Writing the first half of Juliet's diary entry
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write the first half of Juliet’s imagined diary entry after meeting Romeo, using a range of linguistic features and cohesive devices.
Key learning points
- A diary entry combines details about events with details about emotions.
- We can use certain linguistic features to create an appropriate tone for a diary.
- Hyperbole, internal thoughts, rhetorical questions and exclamation sentences make diary writing more personal.
- We connect ideas together in writing with cohesive devices like fronted adverbials and different sentence types.
- We may change tense between past and present during a diary entry.
Keywords
Emotions - strong feelings experienced by a character in response to their experiences
Events - things that happen to a person or a character
Linguistic features - language structures that are specific to a type of text
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to connect ideas using a range of cohesive devices.
Lessons about all the relevant cohesive devices can be found in our KS2 Grammar curriculum; you could select slides to pre-teach particular concepts if needed.
Teacher tip
A slide is left intentionally lined; this is your prompt to complete shared writing with your class. Model selecting different cohesive devices and linguistic features; take ideas from the class and co-construct an example paragraph together.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which paragraph of our diary entry will we write first?
Q2.When Juliet first writes in her diary after the ball, which event will she not cover?
Q3.Which of the following words might Juliet use when describing her first impressions of Romeo?
Q4.Match each situation to Juliet's emotions at that point.
Q5.Which of the following is not a common feature of a diary entry?
Q6.Which of these examples show Juliet's emotions?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match these key elements of a diary to the correct examples.
Q2.Which linguistic feature is shown in the following example? 'I'm more upset than any human being has ever been before!'
Q3.Which linguistic feature is shown in the following example? 'I know I will never be able to see him again.'
Q4.Which cohesive device is used in the following example? 'I am so desperate to see him, but I know it can never happen.'
Q5.Which cohesive device is used in the following example? 'Thinking about what I’ve lost, I feel completely desolate.'
Q6.Which of these examples are in the past tense?
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To help you plan your 6 English lesson on: Writing the first half of Juliet's diary entry, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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