Recount Writing Teaching Resources

Discover lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Key Stage Two to teach about writing recounts of events and experiences

  • Family Holiday Trips

    Family Holiday Trips

    Identify and record how to compose and publish recounts using adverbials of time and place to describe family holidays to different places in the world

  • School Happenings

    School Happenings

    Investigate how to compose and publish recounts to describe and illustrate some of the special things that can happen in a school

  • World Explorers

    World Explorers

    Practise composing and publishing recounts describing voyages and expeditions to different locations around the world

  • Pounds and Pence

    Pounds and Pence

    Identify, compare and illustrate the value of different money amounts that have been recorded in pounds and pence

  • Addition Calculations

    Addition Calculations

    Practise using standard written methods of addition calculation to solve a range of abstract and contextual problems working with sets of four and five digit numbers

  • Seasons

    Seasons

    Select figurative imagery for use in poetry composing similes and metaphors to describe different seasons of the year

  • Story Snacks

    Story Snacks

    Design some print adverts using persuasive language that can be used to sell merchandise based on traditional tales