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'The Journey': diary writing

Starter quiz

  • What is the main purpose of a diary entry?
    • to give factual information
    • to recount personal events  ✓
    • to thank someone
    • to express personal feelings  ✓
  • Put the following in the order they appear in a diary entry.
    • 1
      ⇔
      date
    • 2
      ⇔
      greeting
    • 3
      ⇔
      paragraph 1
    • 4
      ⇔
      paragraph 2
    • 5
      ⇔
      sign-off
  • Select three key moments from 'The Journey'.
    • the time they spent on a boat  ✓
    • the moment they were turned away by border police  ✓
    • the moment they got on a plane
    • the moment they played football
    • the moment they packed all their belongings and left home  ✓
  • Select the correct spelling.
    • riting
    • writting
    • writing  ✓
    • wrighting
  • What is the definition of a drawing?
    • a photograph
    • a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen or colouring pencil  ✓
    • an oil painting
    • a sculpture
  • In which section of a diary entry would you find this sentence? 'Then, we were turned away by the border police.'
    • greeting
    • paragraph recounting the events  ✓
    • paragraph explaining current feelings
    • sign-off
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