When you tell someone about a series of events, you are telling a recount.
There are different types of recounts, for example:
- a factual recount, such as a news report
- a personal recount, such as a diary entry
- an imaginative recount.
You're going to create a recount about a close encounter.
Watch the video again to find out which action took place.
Watch the video again to see where the action happened.
Watch the video again to see when the action happened.
Wow! It's a good thing you made a video. Write a recount of this close encounter.
Start by recounting what happened. You
need to include three main things:
- Who was involved? (Use a noun or pronoun for this.)
- What did they do? (Use a verb for this.)
- When, where or how did they do it? (Use an adverbial phrase for this.)
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a noun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells us what action took place.
No, choose an adverbial phrase that tells where the action happened.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a noun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells us what it was doing.
No, choose an adverbial phrase that tells where the action came from.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Watch the video again and choose a pronoun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells us what action took place.
No, choose an adverbial phrase that tells where the action happened.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a noun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells what action took place.
No, choose an adverbial phrase that tells where the action happened.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a pronoun that tells us who.
No, choose a verb that tells us what action took place.
No, choose a noun that tells what was heard.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a noun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells us what action took place.
No, choose an adverbial phrase that tells where the action happened.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a noun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells what action took place.
No, choose an adverb that tells where the action happened.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
No, choose a pronoun that tells us what.
No, choose a verb that tells what action took place.
No, choose an adverbial phrase that tells where the action happened.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Conjunctions help us join sentences together so that we can explain how the ideas in the sentences can be linked.
Let's join some of our sentences together to help readers understand more about when and how the events happened. We'll put them where the spaces are below.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
You want to make your recount sound truly amazing. You can improve the impact of your recount and help the readers follow the sequence if you add some adverbs.
Adverbs tell us more about the verb. They tell us when, where or how the action occurred. Use them to add more impact to the verbs that are highlighted in your recount.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Would your description be interesting to someone reading it?
To make your recount more interesting, you can add describing words (adjectives and adverbs).
Adjectives tell more about nouns. How can you use them to liven up the nouns that are highlighted in your recount?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Replay the video and watch what happens carefully.
Are you sure your choice are under the correct headings?
Choose another joining word that better links the second event to the first.
Select a joining word first.
Congratulations! You've made some excellent word choices to retell what happened.
Choose an image to go with your recount and then you can print it out.
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