strong feelings that result from a person’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others

a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happened

a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

Writing a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

English

In this unit, pupils use a picture book as a stimulus for empathy for characters and establishing chronology of a diary entry. In 'How to Train Your Dragon', pupils will use film as the starting point for writing a diary entry.

In 'The Firework Maker's Daughter', pupils learnt to structure a diary entry in paragraphs. In this unit, pupils will learn to use a picture book as a stimulus for empathy for characters and establishing chronology of a diary entry.

'Into the Forest': diary writing

Match each type of fronted adverbial to the correct example.

She fiercely demanded the cake, but I managed to get away quickly!

As I walked through the forest, I wondered if I had made a mistake. 

Match each sentence type to the correct example.

a sentence made up of two main clauses and a coordinating conjunction

a sentence made up of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

a sentence made up of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause

Which of the following are relative pronouns that are used to begin a relative subordinate clause?

True or false? The relative clause always follows the main clause in a relative complex sentence.

What piece of punctuation must separate the relative clause from the main clause?

a sentence starter followed by an apostrophe

a word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is

a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens

a sentence starter that tells the reader where something is or happens

a sentence starter that tells the reader how something happens

Match the type of fronted adverbial to its correct definition.

a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

a sentence formed of two main clauses and a coordinating conjunction

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

Match each sentence type to the correct definition.

Which coordinating conjunctions need a comma preceding them in a compound sentence?

True or false? An adverbial complex sentence always contains a comma.

a confusing boy, who was leading a cow on a rope

an angry girl, who had long golden plaits

a pair of abandoned, hungry children, who were sat by a tree

Put the following characters in the order in which the boy encounters them in the forest.

Starter Quiz