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Recount Writing Introduction

Read the recount about a community garden day. Then explore how recounts are organised and write a short recount of your own.

Read the recount

A Morning in the Community Garden Last Saturday morning, my cousin Hugo and I joined a working bee at the community garden near our home. We wanted to help get the garden ready for spring. First, we pulled weeds from the carrot beds and put them in the compost bin. Next, we loosened the soil and planted rows of lettuce seedlings. The gardener showed us how to water each plant gently. After that, Hugo spotted a tiny worm under a leaf, so we carefully moved it to a shady patch. At lunchtime, everyone shared sandwiches and apples at a picnic table. We were muddy and tired, but proud of what we had done. I hope to visit the garden again soon.

Understand the recount

1.Choose the best description of a recount.

A set of steps explaining how to do something
A retelling of a real event or experience
A made-up story about an imaginary character

2.In the recount, who took part, when did it happen, and where did it happen? Use details from the first paragraph.

3.Choose the reason given in the recount.

The garden needed to be ready for spring
The group wanted to build a picnic table
Hugo wanted to find a worm

4.Match the three parts of this recount—orientation, events, and conclusion—to their jobs. Use each job once.

Orientation
Events
Conclusion

Finishes the recount with a final feeling, comment, or thought
Tells who was involved, when it happened, and where it happened
Retells what happened, usually in time order

5.Number these events from 1 to 4 in the order they happened in the garden recount: shared lunch; planted lettuce seedlings; moved a worm to a shady patch; pulled weeds from the carrot beds.

6.Write down two time connectives from the recount that help show the order of events.

7.Recounts usually use the past tense because they tell about events that have already happened. Which word from the recount is in the past tense?

plant
planted
planting

8.Complete the sentence with a past-tense verb that fits the recount: “At lunchtime, everyone sandwiches and apples.”

Plan and write

A recount tells about a real experience. Choose something you have really done, such as helping at home, going on a walk, or taking part in a game.

9.Write about a real experience. Include an orientation that tells who, when, and where; at least three events in time order; and a conclusion with a final thought or feeling. Use past-tense verbs and time connectives such as “First”, “Next”, or “Finally”.