What is A RECOUNT?
A recount
is a piece of text that retells past events, usually in the order in which they
occurred. Its purpose is to provide the audience with a description of what
occurred and when it occurred.
Examples of
recount texts include:
eyewitness account
newspaper reports
letters
conversations
television interviews
speeches
Features of A Recount
Constructing
a recount
A recount
text usually has three main sections.
The first paragraph gives background information about who, what, where,
and when (called an orientation). This is followed by a series of paragraphs
that retell the events in the order in which they happened. Some recounts have
a concluding paragraph, however this is not always necessary.
Grammatical
features of a recount
Recounts
usually include the following grammatical features:
proper nouns to identify those involved in the text
descriptive words to give details about who, what, when,
where and how
the use of the past tense to retell the
events
words that show the order of the events
(for example, first, next, then).
The Recount Scaffold
Step 1
Introductory
paragraph that tells who, what, where, and when.
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Step 2
A sequence of
events in the order in which they occurred.
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Step 3 (optional)
A conclusion
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