Year 4 Reading Lesson - Features of a Diary Entry

In this lesson (linked to the Geography topic on Earthquakes), children read an example of a diary entry and then identify key features in the text. The plan I used for the lesson is below:

L.O To analyse the features of a diary entry

Starter
Display a range of text types on the IWB and write some features on cards. Pick a card – which text type does that go with? How do you know?

Main
Display a diary entry example on IWB. Read it together, drawing attention to some key features as we read. Discuss how the writer has show their emotions and thoughts. Explore tense etc.

BA/SEN – have a copy of the diary entry in their books and a list of features which can all be found. Find the feature, stick it down and draw a line to show it in the text
A – as above but include features not present in the text. Chn stick these at the bottom afterwards
AA – as above but write why the author has included these things to show awareness of author’s intent

Included in this resource is:

• an example of a diary entry, written at a high level (could also be used in Year 5 or as revision in year 6)
• differentiated task as explained above - children label the entry with the relevant features