Year 1 - English
Using question prompts to plan a recount
School trip: writing a recount
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will write a recount from a personal experience. This is an opportunity to apply all grammatical and sentence building covered over the year to a real life context. This unit is designed for the Summer term of Y1 and should be used around the time of a school trip.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to answer questions about a trip and add descriptive language.
Key Notes
- Answering questions helps us to remember the details of the school trip
- Detail can be added to answers using descriptive adjectives and adverbs
- It is important to share when and where the trip happened in a recount
- Sharing why you went, how you travelled there and what you did adds additional information
- Noting down ideas and key words or phrases about the trip creates a plan for writing
Vocabulary To Learn
- event: the main parts
- question: a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
- adjective: a word that describes a noun
- expanded noun phrase: two adjectives listed to describe a noun
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may struggle to know what questions to ask someone about a trip.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Answering questions helps us to remember the details of the school trip. Detail can be added to answers using descriptive adjectives and adverbs.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'event'
the main parts.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may struggle to know what questions to ask someone about a trip. Correction: Provide question prompt words and model these words being used to pose questions in full sentences.
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