Social Purposes
To tell the reader what happened in the past through sequences of events.
Generic structure of a recount text -
Title optional -
Orientation : what, who, when, where and why
- Events
: tell what happened in a chronological order -
Reorientation : conclusion of the experience. It expresses the writer’s
personal opinion regarding with the events.
Language features of recount text -
Nouns and pronouns I, we, he, she, they, Beny, book, tree, Endi -
Action verbs went, visited, fell, started -
The past tense
- Time conjunctions and, but, then, next
- Adjectives beautiful, nice, wonderful, sunny
F. Learning Method
PPP Presentation Production Practice
Present VS Past Tense
We use simple present to talk about: -
Present condition: She is happy. -
Routines: She usually goes to school by bicycle. We use simple past to talk about:
- Past condition: She was sad last night.
- Past activities: She went to school by bus yesterday.
G. Teaching and Learning Procedure
1. Pre-teaching 10 minutes
a. Greeting, praying and checking the roll.
b. Students knowing objectives of the session.
2. While-teaching 60 minutes
a. Presentation
1 The researcher shows example of recount text My Lovely Holiday and
students are asked to pay attention to the meaning of whole text. 2
The researcher and students discuss the meaning of the text and comprehension questions.
3 The researcher shows a mind map of My Lovely Holiday and dicuss it
with students. 4
The researcher and students review characteristics of a recount text and mind map.
5 The researcher gives example to make a mind map.
6 The researcher gives the students opportunity to ask about recount text
and mind map. b.
Practice 1
Students are asked to do Task 2 completing a recount text with correct verb form
2 Students and the researcher discuss the answers and then identify the
generic structure of the text. 3
The researcher gives some situations to the students and asks them to draw a mind map based on that in groups of four Task 3.
4 Students share their mind map to the class and discuss it with
researcher.
