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MY FIRST TRIP TO JAPAN

MY FIRST TRIP TO JAPAN

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RECOUNT TEXT

Level: Senior High School - Grade X ( SMA)


Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the social function, generic structure, and language features of a recount text correctly.
2. Analyze and distinguish the use of past tense verbs in a recount text.
3. Complete a recount text by using the correct form of past verbs (Verb 2).
4. Express and retell past experiences or events in simple written form.


Competencies
This lesson develops students’ ability in:
1. Cognitive (Knowledge):
a. Understanding the concept and structure of a recount text.
b. Recognizing the use of past tense and time connectives in recount texts.
2. Affective (Attitude):
a. Showing enthusiasm and curiosity in learning about past experiences.
b. Respecting other students’ stories and experiences.
3. Psychomotor (Skill):
a. Writing or completing a recount text with appropriate grammar and sequence. b. Using correct verbs in past tense to describe events.


Instructions for the Quiz:
1. Read the recount text carefully.
2. Complete the blanks with the correct past tense form of the verbs.
3. Use appropriate verbs that match the context of each sentence.
4. Write your answers clearly in the spaces provided.
5. Check your answers after completing the text to make sure all verbs are in verb 2 (past tense) form.


Material Recount Text
1. What is Recount Text?
Recount text is a text that tells about a story, action, experience or event that occurred in the past. Based on the purposes t can be in the form of a personal,factual, or imaginative recount.
Personal recount has a function to tell personal story orexperience of the author. Factual recount is aimed to present the factual events such as the police report or science experiment report. Imaginative recount is used to tell imaginative story that has been occurred in the past.


2. Social Fucntion
The purpose of recount text is to explain past experiences by retelling events in chronological order to inform or entertain the readers.


3. Generic Structure
a. Orientation : Introducing the information of who, when,and where the events occurred in the past. In this part, you should provide the readers with all information needed to understand the text.
b. Events : Telling the readers about the experiences or events happened.
In this part, you have to write the events in chronological order using signal phrases.
c. Re-orientation: Repeating the first part of recount text by summarising all information and events that have been told in the previous parts.In this part, you are able to add your commentaries and personal opinion towards the event


4. Language Features
a. Using past tense, e.g., went, would, provided, estimated.
b. Using adverb and adverbial phrase to tell the time, place, and method, e.g., last night, last day, last June, in the jungle, first of all, in Kudus, on the first day.
c. Using conjunction and time connectives to put the events on the right order or indicate sequence properly, e.g., after, before, and, after that, then.
d. Focus on the specific participant(s) or character(s) being told in the text.


5. Example
Title: My Holiday in Seoul

Orientation:
I spent my last summer holiday in Seoul, South Korea. I went there with my friends.

Event 1:
On the first day, I was landed at Incheon Airport around 7 AM after a 6 hours-long
flight. Then I went to Seoul by train and checked in to the hotel I already booked. I decided to take a rest for a while.

Event 2:
At night, I went to Hongdae, a famous district in South Korea. I went to eat traditional
Korean food.

Event 3:
On the next day, I went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace and National Museum. I also went to learn how to make Kimchi and see the scenery of Seoul from
Seoul Tower. I went back to the hotel at 10 PM and immediately went to sleep.

Reorientation:
I spent my last day in Myeongdong and bought some stuffs and souvenirs for my
family and friends. I also ate the street food there. I went to the airport at 3 PM because my flight was at 5 PM. I had a fantastic experience in South Korea and made
wonderful memory with my friends. It was agreat trip






   bought      got      had      spent      took      visited      was   

japan picture.jpeg
Two years ago, I the chance to travel abroad for the first time. My parents me and my younger sister to Japan during the school holiday. I was very excited because visiting Japan had always been my dream.

We took a direct flight from Jakarta to Tokyo, which lasted around seven hours. When we arrived, the weather was cold because it was winter. I was amazed to see snow for the first time in my life. We immediately warm clothes and gloves at the airport.

On the first day, we Shibuya. I was fascinated by the crowded crossing and the bright neon lights of the city. We also went to a famous ramen restaurant, and the food was so delicious.

On the second day, we traveled to Mount Fuji. The view was breathtaking, with the snow covering the mountain peak. We took many pictures and even played with snow near the area. It was truly magical.

We also a few days in Kyoto, where we visited traditional temples and wore yukata. The atmosphere was very different from Tokyo, it was calm, peaceful, and full of history. I learned a lot about Japanese culture and traditions.

During our last day, we went shopping in Akihabara, the center of anime and electronic shops. My sister bought some anime merchandise, while I a new pair of headphones.

That trip to Japan unforgettable. I experienced new things, learned about a different culture, and created wonderful memories with my family. It inspired me to study harder so that one day, I can visit other countries and explore the world even more.

GOOD LUCK 👍 🍀

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