Year 1 - English
Writing the beginning of a school trip 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 write part of a recount.
Key Notes
- Writing about when and where the trip was should come at the beginning of a recount
- Explaining why the trip happened can come at the beginning of a recount
- Explaining how you travelled to the trip can come at the beginning of a recount
- Adding interesting adjectives and adverbs makes a recount more interesting
- Two events in a recount can be joined together using the joining word, 'and'
Vocabulary To Learn
- beginning: the start of something
- expanded noun phrase: two adjectives listed to describe a noun
- adjectives: describes a noun
- fronted adverbial of time: a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens
- joining word: a word that joins words or ideas
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may just use 'and' to add on another word or phrase rather than another sentence.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Writing about when and where the trip was should come at the beginning of a recount. Explaining why the trip happened can come at the beginning of a recount.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'beginning'
the start of something.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may just use 'and' to add on another word or phrase rather than another sentence. Correction: Show two different sentences as two complete ideas. Ensure pupils understand that each sentence needs to make sense on its own.
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