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RECOUNT TEXT

Standard Competence: Membaca

& Menulis

11. Memahami makna dalam esei

pendek sederhana berbentuk
recount, dan narrative untuk
berinteraksi dengan
lingkungan sekitar.

12. Mengungkapkan makna dalam

teks tulis fungsional dan esei
pendek sederhana berbentuk
recount dan narrative untuk
berinteraksi dengan
lingkungan sekitar.

A. What is a Recount Text?

Basic Competence :
Recount is a piece of text that retells past events, usually in the ord
11.1 Membaca nyaring bermakna
teks fungsional dan esei
pendek sederhana berbentuk
recount dan narrative dengan
ucapan, tekanan dan intonasi
yang berterima yang berkaitan
dengan lingkungan sekitar.

12.1Mengungkap kan makna dalam B. Generic Structure of Recount Text:

bentuk teks tulis fungsional
pendek sederhana dengan
menggunakan ragam bahasa Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time.
tulis secara akurat, lancer dan
berterima untuk berinteraksi Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past.
dengan lingkungan sekitar.
Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the w

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Language Features in Recount Text:

Introducing personal participant: I, my group, etc

Using chronological connection: then, first, etc

Using linking verb: was, were, saw, heard, etc

Using action verb: look, go, change, etc

Using simple past tense

Example of Recounts

Look at the following examples of Recount Text:

VISITING BALI

There were so many places toINTRODUCING

see in Bali that my friend
PERSONAL PRTICIPANTS TO SHOW W
decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My
friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three
ORIENTATION
days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited
some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one
was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud.

On the day of the tour, he was ready. My friend and his

USE OF THE
group drove on through the mountains. Singaraja is a
PAST TENSE
EVENTS city of about 90 thousand people. It is a busy but quiet
town. The streets are lined with trees and there are
many Old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in
the evening to Kuta.

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The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. USINGIt CHRONOLOGICAL CONNECTI
was not to see the scenery but to see the art and the craft
of the island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center
of stone sculpture. There my friend watched young
EVENTS
boys carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop
was Celuk, a center for silversmiths and goldsmiths. USE OF LINKING VERB

After that, he stopped a little while for lunch at

Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a tourist center.

My friend's ten-day stay ended very quickly. Besides USE OF ACTION

his two tours, all his day was spent on the beach. He VERB
RE-ORIENTATION
went sailing or surfboarding every day. He was quite
satisfied.

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Vocabularies

Here are some words that are used in the text above. Find the meaning using the
dictionary.

Words Pronunciation and stress

□ Art /’ɑːrt/
□ Beach /’biːtʃ/
□ Tour /’tʊə r /
□ Town /’taʊn/
□ Sculpture /ˈskʌlp.tʃə/
□ Satisfied /ˈsæt.ɪs.faɪd/
□ Join /’dʒɔɪn/
□ Spent /’spent/
□ Sailing /ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/
□ Surfboarding /ˈ sɝːf.bɔː.dɪŋ/

English Reading Intonation

Speaking intonation is different from reading intonation. Here are some reading
intonation patterns. Let’s Practice it!

-There were so many places\ to see\ in Bali.\\

- There were so many places to see in Bali\that my friend decided \to join the tours. \\

-There were so many places \to see in Bali \that my friend decided to join the tours \

to see\ as much as possible.\\

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Task 1

Read the text below and answer the questions.

VACATION TO LONDON

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They
went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the
British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked a fourteen-day tour. This
includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London

They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane,
the cabin crew was very friendly. They gave them newspapers and magazines to read.
They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a
very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers
were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very
polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to the London Welcome
Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had a perfect view of the park.
The room had its bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-
card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and
European food. They had a variety of food.

The two weeks in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired
but they felt very happy.

Questions

1. What is the purpose of the text?

2.Split the text (paragraph) based on the generic structure.

3. Give 3 examples of each language feature used in the text!

4. What does the first paragraph tell about?

5. What do the 2, 3, and 4 paragraphs tell about?

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Formula:
S + V2 + O + C

S : Subject

V2 : Past verb

O : Object

C : Complement

Verbs that show the past tense usually end in –ed, for example

V1 V2

Stay Stayed

Book Booked

Check Checked

Insert Inserted

Lock Locked

Select Selected

Walk Walked

Etc.

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There are irregular verbs that will change their form in the past tense

V1 V2

Go Went

See Saw

Drive Drove

Bring Brought

Etc.

Example past tense sentence:

- Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation.

- The room had a perfect view of the park
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard went to London with their two sons.
- Etc.

Conjunction and transition

Every text type, including recount, always uses conjunctions to make
compound sentences and transitions to link the sentences to provide cohesion in the
text.

Conjunctions

This is one kind of conjunction

Coordinating Conjunctions

F = For

A = And

N = Nor

B = But

O = Or

Y = Yet

S = So

people usually call them FANBOYS to memorize them easily. Recounts

usually use “But” and “And”.
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Example in sentence:

- They gave them newspapers and magazines to read. They gave them food
and drink.
- The boys were quite tired but they felt very happy.

Transitions

There are many kinds of transitional words. Recount uses the sequence of
time transition to start, link sentences, and start a paragraph.

Sequence of time

After

Afterwards

As soon as. . .

At first at

Last before

Before long

Finally

First . . .

Second . . .

Third . . .

Next

Then

You can find many examples from the text you have read before.

Task 2

Make 10 past tense sentences using conjunctions.

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Individual Assignments
Write a recount text about your impressive holiday in min. 170 words. Do not
forget to use the conjunctions and transitions to make your writing more dynamic.