Activity 4. Read the text below then write the part of the recount text on the table given.

• Last Saturday, we woke up very early, in the morning. Mother and I prepared breakfast quickly. Then we had breakfast together. After that. we started our journey to Bandungan. Father drove the car carefully.
• We arrived at a hotel in Bandungan at 7:30. The hotel was at the peak of Bandungan. We unpacked our luggage and rested for a while. Then mom told us to get ready to go to the train station. Wow! It was fantastic! We rode an old train. It lasted for thirty minutes. We passed a beautiful lake called Rawa Pening.
• Then we went back to our hotel for lunch. After lunch, my brother Ivan and I went swimming. The swimming pool was near our room. However, the water was very cold. Soon, we decided to stop swimming.
• The next day, we went up the hill to Gedong Songo temple complex. We rode horses to reach the temples. I felt as if I was acting in the Lord of the Rings movies. It was great fun.

JAWABAN

Orientation

➡️ Where? And Who?

• [Last Saturday. we woke up early in the morning. Mother and I prepared breakfast quickly. Then we had beakfast together. After that we started our journey to Bandungan. Father drove the car carefully.]

Events

➡️ What is the first time?

• [We arrived at a hotel in Bandungan at 7:30. The hotel was at the peak of Bandungan. We unpacked our luggage and rested for a while.]

➡️ Then,

• [Then mom told us to get ready to go to the train station. Wow! It was fantastic! We rode an old train. It lasted for thirty minutes. We passed a beautiful lake called Rawa Pening.
• Then we went back to our hotel for lunch. ]

➡️ After that.

• [After lunch, my brother Ivan and I went swimming. The swimming pool was near our room. However, the water was very cold. Soon, we decided to stop swimming. ]

,➡️ Next,

• [The next day, we went up the hill to Gedong Songo temple complex. We rode horses to reach the temples.]

Personal comment

➡️ How did the writer feel or think?

• [I felt as if I was acting in the Lord of the Rings movies. It was great fun.]

PEMBAHASAN

A. Recount Text

Recount Text adalah teks dalam bahasa Inggris yang berisi cerita tentang kejadian di masa lampau atau berisi pengalaman sang penulis di masa lalu.

B. Social function

Fungsinya untuk memberikan informasi dan tujuannya untuk memberikan hiburan kepada para pembaca melalui ceritanya.

C. Generic Structure

1. Orientation

• Bagian pengenalan cerita tentang dimana dan siapa yang terlibat dalam cerita.

2. Events

• Bagian kejadian yang diceritakan dari awal tiba sampai mendekati akhir.

3. Re-orientation

• Bagian akhir cerita yang biasanya ada personal comment atau komentar pribadi si penulis mengenai pengalaman.

D. Language Feature

• Menggunakan Past Tense: we woke up very early.
• Menggunakan Action Verb: Woke, went, dll.
• Menggunakan conjunction atau time connectives: After, then, dll.
• Menggunakan Keterangan waktu: Last Saturday.

Pelajari Lebih Lanjut

Recount Text:

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Detail Jawaban

• Kelas: 8
• Mapel: B. Inggris
• Materi: Reading Text
• Kode: 8.5

Kata kunci: Recount Text