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Recount Writing Basics

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Recount Writing Basics

Students writing in notebooks

📖 Part 1: Understanding Recounts

1. What is a recount? Choose the best answer:

A story about made-up characters

A text that tells about something that really happened

A list of instructions

2. Which of these are good topics for a recount? Tick all that apply:

My birthday party

A fairy tale about dragons

Our school sports day

My weekend at the beach

3. Recounts are usually written in which tense?

Future tense (will happen)

Past tense (already happened)

Present tense (happening now)

4. Fill in the blanks with time connective words:

First, I got dressed. _________, I ate breakfast. _________ that, I went to school.

Word bank: Then, After, Next, Finally

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Recount

5. Choose a real event from your life to write about. Write it here:
6. Complete this planning chart for your recount:

When and where did it happen?

What happened first?

What happened next?

What happened last?

How did you feel?

🌟 Part 3: Writing Practice

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

• Use past tense words (went, saw, played, ate)

• Use time connectives (First, Then, After, Finally)

• Write complete sentences

• Tell events in the right order

8. Check your writing! Tick when you have checked each one:

I used past tense words

I used time connective words

My sentences make sense

I told events in order

I used capital letters and full stops

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