Year 4: Full Lesson Plans - Manual / Resource - Page 12
Diary Writing Checklist
It’s time to get diary writing! Make sure to include these writing and grammar elements in your work.
The date
Start with Dear Diary
First person (I, we)
Paragraphs
Use a range of conjunctions (as, because, although, if, so, but)
Exclamations (!)
Inverted commas around speech (“ “)
A comma before speech (,)
Past tense (I did it! I broke the record!)
Present tense (I am hungry. I feel so proud.)
Future tense (I wonder if I will do well.)
Sign off at the end
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