Writing a diary entry of a Roman Soldier

Think of a journey you have been on.When you went on that journey :

How did you get there?

What did you take?

What did you see?

Talk to your partner

round

metallong

wooden

heavy

thick

woollen

leathercurved

What I find most tiring is .................................................................................................What protects me most is ...............................................................................................

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As a roman soldier, can you describe what you wear and carry?

When Roman soldiers went on a march, this is what they wore and carried

who does what to what where when why

I carry a curved wooden shield

on my arm

wearcarry

a..............swordsome......armour

on...under...over...

when... because...

Write some sentences about the armour you wear and the weapons that you carry

armour

metal helmet to protect me.

wear a wooden tunic to keep me warm.

I leather shield when I’m fighting.

carry some woollen sword on my feet.

javelin on my head.

sandals

Use the table to describe what you wear and carry

We are going to get to London in 6 days. Very soon you are going to be leaving the ship, marching through the billowing waves, through the seaweed up the beach and shingle onto dry land. You will encounter a village, but don’t upset the villagers. You will have a third and fourth day of marching along a long road. The road will be paved and straight. On the fifth day you will get to a place at the banks of the river where you can ford it. On the last day you will then march on and finally arrive at the walls of London.

The Commander ‘s orders to the Centurions

Read the text and highlight what happened each day

Our march to Londinium

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

roadbeach

waves

village

river

walls

long straight

wide

sandy

rollingmuddyshallow high

brick

cold

Celticlarge

What did you see? I saw a / some __________ __________ ___________

Describe what you saw on the way

The villagers didn’t seem pleased to see us.

Still raining. It took a long time wading across the river.

Arrived at last!

Constant drizzle all day long.

The sand from the beach was uncomfortable inside my leather sandals.

What we thought

Add some of your own thoughts .

I feltI felt exhausted.

I wish we were in Londinium

Day...............day

What I did What I saw

What I thought

How I felt

What I wished for

Complete a diary entry for one day of your march

Diary framework

Day 1 ( ....day )

Day 2 ( ) Day 3( ) Day 4( )

Day 5( ) Day 6( )

Can you use your diary entries to plan a recount on the framework.Choose a time phrase for each new day on your march.

When What I did What I thoughtOn the first day which was ......day

On the second day...The next day...On .......dayOn the third day..For the whole of the third day...A day later...On ......dayOn the fourth day...For a second day....On .....day

On the fifth day...On .......dayFive days after leaving...Three days after meeting...

On the sixth day...Six days after leaving...On ......dayOn the final day of our march...The best part of the march was...

The worst part of the march was ...

The commander told us that we would ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ My recount