Samuel Pepys' diary entries - adapted for children

I adapted each of Samuel Pepys’ original diary entries (plus one of John Evelyn’s) into writing that my students would be able to understand and used them for whole class reading lessons.

There is a diary entry plus literal & inference questions for each of the following dates:
Sunday 2nd September 1666
Monday 3rd September 1666
Tuesday 4th September 1666
Wednesday 5th September 1666
Thursday 6th September 1666

Please note that although I have adapted the diary entries, they are still somewhat difficult to read because I kept as true to the original as I could. My high attaining Year 2 class was able to understand each of the entries and answer the literal and inference questions but my lower attaining students struggled.