This document provides information about recount texts. It defines a recount text as a story that tells about past events in the order they happened. It discusses the typical parts of a recount text, including an orientation, events described in chronological order, and an optional reorientation with personal comments. Language features are also outlined, such as using pronouns, conjunctions, linking verbs, action verbs, and past tense. An example recount text is included about visiting different locations in Bali over 10 days. The document concludes with an exercise to write a recount text about an impressive holiday.

1. Writing time….
Recount Text
By : Dede Risdiani
English subject 1

2. Let’s watch the video !
• https://m.youtobe.com/watch?v=C8YfEZffSrs
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3. • What the boy and the girl taking about ?
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4. Have you ever visited those three places ?
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5. What is Recount Text ?
Recount Text is a text that telling the reader about
pass events, action and activity , ussually in the
order in which they happened.
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6. The example of Recount Text
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Visiting Bali
There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to joint the tours to see as much
as possible. My friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta
beach. He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first was to Singaraja and the second was to
Ubud.
On the day of the tour , he was ready. My friend and his group drove on through mountains .
Siangraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but quite town. The street are lined with trees and
there are many Old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.
The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the scenery but to see the
art and the carft of the island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend
watched young boys were carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was Celuk, a center for
silvermiths goldensmiths, after that they stopped a little while for lunch at Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a
tourist center.
My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly beside his two tours, all his day was spent on the
beach. He went sailing or surfboarding every day. He was quite statisfied.

7. The organization of Recount Text
• Orientation : Introducing the participants, place,
and time.
• Events : Describing series of event that happened
in the past.
• Re-orientation : stating personal comment of the
writer . It is optional.
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8. Language features of recount text
• Introducing personal participant : I, my group ,etc.
• Using cronological connection: then, first, etc.
• Using linking verb : was, were, saw,etc.
• Using action verb : look,go, change, etc.
• Using simple past tense
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9. Exercise !
Write a recount text about your impressing holiday in min four paragraph . Do not forget to use the
conjuctions and transitions to make your writing more dinamic .
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10. Thank you
Good luck
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