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

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

Unit Summary

Pupils explore the text's opening by summarising events and using inference to understand character traits and relationships. They identify Lila's emotions in the opening and use empathy to develop thoughts that convey these. Pupils then plan and write a diary entry from Lila's perspective.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to write your second diary entry from the perspective of Lila.

Key Notes

  • We use notes from our plan to form a range of sentence types.
  • Diary entries shift between past and present tense to explain what has happened and convey current thoughts/feelings.
  • Subordinating conjunctions are used to begin an adverbial clause.
  • An adverbial clause is joined with a main clause to form an adverbial complex sentence.
  • Rhetorical questions are an effective way to convey thoughts and emotions in a diary entry.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • subordinating conjunction: a word that starts an adverbial clause
  • adverbial complex sentence: a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
  • rhetorical question: a question asked to the reader that does not expect an answer

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children may include elements of Chulak's interaction with Lalchand in their recount because they know this as the reader but Lila only knows what Chulak tells her.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

We use notes from our plan to form a range of sentence types. Diary entries shift between past and present tense to explain what has happened and convey current thoughts/feelings.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'subordinating conjunction'

a word that starts an adverbial clause.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children may include elements of Chulak's interaction with Lalchand in their recount because they know this as the reader but Lila only knows what Chulak tells her. Correction: The diary is written from Lila's perspective. From her perspective, Chulak said he would visit her father and she doesn't find out anything about the interaction until he returns.

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