Writing the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can use a plan to write the closing of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.
Writing the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can use a plan to write the closing of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The closing is the final paragraph of a piece of writing.
- Writers need to shift between past, present and future tense in the closing.
- Using a range of linguistic features and sentence structures helps achieve text purpose and enhances cohesion.
- Using success criteria and a plan support the writer when writing.
Keywords
General - the most basic, necessary information
Closing - the final section of a piece of writing
Summarise - to sum up or conclude the main body of a text
Common misconception
Pupils may not use a range of sentence types and structures, leading to a lack of cohesion.
Success criteria, shared writing and modelled writing explicitly prompt and model use of a range of sentence types. You could also use visual scaffolds and checklists for each sentence type to remind pupils with.
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
the most basic, necessary information
the final section of a piece of writing
to sum up or conclude the main body of a text
formed of a main clause and adverbial subordinate clause
formed of a main clause and relative subordinate clause
formed of a main clause and non-finite subordinate clause
When I think about tomorrow, I feel sick.
Gobber will tell Dad about my performance, which makes me so nervous.
Dread is like a heavy rock, sitting in my stomach.