2.3 A recount (1)

Social purpose: To relate a series of events

Newsletter Report
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Orientation Last week 1Class 4S 2went on an excursion to the Sydney Aquarium as part of our unit of work on marine life. 1. Particular nouns and nouns groups
Series of events We 2met at school at 8.00 am and 2walked to the station together. 1Mrs Shakla and 1Mr Harris 2came with us. We 2caught the 8.45 train to Town Hall and 5then walked 4down to Darling Harbour. 2. Action verbs in the simple past tense
Events At the 1aquarium we saw many 1fish, and it was 4really like being in the 3open sea because all the fish seemed as though they were swimming around us. 1We saw swordfish, octopuses and stingrays, but best of all were the 1sharks. There were lots of them and they looked very 3frightening. They 2swam 4round and 4round very 4quickly. 3. Adjectives and adjectivals to build description to noun groups

4. Adverbs and adverbials to build description to verb groups
Events 5After the morning at the aquarium, we walked to 1Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour and had our lunch. 5Next we 2played on the 1swings and 1slippery dips and 5then we 2walked back to Town Hall to catch the train home. 5. Time connectives to show the sequence of events
Coda - personal comment It was a very enjoyable and interesting day.