Rothery's categories

Question 1

Observation or comment

Answer 1

The writer makes an observation (‘I saw a tiger’) and follows this with either an evaluative comment (‘it was very large) or mixes these in with an observation

Question 2

Recount

Answer 2

Usually a chronological sequence of events. A typical example would be a recount of a school trip, which children are often asked to do as a follow up activity. It is written subjectively (‘I’). The structure of the recount follows a set pattern:
Orientation - event - reorientation
Orientation sets a scene (e.g. setting), reorientation is at the end and completes the writing

Question 3

Report

Answer 3

A factual and objective description of events or things; tends not to be chronological

Question 4

Narrative

Answer 4

A story genre where the scene is set for events to occur/can be resolved at the end, it has a set pattern:
Orientation - complication - resolution - coda
The coda, which identifies the plot of the story isn’t always added because of the structural complexity few children will achieve the whole structure early on, despite experience of reading stories