the tense used to describe something that started in the past, but has not yet ended

the helping verb that is always paired with a main verb

a shortened way of writing two words where some letters are left out and an apostrophe is used in their place

a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause

Writing the opening of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

English

Engaging with the plot of 'Into the Forest'

Analysing features of a diary entry

Generating vocabulary for a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Planning a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Writing a paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Planning the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

Writing the final paragraph of a diary entry based on 'Into the Forest'

In this unit, pupils use a picture book as a stimulus for empathy for characters and establishing chronology of a diary entry. In 'How to Train Your Dragon', pupils will use film as the starting point for writing a diary entry.

In 'The Firework Maker's Daughter', pupils learnt to structure a diary entry in paragraphs. In this unit, pupils will learn to use a picture book as a stimulus for empathy for characters and establishing chronology of a diary entry.

In this unit, pupils write a diary entry based on the picture book 'Into the Forest' by Anthony Browne. Pupils use the book as a starting point from which they write a diary entry, focusing on using the first person perspective consistently and practising the skill of varying tense accurately.

'Into the Forest': diary writing

What tense is the recount of a diary entry written in?

to describe something that is happening right now

to describe something that started in the past, but has an effect on the present

to describe something that happened in the past

When do we use the perfect present tense?

by pairing an auxiliary verb to the past tense form of the main verb

by pairing an auxiliary verb to the present tense form of the main verb

by pairing an auxiliary verb to the future tense form of the main verb

How do you form the perfect present tense?

True or false? In the perfect present tense, the past tense form of the main verb always stays the same as the simple past form.

Match each simple past tense sentence to the perfect present tense version of it.

Which piece of punctuation is used in a contraction?

What perspective is a diary entry written in?

What tense is a diary entry mainly written in?

Where does the date come in a diary entry?

full sentences with capital letters and full stops

Which of the following does your plan for your diary opening include?

felt absolutely crushed that Dad was gone

Which of the following are examples of appropriate language for the opening of your diary entry?

Starter Quiz

What perspective is a diary entry written in?