It was an unforgettable experience - SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS LUAR BIASA

CHAPTER 3 It was an Unforgettable Experience

In this chapter I will learn to:

 read one’s experience;

 record events from one’s experience;

 present a recount of one’s experience.

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A. Concept Map

B. Introduction

In this chapter, I will learn to read a story of someone’s experience. Then, I will learn to record events from someone’s experience. After that, I will present a story of my experience or my friend’s experience.

Texts in the past

To read a story of one’s experience

To record events from one’s experience

To present a recount of one’s experience

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C. Materials & the Learning Process

Listen to your teacher reading a recount.

Recount 1

Last Saturday I visited my in uncle in Karawang. He was a farmer. I stayed for two days.

In the morning, I went to the rice field with him. I could step on the wet soil and smelled the paddy. When I was sitting down on the rice field, I accidentally touched a worm. I felt itchy after that. I told my uncle about that. He rubbed me with some oil.

He said I had to be careful on the rice field.

I enjoyed staying with my uncle. I had a wonderful experience.

Observing and Questioning

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Read the recount and answer the following questions.

1. When did I visit my uncle?

2. Where did my uncle live?

3. Where did I go?

4. What did I touch when I was sitting down on the rice field?

5. What did my uncle do?

Read the following recount.

Recount 2

A Singing Competition

Last month my school held a singing competition. I participated in the competition.

First, I registered to the committee. Then, I picked a song from The Beatles. The title was “Imagine”.

The time for the competition came. I was nervous, but my parents supported me. They said I could sing the song beautifully. I felt confident. After I finished singing the song, the audience gave big applause.

I had to wait for the result. Finally, the host called the names of the winners, and then he called my name.

To my surprise, I got the first place.

I was really happy and proud. It was an unforgettable experience in my life.

Chapter 3. It was an unforgettable experience45 Discuss with your friend the following questions about recount 2.

1. When did my school hold a singing competition?

2. Did I participate in the competition?

3. What song did I sing?

4. How did I feel when I sang the song?

5. What happened when I was singing the song?

6. What place did I get?

7. How did I feel?

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Read recount 1.

Learn the following table.

What is it? Sentences Orientation Introducesthe story.

It tells about who, when, or where.

Last Saturday I visited my in uncle in Karawang. He was a farmer. I stayed for two days.

Events Events are what happen in the story in a chronological order.

In the morning, I went to the rice field with him. I could step on the wet soil and smelled the paddy.

When I was sitting down on the rice field, I accidentally touched a worm. I felt itchy after that. I told my uncle about that. He rubbed me with some oil. He said I had to be careful on the rice field.

Reorientation It is the final part of the story. It

concludes the story.

I enjoyed staying with my uncle. I had a wonderful experience.

Collecting Information

Chapter 3. It was an unforgettable experience47 Read recount 2.

Complete the following table with the information from recount 2.

Sentences

Orientation

Events

Reorientation

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Learn the following time markers.

In the recount of “A Singing Competition”, there are several time markers. They are:

 First;

 Then;

 After;

 Finally.

These words show the connection of one event to another event.

Write the sentences with time markers in the text of “A Singing Competition”. Then, translate the sentences into Indonesian.

First

Then

After

Finally

Chapter 3. It was an unforgettable experience49 The following sentences are a series of events of an experience of buying mangoes in the market. The events are put in a

chronological order. Rewrite the events with the right time markers in the table. Use first, then, after, and finally.

Yesterday I went to the market with my sister to buy mangoes.

1. I selected some ripe mangoes.

2. I handed to the mangoes to the shop assistant.

3. The shop assistant weighed the mangoes.

4. The shop assistant told me to pay Rp25,000.

5. I gave the money to the shop assistant and we went home.

Associating

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The following sentences are jumbled events from two different recounts. Rearrange them to make two recounts. The titles are:

1. “My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja” (adapted from

http://makalahtugasku.blogspot.co.id accessed on April 2, 2016 22:18)

2. “My Holiday in Bandung” (adapted from http://the-recount.blogspot.co.id accessed on April 5, 2016 20:43).

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“My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja”

No. Events

1. The ceremony took about a week. Several days before the ceremony, grandpa’s body was kept in a series of houses arranged in a circular row around an open field called tongkonan.

2. On the last day, the grandpa’s coffin were lowered from the funeral tower and brought up to the mountain side family graveyard. It was followed by great shouting and excitement from the relatives and the guests. Finally, we installed the wooden puppet on a high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a whole family were already there.

3. Last month my family and I went to Toraja to attend Grandpa’s funeral. It was my first time to go to such a ceremony.

4. The funeral ceremonies made my family and me tired.

However, we were grateful because it ran smoothly.

5. The funeral was performed in two phases. First, we slaughtered the pigs and buffaloes, and then moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore black

clothes. After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin. Then, it was brought out of the house and placed on an open platform beneath the granary. The next phase of the ceremony was held in a funeral tower called lakian. The coffin was placed in the lakian.

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“My Holiday in Bandung”

1. As soon as we arrived in Bandung, we took a rest in a hotel downtown Bandung. After taking a rest and a shower, we had dinner and prepared for a night tour in Bandung.

2. Last week, my friends and I had a wonderful holiday in Bandung. We had a three-day holiday there. It only took about three and a half hours by car from Tangerang, our home town.

3. Around 7.30 P.M, we drove to Cihampelas to buy some jeans and t-shirts. Our next destination was Cimangu. It took about one and a half hours to get to Cimangu. In Cimanggu, we had warm water bathing. All of us jumped into the warm water and enjoyed it a lot.

4. On Sunday morning, we packed up and went back to Tangerang. It was an enjoyable holiday.

5. On Saturday we had a great activity because we did many things. First we went to Ciwidey. We enjoyed the nature of Ciwidey's view. We stayed there for about one hour. Around 10 o'clock, we went to a strawberry park located in Ciwidey, too. We learned how to plant strawberries.

Chapter 3. It was an unforgettable experience53 Rewrite one of the recounts you have rearranged on a large piece of paper and put it on the wall. Tell your friends and your teacher about it.

D. Summary

A recount text tells about someone’s experience. The structure of a recount is:

1. Orientation

Orientation introduces the story. It tells about who, when, or where.

2. Events

Events are what happen in the story.

3. Reorientation

It is the final part of the story. It concludes the story.

In a recount, time markers are used. They are:

 First;

 Then;

 After;

 Finally.

These words show the connection of one event to another event.

Communicating

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E. Evaluation

Read the following recount and answer the questions.

My family and I went to Pangandaran Beach last weekend. We went by car.

It took almost six hours to get there from Bandung. There was a traffic jam because of an accident. It rained hard too during the trip. Finally we got there safely.

The following morning we got up early. We had fried rice with shrimps for breakfast. After breakfast, my brother and I went to the beach. We built a sand castle. When we were building the sand castle, a child accidentally stepped on it, so we had to rebuild it. We spent the whole afternoon at the beach. I enjoyed it very much.

When dinner time came, we had crabs and red snapper for our dinner. It was very delicious. We slept well that night.

The following morning we went back to

Bandung. The time we spent at Pangandaran Beach was unforgettable.

Chapter 3. It was an unforgettable experience55 Answer the following questions.

1. When did my family and I go to Pangandaran Beach?

2. How did we go to Pangandaran Beach?

3. What did we have for breakfast in Pangandaran?

4. What did my brother and I build?

5. How was the seafood for our dinner?

Write the sentences signaling the structure of the text.

1. Orientation

2. Events

3. Reorientation

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F. Reflection

In this chapter I learned about:

 ___________________________________________________

The activities I enjoyed most were:

 ___________________________________________________

The difficulties that I had were:

 _________________________________________________

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G. An Activity with Parents

You can request your parents to guide you to find other recounts telling about an experience or a specific event from any source. The sources could be online or offline:

 newspaper

 magazine

 articles

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CHAPTER 4 She Is Going to Visit Grandmother

In this chapter I will learn to:

 say one’s plans;

 ask one’s plans;

 tell one’s plans;

 say one’s intentions;

 ask one’s intentions;

 tell one’s intentions.

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