Students’ Worksheet

Materi Pembelajaran:
RECOUNT TEXT

Social Function:
The purpose of a recount is to list and describe past experience by retelling
events in the order in which thy happened (chronological order). Recounts
are written to retell events with the purpose of either informing or
entertaining their audience (or both)
Types of Recount:
1. Personal Recount
These usually retell an event that the writer was personally involved in.
2. Factual Recount
Recording an accident, e.g. a science experiment, police report
3. Imaginative Recount
Writing an imaginary role and giving details of events inspired by the true
event, e.g. a day in the life of pirate; how I invented …
4. Historical Recount
Telling about historical story e.g Sumpah Pemuda, Proklamasi, Bandung
Lautan Api
5. Biographical Recount
Telling about the story of someone’s life e.g Biography of Raden Ajeng
Kartini, Raden Intan

Generic Structure of Recount Text:

Text Elements Content

Orientation Information about an event and its setting. It provides
details of who, what, when, where, or why
Events A sequence of events which happened in a
chronological order. What happened? First?...,
Second…, Next…, Soon…, During…, After…, Later…,
Eventually…, Finally…
Re-orientation Conclusion/Summary of the events. What do you
(Closing) think, feel or decide about the occurred events
Language Features:
1. Past tense:
Pay attention to the conversation below!

In the dialog, the boy and the girl are talking about the boy’s holiday.
The sentence “I visited bunaken and dived there”. Uses the
simple past tense.
Simple Past Tense shows that the activity or situation began and
 ended at the particular time in the past. It is used:
To express a completed action in the past.
Example : I went to Bandung last week
To express a series of completed actions
Example: Aldi woke up, made his bed, and then had a bath
To show duration in the past.
Example: Sandra called me for about twenty minutes

To describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.

Example: Mr. Hendra was poor, but now he is wealthy

Simple Past Tense Sentences

Kirana borrowed my book yesterday (Affirmative) The men were police
officer (Affirmative)
Rendra did not play chess last night (Negative) The boy was not at home
(Negative)
Did you do gardening last Sunday? (Interrogative)
Was Arkan here a few minutes ago? (Interrogative)

2. Conjunctions and time connectives which order events, happening, or

action. Such as: and, but, then, after that, and etc.
3. Adverbs and adverbs phrase to show location, time, and manner, such
as: right here, in my house, yesterday afternoon, slowly, often, and etc.

4. Using action verbs, such as : throw, kick, beat etc

5. Using personal participant such as I, my family, my friend, my group.

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Name :
Class :

Read the text carefully and answer the questions.

Text 1
My Bad Day
My name is Dipo. I'm a newspaper boy. I ride my bike to deliver newspapers.
Everytime I distribute morning papers, I see many dogs along the way. I like to
tease them. I made fun of them 5 by throwing stones, kicking or "barking".
One morning, in front of a football field, I saw a big black dog behind me.
Threw a stone at him but it missed. He chased me until I fell into a ditch. It was
smelly from the garbage and waste. My leg hurt so I screamed.
Luckily, an old lady came to help me. She beat the dog with a broom. She
helped me stand up. When I looked up, some girls were laughing at me. I didn't
want to look at them. My clothes were wet and full of dirt. I was so embarrassed.
It was really a traumatic experience. I learned my lesson! I will never tease dogs
again.
QUESTIONS
1. What is the text about?
2. Who do you think the big black dog is?
3. How did Dipo feel when the girls laughed at him? Why?
4. “I didn't want to look at them.” The underlined refers to…
5. ….“I learned my lesson” (Paragraph 3). What can be inferred from
the statement
 Personal Recount
At My School

Read the story below. Underline the past tense verbs.

Read the text about Sari’s experience about her team won a debating contest. As you read the text,
put the sentences in the correct order. The first one has been done for you.

When we arrived, we entered the room and quickly found out seats
Then the welcome ceremony started. The MC introduced the judges and announced the draw

What a fantastic day! I’ll never forget the day my friends and I debated and
won
1Last year in July, my debating team competed in the finals of the regional
debating competition

We recognized some teams from other schools which we had competed

against in the past.

Our whole team debated really well and were so proud when we were announced the winners

We won the huge silver trophy and some money for our school
Luckily, we had practiced our topic which was, “Should mobile phone be banned in school”

We had practiced our debating skills for three weeks

We left home early in the morning and my dad drove us 50 kilometers to the university

We were all a bit nervous but excited too

We weren’t really worried as we knew we had defeated them before and we were also very well
prepared

While I was listening, I started to get a bit nervous and I really hoped our
topic would be something we knew about. Finally, it was our turn

It was held in a huge university auditorium. 20 teams entered the competition

 Read the text carefully and answer the questions.
Text 2

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 4, 1961, is an American politician who served
as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He is the first African
American to have served as president. He previously served in the U.S. Senate representing
Illinois from 2005 to 2008, and in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004.
Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, two years after the territory was admitted to the
Union as the 50th state. Raised largely in Hawaii, Obama also spent one year of his childhood
in Washington State and four years in Indonesia. After graduating from Columbia University
in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988 Obama enrolled in Harvard
Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After
graduation, he became a civil rights attorney and professor, teaching constitutional law at the
University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Obama represented the 13th District
for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, when he ran for the U.S. Senate.
Obama received national attention in 2004, with his unexpected March primary win, his
well- received July Democratic National Convention keynote address, and his landslide
November election to the Senate. In 2008, Obama was nominated for president, a year after
his campaign began, and after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton. He was
elected over Republican John McCain, and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. Nine
months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
During his first two years in office, Obama signed many landmark bills. Main reforms
were the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often referred to as "Obamacare"), the
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Repeal Act of 2010. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Tax Relief,
Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 served as economic
stimulus amidst the Great Recession, but the GOP regained control of the House of
Representatives in 2011. After a lengthy debate over the national debt limit, Obama signed
the Budget Control and the American Taxpayer Relief Acts. In foreign policy, Obama
increased
U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, reduced nuclear weapons with the U.S.-Russian New START
treaty, and ended military involvement in the Iraq War. He ordered military involvement in
Libya in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, and the military operation that resulted in the
death of Osama bin Laden.
After winning re-election by defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Obama was
sworn in for a second term in 2013. Obama also advocated gun control in response to the
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and issued wide-ranging executive actions
concerning climate change and immigration. In foreign policy, Obama ordered military
intervention in Iraq in response to gains made by ISIL after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq,
continued the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, promoted
discussions that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement on global climate change, initiated the
sanctions against Russia following the invasion in Ukraine, brokered a nuclear deal with Iran,
and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba.
Obama left office in January 2017 with a 60% approval rating. He currently resides in
Washington, D.C. His presidential library will be built in Chicago.

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama)
Questions:
1. What is the text about?
2. How long did Obama serve as President of USA?
3. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
4. What did Obama Profession before served as President?
5. Who was Obama’s competitor on President’s election in his first period?
6. What Nobel did Obama get on his first year being the President of USA?
7. What was Obama policy on National debt limit?
8. What did Obama Foreign Policy toward Iraq and Afghanistan after re-elected
as President of USA?
9. “He currently resides in Washington, D.C.” The word “He” refers to …
10. Where does Obama live after leave office in January 2017?

Read the following text and answer the questions.

Text 3

One evening, Aji was walking home with his friend, Reno, when suddenly they
heard some footsteps behind them. They turned around to see who it was but they
could not see anything for the path was very dimly lit.
So they continued walking. Again they heard the footsteps. This time they
started running for fear of gangsters. Then suddenly three men came out from
behind the tree. One of them had a long scar across this left cheek. The men caught
hold of reno. Aji was so stunned that he took ho his heels at once, without thinking of
his safety and that of his friend. One of the men gave chase immediately.
Aji ran as fast as his legs could carry him. He soon reached a telephone booth
and called the police. Then, he hid himself behind some bushed. When the man with
the ugly scar across his face could not find Aji, he quickly walked back to where his
companions were. He muttered some curses under his breath.
After a few minutes, the police arrived. Aji quickly ran out to meet them. He
then led the police to where Reno was. When they reached the spot, they saw the
three men demanding money from Reno and stripping him of his watch and new
jacket. They were threatening to kill Reno if he did not tell them his address and
phone number. The police crept quietly up to where they were and with aloud shout
of “This is the police. Drop your knives and put your hands up,” they rushed out from
behind the bushes. The robbers tried to run away were caught by the police. Aji ran
to Reno who was visibly shaken.
After a few minutes, Reno regained his composure. The police drive the two boys
home while the three robbers were escorted to the police station in a patrol car.
It was a very shocking moment. Since then, they don’t dare to walk on the path
in the evening anymore.

Questions
1. What is the text about?
2. What did Aji do when reno was caught by the robbers?
3. Knowing that Aji was away, what did the robbers do?
4. Where did aji run away to?
5. Why could not one of the robbers find Aji?
6. “… he quickly walked back to where his companions were.” (Paragraph 3) What
does the underlined word means?
7. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
8. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
9. “When they reached the spot …” (Paragraph 4). What does the underlined word
refer to?
10. Why did the robber threaten to kill Reno if he did not tell them his address
and phone number?
Part 2
Reread the story in text 3. Then complete the following diagram!

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