1. LO: To use the features of a diary to write creatively.

2. What is a diary entry? Why might your write one? What are the features of a diary entry?

3. Include your personal thought and feelings about these things to make writing more appealing to the reader. Help your reader understand your moods. By explaining your different emotions and feelings the reader can visualise and put themselves in your shoes. If you are sad- explain why you are sad. If you are happy- explain why you are happy. How to write a good diary

4. Visualise means that you can see what someone is feeling, you almost put yourself in their shoes. Visualise

5. We need first person (I, we) We need chronological order (time) We need time connectives We need personal tone We need rhetorical questions We need facts and opinions We need self-reflection What we need in a diary

6. Time connectives are words which are used to tell the reader when something is happening. They are sometimes called temporal connectives. Time connectives

7. Personal tone in a diary/story can be joyful, serious, humorous, sad, threatening, formal, or informal. Your tone in writing will be reflective of your mood as you are writing. Personal tone

8. A rhetorical question is a question that you don’t answer out loud. It makes you think in your head a lot. Rhetorical questions

9. A fact is something that has been proven true/false. An opinion is something that you think others may think something else. Facts and opinions

10. The summary of the day The details of what happened What are you worried/happy about What’s happening tomorrow You will also need

11. I am going to read two diary entries out and I want you to think about what the differences are between them. Task

12. Dear Diary, What an amazing day! Out of the blue my parents bought me a brand new iPad. We were out shopping when they suddenly said they had a surprise for me. I thought it was going to be a trip to MacDonald's but imagine my surprise when it turned out to be a trip to the Apple shop. It took a while to charge up but when it did, I was away! The apps on it are absolutely amazing especially the writing app. That's what I'm writing this on! Dad got it hooked up to the internet and it was brilliant to access all my favourite web sites. I've even got my own email address! I'm really looking forward to having a play around on the games section tomorrow which is supposed to be wicked. My friends are going to be really jealous when they hear tomorrow. Thanks mum, thanks dad - you're the best. Diary contrasting viewpoint

13. Dear Diary, What a horrible day - the worst day I've had since the war! Maggie Jones, at the home, persuaded me to buy one of them computer things called an ipad. At first I thought she was talking about an ipatch for my weeping eye - we did laugh! Anyway, I grabbed my stick and cap and got the number 3 to town. It was nice to be out and about in the fresh air. It took me a while to find the shop but a nice young man showed me the way. I felt really nervous because I was carrying £430. I could buy a house for that in my day! Anyway, the pretty girl in the shop, (who should really wear more clothes) said it was really easy to set up, so I passed her the bag of £5 notes and left. I must admit, I was excited for the first time in years, ever since I won at the bingo. When I got back to the home, I got one of the helpers to get it out of the box. (Why do they use so much packaging?) We plugged it in but it wouldn't work! It was a complete waste of money. The man said I could surf on it, but I couldn't even get one foot on it. Anyway, I'm going to see what happens tomorrow, although I don't think the crack is going to help. I'm feeling a bit disappointed to tell you the truth. Jenny, (god rest her soul) would be furious if she could see I'd wasted all our savings. Anyway, the horlicks and hot water bottle have arrived. I'll write again tomorrow. George Holloway-Smithe Diary contrasting viewpoint

14. Number one or number two? Which text was the diary entry? Number TWO! WHY?

15. We need first person (I, we) We need chronological order (time) We need time connectives We need personal tone We need rhetorical questions We need facts and opinions We need self-reflection What we need in a diary

16. The summary of the day The details of what happened What are you worried/happy about What’s happening tomorrow You will also need

17. Silent Writing Task Write a diary entry as Oliver after an event in the story. You must include: We need first person (I, we) We need chronological order (time) We need time connectives We need personal tone We need rhetorical questions We need facts and opinions We need self-reflection – MTG L6+ Writing Frame: The summary of the day The details of what happened What are you worried/happy about What’s happening tomorrow What you have learned today and how it will help you develop as a person – MTG L6+ Use the above as a topic for each paragraph.

18. Proof Reading Have you included all of the features? Have you included lots of interesting words? How is your SPAG?

19. Peer Assessment Grab a purple pen – underline and annotate examples of the features in the blue box. You must include: We need first person (I, we) We need chronological order (time) We need time connectives We need personal tone We need rhetorical questions We need facts and opinions We need self-reflection – MTG L6+ Get an LG stamp: Mark using two stars and two wishes. Focus on how well they have used the features of a diary entry.