Recount

Introduction
Recounts are a way of retelling an important event or describing an experience that you have had to others, such as a school trip or a funny story.

Video - Recount
=Writing a Recount = Purpose: Recounts can really help people to imagine what an experience was like, so use lots of descriptive words and phrases to make it seem like your reader is there with you. Paragraphs: Break up your recount into paragraphs. This makes it easier to add in all of the best bits and to put them into chronological order. Use time connectives to introduce each section. Style: Recounts are written in the 1st person, the past tense and in chronological order, using pronouns such as 'I' and 'we'. Try to help the reader to imagine how you felt by exaggerating your emotions and using amazing adjectives.

**Read through this activity and then try the recount game and quiz**. 


 * Watch this video presentation that sums up what you have learned. **


 * Download this PowerPoint to watch and remind you about the features of a recount. **


 * Now try these recount games where you have to put the paragraphs in the correct order. **

**Check out Writing Text in the Literacy Zone for interactive activitie**s.

__**Primary Resources **__
 * This site has many interesting activities and worksheets about recounts. **

__**The Features of a Recount **__ Mr Darkens shared an exemplar of how to find and show the features of a recount. We then worked with a buddy or small group to find the features in this paragraph.  We worked in small groups and then shared our finding with other groups. 

Time connective words - some useful words to show the sequence of events.