My Holiday in Bali

When I was in the 2^nd grade of senior high school, my friends and I went to Bali. We were there for three days. I had many impressive experiences during the vacation.

First day, we visited Sanur Beach in the morning. We saw the beautiful sunrise together. It was a great scenery. Then, we checked in to the hotel. After prepared our selves, we went to Tanah Lot. We met so many other tourists there. They were not only domestic but also foreign tourists.

Second day, we enjoyed the day on Tanjung Benoa beach. We played so many water sports such as banana boat, jetsky, speedboat etc. We also went to Penyu island to see many unique animals. There were turtles, snakes, and sea birds. We were very happy. In the afternoon, we went to Kuta Beach to see the amazing sunset and enjoyed the beautiful wave.

The last day, we spent our time in Sangeh. We could enjoy the green and shady forest. There were so many monkeys. They were so tame but sometimes they could be naughty. We could make a close interaction with them. After that, we went to Sukowati market for shopping. That was my lovely time. I bought some Bali T-Shirt and souvenirs.

In the evening, we had to check out from the hotel. We went back home bringing so many amazing memories of Bali.

CIRI-CIRI TEKS RECOUNT

Untuk menjawab apakah sebuah teks itu berbentuk Recount atau bukan, dapat dilihat/diketahui dari beberapa cirinya, yaitu:


Teks Recount pada umumnya menceritakan tentang:
- tokoh/ terfokus pada obyek tertentu
- wakt dan tempat dari kejadian yang dapat kita amati
- pengalaman pribadi

Teks Recount memiliki keterangan waktu yang jelas di masa yang lalu, misalnya :
- On Sunday, on last holiday,  yesterday.
- Two months ago,   last January, On April 5, 2000.
-  In 1945, last year, a year ago.

Teks Recount menggunakan kata kerja bentuk lampau/kata kerja II (past tense), misalnya:
teks Recount menggunakan kata kerja listened (mendengarkan) bukan listen. Said (berkata) bukan say, went (pergi) bukan go. dan sebagainya.

Dalam paragraf-paragrafnya menunjukkan peristiwa (events) atau kejadian yang berbeda-beda, dan itu merupakan pengalamannya (experience).

Generic Structure of Recount Text (including the example)

RECOUNT TEXT

This sample recount is labelled to show you the structure and language features of a recount text.

TITLE :
A visit to a sheep property

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

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS :
On the first day the Merino wethers were crutched. I helped by sweeping up after therouseabout picked up the wool pieces. Shearers start early (at 7.30 am).After lunch, we started shearing the lambs. There were more than 400 so we didn't finish untilthe next day. Once again I was sweeping and picking up dags.I was tired by the end of the day in the shed but our work wasn't finished. We all had to helpto get the wethers and lambs back into the paddocks. As well, we had to get a mob of ewesand their lambs into the yards for shearing the next day. Then it was time for tea (that's whatmy nanna calls dinner).

REORIENTATION :
 This was a very long day but I enjoyed it a lot.
 Past Tense
- visited, had
 Action Terms
- crutched - helped
 Indicates When
- After lunch
 Indicates Where
- in the shed
 Focuses on Individuals
- I , We
 So...

What is it?
-It is a text that tells us about what had happened in series of events in sequence.

What is the function?
-To tell an event in the past time chronologically

What is the generic structure of recount text?
-Orientation-Series of events-Reorientation