Recount

Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past.

Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience. There is no complication among the
participants and that differentiates from narrative

Social function:
- To retell events or experience in the past for informing or entertaining the audience

Generic Structure of Recount

1. Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time
2. Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past
3. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story

Language Feature of Recount

• 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

Recounts can be:

• factual, such as a news story

• procedural, such as telling someone how you built something
• personal, such as a family holiday or your opinion on a subject.

Recounts can be either written or spoken. Examples of recounts include:

• biographies and autobiographies
• newspapers or the television news
• letters and postcards
• textbooks
• conversations with friends
 Generic
Structure A visit to a sheep farm Language Features

Orientation Last holidays I visited a sheep property. I Relational

helped in the shearing sheds and in the yards. Processes/L
- inking verbs
w
Who (Italic)
When
Where
On the first day the Merino Weathers were Material Processes
Event 1 crutched. I helped by sweeping up after the rouse
about picked up the wool pieces. Shearers started (Bold)
early ( at 7.30 ).
After lunch, we started shearing the lambs. Time
Event 2 There were more than 400 so we didn’t finish until conjunctions
the next day. Once again I was sweeping and
picking up dags. (underlined)

I was tired by the end of the day in the shed

Event 3 but our work wasn’t finished. We all had to help to
get the weathers and lambs back in to the paddocks.
As well, we had to get a mob of ewes and their
lambs in to the yard for shearing the next day. Then
it was time for tea ( that’s what my nanna calls
dinner ).
This was a very long day but I enjoyed it a
Re- lot.
orientation

Find out any mistakes of tense!

My Experience

Last Holiday, me and my family went to the Pelabuhan Ratu Beach.

We are staying in a small house during 2 days. It has lots of boats and
lots of fisherman that catch a fish.

First, we enjoyed the beautiful view. And then we slept because we

were tired. After we sleep, we were smimming in the beach until maghrib.
Next, we take a shower and prayed maghrib together. Then, we have a
dinner and watched TV together. Finally, everybody felt asleep there.

We woke up in the morning and after we took a pray subuh together

we had a breakfast. In the afternoon we went home. We were all very
happy.
Answer these questions based on the 1st text!

1. What kind of text is it?

2. What does the text tell about?

3. What is the social function of the text above?

4. Mention the generic structure of the text?

5. What is the main idea of the 2nd paragraph?

6. What does the 3rd paragraph tell us?

7. What tense is mostly used in the text above?

8. What does the word “it” (last par.) refer to?

9. Why didn’t they finish shearing the sheep?

10. How many days did they need to shear all sheep?