The 5Ws Recount Cut and Paste
Students will cut and paste the mixed-up ideas for the recount to match the 5W category they belong to. Once complete they will use those ideas to write a basic recount and practise including each of those elements.
Use when introducing recounts to give students exposure to the 5W’s. This could also be used as an independent activity during writing rotations.
Learning goals
- We are learning to edit texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops, for ourselves and others.
- We are learning to construct texts using software including word processing programs, e.g. MS Word.
- We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge.
- We are learning to create and edit short written texts to record and report ideas and events using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling of CVC words.
- We are learning to recognise that texts have different features and purposes, e.g. recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain.
- We are learning to identify that texts serve different purposes and that this affects how they are organised.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Students may require somebody to scribe their sentences for them to copy.
Extensions
Give students additional paper and ask them to use descriptive words to make their writing even more detailed.