Recount Text

Function of Recount Text:

Recount text’s function is to tell about past events.

Parts (Generic Structure) of Recount Text:

1.      Orientation

Orientation tells the readers who was involved in the story, what happened, where the story took place and when it happened.

2.      A series of Events

A series of events tell the sequence of events. These events are described in a chronological order.

3.      Reorientation

Reorientation tells the summarizes the event.

Characteristics of Recount Text:

·         Use simple past tense.

Formula:

+ Subject + Verb 2/Verb past + object/complement

- Subject + did not + Verb 1/Verb base + object/complement

? Did + Subject + Verb 1/verb base + object/complement + ?

·         Always started by past adverbial of time

Examples:

-Two weeks ago,

-Last week,

-Last holiday,

-Yesterday,

-One day,

-Nine years ago, etc.

Example 1:

Barbecue in The Park

            Last Sunday, we want to the park. David’s family invited us to a barbecue party in the park. We lived nearby so we just walked there.

            When we got the park, there were not many people yet. David’s family was already there. They arrived there early to get the best picnic spot withn an electronic barbecue grill nearby. When I arrived, they were cleaning the barbecue. They made sure the barbecue was clean. When it was clean, they turned the barbecue on by pushing the button. The electric stove turned on and the metal plate became hot.

            David’s mother put some cooking oil on the metal plate, and after that put some sausages, beef steaks, and some onions on the barbecue. Meanwhile, David’s father was preparing the bread, butter, and the drinks.

            While waiting for the meat to cook, David and I joined our friends playing football. When we got tired, we stopped and enjoyed the sausages, steaks, and some cold softdrinks. The food was delicious. I think David’s mother is one of the best cooks in the world.

Example 2 :

A Trip to Jogyakarta

Yogyakarta is one of famous tourism area in Indonesia. Many tourists, whether they are local or international tourists, like visiting this city and So do I. I had an opportunity to visit Yogyakarta in December 2011. I went to Yogyakarta for three days and two nights with my students. There were around fifty students joining this trip. We left from Tangerang, Banten by a bus. After spending twelve hours in the bus, we arrive in Jatijajar Cave as our first visit on Saturday morning.Jatijajar Cave is located around 21 kilometers from Gombong and 42 kilometers from Kebumen.

In Jatijajar, We had breakfast and then enterred the inside of the cave. In the cave, we enjoyed the statues depicting Raden Kamandaka. Some students took pictures in front of the statues. At around 10 A.M, we left from Jatijajar Cave and went ahead to Kaliurang as our accomodation place.

At around 5 P.M, we arrived in the hotel and all the participants took a rest until evening. After having dinner, around 8 P.M, we had an art performance presented by the students. We invited the students to perform their skills in front of others. The performance was quite exciting because there were sing songs, dance performaces, magic show and jingle competitions. The organizing committe also gave many dorr prizes for participants. It lasted about 3 hours until 11 P.M.

Sunday was the most amazing day for us because we visited some great places; Borobudur Temple, Parangtritis Beach, and  Malioboro Street. Our firstdestination was Borobudur Temple, We all felt excited to visit this world heritage because we had a chance to see the geatest temple in the world. In Borobudur Temple, the students had to interview the native speakers in groups. Besides interviewing the native speakers, the students also took pictures in front of the stupas and many native speakers. 

After enjoying Borobudur temple for almost four hours, we headed to parangtritis. In Parangtritis Beach, the students did some group contest, such as tug of war. All groups seemed enjoy doing the contest. We didn’t stay in the beach for a long time because it was already dawn.

Malioboro Street was our next destination. In this famous street, we had dinner and went shopping. Many students bought T-shirt called Dagadu T-Shirt and famous cakes “bakpia”. Aroung 11 P.M on Sunday, we came back to the hotel for a rest and on Monday Morning we returned to Tangerang.

A Trip to Jogyakarta was an amazing trip for us and we had a lot of nice memories there. We hop that we will have the same trip oneday.