An example diary entry text for The Boy at the Back of the Class written from the point of view of Ahmet, the new boy at school, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s refugee novel The Boy at the Back of the Class.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
The diary text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Show not tell emotions
• Rhetorical questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Noun phrases
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Colons
• Semi-colons
• Brackets
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry.
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Other The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources:
✦ Example Text Bundle
✦ Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack
✦ Differentiated Apostrophe Activities
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