Ignatius Priyo N.

Examples 1 Personal Recount (M2 LA 2)

Instructions

Topic Fishing

Orientation Yesterday I was going to a lake for fishing. It was a nice time because I had no
work to do.

Record of (1) I woke up earlier in the morning, and then I went to the marketplace to buy
some shrimps I would use for the fishing bait. After that, I went to the lake to start
Events
fishing.

(2) At the lake, I looked for the best point to fish. I went to the place under a big
tree at the bank of the lake.

(3) I threw my hook as far as I could, and then I waited for the fish eating my
bait. After about a thirty-minute waiting, I felt that a fish ate my bait, and it was
true. I got a big fish. It was the first big enough fish I got in fishing. I got ten big fish
and three small fish that day. I was very happy.

(4) I would cook those fish at home and then I would call my friends to come to my
house. We would have a small party.

(5) But I was not lucky enough because on the way home, I met a beggar. He was
an old poor beggar. I gave all of my fish to him and I wish he would be happy
getting those fish. Perhaps, he could sell them at the market and got some money
to buy some food.

Reorientation Although I had no more fish after that, I was quite happy because I could help
people.

From the recount text entitled ‘Fishing’ above, the explanations can be made as follows: (Look at
some words in bold, italics, underlined as examples)

 The text focuses on a specific person, namely ‘I’ (in bold).

 There are a number of action verbs, such as ‘going’, ‘woke’, ‘went’, ‘use’, ‘looked’, ‘threw’,
and ‘waited’ (in italics).

 There are some adverbs of time and place in the text such as ‘yesterday’, ‘to a lake’, ‘in the
morning’, ‘to the marketplace’, ‘to the lake’, and ‘at the lake’ (underlined).

 The sentences are mostly formed in past tense like ‘was’, ‘had, ‘woke’, ‘went’, ‘would’,
‘looked’, ‘threw’, and ‘waited’, ‘felt’, and ‘got’ (in italics).

 The text involves temporal sequences such as ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘as far as’, and ‘after’
(underlined).