Writing a Recount of a Real Event

Year 2 EnglishWriting3 pages

About this worksheet

Point, Evidence, Explain and Link give the structure for this three-page recount sheet for Year 2 English. It opens with a model paragraph about a school trip to an old castle. Pupils build their own Sports Day paragraph from four sentence starters, then write a second paragraph about a real birthday party or weekend trip. A reminder asks them to re-read for past tense verbs and full stops. The model answers use an egg and spoon race and a farm visit. Follows the England National Curriculum writing composition objectives.

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Writing a Recount of a Real Event: Writing - page 1

Writing a Recount of a Real Event: Writing - page 2

Writing a Recount of a Real Event: Writing - page 3

Curriculum objectives covered

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“Writing about real events”

Both paragraphs are about events pupils really took part in: Sports Day and a party or trip.

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“Planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about”

The four labelled parts give pupils a plan for the paragraph before they write it.

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“Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence”

Each starter in the Sports Day section asks for one sentence.

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“Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form”

The final reminder asks pupils to re-read for past tense verbs.

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“Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]”

The same reminder asks pupils to check their full stops.

What's inside this worksheet

Recounting Real Events: Paragraph Builder

A model paragraph on the castle trip, with its tall stone steps and suits of shiny armour, labelled Point, Evidence, Explain and Link.

Sports Day Paragraph

Four sentence starters, such as 'The best part of Sports Day was...' and 'This was exciting because...'.

A Special Event Paragraph

Pupils write a full paragraph about a birthday party or weekend trip, then re-read it for past tense verbs and full stops.

How teachers use it

After Sports Day

Set it the week after Sports Day, while pupils still remember the races.

Model first

Read the castle paragraph aloud and ask pupils which sentence is the Evidence.

Greater depth

The Special Event paragraph has no starters, so give it to pupils who are ready to write a paragraph alone.

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