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Model diary entry from the point of view of a character from the novel Cosmic, plus feature find worksheet, answers, and differentiated planning templates.

This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 10 and 11 of Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s novel. The diary entry, written from Florida’s perspective, recounts the day that Liam and Florida go to China.

Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answers
• Differentiated planning sheets x3

The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.

Pupils read the example diary entry, use the WAGOLL to complete the feature find worksheet, and then plan and write their own diary entry based on the WAGOLL, from a different point in the narrative or from the point of view of a different character, such as Liam or one of Liam’s parents.

The following language, grammar and punctuation features can be found in the exemplar diary text:
• Adverbs for degree of possibility
• Alliterations
• Contractions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Feelings
• Fronted adverbials
• Modal verbs
• Omitted relative clauses
• Parenthesis using brackets
• Parenthesis using dashes
• Parenthesis using commas
• Relative clauses
• Repetition for effect
• Rule of three
• Similes
• Subordinate clauses
• Colons
• Semi-colons

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