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A hilarious and informative PowerPoint on how to write a diary entry, with references to famous diaries such as that from the novel by Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones’ Diary, Samuel Pepys, Anne Frank and Charles Darwin. Also includes a template for journal entries. Slides included: What is a diary? Why do people keep diaries? Key features of a diary Meet the diary legends Other famous diaries - explanations of diaries such as that of Charles Darwin, Marie Curie and Thomas Edison. Famous fictional diaries from books, such as Tom Riddle’s Diary in Harry Potter Two BBC clips explaining who Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank were Diary extracts from famous diaries and questions for pupils such as : What emotions do you think each writer was feeling when they wrote their entry? How does the tone differ between each diary? (Funny, historical, emotional?) Can you spot diary-writing features in each extract? Why do you think these diaries became famous?