Features of a Diary Entry

What style of writing is a diary written in?

• Formal

• Informal

What person is a diary written in?

• First

• Second

• Third

Which tense should you use to write a diary entry?

• past

• past and present

• past, present and future

How should you order the events you write about? 

• Write about them in the order they happened            

• Write about the best things that happened first

• Write about them in the order you remember them – it doesn’t really matter!

How much detail should you include?

• Everything that happened needs to be in your diary entry

• You only need to include the parts the character enjoyed

• All the significant (important/main) events need to be included

Which of these should be included in a diary entry? Circle as many as you like.

• Thoughts

• Opinions

• Feelings