To learn to write English essays well, you must always practice writing. Keeping a diary is one of the effective ways to improve the ability of written expression. Diary is a record of daily life and a style.

First of all, the format of the diary

English diary usually consists of two parts: the end of the book and the text. Diaries often record what they see, hear, do and think in the first person. The format of Chinese and English diaries is roughly the same. The end of an English diary is dedicated to writing the date, week and weather of the diary. In the upper left corner is the date (year, month, day) and the week. Write down the weather conditions of the day in the upper right corner, such as sunny, sunny, rainy, windy, snowy and cloudy.

1, date expressions have many forms. When writing the year, month and day, it is generally in the order of month, day and year. Months can be abbreviated, and days and years are separated by commas. For example: 20031February 18 or 20031February 18.

A) September 1 day 2004 or September 1 day 2004 can also be omitted as separate. 1 day or separate. 1 day, 2004; September 2004 1 day (month cannot be abbreviated)

B) Only the month and the day.

September 1 or September 1st (month can be abbreviated)

C) year and month only

September 2004 or September 2004 (month cannot be abbreviated)

1 or 1st above should be read as the first.

2. The week can also be omitted, which can be placed before the date or after the date. There is no punctuation between the week and the date, but it should be blank, and the week can also be abbreviated. For example:

Saturday, October 22nd, 2004/KLOC-0; 20041Saturday, 22 October

3. Weather is indispensable. Weather is generally expressed by an adjective, such as sunny, sunny, rainy and snowy days. Write it after the date, separated by commas, and in the upper right corner of the diary. For example:

Saturday, March 4, 2004, windy; 1 2004 1 month 1 day, fined.

Second, the requirements of the diary

The text of the diary is the main part of the diary, written directly under the week and date. You can write it in the top box or indent it by 3 to 5 letters. Because the recorded content has usually happened, the predicate verbs mostly use the simple past tense. But other tenses can also be used according to the specific situation. For example, when describing the weather and scenery, you can use the present tense to express the scene at that time so as to describe it vividly. For example, use the present tense or future tense to express your feelings or comments after the article. Keep a diary simple and coherent. If there is a text prompt, pay attention to the prompt and grasp the main points. Try to use simple sentences in sentence patterns to prevent complexity and grammatical and sentence pattern errors.

Third, the types and training of diaries

Diary can be divided into taking notes, discussing, describing and expressing feelings. I suggest that in the process of learning to keep a diary, you can follow the following steps:

(1) Write down the main events and processes of the day in turn, without attaching any emotional color, which is the simplest way to keep a diary;

Read other people's diaries and use the sentence patterns you have learned to express what you have observed or felt all day.

Model essays and comments

March 2003 12, Tuesday, Sunday (sunny)

Today is Arbor Day. At 7: 30 in the morning, all the students in our class gather at the school gate. We walk to the park. Miss Gao and other teachers are going to work with us. All the students worked very hard. We planted about 200 trees. Although we are dirty and tired, we still feel very happy.

This is a narrative diary. The structure is rigorous, the center is prominent, and the experiences (people or things) of the day are recorded selectively, and analyzed and commented.