Reading : Recount Text

RECOUNT TEXT

Definition of Recount

Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the other people.

     Generic Structure of Recount

1. Orientation     : Introducing the participants, place and time
2. Events           : Describing series of event that happened in  the past
3. Reorientation : It is optional. Consist of the conclusion or   personal comment of the  writer to the story

       Language Feature of Recount

- Introducing personal participant; I, my group, etc
– Using chronological connection; then, first, etc
– Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc

- Using Adverb or Adverb phrase : this morning, dinner time etc.

- Using action verb; look, go, change, etc
– Using simple past tense.

Task

 New Year Eve

On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowed of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and the, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, “It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”

I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

1.       Which idea can you find in the first paragraph?

           A.        Everybody’s laughing and singing.

           B.        People’re moving near the Town Hall.

           C.        The writer’s going to Town Hall one day.

           D.        Someone’s shouting at the owner of the Town Hall.

2.       When did the clock stop?

           A.        At 5.12

           B.        At 11.55

           C.        At 12.00

           D.        At 12.02

3.       Why did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?

          A.        To welcome the New Year.

          B.        To see the newly bought clock.

          C.        To strike the laughing people.

          D.        To stop people who shouted.

4.       What does the first sentence tell you?

          A.        The opening of the story

          B.        The problem that the writer met.

          C.        The funny thing in the story.

          D.        An introduction of the characte