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Y4 English Lesson Plan: Dramatic Diaries
Timing
Teaching activity
Non-statutory: Learn the conventions of different
types of writing (for example, a diary written in the
first person)
Now, ask children to write their own diary entry using
information gathered about either Preet Chandi or Dave
Walsh and their plans. You might like to leave the
annotated Usain diary entry up on the board for pupils to
refer to as a model writing example.
Writing:
Discuss and record ideas
Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of
their own and others’ writing and suggesting
improvements
15 mins
Ask children to share their diary entries with a partner,
showing them how they have met each item on the
checklist. Ask each child to think of three things they
really like about their partner’s piece and one thing that
would make it even better.
Teacher notes
Remind children to tick
items off the tick list as
they go, to ensure they
have met the learning
objectives.
Consider how to pair
children up in ways that
will benefit them when
providing useful
feedback to each other.
If there is time, children might like to read their diary
entries out to the rest of the class.
Writing:
Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of
their own and others’ writing and suggesting
improvements
20 mins
Allow pupils to reflect on their own piece of writing and
consider the feedback they received from their partner.
They should then edit their article and make
improvements to the content, grammar, vocabulary,
spelling and punctuation, as appropriate.
You might suggest
specific vocabulary for
pupils to include in their
work.
Pupils could use
dictionaries to check the
spelling of words.
The entries could be typed up on computers or laptops,
which would help pupils with the editing process, as they
can use spellcheck to make corrections.
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