Planning a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan a paragraph of a diary entry based on ‘Into the Forest’.
Key learning points
- This paragraph of the diary entry recounts the boy’s encounters with characters in the forest from his perspective.
- The boy encounters a boy with a cow first, then a girl with long, golden plaits and then a pair of abandoned children.
- Thoughts and feelings can be explicitly stated and conveyed through the use of ‘show and tell’.
- The boy’s emotions heighten over the course of the encounters.
- Your plan should contain precise and ambitious vocabulary and thoughts and feelings for each encounter.
Keywords
Encounter - a casual, unexpected or brief meeting with a person or thing
Emotions - strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others
'show and tell' - a writing technique for showing a character’s feelings with description of their actions and expressions
Common misconception
Children may struggle to avoid repetition for describing each encounter.
Model a range of ways for saying the same thing. For example 'bumped into', 'came across', 'encountered', 'stumbled across', etc. Create a class bank of phrases and ideas they can use in their plan.
Teacher tip
Ensure the illustrations of each character are available for children to refer to during the lesson.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2022 Puffin Books edition of ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? The boy listened to his mum and took the long route to get to his grandma's house.
Q2.The boy first encountered a boy leading a ...
Q3.Next, the boy encountered a girl with ...
Q4.Then, the boy encountered a pair of __________ and __________ children.
Q5.How did the boy respond to the encounters he had in the forest?
Q6.The word 'encounter' is only used as a noun.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put these parts of the diary entry structure in the correct order.
Q2.True or false? The boy is aware that the characters he meets are familiar fairy tale characters.
Q3.Put the following characters in the correct order, from 1 to 3, to show the order in which the boy encounters them in the forest.
Q4.Match each character the boy encounters to the appropriate character description.
Q5.Match each character the boy encounters to the appropriate descriptive vocabulary conveying a heightening of emotions.
Q6.What should be included in your plan?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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