Writing the first diary entry based on 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'

English

In this unit, pupils learnt to write a diary entry from a character's perspective with heightened emotions from a fictional context. In 'Into the Forest', pupils will learn to develop their skills of writing a diary from a fictional character's perspective. 

In 'The Journey' unit, pupils learned how to convey character's emotion in a diary using informal tone and language in the first person. In this unit, pupils will continue to develop their skills of conveying emotion through writing. 

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

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

a verb form used to refer to an action happening in the present

a verb form used to refer to an ongoing action

a verb form used to refer to an action that is going to happen

Which of the following are examples of the simple past tense?

Which of the following are examples of the progressive past tense?

I was learning about fireworks and I loved every moment.

I went to my father's workshop and learnt about fireworks.

I was listening to my father's views on my future and I felt deflated.

Which of the following sentences is written using both the progressive past and simple past tenses?

You use the notes to form full sentences.

You read it to remind yourself but then put it away.

How does a written plan support in writing?

She was learning how to make fireworks in her father's workshop.

Order the events for paragraph one of Lila's first diary entry.

Which of the following thoughts would Lila be likely to write when she was experimenting with fireworks?

Lila's father told her there were many things she didn't know about fireworks.

Lila told her father that it was her dream to be a firework-maker.

Lila's father told her that she should focus on finding a husband instead.

Order the events for paragraph two of Lila's first diary entry.

I didn't understand why he wouldn't tell me the secret.

I felt so accepted and understood by my dad.

My heart shattered into a million pieces.

Which of the following thoughts would Lila be likely to write after her father told her she could not be a firework-maker?

They show the manner in which an action was done.

Why are fronted adverbials of time a key linguistic feature in diary entries?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

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