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Recount Writing Features

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Recount Writing Features

Student writing a recount story

📚 Part 1: Understanding Recounts

1. What is a recount?

A made-up story with magical creatures

A text that tells about things that have happened

A list of instructions to follow

A poem with rhyming words

2. What is the main purpose of writing a recount?

To tell others what happened in order

To give someone directions

To persuade people to buy something

To describe what something looks like

3. Which of these are key features of recounts? (Tick all that apply)

Past tense verbs (walked, played, visited)

Time connectives (first, then, next, finally)

Rhyming words

Events told in chronological order

Magic spells

4. The three main parts of a recount structure are:

Beginning, middle, end

Orientation, events, conclusion

Title, pictures, words

Characters, setting, problem

✏️ Part 2: Identifying Recount Features

5. Read this recount opening: "Last Saturday, my family and I went to Piha Beach. The sun was shining and we were excited for our day out."

This is an example of the _____________ because it tells us who, what, when and where.

6. Circle the time connectives in this sentence:

"First, we built a sandcastle. Then, we went swimming in the waves. After that, we had our lunch. Finally, we packed up and went home."

7. Change these present tense verbs to past tense for recount writing:

walk → _______________

play → _______________

eat → _______________

see → _______________

8. Write a conclusion sentence for a recount about visiting the zoo:

🌟 Part 3: Planning Your Recount

9. Think of a summer adventure or recent event you could write a recount about. Fill in the planning notes:

Who: ________________________________

What: ________________________________

When: ________________________________

Where: ________________________________

10. List three events that happened in order during your adventure:

First: ________________________________

Then: ________________________________

Finally: ________________________________

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