Diary Checklist

Features Where is your evidence?

Is it written in the first

person?

Is it mainly in the past

tense?

Is your writing informal and

chatty?

Are there dates at the start

of each entry?

Is it written in chronological
order?

Are there any time

connectives and time words?

Have you written in clear

paragraphs?

Have you described events in

detail?

Have you used emotive

language?

Will your writing keep the

reader interested?

Have you got a variety of

VCOP?

Is there a variety of
sentence structure?

Have you met your personal

target?