Goodnight Mister Tom Diary Entry Model Text Pack

Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.

This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 5 and 6 of Michelle Magorian’s historical World War Two novel. The diary entry, written from evacuee Zach’s perspective, recounts the day when he speaks to protagonist Willie for the very first time.

Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Contractions word bank

The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.

Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Willie, Tom Oakley or Dr Little.

The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• fronted adverbials with commas
• subordinate clauses
• dash and dashes for emphasis
• relative clauses
• thoughts/feelings
• colons to introduce lists
• complex lists with semi-colons
• similes
• brackets for extra information
• expanded noun phrases
• contractions
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• possessive noun phrases
• date
• greeting with comma
• introduction
• sign off

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