Reporting & Recounting
Report on a topic or recount an experience with organised facts and descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace
What a learner can do afterwards
- Deliver a one-minute oral report on a chosen topic, including at least three organised facts
- Recount a personal experience using descriptive details and a clear beginning, middle, and end
- Self-assess a recorded presentation for pace, clarity, and inclusion of relevant details
The lesson
A report shares facts about a topic you researched. A recount tells about something that happened to you. Both work best when the facts or events come in a clear order, and you speak at a pace your listeners can follow.
Omar recounts his class trip. Beginning: the bus ride to the museum. Middle: he touched a real dinosaur fossil and watched a volcano demonstration. End: lunch on the lawn before the ride home. Each part comes in the order it happened.
Mia gives a report on octopuses. She groups her facts instead of listing them randomly: how they look, how they hunt, and how they hide. Three clear groups, three organised facts.
Slow down between facts and pause at the end of each one. A report or recount only works if your listeners can catch every fact along the way.
Put your facts or events in a clear order, add real details, and speak at a pace listeners can follow.
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