Planning a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
I can plan a paragraph of a diary entry based on ‘Into the Forest’.
Planning a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'
I can plan a paragraph of a diary entry based on ‘Into the Forest’.
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Lesson details
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.
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Equipment
You need a copy of the 2022 Puffin Books edition of ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne for this lesson.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
strange, odd, confusing
angry, demanding, fierce
distressed, abandoned, desperate
startled by the weird suggestion, walked on in confusion
made me really uneasy, continued journey swiftly
incredibly overwhelmed, wanted to escape, ran as fast as I could