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Recount Writing Planner

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Recount Writing Planner

Student writing in a journal

📝 Part 1: Planning Your Recount

1. Choose a recent event or experience to write about (e.g., a weekend activity, school trip, family outing):
2. Orientation: Write who was there, what happened, when and where it took place:
3. Sequence of Events: List 3-4 main events in the order they happened:

Event 1: ________________________________________________

Event 2: ________________________________________________

Event 3: ________________________________________________

Event 4: ________________________________________________

4. Conclusion: How did the experience end? How did you feel?

🔧 Part 2: Word Bank Helper

5. Circle the time connectives you will use in your recount:

First

Next

Then

After that

Later

Finally

6. Tick the past tense verbs that match your experience:

went

played

saw

did

walked

enjoyed

laughed

ate

✍️ Part 3: Write Your Recount

7. Now write your complete recount using your plan above. Remember to:

• Start with your orientation (who, what, when, where)

• Use time connectives to show the order of events

• Write in past tense

• End with a conclusion

8. Read your recount again. Did you remember to use past tense verbs and time connectives?

Yes, I used both

I need to add more time connectives

I need to check my past tense verbs

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