Writing a recount

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<b>A LESSON PLAN FOR </b>

<b>A LESSON PLAN FOR </b>

<b>TEACHING</b>

<b>TEACHING</b>

<b>PERSONAL RECOUNTS</b>

<b>PERSONAL RECOUNTS</b>

Time allowance

: 90 minutes

Grade

: 10

Number of students

: 45

Text type

: Personal recount

Objective

: By the end of the lesson, students

<i>will be able to</i>

- know what a recount is,

- recognize its structure and language features

Supervisor

: Dr. Jennifer Tan

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<b>Activity 1</b>

: Look at the picture and answer the questions.

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<b>Activity 1</b>

:

<i><b>Look at the picture and answer the questions </b></i>

<b>1. Have you ever seen </b>

<b>a fire?</b>

<b>2. When did you see </b>

<b>it</b>

?

<b>3. Where did you see </b>

<b>it?</b>

<b>4. Were you involved </b>

<b>in? If you were tell </b>

<b>us what happened.</b>

<b>5. Was it a frightening </b>

<b>experience?</b>

<b>6. How can you make</b>

<b>people know your</b>

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<b>1.What is the text about</b>?

<b>2.Does it tell you what happened </b>
<b>or what is happening? Why do </b>
<b>you know it?</b>

<b>3. Does it tell you when the event </b>
<b>happened?</b>

<b>4. Does it tell you the details of the </b>
<b>event?</b>

<b>5. Was the writer involved in the </b>
<b>event?</b>

<b>6.Do you know the purpose of this </b>
<b>text? </b>

A frightening experience

<b>It tells us what happened as </b>
<b>the past tense is used.</b>

<b>Yes, it does. </b>

C

C

<b>Activity 2:</b>

Read the text and answer the following questions

:

<b>A frightening experience</b>

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

<b>Yes, it does.</b>

<b>To tell the reader when the </b>
<b>event happened and give a </b>
<b>description of the details. </b>

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<b>Activity 3: </b>

<b>Structure of a personal recount.</b>

<b>Read the text and answer the following questions.</b>

<b>Activity 4: </b>

<b>Identifying the language features</b>

<b>Read the text and complete the table.</b>

<b>Activity 5: </b>

<b>Emotive language</b>

<b>Put the words in the right column.</b>

<b>Activity 6: </b>

<b>Jumped text (A camping trip)</b>

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<b>1.How many paragraphs can </b>
<b>you find in the text?</b>

<b>2.Which paragraph is the </b>
<b>introduction?</b>

<b>3.Which part of the text is the </b>
<b>conclusion or personal </b>

<b>comments</b>?

<b>4.Which part of the text </b>
<b>contains a</b>

<b>series of events?</b>

<b>5 Underline the events. How </b>

<b>are they organized ?</b>

<b>Three paragraphs</b>
<b>The first paragraph</b>

<b>The last paragraph</b>

C

C

<b>A frightening experience</b>

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

<b>The second paragraph</b>

<b>In the chronological </b>
<b>order </b>

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<b>Feedback: Structure of a personal recount</b>

<b>.</b>

<b>The three-part recount</b>

<b>Part 1</b>

<b>An introduction</b>

The first paragraph that gives the

background information about who, what,

where and when .

<b>Part 2: Body</b>

<b> (Sequence of </b>

<b>events) </b>

A

<b>sequence of events </b>

in the order in which

they happened.

(Event 1, event 2, event 3... )

<b>Part 3 </b>

<b>Conclusion</b>

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<b>Language</b>
<b>features</b>

<b>Examples </b>

<b>1,Tense- verbs:(1)……</b>

_Spent,

_was
<b>2.Use adjectives</b>

<b>3. Adverbs</b>

<b>4. </b>

<b>Technical words</b>

<b>5.connectors to do </b>

<b>with time </b>

<b>6.Pronouns</b>

<b>Language features of a personal recount.</b>

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<b>Language features</b>

<b>Examples </b>

<b>1,Tense- verbs:(1)past </b>

<b>tense.</b>

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

<b>2.Use adjectives</b>

_{modern, which was on the ground floor(3),}

wonderful

<b>3. Adverbs</b>

Suddenly,

Luckily ,seriously

<b>4. </b>

<b>Technical words</b>

fire brigade

<b>5.connectors to do </b>

<b>with time </b>

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

<b>6.Pronouns</b>

Everyone, they, I

<b>Language features of a personal recount.</b>

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<b>The use of connectors</b>

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

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<b>Activity </b>

5:

<b>Emotive language</b>

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.

<b>Pairs of words</b>

<b>Emotive</b>

<b>Neutral</b>

New/ modern

Frightening/ terrifying

Seriously/ badly

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<b>Activity </b>

5:

<b>Emotive language (feedback)</b>

<b>Pairs of words</b>

<b>Emotive</b>

<b>Neutral</b>

New/ modern

new

modern

Frightening/ terrifying

Frightening

terrifying

Seriously/ badly

badly

Seriously

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<b> </b>

<b>A camping trip </b>

<b>A. We traveled by bus and arrived there at 5:30pm .First, we set up our tent and had </b>
<b>dinner at 7 p.m. The beach was full of people who also wanted to enjoy the fresh air </b>

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

<b>sea.</b>

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

<b>sight-seeing. Along the way, we saw variety of green trees, plenty of turtles in a lake and </b>

<b>group of people wind surfing. After cycling for two hours, we felt so hot that all of us </b>
<b>went swimming .The cool water made us relax and we really felt comfortable. Finally, </b>

<b>we set down the tent and caught a taxi home.</b>

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

<b>potatoes and told ghost stories. We slept at 1.30 a.m</b>

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<b> Last weekend, we had an interesting overnight camping trip by the </b>
<b>sea in Van Don .</b>

<b> We traveled by bus and arrived there at 5:30pm .First, we set up </b>
<b>our tent and had dinner at 7 p.m. The beach was full of people who </b>
<b>also wanted to enjoy the fresh air after their hard-working days . </b>

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

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

• <b> Next day, we got up at 7.30 am. The morning in the sea was so </b>
<b>pleasant with fresh air, blue sea, bright sunshine that we decided to </b>

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

<b>comfortable. Finally, we set down the tent and caught a taxi home.</b>

• <b> After an overnight camping trip, we felt tired but happy. What a </b>
<b>great time we had!</b>

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<b>Consolidation: </b>

<b>Things to remember </b>

<b>when writing a personal recount </b>

A personal recount

Structure
Language features

An introduction

Sequence of
events

Conclusion
connectors

Pronouns
Technical

words

Adjectives

Adverbs

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Sequence

of events

Write in paragraphs
(1 or more)

Write about what
happened

Use technical
vocabulary

Write in chronological
order

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