The Diary Writing Pack

Download an entire toolkit to transform diary writing in your classroom, packed with a comprehensive guide, example diaries, quizzes, vocabulary resources, templates, activities, displays, and more. This time‑saving pack gives your pupils everything they need to write confidently, creatively, and independently.

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In this Teaching Pack…

• One 8-Page Diary Writing Guide – Learn about diary writing with this comprehensive guide, covering the features and layouts of diaries, as well as the importance of diaries to historians.
• Two Diary Writing Reference Mats – A handy mat for children to refer to when writing diaries.
• Four Pages of Vocabulary Labels – Use these labels on a classroom display or as a discussion prompt during your diary writing lessons.
• One Diary Writing Glossary – A list of words (and their definitions) linked to this topic.
• Two Sets of Diary Words and Phrases – Collections of words and phrases that might be useful in your children’s diary entries.
• One Diary Writing Checklist – A checklist to help your children when writing their diaries.
• Two Quizzes – What do your children know about diaries? Test their knowledge with these quizzes!
• Sixty Diary Writing Ideas – A list of ideas for diary entries printed on cards. Shuffle them up and choose one as the starting point for your writing. This is also available as a printable list.
• One Diary Generator – Roll a die and write a diary entry about the chosen suggestions!
• Twelve Diary Writing Templates – A collection of printable templates on which to write your diary entries!
• One ‘Formal or Informal?’ Task – Are you most likely to find these phrases and sentences in formal or informal texts?
• One ‘Past or Present?’ Activity – Are these phrases and sentences written in the past or present tense?
• Eight Example Diaries – A diary entry to read and analyse with your children.
• Six Diary Writing Banners – A banner to display in your classroom when your class are learning about diary writing.
• One Set of Bunting – Hang this bunting in your room during your diary topic!

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