The Purpose is to retell events from Your Own Experience How to write excellent Recounts

Write in first person I Me We My Write in third person using words like She Her He His using words like Their Him Them They

I

Me

We

My

She

Her

He

His

Their

Him

Them

They

Write mainly in the past tense Add ‘ed’ to most words to make them past tense ed ed ed ed

Add ‘ed’ to most words to make them past tense

Mum Dad Sister Brother Teacher Friend Aunty Uncle Cousin Policeman Fireman Next door neighbour

Yesterday Last week Last night An hour ago Last year At 2.30 pm…

Home School Playground Supermarket Rainbows End The Town Centre The school field

Birthday Special day or event Wedding Holiday Christmas Easter Ceremonies

What was happening?

Write things in order that they happened Must be in sequence Must be chronological Must be in order

Must be in sequence

Must be chronological

Must be in order

What happened first? What happened next? What happened last? The bus arrived ten minutes late and we were starting to get worried that it wasn’t going to come at all! Eventually we arrived at Auckland Zoo and we all got organised into our teams… Finally we found the missing group and they were reunited with their team leader. It was decided…

What happened first?

What happened next?

What happened last?

Use connecting words and phrases A few minutes later Meanwhile Afterwards Then Next Finally After that First When Later The next day After

A few minutes later

Meanwhile

Afterwards

Then

Next

Finally

After that

First

When

Later

The next day

After

Use awesome adjectives to help create a picture The dog ran after me. The ferocious dog ran after me.

The dog ran after me. The ferocious dog ran after me. Pleasant Delicious Tender Lovely Gentle Special Sweet Cute Kind Fine Excellent Brilliant Outstanding Tremendous Okay Terrific Dazzling Marvellous Amazing Incredible Great Awful Terrible Dreadful Shocking Ghastly Horrific Unpleasant Poor Frightening Horrifying Horrible Great Wonderful Awesome Fantastic Brilliant Depressing Miserable Unhappy Dejected Gloomy

Whimpered Interrupted Sobbed Mumbled Squealed Asked Explained Objected Warned Continued Pleaded Screamed Whispered Shouted Yelled Roared Stammered Bellowed Exclaimed Laughed Answered Replied Told Teased Added Raved Gasped Yelled Demanded Responded Muttered Admitted Moaned warned

Whimpered

Interrupted

Sobbed

Mumbled

Squealed

Asked

Explained

Objected

Warned

Continued

Pleaded

Screamed

Whispered

Shouted

Yelled

Roared

Stammered

Bellowed

Exclaimed

Laughed

Answered

Replied

Told

Teased

Added

Raved

Gasped

Yelled

Demanded

Responded

Muttered

Admitted

Moaned

warned

Describe the various feelings of the person telling the story Scared Amazed Stunned Saddened Joyous Anger Hatred Love Anguish Confused Revengeful Intrigued Upset Empathetic Pity Remorseful

Scared

Amazed

Stunned

Saddened

Joyous

Anger

Hatred

Love

Anguish

Confused

Revengeful

Intrigued

Upset

Empathetic

Pity

Remorseful

The End State how things went at the end (how did it all end up, what was the conclusion Say how you felt about what happened Mention something that might happen later to resolve the situation or make it go on

State how things went at the end (how did it all end up, what was the conclusion

Say how you felt about what happened

Mention something that might happen later to resolve the situation or make it go on

What was the last thing that happened? How did it finish?

What was the last thing that happened?

How did it finish?

Self Assessment I have written in first person by using words like I, me, we, you, she, he, I have written in third person by using words like them, they, him, their, she, her, his I have written mainly in the past tense using words was, were, saw or words that end in ‘ed’ I have written an introduction that has told the reader ‘who, when, why and where” I have written all the events in order of time that they happened in I have used interesting adjectives to create a picture for the reader I have used strong verbs to describe what happened in the story like scream, plead, shout etc I have described the feelings of the person telling the story I have written a conclusion that says how the writer feels, how things went and have mentioned something that might happen later