Students English Workbook

UNIT: 1
Genre: Recount By Suhanto Kastaredja SMAN 14 Surabaya

In this unit, you will .

identify and perform the text of recount orally identify and use the Simple Past Tens, Past Continuous and the Past Perfect Tense perform the greetings and introduction identify the structure of the text of recount read the text of recount write the text of recount

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Sharing Knowledge
Gambar: Seorang siswa sedang menyampaikan kegiatan liburan yang baru dialami dan dua siswa lainnya mendengarkan . Task 1: Read the following text After school holydays, do you often share your experience with your classmates? Of course, you enjoy listening to the various past experiences of your friends. Some of your friends experiences are funny, and some others are very exciting. There are also bad ones. Whatever experiences you have, they mostly make you all laugh and you certainly enjoy them. When you are conveying your past experience it means you are producing a text of recount. In this unit you learn it. The objective of producing recounts is to tell about past experience. Events in history books, autobiographies, biographies, are some example of recount texts. The text of recount is generally constructed as follows: ORIENTATION A series of past activities

REORIENTATION

Task 2: Answer the questions based on the above text and then act it out.
Question 1. After your last holiday, did you talk about your experience during your holiday with your classmates? 2. Are experiences always exciting? 3. Can give some of your bitter experiences? 4. In what book can you find the text of recounts? 5. Mention the generic structure of recount text! Answer .. . . .

Modeling
Task 3: Listen to your teacher to complete the following recount text.

At the hand phone shop Th e Generic Structure Orientation Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Text (1) , I ran out my pulses so I asked my mother for Rp. 12.000 I went to the nearby hand phone shop . (2) My friend, Lucky, . (3) when I arrived. I Hi Lucky! I greeted her and she greeted me back. She was used to be my school mate . (4). She bought the pulses, too. She goes to Vocational Senior High School but I go to Senior High School. We talked about our school activities. I asked about her study. She said that she would have (5) the following week. After paying for the pulses, Lucky and I left the hand phone shop (6) I was happy to meet Lucky yesterday.

Activity 4

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Your answer: 1. . 4. 7.

2. .. 5. 8. .. 2

3. .. 6. ..

Task 4: Read the statements in each number. Write T (true) if it is true according to the text and F (false) it is false.

No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Statement Lucky and the writer are schoolmates at the Senior High School They met at Luckys school Lucky came to the hand phone shop earlier than the writer. The writer asked Lucky about her family. The writer left the shop first. The text was written by Lucky The text is about the writers past experience.

T or F

FOCUS ON GRAMMAR Past Tense

1. Study the following sentences When you write the text of recount, you use the Past Tense, dont you? Here are seven sentences with the Past Tense.

1. I was at Yudis house two days ago. 2. They bought some pulses at the hand phone shop this morning. 3. Rinis teacher did not bring his cellular phone in the classroom this morning.
4. Did you recharge you hand phone last night? 5. What brand of cellular phone did your father repair? 6. They were not in a good health last week. 7. Winda was printing invitation letters with computer when I came.

2. Class Discussion (Communication Practice)

The teacher leads the discussion orally by asking the following questions.
1. Why dont you use were in sentence 1? 2. Why do you use verb-2 in sentence 2? 3. Write down the Sentence Pattern of sentence in number 3. 4. What sentence is it? Negative or interrogative? 5. Why dont you use Verb-2 in sentence 5 6. Rewrite the sentence in number6 by changing they into she. 7. Explain the difference between was printing and came from the point of duration!

Task 5: Read the six sentences again then answer the questions below?
1. Which sentence has the be of past tense? 2. Which sentence has the formula S + V2 + O + Adverb .. 3. Does sentence number 3 belong to interrogative? 4. Which sentence belongs to the negative one? And Write its formula. 5. Which sentence uses the adverb of time of past tense? . 6. Which sentence uses Verb 1? Why? .. 7. Which sentence belongs to the Past Continuous Tense? Write its formula.

Task 6: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
1. (drink) Yunus three cups of hot tea yesterday morning. .. 2. (order) I did not . five bowls of bakso but four. 3. (be) My uncle and I at Santika Hotel two days ago. .. 4. (put) Where did your mother my bag just now? . 5. (be) . your brother busy repairing the computer last Saturday? .. 6. (do) Yes he . He carried five bunches of flowers for decorating the hall for my birthday party. .. Task 7: Complete the sentence in each number with your correct words.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Lisa was singing a song when .. They did not come last Satuday. Was Wulan at your birthday party last night? Why did she .? I was .. Did Mira .?

Joint Construction of the text

Task 8: Work in groups of six
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Prepare your speaking presentation by completing the following text. Take turns to present the text of in your group. Before school 1. Orientation. I would like to talk about my yesterday mornings activities before school. 2. Activities. I got up at 5 clock yesterday morning. After getting up I I . When I I I left the house for school at 6 A. M.
3. Reorientation On the way to school I met Task 9: Work in groups of four Prepare your speaking presentation by completing the following text. Choose one of your group members to represent your group. At Yunis Birthday Party 1. Orientation

Last Saturday Evening I was not at home because I went to my Yunis house. I did not go alone but Rudi, my friend, picked me up and went there together.

2. Activities (at home) .. . (on the way ).. at the party ..

3. Reorientation I think Yunis birthday party was very impressive. Everyone at her party was very happy.

Independent Construction of the text

Task 10: Individual presentation Prepare an individual speaking presentation of at home. For this task you will construct a simple text of recount. To carry it out, you need to do the following things:

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Make an interview with one of your family : What did he/ she experience ? Who involved in the event? When did it happen ? Where did it happen? How did it happen ? Firstly, and then ..etc What did he/ she think about it?

2. After interviewing, complete the following table.

Orientation

Series of Events

Re-orientation

3. After completing the table above, make the recount and present it in front of the class. Your teacher is going to assess your speaking presentation COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS GREETINGS Sharing knowledge In a conversation, people use formal expressions and informal expressions according to the setting. Among close friends, they use informal one while between an employer and an employee or a teacher and his/her students, the students and employees use formal expressions. Modeling Read and then practice in pairs 1. At school Rizki: Hi. Tina Tina : Hi. Rizki: Hows everything with you? 6

Tina Fine. Thanks 2. At the office Peter Clinton: Good morning, Mrs . William Mrs. William: Good morning, Mr. Clinton. Peter Clinton: How are you this morning? Mrs. William: Very well, thank you Peter Clinton: Did you have a nice weekend? Mrs. William: Yes, thank you. At the restaurant Waiter: Good evening, sir. Christ: Good evening. Table for two, please. Waiter: Certainly, sir. Please come with me. Christ: Thank you.

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Task 10: Answer the questions below. 1. 2. 3. 4. Say which the above expressions are formal and which are informal. What is meant by for two? Why does the waiter ask Christ to follow him? Explain what the expression Certainly means!

B. Introduction 1. David sees a friend of his at the restaurant. David: Theres Silvia Forbes. Do you know her? Andrew: No, I dont. David: Hello, Silvia. Silvia: Hello, David. David: Silvia, this is a friend of mine, Andrew Baker. Silvia: Hi. Andrew: Hello. Its nice to meet you. Introducing a colleague Mr. Thomas: Mr. Hanson, this is Mr. Baker. Mr. Hanson: How do you do? Mr. Baker: How do you do? Its nice to meet you. At the party You: Excuse me. I dont think weve met. My name is Garry Black. Guest: How do you do? Im Jack Smith. You: Its nice to meet you. At the same party. Alice: Excuse me. Is your name Grace Smith? Grace: Yes, thats right. Alice: Oh, how do you do? Im Alice Baker.

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Multiple Choice Task 11: Draw a circle for your answer. No. 1 2 3 4 5 In which introduction? One person has know the name of the other One person is introducing two of his friends have not met before. One is introducing oneself to the other. You find a formal introduction You find an informal introduction Introduction 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4

C. Practice Task 12: Practice the dialogue you have written 1. Practice the following more expressions How are you? Good evening Good morning Good afternoon. Very well, thank you. Im pleased to meet you. Im glad to meet you I would like you to meet you to my father. I would like to introduce you to my English teacher, Mr. Baker. Im sorry. I dont think we met before. 2. Write a dialogue with the following description. Your meet a person you havent met before at your friends party A: Excuse me. .. B: A: . B: Its nice to meet you. You meet your friend Doni at the post office. A: Hi, B: .. A: And how is your holiday? B: ... You meet your headmaster in a mall. Its five oclock in the afternoon A: .., sir/maam. B: ? A: Very well, thank you. B: Are you doing some shopping? A: Practice the dialogues you have written.

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READING AND WRITING

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Sharing Knowledge Task 11: Lets study further about the generic structure of the recount text You have just come back from your friends wedding party. Then you tell the activities chronologically in there. What kind of text do you produce? Is it a narrative text? Of course, it isnt, is it? The right answer is a recount text. How do you start and end you your recount text? Here is the summary as the answer to that question. Recount/spoof text is : To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining Generic Structure of Recount/Spoof Text: 1. Orientation : Provide the settings and introducing participants 2. Event(s) : Tell what happened, in what sequence (in chronological events) 3. Re-Orientation: Comment / opinion about events from witnesses ( optional)

Wedding Party
Task 12: Answer the following questions 1. What do the men do before marry to women? 2. In carrying out the wedding party, do they have to use their ethnic tradition? 3. Are all weddings celebrated in big halls or hotels? Why . 4. What is Indonesian word for bride price? . 5. What do you call a man in the wedding day? A woman? .. Modeling
Task 13: Read the text to question the given answers.

Wedding Ceremony Last week my neighbor, Mr.Waskitos family, held a wedding party. They celebrated the wedding of their beloved daughter, Santi Karmila. And the bridegroom is from Sydney, Australia. His name is Paul Blair who met Santi when she took her Master of Business Administration (M.BA) in Sydney. The wedding party was held at Hyatt Hotel Surabaya on Sunday October 2nd, 2005, Before the ceremony was held, the bride and the bridegroom had been engaged for three months on August 18th , 2005. Paul s parents came to Santi s parents to propose her . At that meeting, they introduced each other very kindly. They talked seriously to make some agreements about the day, date, the wedding tradition they used and where the ceremony was held, at home or 9

at the Hyatt Hotel. Both of them agreed with the last choice. The meeting had lasted for three hours. They chose on Sunday October 2nd, 2005. Two days before they had the wedding party, the bride and the bridegroom had taken a bath called siraman. There, their parents cut and put some hair from the bride and bridegroom it was kept in a special place called kendil. Then it was buried in front of their house. The next day, the ceremony was with the penghulu. The bridegroom pronounced a holy pledge in the mosque and was guided by penghulu. Paul was nervous when he responded the penghulus statement. It lasted about an hour. In the evening, the wedding ceremony began at seven oclock. There were many guests attending it to congratulate them and to hope that they would lead a happy marriage. The party finished at 9:30. I felt happy to see a mixed marriage, an Indonesian bride and the an Australian bridegroom, standing in wearing a traditional Javanese costumes. That is all about the wedding party of Mr.Waskitos family. QUESTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Last week. ....? Santi and Paul ? From Australia ? To propose her ? Two days before they had the wedding party. ? Seriously ? In a special place called kendil. ? Nervous. ? That they would lead a happy marriage ? It means the marriage from different nations. ?

TEXT ANALYSIS A. Vocabulary Task 14: Find out the word in the text that has the following meaning: 1. 2. 3. 4. one of academic degrees (par. 1) pleged to marry (par. 2) to make a person or oneself known by name to another. (par. 2) a man on his wedding day (par. 3) 10

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morally, spiritually excellent or perfect (par. 4) Ones invited to the wedding party (par 5) express pleasure at others happiness or good fortune (par. 5)

Task 15: fill in the blank with the words as answers in task 13. 1. When my family members or my close friends reach a success, I always them. 2. Not all spouses have been before they get married. 3. I must a friend to another if they have not met each other before. 4. How many were there attending your wedding party? Around 700. 5. The religion teaches its followers based on the book. 6. I attended the wedding party of my Senior High School classmate, Yuni, last night. I was very surprised that the ... is my English lecturer. 7. After you finish your study at the Economic Faculty, you can continue your study to get . Task 16: What does each word below refer to? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. their (line 2, par 1) she (line 3, par 1) her (line 7, par 2) it (line 13, par 3) it (line 16, par 4) them (line 19, par 5)

B. Grammar Points In the text of task 17, you find the following sentences with the tenses. Then rewrite them down. Number 1 is done for you. 1. A passive sentence with the Simple Past Tense. Before the ceremony was held, the bride and the bridegroom had been engaged for three months on August 18th , 2005. 2. An active sentence with the Simple Past Tense with be . 3. An active sentence with the Simple Past Perfect tense. 4. An active sentence with the Simple Past Tense with adverb of time 5. An active sentence with the Simple Past Perfect tense 6. An active sentence with the Simple Present Tense with be. C. Generic Structure Task 18: Study again the following information about the text of recount. Recount/spoof text is :

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To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining Generic Structure of Recount/Spoof Text: 1. Orientation : Provide the settings and introducing participants 2. Event(s) : Tell what happened, in what sequence (in chronological events) 3. Re-Orientation: Comment / opinion about events from witnesses ( optional) Task 19: Write the summary of the recount text of wedding party by using the following box. Generic Structure 1. Orientation 2. Activities (1) (2) (3) (4) 3. Reorientation Text

Joint Construction of the Text

Task 20: Work in groups of four Make the correct form of the verbs in brackets based on the time signal given ! 1. Last week, my neighbor ( have ) a wedding party 2. Two days, before they got wedding party, the bridegroom ( take ) a bath siraman 3. The bride family ( begin) the wedding party at one oclock after the bridegroom family had proposed her.

Task 21: Work in groups of four. Rewrite the text EARTHQUAKE by changing the word I into we Make any other changes when necessary. Use the following arrangement Orientation Paragraph one Activities Event-1 Paragraph two Event-2 Paragraph three 12 Text

Event-3 Event-4

Paragraph four Paragraph five

Reorientation Paragraph six PANGAGADARAN EARTHQUAKE I got a terrible experience during an earthquake last week. When the earthquake happened, I was in my car. I was driving home from my vacation to Pangadaran. Suddenly my car lunched to one side to the left. I thought I got a flat tire. I didnt know that it was an earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw a telephone and an electricity pole falling down to the ground, like matchsticks. Then, I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road. I was trapped by the rocks. Even I couldnt move my car at all. There was nothing. I could do but left my car and walked along way to my house in the town. And, when I got there I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left. The earthquake made a lot of damage to my town. Although nothing was left I thanked to the God that nobody was seriously injured

Independent Construction of the Text

Task 22: Project Writing Now make a draft of recount what you experienced individually.Consult your draft to your teacher. Orientation : .. Series of Events : 1.. 2.. 3 etc. Reorientation : . Task 23: In this project you will make a simple text of recount. To carry out your project, you should do three steps below: 1. Make an interview with one of your family : What did he/ she experience ? Who involved in the event? When did it happen ? Where did it happen? How did it happen ? Firstly, and then ..etc What did he/ she think about it ? 2. After interviewing, complete the following table. Orientation Series of Events Re-orientation

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3. After completing the table above, make the recount.. Good luck

Listening script of task 3 The Generic Structure Orientation Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Text Yesterday afternoon, I ran out my pulses so I asked my mother for Rp. 12.000 I went to the nearby hand phone shop by motorcycle My friend, Lucky, was there when I arrived. I greeted her and she greeted me back. She was used to be my school mate at Elementary school. She bought the pulses, too. She goes to Vocational Senior High School but I go to Senior High School. I asked about her study. She said that she would have final semester tests the following week. After paying for the pulses, Lucky and I left the hand phone shop together. I was happy meeting Lucky yesterday.

Activity 4

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KEY TO . Key to to task 13 1. = When did your neighbor, Mr.Waskitos family, hold a wedding party? 2. =Who were the bride and the bridegroom? 3. =Where is Paul from? 4. =Why did Pauls parents visited Sabtis parents 5. =When had the bride and the bridegroom taken a bath called siraman? 6. = How did they talk to make some agreements about the day, date, the wedding tradition they used? 7. = Where was the hair from the bride and bridegroom kept? 8. = How was Paul when he responded the penghulus statement? 9. =What did the guests hope? 10. =What does the mixed marriage mean? Key to Task 14: 1=M.B.A 2=engaged 3=introduce 4=bridegroom 5=holy 6=guests 7= congratulate Key to task 15: 1=congratulate 2= engaged 3= introduce 4= guests 5= holy 6= bridegroom 7= MBA. Key to task 16: 1=Mr. Waskitos family 2=Santi 3= Santi 4=hair 5=ceremony 6= guests

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