Writing the beginning of a school trip recount | English

Starter quiz

Which word best fits the gap in this sentence? A recount __________ events that have happened in the past.
- counts
- refills
- retells ✓
- imagines
Change the verb in this sentence so that it is in the past tense: I walk to the park.
- walking
- walked ✓
- will walk
- went
Where does a fronted adverbial of time usually come in a sentence?
- beginning ✓
- middle
- end
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 ✓
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

Which of these are fronted adverbials of time?
- First, ✓
- bus
- Next, ✓
- walked
- Then, ✓
Identify the adjective in this sentence: We travelled on a crowded bus.
- We
- travelled
- crowded ✓
- bus
What information should be included at the beginning of a recount?
- When...? ✓
- Which...?
- Where...? ✓
- How...? ✓
Identify the joining word in this sentence: We ate lunch and we went back to school.
- we
- ate
- lunch
- and ✓
- went
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
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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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'

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.

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