In this collection, you have read a poem about what it is to be ‘me’, examined a website and read about what makes one successful, watched a short fi lm about a ‘new boy’, read a short story of historical fi ction and analysed a TV advert. You also explored numerous diary entries from fi ctitious and real-life characters and wrote a few diary entries of your own. Now you will redraft one of these diary entries.
My Collection of Texts Task
Edit and redraft one of your diary entries from this collection. In the process of editing and re-drafting your diary entry:
❍ refer to the format of a diary entry ❍ refer to the RAFT technique ❍ use the Proof-Reading Wheel.
I MUST ❍ Include a date at the start ❍ Write in the fi rst person ❍ Tell the story in chronological order
❍ Describe an important event and use adjectives to explain how I feel about it
I SHOULD ❍ Write mainly in the past tense ❍ Write using informal language
❍ Continue to include adjectives to describe thoughts, feelings, etc.
I COULD ❍ Address my diary directly or give my diary a name ❍ End with a refl ection