English :

LO: To plan a diary entry

This is a clip of the Dhol drums being played. This drum is a popular instrument played in Pakistan. It’s maybe a sound that Lina and Feroza would’ve heard in their refugee camp. Have a listen!

Today, I would like you to use the role on the wall activity you completed yesterday to plan a diary entry as Lina on the day that she found out she was going to leave the refugee camp and go to America. You will write your diary entry tomorrow.

You can use cohesive devices in your diary entry to make connections, you have used these before. cohesive devices

Here’s a word mat to help you. cohesive devices word mat

A diary entry is an informal piece of writing, with a chatty style eg ‘I had the best news ever today…’ It is full of thoughts, feelings and opinions. It is written in the first person with personal pronouns I, me, my, we and us and is written in the past tense.

Think about::

• What Lina had done that day with Feroza (think about the possibilities – usual washing, the school, people laughing at them for wearing one sandal each, queuing for water, sitting in the tent maybe listening to the Dhol drums)
• How Lina feels about the news of her name being on the list and going to America and Feroza’s name not being there.
• Her new shoes given to her by her mother
• How she feels about leaving the Feroza and the camp and its Relief Workers behind. She had been there a long time.

Write some notes today under the headings paragraph 1, paragraph 2, etc so that you have an order and are ready to write your full diary entry tomorrow.

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