In Year 8 English, students are exploring the structure (layout, graphic elements) and language features (past tense, nouns, perspective, subject specific words) used in recounts and how recounts can be written from different perspectives.

They are using different note-taking and summarising strategies whilst reading Crash! Search for the Stinson. The text recounts the harrowing 1937 plane crash in the picturesque Lamington National Park in South-East Queensland. Our students are enjoying reading the real-life rescue and how recounts are used to tell an engaging story.