Recount Text

Recount text adalah teks yang digunakan untuk menceritakan kembali pengalaman atau peristiwa yang sudah terjadi di masa lalu. Teks ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi kepada pembaca tentang apa yang terjadi, kapan, di mana, dan siapa saja yang terlibat. 

Generic Structure (Struktur Teks)

Recount text memiliki struktur sebagai berikut:

• Orientation: Pengenalan tentang apa yang akan diceritakan, termasuk siapa, apa, di mana, kapan, dan mengapa peristiwa itu terjadi.

• Series of Events: Urutan kejadian secara kronologis.

• Reorientation: Kesimpulan atau komentar tentang peristiwa tersebut.

Language Features (Ciri Kebahasaan)

• Simple past tense: Penggunaan kata kerja bentuk past tense untuk menceritakan peristiwa yang sudah terjadi (contoh: played, went, saw).

• Time connectives: Kata hubung waktu untuk menunjukkan urutan kejadian (contoh: first, then, after that, finally).

• Adverbs of time: Kata keterangan waktu untuk menunjukkan kapan peristiwa terjadi (contoh: yesterday, last week, in 2020).

• Personal pronouns: Kata ganti orang pertama (I, we) atau ketiga (he, she, they) untuk menunjukkan pelaku atau orang yang terlibat.

• Action verbs: Kata kerja yang menggambarkan tindakan (contoh: played, ate, went).

My First Day at Senior High School

Last Monday, I had my first day at senior high school. I was so excited and a little bit nervous. I woke up early in the morning and had breakfast. Then, I went to school with my brother. When I arrived at school, I met my new classmates. They were very friendly. We introduced ourselves to each other. After that, we went to our classroom. Our first lesson was English. The teacher was very kind and funny. I really enjoyed my first day at senior high school.

My First Camping Trip

Last summer, my friends and I decided to go on a camping trip. We had been planning this for weeks, and we were all excited. We packed our backpacks with tents, sleeping bags, food, and other camping essentials. We went to a campsite on a lakeside just outside our town.

When we arrived at the campsite, we immediately started setting up our tents. It took us a while, but eventually, we had a cozy little camp. We spent the afternoon swimming in the lake and playing games. As the sun began to set, we gathered around the campfire and roasted marshmallows. That night, we slept under the stars. It was a bit chilly, but we were all snug in our sleeping bags.

The next morning, we woke up early and had a delicious breakfast of pancakes and bacon. After cleaning up the campsite, we packed our things and headed home. I had so much fun and I can’t wait to do it again next year.

Last semester, I was sent to Manado North Sulawesi to represent my school at a national storytelling competition. At the end of our stay there, all student participants and teachers accompanying us were offered a free snorkeling trip to Bunaken National Marine Park. In one morning, the rest of the participants and I received a text message to get ready for the trip.

Early in the morning, we left Manado harbour for Bunaken Island by motorboat. It took us about 40 minutes to get there. We got off the motorboat with excitement and headed towards a snorkeling rental not far from the beach. Our tour guide helped us rent sets of snorkeling gears for all of us. At that time, I was not sure about using all the snorkeling gears. I didn’t dare to ask. Luckily, while I was struggling to put on the mask, the snorkel, and the fins, one of the participants approached me and offered help.

When we were all set, we began swimming from the beach to the snorkeling site. It took us only 5 minutes to see the amazing underwater world. The sky was blue and the water was clear so we had no trouble finding a beautiful house reef. I could observe a variety of corals and fishes. While I was swimming a little further down, I saw green sea turtles. I lost track of how many turtles I met along the way!

To finish off the day, we stopped by a local restaurant before returning to Manado. We enjoyed tuna, cakalang, and papaya leaves as our lunch. We were still eating when out of the blue a cat jumped on our table and stole my tuna. We were all shocked but then we laughed.

The snorkeling day trip was the most memorable experience I had with other students from across Indonesia. I was grateful.