Planning Juliet's diary entries
I can plan the structure and content of Juliet's imagined diary entries after meeting Romeo.
Planning Juliet's diary entries
I can plan the structure and content of Juliet's imagined diary entries after meeting Romeo.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when its content is planned.
- A diary entry is most often written retrospectively, but it may contain both present and past tense sections.
- Juliet's diary is written as two entries - one on her return from the ball and one after the balcony scene.
- A diary entry should include both descriptions of the event(s) and details about the emotions that a character feels.
- We can use rich vocabulary and show-not-tell to describe events and emotions.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle with the idea of jumping between past and present tense.
Explain that this is a common way of writing a diary: the person writing begins by saying how they feel right now before going back to explain the events that led up to them feeling this way.
Keywords
Past tense - used to tell the reader that action happened before now
Present tense - tells the reader that action is happening now
Events - things that happen to a person or a character
Emotions - strong feelings experienced by a character in response to their experiences
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