A Trip to the Park Recount Michael Rosen

A Trip to the Park Recount

Michael Rosen – Recount stories • https: //www. bbc. co. uk/teach/class-clipsvideo/english-ks 1 -ks 2 -how-to-write-arecount/z 7 dg 92 p • Watch Michael Rosen’s video about writing recount stories. Pay attention to what he says about ‘writing emotively’.

Things you could do in a park • • Run! Play sports Play on the slides, swings etc Explore the woods Play minigolf Ride your bike Sunbathe Swim in a lake (safely)

Success criteria for your Recount story

Quick plan • Write down three things you did before leaving the house Example: packed a bag, grabbed a skipping rope; filled a bottle of water • Write down three things you felt when you left the house. Example: elated; nervous; ready to run • Write down three things you saw in the park. Example: children playing happily; a man hugging a tree; a dog, attached to a lead, running rings round its owner • Write down three things you did in the park: Example: went on every swing, every slide in the playpark; ran for what seemed like forever; smelt the fresh air and rolled down a hill. Write down three things you felt at the end of your visit:

Timeline • You could draw a quick timeline to order events chronologically (if it helps!)

Time connectives like these are very useful when moving the action on…

Emotive writing • How did you feel? • Think about the freedom, after being stuck indoors • The idea of everything returning to normal • The joy of doing simple things like playing football, or running through the woods

Challenge! • Some of you could try using motifs – images that appear again and again. You can add them to your writing that help tell your story. For example, the weather could change from grey and cloudy to bright and sunny. Flowers could blook as you walk through the park. You could notice that passers-by are all wearing bright colours. A singing bird could fly above you, as if accompanying you to the park.

Write a recount story… A Trip to the Park You can use these openers if you like: At last I was free! Stepping outside for the first time in weeks, … So this was what the outside was like… The air had never smelt so fresh as I… Slowly opening the front door, …

A bit of fun… • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=QYv 94 o. Ua_ IM • ‘Voices in the Park’ by Anthony Browne is a great picture book that’s not just for young kids. It may look like it at first, but there’s loads of hidden messages and meanings. • Motifs are used all the way through the book. Colours change to represent feelings; characters’ body language alters dependent on their mood.