Dear Diary...
Your task is to write two diary entries as a soldier at Gallipoli in 1915.
Your target audience is only yourself, so your writing will be quite different to what you might include in a letter home to your family. In a diary entry you are free to express your full emotions and feelings about the war.
Your two entries are to be.
1. After battle. Choose one of the campaigns Australian soldiers were involved in. Research the campaign and write a diary entry from the perspective of a soldier in the campaign. Describe what you did and your feelings about the experience.
2. An entry about the daily life of a solider. Remember for nine out of ten days at Gallipoli soldiers did not see active action. Describe what you did during the day, what you ate, how the day was filled, where you slept and how you handle the physical conditions of Gallipoli.
Remember in your diary entries.
· You can be as open and honest about your feelings and thoughts.
· Use the five senses – describe what you see, hear, smell, taste and feel.
· You must be historically accurate, despite this being a creative writing piece.
· You are to include one quote in each diary entry from the personal accounts section of this application. This quote then becomes part of your diary entry. You can take on the persona of the person you are quoting, or alternatively quote them as a fellow ANZAC you know, then comment on what they have said.
· Each diary entry is to be at least 200 words in length.
Your target audience is only yourself, so your writing will be quite different to what you might include in a letter home to your family. In a diary entry you are free to express your full emotions and feelings about the war.
Your two entries are to be.
1. After battle. Choose one of the campaigns Australian soldiers were involved in. Research the campaign and write a diary entry from the perspective of a soldier in the campaign. Describe what you did and your feelings about the experience.
2. An entry about the daily life of a solider. Remember for nine out of ten days at Gallipoli soldiers did not see active action. Describe what you did during the day, what you ate, how the day was filled, where you slept and how you handle the physical conditions of Gallipoli.
Remember in your diary entries.
· You can be as open and honest about your feelings and thoughts.
· Use the five senses – describe what you see, hear, smell, taste and feel.
· You must be historically accurate, despite this being a creative writing piece.
· You are to include one quote in each diary entry from the personal accounts section of this application. This quote then becomes part of your diary entry. You can take on the persona of the person you are quoting, or alternatively quote them as a fellow ANZAC you know, then comment on what they have said.
· Each diary entry is to be at least 200 words in length.