Writing the opening of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can use a plan to write the opening of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.
Writing the opening of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
I can use a plan to write the opening of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’.
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Key learning points
- The opening of a diary can include a general recount of the day’s events.
- The opening includes references to the character’s thoughts and feelings.
- Informal tone can be achieved through use of contractions, vocabulary choice and exclamations.
- Plans and success criteria should be referred to during the writing process.
Keywords
Summarise - to sum up the information surrounding particular events, thoughts or feelings
General - the most basic, necessary information
Common misconception
Pupils may include facts and details that are too specific for the opening paragraph.
Learning cycle 1 and the success criteria explicitly reinforce the importance of keeping information in the opening general.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the point of view where the speaker or writer is the 'I/we' character
when events are recounted in the order in which they happened
conversational tone
do not
I have
they are
he is
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to sum up the key information
the most basic, necessary information
the 'I/we' perspective