CHAPTER RECOUNT TEXT

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A. Kompetensi Inti (KI)

1. Menghayati dan mengamalkan ajaran agama yang dianutnya.
2. Menghayati dan mengamalkan perilaku a. jujur, b. disiplin, c. santun, d. peduli (gotong
royong, kerjasama, toleran, damai), e. bertanggung jawab, f. responsif, dan g. pro-aktif,
dalam berinteraksi secara efektif sesuai dengan perkembangan anak di lingkungan,
keluarga, sekolah, masyarakat dan lingkungan alam sekitar, bangsa, negara, kawasan
regional, dan kawasan internasional.
3. Memahami, menerapkan, menganalisis dan mengevaluasi pengetahuan faktual, konseptual,
prosedural, dan metakognitif pada tingkat teknis, spesifik, detil, dan kompleks berdasarkan
rasa ingin tahunya tentang a. ilmu pengetahuan, b. teknologi, c. seni, d. budaya, dan e.
humaniora dengan wawasan kemanusiaan, kebangsaan, kenegaraan, dan peradaban terkait
penyebab fenomena dan kejadian, serta menerapkan pengetahuan pada bidang kajian yang
spesifik sesuai dengan bakat dan minatnya untuk memecahkan masalah.
4. Menunjukkan keterampilan menalar, mengolah, dan menyaji secara: a. efektif, b. kreatif, c.
produktif, d. kritis, e. mandiri, f. kolaboratif, g. komunikatif, dan h. solutif, dalam ranah
konkret dan abstrak terkait dengan pengembangan dari yang dipelajarinya di sekolah, serta
mampu menggunakan metoda sesuai dengan kaidah keilmuan.
B. Kompetensi Dasar dan Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi (IPK)

Kompetensi Dasar (KD) Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi

3.1 Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa
teks recount lisan dan tulis dalam
bentuk biografi dengan memberi dan
meminta informasi terkait tokoh
terkenal, sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya
4.1 Teks recount dalam bentuk biografi
4.1.2 Menyusun teks recount lisan
dan tulis, dalam bentuk
biografi, terkait tokoh terkenal,
dengan memperhatikan fungsi
sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan, secara benar dan
sesuai konteks
(IPK)
3.1.1 Menentukan fungsi sosial teks
recount terkait (biografi tokoh
terkenal) (C4)
3.1.2. Menemukan struktur teks recount
terkait (biografi tokoh terkenal) (C4)
3.1.3 Menentukan unsur kebahasaan teks
recount terkait (biografi tokoh terkenal) (C4)
3.1.4 Membuat resume fungsi sosial,
struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan
teks recount terkait (biografi
tokoh terkenal) (C6)
4.1.1 Membuat teks recount lisan dan
tulis, dalam bentuk biografi, terkait
tokoh terkenal, dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara
benar dan sesuai konteks. (C6)
4.1.2 Menyajikan teks recount lisan dan
tulis, dalam bentuk biografi, terkait
tokoh terkenal, dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara
benar dan sesuai konteks. (C6)

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 CHAPTER 1
RECOUNT TEXT
(BIOGRAPHY)

Tujuan Bab :
Setelah mempelajari bab ini peserta didik mampu
1. menentukan fungsi sosial teks recount terkait (biografi tokoh terkenal)
2. menemukan struktur teks recount terkait (biografi tokoh terkenal)
3. menentukan unsur kebahasaan teks recount terkait (biografi tokoh terkenal)
4. membuat teks recount lisan dan tulis, dalam bentuk biografi, terkait tokoh terkenal,
dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara benar
dan sesuai konteks
5. menyajikan teks recount lisan dan tulis, dalam bentuk biografi, terkait tokoh terkenal,
dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara benar
dan sesuai konteks

A. Introduction
Look at the picture below !

https://www.google.com/search?q=tokoh+terkenal+dunia
Do you know the person in the picture above? Who is your favourite person? Is he/she famous? Do
you know everything about him/her? Reading biography is the answer. Biographies contain true
stories of persons. They provide factual information and knowledge. Biographies are about real
people doing real things. Biographies also make history come alive. Most biographies can inspire
the readers. In this chapter we are going to learn more about biographies or biographical recount.
B. Biographical Recount
A biography is also called a biographical recount. It means biographical belong to recount text. A
recount text functions to retell past events in chronological order. It contains factual past events. It
also presents the past experiences in order time or place. A biographical recount is a written of the
series that make up a person’s life. In this chapter we will discuss more about Biographical
Recount

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1. Social Function
The social function or the purpose of a biographical recount is to inform by retelling past events
and achievements in a person’s life.
2. General Structure / parts of biographical recount
A biographical recount consists of:
a. Orientation (introductory paragraph): The background information why this person is
famous.
b. Events (supporting paragraphs): The paragraphs retell a series of events in chronological
order.
c. Reorientation (concluding paragraph): A conclusion with a comment on the contribution.

The example of biography

Orientation Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in Kentucky (USA). He worked on the
farm of his father. He attended school for less than a year but taught himself
to read and write. He did different types of jobs before he settled as a highly
successful lawyer. He was gradually drawn to politics.

Events The country was having problems regarding the practice of slavery. The
white men owned large farms in the southern states, Blacks were brought
from Africa to work on these farms. They were kept as slaves. The people
of northern states were against this practice of slavery and wanted to
abolish it, The Constitution of America is based on the equality of man.
Therefore, there was no place for slavery in that country.
At this difficult time, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the USA in
1860. He wanted to solve the problem of slavery. The southern states were
against the abolition of slavery. This brought the unity of the country in
danger. The southern states were prepared even to form a new country.
Abraham Lincoln wanted all the states to remain united.
He faced many problems. He wanted to preserve the unity of the country at
any cost. Finally, a civil war broke out between the northern and southern
states. He fought the war bravely and declared, 'A Nation cannot exist half
free and half slave.' He won the war and kept the country united.

Reorientation Lincoln was elected president for a second term. He was not against
anybody and wanted everybody to live in peace. He made sincere efforts to
heal the people's wounds caused by the war. In 1862, Lincoln declared that
from then onwards all slaves would be free. This made him very popular
among the people. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

A biography gives detailed description about the life of a person. It entails basic facts such as
childhood, education, career, relationships, family, and death. Biographies are often non-fictional,
but many biographers also use novel-like format to make them more entertaining with the inclusion
of strong exposition, rising conflict and then climax. Biographies are the most inspirational life
stories, so they can motivate and put confidence into the readers.
3. Language features used in biography
a. Use of Past Tense
b. Use of action Verb and mental verb
• Action verb are verb that show physically actions or activities. It is also called material
verb for example : worked, jumped, ran etc.

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 • Mental verbs are verbs that state abstract actions or feeling, for example: thought, knew,
felt, learned, etc

c. Use adverb of time and time connectives

• Adverb of time, for example, In 1838, hundred years ago, etc
• Time connectives, for example, at the sane time, later, meanwhile etc.
• Adverbial clause which shows time, for example, He practiced singing until his teacher
told him to stop
d. Sometimes biographical recounts use passive voice
Examples:
• Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France on December 27, 1822.
• Louis was exposed to science as a teenager

e. Use of Names of Specific People

Usually biography mentions the figure’s name or the pronouns, such as he or she.
C. Exercise of Biography Recount

Activity 1: Based on your knowledge please fill the table below

Science History Sport Art

e.g Alexander G. Bell e.g Soekarno e.g Mike Tyson e.g

Activity 2 : Read the following text, then identify the structure and answer the questions!

Lionel Messi Title

Luis Lionel Andres Messi, born June 24th, 1987, is an Argentinian football
player for F.C BarcelonA. He is not very tall, mainly, due to the growing
problem he had when he was younger. His eyes are brown. He never has
short hair.
Lionel Messi started playing football at a very early age in his hometown’s
Newell’s Old Boys. From the age of 11, he suffered from a hormone
deficiency and as Lionel’s parents were unable to pay for the treatment in
Argentina, they decided to move to Barcelona, Spain.
In the 2003-2004 season, when he was still only 16 years old, Messi made his
first team debut in a friendly with Porto that marked the opening of the new
Dragao stadium.
The following championship-winning season, Messi made his first
appearance in an official match on October 16th, 2004, in Barcelona’s derby
win against Espanyol at the Olympic Stadium 0-1. And now, in 2010, 2011,
and 2012 he is best player in the world.
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Questions
1. What is the purpose of the text?
2. Why did Messi’s parents move to Barcelona?
3. What was his first debut ?
4. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
5. What was his achivement?

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Activity 3: Based on the short biographies, fill in the biodata

Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artists of the 1900’s. He is best
known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern art is represented in Picasso’s
works.
Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied
painting from his father and his college level course of study at the academy of arts in
Madrid.
From about 1895 to 1901, he painted realistic works in a traditional stylE. He, then,
entered what was called the Blue PerioD. During this time, he only used shades of blue in
his paintings to show the poverty he saw in Barcelona.
After 1908, he entered into the style of cubism. Among his well-known cubist paintings
are “Three Musicians” and “Man with a Guitar”.
Picasso died in Moughins, France in 1973. He was really great artist.

Mark Elliot Zuckenberg was born on May 14, 1984. He grew up in the suburbs of New York,
Dobbs Ferry. In 2010, this accompished entrepeneur was named the person of the year by Times
Magazine. Zuckenberg shot to a fame which his social networking site, Facebook, which started
out as a connecting platform for students of Harvard University. Having reached out widely to
the public, this site currently has 1,44 million monthly users. He is the youngest billionaire who
created the Facebook.

BIODATA BIODATA
Name : Name :
Nationality: Nationality:
Born: Born:
Died: Died:
Occupation: Occupation:
Achievement: Achievement:

Activity 4 : Complete the following text with the suitable word from the box.

Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Gates a) ….
in an upper-middle-class family with his b)… sister, Kristianne, and younger sister, Libby. Their
father, William H. Gates Sr., was a promising, if somewhat shy, law student when he met c) …
wife, Mary Maxwell. She was an athletic, outgoing d) … at the University of Washington, actively
involved in student affairs and leadership.

The Gates family e) …. was warm and close, and all f) …. children were encouraged to be
competitive and strive for excellence. Gates showed early signs of competitiveness when he
coordinated family athletic games at their summer house on Puget Sound. He also relished in
playing board games (Risk was his favorite) and excelled at Monopoly

a. student b. atmosphere c. three d. older e. his future. f. grew up

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Activity 5: Identifying Language Feature of Biography

Lord Baden-Powell (1857-1941) was a British general and founder of the modern Scouting
movement. He studied at Charterhouse school and learnt rudimentary scouting skills playing in
nearby woods. After school, he joined the British Army as an officer and was posted in India. He
served in the British army from 1876-1910.

In August 1907, Baden-Powell organised a trial scouting camp to be made up of 20 boys from a
diverse selection of social backgrounds. The boys spent a week on Brownsea island and it proved
to be a great success.

From this initial starting point, the scouting movement soon blossomed. In 1909, there was the
first National Scout Rally at Crystal Palace. It was attended by 11,000 boys and illustrated the
rapid growth in popularity. There were also girls who wished to be part of this new movement.
This led to the formation in 1910 of a parallel organisation, The Girl Guides, which was run by
his sister Agnes Baden-Powell.
He died in 1941 at the age of 83. He was buried in Nyeri in sight of Mount Kenya. On his
headstone are the words “Robert Baden-Powell. Chief Scout of the Word” summoned by the Boy
Scout and Girl Guide Badges.

Questions:

1. What does the text tell about?

2. Why was he famous?
3. What do you know about a guide to scouting written by Lord Baden Powell?
4. Where was international scouting convention held?
5. What is written on Baden powell’s headstone?
6. What tense does the text use?
7. Can you find passive voice there? If yes, rewrite them.
8. Mention action verbs found in the text!
9. Mention mental verbs found in the text!
10. Mention adverb of time in the text!

Activity 6: Writing Biography

Who is your favorite inventor or artist? Find some information about him/her. Then write a
biography by using your own words! Type it on a piece of papre. Your biography must
contain the following things:

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1. Complete structure (Orientation, Events, Reorientation)
2. Complete language features
3. Using correct adverb of time. Remember, the events must be in chronolical order.

Type or write it clearly!. Don’t forget to proofread it before you submit it to your
teacher.