Jordan Robinson's Recount Entry

Dear Diary,

It is the year 2001 and I am by the twin towers watching as people jump out if the building trying to get out of the way of the crash, the crash of the 9-11 plane, the plane that hit the Twin Towers.
Who would do such a thing? I walked past and then on the other side of the road I saw a t.v in a shop and a news reporter said that Osama Bin Laden and some of his minions did this whole thing. The reporter said that 9 suicide bombers were on 9-11 and they destroyed the twin towers. Poor people, and stupid Osama. There is about 100 fire fighters and 100 policemen.

And then I remembered, my mum and dad work in that building. I sprint to the building but I firefighter stops me and I start wandering where I can find a vent or a secret hatch into the building. I go around the side and I see about 5, 6 maybe 10 hobo's trying to light a fire. I asked them if there is another way into the building and they asked me if I have any change. So I looked around the other corner and there was a small window that was high up. So I got a nearby ladder and climbed up and smashed the window, it hurt though when I got cut by the glass. I climbed through and there was glass and smashed stuff everywhere, so I called out "mum!", "dad!". There was no response so I looked under stuff and over stuff and finally I found my parents, they quickly woke up and clearly they still were a little unconsious and when they were woken up I helped them down the ladder and we got home safe. That was my action packed day.

By Jordan

Recount Writing - Term 2, Week 4

Recount Writing

The purpose of recount writing is to retell an event to provide information or entertainment.

Rm17's Success Criteria for Recount Writing

1. 5ws and H need to be answered (What? Where? When? Who? Why? and How?)
2. Time order - chronological order
3. Interesting details which may be supported by language features.
4. Past tense
5. A variety of joining words - time connectives e.g. then, because, after, although
6. Focused on topic and/or contains facts about the topic
   

At the end of this week we will be writing an informative recount about an event that has had an impact on society... Watch this space!