Materi Recount Text dan Contohnya

       A.     What is Recount text?

 Recount text is one of genre of the texts which is very important because in junior and senior high school.  It becomes the one of genre of the texts that should be known by the students.

       B.     The purpose of recount text :

To retell about past event

The generic structure of recount text:

 

1.  Orientation: It opens the story when, who, where, what will the subject/person do.

2.  Event 1, 2, 3, and more...

 It tells about when the story/events happen, it should be in chronological orders.

(e.g.: The story starts from morning, then afternoon, and finally in the evening)

3.  Re-orientation

It tells about the writer's feeling.

                        (e.g. : We were very happy with our holiday in Magelang.)

   

C. Linguistics features of recount text:

1. Using 'Simple Past Tense'

As we know, the formulas  of Simple Past Tense Sentence:

a.          Positive Form

e.g. : Last week, We went to Borobudur temple in Magelang Regency by car.

Went is Verb 2, It is from Go.

                                           Go -->  Went

    b.      Negative Form

    e.g. : Last week, We did not go  to Borobudur temple in Magelang Regency by car.

                        We should add ‘did not/ didn’t ’ if we make negative form in Simple Past   Tense. Last, Don’t forget, you must change Verb 2 becomes V1!

e.g. : Went  -->  Go

                 c.   Complement form
 

e.g. : W e were  very happy. (‘Very happy’ is adjective form)

           2. Using Time Squence

They are Last week, last holiday, in the morning, afternoon, evening, two days ago,  etc.

           3. Example of Short Recount Text

                 Read this text bellows!

'HOW MANY BOOKS DO YOU HAVE?'

Last week, my friends and I were having a course. That's my favorite lecture because we will talk about books and many things about literature.

"How many books do you have?" My lecturer, alm Mr. Soetrisman, M.Sc. asked us when we were in Literary Appreciation course.

The class was silent, I looked my friends just keep their mouths closed.

After that, One by one of my friends just answered 5s, 10s, 15s, 20s and they didn't answer more than 50 books. Finally, that arrived in my seat, he repeated again the question, I answered, "more than 80, Sir.."

My book collections

He just smiled, "Good, I have more than 1000 books, so if you have been in college, you should have hundreds books since you're in elementary school."

 

"I'll try to collect like you, try to keep my book, it's not only paper, but also I'll find many new things there, yeah.. because I love reading, it's my breath.." Whispers me in my heart..

"So... how many books do you have?"

4 years later...

I remember that question after I trimmed my book shelf, yeah.. It's not more than 1000 books, but I'm sure I have more than 300 books now. I'm very happy got literary course in my college, and I'm proud to meet him in my life.

@ariftatita

Miss Tita, Magelang 2015

Proverb and Riddle

1.      Proverb

Every culture has a collection of wise sayings that offer advice about how to live your life. These sayings are called by "proverbs".

Example: Time is money = Waktu adalah uang.

(Waktu sangat berharga atau penting maka manusia harus menggunakan waktu sebaik mungkin)

Kinds of Proverbs:

1.      Aphorism (Pepatah)

This proverb offers advice.

Example : Don’t go too far in small.

(Persoalan kecil jangan dibesar-besarkan).

2.   Parable (Perumpamaan)

That has a moral lesson and has parable.

Example   : To carry coals to New-castle.

 (Bagai membuang garam kelaut)

3.   Slogan (Pameo)

This proverb gives spirit or motivation.

Example   :

1.      Early bird gets worm

(Tuhan akan memberikan rezeki kepada makhluk-Nya yang lebih dulu bangun)

2.      Diligence is the mistress of success.

(Kerajinan pangkal kesuksesan)

4.   Idiom

It is a phrase that has group of words with a different meaning from the meaning of all the individual word.

Example :

1.      Pull your sock up. (improve your behaviour)

2.      You can arrange your bedroom at will. (sesuka hati)

3.      Don’t mention it. (You’re welcome)

Task 1

What does it mean?

1.               Better late than never.

2.               Don’t go too far in small.

3.               By learning to obey we know to command.

4.                A friend in need is a friend indeed.

5.               Actions speak louder than words.

Work in Group.

Work in group and find the meaning of following proverb that is in film.

1.               It’s not what is outside but what in inside that count. (Aladdin)

2.               Always let your conscience be your guide. (Pinokio)

3.               It’s doesn’t matter. It’s in the past. The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

Individual work

1.        Find 5 proverbs and the meaning!

Pedoman Penilaian Task 1

Soal berbentuk uraian. Jawaban benar skor 20, jawaban kurang tepat skor 10, jawaban salah skor 0

2.      Riddle

A riddle is a type of poetry that describes something without actually naming what it is, leaving the reader to guess. It is a light hearted type of poetry which involves the reader.

Riddles can be about anything, from riddles about animals to riddles about objects. There are no rules on how to structure a riddle poem, a riddle can be funny or it can rhyme, it depends on the person writing the riddle.

Example:

1.       It’s an animal. It’s an orange black. It has stripes. It has four paws. It lives in the jungle. What is it?

It is a  Lion.

2.      “Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze.” The answer is traffic light.

3.      Example of Rhyming  Riddle

I come in different style.

I can help you walk for  miles.

Come in pair.

I’m somethiing what you wear.

With heals I’m glam

Can you guest what I am?

I am a ..

Exercise.

Match and Find the answer of the following riddle.

1. What building has the most stories? 2.   What is broken every time it’s spoken? 3.   What four letter word can be read upside down, downside up, and up to down? 4.   What animal walks on all fours in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?” 5.   What falls, but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall? 6.   I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I? 7.   What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? 8.   I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all. To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I? 9.   I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I? 10.  Pronounced as one letter. And written with three. Two letters there are. And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single. I'm black, blue, and grey. I'm read from both ends. And the same either way. What am I? Written by: Arifta Lantita Jinggaa (@ariftatita)

a.    An eye. b.    Smoke c.    Tomorrow d.   Night falls and day breaks. e.    A river. f.     A man, since he crawls as a child then walks and uses a cane when he gets older. g.    library h.    A sponge i.      silence j.      N O O N