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Recount Writing Features

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Recount Writing Features

Student writing a recount

📚 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 person or place

To persuade someone to agree

2. Which features must be included in a recount? (Tick all that apply)

Title

Orientation (who, what, where, when)

Rhyming words

Sequence of events

Personal comment or conclusion

Instructions

3. What verb tense should you use when writing a recount?

Present tense (I walk, I eat)

Past tense (I walked, I ate)

Future tense (I will walk, I will eat)

4. Circle the time connectives that help sequence events in a recount:

first     because     next     maybe     then     finally     after that

✏️ 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 eats lunch → She _____________ lunch

d) They have fun → They _____________ fun

6. Put these events in the correct order using time connectives. Write 1, 2, 3, 4:

_____ Finally, we went home tired but happy.

_____ First, we packed our bags with food and drinks.

_____ Then, we played volleyball on the sand.

_____ Next, we arrived at the beach and set up our spot.

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

🌟 Part 3: Writing Practice

8. Write the first paragraph of a recount about your weekend. Include:

• A title

• An orientation sentence

• At least two events using past tense and time connectives

Title: _________________________________

9. Check your recount using this checklist:

I used past tense verbs

I included time connectives

My orientation tells who, what, where, when

My events are in the right order

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