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E. Materials
1. The characteristics of Recount Text
Recount Text is a text that tells the reader a past event. It usually focuses on a
person’s past experience, so it usually uses the word I or we. Generic Structure
Orientation: Introduction to the characters, time and place of occurrence. Events: The events, recounted in chronological order sequence.
Re-orientation: containing personal comments andor evaluative remarks on the incident.
Language features
• Use of nouns and pronouns to identify people, animals, or things involved. e.g. I, we, Mount Batok, garden, horse, etc.
• Use of action verbs to refer to events. e.g. depart, see, run, pass, etc. • Use of past tense to locate events in relation to writer’s time. e.g. Last week
I went to Mount Bromo. • Use of conjunctions and time connectives to sequence the events. e.g. then,
after that, finally, etc. • Use of adverbs and adverbial phrases to indicate place and time. e.g. at 9
p.m., at Ponorogo, etc. • Use of adjectives to describe nouns. e.g. beautiful, interesting, etc.
2. Text
My Grandpa’s Birthday
It was my grandpa’s birthday last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping at the mall. We bought a nice shirt. Then we wrapped it in a
blue paper. Blue is my grandpa’s favourite colour. On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped my sister making a birthday cake in the kitchen. It was a
big and beautiful birthday cake. I wrote “Happy Birthday” on it. After that, we put some chocolate and a candle on the top of the cake.
212 On Sunday evening, my uncle and my aunt came to my house. They
brought several bottles of soft–drink, and flowers for grandpa. Then we sat together in the living room. Finally, grandpa blew the candle and cut the cake
while we were singing a “Happy Birthday” song for him. After giving each of us piece of cake, he opened the present. He told us that he liked the present,
and he was very happy. Taken from: Scaffolding English for Junior High School Grade VIII.
F. Method Technique: Multiple Intelligence Technique
Genre-Based Approach
G. Teaching and Learning Activities
1. Opening Activities
a. The teacher greets the students
b. The teacher leads the prayer
c. The teacher checks students’ attendance
2. Main Activities
a. Building Knowledge of the Field
1 The teacher play song related to the birthday party. Musical
intelligence technique: songs 2
The teacher show word maps of things related to the birthday party. Visual-Spatial intelligence technique: mind-mapping
3 The students are asked to guess things related to the birthday party that
can be found from the songs. 4
The teacher asks some questions related to the birthday party such as “Have you ever celebrate your birthday? What did you do to prepare
your birthday party? Who came to your birthday party?; What can you find in a birthday party? Etc.” Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
technique: Socratic Questioning
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