RECOUNT TEXT

EXAMPLE OF RECOUNT TEXT

Dear Grandpa and Grandma,

Yesterday at my school we had an International Day. We

had performances, food stalls, displays, raffle ticket draw,
and some of us were dressed in costumes.
We started our day off with performances but the one I
liked best was the one from fourth grade. We played
games. The performance I was in was Labamba.
Straight after our performances we had our lunch. There
were food stalls. They came from Australia, Asia, Arab,
and Greece.
There was also a Trash and Treasure stall where they sold
toys. The school got these things by asking the children to
bring them in.
Although I didn’t win anything, International Day was still
fun
WHAT IS RECOUNT TEXT ?

Tells about something that happened in the

past
EXAMPLES
 Biographies and autobiographies
 Newspapers or the television news
 Letters and postcards
 Diaries
 GENERIC STRUCTURE

Orientation Events Reorientation

 Orientation
~> introduces the topic or event
 Sequence of events
~> the recount is told in chronological order
(first, second, then, next, finally, etc)
 Re-orientation
~> the writes can give personal opinion
about the topic or event
LANGUAGE FEATURE

 Using the past form like Simple Past Tense

and Past Continuous Tense

 Uses the sequence of event like: first,

second, next, etc.
 Adverb of time : last, yesterday, etc
A. Please identified and discussed with
your group the text “Trip to
Jogjakarta” based on the generic
structure of recount text!

1. Orientation
2. Events
3. Reorientation
4. Past tense
5. Adverb of time
Answered these question below based on the
text!
1. The text above mainly discusses about?
2. The text is written in the form of a/an?
3. The purpose of the text is to?
4. What is the big temples in Prambanan?
5. When did they go home?

B. Write your past experience based on the

example
 Trip to Jogjakarta
Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There
are three big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa and Wisnu
temples. They are really amazing. We visited only
Brahmana and Syiwa temples, because Wisnu temples,
because Wisnu temple is being renovated.

On Friday morning we went to Yogya Kraton. We spent

about two hours there. We were lucky because we
were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we
continued our journey to Borobudur. We arrived there
at four p.m. We heard the announcement that
Borobudur gate would be closed.

In the evening, we left for Jakarta by bus. We were

very happy to trip in Jogjakarta.
Thanks for your
attention