Recount Mountain Ideas Map (Writer’s Voice)
Transform Your Students’ Writing with the Recount Mountain Ideas Map (Writer’s Voice Edition)!
Looking for an engaging way to support your students in planning effective and expressive recounts? The Recount Mountain Ideas Map is a visual planning tool that helps students organise their thoughts and structure their writing with clarity, voice, and purpose.
Designed to align with best practice and high-impact teaching strategies, this scaffold breaks recount writing into manageable chunks using a mountain-style sequence. Each stage supports the LTKW (Learning to Know Why) approach, helping students understand why we recount, how to build flow, and what makes a recount powerful and memorable.
Students begin by outlining the key event (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How), then turn this into a crafted opening paragraph using the Recount Setup box. Events are plotted in sequence (First, Then, Next, Finally), while vocabulary is strengthened with dedicated boxes for past-tense action verbs, descriptive words, and emotive words. A final Reflection Box helps students connect their experience to meaning, encouraging deeper thinking and metacognition.
Perfect for Years 3–6, this resource supports differentiated learning and builds student confidence in planning and writing. Whether you’re teaching personal recounts, sporting moments, school excursions, or emotional milestones, this tool is your new go-to!
📥 LTKW-aligned writing scaffold
📥 Great for VCOP, Big Write & narrative recounts
📥 Editable and printable planning sheet included
