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Recount Writing Features

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Recount Writing Features

Student writing a recount story

📚 Part 1: Identifying Recount Features

1. What is the main purpose of a recount?

To tell someone what to do

To retell events that happened

To describe a place

To give an opinion

2. Which of these are key features of a recount? (Tick all that apply)

Title

Orientation (who, what, where, when)

Rhyming words

Sequence of events

Personal comment or conclusion

3. Recounts are usually written in which tense?

Present tense (I walk, I eat)

Past tense (I walked, I ate)

Future tense (I will walk, I will eat)

4. Which time connectives help sequence events in a recount? (Tick all that apply)

First

Maybe

Next

Then

Finally

✏️ Part 2: Language Features

5. Change these present tense verbs to past tense:

a) I go to the beach → I _____________ to the beach

b) We play rugby → We _____________ rugby

c) She eat breakfast → She _____________ breakfast

d) They watch a movie → They _____________ a movie

6. Complete these sentences using time connectives from the word bank:

Word Bank: First, Next, Then, Finally

a) _____________, I woke up early on Saturday morning.

b) _____________, I had breakfast with my family.

c) _____________, we drove to the cultural festival.

d) _____________, we came home tired but happy.

7. Write a good orientation sentence for a recount about a school trip. Include WHO, WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN:

🌟 Part 3: Planning Your Recount

8. Think of a special event you experienced recently (like a family celebration, sports day, or cultural event). Plan your recount by filling in the boxes below:

Title: _________________________________

Orientation (Who was there? What happened? Where? When?):

Event 1: What happened first?

Event 2: What happened next?

Event 3: What happened then?

Conclusion: How did you feel? What did you think about the experience?

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