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Writing the beginning of a school trip recount

English

In this unit, pupils added descriptions to describe their personal feelings, the journey and the activities from a school trip. In 'Ada Twist Scientist', pupils will build on this by writing a detailed character description of themselves.

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils wrote a fictional narrative with a beginning, middle and end. In this unit, pupils will write a non-fiction recount in chronological order, building on their sequencing skills and writing to a structure.

School trip: writing a recount 

Which of these are fronted adverbials of time?

Identify the adjective in this sentence: We travelled on a crowded bus.

What information should be included at the beginning of a recount?

Identify the joining word in this sentence: We ate lunch and we went back to school.

What should we do before writing a recount?

First we travelled there on a big crowded bus

first we travelled there on a big crowded bus.

First. we travelled there on a big. crowded bus.

First, we travelled there on a big, crowded bus.

Which sentence has the correct punctuation?

Which word best fits the gap in this sentence? A recount __________ events that have happened in the past.

Change the verb in this sentence so that it is in the past tense: I **walk** to the park.

Where does a fronted adverbial of time usually come in a sentence?

a naming word for people, places and things

Here is an expanded noun phrase: large, brown dog. Which word is the noun?

Tick the expanded noun phrase that has the comma in the correct place.

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