EXERCISE

A. Exercise 1

Group Assignment:

Text 1
A Visit to Dani Tribe
Last vacation, I decided to visit the Dani tribe in Baliem Valley to do a little adventure.

First, I stopped at Muliama village, which was about 20 kilometres from Wamena, to enjoy
the Baliem Culture Festival. It was held for several days. People of the Dani was singing, dancing and
playing their traditional music in the festival. They painted their faces with big grease, clay, ash and
fur. They held their bows, wrrows and spears to act as if they were attacking each other. However, no
blood was shed. It was all intended only as threatening show of force.

When the festival ended, I chose to join a trekking trip to the spectacular villages of the Dani.
The trip gave a an oportunity to see the real lifestyle of the Dani people. I saw a great wooden bridges
across the fast-flowing mountain rivers. I also learnt that men and women did not live in one
tranditional house. Another amazing thing that I learnt was that people issing fngers were a result of a
custom whereby both men and women might cut off their fingers if they were left by the loved one.

My eight day trip to Abliem Valley gave me a remarkable impression of how rich Indonesia's
culture is.
Text 2
Swimming On The River

One day in the afternoon during my childhood I went to the river with my friends, Dimas and
Nando.

At the dry season, usually we played kites, fishing, or swimming at the river. And that day
was the day for swimming at the river because the day before we had already played kites.

It was actually a terrible day. We were swimming at the wrong place that was the place for
the sand mining area. That place was dangerous for children like us because the depth and the stream
were unpredictable. We did not recognize the danger of that area. We swam happily because at that
area we could find some small boats that were used for mining. Of course, we used the boats to play
also. We were 8 children swimming at the dangerous place.

At first we did not know that there was something wrong happened, we were still playing and
swimming happily until the afternoon almost over. Because we had been there for more than two
hours, we felt cold and stopped playing. We wore our cloth and finally we recognized that Nando was
disappeared. We began to be panic and afraid.

We called people who was still at the mining area and told them that our friend had gone.
That people was also panic and angry and they quickly began to look for our friend together. Many
people explored the whole area to find our friend. 3 hours left and the result was nothing. The sky
turned dark and finally they stopped the searching and would continue it tomorrow at the same
location and also at the dam of the river. Unfortunately, the people of our village and the mining area
could not find Nando.

We were so afraid of that accident and we would never do the same thing at that river again.

Please work in a group to compare text 1 and text 2 above by answering the question below!

1. What is the kind of texts above?

2. What type of recount texts above?
3. What the first text about?
4. What is the second text about?
5. How does the writer feels in the two texts above?
6. In the text 1 and 2 which paragraph that indicates orientation?
7. Who is the specific particiants in the text 1?
8. Who are the specific participant in the text 2?
9. Where does the text 1 and text 2 take place?
10. Please mention 3 circumtances of place in the text 1!

B. Exercise 2

Individual Assignment:

A. Please individually complete the text by filling in the blanks to the following Recount Text by the
words given!

My Holiday in Flores

I [1].....to Flores last month. I went there to visit Australian Volunteer English teachers in
Maumere, Ende and Bajawa. As a result, I also [2]..... the beauty of the island.

I [3]..... my first day in Maumere with Jo Keating. After visiting several [4]..... in the city, we
[5]..... an amazing journey over the mountains to the south coast. We visited a new junior high school
there. Then, I [6]..... to Ende to meet Sharon Kidman. [7] .....has a great market with a lovely selection
of traditional woven ikat cloth, and great seafood.

My next trip [8]..... to Detusoko, It is a mountain village. I went there with Ginny Edwards.
[9] ..... is not far from Mount Kelimutu. We [10]..... at 4 am to see the three different coloured lakes at
dawn. It was truly inspiring. My final trip was to Bajawa. It is a small town high in the mountains. It
was a very cold place.

My trip was fun and memorable. I would like to go back to flores one day.

Was Started Ende Traveled Woke up Enjoyed

Schools Took Went Detusoko
 C. Exercise 3
Individual Homework!
Make a recount text related to personal experiences. The theme can be your happiness
memories, sad memories, funny memories, or unforgettable memories. Then identify the generic
structure and linguistic feature.