Recount
By: Andrian S.Pd

The communicative Purpose
To retell the events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

The Generic structure
Orientation : provides the setting and introduces the participants
Events : tell what happened, in what sequence
Re-orientation: optional-closure of events

An Unlucky Day

One morning, I got up with the feeling that the day was going to be an unlucky for me. How right it was! I found that it was already 06.15 a.m.
I rushed into the bathroom. I did not see a piece of soap lying on the floor. I stepped on it and slipped, almost breaking my back in the process
Then, I went into the dining room for my breakfast. I gulped down the tea without realizing that it was very hot. It burnt my tongue. I spat it out and could not eat anything because my tongue hurt. I got dressed and rushed to the bus stop.
Unlucky, I just missed the bus. My heart sank and I knew that I would be late for school.
When I reached school, my name was taken down by the teacher. The teacher scolded me for being late. To my humiliation, I was made to stand outside the class. I was so upset by the incidents that I could not study properly. But worse was to come.
After school, I was on my way home when something hard hit me on the head. Someone had thrown a bag of fish bones out of the window and it landed on me! I was boiling with rage but could do nothing. However, luckily for me, this only raised a small lump on my head.
I manage to reach home safe and sound, and did not dare to go to out again for the rest of the day.

Exercise
1.What is the purpose of the text?
2.What tense is used in the text?
3.Who do think writes the text?
4.Is the text easy to follow? Why/Why not?
5.What happened in the bathroom?
6.What happened in the dining room?
7.What is the dominant structure?
8.Was the writer late to school? Why?
9.How did the teacher punish the writer?
10.What happened to the writer on his way home?