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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Diary writing KS2 – Full week of work with PowerPoints
