Analysing the features of a diary entry
I can identify and analyse the layout and linguistic features of a diary entry.
Analysing the features of a diary entry
I can identify and analyse the layout and linguistic features of a diary entry.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The purpose of a diary entry is to recount important experiences and express feelings.
- A diary entry follows a specific structure, it is written in the first person and it uses informal language.
- Simple past and progressive past tenses recount what the writer experienced and felt.
- Fronted adverbials of time support in sequencing events in a recount chronologically.
- Present tense is used towards the end of a diary entry to show how the writer is feeling now.
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to identify informal language.
Spend some time examining different ways informal language appears in the model diary entry (e.g. exaggeration, contractions, capitalised words, informal vocabulary).
Keywords
Purpose - the aim of the text
Recount - a piece of writing that recalls an event or experience
Layout - the way a text is structured
Linguistic features - a structure of language that uses words
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2018 Penguin Random House UK edition of ‘The Firework Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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