RECOUNT

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By. Priti Dewi S.A
(1801050046)
ACTIVITY 1
PAY ATTENTION
TO THE VIDEO

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 Question
Answer the question bellow based on the video above!

1. What is the video tells about?

2. What kind of the text about?

3. Where did they go on Friday?

4. What did they do on Saturday morning?

5. When did grandpa’s birthday held?

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 DEFINITION 02 THE PURPOSE

The definition of Recount Text The purpose of Recount Text

03 GENERIC STRUCTURE 04 LANGUAGE FEATURES

The Generic Structure of The Language Features of

Recount Text Recount Text
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What is recount text?
 RECOUNT TEXT

Recount text is a text that tells about

experiences or events that someone has
experienced in the past which is told
sequentially or chronologically.
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What is the type of
recount text?
 TYPES OF RECOUNT TEXT

01 Personal Recount 02 Factual Recount

Tell about the author's Presents reports of actual
personal experience. events / facts / an incident

03 Imaginative 04 Historical Recount

Tells a story based on the author’s
tells about history such as historical
imangination in the past tense, or
places or historical objects
called fantasy
 THE PURPOSE

to tell the readers what happened in the

past through a sequence of events and
entertaint the reader.
 STRUCTURE
TEXT STRUCTURE
Last week, I and my friends went to the beach after school.
Orientation
We used public transportation. We reached the beach at 4
p.m. The beach was beautiful and clean.

At the beach, it was fun. We played football in the coast line.

After that, we built a castle from sand. In the night, we made Series ofEvent
bonfire together. We roasted fishes and squites then we ate
them. In the midnight, it was time to share our scary stories.
One by one, we told our story.

At the morning, we went home. It was a moment I never ReOrientation

forgot.
 LANGUAGE FEATURES
1. Using past tense verbs

2. Using action / action verbs

3. Uses adverbs

4. Using adjectives

5. Use conjunctions and chronological

connectors
ACTIVITY 3 : REARANGE THE PICTURE
 ACTIVITY 4

Arrange these paragraphs into a good text !

1. Finally I found the book after looking for about one hour. After that, I went to cashier to
pay the book. The price was not too expensive. It was just twenty thousand rupiah.
2. After I arrived there, I looked for my favorite books, English book!. I saw many interesting
book there but I was looking for book entitled “English is Fun”.
3. Yesterday, I went to a “Banjar Book Store”. It was a famous book store in banjarharjo.
We can find many good books there. I went there by bike because it was not too far from
my house. I departed from my house at 4 pm.
4. I arrived at home at 6pm. I couldnt wait no longer to read the book I just bought. I
thought that hunting a book is very interesting. Did you think the same?
 Resume the Material

1. Personal Recount : ………………………

The Purpose :
………….
2. Factual Recount : Presents reports of
actual events / facts / an incident
Type of Recount
Text
Recount Text : a text that tells
about experiences or events that 3. Imaginative Recount : ………………
someone has experienced in the
past which is told sequentially or The Purpose :
chronologically. …………..

4. Historical Recount : ………….

Structure : Orientation, Series of Even, ……….