Activity 1Observe the text carefully!
Last week, my family and I had a holiday in France. We went there by plane. It was
my first experience on a plane ride.
tower. I went upstairs by lift. From the Top of the tower, I could see the view of Paris.
We stayed in Paris
for two days. I went to the Eiffel Tower. It was so amazing. In the
I stood there for almost one hour.
It was really a nice experience
Special Note:
The story above is called a recount text. It tells the reader a past event it usually
focuses on a person's past experience, so it usually uses the word I or we.
A recount text has three elements: orientation or setting, events and reorientation or
concluding statements of the story. The orientation tells the reader 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 de- scribed in order. The re-orientation summarizes the event.​