CHAPTER 9

MY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES
Basic Competences
3.9.

Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan pada teks recount sederhana tentang
pengalaman/kejadian/peristiwa, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.

4.13.

Menangkap makna dalam teks recount lisan dan tulis sederhana.

4.14.

Menyusun teks recount lisan dan tulis sederhana tentang pengalaman/ kegiatan/kejadian/peristiwa, dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara benar dan sesuai dengan konteks

A. Genre

: Recount

B. Performance kriteria
After studying and practicing this material, the students are able to:
1.
Identify the structure, social function and lexico grammatical of recount text.
2.
Search some information in the text.
3.
Edit some recount texts
4.
Arrange their own recount text.

C. Below are some activities in this chapter. Read, study and one more thing, do not ever forget your
dictionary.
TASK 1. Read the text! When you find some difficult words, write them!
My Holiday in Jogjakarta
I spent my holiday in Jogjakarta last year. I went to Prambanan Temple with my family early in the morning.
We went to Prambanan Temple by bus and arrived at 01.00 in the afternoon. I saw many foreign tourists
there. I spoke English with them. Their names are Andrew and Peter. They were very friendly. They came from
New York. Prambanan Temple was crowded in holiday. We went back at 07.00 in the evening.
It was a very interesting holiday.

TASK 2. Study the short explanation about recount text.

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Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain
the audience. There is no complication among the participants and that differentiates from narrative.
Type of recount text:
1. Personal Recount : tell about the writers experiences, about some events/activities,
2. Factual Recount : tell about the real activities/event, like report of a field work, etc.
Generic Structure/Kerangka
1. Orientation
Introduction of some informations such as who was involved, where and when the activities happened
2. Events
Record of the activities consistenly. , for example : "In the first day... . And in the next day... . in the last
day... , at seven oclock, on Saturday, etc" In this point there are some personal opinion of the writer which
involved..
3. Reorientation
The activities are repteated here. Usually this point is the resume of the text.

Language features/Ciri Kebahasaan

1. Use noun dan pronoun.
Contoh
: Vika, We, The monkey, dll
2. Sentences are in the form of Past Tense.
Contoh
: We went to Bandung last year, I was very happy.
3. Adverbs and Adverbial Phrase to show time, place dan method.
Contoh
: yesterday, at school, quickly, dll.
4. Conjunction dan Time Connectives untuk mengurutkan peristiwa atau kejadian.
Contoh
: but, and, after that, dll
5. Adjective untuk menerangkan noun.
Contoh
: beautiful mount, beautiful high rocky mount, etc.

TASK 3. Study the texts below!

Text 1.
I spent my holiday in Jogjakarta last year. I went to Prambanan Temple with my family early in the morning.
We went to Prambanan Temple by bus and arrived at 01.00 in the afternoon. I saw many foreign tourists
there. I spoke English with them. Their names are Andrew and Peter. They were very friendly. They came from
New York. Prambanan Temple was crowded in holiday. We went back at 07.00 in the evening.
It was a very interesting holiday.
1.

2.

3.

Describe the generic stucture of the text above!

Orientation
: ..........................................................................................................................................

Event

: ..........................................................................................................................................

Reorientation

: ..........................................................................................................................................

Can you find the lexico grammatical of the text above?

Noun
: ..........................................................................................................................................

Pronoun

: ..........................................................................................................................................

Action verb

Adverb

: ..........................................................................................................................................
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: ..........................................................................................................................................

Conjunction

: ..........................................................................................................................................

What is the social function of the text above?

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Text 2
It was Monday afternoon. I was tidying up my room when I heard the bell of the ice cream vendor. I called him
and went out to buy the ice cream. My cousin, Didi, was watching TV. His face looked unhappy. I wanted to cheer him up
so I bought him the ice cream too. We enjoyed the ice cream together. Suddenly he asked me where I got the money from.
I told him I didnt know. The money was just in the wallet. I thought that the money was mine because I sometimes forgot
that I had money, or where I kept my money. Didi said that the money was his. He grabbed my wallet and took an ID card
from it. He showed me his student ID card. Hey, its Didis wallet. I didnt know that. I was sorry that I had spent some of
the money for the ice cream. But luckily, Didi didnt get angry. His face even looked happy. He opened his wallet and
gave me some. Didi, I love you man.
1.

2.

Describe the generic stucture of the text above!

Orientation
: ..........................................................................................................................................

Event

: ..........................................................................................................................................

Reorientation

: ..........................................................................................................................................

Can you find the lexico grammatical of the text above?

Noun
: ..........................................................................................................................................

Pronoun

: ..........................................................................................................................................

Action verb

Adverb

: ..........................................................................................................................................
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: ..........................................................................................................................................

Conjunction

: ..........................................................................................................................................

TASK 4. Study the form of Simple Past Tense!

Simple Past Tense is .........................................................................................................................................

Fungsi:
1.
Menyatakan kegiatan / aktivitas yang sudah terjadi di waktu lampau
Contoh
: I saw a movie yesterday
2.
Menyatakan beberapa kegiatan yang sudah terjadi di waktu lampau
Contoh
: I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim
3.
Menyatakan jangka waktu dari kegiatan yang sudah terjadi di waktu lampau
Contoh
: Shauna studied Japanese for five years
4.
Menyatakan kebiasaan yang terjadi dan sudah berhenti di waktu lampau
Contoh
: I studied Japanese language when I was child
5.
Menyatakan kebenaran umum yang pernah terjadi di masa lampau yang sudah tidak terjadi lagi
Contoh
: He did not like tomatoes before
Pattern/Pola:
1. Nominal Sentence

: S + was/were+
o/n

2. Verbal Sentence

:
S + V2 + o/n

Example
1. Nominal Sentence

2. Verbal sentence

S + was/were+ not + O/n

S + did not + V1 + O/n

Was/Were + S + O/n

Did + S + V1 + O/n

: She was a student of SMK Muh 1 last year.

She was not a student of SMK Muh 1 last year
Was she student of SMK Muh 1 last year?
: They ran quickly at the field this morning
They did not run quickly at the field this morning
Did they run quickly at the field this morning?

TASK 5. Exercise of Simple Past Tense

Example

(+) Mother cooked fried rice yesterday.

(-) Mother did not cook fried rice yesterday.
(?) Did mother cook fried rice yesterday?
1. (+) They played football last month.
(-) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(?) ...................................................................................................................................................................
2. (+) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(-) Rico wasnt a naughty boy in his class.
(?) ...................................................................................................................................................................
3. (+) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(-) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(?) Did he write a letter yesterday?
4. (+) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(-) Intan didnt clean the blackboard.
(?) ...................................................................................................................................................................
5. (+) We bought a magazine in the bookshop.
(-) ...................................................................................................................................................................

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TASK 6. Translate Into English

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Kami menjual sepeda motor kami kemarin

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Apakah kamu pergi ke luar tadi malam ?
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Dia tidak datang ke pesta itu minggu lalu
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Apakah kamu tidur nyenyak tadi malam ?
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Kami menjual rumah kami di Surabaya tahun lalu.................................................................................................

TASK 7.Excercise!
Text 1
On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had
gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and
then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing
happened. Suddenly someone shouted,Its two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment,
everybody began to laugh and sing.
1.

When did the clock stopped?

A. At 5.12
B. At 12.00

C. At 11.55
D. At 12.02

2.

Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?
A. To welcome the New Year
C. To see the newly bought clock
B. To strike the laughing people
D. To stop people who shouted

3.

Based on the text, where was the writer?

A. At the center of the town
B. At home

C. AT the beach
D. At the market

When did the event happen?

A. in the middle of the year
B. the end of the year

C. Christmas celebration
D. at the weekend as usual

4.

5.

Which of the following is not true according to the text?

A. the writer was waiting to celebrate the New Year.
B. the writer brought a watch.
C. the writer was very happy.
D. The writer celebrated the New Year with his family.

6.

What probably happened when someone shouted that the clock stopped?
A. Everybody directly celebrated the New Year
B. everybody sings and laugh.
C. everybody looked for a watch.
D. everybody shouted too.

7.

What does the first sentence tell you?

A. The problem that the writer met
B. The opening of the story

C. The funny thing in the story

D. The past event

8.

It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time.

The underlined word refers to
A. the clock
C. the town
B. authors watch
D. the place

9.

It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?
A. mass;
C. many
B. big
D. lots of

10. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year

What is the synonym of the underlined word?
A. reject
C. admit
B. accept
D. hate

Text 2. Read the letter below and change the words in the bracket into the correct form.
Jakarta, January 1st 2015
Dear Habibi,
Its just a note , to let you know that we (have) a wonderful holiday in Bali. It was a realy great place.
Most days (are) pretty lazy. I (swim) two or three times in a day, but my sister Azzar just (spend) all her time in the seashore
(enjoy) the sunshine. In the first day, we (get) on the bus. We (go) to the north of the island. It was much quiter there but still
beautiful. We (visit) Lake Batur and (scream) at trunyan village. Why? Because, there were many skeletons there.
The next day, we (cross) the Bali strait to the east coast. We (see) some old villages there. I (try) to learn Balinese, but I (cant
speak) much. It (is) so difficult). But it (is) fun to try.
That was my experiences in Bali. I really love it.
Love to uncle Crab and aunt Sisi.
Aisha

Text 3. Arrange the following sentences into a good recount text.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

We went there by bus

Lembang was the first destination
There were two places we visited
Then we had some shopping at Cihampelas.
Last week we went to Bandung for a picnic.

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TASK 8. Try to make your own recount text!

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Task 9. Are you dare enough to read your text in front of the class?
Task 10. Discuss your difficulties with your friend. You may ask your teacher to re-explain this chapter.

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