Writing

A LESSON PLAN FOR TEACHING
PERSONAL RECOUNTS
Time allowance : 90 minutes
Grade : 10
Number of students: 45
Text type : Personal recount
Objective : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
know what a recount is,
recognize its structure and language features
Supervisor : Dr. Jennifer Tan
Prepared by : Pham Thi Ngoc Huong Group 2, Batch 4
Building the field
Activity 1: Look at the picture and answer the questions.
Activity 2: Reading the text and answer the questions.
Activity 1: Look at the picture and answer the questions
Have you ever seen a fire?
When did you see it?
Where did you see it?
Were you involved in? If you were tell us what happened.
Was it a frightening experience?
How can you make
people know your
frightening experience?


What is the text about?

Does it tell you what happened or what is happening? Why do you know it?


Does it tell you when the event happened?
4. Does it tell you the details of the event?
5. Was the writer involved in the event?
6.Do you know the purpose of this text?










A frightening experience
It tells us what happened as the past tense is used.
Yes, it does.
C
Activity 2: Read the text and answer the following questions :
A frightening experience
Last year, I spent my summer holidays at the seaside hotel. The hotel was modern and comfortable. I had a wonderful holiday until the fire.
It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque (which was) on the ground floor. It was crowded with people. They were dancing and singing happily. Suddenly we smelt smoke. Soon after black smoke began to fill in the room. Everybody started to scream in panic. People ran toward the fire exits. One door was blocked. At this point many people began coughing and choking. Then, just we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived. Firemen fought their way into the room and five minutes later everyone was safely out of the building. Luckily nobody was seriously hurt.
It was the most frightening experience in my life
Yes, it does.
To tell the reader when the event happened and give a description of the details.

Yes, he/she was
Modeling of text
Activity 3: Structure of a personal recount.
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Activity 4: Identifying the language features
Read the text and complete the table.
Activity 5: Emotive language
Put the words in the right column.
Activity 6: Jumped text (A camping trip)
consolidation

How many paragraphs can you find in the text?

Which paragraph is the introduction?

Which part of the text is the conclusion or personal comments?

Which part of the text contains a series of events?

5 Underline the events. How are they organized ?


Three paragraphs
The first paragraph
The last paragraph
C
A frightening experience
Last year, I spent my summer holidays at the seaside hotel. The hotel was modern and comfortable. I had a wonderful holiday until the fire.
It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque (which was) on the ground floor. It was crowded with people. They were dancing and singing happily. Suddenly we smelt smoke. Soon after black smoke began to fill in the room. Everybody started to scream in panic. People ran toward the fire exits. One door was blocked. At this point many people began coughing and choking. Then, just we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived. Firemen fought their way into the room and five minutes later everyone was safely out of the building. Luckily nobody was seriously hurt.
It was the most frightening experience in my life
The second paragraph
In the chronological
order
Activity 3: Identifying the structure of a personal recount
Read the text and answer the following questions :



Feedback: Structure of a personal recount.
The three-part recount


Language features of a personal recount.
Activity 4: Read the text again and complete the table
Language features of a personal recount.
Activity 4: Feedback
The use of connectors
To indicate the sequence of events and when they occurred.

Other connectors
* next
* now * at this moment
* when * lastly
* following that * at this point
* afterwards * before that
* Meanwhile * soon after
What are connecters used for?
Activity 5: Emotive language



Words used in a recount can be emotive or neutral, depending on the writer’s emphasis to make people feel emotional. For example: a good holiday (neutral)-a wonderful holiday (emotive) .Work in pair .Put each word in each word pair into the correct column.



Activity 5: Emotive language (feedback)




A camping trip
A. We traveled by bus and arrived there at 5:30pm .First, we set up our tent and had dinner at 7 p.m. The beach was full of people who also wanted to enjoy the fresh air after their hard-working days. After dinner, we walked along the beach and saw coloured lights from the big ships. They looked like a marvelous floating city on the sea.

B. After an overnight camping trip, we felt tired but happy. What a great time we had!

C. The next day, we got up at 7.30 am. The morning in the sea was so pleasant with fresh air, blue sea, bright sunshine that we decided to cycle along the beach for sight-seeing. Along the way, we saw variety of green trees, plenty of turtles in a lake and group of people wind surfing. After cycling for two hours, we felt so hot that all of us went swimming .The cool water made us relax and we really felt comfortable. Finally, we set down the tent and caught a taxi home.

D. Last weekend, we had an interesting overnight camping trip by the sea in VanDon

E. Then, we came back our tent at 9.30 p.m and played “silent action game”. The member of each group is told about certain animal from the other group, the rest members could guess what it was. At 11 p.m, we both roasted chicken and sweet
potatoes and told ghost stories. We slept at 1.30 a.m

Activity 6:This is a personal recount about a camping trip. The 5 paragraphs are in the wrong order. Read the text and put them in the correct order.
Last weekend, we had an interesting overnight camping trip by the sea in Van Don .
We traveled by bus and arrived there at 5:30pm .First, we set up our tent and had dinner at 7 p.m. The beach was full of people who also wanted to enjoy the fresh air after their hard-working days . After dinner, we walked along the beach and saw coloured lights from the big ships. They looked like a marvelous floating city on the sea.
Then, we came back our tent at 9.30 p.m and played “silent action game”. The member of each group is told about certain animal from the other group, the rest members could guess what it was. At 11 p.m, we both roasted chicken and sweet potatoes and told ghost stories. We slept at 1.30 a.m.
Next day, we got up at 7.30 am. The morning in the sea was so pleasant with fresh air, blue sea, bright sunshine that we decided to cycle along the beach for sight-seeing. Along the way, we saw variety of green trees, plenty of turtles in a lake and group of people wind surfing. After cycling for two hours, we felt so hot that all of us went swimming .The cool water made us relax and we really felt comfortable. Finally, we set down the tent and caught a taxi home.
After an overnight camping trip, we felt tired but happy. What a great time we had!
A camping trip
Activity 6: Feedback
Consolidation: Things to remember
when writing a personal recount
A personal recount
Structure
Language features
An introduction
Sequence of
events
Conclusion
connectors
Pronouns
Technical
words
Adjectives
Adverbs
Past tense
Sequence
of events
Write in paragraphs
(1 or more)
Write about what
happened
Use technical
vocabulary
Write in chronological
order
Use connective
words
Thank you for your attention