STUDENT WORKSHEET 1

Recount Text

Uncle’s House

Last holiday my family and I went to Jakarta. We visited my uncle’s house. It had a
big garden and a lot of colorful flowers and tennis court.

On Friday my nephew and I went to National Museum and went up to the top of
monument which had the golden symbol of the spirit of our nation. From the top we could
see the beauty of the metropolitan city. On Saturday we went to Ancol beach to see
DuniaFantasiand Dolphin show.

On Sunday we went to Ragunan Zoo and then we went home. We really enjoyed our
holiday

Generic Structure of Recount Text

Generic Structure Text

Orientation Last holiday my family and I went to Jakarta. We visited my
uncle’s house. It had a big garden and a lot of colorful flowers
(Pengenalan: Who, and tennis court.
When, Where, dll)
Events: On Friday my nephew and I went to National Museum and
went up to the top of monument which had the golden symbol
(Urutan Peristiwa) of the spirit of our nation. From the top we could see the
beauty of the metropolitan city. On Saturday we went to
Ancol beach to see DuniaFantasiand Dolphin show.
Reorientation On Sunday we went to Ragunan Zoo and then we went
home. We really enjoyed our holiday.
(Penutup cerita,
rangkuman rentetan
peristiwa)

Language Features

1. Simple past tense :

Subjek + V2 + Complement
Example :-She went to school
-The boy ate food

2. Simple past + to be (was/were):

Subjek + to be + adjective/ adverb/ noun
Example :-Maya was beautiful
-Bayu adn Agus was smart students
-They were buying some food
Activity 1

Read a loud the text with your group.

Text 1

My Day

I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my alarm clock
didn't go off. Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was making
breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so quickly that I forgot to wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I
wanted to take a taxi, but I didn't have enough money. Finally, I walked the three miles to my
school only to discover that it was Sunday. I hope I never have a day as the one I had
yesterday

Answer these questions based on the picture.

1. What the story telling about?
2. What happened with the writer in the first terrible?
3. Why the writer forgot to wear socks?
4. What the writer does when the writer haven’t enough money?
5. What the final of the story?

Text 2

My Busy Holiday

On April 16th, 2010, I thought this would be a great holiday for me because that was
the holy day for Hindhu people . I was so tired about the study, so I guessed this time I could
get full refresh anyway. However, the fact said the other way.
First like an ordinary daughter, I had to get up early morning helping my mother, of
course after I prayed. Then I did my chores, cleaned up my room, and spread out my bed
under the sun ray. I was really in danger if my mom knew that my room was messy. So, I
made it as soon as possible. Second, my aunts called me in the afternoon. I did not meet them
for a long time, that was the way I kept for hours to talk with them. After that, unpredictable
my neighbor visited me. She asked my help finishing her homework.
At last, the time was running and I just remembered that I had a lot of homework. I
got mad, confused and regretful why I did not check my homework before. Therefore, I did
my homework until 2:00 a.m. the next morning.I did not feel this was holiday instead of I had
to work hard and got a long ship with my homework.

Answer these questions based on the picture.

1. What the story telling about?
2. When the story happened?
3. What happened on the story?
4. Why the writer really busy on the holiday?
5. What the time when the writer did homework?
Text 3

My Very Busy Day

Last Monday was a busy day for me. I spent my time to do a lot of activities from
college to my home.First, at the morning, I did my presentation's assignment with my partner,
she was Nurhidayah. It took 3 hours. And then we went to the campus for joining lecture.
But, the lecturer said that our presentation would be started next week. It made us
disappointed. The class was finished at 12.30.
After that, I had to go home because my grandmother was in a bad condition. She was
hospitalized. So, it was a must for me to back home at that time. When I got there, there were
so many members of my family. There were about 10 people. My aunt, my niece, my uncle
and some of my cousins. We all hoped that our grandmother would get better soon.Those
activities made my day busy.

Answer these questions based on the picture.

1. What the story telling about?
2. How long time the writer did presentation’s assigment?
3. Why the writer must go home after the class was finished?
4. How many members of family in hospital?
5. What the hope of family to grandmother?

Activity 2: Complete the generic structure of three text

Generic Structure Text

Orientation

Events:

Reorientation

Activity 3: Present your result of the discuss with your friends in front of class.
 STUDENT WORKSHEET 2

Activity 1: Read aloud the text.

Camp Night

Last weekend, my friends and I went camping. We reached the camping ground after
we walked for about one and a half hour from the parking lot. We built the camp next to a
small river. It was getting darker and colder, so we built afire camp.
The next day, we spent our time observing plantation and insects while the girls were
preparing meals. In the afternoon we went to the river and caught some fish for supper. At
night, we held a fire camp night. We sang, danced, read poetry, played magic tricks, and even
some of us performed a standing comedy.
On Monday, we packed our bags and got ready to go home.

Answer the following questions based on the text.

1. What kind of the text above?

2. What the communicative purpose of the text?
3. What the tense mostly used by the writer? Mention kind of verbs from the text above!
4. Mention the generic structure of the text!
5. What did the writer do on Monday?

Activity 2: Make a recount text from your experiens at last Saturday.