Let's Learn

RECOUNTS TEXT

        To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

Text Organization :   Personal Recounts :
                                1. Orientations ( who were involved in the story, when, and where )                                                                 2. Events ( tell what happened in a chronological order )

                                3. Evaluation (comments of writer/speaker about the experience).             

                                4. Re-Orientation ( optional) ( The conclusion of the experience).

Factual Recounts :     1. Orientations ( who were involved in the story, when, and where )                            

                                 2. Events ( tell what happened in a chronological order ).
 Language Features  :

• The use of nouns and pronouns  ( e.g : Davis, we, his )
• The use of action verbs ( e.g.: went, spent, played).
• The use of past tense ( e.g.: we went for a trip to the zoo ).
• The use of time conjunctions ( e.g.:and, but, after, finally ).
• The use of adverbs and adverbs of phrases ( e.g.: in my house, two days ago, slowly ).
• Adjectives