Activities for writing recounts - Hilary Braund

A series of books of ready-made photocopiable activities plus teacherguidance that help teachers to do shared and guided writingwith whole class and groups. Each book covers one specific writingtype and aims to improve teacher confidence and knowledge aboutshared and guided writing, plus give them the teaching resourcethey need to improve praticeEach book has 4 sections:Section 1, 'Using Good Examples', looks at two specific writing modelswith Shared Writing activities that enable children (and teachers)to develop knowledge and understanding of the text type.Section 2, 'Developing Writing', offers a set of supportive activitiesto prompt children to plan and write within the text type.Section 3, 'Writing', shows children how to put their writing ideasand planning together into written work. Section 4, 'Review',gives opportunities for children to redraft, assess and improve theirown writing, plus subject knowledge, useful reference information,and advice for teachers.* clarity of teacher support* self-contained package with lesson plans plus photocopiable resourcesThe activities in RECOUNTS (5-7) enable children to:* understand the purposes of recounts - to retell events, to informor to entertain* explore the main features of recounts - the orientation, eventsinorder, and conclusion* write about their own experiences