Spelling Journals Play with your words!! Write them in lower case WRITE THEM IN UPPER CASE Write them in colour

Contractions The word contract means to squeeze together and make smaller. A contraction is a word made of two words that are put together and then made shorter For example: can + not = can't and are + not = aren't The ' (apostrophe) takes the place of letters that are taken out of the word. In the contraction can't, the ' takes the place of the letters n and o. See: can not = can't This book is so good I can't stop reading it!

She'll She will He will We will He'll We'll They'll They will It will It’ll You will You’ll Haven’t Have not Has not Hasn’t Had not Hadn’t Are not Aren’t Do not Don’t Does not Doesn’t Were not Weren’t Was not Wasn’t Could not Couldn’t Would not Wouldn’t

Learning Objective: Can I write a story with 2 narrators? Success criteria: To develop spelling skills To develop understanding of writing from different narrative viewpoints To develop speaking and listening skills To develop methods of writing a plan To develop diary writing skills To develop peer marking skills To improve knowledge of contractions and connectives To improve sentence structure To increase ability to create interesting characters To set and write a personal target

When 2 people see the same thing happening at the same time they will not necessarily have the same view? Depending on what kind of person they are - their character, eg kind, brave, enthusiastic, shy etc, their thoughts and feelings about what they saw would be different.. We call this seeing things from a different perspective.

Jim: As I walked into the old house I felt sick. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end. I looked around at the state of the house, it was a mess. I couldn’t wait to get out. James: I had butterflies in my tummy, it was so exciting. Visiting my uncles house was something I couldn’t wait to experience. Everything was interesting, what a great adventure!

Planning Planning gives you time to prepare your writing and think about the content. Your planning should show: Who is going to be in your writing – characters. What are their names, what do they look like, what are they like – personalities, any habits, likes or dislikes etc. Where it is going to take place – setting, Describe the location or building or room. What is going to happen – plot. Your writing needs a beginning, middle and end, the reader needs to know what is happening in each part of the story. You might also want to make a list of some good adjectives or metaphors that you will use in your writing.

Features of Diary Writing Written in the first person - I went to the shops (not he went to the shops) Refers to events that have happened Refers to people in their life Emotions - diaries tell how people feel about what is happening and has happened. Secrets - A diary is often a place where the writer can write down his or her thoughts and secrets in confidence.