Recount a Text

An example of a factual recount is:

• personal diary

• newspaper report

• imaginative recount

Recount includes all the elements

• who what, when, where, how

• who, what, when, how

• who, when,where

Identify the who, what, where..

• a dog, was barking, in the house

• a dog, was sleeping, on the lawn

• a girl, was eating, in the pool

Decide if the group of words sound better in a different order

• a dog, was sleeping, on the lawn

• was sleeping, a dog, the lawn

• was sleeping, on the lawn, a dog,

Select the best words for what happened next?

• whistled and called, from the house, the dog

• a boy, whistled and called, from the house

• from, whistled and called, from the house

Select the best words for what happened next?

• across the lawn to the house,the dog, jumped up and ran,

• jumped , the lawn to the house,ran

• the dog, jumped up and ran, across the lawn to the house

Select the best words for what happened next?

• then he, crashed, into the glass door.

• then them, the dog, into the glass door

• then hers, across the lawn, the dog

Select the best words for what happened next?

• the dog, slid, down the glass door.

• the boy, ran, with surprise

• slid, the grass, ran

Adding adjectives: A___dog was sleeping on the lawn

• peaceful

• bored

• lively

Best word to describe the highlighted word

• hopeful

• excited

• confident