RECOUNT TEXT

WHAT IS RECOUNT TEXT ?

Tells about something that happened in the

past
RECOUNT TEXT HAS 2 TYPES :
1.Factual Recount text
These are used to record details and facts of a
particular event which the speaker or writer has
not necessarily been involved in.

2.Personal recount text

These describe events that the speaker/writer was
personally involved in.
EXAMPLES
 Newspapers or the television news
 Letters and postcards
 Diaries
GENERIC STRUCTURE
 Orientation
~> introduces the topic or event
 Sequence of events
~> the recount is told in chronological order
(first, second, then, next, finally, etc)
 Re-orientation
~> personal opinion of the writer about the
topic or event
LANGUAGE FEATURE

 Using the past form like Simple Past Tense

 Uses the adverb of sequences like: first,
second, next, etc.
 EXAMPLE OF RECOUNT TEXT
Dear Grandpa and Grandma,

Yesterday at my school we had an International Day.

Orientation
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.
After the performances, then we had our lunch. Events
There were food stalls. They came from Australia, Asia,
Arab, and Africa
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.
Reorientation
Although I didn’t win anything, International Day
was still fun
Thank you