Sequencing events in a recount

English

What is a recount?

Using question prompts to plan a recount

Writing the beginning of a school trip recount

Writing the middle and end of a school trip recount

In this unit, pupils added descriptions to describe their personal feelings, the journey and the activities from a school trip. In 'Ada Twist Scientist', pupils will build on this by writing a detailed character description of themselves.

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils wrote a fictional narrative with a beginning, middle and end. In this unit, pupils will write a non-fiction recount in chronological order, building on their sequencing skills and writing to a structure.

In this unit, pupils will write a recount from a personal experience. This is an opportunity to apply all grammatical and sentence building covered over the year to a real life context. This unit is designed for the Summer term of Y1 and should be used around the time of a school trip.

School trip: writing a recount

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: '__________ means the order in which events happened.'

tells the reader where something happened.

tells the reader when something happened.

Which of these are fronted adverbials of time?

Which fronted adverbial is often used at the end of a recount?

What can help us to remember the events of a trip before writing?

Which word is the **adjective** in the following sentence: 'We travelled on the crowded bus.'

Match the words in the following sentence to their word class: 'We arrived at the beautiful park.'

Which word completes the following sentence so that it is in the **past tense**? 'I __________ lunch.'

We went. on an exciting trip to the park.

Starter Quiz

Which word is the adjective in the following sentence: 'We travelled on the crowded bus.'