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A fun example diary entry text for The Twits , writing feature find worksheet with answers, and differentiated planning and writing templates. This exemplar recount text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 6 and 7 of Roald Dahl’s popular novel.

The diary, written from Mrs Twit’s point of view, describes the day she made wormy spaghetti for Mr Twit.

The following resources are included:
• Example diary text
• Feature find sheet
• Answers
• Differentiated planning templates x4
• Differentiated writing templates x3

The diary text contains these language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Rule of three
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• First person
• Past tense
• Past perfect tense
• Exclamatory sentences
• Fronted adverbials followed by commas
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Commas in list
• Apostrophes for contraction & possession
• Brackets
• Dashes
• Hyphens

Pupils can read the example diary entry, identify the features and then write one of the following, including appropriate features in their writing:

• Their own version of Mrs Twit’s diary entry
• Mr Twit’s diary entry for the same day
• A diary entry for the next day without reading the subsequent chapters, using prediction
• A series of diary entries for the following days
• A diary entry for any other day from any character’s point of view, e.g. Mrs Twit, Mr Twit, one of the boys who was stuck to the tree, Muggle-Wump the monkey, the Roly-Poly bird.

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More Twits themed resources:
Example Text Pack BUNDLE
Character Profile BUNDLE
Character Profile Example Text Pack
Instructions Example Text Pack
Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
Dialogue Example Text Pack
Informal Letter Example Text Pack
FAST Character Analysis Activities Pack

Other resources:
Iron Man 7 Example Texts & Glossary BUNDLE
Stig of the Dump Example Texts BUNDLE
Stone Age Boy Example Texts BUNDLE

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A set of 6 *The Twits* themed example texts. Each model text includes a wide range of writing features for pupils to identify, plus feature find sheet with full answers, enabling children to make a close reading of the text before planning and writing their own versions using the planning and writing templates also provided. The following example texts are included in this bundle: • Character profile • Diary entry • Newspaper report • Informal letter • Instructions • Dialogue (differentiated dialogue-writing activities instead of planning and writing templates) If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email [helen-teach@outlook.com](mailto:helen-teach@outlook.com) with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ [The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-iron-man-literary-devices-differentiated-activities-12680334) ✦ [Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oranges-in-no-man-s-land-example-diary-text-with-feature-identification-and-answers-12683035) ✦ [Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/letter-to-an-ogre-example-persuasive-text-feature-identification-and-answers-12421170) ✦ [Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stone-age-boy-example-diary-text-with-feature-identification-and-answers-12642444) ✦ [How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-train-your-dragon-example-diary-text-with-feature-identification-and-templates-12657767) ✦ [Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/unicorn-persuasive-letter-example-feature-identification-and-answers-12425621) Visit [Helen-Teach's Shop](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Helen-Teach) for more resources.

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