Your Target:
To write a diary entry in character.
• Write chronologically and in first person
• Use informal language and punctuation
• Understand diary entries are written in the past tense
• Include date of diary entry
• Write in paragraphs using conjunctions and adverbials to link ideas
• Include personal thoughts and feelings
• Recommend
• Conscience
• Achieve
• Pronunciation
• Leisure
Can I write a diary entry in character using the correct style and features?
Day 2
conscience
A person's moral sense of right and
wrong.
Dictionary Neighbours
Which words come before and after
this word in the dictionary?
What Is It Worth?
How many points is the word worth if
A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.?
Week 11: Tuesday
SPaG Shape-UpGrammar
Dictionary Detectives
Can you find the definition of these key ideas?
modal verb
synonym
relative clause
antonym
cohesion
ambiguity
SPaG Shape-UpGrammar
Formal -vs- Informal
Adam has written a letter to his local newsagent.His dad says it is too informal.
Can you rewrite the letter in a more formal style?Remember to include all the same information.
Your Task
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbuq7w3ZDUQ
Watch the first 50 seconds of the video
‘La Luna’.
To find video:
• Type La Luna into Google
• Click on the link to YouTube
• To identify the correct one: the video is nearly 7 minutes long
Your Task
To write a diary entry from the perspective of the young boy.
Re-watch the video and this time imagine you are him.
Remember only watch and write about the first 50 seconds.
Think about the following and make notes:
• Thoughts
• Feelings
• Sights
• Sounds
• Smells
Consider answers to the following:
• Who are you with?
• Why are you taking this journey/trip?
• Is it a special day? Why?
Don’t forget to write in the correct style and include features from the diary writing checklist