RECOUNT TEXT

Recount tell the reader what happened. They retell a past event (e.g a visit to a farm).
Recounts begin by telling the reader who was involved, where this event took place and when it happened. This is called the orientation.
The sequence of events is then described in some sort of order (e.g time).
There may be a re-orientation at the end which summarises the event.

Writing Recounts :

When writing recounts, you should :

· Focus on individual people in use the words, I or we.
· Use words which indicate when (e.g after lunch) and where the events took place (e.g
the shed).
· Write in the past tense (e.g had, visited)
· Use action words (e.g helped, crutched).
Purpose of Recounts :
The purpose of recount is to retell events. The prefix re means again. So to recount is to state again.
Structure :
There is often an opening or setting of a scene (e.g I went to the park).
The events in a recount are often in the order that they happen :

· I went to the park and I saw a pond. The pond had ducks sitting at the side of it.
· A recount will often have a closing statement. (e.g I left the park and went home).

Language Features :

Recount are written in the first in the past tense.
Thet can be written in the first or the third person.
1st person it is happening to the person writing the recount i.e. I went to park.
3rd person an observer is telling it. Tom went to the park, there he saw a pond.
The connectives in a recount are often next, than, after that.
Recounts focus on what an individual or a group of people were doing.
Procedure Text

Procedure help us do a task or make something. They can be set of instructions or directions (e.g step by step method to germinate seeds).
The text below is an example of a procedure. The labels show the structure and language features of procedure text.

> Writing procedure <

When writing procedures you should :
· Use present tense (e.g spray)
· Include technical terms when you need to (e.g friable)
· Use words that tell the reader how, when and where to perform the task (e.g firmly).