DIARY

ENTRY
Diary entry is a personal
expression of one’s thoughts
and feelings about a
situation,event or person.
Diary writing is a very personal form
of writing your emotions.
It is the best way to express thoughts and
feelings without actually discussing them with
anyone.
Famous personalities who wrote diaries
★ Marco Polo
★ Leonardo da Vinci
★ Albert Einstein
★ Anne Frank
★ Mark Twain
★ Charles Darwin
★ Thomas Edison
★ Marie Curie
Guidelines for Diary entry

❖ Always mention the date, day on the left corner.

❖ It is always written in the first person, past tense is used.
❖ Word limit is 100-120 words.
❖ The matter must be penned in an informal, creative and precise way.
❖ The diary entry must contain expressions , experiences, hopes, fears,
joys,sorrows etc.
❖ The diary entry must be made to look like it’s real and natural by
making it experiential i.e. you should write it as if you really have been
a part of the situation and what you are writing is your own experience,
your point of view.
Format
Day

Date

Dear Diary
_______________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________Content____________________________________

Sign off (First name only)

 Solved Example

You are Jaivardhan. You visited an old age home

and were moved by the loneliness of the people
there. Write a diary entry in not more than 150
words describing your feelings about the same.
Friday
28 April 2021

Dear Diary

Grandpa often visits The Delhi Cheshire home – a home for the senior citizens who have
been disowned by their family members. I had gone to my parent’s house to spend a
week when grandpa offered to take me to The Delhi Cheshire Home. Since I was getting
bored, I readily agreed but little did I know at that time that this visit would change my
perspective towards life forever.
On reaching the home, my grandfather introduced me to the administrative staff and
then I was led by him to meet the inmates residing there. While some of them were
physically capable there were a few who looked very weak and needed help.
Of course, all of them were lonely. I sat there for two hours chatting with them and
discovered that their children had disowned them after taking their property, cash and
valuables.
This made me realise how some of us become so selfish in our pursuit to be wealthy
that we forget our basic human values. Some of the inmates of the home were retired
teachers so I suggested to them to start classes for the poor children of the area.
In fact my grandfather spoke to the administrator and he has agreed to give us a
room to conduct them.
After having lunch with all the senior citizens and promising them to return the
next Saturday, I left Cheshire home with a deep desire in my heart to make a
positive difference to the lives of my new friends.

Jaivardhan
 Questions for practice

Q.1) You are Anuj/Anuradha. You have just come

back from your native village and you decide to
pen down your memories of the same. Write a
diary entry in not more than 100-120 words
describing your experience.
Q2 It was the happiest day of your life when your
class teacher informed you that you have been
selected as the ‘Best sportsman of the year’. You
are thrilled as now you will receive the award at
the Annual Day Celebrations. Write a diary entry
recording your feelings about the same.
Q3 Your school recently started with the online
virtual classes. Write a diary entry in not more than
125-150 words describing your experience.You are
Riya/Rohan.