The Day I Was Erased Diary Entry Model Text Pack

Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the popular novel The Day I Was Erased, plus feature find worksheet, answers, differentiated planning templates and word bank.

This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 4 to 6 of Lisa Thompson’s hilarious novel. The diary entry, written from friend Charlie Geek’s perspective, recounts the day when he is hit in the nose by protagonist Maxwell Beckett.

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 Marcus, Mrs Allen, Mrs Lloyd, or one of Maxwell’s parents.

The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• date
• greeting with comma
• introductory paragraph
• thoughts
• feelings
• similes
• metaphors
• hyperbole
• repetition
• rhetorical questions
• brackets for extra information
• colons to introduce lists
• complex lists with semi-colons
• dash for emphasis
• pairs of dashes for emphasis
• expanded noun phrases
• fronted adverbials with commas
• possessive noun phrases
• relative clauses
• subordinate clauses

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