Recount and Report Text

By: Yoni rahayu, [Link].I, [Link]

Learning Objectives:

After learning this material, you will be

able to:
1. Determine the social function, generic
Structure and language features of
Recount and report Text.

2. Write paragraph of Recount and

report Text.
Recount and Report Text

2 Social Function
1 Definition

Language
3 Generic Structure 4
Features
Recount Text
Definition Function Generic Structure Language features
A text that tells the To retell past ✓ Orientation: the opening ✓ Using tense in past
reader about one experience. paragraph by introducing the condition (Past
story, action or participant, setting of time or tense, past
activity. place. continuous, past
perfect),
✓ Events: It contains a series of ✓ Using action verbs,
events so that it constructs a ✓ Focusing on specific
complete series (chronological participants. (e.g.: I,
order) my group)
✓ Using adjectives and
✓ Re-orientation (Closing): It adverbs.
consists of a conclusion or a ✓ Using conjunctions
comment or sums up of and time
evaluation made by the writer. connectives.
✓ Using evaluative
words.
✓ Using passive voice,
etc.
 Nominal Pattern
Past Tense
Tell about the past or (+) Subject + to be (was/were) + Object/Complement
He was happy last night.
completed actions in the
(-) Subject + to be (was/were) + not + Object/Complement
past that are connected to a He was not happy last night.
specific or definite time. (?) to be (was/were)+ Subject + Object/Complement?
Was he happy last night?

Time signals

yesterday, yesterday
morning, last ..., last Verbal Pattern
night, last week, ago (+) Subject + Verb 2+ Object/Complement
..., two years ago, etc) They wrote a recount text yesterday.
(-) Subject + did not + Verb 1 + Object/Complement
They did not write a recount text yesterday.
(?) Did + Subject + Verb 1 + Object/Complement?
Did they write a recount text yesterday?
The example of Recount Text
“My Last Celebration of Independence Day”

Two years ago, 17th August 2022 was Indonesia 77th Independence Day. Most of Indonesian people
celebrated this history day. I celebrated it with all my friends and teachers at school. Orientation
In the morning, we held a flag ceremony for Indonesia's Independence Day with the reading of the
proclamation text , singing the Indonesia Raya Song, and raising the red and white flag by the Paskibraka
team. I felt this ceremony was very sacred. Events
After the flag ceremony was over, the school held several competitions to celebrate Independence
Day such as English speech contests, “Rank 1” competitions, soccer competitions, cooking competitions
and so on. All competitions were carried out in a sporting manner. Each student supported team or
candidate from each class to compete with each other's class. After all the competitions were over, each
winner got prize according to the ranking they got. Events
I was very happy with the celebration of independence day at school, because from this moment of
this celebration I remembered the hard work of the heroes to win Indonesian independence.
Reorientation
Report Text
Definition Function Generic Structure Language features
A text which ✓ Classifying Report: ✓ Opening General Statement/ ✓ Using general
concerned with to organise and General Classification. This part nouns.
general categories describe a field or locating what is being talked about ✓ Using relating verbs
of things rather topic into a class in the universe of things. It often to describe features.
takes the form of a classification or
than events and and subclass (e.g.: Molecules are
definition.
happenings and hierarchy. tiny particles).
✓ Facts about various aspects of
with informing the subject/Descriptions. These ✓ Using action verbs.
about technical ✓ Compositional facts will be grouped into topic ✓ Using timeless
and scientific Report: to organise areas, each marked by a topic present tense to
topics. and describe a field sentence to indicate the particular indicate usualness.
or topic according aspect of the subject being dealt ✓ Using technical
to its part (a part or with (color, shape, habits, behavior, terms.
whole part). etc.), or by giving examples, or by ✓ Using paragraphs
comparing, contrasing and with topic sentences.
classifying, or by describing ✓ Using passive voice.
components and their function.
 Example of Report Text
Honey Bee
Honey bee is the name given to some species of bees who have the ability to produce honey and
beeswax. Of all 20.000 species of bees in the world, there are only seven species which belong to the
group of honey bee. They are insect and all of them belong to the genus Apis. One of the most famous
honey bee is the Western Honey Bee. (General Classification)
There are three castes of honey bee and each of them has their own job or function. The first one is the
Queen. The queen is a female honey bee with the job to lay eggs and to be the mother of all bees in the
colony. There is only one queen in a colony of bees. An exclusive food called “royal jelly” is what makes
a female honey bee grow larger than other honey bees and became the queen. The second one is the
Workers. The workers are all female honey bees in a colony except the queen. They can consist of as
much as 60.000 bees in single colony. Some of their duties are: feeding the brood, collecting food,
receiving nectar, cleaning the hive, guard duty, producing honey and also producing beeswax. The third
one is the Drones. Drones are all male bees in a colony. The drones have one job only and that is to
fertilize the queen during the mating process and will soon be dead after that. (Descriptions/facts)
Exercise Time!

▪ Find out the meaning of the underlined vocabularies from the

text “My last celebration of Independence Day”.

▪ Find out the “Past form” Verb or V2 from the text.

▪ Write a recount text with your own topic last experience!

Write down the Generic structure on your text!
 Thanks!
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