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recount text *retells events *in time of order (chronological)

write up of a trip or activity These texts are often recounts…. write up of a trip or activity newspaper report diary or journal letter biography recount non-fiction magazine article encyclopaedia entry

recount organisation events in time order what happened in the end? when? where? Conclusion Introduction why was it significant? who? neat last line what? When you have made your time-line skeleton, chop it into paragraphs.

recount language features *past tense *named people, places, things *first or third person *time connectives Next….. Then….. Meanwhile….. answer truth After a while…… Several weeks later… trust concern Within hours….. despair Soon afterwards…. reason Finally…. Look out also for conjunctions like when, while, as, after

Audience general reader with some interest in the subject Impersonal recounts Audience general reader with some interest in the subject *newspaper report *magazine article *non-fiction book *biography Purpose to inform and entertain

Audience known reader or self (or posterity) Personal recounts *letter *diary or journal *write-up of a trip or activity Audience known reader or self (or posterity) Purpose to record, reflect, entertain

Lively recount writing Lively recount writing *vary your -sentence length -sentence openings -sentence type (use occasional questions or exclamations) *try to link your last line back to the introduction Try using: *powerful verbs *quotations Watch out for these and other techniques in the recounts you read

When writing with a partner *Say each phrase or sentence aloud. *Improve if possible. REHEARSE WRITE One writes, one helps. RE-READ Read back to check it makes sense.

Alternative ‘skeleton’ note-taking frameworks *flow chart *comic strip *calendar grid *clock face *You could write events on post-its and stick in order……. or on cards on a washing line. Mon Tue Wed