This fully resourced diary writing KS2 download contains a week’s worth of English activities. There are four lessons with full planning, a Powerpoint presentation for each day and a daily starter.

The resource was created for Year 4 but is easily adjustable for Years 5 and 6. This resource contains:

• Learning objectives
• PowerPoints for each lesson
• Diary entry check list
• Diary examples
• Teacher notes

Children will look at diary entries and identify key features. They will write first-person entries of their own, relating to your current history topic.

Learning objectives

• Identify the key features of a diary entry
• Discuss writing similar to what you’re planning to write, in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
• Draft and write in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot with consideration for the audience and purpose
• Write a diary entry or series of entries from the perspective of a fictional character, including key features

Diary entry examples KS2

This free resource pack contains the following diary writing KS2 extracts:

• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4
• The diary of a British mother, written during WWII
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
• The diary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1912)

Features of a diary KS2

• Introduction to set the scene
• Past tense
• Personal pronouns
• All the important events
• Personal opinion and feelings
• Cohesive paragraphs

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