Recount Writing
 Retells a past event or an experience
 Focuses on one main idea
 Tells important events in the order they
happened
 Includes Who? Why? When? Went?
or/and What?
 Uses time connectives and describing
words
 Writing in the first person (I, me ) or the
third person (she, he)
We are learning to :
 Write in paragraphs
 Use feelings in our writing
 Use time connectives
 Write chronologically (in order)
Key Words: Recount, retell , experience, past
tense, non-fiction, chronologically
Name: ___________________
Self-Assessment
What did I learn?
What did I find hard?
Something I need to practice…..
I am proud of ….