Print and display this simple Recount poster when introducing this concept to your class. The display provides a clear example of a basic recount structure including the title, orientation, events and ending.
Whole class introduction to the unit.
Classroom display for student reference.
Revision of 5 W’s.
Explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain
Understand that the purposes texts serve shape their structure in predictable ways
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Understand that the purposes texts serve shape their structure in predictable ways