R E C O U N T (Kelas VIII)
à MATERI
Hi, every body.
Let me tell you something. Last night I went to my neighbour’s wedding party
with my family. You know, it was the wedding party of my dad’s boss’ son. Well,
in the party I had rawon
and
sate
madura.
It’s really nice to have them in a traditional wedding like this one. Then I
had, you know what, some dawet ayu. After that, I
sang for the happy couple. At about 09.15 we went home. We arrived home rather
late. I felt really very happy.
Answer
the following questions.
1.
What did the speaker do last night?
2.
Whose birthday was it?
3.
What did the speaker have for dinner first?
4.
What did the speaker have for dinner next?
5.
When did the speaker go home?
6.
How did the speaker feel?
While listening
to your teacher, you may fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
It was my
grandpa’s birthday last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping at the
…..(1)…... We bought a nice …..(2)…... Then, we wrapped it in a blue paper.
Blue is my grandpa’s favourite colour. On Saturday morning, my brother and I
helped my sister making a birthday cake in the …..(3)…... It was a big and
beautiful …..(4)…... I wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ on it. After that, we put some
chocolate and a ….. (5)….. on the top of the cake. On Sunday evening, my uncle
and my aunt came to my …..(6)…... They brought several bottles of soft-drink,
and …..(7)….. for grandpa. Then, we sat together in the …..(8)…... Finally,
grandpa blew the candle and cut the cake while we were singing a ‘Happy
Birthday’ song for him. After giving each of us a piece of cake, he opened the
present. He told us that he liked the present, and he was very …..(9)…...mall
shirt house kitchen birthday cake candle flowers living room happy
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mall shirt house kitchen
birthday cake candle flowers living
room happy
Complete the
following recount text with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Then,
answer the questions that follow.
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buy eat get go
make see sit take
SHIRLEY’S
DAY OFF
Shirley enjoyed
her day off yesterday. She …..(1)….. up late, …..(2)….. jogging in the park,
…..(3)….. a long shower, and …..(4)….. a big breakfast. In the afternoon, she …..(5)…..
a movie with her sister. Then, she …..(6)….. groceries at the supermarket, and
she …..(7)….. a big dinner for her parents. After dinner, Shirley and her
parents …..(8)….. in the living room and talked. Shirley had a very nice day
off yesterday.
Questions:
1.
In the beginning of the text, what kinds of information do you get?
a.
Who enjoyed the day off?
b.
When did Shirley have her day off?
c.
Where did she spend her day off?
2.
What did Shirley do in the morning?
3.
What did Shirley do in the afternoon?
4.
What did Shirley do in the evening?
5.
What kind of day off did Shirley have yesterday?
One day Sandra
Dewi fell sick in the middle of the English lesson. All the students did
reading tasks. Suddenly Sandra Dewi vomited. All other students stopped
writing. Mrs. Lidia helped her immediately. The chairman of the class sent for
the school’s doctor. In five minutes the doctor came. He examined her
carefully.
He examined her
eyes. He felt her stomach. He listened to her heart beat. He measured her blood
pressure. Then he took her temperature. “I’m afraid she suffers from malaria.
Her temperature is very high. That is why she vomited. She has a very bad
cough, too. I’ll give her some pills for her malaria, some tablets for her
fever, and syrup for her cough. She needs a week’s rest”, said the doctor.
Questions:
1.
What is the text telling you about?
2.
What did the students do? What happened?
3.
What was the name of the teacher?
4.
What did the doctor do?
5.
What was Sandra Dewi suffering from?
6.
What did the doctor recommend?
Characteristics of Recount Text
•
A
recount text is a text that telling the reader
about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing
the reader.
•
Orientation
tells
who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it
happened.
Example
: When
I was in junior high school, I was not a very diligent student.
Events
(event 1 and 2) tell what happened and in what
sequence.
Example
: Once,
my teacher grounded me in the library because I did not do my Biology homework.
•
Reorientation consists of optional-closure of
events/ending.
Example
: After
I read the book, I realised that science is useful for human kind
•
The features are including Who? Where? When? Why?, noun or pronoun, and past
tense.
Examples
: I,
at home, last night, a book, I took....
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