📖 Part 1: Understanding Recount Structure

Read this short holiday recount and answer the questions below:

Last summer, my family and I visited Rotorua. The smell of sulphur filled the air like rotten eggs, but I was excited to see the bubbling mud pools. First, we walked through Te Puia and watched the geysers shoot water high into the sky. The ground felt warm beneath my feet, as if the earth was breathing. Then, we visited the Maori cultural centre where we learned traditional dances. Finally, we enjoyed a hangi feast that tasted like smoky heaven. It was a day I'll never forget.

a) _________________ b) _________________ c) _________________

🎨 Part 2: Figurative Language Practice

Simile about your holiday: _________________________________________________

Metaphor about weather: _________________________________________________

Personification about nature: _________________________________________________

👁️ Part 3: Sensory Language Activity

Think of a special holiday moment. Write descriptive sentences using each of the five senses:

🗺️ Part 4: Planning Your Holiday Recount

Use this graphic organiser to plan your holiday moment:

First: _________________________________________________________________

Then: _________________________________________________________________

Next: _________________________________________________________________

Finally: _________________________________________________________________

✍️ Part 5: Writing Your Recount

Use these sentence starters to help you begin each paragraph. Include similes, metaphors, and sensory details!

Choose one starter:

• Last _______, my _______ and I _______...

• The day was as _______ as _______ when we _______...

• I'll never forget the time when _______...

Choose one starter:

• First, we _______. The _______ was like _______...

• As soon as we arrived, _______...

• The most exciting part was when _______...

Choose one starter:

• Finally, _______. I felt as _______ as _______...

• Looking back, that day was _______...

• Even now, I can still remember _______...

🌟 Part 6: Extension Challenge

For advanced writers: Add another paragraph with complex sentences and multiple figurative language features.

✓ At least one complex sentence (with 'because', 'although', 'while', 'since')

✓ Two different types of figurative language

✓ Sensory details from at least three senses