Planning part one of the main body of a diary entry | English

Starter quiz

Select the purpose of a diary entry.
- to inform the reader about a particular subject
- to record the writer's personal experiences, thoughts and feelings ✓
- to tell a story
Put the sections of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon' in order.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  opening
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  main body part 1 - describing dragon training
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  main body part 2 - describing dragon training
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  closing
Match the keywords to their definitions.
- first person perspective
  
  ⇔
  
  the point of view where the speaker or writer is the 'I' character ✓
- contraction
  
  ⇔
  
  two words joined together using an apostrophe ✓
- 'show-not-tell'
  
  ⇔
  
  when the writer conveys feelings by describing physical sensations ✓
Match the 'show-not-tell' examples to the feelings they convey.
- face burned
  
  ⇔
  
  embarrassment ✓
- stomach flipped
  
  ⇔
  
  panic or nerves ✓
- heart sank
  
  ⇔
  
  dread ✓
Select the words that are appropriate for use when writing from the first person perspective.
- I ✓
- me ✓
- she
- he
- we ✓
When is it appropriate to write in the present tense in a diary?
- when recounting past events
- when describing current thoughts and feelings ✓
- when considering next steps

Exit quiz

Match the keywords to their definitions.
- cohesion
  
  ⇔
  
  how a text flows ✓
- 'show-not-tell'
  
  ⇔
  
  when the writer conveys feelings by describing physical sensations ✓
- adverbial of time
  
  ⇔
  
  tells the reader when something happened ✓
Select the linguistic features of a diary entry.
- past tense ✓
- subheadings
- 'show-not-tell' ✓
- contractions ✓
- fronted adverbials of time ✓
Select the examples of fronted adverbials of time.
- This morning, ✓
- With a roar,
- Moments later, ✓
- Now, ✓
- Terrifyingly,
Select the key features of plans.
- notes ✓
- bullet points ✓
- full sentences
- paragraphs
In this diary entry, we will be writing in the __________ perspective as Hiccup.
- first person ✓
- second person
- third person
Select the events that we will recount in this paragraph.
- Gobber welcomed the students to the arena. ✓
- The other students teased Hiccup. ✓
- Gobber explained which types of dragons the students would face. ✓
- Gobber released the Gronckle and it attacked Hiccup.
- Gobber saved Hiccup.

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Key learning points

The purpose of the main body of this diary entry is to describe events, thoughts and feelings in detail.
Sentences can be opened in a variety of ways to improve the flow of the text.
The main body is primarily written in the past tense.
Adverbials of time can be used to sequence events.
Informal tone can be achieved through use of contractions and exclamations.

Common misconception

Pupils may not use a range of sentence structures and openers in their plans for writing.

Ensure pupils know the full range of sentence structures (simple, compound and a variety of complex). Full coverage can be found in the 'Year 5 Grammar: Five sentence types' unit.

Keywords

Notes - written out of full sentences
'show-not-tell' - when the writer conveys feelings by describing physical sensations and actions
Fronted adverbial of time - a sentence starter followed by a comma which tells the reader when something happened