Starter quiz
- Which word best fits the gap in this sentence? A recount __________ events that have happened in the past.
- counts
- refills
- retells ✓
- imagines
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- Change the verb in this sentence so that it is in the past tense: I walk to the park.
- walking
- walked ✓
- will walk
- went
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- Where does a fronted adverbial of time usually come in a sentence?
- beginning ✓
- middle
- end
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- Match these words to their definition.
- comma⇔a punctuation mark used within sentences ✓
- noun⇔a naming word for people, places and things ✓
- adjective⇔describes a noun ✓
- verb⇔a doing or being word ✓
- Here is an expanded noun phrase: large, brown dog. Which word is the noun?
- large
- brown
- dog ✓
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- Tick the expanded noun phrase that has the comma in the correct place.
- leafy, green park ✓
- leafy green park,
- leafy, green, park
- leafy green park
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Exit quiz
- Which of these are fronted adverbials of time?
- First, ✓
- bus
- Next, ✓
- walked
- Then, ✓
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- Identify the adjective in this sentence: We travelled on a crowded bus.
- We
- travelled
- crowded ✓
- bus
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- What information should be included at the beginning of a recount?
- When...? ✓
- Which...?
- Where...? ✓
- How...? ✓
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- Identify the joining word in this sentence: We ate lunch and we went back to school.
- we
- ate
- lunch
- and ✓
- went
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- What should we do before writing a recount?
- go on the school trip again
- practise saying your sentences out loud ✓
- write everything down
- read a story
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- Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
- First we travelled there on a big crowded bus
- first we travelled there on a big crowded bus.
- First. we travelled there on a big. crowded bus.
- First, we travelled there on a big, crowded bus. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writing about when and where the trip was should come at the beginning of a recount
- Explaining why the trip happened can come at the beginning of a recount
- Explaining how you travelled to the trip can come at the beginning of a recount
- Adding interesting adjectives and adverbs makes a recount more interesting
- Two events in a recount can be joined together using the joining word, 'and'
Common misconception
Pupils may just use 'and' to add on another word or phrase rather than another sentence.
Show two different sentences as two complete ideas. Ensure pupils understand that each sentence needs to make sense on its own.
Keywords
Beginning - the start of something
Expanded noun phrase - two adjectives listed to describe a noun
Adjectives - describes a noun
Fronted adverbial of time - a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
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