Recount Writing Activities: Personal Narrative Writing for Phase 2-3 (Year 4-8)
NZ$7.50
Description
Spark excitement and develop recount writing skills in your classroom with these five sets of writing prompts and scaffolded writing activities. The activities cover recount writing – personal narratives (write to entertain). They include engaging writing prompts, mentor texts, scaffolded material, and planning graphic organisers. This writing resource also includes in-depth teacher notes.
This resource aligns with the New Zealand English Curriculum for Phase Two and Three (Year 4-8).
Each writing activity set includes:
- A creative and engaging writing prompt (a memory, physical experience, video or idea generation activity)
- Ideas for oral language discussion
- A writing model (mentor text) to unpack language features and text structures
- A writing planner specific to the text type complete with additional learning scaffolds
- Writing frames
- In-depth teaching notes.
A full set for Year 4 and Year 5-8 is included for each set.
Writing prompts include experiences every child can relate to:
- The Day I Felt Brave
- The Day I Learned Something New
- I Lost Something (and Found It)
- My Worst Ouch Story (also included in our Writing Experiences Volume One)
- The Best Trip Ever (also included in our Writing Experiences Volume Two)
All writing experiences have been tried and tested in the classroom and are suitable for Years 4-8.





























