H. Recount Text

H. Recount text

 Standard Competency :
To comprehend and express the meaning of short functional and simple monolog essay texts in the form of recount text, narrative, and procedure that have contextual in habitual activities to access knowledge

 Basic Competency :
To respond and express the meaning within simple monolog texts that uses the variety of writing accurately, fluently, and used in habitual activities to accesss knowledge in recount text


 Indicators :
After having finished the lesson, the students will be expected to able to:
 understand the concept of recount text
 identify the main idea of the text
 identify the series of events of recount text


 The Definition Of Recount Text
Recount text is a text that is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.


 The generic structures of recount text are :
 Orientation ( it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved, where it happened, when it happened)
 Events (a series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence)
 Re-orientation (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident


 The significant Lexicogrammatical features :
• Use of simple past tense
• Use of temporal conjunctions (when, after, before, next, later, then)
• Use of personal pronoun (I, we)

 Example from Recount text :