1. Format/layout/introduction Use of specific details
Diary/journal entry
Format/layout/introduction
Use of specific details
Writing with emotion and imagery
‘Sounding out your thoughts’

2. A diary/journal entry should look like this:
Date (maybe time) always used.
Lots of adjectives
Mention feelings
Say what happened in order
Describe how it affected you
Sign it off
January 31st 1953 A night of horror and fear, in minutes the lights failed and the sea flooded our home several feet deep. Charles rescued important papers and possessions after we had carried the children upstairs to safety. I waded around in the muddy water for food, tins, bottles, clothes, kettle and hot water bottles - we got what we could, then joined the children upstairs, rubbed ourselves dry and removed wet clothes. I was able to fill one hot water bottle before the fire went out, so put the children all in one bed with it to keep warm - and a red Christmas tree candle on the mantlepiece - they soon all went to sleep. Through the bedroom window we could see the sea completely surrounding us and the poor neighbour's bungalows. The headlights of a car standing at the top of the lane showed waves and wreckage, Mr Fricker's garage down. We could do nothing for the old people, only hope they were up on their furniture, We stood at the top of the stairs until we knew that the tide had turned and the water level had started to go down. We then got into bed to keep warm, but the panic and cold went right through us. We were awake all night and out of bed to see Herb Horton with his tractor start the rescuing (later we knew he had found his father drowned and sent his mother to hospital. He then worked on all night.) We saw three people carried from Mr Fricker's, Mrs Clayton had died, Mrs Millward and Mr Frost also drowned. People with cars and tractors could get halfway down the lane; we decided to stay here. 
Sally

3. December 1st 2014 We are all feeling ……….. because ……………
Practise this one
Explain your thoughts
December 1st We are all feeling ……….. because ……………
Every day seems like ………………
Use feelings
Show what it has been like for you – confess the experience to the diary like it is a friend.

4. Make each of these a little paragraph.
You’re going to practise yours by doing a diary entry as an Everest climber. Include the same 3 bullet points as before
December 1st This challenge of climbing Everest is beginning to…….
The weather decided to…..
Breathing becomes…..
We are all feeling…..
The pain of …………….. is ………………………………
Even though we trained by ………………
(name)
Make each of these a little paragraph.
Find quotations, but DO NOT COPY THEM. Describe examples of what you see.