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Examples 1 Personal Recount (M2 LA 2)

Instructions
Topic Fishing

Orientation Yesterday I was going to a lake for fishing. It was a nice time
because I had no work to do.
Record of(1) I woke up earlier in the morning, and then I went to the
marketplace to buy some shrimps I would use for the fishing
Events bait. After that, I went to the lake to start fishing.
(2) At the lake, I looked for the best point to fish. I went to the
place under a big tree at the bank of the lake.
(3) I threw my hook as far as I could, and then I waited for the
fish eating my bait. After about a thirty-minute waiting, I felt that
a fish ate my bait, and it was true. I got a big fish. It was the first
big enough fish I got in fishing. I got ten big fish and three small
fish that day. I was very happy.
(4) I would cook those fish at home and then I would call my
friends to come to my house. We would have a small party.
(5) But I was not lucky enough because on the way home, I met a
beggar. He was an old poor beggar. I gave all of my fish to him
and I wish he would be happy getting those fish. Perhaps, he
could sell them at the market and got some money to buy some
food.

ReorientationAlthough I had no more fish after that, I was quite happy because
I could help people.

From the recount text entitled ‘Fishing’ above, the explanations


can be made as follows: (Look at some words in bold, italics,
underlined as examples)
 The text focuses on a specific person, namely ‘I’ (in bold).
 There are a number of action verbs, such as ‘going’, ‘woke’,
‘went’, ‘use’, ‘looked’, ‘threw’, and ‘waited’ (in italics).
 There are some adverbs of time and place in the text such as
‘yesterday’, ‘to a lake’, ‘in the morning’, ‘to the marketplace’, ‘to
the lake’, and ‘at the lake’ (underlined).
 The sentences are mostly formed in past tense like ‘was’, ‘had,
‘woke’, ‘went’, ‘would’, ‘looked’, ‘threw’, and ‘waited’, ‘felt’, and
‘got’ (in italics).
 The text involves temporal sequences such as ‘then’, ‘after that’,
‘as far as’, and ‘after’ (underlined).

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