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Let’s learn to write
A. Revisit Maya’s diary entries and note the format and style of writing. Then, read
the checklist and tick the elements that match the diary entries you’ve just read.
includes day, date, year (in full) – top left
includes time of writing the diary – below date on the left or top right
written in first person – use of ‘I’, ‘my’ etc.
use of informal language and expression
B. Imagine yourself as Maya and create a diary entry of the first day at school
after the vacations. Include:
change in behaviour of schoolmates as compared to the very first day at school
your feelings
You may begin like this:
2 July 2025, day-
time-
Dear Diary
It was such a great day today! So different from …
Let’s do the activity
Complete the empathy map for Maya, based on what you have understood from
her diary entries. life skill empathy
Does Says
MAYA
Thinks Feels
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