Writing a recount

Activity 3: Identifying the structure of a personal recount Read the text and answer the following questions :... Feedback: Structure of a personal recount.[r]

A LESSON PLAN FOR

A LESSON PLAN FOR

TEACHING

TEACHING

PERSONAL RECOUNTS

PERSONAL RECOUNTS

Time allowance

: 90 minutes

Grade

: 10

Number of students

: 45

Text type

: Personal recount

Objective

: By the end of the lesson, students

will be able to

- know what a recount is,

- recognize its structure and language features

Supervisor

: Dr Jennifer Tan

Activity 1

: Look at the picture and answer the questions

Activity 1

:

Look at the picture and answer the questions

1 Have you ever seen

a fire?

2 When did you see

it

?

3 Where did you see

it?

4 Were you involved

in? If you were tell

us what happened.

5 Was it a frightening

experience?

6 How can you make

people know your

1.What is the text about?

2.Does it tell you what happened or what is happening? Why you know it?

3 Does it tell you when the event happened?

4 Does it tell you the details of the event?

5 Was the writer involved in the event?

6.Do you know the purpose of this text?

A frightening experience

It tells us what happened as the past tense is used.

Yes, it does

C

C

Activity 2:

Read the text and answer the following questions

:

A frightening experience

Last year, I spent my summer holidays at the seaside hotel The hotel was modern and comfortable I had a wonderful holiday until the fire

It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque (which was) on the ground floor It was crowded with people They were dancing and singing happily Suddenly we smelt smoke Soon after black smoke began to fill in the room Everybody started to scream in panic People ran toward the fire exits One door was blocked At this point many

people began coughing and choking Then, just we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived Firemen fought their way into the room and five minutes later everyone was safely out of the building Luckily nobody was seriously hurt

It was the most frightening experience in my life

Yes, it does.

To tell the reader when the event happened and give a description of the details

Activity 3:

Structure of a personal recount.

Read the text and answer the following questions.

Activity 4:

Identifying the language features

Read the text and complete the table.

Activity 5:

Emotive language

Put the words in the right column.

Activity 6:

Jumped text (A camping trip)

1.How many paragraphs can you find in the text?

2.Which paragraph is the introduction?

3.Which part of the text is the conclusion or personal

comments?

4.Which part of the text contains a

series of events?

5 Underline the events How

are they organized ?

Three paragraphs The first paragraph

The last paragraph

C

C

A frightening experience

Last year, I spent my summer holidays at the seaside hotel The hotel was modern and comfortable I had a wonderful holiday until the fire

It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque (which was) on the ground floor It was crowded with people They were dancing and singing happily Suddenly we smelt smoke Soon after black smoke began to fill in the room Everybody started to scream in panic People ran toward the fire exits One door was blocked At this point many

people began coughing and choking Then, just we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived Firemen fought their way into the room and five minutes later everyone was safely out of the building Luckily nobody was seriously hurt

It was the most frightening experience in my life

The second paragraph

In the chronological order

Feedback: Structure of a personal recount

.

The three-part recount

Part 1

An introduction

The first paragraph that gives the

background information about who, what,

where and when

Part 2: Body

(Sequence of

events)

A

sequence of events

in the order in which

they happened.

(Event 1, event 2, event )

Part

Conclusion

Language features

Examples

1,Tense- verbs:(1)……

Spent,

was 2.Use adjectives

3 Adverbs

4

Technical words

5.connectors to

with time

6.Pronouns

Language features of a personal recount.

Language features

Examples

1,Tense- verbs:(1)past

tense.

Spent, was, had, was sitting, were dancing,

2.Use adjectives

modern, which was on the ground floor(3),

wonderful

3 Adverbs

Suddenly,

Luckily ,seriously

4

Technical words

fire brigade

5.connectors to

with time

soon after, at this point, then , five minutes later

6.Pronouns

Everyone, they, I

Language features of a personal recount.

The use of connectors

To indicate the sequence of events and when they

occurred

Other connectors

* next

* now

* at this moment

* when

* lastly

* following that

* at this point

* afterwards

* before that

* Meanwhile

* soon after

Activity

5:

Emotive language

Words used in a recount can be emotive or neutral, depending on the writer’s

emphasis to make people feel emotional.

For example

:

a good holiday

(neutral)-a wonderful holiday (emotive)

Work in pair Put each word in each word pair into the correct column

Pairs of words

Emotive

Neutral

New/ modern

Frightening/ terrifying

Seriously/ badly

Activity

5:

Emotive language (feedback)

Pairs of words

Emotive

Neutral

New/ modern

new

modern

Frightening/ terrifying

Frightening

terrifying

Seriously/ badly

badly

Seriously

A camping trip

A We traveled by bus and arrived there at 5:30pm First, we set up our tent and had dinner at p.m The beach was full of people who also wanted to enjoy the fresh air

after their hard-working days After dinner, we walked along the beach and saw coloured lights from the big ships They looked like a marvelous floating city on the

sea.

B After an overnight camping trip, we felt tired but happy What a great time we had! C The next day, we got up at 7.30 am The morning in the sea was so pleasant with fresh air, blue sea, bright sunshine that we decided to cycle along the beach for

sight-seeing Along the way, we saw variety of green trees, plenty of turtles in a lake and group of people wind surfing After cycling for two hours, we felt so hot that all of us went swimming The cool water made us relax and we really felt comfortable Finally,

we set down the tent and caught a taxi home.

D Last weekend, we had an interesting overnight camping trip by the sea in VanDon E Then, we came back our tent at 9.30 p.m and played “silent action game” The member of each group is told about certain animal from the other group, the rest members could guess what it was At 11 p.m, we both roasted chicken and sweet

potatoes and told ghost stories We slept at 1.30 a.m

Last weekend, we had an interesting overnight camping trip by the sea in Van Don

We traveled by bus and arrived there at 5:30pm First, we set up our tent and had dinner at p.m The beach was full of people who also wanted to enjoy the fresh air after their hard-working days

After dinner, we walked along the beach and saw coloured lights from the big ships They looked like a marvelous floating city on the sea.

• Then, we came back our tent at 9.30 p.m and played “silent action game” The member of each group is told about certain animal from the other group, the rest members could guess what it was At 11 p.m, we both roasted chicken and sweet potatoes and told ghost stories We slept at 1.30 a.m.

• Next day, we got up at 7.30 am The morning in the sea was so pleasant with fresh air, blue sea, bright sunshine that we decided to cycle along the beach for sight-seeing Along the way, we saw variety of green trees, plenty of turtles in a lake and group of people wind surfing After cycling for two hours, we felt so hot that all of us went swimming The cool water made us relax and we really felt

comfortable Finally, we set down the tent and caught a taxi home.

• After an overnight camping trip, we felt tired but happy What a great time we had!

Consolidation:

Things to remember

when writing a personal recount

A personal recount

Structure Language features

An introduction

Sequence of events

Conclusion connectors

Pronouns Technical

words Adjectives

Adverbs

Sequence

of events

Write in paragraphs (1 or more)

Write about what happened

Use technical vocabulary

Write in chronological order