Planning the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon' | English

Starter quiz

What tense would you use when writing about how you are currently feeling?
- past tense
- present tense ✓
- future tense
Which sentence is written in the future tense?
- We will be playing outside. ✓
- We play outside.
- We played outside.
Which sentence is written in the first person?
- I'm dreading tomorrow. ✓
- He's dreading tomorrow.
- She's dreading tomorrow.
- They're dreading tomorrow.
Which of the following is a simple sentence?
- I want to be a Viking, but I'm not brave enough.
- The other kids will laugh at me. ✓
- Gobber will tell my Dad about today and he'll be so disappointed in me.
Which of the following are compound sentences?
- Gobber will tell my Dad about today and he'll be so disappointed in me. ✓
- As I write this, my hands are still trembling.
- I want to be a Viking, but I'm not brave enough. ✓
- I'm so embarrassed.
- How can I go back again tomorrow?
Match these words to their contracted forms.
- I am
  
  ⇔
  
  I'm ✓
- we are
  
  ⇔
  
  we're ✓
- it is
  
  ⇔
  
  it's ✓
- we will
  
  ⇔
  
  we'll ✓

Match the keywords to their definitions.
- past tense
  
  ⇔
  
  tells the reader the action happened before now ✓
- present tense
  
  ⇔
  
  tells the reader the action is happening now ✓
- future tense
  
  ⇔
  
  tells the reader the action will happen in the future ✓
- summarise
  
  ⇔
  
  to sum up or conclude the main body of a text ✓
- sign-off
  
  ⇔
  
  when the writer signs their name at the end of a piece of writing ✓
True or false? You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.
- True
- False ✓
How should your notes for a diary be organised?
- in full sentences
- in bullet points in chronological order ✓
- in alphabetical order
Select the appropriate adjectives to describe how Hiccup felt during dragon training.
- panicked ✓
- excited
- humiliated ✓
- proud
- exhausted ✓
The purpose of a diary entry is to do which of these?
- tell a story
- recount events ✓
- share information with others
- record thoughts and feelings ✓
Select the examples of 'show-not-tell'.
- my hands are still shaking ✓
- I felt humiliated
- my heart sinks every time I think about going back again tomorrow ✓

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Pupils may begin to retell key events or add too much detailed information about the day when planning the closing.

Make continued explicit reference to keeping information general; a visual aid of 'general' may help to support pupils remember this distinction.