Hi everyone!
I am sure teachers up and down the country will be asking children all about their summer holidays this day next week! So here is a little post on recount writing.
Recount writing is one of my favourite writing genres. There is no way I could go through all the steps in teaching a recount in one blog post, the PDST website has everything you need on that front. I will however give a brief overview of points to go over if you are doing a recount in the first week of school.
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Introduction:
Who did the activity?
What did they do?
Where did this take place?
When did it take place?
Why did this happen?
Development:
Write in sequential steps
Write in paragraphs
Write in chronological order
Extend on explaining the event which took place
Sequential Words:
Use sequential words such as :
First, next, after, then, meanwhile, eventually, later, finally.
Conclusion:
Sum up what happened
Say what you enjoyed
Say what you learned