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Planning the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary
I can make a plan for writing a diary entry as Florence Nightingale.
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Year 2
Planning the first entry of Florence Nightingale's diary
I can make a plan for writing a diary entry as Florence Nightingale.
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Lesson details
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.
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.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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Starter quiz
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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?
future tense
present 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 ...
the second person.
the third person.
Q5.
True or false? A recount is written in non-chronological order.
Q6.
Why might a person write a diary?
to show all their family and friends
to practice their handwriting
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is the name for the way someone thinks, feels or sees something.
perspiration
personality
Q2.
When we share our perspective, we are saying what we think about something, or giving our ...
knowledge
address
Q3.
A person may choose to share their perspective in a ...
fiction story
non-chronological report
Q4.
What is it called each time a person writes in their diary?
a story
a report
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 ...
bullet points
drawings