This document provides information about the features and structure of a recount text. A recount text recounts an event or experience in the past using a chronological sequence. It typically includes an orientation about the topic, a sequence of events in time order using words like first, then, and finally, and sometimes a re-orientation with the author's opinions or reflections. Recounts use past tense verbs and temporal language to retell what happened.

2. Tells about something that happened in the
past

3.  Biographies and autobiographies
 Newspapers or the television news
 Letters and postcards
 Diaries

4.  Orientation
~> introduces the topic or event
 Sequence of events
~> the recount is told in chronological order
(first, second, then, next, finally, etc)
 Re-orientation
~> the writes can give personal opinion about
the topic or event

5.  Using the past form like Simple Past Tense
and Past Continuous Tense
 Uses the sequence of event like: first,
second, next, etc.

6. Dear Grandpa and Grandma,
Yesterday at my school we had an International
Day. We had performances, food stalls, displays,
raffle ticket draw, and some of us were dressed in
costumes.
We started our day off with performances but
the one I liked best was the one from fourth grade.
We played games. The performance I was in was
Labamba.
Straight after our performances we had our
lunch. There were food stalls. They came from
Australia, Asia, Arab, and Greece.
There was also a Trash and Treasure stall where
they sold toys. The school got these things by asking
the children to bring them in.
Although I didn’t win anything, International
Day was still fun