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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
Recounts can come in a number of
forms. Some of these forms are given
below. The only problem is that the
letters in each word are jumbled up.
Can you work them out?
airdy
nourjal
diary
journal
bragyphio
tauboogirayph
biography
autobiography
Can you think of any
more?
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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
Recounts give a written version of
something past. Here are some of
the usual features, or conventions,
of recount texts.
• written in the first person (e.g. autobiography) or the third
person (e.g. biography)
• written in the past tense
• a variety of sentence structures are used, to create different
effects
• the active voice is usually used
• connectives are used to indicate time, cause or to contrast
• dialogue may be used
• There may be sophisticated use of punctuation for effect (e.g.
colons, dashes, brackets)
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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
Here are some connectives that my be
useful when writing a recount text.
Some of the letters are missing. Can
you work them out?
a _ t_ o_ gh
although
l_t_r
later
_ o_ ev _r
however
m _ _ n _ hile
meanwhile
See how
many more
you can list.
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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
The first
person is
used
Past tense
A colon is
used to
introduce the
excuse.
Let’s explore some of these
features in this extract of a diary
written by a student at Whackem
Secondary School.
Thursday
Today I felt really ill. I think it
was the school fish stew, followed
by a dose of Maths with ‘Dolly’. I
was working happily – minding
my own business – until he asked
for the homework due in. I
managed to think up the best
excuse I could: it was stolen and
used by the cook in the fish stew,
but I still got detention.
Quotation
marks
indicate a
nickname
Connectives
related to
time
Subordinate
clause used
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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
Here is another recount, this time a
biography of a teacher from
Whackem Secondary School.
Charles Frank Whackem (18451945) was a highly respected school
master. As the son of the founder of
the school, he felt it his duty to
uphold the school values embodied
in the school motto: A whack in time
saves nine. Despite his love for the
cane, his students admired him. As
one student commented: ‘What a
bloke. Nobody could wield a cane
like Old Beaky!’
Work with a partner
and analyse the
features of
recounts present in
this passage.
Did you spot any of
the following?
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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
Past tense
Colon used to
introduce
information
connectives
Charles Frank Whackem (18451945) was a highly respected school
master. As the son of the founder of
the school, he felt it his duty to
uphold the school values embodied
in the school motto: A whack in time
saves nine. Despite his love for the
cane, his students admired him. As
one student commented: ‘What a
bloke. Nobody could wield a cane
like Old Beaky!’
brackets
Third person
(plural)
Subordinate
clause
Dialogue to
give an idea
of character
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Non-fiction
texts:
Recount
Have a go at writing your own recount
based on Whackem Secondary School.
Here are some ideas:
•An account of Sports Day for the School
Magazine
•A journal of a school trip, by one of the
teachers.
•The diary of a student who lived in the time
of Charles Frank Whackem.
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