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Recount Writing Features

Read the recount, then complete the activities. Look for clues about who, what, when and where, and notice how the events are organised.

A windy day at the beach

Last Saturday, Maia and her cousin Finn visited a beach near their home. They packed a picnic and arrived in the morning. First, they searched for shells along the shore. Next, a gust of wind lifted their picnic blanket, so they chased it across the sand. After that, they ate lunch behind a low sand dune. Before they left, Maia spotted a tiny crab beside a rock. They watched it scuttle into a pool. On the way home, they felt tired but pleased with their day.

Read like a recount detective

Use details from the recount to answer Questions 1–6.

1.What is the main purpose of this recount?

To explain how to make a picnic
To tell about an event that happened
To persuade people to visit the beach
To describe how crabs live

2.Find the orientation: who went, where they went and when. Write those details in a sentence.

3.Which event happened immediately after Maia and Finn searched for shells?

They ate lunch behind a dune.
They watched a crab.
The wind lifted their picnic blanket.
They packed their picnic.

4.Copy two time connectives or time phrases from the recount that help put events in order.

5.Find three verbs in the recount that show past actions. Write them down.

6.True or false? A recount usually tells real or imagined events in the order they happened.

TrueFalse

Build the writing toolkit

Use what you noticed to practise the parts and language of a recount.

7.Match each recount part with its job.

Orientation
Events
Conclusion

Retells what happened in order
Tells who, what, when and where
Finishes the recount with a final comment or feeling

8.Change these present-tense verbs into past tense: walk, see, play.

9.The sentence “The crab scuttled into a pool” is an event detail. Add one describing word to make the crab or the pool more vivid.

10.Write a two- or three-sentence recount about a real or imagined outing. Include an opening that tells who, what, when or where, at least two events in order, and a closing comment or feeling.