a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens

Writing the beginning of a school trip recount

English

What is a recount?

Using question prompts to plan a recount

Sequencing events in a 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

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.

Starter Quiz

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