RECOUNT TEXT

HOW TO WRITE AN EXCELLENT RECOUNT TEXT

1. THE POINTS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE WRITING (POIN-POIN

YANG PERLU DIPERHATIKAN SEBELUM MENULIS)

 What are you going to tell your audience? What are you recounting? (apa yang ingin kamu
ceritakan kepada pembacamu?apa yang kamu ceritakan?)
 What information will the audience need early in the text? (Informasi apa yang diperlukan
para pembaca pada awal text?
 What are the important events or parts of the recount you want to describe? And what
order will they occur in? (Kejadian/bagian penting apa yang ingin kamu gambarkan? Dan
bagaimana itu terjadi?)
 How will you let your readers know the order of events? And what language will we use to
link them? (bagaimana caramu membuat pembaca tau akan peristiwa-peristiwa/kejadian yang
akan kamu ceritakan? Dan bahasa apa yang akan kamu gunakan untuk menghubungkan mereka?)
 What other information may be useful to include? (Informasi apa saja yang
berguna/penting dalam ceritamu?)
 How will you conclude your recount? (Bagaimana caramu menyimpulkan text recount?)

Be sure you can recount the who, what, when and where as the bare minimum using graphic
organizers, and mind maps if necessary to help make this process clear in your mind before
putting pen to paper and expecting your audience to follow along. (pastikan kamu bisa
menceritakan siapa, apa, kapan, dan dimana minimal dengan menggunakan “graphic organizer”
dan “mind maps” jika dibutuhkan untuk membantu mu berpikir sebelum menulis ceritamu ke
dalam sebuah kertas)

At this point consider some of the questions your audience might ask whilst reading your recount
such as. (pada poin ini perhatikan beberapa pertanyaan yang mungkin pembacamu tanyakan
ketika membaca recount mu seperti)

 What occurred? (apa yang terjadi)

 Where did it take place? (dimana itu terjadi)
 When did it occur? (Kapan itu terjadi)
 Who were the main characters / people involved? (Siapa tokoh utamanya/siapa orang-
orang yang terlibat?)
 Why did certain things happen? (Kenapa itu terjadi)
 How did things happen? ( bagaimana itu terjadi)
 What were some of the reactions to the events that occurred in your recount? (apa reaksi
terhadap peristiwa yang terjadi dalam recount mu?
 What are the concluding thoughts or ideas you want to leave with your readers? ( apa
kesimpulan atau ide yang ingin kamu tinggalkan/sampaikan kepada pembaca mu?)

2. TIPS FOR WRITING A GREAT RECOUNT

 Keep the title simple that summarizes the main element of the text such as “ Barack
Obama” and “ A trip to the Zoo” (Buat judul simple yang merangkum semua poin/elemen dari text
seperti “Barack Obama”and ”A trip to the Zoo”)
 Use the past tense because it has already happened. Eg "It was the biggest fish I had ever
seen!" (gunakan “past tense” kaerena apa yang akan kamu ceritakan telah terjadi sebelumnya.)
 Recounts are written in the order in which they happened. This is called chronological order.
Use adverbs such as: firstly, next, then and finally. (Recount adalah tulisan yang menceritakan apa
yang telah terjadi. Ini biasa disebut dengan urutan kronologis. Gunakan adverb seperti firstly, next,
then and finally)
 Using descriptive words will make it seem like your reader is there with you. Eg "The fish
was shiny and slippery." Focus on the most exciting parts. (gunakan kata deskriptif / kata yang
menggambarkan apa yang terjadi hal ini akan membuat pembaca mu paham seolah-olah mereka ada
didalam kejadian itu bersama dengan mu)

3. WRITING ORGANIZER – RECOUNT TEXT

Orientation : Introduction - Setting the scene

Gives detail of :
- Who
- When
- Where
- Why
- What

Events : What happened – in choronogical order

What happened?
- First.....
- Next...
- Soon....
- During....
- After....
- Later....
- Eventually...
- Finally....

Conclusion : Personal comment

 What did you think, feel or decide about the event that happened.

EXERCISE!!!!

ANALYZE THE GENERIC STRUCTURE OF THIS TEXT!!!

Ki Hajar Dewantara

On May 2, 1889 Ki Hajar Dewantara born in Yogyakarta. The original name of Ki Hajar

Dewantara i.e. Raden Mas Soewardi Soeryaningrat. He comes from a family of Yogyakarta
Kingdom. Raden Mas Soewardi Soeryaningrat, he was renamed Ki Hajar Dewantara when even 40
year old Caka year count did. Since that time, he was no longer using knighted before his name. It is
intended that he be free to close to the people, both physically and in his heart. He is a figure
of a polite, simple and noble-hearted. Although the gentility but Ki Hajar Dewantara still hang out
with the people downstairs and diligently provide succor to the needy.

The journey of life Ki Hajar Dewantara really characterized the struggle and devotion in the interest

of his people. He completed elementary school in ELS (Netherlandselementary
school) then extends to the STOVIA (school Doctor Bumiputra), but not until the end due to
illness. He then worked as a journalist on several newspapers, among
others, Sedyotomo, Java, Midden De Express, Indian Oetoesan, Kaoem, Moeda Tjahaja Timoer and P
oesara. In his time, he belongs to the author reliable. His writings are very communicative, sharp
and so capable of uplifting patriotic antikolonialfor readers.

Ki Hajar Dewantara in addition to young journalists as a tenacious, he was also active in social and

political organization. In 1908, he was active in Boedi Oetomo propaganda section to socialize and
evocative awareness of Indonesia at that time aboutthe importance of unity and unity in the nation and
State.Ki Hajar Dewantara very active and concerned with the world of education. One of
the proofs of it i.e. He established the School Grounds Students in 1922.

He gave the example of and motivation to young people to keep passion in learning

about science. One of the motivational words of Ki Hajar Dewantara which until now still inherent in
the minds of all of us, namely: “Tut wuri handayani”  ing ngarsa sung tulada, ing madya mangun
karsa, tut wuri handayani.