Writing part one of the main body of a diary entry

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

Information in the main body of a diary entry should be ...

Identify the contractions written in the first person perspective.

Select the examples of fronted adverbials of time.

when events are recounted in the order in which they happened

writing which adopts a conversational style

Two words which have been joined together to form one word are called ...

The use of contractions and exclamations helps to create __________ tone.

Gobber welcomed the students to the arena.

Gobber explained which types of dragons the students would face.

Gobber released the Gronckle and it attacked Hiccup.

Select the events that we will be recounting in this paragraph.

Put the stages of the writing process in order.

Starter Quiz