Imagine you are a Stone Age child living

Imagine you are a Stone Age child living in the Neolithic era. What would your senses be experiencing?

Dear Diary, Today has been gruelling. It started just before the crow sang its high-pitched morning verse and the sun had thrown its first rays on to the crops. Last night I couldn’t sleep because of my busy, frantic mind, imagining all of the terrible things that may happen if our crops do not produce well this year. I tossed and turned all night; the stone bed feeling more uncomfortable than normal. The stony floor emanated its coldness; our solid, stone stools becoming even heavier and the night air wrapping itself around me like an icy jacket. Maybe it’s because I’m becoming thinner – my bones are beginning to show through my fur clothes. Eyelids heavy and bones cold, I trudged up to check on the animals and give them their feed. The hogs and sheep looked like they had slept well. Still snoozing in the warm light of the morning sun, they lifted their heads as I approached, expecting. What effective writing techniques have been used here?

Write in first person Diary writing Colloquial (informal language) Personal tone

In your diary entry, we would like to see… Semi-colons for descriptive lists or joining two main clauses Fronted adverbials A wide range of year 6 punctuation A wide range of adjectives and high-level vocabulary Main clause; main clause OR Main clause: fragment; fragment and fragment. Slowly, the…. . In the distance, Much admired, my Grandpa… ! () … : ; Strenuous, difficult, frustrating,

Semi-colons The swooping eagle soared down to steal the crops; I frantically chased the bird-of-prey away. Within my community, I make sure the farm is kept clean: I herd the wild cattle; I give out all of the freshly-carved hand axes to the farmers and complete my daily training with our recently adopted animals. Main clause; main clause Main clause: descriptive fragment; descriptive fragment and descriptive fragment. Create your own semi-colon sentence that you could include in your diary entry.

Plan You now need to plan your diary entry and then write your diary entry. Here is your success criteria: Dear Diary, Include the date of when you are writing. Between 4000 and 2000 BC Writing in first person (You are the Stone Age child!) Past tense Events must be in chronological order (fronted adverbials help with this) Examples of semicolons for a descriptive list or to join two main clauses. High-quality vocabulary. Re-read writing after every 3 sentences to check for sense.