Year 6 - English
Generating vocabulary for Juliet's diary entry
Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': diary and narrative writing
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn to empathise with and understand different characters in one of Shakespeare's iconic plays. They write a diary entry from Juliet's perspective, a climactic narrative scene based on the duel scene and begin to debate around a key question raised from the play.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to generate vocabulary that precisely matches Juliet's first impressions of Romeo and her feelings about him at different points.
Key Notes
- Writing is most successful when it is planned; this can include planning the vocabulary we may wish to include.
- Juliet's diary entries will cover meeting Romeo, discovering he is a Montague and agreeing to marry him.
- We will want to give Juliet's first impressions of Romeo by showing how she perceives him.
- We will want to show Juliet's emotions at different points in the narrative.
- We can use both rich vocabulary and show-not-tell to describe emotions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- diary: a book in which a person keeps a daily record of events, experiences and emotions
- thesaurus: a book listing the synonyms of words
- emotions: strong feelings that result from a person's circumstances, mood or relationships with others
- 'show-not-tell': a writing technique for showing a character's feelings with description of their actions, body language and facial expressions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may be confused by the structure of the diary entries proposed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Writing is most successful when it is planned; this can include planning the vocabulary we may wish to include. Juliet's diary entries will cover meeting Romeo, discovering he is a Montague and agreeing to marry him.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'diary'
a book in which a person keeps a daily record of events, experiences and emotions.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may be confused by the structure of the diary entries proposed. Correction: We will be writing a diary entry for Juliet written after the ball and then a short second entry in which she reflects on the marriage agreement.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Debating a question raised by Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' Study Guide
- Exploring Act III Scene 1 in 'Romeo and Juliet' Study Guide
- Exploring Juliet's emotions after meeting Romeo Study Guide
- Exploring vocabulary relating to the duel scene Study Guide
- Planning Juliet's diary entries Study Guide
- Planning the duel scene Study Guide
- Understanding themes, characters and plot in 'Romeo and Juliet' Study Guide
- Writing the first half of Juliet's diary entry Study Guide
- Writing the first half of the duel scene Study Guide
- Writing the second half of Juliet's diary entry Study Guide
- Writing the second half of the duel scene Study Guide
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