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What is a Recount
A recount tells about something that
happened in the past.
Recounts
Recounts are given in the order that
they happened
They include:
Who
What
Where
When
Why
Examples
List a few types of recounts:
Biographies
Newspapers
Letters
Conversations
Parts of a Recount
Orientation
Who was involved
What happened
Where the event took place
When when or how did it happen
Parts of a Recount
Events
In order of how and when they happened
Use past tense (had, ate, went)
FIRST PERSON (I, we if you were involved
THIRD PERSON (if you were not involved)
**Use transition words like, First, then, finally
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Parts of a Recount
Re Orientation
Briefly summarize what happened
Recount or Not a
Recount?
Percy stepped through the magic
doorway. As the orange light
flowed over his body, he felt
himself being transported to
Calbora, the distant planet he had
come to know so well.
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Recount?
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Recount or Not a
Recount?
Winter arrives in Antarctica in
March. The continent is in the
Southern Hemisphere and has
seasons that are opposite those in
the north. Emperor penguins are
the largest of the 17 species, or
kinds, of penguins, and they spend
their entire lives on Antarctic ice
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Structure of a Recount
INTRODUCTION 1 paragraph
MAIN TEXT at least 2 paragraphs
CONCLUSION 1 paragraph
Structure of a Recount
INTRODUCTION
This paragraph INTRODUCES the
recount.
It should be concise (short and
clear).
What?
Who?
Where?
Introduction
5 Ws
When?
Why?
RECOUNTS
Write an introduction
paragraph about your day out /
holiday using the 5 Ws you
listed last lesson.
Read another persons work.
Underneath the work, write a
comment saying what you thought
was good.
Introduction = 5 Ws