MODUL
RECOUNT TEXT for class X SMK Madani Turen
PENDAHULUAN
Modul ini membahas tentang recount text. Dengan mempelajari modul ini,
kalian bisa menulis bacaan yang menceritakan kembali tentang peristiwa yang
pernah dialami dan bersejarah dengan memperhatikan fungsi social, struktur teks,
dan unsur kebahasaan secara benar sesuai dengan konteks penggunaan.
a. Kompetensi Dasar:
Modul ini bertujuan untuk mencapai Kompetensi Dasar sebagai berikut:
3.7 Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan
beberapa teks recount lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta
informasi terkait peristiwa yang pernah dialami dan peristiwa bersejarah
sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
b. Indikator Kompetensi:
3.7.1 Mengidentifikasi persamaan dan perbedaan fungsi sosial, struktur
teks dan unsur kebahasaan teks recount
3.7.2 Memahami struktur teks recount dalam memberi dan meminta
informasi terkait peristiwa yang pernah dialami dan peristiwa bersejarah
3.7.3 Memahami unsur kebahasaan dari teks recount dalam memberi dan
meminta informasi terkait peristiwa yang pernah dialami dan peristiwa
bersejarah
c. Petunjuk Penggunaan Modul bagi Peserta Didik:
Kalian harus mengikuti petunjuk atau instruksi yang tertulis dalam modul.
Jangan lupa menjawab pertanyaan dan latihan soal yang ada dengan serius
dan jujur agar kalian dapat mengetahui sampai dimana pencapaian
kompetensi kalian dan memudahkan kalian dalam belajar.
KEGIATAN PEMBELAJARAN
A. TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN
Pada Materi Berikut kalian akan mempelajari struktur teks recount sehingga
diharapkan setelah mempelajari kalian dapat menyebutkan contoh-contoh teks
recount mengenai peristiwa yang pernah dialami dan peristiwa bersejarah dengan
menggunakan rumus simple past tense.
B. URAIAN MATERI
1. RECOUNT
Social function: to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining
Generic structure
Orientation : provides the setting and introduces participants
(when, and where)
Events : tell what happened in a chronological order
Re-orientation : optional-closure of events
Recount texts tell a series of events and evaluate their significance
in some way.
Language Features : - The use simple past tenses
S + V2 ( we went for a trip to the zoo )
Activity 1. Answer these following questions.
1. Do you have any interesting experience to tell?
2. Can you recall it?
3. Will you tell your experience to your friend?
Activity [Link] and study the text structure of the recount text.
My Day
Orientation
I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour
late because my alarm clock didn't go off.
Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when
I was making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so
Events quickly that I forgot to wear socks. Next, I ran out of the house
trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to
take a taxi, but I didn't have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to
Re-orientation discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day as the
one I had yesterday. Taken from Ready to Write, 2003
Activity 3. Answer the following questions based on the text activity 2.
1. What happened to the writer yesterday?
2. Why did he wake up an hour late?
3. What did he do after having breakfast?
4. How far did the writer walk?
5. What does the writer hope?
Activity 4. Say it Right and find their synonym.
1. wanted /wɒntɪd/
2. ran out /rʌn aʊt/
3. walked /wɔ:kd/
4. forgot /fə'gɒt/
5. missed /mɪsd/
6. burned /bɜ:nd/
7. woke up /wɒk ʌp/
8. hurry /hʌrɪ/
9. terrible /'terəbl/
10. quickly /kwiklɪ/
Grammar Spot
Simple Past Tense
(+) S + V2
(-) S + did not + V1
(?) Did + S + V1
To talk about past events and conditions, you use VERB-2 forms. Here are some
examples taken from the text.
(+) I joined the Traditional Dance Competition in Jakarta last year.
(-) I did not feel nervous anymore.
The adverbs that are usually used in the ‘simple past tense’ sentences are:
Yesterday, last week, a week ago, …ago, last…,etc
Activity 5. Fill in the blanks with correct verb forms. Look at the example.
am win take have join are
The Football Competition
When I 1) was in the Junior High School, I joined two clubs. They 2)
________ the Football Club and the Karate Club. I 3) _______ those clubs
because I love sports, especially football and karate. I 4) ________ football on
Sunday mornings and karate on Mondays at 4 p.m.
One day my football club joined a football competition. There were eight
clubs joining the competition. At first, our club 5) __________ the match. Then,
we had to defeat one club to get to the final. Remarkably, we won again. After
those two matches, we 6) _________ lunch in the cafeteria nearby. We were so
impatient to play in the last game. It was the hard one because our opponent was
very tough. Finally, we won the game with a nice score of 3 – 2. We were very
happy and proud.
Activity 6. Ask your classmate is sitting next to you and say what you did
last weekend. Look at the following example.
For example:
1. You : What did you do on your last weekend?
Your friend : It was alright. I didn't do anything special.
2. You : Did you have a good weekend?
Your friend : Yes. It was great. I had a lovely time. I went to theatre and I
watched a great movie.
Activity 7. Study and pronounce the following words. Then, read the text on
Torajan funeral and answer the questions.
balcony (kb) : balkon
coffin (kb) : peti mati
corpse (kb) : jenazah
elaborate (ks) : rumit
kin (kb) : sanak; famili
slaughter (kkt) : menyembelih
My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja
Last month my family and I went to Toraja to attend Grandpa’s funeral. It was
my first time to go to such a ceremony. We gathered there with our kind in the ceremony.
Overall, the ceremony was quite elaborate. It took about a week. Several days before the
ceremony was done, grandpa’s body was kept in a series of houses arranged in circular
row around an open field called tongkonan. His corpse was dressed in a fine wearing.
The funeral was performed in two phases. First, we slaughtered the pigs and
buffaloes, and then moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore black
clothes. After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin. Then, it was brought
out of the house and placed on an open platform beneath the granary. Meanwhile, my
uncle, my brother, and I prepared the wooden puppet and a funeral tower called lakian.
The next phase of the ceremony was held in this place. The coffin is borne from the
house and placed in the lakian. During the day, there were also buffalo matches. They
were great matches. In the night, we were feasting, chanting, and dancing.
On the last day, the grandpa’s coffin were lowered from the funeral tower and
brought up to the mountainside family graveyard. Great shouting and excitement
followed it from the relatives and the guests. Finally, we installed the wooden puppet on
a high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a whole family were
already there.
The funeral ceremonies made my family and me tired. However, we were grateful
because it ran smoothly.
Adapted from:
[Link]
Questions:
1. When did the writer attend the funeral?
2. How long did the writer and his family hold the ceremony?
3. What did they do to the corpse before the funeral was done?
4. What did they do after the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin?
5. What did they do on the last day of the ceremony?
Notes:
In a recount text, you find words and phrases used to start, connect a sentence
with the next one, and end your composition. Those words and phrases are: First, Then,
After that, Final.
Check whether these words have been matched to the correct meaning in Bahasa
Indonesia. Compare your work to your classmates’.
remembrance (noun) : kekuatan militer
surrender (verb) : menyerahkan
weaponry (noun) : persenjataaan
defiant (adjective) : menantang
drop (verb) : memperlambat
leaflet (noun) : selebaran
anger (verb) : membuat marah
be betrayed (verb) : ter/dikhianati
siege (verb) : mengepung
reinforcement (noun) : peringatan
casualties (noun) : korban
hamper (verb) : menjatuhkan
militia (noun) : kelompok pejuang
advance (verb) : bergerak maju
rally (verb) : berkumpul untuk mendukung
Task 1: Reading Comprehension
As you know on every 10 November we all celebrate Heroes Days. Why do you think
the Heroes Day took that special date to commemorate our heroes’ sacrifice?
Discuss with your partners and come to a conclusion why the date has become
special. After that, read through the passage and check whether your conclusion is
the same as the reason stated in the text.
On 10 November, Indonesia celebrates Hari Pahlawan or Heroes Day in
remembrance of the Battle of Surabaya which started on that very date in the year 1945.
The bloody battle took place because Indonesians refused to surrender their weaponry to
British army. British Army at that time was part of the Allied Forces. The defiant Bung
Tomo is the well-known revolutionary leader who played a very important role in this
battle.
It all started because of a misunderstanding between British troops in Jakarta and
those in Surabaya, under the command of Brigadier [Link]. Mallaby. Brigadier
Mallaby already had an agreement with Governor of East Java Mr. Surya. The agreement
stated that British would not ask Indonesian troops and militia to surrender their weapons.
However, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflets all over Surabaya. The leaflet told
Indonesians to do otherwise on 27 October 1945. This action angered the Indonesian
troops and militia leaders because they felt betrayed.
On 30 October 1945, Brigadier Mallaby was killed as he was approaching the
British troops’ post near Jembatan Merah or Red Bridge, Surabaya. There were many
reports about the death, but it was widely believed that the Brigadier was murdered by
Indonesian militia. Looking at this situation, Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison
brought in reinforcements to siege the city.
In the early morning of 10 November 1945, British troops began to advance into
Surabaya with cover from both naval and air bombardment. Although the Indonesians
defended the city heroically, the city was conquered within 3 days and the whole battle
lasted for 3 weeks. In total, between 6,000 and 16,000 Indonesians died while casualties
on the British side were about 600 to 2000.
Battle of Surabaya caused Indonesia to lose weaponry which hampered the
country’s independence struggle. However, the battle provoked Indonesian and
international mass to rally for the country’s independence which made this battle
especially important for Indonesian national revolution.
Adapted from: [Link]
surabayathe-story-behind-indonesias-heroes-day/
Task 2: Answer the following questions briefly based on the text above.
1. What is the passage about?
2. When did the battle take place?
3. Where did it happen?
4. What caused the battle? Draw a diagram that shows chronologically the events that led
to the battle.
5. What do think about the Indonesian military power compared to that of the British
army at that time?
6. What made the Indonesians dare to face the British army military aggression?
7. Did the Indonesian lose or win the battle? Why do you think so?
8. How did the battle influence the national revolution at that time?
9. Who was the prominent figure in the battle? What did he do?
10. Indonesia had gone through many battles. Why do you think the date of the Battle of
Surabaya is used as a momentum to commemorate our hero’s contribution?
11. Describe in one word the Indonesians who defended their city at that time.
12. Do you think that the information in the text is clear?
13. Have you read other texts that tell about similar events? What are they?
Notes:
TEXT STRUCTURE
Recounts record a series of events in the order in which they occurred. There are several types of
recounts, for example, diaries, letters/postcards, journals, autobiographies and biographies, or
anything related to histories (historical recounts). In this chapter, you are studying historical
recounts. Do you know how a historical recount is told or written? Similar to other types of
recounts, historical recounts usually start with orientation, followed with a series of events, and
ends with a reorientation. The orientation part include information about who, what, when, and
where. The series of events are presented in the order they really happened. The recount ends with
a reorientation which states personal comments about the events.
Now, together with your partner, complete the following sentences that show how
The Battle of Surabaya happened
Orientation (who, what, The bloody battle took place in
when, where) 1945 in Surabaya.
1. The governor of Java and Brigadier
Mallaby made an agreement.
2. Indonesia.........................................
Series of events
3. There was misunderstanding ........
4. Leaflets ...........
5. The Indonesians .......
6. Brigadier .........
7. British army ...........
8. The battle .............
9. Many Indonesians died in the
battle.
Reorientation (stating personal 10. The Battle of Surabaya awakened
comments about the events) Indonesian and International people to
support the Indonesian national
revolution.
Task 1: Read the following incomplete sentences. Complete them with am/is/are
(present) or was/were (past).
1. In 1945, they _____ 17, so they ______ 85 now.
2. Today the weather _____ cold, but last Monday it _______ terribly hot.
3. I _____ very thirsty. Can somebody give me a glass of water, please?
4. The defiant freedom fighters _______ very brave. They fought till death to defend
the city.
5. I _____ happy with Surabaya now. Years ago, it _____ very dirty and messy.
6. Don’t buy those weapons. They _____ dangerous and illegal.
7. Hey, I like your new hat. It fits you well, and when you wear it, it reminds me of the
1945 freedom fighters. ____ it expensive?
8. This time seventy years ago my grandfather ________ in Surabaya joining the
militia to fight against the British army.
9. “Where ______ the veterans?” “I don’t know. They _______ in the lobby of the
hotel five minutes ago.”
10. The generals and the veterans ______ happy and optimistic about us now. They
know we _______always busy with good activities and never think of using drugs.
When we met them last year, they ________ pessimistic.
Task 1: Read the following dialog. Take turns reading it.
Ami : Riza, look! That heroic monument stands high and strong.
Riza : Hmm…. It is a remembrance for us to our heroes’ struggle on this country.
Ami : Yeah, many of them became casualties of the war.
Riza : I had an unforgettable experience there.
Ami : Really? What was it?
Riza : When I was in Junior High School, my school held a program called “Keep our
city clean and green!”
Ami : What did you do?
Riza : My schoolmates, my teachers, and I rallied in the monument area at 6 a.m and
began to clean the area around the monument until it’s clean and tidy.
Ami : That’s a very good program.
Riza : Yes, it was. We also planted some trees around it.
Task 2: Speaking Game
Play this game in groups of four students. Divide each group into halves. Each
half opposes the other half. Now do the following things:
a. Read the Battle of Surabaya again carefully.
b. Choose the words that you like. You must know the meaning of the chosen words.
c. Then, take turns telling your opposing partners to make sentences based on the
words that you chose. Those who can make communicative sentences get score.
Each communicative sentence will get 100. Don’t forget to count the minutes used
to make it. You can decide the length of time for making one sentence.
d. The winners are those who can make more sentences in less time.
Write a recount text. You can rewrite the chronology of the battle of Surabaya.
If you choose that, read the passage again and the task on text structure on
page 124, then close the book. Now try to rewrite the chronology of the events
in the Battle of Surabaya using your own words.
You can also rewrite the experience of the boy you listened to (LISTENING on
page 129), or the one your group created (SPEAKING task 3 on page 130), or
write your own experience. The experience can be a real or an imaginary one.
Component What you write What your draft here
Orientation
Body
Re- orientation
At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the following questions to know how
effective your learning process is.
1. Do you know how to tell or write a historical recount?
2. Do you give information about who, where, and when at the beginning?
3. Do you tell or write the events in the order they happened?
4. Do you have personal comments to end the historical recount?
5. Can you explain the function of a recount text?
6. Where do you think you can find a recount text?
Let’s Make a Summary
A recount text is a text that tells about a part of experience. A recount
text has an orientation, a series of events in chronological order, personal
remarks on the events, and a re-orientation that “rounds off” the sequence
of events. In the text, you will find words and phrases used to start,
connect a sentence with the next one, and end your composition.
The following text is for questions 1 to 4.
I am so glad that today is over. So many things have gone wrong. For some reasons I
didn’t sleep a wink last night. I was very tired when Mum called me this morning. I fell
asleep again until Mum called me again. That snooze made me late.
I did not have time for breakfast. I was starving as I ran to catch the school bus. I
just missed it. Dad had to ride me to school. He was late for teaching at his school and he
was furious with me. He scolded me for being late.
I arrived at school on time. The teacher asked us to hand in our homework. My
homework was not in my bag. I had forgotten to put it in my bag the night before. I
usually check my bag in the morning. I did not do this because I was late I had to do extra
assignment as a punishment.
After Biology lesson, I did not tie my shoelace properly. I tripped over it. And fell
down the stairs. I hurt my knee and had to have a bandage on it. What a terrible day! I
hope that I have much better one tomorrow.
1. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To explain about something wrong
b. To inform about the writers activities
c. To entertain the readers about the funny story
d. To discus about how to overcome the problem
e. To retell about the writer’s terrible day
2. The generic structure of the last paragraph is called …..
a. reason d. orientation
b. re-orientation e. complication
c. events
3. What made everything went wrong?
a. He got up late in the morning d. He got punishment from his teacher
b. His came to school on time e. His father was late to ride him
c. His bag was left at home
4. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?
a. The writer didn’t sleep a wink at that night d. He fell down the stairs
[Link] didn’t hand in his homework e. His father rode him to school
c. He had breakfast before leaving for school\
The following text is for questions 5 to 8.
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I really enjoyed my holiday in Australia. Last Sunday I visited a marine park
called Sea World which is at surfers’ Paradise near Brisbane. It’s Australia’s largest
marine park and I had a wonderful day there.
The first thing I saw was the Oceanorium where you can watch all sorts of sea
fish and animal under water. There were huge turtles, sharks, and a beautiful tropical sea
fish. The most exciting thing was watching a man feeding the sharks. He wore a special
diving suit. Then I watched the performance of sea animals. The saw was in a big outdoor
swimming pool. There were killer whales, dolphins and sea lions, and they did all sort of
fantastic things in the water. One of the girls in the show rode around the pool on the
back of killing whale, and another girl rode underwater on the back of a big turtle. After
the saw I had lunch. There were several big restaurant at the park and I had lunch in a
restaurant that was shape like a ship! Then I watched a wonderful water-ski show which
was held on a lake.
There were lots of other things to do at the park. There was lake cruising, a train
ride, a big water slide, swimming pools, and an incredible roller coaster called the
‘corkscrew’- because it goes three loops upside down. But I wish I had gone on the roller
coaster ride before lunch rather than after it!
5. Which of the following sea animals is known as ‘killer’?
a. Sea lions
b. Dolphins
c. Seals
d. Turtle
[Link]
6. What is the main idea of paragraph two?
a. There was a water-ski show held on a lake.
b. The sea animals performed fantastic things in the water.
c. The writer had lunch in one of the restaurants at the park.
d. The Oceanorium displayed all sorts of fish and animals under water
e. The writer visited the Oceanorium to watch all sorts of fish and
performance
7. Which of the following had made the writer very excited?
a. Watching a girl riding on a back of a turtle
b. Watching a girl riding on a back of a whale
c. Watching a man feeding the shark
d. Riding the roller coaster
e. Water skiing on the lake
8. “There were huge turtles, sharks, and a beautiful tropical sea fish.” (Paragraph 2)
The antonym of the underlined word is …………
a. tiny d. massive
b. enormous e. wide
c. heavy
The following text is for questions 9 to 10.
I’ll never forget May 3, 1990, the dat Tien- Tien came into our lives.
Ahong , the wife of my youngest brother Ajing, gave birth after a very
difficult labour of five hours. We already had a name for the baby before
she was born. She would be called Tien-Tien which meant ‘sweetness’.
As we waited at the hospital, our joy quickly turned to grief when the
attending physician announced that he could detect no signs of life in Tien-
Tien. There was no breathing, no heartbeat, so he finally declared the baby
dead.
Ajing decide to lay the body next to the Taizi River. To outsiders, this might
be strange: to us, a Chinese family with almost no money or resources, the
prospect of encouraging the baby’s spirit slip away to a better world in a
beautiful setting made a great deal of sense. We planned to return later to
bury Tien-Tien’s remains and pay honour to her.
Ajing wrapped his child in a red fl oral quilt and set off for the river. He
gently laid his baby in a patch of grass along the bank of the river.
A week later, while I was walking home from work, I overheard several
women talking about one of her friends. They said their friend heard a baby
crying and the sound came from a patch of grass along the river bank.
They further explained that the baby had been placed in a local orphanage.
Something inside me said it must have been Tien-Tien. Without waiting any
longer, I ran to the orphanage. In the room I saw Tien-Tien in a crib covered
in dirt but very much alive.
9. What is the best title for the text?
a. The dead baby
b. The baby in a crib
c. The poor crying baby
d. The baby by the river
e. The newborn baby
10. From paragraph 3, we can conclude that ….
a. Ajiang came from a poor family
b. The baby was buried by the river
c. Ajiang’s family lived by Taizi River
d. The baby’s spirit would go to a better life
e. Tien-tien’s remains had been buried in the river bank
C. PENILAIAN DIRI
Jawablah pertanyaan-pertanyaan berikut dengan memberikan tanda V pada kolom
YA atau TIDAK!
JAWABAN
NO PERTANYAAN
YA TIDAK
Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskan apa yang dimaksud v
dengan teks recount?
Contoh Recount text diartikan sebagai sebuah teks bahasa
Inggris untuk menceritakan kembali kejadian dimasa
lampau atau peristiwa bersejarah
Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskan apa yang dimaksud
1
dengan teks recount?
Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskan struktur dari teks
2
recount?
Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskanciri kebahasaan dari
3
teks recount?
Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskan definisi dari
4
Orientation?
5 Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskan definisi dari event?
Apakah kalian bisa menyebutkan contoh – contoh
6
Re-orientation?
Apakah kalian bisa menyebutkan contoh – contoh
7
kata kerja (verb) yang dipakai dalam teks recount?
Apakah kalian bisa menyebutkan contoh – contoh
8 kata keterangan (adverb) yang digunakan dalam teks
recount?
Apakah kalian bisa menjelaskan apa tujuan dibuat
9
teks recount?
Apakah kalian tahu bahwa dalam teks recount
10
menggunakan bentuk simple past tense?
Kunci Jawaban Uji Kompetensi :
1. E
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. E
6. E
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. A