📚 Part 1: Planning Your Character

1. Choose your character from the Australian story world:

A young Aboriginal child exploring the Dreamtime

An animal from the story (kangaroo, eagle, echidna)

A Torres Strait Islander child by the ocean

Another character: ___________________

2. What is your character's name?

My character's name is: _____________________

3. Circle the descriptive words you might use in your diary entry:

red earth

golden eagle

warm wind

bright blue sky

tall gum trees

sparkling water

4. Where does your story take place?

Setting: _________________________________

✏️ Part 2: Writing Your Diary Entry

5. Write the date for your diary entry:

Date: _____ / _____ / _____

6. Write your diary entry below. Remember to include:

• Beginning: What happened first?
• Middle: What happened next?
• End: How did you feel?

Dear Diary,

From, _____________________

7. Draw a picture of the most important part of your diary entry:

8. What descriptive words did you use to help readers imagine your story world?

9. How do you think future historians will feel when they read your diary entry?