Task 1 M2 LA2

By ADE IRMA SURIANTY

1. Complete these sentences about the different stages of a recount. Use the words in
the box.

happened reason time when events who

a. The orientation stage of a recount orients the reader to the events in the story.
It tells the reader who the story is about, where it happened and why the event
occurred.

b. In the record of events stage, the writer retells the events in a logical logical
sequence so that the reader can follow them
easily.

c. In the reorientation stage, the writer rounds off the story and brings the reader
back to the reason why the story is being told.

2. Read again the text entitled ‘Fishing’ above. How many events are there mentioned in
the text? List them from the first to the last events.

(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 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.

3. Read again the text entitled ‘Ballooning’ above, and then answer these questions
which are related to it:

a. Who firstly made a balloon?

b. When did people fly freely by balloon for the first time? And where?
c. What does ‘it’ in paragraph 1 refer to?
d. There are two words ‘they’ in paragraph 1? Do they refer to the same thing?
e. How was the first balloon developed?
f. What does ‘Flying a balloon is not like flying a plane’ mean in paragraph 4?
g. Why didn’t people gradually like anymore to fly by balloon?
h. Why do some people still like to fly by balloon today?
i. Why didn’t people stop flying by balloon although it was dangerous at the
early days?
 j. Summarize the text by making its outline.

Answer :

1. The first real balloon was made by two Frenchmen, the Montgolfier brothers, made
a balloon.

2. The first real balloon flight was in France in 1783

3. It refers to balloon

4. they’ in paragraph 1 is different because the word “they” in the first word is refers to
“ballooning” as gerund, but the word “they” in the second word is refrs to
“balloon” as noun.

5. The fisrt balloon developed by Montogolfier brothers. They filled a very large paper
bag with hot air. Hot air is lighter than cold air, so it goes up. The Montgolfier’s hot
air balloon went up 1,000 feet in the sky.

6. Flying a balloon is not like flying a plane’ mean The balloon has no engine and
therefore no power of its own. The wind directs the balloon. It goes where the wind
blows. The pilot can control only the altitude of the balloon. He or she can raise and
lower the balloon to find the right wind direction. That is how a good pilot controls
where the balloon goes.

7. People gradually didn’t like anymore to fly by balloon because planes were much
faster and easier to control

8. Some people today still like to go up in balloons. High up in the balloon basket, they
find quiet. They have a wonderful view of the world below.

9. People didn’t stop flying by balloon although it was dangerous at the early
days Because they find quiet. They have a wonderful view of the world below.

10. The outline of the text :

Topic Ballooning
The first kind of air transportation was not a plane. It was a balloon.
Orientation
People traveled by balloon 100 years before there were planes or jet
aircraft. Those early days of ballooning were exciting, but they were
also dangerous. Sometimes the balloons fell suddenly. Sometimes
they burned. However, the danger did not stop the balloonists.
(1) The first real balloon flight was in France in 1783. Two Frenchmen,
Record of
the Montgolfier brothers, made a balloon. They filled a very large paper bag
Events with hot air. Hot air is lighter than cold air, so it goes up. The Montgolfier’s
hot air balloon went up 1,000 feet in the sky.
(2) Later that same year, two other Frenchmen ascended in the basket under
a balloon. They built a fire under the balloon to make the air hot. This made
the balloon stay up in the air for a few hours. But their balloon was tied to
the ground. So it could not go anywhere.
(3) The first free balloon flight was in December, 1783. The balloon flew for
25 minutes over Paris. It traveled about 5 ½ miles. Flying a balloon is not like
 flying a plane. The balloon has no engine and therefore no power of its own.
The wind directs the balloon. It goes where the wind blows. The pilot can
control only the altitude of the balloon. He or she can raise and lower the
balloon to find the right wind direction. That is how a good pilot controls
where the balloon goes.

(4) Soon balloonists tried longer flights. A major event in the history of
ballooning was the first long flight over water. In 1785, an American and a
Frenchman flew over the English Channel. They left England on a cold, clear
January day. After about an hour, their balloon began to descend toward the
water. They threw out some equipment and food to make the balloon lighter.
The balloon continued to fall, so they threw out almost everything in the
basket—even some of their clothes. Finally, after about three hours, they
landed in France, cold but safe.

Reorientation During the nineteenth century, ballooning became a popular sport.

There were balloon races in Europe. Balloons were also used by scientists to
study the air and by armies in wartime. After the airplane was invented,
people lost interest in balloons. Planes were much faster and easier to
control. But some people today still like to go up in balloons. High up in the
balloon basket, they find quiet. They have a wonderful view of the world
below.

4. Read each paragraph. Working in pairs, decide on the best topic. Be sure your topic is
not too general or two specific. Write the topic below the paragraph.

a. Galileo Galilei was one of the first modern scientists. He was born in Pisa,
Italy, 1564. At first, he studied philosophy, but later he studied mathematics and
astronomy. He was interested in the way the earth and other planets move around
the sun. He found out several important facts about our world. He also started a
new way of working in science. Before Galileo, scientists did not do experiments.
They just guessed about how something happened. Galileo was different. He did
not just make guesses. He did experiments and watched to see what happened.

Topic: Galileo Galilei the first modern scientist

b. Galileo is famous for his study of how things fall. He was the first person
to do experiments about this problem. Before, people thought that heavy things
always fell faster than light things. He found out that this was not true. He took a
heavy ball and a light ball and he dropped them both from a high place. They fell
at the same speed. This meant that weight is not important. This is the law off
falling bodies. It is an important law for understanding our world.

Topic: Galileo first experiments

c. The life of a scientist was not always easy in the 1500s. For example,
Galileo got into trouble because of his scientific ideas. His ideas were not the
same as the religious ideas at the time. Many religious people did not agree with
him. During his whole life he had to worry about this. He even went to prison for
a while. But no one could stop him from thinking.
 The recount tells us about a particular He continued to look for scientific answers to
his questions about the world.

Topic: In the 1500s The life of scientist was not always easy.

5. Read this personal spoken recount by Tom Bass, a famous Australian sculptor.
incident when Tom discovered his talent for carving. On the left, mark the stage of
orientation, record of events, and reorientation.

When I was 16 – that’d be in 1932 – my family lived in St Peters and it was a very
slummy part of St Peters and it was right in the very heart of the Depression and I’d
realized I was an artist when I was 8 years old.

… one day my younger brother who was six or seven years younger than me who
used to play on the rubbish tip of the local foundry just down at the end of the street
came home with two pieces of what looked like stone.

It turned out that … that what he’d brought home was core-sand … that’s what they
cast metal into and the way they used to do it in those days – I don’t know if they do
it now – but they used to mix the sand with linseed oil and that would hold it
together and then the heat of the metal would fuse it all together … and it was dark
and a beautiful color and you know to all intents and purposes it looked like stone
and I had an impulse to try carving this because I’d been trying to do things of all
kinds but mainly drawing and things like that and we only had an old hammer with a
broken handle and a funny old screwdriver and you know I started with these … and
I found myself having this amazing experience and actually discovering I could
carve.

It just happened in that way.

Orientation When I was 16 – that’d be in 1932 – my family lived in St Peters and

it was a very slummy part of St Peters and it was right in the very heart
of the Depression and I’d realized I was an artist when I was 8 years
old.

Records of Events one day my younger brother who was six or seven years younger than
me who used to play on the rubbish tip of the local foundry just down
at the end of the street came home with two pieces of what looked like
stone.

It turned out that … that what he’d brought home was core-sand …
that’s what they cast metal into and the way they used to do it in those
days – I don’t know if they do it now – but they used to mix the
sand with linseed oil and that would hold it together and then the
heat of the metal would fuse it all together … and it was dark and a
beautiful color and you know to all intents and purposes it looked
like stone and I had an impulse to try carving this because I’d been
trying to do things of all kinds but mainly drawing and things like that
and we only had an old hammer with a broken handle and a funny old
screwdriver and you know I started with these … and I found myself
having this amazing experience and actually discovering I could
carve.
Reorientation It just happened in that way.

6. In this recount, Tom has added another stage of explanation to the basic pattern. Use a
highlighter pen to mark this stage. Why do you think Tom added this stage to the basic
pattern?

He added because the author intends to shorten the story or experience he will convey

7. Reread the orientation to Tom’s recount and write the words which tell you where and
when the incident happened.

a. When : one day

. b. Where : at the end of the street.

8. Number these events in Tom’s recount in the correct order:

a. I discovered that I could carve. 5

b. It was an amazing experience. 4

c. I started to carve with an old hammer with a broken handle and 3

a funny old screwdriver.

d. My younger brother brought home some core sand 2

9. The stages of this written recount are not in the correct order. Number the stages, and
discuss why the order should be in that way. Mark the orientation, record of events,
and reorientation of the recount text.

Thomas and the Gorillas

But before the zoo worker arrived, a gorilla went over to Thomas. It was Binti
Jua, an eight-year-old mother gorilla. She had her baby gorilla on her back. With one
“arm” she picked up the little boy. She carried him carefully over to a door, walking
on three legs. There she put Thomas down so a zoo worker could get him.
Janet and Kevin ran to the door, too. Thomas was badly hurt and had to go to
the hospital, but after a few days he was better. The story was on the evening news
in Chicago. Some people cheered and others cried when they heard it. But many of
them thought about that mother gorilla and asked themselves, “What is she doing in
a zoo? What is the difference between a gorilla and me?”
A woman saw him and shouted, “Stop him!” A tall man reached up to get him,
but it was too late. Thomas fell down the other side of the fence. He fell 18 feet onto
the hard concrete floor. He lay very still, with blood on his head. Janet and Kevin
shouted for help. People crowded around the fence, and someone ran to get a zoo
worker.
 But three-year-old boys are good climbers. While the Kempers were
watching the gorillas, little Sally started to cry. Kevin took her from Janet, and
Janet looked in her bag for a bottle of juice. In those few seconds, Thomas
climbed up the fence.
The Kempers went straight to the gorilla exhibit. There were six adult
gorillas and a three-month-old baby gorilla. In the Brookfield Zoo, the animals
are not in cages. They are in large areas dug out of the ground. These areas have
fences around them so the animals cannot get out and people cannot fall in.
It was a hot summer day in Chicago. The Kemper family decided it was a
good day to go to the Brookfield Zoo. Janet and Kevin Kemper had two children:
Thomas,
3, and Sally, 6 months. Thomas loved going to the zoo. He liked watching all
the animals, but he especially loved the gorillas.

The arrangement of the text in chronological order

Thomas and the Gorillas

Orientaton : It was a hot summer day in Chicago. The Kemper family decided it was a good day
to go to the Brookfield Zoo. Janet and Kevin Kemper had two children: Thomas,
3, and Sally, 6 months. Thomas loved going to the zoo. He liked watching all the
animals, but he especially loved the gorillas.

Records of Events : The Kempers went straight to the gorilla exhibit. There were six adult gorillas and a
three-month-old baby gorilla. In the Brookfield Zoo, the animals are not in cages.
They are in large areas dug out of the ground. These areas have fences around them
so the animals cannot get out and people cannot fall in.

But three-year-old boys are good climbers. While the Kempers were watching the
gorillas, little Sally started to cry. Kevin took her from Janet, and Janet looked in her
bag for a bottle of juice. In those few seconds, Thomas climbed up the fence

A woman saw him and shouted, “Stop him!” A tall man reached up to get him, but it
was too late. Thomas fell down the other side of the fence. He fell 18 feet onto the
hard concrete floor. He lay very still, with blood on his head. Janet and Kevin
shouted for help. People crowded around the fence, and someone ran to get a zoo
worker.

But before the zoo worker arrived, a gorilla went over to Thomas. It was Binti Jua, an
eight-year-old mother gorilla. She had her baby gorilla on her back. With one “arm”
she picked up the little boy. She carried him carefully over to a door, walking on
three legs. There she put Thomas down so a zoo worker could get him.

Reorientation : Janet and Kevin ran to the door, too. Thomas was badly hurt and had to go to the
hospital, but after a few days he was better. The story was on the evening news in
Chicago. Some people cheered and others cried when they heard it. But many of
them thought about that mother gorilla and asked themselves, “What is she doing in a
zoo? What is the difference between a gorilla and me?”

why the order should be in that way because with this arrangement it will
make the text arranged in sequence or chronological order