Friday, June 20, 2014

For Class IX and X: Diary Writing

Diary Writing

What is diary writing?
Diary writing is a personal way of writing something. The purpose of writing a diary is to record certain important events of the person who is writing the diary.

Why do people write diaries?
People write diaries for …
  • -         Expressing their point of view about a particular event or incidence
  • -         Expressing their own self

What is the format for diary writing?

Date: ______________
Day: _______________
Time: ______________

Dear Diary,
Topic
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your Name/ Writer’s name

Format of diary writing:
  • ·         Date
  • ·         Day
  • ·         Time
  • ·         Leave a line
  • ·         Salutation (Dear Diary)
  • ·         Heading of the diary entry
  • ·         Content of the diary
  • ·         Signature


Points to remember:
  • ·         Be creative, be imaginative and be expressive in the writing
  • ·         Write the incident as if you are actually the part of it
  • ·         Always write in the first person narration
  • ·         Daily activities are not to be mentioned in the diary; only significant activities are to be written
  • ·         It’s a secret record; so be honest to yourself


Sample 1: Diary writing

You are very excited as you are going for a school picnic with your classmates. Write a diary entry about your plan for the picnic. You are Ashok/Asin.

June 21, 2014
Saturday
11 PM

Dear Diary,
My class picnic
I am feeling very excited tonight. I am going on a picnic tomorrow with my classmates. Some of our teachers will also accompany us. We have been planning for this trip ever since our principal gave us permission a month ago. We are going to Nehru Park. It has a large ground where children can run around and play freely. I have packed some food items including potato chips and chewing gum. My mother has made a dozen sandwiches and a cake. My friends will also be bringing some food, and we shall all share and eat. I am also carrying my cricket bat with me. We plan to play a match.
I feel I just cannot go to sleep tonight. I keep imagining all the fun that we are going to have tomorrow. But my mother came into the room just now and warned me that if I do not go to sleep now, I might fall asleep at the picnic! As if that is ever going to happen! But maybe she’s right. So, good night!

Asin/Ashok

Sample 2:

You are Rowan studying in class IX. You went on a morning walk and saw a boy drowning in the water. You saved the boy. The crowd appreciated you. Write a diary entry for this incident.


June 30, 2014
Monday
1:30 PM

Dear Diary,
What a lucky day! I saved a boy from drowning.
Today in the morning I went for a walk. On the way, I saw a boy struggling in the water. On seeing this, I jumped in to the river and attempted to bring the boy to the shore. The boy’s struggle nearly dragged him down, but I managed to reach the bank with the boy. Finally, on reaching the bank, I revived the boy amidst great rejoicing of a big crowd.
Thank God!
This was a good morning.

Rowan


Questions for Practice
  • ·         You happen to meet your star idol on the festive occasion of Diwali and are feeling on top of the world. You cannot contain your joy and decide to inform all your friends, who, too, become excited on hearing the news. Write a diary entry about it.
  • ·         You have been pulled up by the principal of your school for showing an arrogant attitude towards your teacher. You are very upset and decide to write down what you are feeling. Make a diary entry as John.

25 comments:

  1. Topic bhi dalna Hai kya hamare school mto nhi dalwaya

    ReplyDelete
  2. It is good but do we have to write the diary entry in 1st form of verb

    ReplyDelete
  3. Amazing it will help me to learn how to write a good diary entry and also it will help me in my homework.

    ReplyDelete
  4. You strongly feel like becoming a professional sportsperson but your parents want you to concentrate on academics alone and forget all about sports. Write a diary entry describing what you feel about the issue.

    In your diary entry you should include:
    What sports you want to play professionally and why
    Why your parents are against it
    how you feel about the whole situation
    how will you make your parents understand

    ReplyDelete
  5. aditiya Gupta a, student of class 9th stood first in music competition. since it was his first ever achievement, he felt greatly pleased, satisfied and excited .he decided to write a diary page about this. write diary entry.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Why should we write on behalf of Aditiya Gupta??😏😏

      Delete
  6. A nicely prepared topic which is quite easy to follow.
    Prepare MCQs on it

    ReplyDelete
  7. it is mot for 9 or 10 its for 3or 4 class

    ReplyDelete
  8. This is a very good diary entry notes

    ReplyDelete

RETHINKING THE PURPOSE OF HOMEWORK

In education in India, homework has long been viewed as a staple, a marker of a student's engagement with academic material. Yet, the qu...