CLASS X

RECOUNT GENRE

A. Communicative Purpose
To retell past events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
B. Generic Structure
1. Orientation
Introduces setting, participants and beginning the story
2. Events
Tells what happened to the participants
3. Reorientation
Closure of events
C. Language Feature
Using Past Tense

Read the text then answer the questions!

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 a fire camp.
The next day, we spend 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 bag and got ready to go to home.

1. Who are the main characters of the story?

a. The writer c. The writer’s friends
b. The writer and his family d. The writer and his friends

2. What is the text about?

a. The writer and his friends went camping c. observing plantation
b. School’s activity d. a fire camp

3. We built a fire camp because …………………

a. We built the camp next to a small river c. We reached the camping ground
b. It was getting darker and colder d. The girls were preparing meals

4. Which one is not true?

a. We built the camp next to a small river c. At night we sang, danced, read poetry and
played games
b. The girls were preparing meals d. The boys were observing plantation

5. What is the generic structure of last paragraph?

a. orientation b. reorientation c. event d. identification

6. When the writer and his friends went camping?

a. Monday b. Sunday c. Saturday d. Friday