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 ✓
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- 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 ✓
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- Select the correct spelling.
- riting
- writting
- writing ✓
- wrighting
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- 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
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- 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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Exit quiz
- It is important to use neat, joined handwriting when publishing.
- True ✓
- False
- Put the following in the order that they appear in a diary entry.
- 1⇔date
- 2⇔greeting: 'Dear Diary,'
- 3⇔paragraphs to organise recount and thoughts
- 4⇔sign-off
- 'A doodle is a detailed, carefully-drawn picture.'
- True
- False ✓
- Select the correct spelling.
- sumwhere
- somewhere ✓
- somwhere
- somewere
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- Which of the following would be found in a diary entry?
- personal thoughts and feelings ✓
- videos
- drawings ✓
- photographs
- doodles ✓
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- Which sentence would be found in a diary entry?
- It was a very long journey. ✓
- I cannot believe how FAR we travelled! I don't want to walk for at LEAST a week! ✓
- They travelled for days and days.
- I think they travelled for a long time.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Children often use drawings in their diaries as a way of telling stories.
- A doodle is a sketch completed absent-mindedly.
- Neat, joined handwriting is important when publishing a diary entry.
- A published diary entry should be visually and linguistically appealing to the reader.
Common misconception
Pupils think they need to use new ideas when publishing their diary entry.
Pupils should use the sections they have written in previous lessons that have been planned, drafted and edited.
Keywords
Layout - refers to the way information is organised on the page
Drawing - a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen or colouring pencil
Doodle - a sketch completed absent-mindedly
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