Thursday, July 28, 2011

Recounts

Learn to retell an event or experience with these fantastic tips.


LET'S GET STARTED


Visit this site and click 'Recount'.  Read the examples and learn how to retell past events or experiences with style!



Real work by real children!  What level is your writing and what are YOUR next steps?



Choose your level (2 - 3) in the right hand column.  Then, hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  



What makes a good recount?  Visit this site and figure it out!



This online kit contains a number of forms that will help you to write an excellent recount.




FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Read this guide to similes and brighten up your writing.




LEARN TO ELABORATE!

Example one.



Example two.



Write your own telescopic text here!




START YOUR SENTENCES PROPERLY

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.



The title says it all...




FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."



Practise adding speech marks to these sentences.


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