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The Purpose is to retell events from
Your Own Experience
Write in first person
• I• Me• We• My
Write in third person
• She• Her• He• His
• Their • Him• Them• They
Write mainly in the past tenseAdd ‘ed’ to most words to make them past tense
MumDadSisterBrotherTeacherFriendAunty Uncle CousinPolicemanFireman Next door neighbour
YesterdayLast weekLast nightAn hour agoLast yearAt 2.30 pm…
HomeSchoolPlaygroundSupermarketRainbows EndThe Town CentreThe school field
BirthdaySpecial day or eventWeddingHoliday Christmas EasterCeremonies
What was happening?
Write things in order that they happened
• Must be in sequence• Must be chronological• Must be in order
• What happened first?What happened first?
• What happened next?What happened next?
• What happened last?What happened last?
The bus arrived ten minutes late and The bus arrived ten minutes late and we were starting to get worried that we were starting to get worried that it wasn’t going to come at all!it wasn’t going to come at all!
Eventually we arrived at Eventually we arrived at Auckland Zoo and we all Auckland Zoo and we all got organised into our got organised into our teams…teams…
Finally we found the Finally we found the missing group and they missing group and they were reunited with their were reunited with their team leader. It was team leader. It was decided…decided…
Use connecting words and phrases• A few minutes later• Meanwhile• Afterwards• Then • Next• Finally• After that• First• When• Later• The next day• After
Use awesome adjectives to help create a picture
The dog ran after me.The dog ran after me.
The The ferociousferocious dog ran after me. dog ran after me.
The dog ran after me.The ferocious dog ran after me.
PleasantDeliciousTenderLovelyGentle Special SweetCuteKind
FineExcellentBrilliantOutstandingTremendousOkayTerrificDazzlingMarvellous AmazingIncredibleGreat
AwfulTerribleDreadfulShockingGhastlyHorrificUnpleasantPoor FrighteningHorrifyingHorrible
GreatWonderfulAwesomeFantasticBrilliant
DepressingMiserableUnhappyDejectedGloomy
• WhimperedWhimpered• InterruptedInterrupted• SobbedSobbed• MumbledMumbled• SquealedSquealed• AskedAsked• ExplainedExplained• ObjectedObjected• WarnedWarned• ContinuedContinued• PleadedPleaded
• ScreamedScreamed• WhisperedWhispered• ShoutedShouted• YelledYelled• RoaredRoared• StammeredStammered• BellowedBellowed• ExclaimedExclaimed• LaughedLaughed• Answered Answered • RepliedReplied
• ToldTold• TeasedTeased• AddedAdded• RavedRaved• Gasped Gasped • Yelled Yelled • DemandedDemanded• RespondedResponded• MutteredMuttered• AdmittedAdmitted• Moaned Moaned • warnedwarned
Describe the various feelings of the person telling the story
• Scared• Amazed• Stunned• Saddened • Joyous• Anger• Hatred• Love
• Anguish• Confused• Revengeful• Intrigued• Upset• Empathetic• Pity• Remorseful
The End
• State how things went at the end (how did it all end up, what was the conclusion
• Say how you felt about what happened• Mention something that might happen later
to resolve the situation or make it go on
• What was the What was the last thing that last thing that happened?happened?
• How did it finish?How did it finish?
I have written in first person by using words like I, me, we, you, she, he,
I have written in third person by using words like them, they, him, their, she, her, his
I have written mainly in the past tense using words was, were, saw or words that end in ‘ed’
I have written an introduction that has told the reader ‘who, when, why and where”
I have written all the events in order of time that they happened in
I have used interesting adjectives to create a picture for the reader
I have used strong verbs to describe what happened in the story like
scream, plead, shout etc I have described the feelings of the person telling the story
I have written a conclusion that says how the writer feels, how things went and have mentioned something that might happen later
Self Assessment