Gregory Cool Week 4 Writing a diary entry

Gregory Cool – Week 4 Writing a diary entry

Your Goal This Week: • Your goal this week is to write a diary entry in the role of Gregory. • The entry will be written from the point in the story in which Gregory has been living in Tobago for some time. • The diary entry will give is an opportunity to show your interpretation of Gregory’s feelings and how his opinions of Tobago have changed.

Pre-vocabulary: • • • Content Quotation Sauntered Chronological Spluttering Whirred

Pre-vocabulary: • • • Content = in a state of peaceful happiness. Quotation = a group of words taken from a text and repeated by someone else. Sauntered = to walk in a relaxed way. Chronological = the order in which events happen. Spluttering = a explosive spitting or choking noise. Whirred = a soft, repeated vibrational sound.

Starter: First-person Pronouns First-person pronouns are pronouns that refer to the speaker or writer (singular) or to a group that includes the speaker or writer (plural). Can you tick the sentences that contain a first-person pronoun? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. You need to calm down now. We are waiting for our lunch. I’m leaving for the station in 5 minutes. Their presentation was the best so far. Their left winger embarrassed me. John walked to the shops. This is our city! Your taxi has arrived madam.

Starter: First-person Pronouns First-person pronouns are pronouns that refer to the speaker or writer (singular) or to a group that includes the speaker or writer (plural). Can you tick the sentences that contain a first-person pronoun? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. You need to calm down now. We are waiting for our lunch. I’m leaving for the station in 5 minutes. Their presentation was the best so far. The left winger embarrassed me. John walked to the shops. This is our land! Your taxi has arrived madam.

Recap What has happened in the story of ‘Gregory Cool’ so far? Watch the videos of Mr Biswas reading through the text (0. 4 Read through video) to get you up to speed. as h t a h W Gregory ? d e c n e i exper What has ? happened Who a r charac e ters?

Task 1: Interviewing Gregory. It’s time to interview Gregory to understand how he has been feeling after living in Tobago for a while. You have two options… 1. YOU can get in-role as Gregory and ask a sibling/friend/adult to interview you using the question sheet (0. 5 Question sheet). or 2. You can watch the video of Mr Biswas, in-role as Gregory, being interviewed about his time in Tobago (0. 5 Video interview). You choose, which ever option works best for you

Task 2: Outlining Gregory’s feelings. Now the interviews are complete, it is time to annotate an outline of Gregory with his thoughts and feelings. To begin, you need to draw an outline of Gregory on your paper. On the outside of the outline you need to write things Gregory might be saying about Tobago and on the inside of the outline you need to write how Gregory would be feeling about Tobago.