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Interview and Recount Writing

Read the interview with Maia. Then use her answers to plan and write a recount in her voice. Put the events in order, use time connectives and include how she felt.

Read the interview

Interviewer: Maia, tell me about something exciting that happened recently. Maia: Last Saturday, I helped my uncle at the community garden. We were getting ready for the spring open day. Interviewer: What happened first? Maia: First, we pulled weeds from the carrot beds. Then I noticed a small kererū sitting on the fence. It had a shiny green-and-purple neck. Interviewer: What happened next? Maia: I quietly called my uncle over. We watched from a distance so we would not frighten it. After a little while, it flew down to drink from the bird bath. Interviewer: How did you feel? Maia: I felt surprised and excited. I wanted to take a photo, but I stayed still and enjoyed watching it. Interviewer: What happened at the end? Maia: Finally, the kererū flew into a tall tree. We finished the garden jobs and told the other helpers what we had seen. It was a lovely morning.

Understand and plan

Use details from Maia’s interview in your answers.

1.Where and when did Maia’s experience happen?

2.Which event happened first? Choose the best answer.

Maia told the other helpers about the kererū.
Maia pulled weeds from the carrot beds.
The kererū flew into a tree.
Maia saw the kererū drink from the bird bath.

3.Why did Maia and her uncle watch the kererū from a distance?

4.How did Maia feel when she saw the bird? Include two feeling words from the interview.

5.Put these events in the order they happened by writing 1, 2, 3 and 4 beside them: ___ The kererū drank from the bird bath. ___ Maia and her uncle pulled weeds. ___ The kererū flew into a tree. ___ Maia quietly called her uncle over.

6.Maia stayed still instead of taking a photo. Write one interview question you could ask to find out more about that choice.

Write Maia’s recount

Write as if you are Maia. Give your recount a title. Use first person (I, my), include the events in order, add time connectives such as first, then, after a little while and finally, and describe how you felt.

7.Write a recount of Maia’s Saturday at the community garden. Include where and when it happened, what she did, what she saw, and how she felt. Give it a title.

8.Re-read your recount. Tick each feature you included: a title; first-person words such as I or my; events in the correct order; at least two time connectives; a detail about Maia’s feelings.