Recount Text Vocabulary THE USE OF PICTURE WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL (PWIM) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' WRITING SKILL OF RECOUNT TEXT (An Action Research of the Eighth Graders of Junior High School 2 Semarang in the Academ

- Kompetensi Keterampilan 1. Siswa terampil menyebutkan fungsi sosial, mengidentifikasi struktur teks dan unsur bahasa dari suatu teks recount. 2. Siswa terampil menyusun teks recount tulis, pendek dan sederhana tentang kegiatan, kejadian, peristiwa dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks orientasi, uraian tindakan, dan penutup, dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks.

D. LEARNING MATERIAL

1. Recount Text

Example: Title My Holiday Orientation During the holidays, our family went to Victor Harbor. We stayed in a holiday apartment. There were nine other apartments where we stayed. Event 1 After we unpacked our things, we went to the beach. At the beach, we met our cousins and played with them. Later on, Mum went shopping with my brother to buy some groceries. While she was shopping, Dad and I went fishing The next day we went to Greenfields Adventure Park. It was really crowded. Everyday, we went to the beach. Sometimes while we were there, we went fishing with Dad. Event 2 On the last day of our holiday, we all went fishing again. We caught lots of fish. It was really cool fishing with Dad. Reorientation I was very happy to have this holiday. Source: Resource Paper of Department for Education and Child Development June 2012 Social Function of Recount Text To retell events or experiences in the past, to inform or to entertain the readers. The different between recount and narrative is there are no complication and resolution among the participants in the recount text but it‟s tell the experiences of life. Generic Structure of Recount text a. Orientation : Provides the setting and introduces the participants. It tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it happened. b. Events : Tells what happened, in what sequence. c. Reorientation : consists of optional-closure of events ending The significant lexicogrammatical features a. Introducing personal participants, such as : I, we, my class, etc b. Using the simple past tense, for example: went, arrived, etc. c. Using action verbs, for example: run, go, dance, etc d. Using chronological connection, such as : first, then, after that, etc. e. Using circumtances of time and place - Circumtances of time: He went to the beach last Sunday. - Circumtances of place: He went to the beach last Sunday.

2. Vocabulary

Terminologies: During, Harbor, apartment, unpacked, cousins, groceries, Greenfields, Adventure, crowded, caught. Verb: went, stayed, unpacked, met, played, caught.

3. Punctuation