PERSONAL RECOUNT

BY FATIMAH NURHIJANAH

Objectives

 To introduce the personal recount text type.

 To identify and explore the structure of personal recounts.
 To identify and explore the language features of personal recounts.
 To investigate how events can be sequenced using time connectives.
 To investigate how action verbs can be expressed in simple past tense.
 To investigate how descriptive words, such as adjectives, can add detail to a personal recount.
 To investigate how emotive words can add detail to a personal recount.
 To jointly construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
 To construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience in pairs.
 To independently construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
Observe this pictures
Read the text and answer the questions before we go further to know the
personal recount is.

TEXT 1

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Came Late to school

Last Wednesday, Abdul came late to her school because He played playstation until 02.00
am in the night. Because of that He woke up late.

He woke up about 06.30 am and the class would be begin at 07.00 am. H e ran to the
bathroom to take a bath. he usually had breakfast after took a bath, but in that day He did not
do that.

He always went to school by His motorcycle. But in that day, H e forgot where He put
the key. So, He went to the school by public transportation. It made him took a longer time.
He arrived at school at 07.15 am. He ran to his class but He saw His teacher has stood in
front of the class to teach. He entered to His class and off course his teacher was angry to
him because he came late.

It was his bad experience and he hoped he would not do it again.

1. What tense is used in the text?

2. What happened with the writer?
3. When did writer wake up?
4. When did the story take place?
5. What did writer do after take a bath?
 TEXT 2

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Winning a Drawing Competition

Last month was the unforgettable experience I’ve ever got.
I was the first winner of a drawing competition.
I have loved drawing since I was 3 years old. I practiced
so hard before the competition. My parents were really nice and
supportive. They prepared healthy food for me. They also gave
me the motivation to believe in myself. Besides, they also
helped me to practice and gave positive comments.
I love drawing and I want to be a great artist one day.
1. What is unforgettable experience of the writer?
2. When did the writer start love drawing?
3. Mention the supports given by the parents?
4. Now the writer is 14 years old. How long has the writer loved drawing?
5. Why did the writer tells us the story?
6. The story is delivered in which point of view?
 Both of the texts are personal recount.

When people or someone tells the other about their past activities actually they had delivered
a personal recount. But people around them will not interested with the kind of the text, they
just interested with the story that they tried to deliver. However, as students you have to learn
how personal recount is, what is the social function of it, and what tense that this text used, as
your knowledge.

Personal recount is a sequence of events of an experience that the writer or speaker was
involved in. personal recount can come in different forms; personal letters, diary, or
autobiographies.

Social function of the personal recount is to retell or inform the readers about the past
activities or events in chronological orders. After read or listen to story people will know what
happened to the writer or speaker in the past time and what did they do in details.

a. Generic structure of the text :

a. Title
b. Orientation or setting

It is about introduction the participants, place and time. It tells who was
involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it happened.
 c. The events
Describing series of event that happened in the past. Telling what happened
and in what sequence.
d. Re-orientation
It is optional. It consists of closure of events/ending. It is stating personal
comment of the writer to the story
b. Language features

 using first or third person point of view

 written in past tense
 using time sequences (last month, yesterday, etc.)
 using conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.

C. JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXT

In pairs, Please re-arrange these pictures correctly. And make a simple personal recount
based on your own stories.
 D. INDIVIDUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXT

TASK 1

COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE SUITABLE ANSWER BY CHOOSING THE WORDS BELOW.

1. My parents 6. Finally
2. Was 7. Gratefull
3. Especially 8. Entered
4. Went 9. Place
5. Scared 10. I

When I …(1) a kid, I had a very horrible experience. It happened when I was about 6
years old. At that time, my parents and I …(3) along to see carnival in town. On that day, we
went by walking to the …(2) because our house was not so far away.

After arriving there, my father, my mother, and I looked so many interesting shows. I was
very happy because it was my first experience of seeing the carnival. I still remember when my
father took me to see the magic show, carousel ride, and …(4) the haunted house. I really
enjoyed that night.

After walking around, we rested in a place. I forgot its name, I knew it was a place where
a lot of people sitting around eating their meal. Then the three of us were resting there. When I
was a child, I was very active and did not like silence. And so at the evening, when my parents
were chatting, …(5) went alone to see the clown. I followed the clown until I realized that I was
lost and missing. I was trying to get back to the place where …(6) were. However, they were no
longer there. I was confused and …(7). Then I looked for them from one place to another but I
could not find them as well. Even I was getting lost. …(8) I cried. I was afraid if they left me
alone.

When I was crying, someone approached me. Then he took me to a security post. I saw
my father and mother there. They looked so panicky. …(9) my mother, I saw her crying. When
the men took me to them, my parents came right up to me and hugged me. I was happy because I
could see them again. We also were very …(10) to the man who had helped me, even though I
did not know his name. That was a frightening experience that I have ever had. Until now, I still
remember what happened that night.
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E. REFLECTING

We will work in group to reflect on our learning. We will discuss what we have
learned.

 I know that I’m now learning to…………………

 I know that experience consists of………………..
 I know that the events and happenings have to be presented in……………
 I know that to tell an experience you can start with………………….
 I know that we use……………………..to state the past events or happenings

F. REFERENCES
1. Siti Wachidah dkk. 2017. When English Rings a Bell. Jakarta: Kementerian
Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. (178)
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text-bahasa-inggris-tentang-pengalaman-buruk/
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