SMP ISLAM AL MUTTAQINOLEH : WAITA SANI,S.Pd

RECOUNT TEXT GRADE 8TH of the second semester

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RECOUNT TEXT

To tell past events in the time order that have happened OR To share other people what happened in the past time and when it happened or retell one’s past experience.

=utk memberitahu/menceritakan sesuatu yg telah lalu atau berbagi pengalaman kpd orang lain apa yg telah terjadi ( menceritakan kembali pengalaman masa lalu seseorang)

Grammatical features of recount :

1. It tells the reader a past event , and the use of the past tense or

past continous tense to retell the events = menceritakan peristiwa

lampau kpd pembaca, dan menggunakan PAST TENSE & PAST

CONTINOUS

2. words that show the order of the events (for example, first, next,

then). = kata-kata yg menunjukan serangkaian peristiwa , contoh :

pertama-tama, lalu, kemudian...)

3. It usually focuses on a person’s past experience. = biasanya focus

pada pengalaman seseorang.

4. It usally uses the word I or WE = biasanya menggunakan kata I

& WE

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RECOUNT TEXT HAS THREE ELEMENTS:

RECOUNT

TEXT

THE ORIENTATION : Tells the readers who was involved in the story , what happened, where the story took place, and when it happened.

THE EVENTS :Tell the sequence of events. These are described in order

THE RE-ORIENTATION:Summarises the event.

MY HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE

ORIENTATION

I have got a horrible experience that I won’t forget.

It happened three years ago when I was still twelve.

We just moved to the new house for three days when

the strange thing happen.

Adverb time of past tense

WORDSSHOWING THE

ORDER OFEVENTS

EVENT

1

WORDSSHOWING

THEORDER OF

EVENTS

That night , I felt very

tired after cleaning the

bedroom. I stayed up for an

hour before falling asleep

and when I did, I had dream

that something picked me

up and then suddenly I was

thrown down hard.

EVENT 2

I woke up and I found my self lying on the floor. I felt my back is very painful. I couldn’t move my body so I cried for help.

EVENT

3

My parents woke up

right away and gave me

help. They took me to

bed and checked my

back. They found that

my back was bruise. It

was badly hurt.

EVENT 4

They asked me how I could be thrown from the bed.

I said that I didn’t know how it happened. The bed was not too high. If I fell from the bed I shouldn’t be so hurt. It was illogical.

EVENT 5

My parents then took me to

the doctor.

After two weeks in the

hospital, I was allowed to go

home. Something strange

happened many times after

that day. One night I just flew

around the room or suddenly I

was thrown a glass.

RE – ORIENTATION

SUMMARIES

Finally , my parents decided to move to another house. We thought the house was haunted.