RECOUNT TEXT

Speaking or writing about past events.

Some Examples of RECOUNT text are:

Newspaper reports Conversations Speeches Television interviews Eyewitness accounts Letters

The Generic Structure (Kerangka Karangan)

OrientationThe first paragraph that gives background information about who, what, where and when.

Series of EventsThe 2nd (third-…) paragraph that retells the events in the order in which they happened.

Re-orientationA concluding paragraph (Impression, suggestion, feeling)

Language Features(Bentuk Bahasa)

Use past tense to retell the events. Use words that shows the order of events. Such as:

first, next, then, …. Use descriptive words to give details about who,

what, when, where and how.

Orientation

One day, I had to teach a new English class. I read the list of new students’ name. It was Kiddies’ group since they were about 9 and 10 years old.

Series of Events

That was the first day of the Spanish carnival, so I wanted to wear the most appropriate suit for the children’s class. Most kids usually dress up at carnival, I thought. It would be more interesting if their teacher was also in carnival spirit. That was why I decided to wear my teddy bear suit and bring cuddly toys in my box.

And that was what I did. I walked through the door happily. The director watched me completely astonished. I smile and looked straight at her. With a man beside her, he said, ”Good Afternoon. I’d like to introduce you to Mr. Mendez, the director of Delta Company. He is one of the participants of the English course that you will teach today.”

ReorientationOh my god! I nearly died! The secretary apologized to me for the wrong details of my new class.

Key Vocabulary

had to a new english class Kiddies’ group Spanish carnival appropriate suit Carnival spirit

Teddy bear suit decided walked watched astonished died apologized wrong details

For Special Attention: Simple Past Tense

I had to teach a new English class. I read a list of students’ names. It was kiddies’ group since they were about 9

and 10 years old. That was the first day of Spanish carnival. I wanted to wear ... That was I decided to wear ... I walked through the door happily. etc

Let’s Practice

The Latest Fashion One day, I had to teach a new English class. I read the list of new students’ name. It was Kiddies’ group since they were about 9 and 10 years old. That was the first day of the Spanish carnival, so I wanted to wear the most appropriate suit for the children’s class. Most kids usually dress up at carnival, I thought. It would be more interesting if their teacher was also in carnival spirit. That was why I decided to wear my teddy bear suit and bring cuddly toys in my box. And that was what I did. I walked through the door happily. The director watched me completely astonished. I smiled and looked straight at her. With a man beside her, he said, ”Good Afternoon. I’d like to introduce you to Mr. Mendez, the director of Delta Company. He is one of the participants of the English course that you will teach today.” Oh my god! I nearly died! The secretary apologized to me for the wrong details of my new class.

1. What is the text about?

A. The writer’s embarrassing experience of her first day English class.

B. The latest fashion of an English teacher.C. The celebration of Spanish carnivalD. Wrong schedule of a new English class.

2. The secretary apologized to the writer because….

A. the writer wore his teddy bear suitB. she did not remember the carnival dayC. she did not know Mr. Mendez was in

the classD. she has given the wrong details of the

new class

3. The director watched me completely astonished.The underlined word nearly means ….

A. complicated

B. confused

C. very surprised

D. got shocked

4. I smiled and looked straight at her. The underlined word refers to….

A. The director

B. The participant

C. Mr.Mendez

D. The director of Delta Company

5. How did the writer feel about this experience? She felt ….

A. sorry

B. happy

C. astonished D. embarrassed

Text 2

I really hate flying. Once, something happened to me. When I was on board, the plane started taking on. It seemed that everything was all right. But suddenly I saw smoke coming from the engine of the plane. The engine was on fire and the plane started to rattle. Suddenly the captain said to us in very calm voice. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are having a little problem with one of the engines. There is no need to panic. Keep your seat belts fastened. We are going to return to the airport.” You can imagine how frightened I was, but the crew was fantastic. The flight attendants were really calm and told us not to worry. One of them told me to relax and said that everything would be all right. A few minutes later, we were coming in to land. The pilot made a smooth landing on the runway. It was over, and we were saved. I took a taxi and went home. From that day on, I decided not to fly anymore.

6. What is the best title for the above text?

A. Traveling by air

B. A crash in the air

C. The flight is on fire

D. My bad experience on the plane

7. The writer did not want to fly anymore because ….

A. his flying experience was so terrifying

B. he preferred taking a taxi to a plane

C. he wanted to be calm in an airplane

D. he wanted to relax during the flight

8. You can imagine how frightened I was …. The underlined word has the same meaning as ….

A. horrible

B. terrified

C. panic

D. sad

9. These are TRUE about the writer, EXCEPT …

A. He had a bad experience in flying.B. He was one of the save passengers

from the accident.C. He went home and would try another

air flight.D. He flew with fantastic air crew.

10.Paragraph two tells us about….

A. How frightened the passengers were

B. How fantastic the air crew was

C. How everybody needed to be calm down

D. How the captain of the flight asked the

passengers to sit