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Writing the beginning of a school trip recount

English

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.

School trip: writing a recount 

Which of these are fronted adverbials of time?

Identify the adjective in this sentence: We travelled on a crowded bus.

What information should be included at the beginning of a recount?

Identify the joining word in this sentence: We ate lunch and we went back to school.

What should we do before writing a recount?

First we travelled there on a big crowded bus

first we travelled there on a big crowded bus.

First. we travelled there on a big. crowded bus.

First, we travelled there on a big, crowded bus.

Which sentence has the correct punctuation?

Which word best fits the gap in this sentence? A recount __________ events that have happened in the past.

Change the verb in this sentence so that it is in the past tense: I **walk** to the park.

Where does a fronted adverbial of time usually come in a sentence?

a naming word for people, places and things

Here is an expanded noun phrase: large, brown dog. Which word is the noun?

Tick the expanded noun phrase that has the comma in the correct place.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Writing the beginning of a school trip recount

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.