to sum up or conclude the main body of a text

Writing the closing of a diary entry based on '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. 

In this unit, pupils use their knowledge of the text 'How To Train Your Dragon' to write a setting description, a narrative opening and a diary entry. Pupils use one stimulus to write for several outcomes, writing for different purposes by demonstrating certain techniques in each.

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

to describe key events in very specific detail

to describe current thoughts and feelings

The purpose of the closing is to do which of these? 

True or false? The closing of a diary entry should be written in the past tense only. 

Select the common linguistic features of diary entries.

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

Match the complex sentence types to their definitions.

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.

Match the complex sentence types to their examples.

For whom is a diary entry usually written?

Which word has a similar meaning to 'worried'?

True or false? A diary can only be written using the past tense.

In which tense is the following sentence written? 'I can't stop reliving it all!'

In which tense is the following sentence written? 'Today was so difficult.'

What is the verb in the following sentence? 'Today was so difficult.'

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