a piece of writing that recalls an event or experience

Identifying features of a diary entry to write from 'How To Train Your Dragon'

English

In this unit, pupils embed narrative skills including show-not-tell and dialogue to convey character and a were introduced to a range of cohesive devices. In 'The Viewer', pupils will further develop their use of cohesive devices and develop strategies to build suspense when describing a setting.

In 'Whale Rider', pupils developed their narrative writing skills by using show-not-tell and dialogue to convey character. In this unit, pupils will further embed these skills and use a range of devices to build cohesion. 

'How to Train Your Dragon': diary and narrative writing

writing that recalls an event or experience

to recount important experiences and express feelings

Put the following in the order they appear in a diary entry.

Which of the following linguistic features appear in a diary entry?

Which tense does the writer use when writing a diary entry?

Which of the following supports the sequencing of events chronologically?

a fictional narrative involving magical creatures

a private book where someone records their experiences and feelings

a non-fiction text providing information to others

writing about things that are going to happen

writing from the perspective of the person involved

writing about yourself and calling yourself by your name

What does writing in the 'first person' mean?

Which of these words might a writer use when writing in the first person?

A diary greeting normally starts with which word?

What usually comes at the very beginning of a diary entry?

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