feels or sees something
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Common misconception
Pupils may want to include details in their plan from other times in Florence's life.
Ensure the children are clear that this entry is about just one day, the day she arrived at the hospital in Crimea. Use the three sections in the planning form to reiterate the key moments - arriving, seeing soldiers on the floor, the hospital food.
Teacher tip
The unit 'Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: non-chronological report' would be a good unit to teach before this one as pupils will develop a strong knowledge of Florence's life. Otherwise, it can be used to supplement or as reference.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? If something happens in the past, it has already happened.
Q2.When writing about the past, a writer should mostly write in which tense?
Q3.True or false? When we talk about something that has happened to us in the past, we are recounting.
Q4.A diary is written in ...
Q5.True or false? A recount is written in non-chronological order.
Q6.Why might a person write a diary?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the name for the way someone thinks, feels or sees something.
Q2.When we share our perspective, we are saying what we think about something, or giving our ...
Q3.A person may choose to share their perspective in a ...
Q4.What is it called each time a person writes in their diary?
Q5.True or false? The purpose of notes is to help the writer to organise information easily for future use.
Q6.A writer can take notes and turn them into ...
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