Chapte r 2 Recount Texts My Experience Learning Objectives: 1. The students are able to understand the meanings of spoken recount monologs accurately, fluently, and contextually accepted in daily life. 2. The students are able to express the meanings of spoken recount monologs accurately, fluently, and contextually accepted in daily life. 3. The students are able to read the meanings of written recount monologs accurately, fluently, and contextually accepted in the forms of written materials. 4. The students are able to write recount texts accurately, fluently, contextually accepted in the forms of formal and informal forms of writing. SECTION ONE: Building Knowledge of the Field Activity 1: Exploring Ideas Answer the following questions. English for the Tenth Grade of SMA/KTSP-2007 16
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Chapter 2
Recount Texts My Experience
Learning Objectives:
1. The students are able to understand the meanings of spoken recount monologs accurately, fluently, and contextually accepted in daily life.
2. The students are able to express the meanings of spoken recount monologs accurately, fluently, and contextually accepted in daily life.
3. The students are able to read the meanings of written recount monologs accurately, fluently, and contextually accepted in the forms of written materials.
4. The students are able to write recount texts accurately, fluently, contextually accepted in the forms of formal and informal forms of writing.
SECTION ONE: Building Knowledge of the Field
Activity 1: Exploring Ideas
Answer the following questions.
1. Do you have experiences?
2. What kinds of experiences happened during your life?
3. When did it happen?
4. Where did it take place?
5. Why did it happen to you?
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Activity 2: Identifying events happened in the past
Look at the pictures below. What event ever happened?
1. Did you get a successful business many years ago?
2. Did you see many people get an accident in the sea?
3. Did you ever move to other country?
4. Did you see a music concert last night?
5. Did you get a trouble on the stage?
6. Did go fishing in your holiday?
7. Did you go jogging yesterday morning?
8. Did get bad marks of school subjects?
9. Did your car engine get trouble?
10. Did your friend do a crime so you were sent to the jail?
Activity 3: Getting a lesson from other people’s experiences
Read the following people’s experiences
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Bondan : It was terrific! It destroyed many buildings and roads.
Vera : How was your school party, Jasmin?
Jasmin : It was fun! We sang songs and danced.
Gina : How was your weekend, Toni?
Toni : It was great! We went to the beach with my family altogether.
Boni : How was the weather in your village last night, Toto?
Toto : It was terrible! The big storm swept the houses.
Budi : How was your play performance yesterday night?
Umar : It was interesting! We performed it well.
Nadia : How was your holiday, Dona?
Dona : It was nice! We had a nice holiday last week.
Activity 4: Telling your experiences
Tell one of your experiences by answering the following questions.
1. How was your business? It was successful.
2. How was your trip? ……………………………………………………..
3. How was your birthday party? ………………………………………….
4. How was your holiday? …………………………………………………
5. How was your picnic? ………………………………………………….
6. How was your study? ………………………………………………….
7. How was your experiment? ……………………………………………
8. How was your visit? ……………………………………………………
9. How was your adventure? ………………………………………………
10. How was your examination? …………………………………………...
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Activity 5: Reading someone’s experience
Read the following dialog answer the questions.
Jono : Ria, what’s the matter? You look pale. Are you sick?
Ria : I just had a terrible experience.
Jono : Sit down. Let me get you a glass of water.
Ria : No thanks, Jono. I’ll be fine in a minute.
Jono : Did you have an accident?
Ria : Not quite, but almost. I was crossing the street just now and was almost
hit by a car. Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
Jono : How awful! I hope you got the license number of the car so you can
report this man to the police department.
Ria : Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
Jono : Drivers like that should have their licenses taken away from them.
Ria : I agree. I won’t forget this for a long time.
Jono : I’m sure you won’t.
Ria : Yes, from now on I have to be careful to cross the street.
Adapted from 900 Book Five
1. What’s the matter with Ria?
2. What did Jono do?
3. Did Ria really get accident?
4. Did she know who was driving a car?
5. What will Ria do later?
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SECTION TWO: Modeling of the Text
Activity 6: Study the following model of a recount text
Read the following recount and analyze the structure of the text
and the language features.
Earthquake
The day when I went home from
office was a terrible day. I was driving
along the coast road when the car suddenly
lurched to one side.
At first I thought a tire had gone
but then I saw telegraph poles collapsing
like matchsticks which flashed and burnt.
The rocks that tumbled across the
road almost hit my car and I tried to
abandon it.
When I got back to town where
many people crowded on the road, I saw
some houses collapsed, the bridge had a
crack, and the people said that the
earthquake happened a few minutes ago.
Fortunately, the earthquake did
not collapse my home. I thanked God
happily because my wife and children
were safe.
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Orientation
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Re-orientation
Past Tense
Conjunction
Action Verb
Adjective
Connective
Noun
Conjunction
Adverb of Time
Adverb of Place
Adverb of Manner
(Source: Making Sense of Functional Grammar, 1995)
Activity 7: Analyzing the recount text
Analyze the schematic structure of the recount text.
The Spanish Armada
In May 1588 Spain was the most powerful country in the world. King Philip II of Spain was determined to conquer England and became its King. He ordered a large number of ships to be prepared to set sail and invade England.
At first Queen Elizabeth I ignored the rumors of a Spanish invasion, but soon she came to realize the great danger the country was in. And she made sure that England would be prepared for a battle. Eventually the Spanish were ready and over 100 ships set sail towards the English Channel.
As soon as the Spanish ships were seen from the English coast, fires were lit on the hills as a signal that the invasion was coming. When the Spanish ships got close enough the English navy closed in and a great sea battle began.
Once the battle began it was obvious to the Spanish that they would be defeated. Not only did the English sailors have stronger and more powerful ships, they also made terrifying use of fire ships. Boats were deliberately set ablaze and then sent amongst the Spanish fleet.
Al last the battle was over. A few Spanish ships escaped and eventually reached home, and many were sunk and to this day some of either wrecks still lie on the seabed in the English Channel.
(Source: The National Literacy Strategy, 2001)English for the Tenth Grade of SMA/KTSP-2007 21
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Activity 8: Analyzing the recount text
Analyze the linguistic features of the recount text.
The Spanish Armada
In May 1588 Spain was the most powerful country in the world. King Philip II of Spain was determined to conquer England and became its King. He ordered a large number of ships to be prepared to set sail and invade England.
At first Queen Elizabeth I ignored the rumors of a Spanish invasion, but soon she came to realize the great danger the country was in. And she made sure that England would be prepared for a battle. Eventually the Spanish were ready and over 100 ships set sail towards the English Channel.
As soon as the Spanish ships were seen from the English coast, fires were lit on the hills as a signal that the invasion was coming. When the Spanish ships got close enough the English navy closed in and a great sea battle began.
Once the battle began it was obvious to the Spanish that they would be defeated. Not only did the English sailors have stronger and more powerful ships, they also made terrifying use of fire ships. Boats were deliberately set ablaze and then sent amongst the Spanish fleet.
Al last the battle was over. A few Spanish ships escaped and eventually reached home, and many were sunk and to this day some of either wrecks still lie on the seabed in the English Channel.
(Source: The National Literacy Strategy, 2001)
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Activity 9: Reading the recount text
Read the following recount text and answer the questions.
‘The X Files’ is one of television’s most popular shows, watched each
week by millions of people in over sixty countries.
The show was created by Chris Carter, a former magazine editor,
who always wanted to make a cool and scary television series. His idea for
‘The X Files’ came after he saw the results of a survey that said three out
of every hundred Americans believed that aliens had captured them.
Carter’s next step was to produce a pilot episode, which was to be
the beginning of the series. When it was shown on American television it
received poor reviews.
After a while the audience grew and ‘The X Files’ became popular
with both adults and teenagers. By this time Carter was able to spend more
on production.
‘The X Files’ has been nominated for many awards and continues to
attract a growing audience.
(Source: Text Type 2 in English, 2003)
1. What is the purpose of writing the text above?
2. What is the theme of the text?
3. What is the first paragraph of the text?
4. What do the second, third, and fourth paragraphs discuss?
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5. What is the last paragraph of the text?
SECTION THREE: Joint Construction of the Text
Activity10: Reading and identifying the recount text
Read the following text and identify the schematic structure
Yesterday was a very good day for Rizal.
He looked for a new job a few days ago. I listed his name at a few
employment agencies and was given information about several positions, but he
wasn’t interested in any of these jobs. Last month he filled out an application form
for a new office in the city and arranged for a personal interview. Several
applicants were interviewed for this job, and I didn’t know if I would get it. This
morning someone from the office called up and asked him to see the manager at
eight o’clock. When he came into the office, the manager told him that he was
hired. He would begin working on the following Monday. He knew he would like
this job. He would be paid very well and my work would be extremely interesting.
He was feeling so happy, he had decided to cancel all his appointments for
the rest of the day, and he went right home to tell his wife the good news. His wife
was very happy to hear that. They were very happy that day. He started to work
Arrange the following paragraph into a recount text.
Use the following recount text plan.
1. The trouble started when Mrs. Leslie Cady lost control of her car on a winding mountain road. The car fell down thirty feet from the road into the water. It rolled over once and landed right side up in rushing water. All these people were wearing their seatbelts. Nobody was hurt by the fall. However, they couldn’t leave the car. The water outside was too cold and too fast for safe swimming.
2. Rescue workers pulled a man, a woman, and two children from this cold, rushing water. The mother and her daughters got into trouble first. Their car drove off the road into the water. The man, a truck driver, almost died when he tried to save them.
3. The rescue started almost immediately. Another driver told the police about the trouble. The police called special rescue workers and a truck to pull the car out.
4. Next the other rescue workers arrived. They put on special suits to stay warm. They brought safety ropes, life jackets, tire tubes, and warm blankets. First they pulled the people out of the back window onto the top of the car. Then they swam with each person to shore. They saved Mr. Ruter, Mrs. Cady, and the little girls.
5. Finally all the people went to the hospital. Nobody was hurt badly. The rescue workers said that they all were very lucky to be alive. God blesses them.
6. The driver of the truck, Paul Ruter, arrived before the other rescue workers. Immediately he took a rope from his truck and he began to walk through the rushing water to the car. Then he got into trouble, too. The water was too fast, the ground was slippery, and he got caught in the ropes. He went under the water by the car. Mrs. Cady saw him and reached for his hand. She pulled as hard as she could and brought him to the car door.
Taken from Changing Times Changing Tenses
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SECTION FOUR: Independent Construction of the Text
Activity 13: Reading Hilmi’ s experience going to London
Read the following recount in the form of personal letter.
Retell it using your own words.
Dear Anto,
How’s everything? I want to tell you about my visit to London. Last week
I went to London. I visited some famous and interesting place there. I saw the
Tower of London and the Thames River. Then I visited Buckingham Palace and
looked around the city. I also looked Big Ben when I passed the street along the
historic building. Have you gone to London, Anto. Let’s go next with me.
That’s all my experience. I hope that you’ll be surprised after reading my
letters. I am waiting your letter. Please visit London soon.
Sincerely yours,
Nur Hilmi Insan Muhammad
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Activity 14: Answering the questions
Pick up some information from the text above and answer
The questions.
1. Where did Hilmi go for a vacation?
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2. When did he visit London?
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3. What places did he visit?
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4. What did Hilmi see around the city?
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5. Was his visit great?
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Activity 15: Constructing a recount text
Ask your family members who went to Mecca.
Use the question words: Why, when, who, where, what, with
whom, how, how many, how much, etc. to begin your interview.
Then arrange the information and make a recount text.
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Pilgrimage to the Kaaba
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