Pendahuluan
Kenalkah dengan pembalap-pembalap di atas?  Berikut akan dibahas biografi dari salah satu pembalap tersebut yaitu: Ayrton Senna. Biografi adalah salah satu jenis text recount . Teks ini menceritakan rentetan kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi di waktu lampau, yang mempunyai struktur teks sebagai berikut: orientation, event, dan re-orientation. Dalam materi ini juga akan dibahas verb II yang digunakan dalam recount text, degree of comparison, dan ejaan serta  penulisan recount yang benar.

Kompetensi
Kompetensi
Menjawab pertanyaan tentang makna teks esei pendek berbentuk recount.
Menggunakan dengan tepat :
a.    kata kerja (verb II)
b.     degrees of comparison
c.    Huruf, ejaan dan tanda baca
   Menulis teks recount

MATERI
 Recount text

Struktur teks recount adalah sebagai berikut:

Orientation:
(Pendahuluan)

Memberikan informasi  tentang apa, siapa, di mana dan kapan (to inform about  who, what, where, when)

Series of Events
(Laporan rentetan peristiwa)

Peristiwa, kegiatan yang terjadi, yang biasanya disampaikan secara berurut (cronological activities in sequences, the event that happened in the past)
Re-orientation (Penutup) & Personal feeling/comments (Komentar pribadi)

Yang merangkum rentetan peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan; ungkapan penilaian (jika ada).
(a conclusion on the events)


Recount is a text which has social function (Tujuan komunikatif teks) to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining (melaporkan peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan dengan memberitakan atau menghibur).

Biograpical recount is a kind of recount text.
The purpose of a biographical recount is to inform readers by retelling past events and achievement in a person’s life. It presents the events chronologically (in order in which they happened)
Parts of a biographical recount is :
-      Part 1 : Orientation
It gives the reader the background information as to why this person in noteworthy and should have a biography written about him. The opening paragraph should answer the questions : Who, what, where, when and how

Part 2 : Series of events
It presents a series events, usually told in a chronological order. Here the writer might refer to a certain time line.
Part 3 : Reorientation
It consists of a type of conclusion with a comment on the contribution this person has made or a summary and evaluation of the person’s achievements.
AYRTON SENNA

Some say he was genius, others call him arrogant. What is certainly true is Ayrton Da Silva Senna was the fastest man in motor racing. He won the World Championship in 1988 and 1990 and he has won more than twenty Grand Prix altogether.
Senna was born on 21th March 1960, in Brazil. Senna was a little taller than most other racing drivers. He was good-looking, with short, wavy, dark hair and dark brown eyes.
He has an older sister and a younger brother. His parents lived in a large house. It is in the north of Sao Paolo but Senna himself lived in Monaco, Europe.
As  far as hobbies go, he liked flying model planes. He also enjoyed jet-skiing on water and flying with his father over the castle country which his family owns in Brazil.
What motivated him to win? “Driving doesn’t seem like a job. I started driving when I was four. I love feeling the power of the engines and the wind in my face. When I drive, I experience new sensations. That is my motivation.”
                       
Reading Comprehension



Verb II (Past Verb)
We usually use past verbs or verb II in a recount text.
Example:
He won the first champion in that championship.
I started doing our hobby when I was ten.

 Regular Verbs                                             Irregular verbs:

Verb I
Verb II            

Verb I
Verb II            
1.    arrive
2.    dance
3.    play
4.    believe
5.    stay
6.    like
7.    enjoy
8.    travel
9.    study
10. look
arrived
 danced
 played
 believed
 stayed
 liked
 enjoyed
 travelled
 studied
 looked
1.    sing
2.    tell
3.    read
4.    feed
5.    make
6.    write
7.    blow
8.    cut
9.    sleep
10. leave
sang
told
read
fed
made
wrote
blew
cut
slept
left

Verb II (Past Verb)
Find the past verb of the present verb in the box by making the first letter to the last letter.

Verb II (Past Verb)
Change the Verb I in brackets into the verb II to complete these sentences by typing them.

Comparison Degree
One of the language features of a recount text is degrees of comparison.
In general you may use “..er” to make a comparative degree of short adjectives. For longer adjective you can use “more”. You may use “..est” for superlative degrees of shorts adjectives. For longer ones you can use “ most”. The word “the” is used for superlatives. The explanation in the table below may help you.
 

Exception for these following words

Adjectives
Comparatives
Superlatives
good
better
the best
bad
worse
the worst
little
less
the least
far
farther
the farthest

Example:
-      Anita is younger than Susi
-      My aunt isn’t more beautiful than my mother
-      I am the tallest in my family.
-      Richard speaks better than Mr. Tino.

Adjectives
Comparatives
Superlatives
Short
Shorter
The shortest
Long
Longer
The longest
Hot
Hotter
Te hottest
Gorgeous
More gorgeous
The most gorgeous
Interesting
More interesting
The most interesting

Comparison Degree
Complete the sentences. Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in the box
 

Comparison Degree
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Punctuation mark
Incorrect text:

last summer the writer of a famous novel went to italy he visited museums he sat in a public garden and a friendly waiter taught him a few Italian words He thought about postcards yesterday. his holiday passed quickly. on the last day he got up early and bought 37 cards He was in his room all day but he did not write a single card
(Modified from Alexander, 1990)



The correct text

 Last summer, the writer of a famous novel went to Italy. He visited museums. He sat in a public garden, and a friendly waiter taught him a few Italian words. He thought about postcards yesterday. His holiday passed quickly. On the last day, he got up early and bought 37 cards. He was in his room all day, but he did not write a single card.
(Modified from Alexander, 1990)

When you tell about what happened in the past, it means that you make a recount text.


Punctuation mark


Recount Text Analysis
The correct text
  Last summer, the writer of a famous novel went to Italy. He visited museums. He sat in a public garden, and a friendly waiter taught him a few Italian words. He thought about postcards yesterday. His holiday passed quickly. On the last day, he got up early and bought 37 cards. He was in his room all day, but he did not write a single card.
(Modified from Alexander, 1990)

When you tell about what happened in the past, it means that you make a recount text.

Punctuation mark

Correct the paragraph with the correct punctuation mark


i went straight to my doctor who was a good friend of mine What’s the matter with you he asked i have every illness in the medical encyclopedia i told him how I read the medical encyclopedia. then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt my pulse and he listened to my heart then he sat down and wrote a prescription
The correct paragraph
Kunci Jawaban

I went straight to my doctor, who was a good friend of mine. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked. “I have every illness in the medical encyclopedia.” I told him how I read the medical encyclopedia. Then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt my pulse, and he listened to my heart. Then he sat down and wrote a prescription.