Ebenezer's Diary

• ENGLISH
• Primary Education
• Age 7-9

What are diaries?

COMPREHENSION CHECK

Who is the writer of this diary entry?
Which city does he live in?

1. Ebenezer Grimes is the writer of this diary entry. He lives in London.
2. Dr Barnardo is the writer of this diary entry. He lives in London.
3. Ebenezer Grimes is the writer of this diary entry. He lives in the U.S..

Name two ways in which Dr Barnardo
helped poor children.

Name two ways in which Dr Barnardo

helped poor children.

Dr Barnardo opened a 'Ragged School' to educate them, and a 'Home for destitute boys' who had nowhere else to live.

What does the word ‘destitute’ mean?

1. extremely rich
2. extremely poor
3. flourishing

What effect did meeting Dr Barnardo
have on the writer of the diary?

What effect did meeting Dr Barnardo

have on the writer of the diary? 

The writer wants to tell everyone about Dr Barnardo's work, and raise money himself to support it.

Home Fun

ART-INTEGRATION

Imagine you have a personal diary in which you write about your thoughts, feelings and experiences. Design the front cover of your personal diary in your English Notebook under the Sl. No. 1.2. Don’t forget to give your diary an interesting name. Go creative! Happy learning!

freezing	unusual	grown-up	elderly
cold	huge	extraordinary	big

Choose two similar strong adjectives for 'cool'.

freezing	unusual	grown-up	elderly
cold	huge	extraordinary	big

Choose two similar strong adjectives for 'enormous'.

freezing	unusual	grown-up	elderly
cold	huge	extraordinary	big

Choose two similar strong adjectives for 'ancient'.

freezing	unusual	grown-up	elderly
cold	huge	extraordinary	big

Choose two similar strong adjectives for 'odd'.

Awesome!

cool	cold	freezing
enormous	big	huge
ancient	elderly	grown-up
odd	extraordinary	unusual

Workbook Page 8

Workbook Page 8

    It was freezing and Marti's teeth chattered.

 Ella pulled on an ancient T-shirt and went out to play.

  Jamie was ravenous, so he ate his sandwich.

    It was terrifying being out alone in the dark.

    Mariam saw a tiny kitten peeping out through the gate.

Workbook Page 7

Workbook Page 7

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The Task

Write your own historical story based on the diary entry about Thomas Barnardo.

Step 1

Read the diary entry again.

Step 2

Plan!

Step 3

On the basis of your paragraph plan, write the first draft of your story.

Step 4

Revise your first draft.

Step 5

Write a final version of your story. Include any suggestions that you think might improve the story.

Home Fun

* Sl. No. 1.3 (Notebook)

In not more than 70-80 words, write your own historical story based on the diary entry about Thomas Barnardo. Upload the image of your story under the assignment A1.5. (MS-Teams)

*Do the activity '2' on Workbook page 7, and the activity '3' on Workbook page 8.