RECOUNT TEXT

Hello! I went back to post about recount text!

Did you guys know what is recount text?

RECOUNT TEXT is one type of text which retells events or experiences in the past.

Purpose of the recount text is to provide information or entertain the reader.

Generic structure:

1. Orientation : background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happens.

2. Event : a series of events, ordered in chronological order.

3. Re-orientation : a personal commentary on events or what happens in the end.

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 action verb; look, go, change, etc
• Using simple past tense  : 

                       (+) S + Verb 2 + O 

                       (-) S + Did not + Verb 1 + O

                       (?) Did + S + Verb 1 + O + ?

An example of recount text is :

A Visit to a Sheep Property

ORIENTATION : last holidays i visited a sheep property. I helped in the shearing sheds and in the yards.

EVENT  1 : on the first day the merino wethers were crutched. I helped by sweeping up after the rouseabout picked up the wool pieces. Shearers start early (at 7.30 am)

EVENT 2 : after lunch, we started shearing the lambs. There were more than 400 so we didn’t finish until the next day. Once again i was sweeping and picking up dags.

EVENT 3 : i was tired by the end of the day in the shed but our work wasn’t finished. We all had to help to get the wethers and lambs back into the paddocks. As well, we had to get a mob of ewes and their lambs into the yards for shearing the next day. Then it was time for tea (that’s what my nanna calls dinner).

REORIENTATION : this was a very long day but i enjoyed it a lot.