Personal Recount

What is a recount?

• A text that educates the reader about a specific topic

• A text where the main purpose is to present a point of view and seeks to persuade a reader.

• A text where there is a series of chronological events that are interconnected.

Events in a recount do not have to be in chronological order.

• True

• False

What is the correct sequence when writing a recount?

• Events, Reorientation, Orientation

• Reorientation, Events, Orientation

• Orientation, Events, Reorientation

• Orientation, Reorientation, Events

What tense should you use when writing a personal recount?

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Future tense

For the orientation, what should you include?

• Who, why, which and which

• Who, what, when, where, and why

• When, how many events, where and what

• How old, when, where and what

In summary, my first trip to Japan was incredibly amazing. If I get another chance to visit again I would like to go to Osaka with friends.

The paragraph above is included in which section?

• Orientation

• Reorientation

• Events