What is recount?
  • We use recount writing to retell events and 
   describe things that have happened.
  • Lots of different types of text can recount 
   events and describe things that have 
   happened. Some of these include letter, diary, 
   newspaper article, biography, sports report, 
   trip report, and magazine article.
         Recount text
    * retells events
    * in time order
        (chronological)
               Recount organisation
               events in time order
 when?                               what happened in 
        where?                       the end?
  introduction                           conclusion
         why was it                       neat last 
 who?    significant?                     line
     what?
                 When you have made your time-line skeleton, use another 
                 colour to chop it into paragraphs.
        Factual Recount structure
   • Orientation – sets a context for understanding the events that 
    follow; provides background information about who, where, 
    when etc.
   • Record of events – recounted in chronological order.
   • Re-orientation (for factual recount) – rounds off the sequence 
    of events usually by resetting events in time
    Or
    Judgement/significance (for autobiographical and 
    biographical recount) evaluates the significance of the person
    Historical Recount Structure
  • Background – sets a context for understanding 
   the events that follow; provides background 
   information about who, where, when, including 
   events leading up to the significant event
  • Record of Events – recounted in chronological 
   order and may include some account of causes 
   and consequences of events.
  • Evaluation – resets events in time and evaluates 
   their significance.