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Recount Writing Basics
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Recount Writing Basics
📚 Part 1: Quick Check
1. What is the main purpose of a recount?
To retell a real event or experience in order
To explain how to make something step-by-step
To describe an imaginary world
2. Which tense do we usually use in a recount?
Present tense
Past tense
Future tense
3. Check all the words that are time connectives (show sequence):
first
and
next
finally
4. Match each recount feature with the correct description. Draw a line to match.
1. Orientation
2. Events
3. Conclusion
A. How it ended or how people felt
B. Where, who and when are introduced
C. What happened, written in order
✏️ Part 2: Write and Create
5. Put these sentences in the correct order for a short recount. Write numbers 1–4 in the box (1 = first).
a. We ate our snacks and laughed.
b. Finally, we went home feeling tired but happy.
c. First, we met at the school gate and walked to the park.
d. Next, we played tag and fed the ducks.
6. Write a short orientation (two sentences). Tell who, where and when.
7. Change this sentence to past tense:
"I walk to the playground and I find a lost toy."
8. Quick draw and sentence (Exit task): Draw one event from something you did recently. Then write one sentence using a time connective (First / Next / Then / Finally) and past tense.
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