📚 Part 1: Understanding Historical Recounts

1. What is a historical recount?

A made-up story about the past

A true story about events that happened in the past

A story about the future

2. Which tense should we use when writing a historical recount?

Present tense (happens, goes, sees)

Past tense (happened, went, saw)

Future tense (will happen, will go, will see)

3. Historical recounts should be written in:

First person (I, me, we)

Third person (he, she, they)

Second person (you)

4. What are the three main parts of a historical recount? (Check all that apply)

Orientation (who, what, when, where)

Sequence of events (what happened in order)

Conclusion (how it ended or why it was important)

A moral lesson

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Historical Recount

5. Choose a historical event to write about. Circle your choice:

The First Fleet arriving in Australia OR Captain Cook's voyage to Australia

6. Complete the planning boxes for your chosen historical event:

ORIENTATION: Who was involved? When did it happen? Where did it happen?

EVENTS: What happened first, second, third? (Write in order)

First: ________________________________

Second: ______________________________

Third: _______________________________

CONCLUSION: How did it end? Why was it important?

📝 Part 3: Writing Your Historical Recount

7. Use your plan from Part 2 to write a historical recount. Remember to:

• Use past tense verbs (sailed, arrived, landed)

• Use third person (they, the sailors, Captain Cook)

• Follow the structure: orientation, events, conclusion

Sentence starters to help you:

In 1788, the First Fleet... OR Captain Cook sailed...

The ships travelled...

When they arrived...

This event was important because...

_________________________________________________

8. Check your work! Tick the boxes when you find these in your recount:

Past tense verbs (happened, sailed, arrived)

Third person (they, he, she, the people)

Clear orientation (who, what, when, where)

Events in chronological order

A conclusion

Historical Recount Writing

Historical Recount Writing

📚 Part 1: Understanding Historical Recounts

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Historical Recount

📝 Part 3: Writing Your Historical Recount

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