Writing a recount about a school trip
I can write a recount about a school trip.
Writing a recount about a school trip
I can write a recount about a school trip.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A recount is written in the past tense.
- A recount is written in chronological order and will use fronted adverbials of time.
- A recount is written in the first person.
Common misconception
Pupils make think that fronted adverbials of time can be used in any order.
Teach pupils that while some fronted adverbials of time are interchangable, there are still many others which must be carefully positioned within a piece of writing e.g. First, Finally.
Keywords
Past tense - tells the reader the action happened before now
First person - a point of view in writing or storytelling where the narrator or speaker refers to themselves using 'I'
Fronted adverbial of time - a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens
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