Recounting Personal Experiences

Name: _______________________________

Date: _______________________________

Instructions: Write a recount of a personal event that happened to you. Remember to write in past tense and tell your story in chronological order (the order it happened).

📝 Planning Your Recount

What event will you write about?

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When did it happen?

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Where did it happen?

_______________________

Who was there?

_______________________

List what happened in order (3-5 key events):

1. _________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________________

✍️ Write Your Recount

Remember: Use past tense verbs (went, saw, played) and time words (first, then, next, after that, finally).

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✓ Check your work:

☐ I wrote in past tense

☐ I used time words (first, then, next, finally)

☐ My events are in order

☐ I included details about what happened