Personal Recount

What are recounts?

• Writing that retells an experience or an event that happened in the past.

• Writing that requires the student to investigate a topic and give an opinion

• Writing that describes something—object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation,

• Writing on something, which can be either argued for the topic or against the topic.

Which two statements are true in the following?

• Recounts are usually about unfamiliar events

• Recounts are written as a series of events one after the other in the order in which they occurred.

• When we tell a recount, we are telling our listeners and readers that we share with them the same kind of predictable journey through life.

• Sometimes recounts also include unexpected events or even setbacks, but these events become a crisis for the people experiencing them.

Which statement is false?

• Recounts reveal the significance of the people and events by sharing our personal feelings about them.

• Recounts retells an experience or an event that happened in the present.

• Recounts are usually are about familiar events.

• When we tell a recount, we are telling our listeners and readers that we share with them the same kind of predictable journey through life.

When students write recounts, they do the following things with language:

• they talk about past events so the past tense is used.

• Events are not in sequence.

• They express feelings about others, but not about themselves.

• In recounts, students express feelings and opinions about themselves. The pronoun ‘I’ is commonly used.

Which of the following statement is false?

When students write recounts, they do the following things with language

• ... talk about past events

• ... they put people and things into past events

• ... locate future events in time and place

• ... express feelings and opinions about themselves. The pronoun ‘I’ is commonly used.