WHAT ARE PROCEDURE AND RECOUNT TEXT??

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Procedural Text

There are 3 definition “General” about procedure text :

1.Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction / operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.

2.Texts that instruct how to do particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules.

3.Texts that deal with human behavior e.g. how to live happily, how to succeed.

The purpose procedural text is to tell the reader how to do or make something. The information is presented in a logical sequence of events which is broken up into small sequenced steps. These texts are usually written in the present tense. The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.

Social Function

To describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps.

Generic Structure

·         Goal.

·         Material (not required for all procedural text texts).

·         Steps 1-n (i.e., Goal followed by a series of steps oriented to achieving the goal).

Example of Procedural Text

Stuffed Baked Potatoes

You will need

Two large potatoes

Salt

Pepper

Beef and avocado filling

2 slices chopped beef

60g diced or mashed avocado

2 tablespoons sour cream

2 tablespoons tomato salsa

2 tablespoons chopped shallots

What to do

1. Chop the ingredients for your filling.

2.Wash the potatoes under a running tap and dry with a paper towel or tea towel.

3.Pierce unpeeled potatoes in several places with a fork, rub with oil and places on aicrowave safe plate.

4. Cook the potatoes on HIGH for 5 minutes.

     Remove and stand for 5 minutes.

5.Slice tops of the potatoes and scoop out the soft potato. 

     Be careful not to break the skin.

6.Mash the potato pulp in a bowl, then add the ingredients for the filling and mix them together.

    Taste and add salt and pepper if needed.

7.Spoon the mixture back into the potato shells and cook in the microwave for a further 2 minutes on HIGH.  

      Task 1

      Answer the questions

1.              What kind is the text above?

2. What all conceivable things from material needed?

3.              How weight we need to diced or mashed avocado?

4.              When we remove the cook potatoes?

5.              In your opinion, should we break the skin of potatoes?

6.              What is the next step after we taste and add salt and pepper it?

7.              Do you like stuffed bake potatoes? Why? Mention it.

8.              Do you often spend your holidays to enjoy the stuffed bake potatoes? Where?

Recount Text

In a literal, recount a means “Telling or tell the story”. So recount text decipherable as “Telling text”. If refer to information in school books (read : English book junior high school / senior high school). Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing the reader.

Social Function

To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

Generic Structure

  Orientation                  : provides the setting and introduces participants.

·                     Events                         : tell what happened, in what sequence.

·                     Re-orientation             : optional-closure of events.

Example of Recount Text

An Unforgettable Experience

In 2003, we the first grade students, made a five-day living in Kalirejo, a transmigration area in South Lampung. We were 212 students all together. We left Jakarta to Lampung at midnight and our trip took about six hours. Arriving there, we were warmly welcomed. After a little talking, we were taken to our respective hosts. Every host accommodated four to five students. The transmigrants live a very simple life. Most of their houses are made of wood or bamboo, and only some are made of bricks.

Living there, all of us helped the transmigrants plow and fertilize the soil, harvest cassava, rice, corn or other crops, or wash and feed the cattle. At home, most girls produced cassava crips, cassava cake and fried corn. Though dirty, we were very happy to help them since the work was new and even strange for use. It is unusual for them to stay till night. They go to bed at about 8 p.m. because of us, they were willing to chat until we asked them to sleep or they taught us to play gamelan music.

One morning, our courageous friend climbed up a ten meter coconut tree to pick coconuts. Unfortunately, just reaching about five meters, he trembled. He couldn’t continue his climb. We all laughed at him. But the situation changed. Looking down, his face grew pale and said nothing. We were afraid he would fall down. Then we encouraged him to climb down inch by inch. He followed our advice. It took ten minutes for him to reach the ground. Stepping on the ground, he said, “I won’t do such a foolish thing again.” The host commented, “You’re really a patriot, boy.”

On the last day, we gathered with the hosts in front of the sub-district office to say goodbye. We felt as if we had been a real big family.

    Task 2

    Answer the questions

1. Did you ever go to the village? Can you imagine how the village people accept their guests?

2.  When did the students make a living?

3. What is Kalirejo?

4. How did the hosts welcome the students?

5.Mention some activities done by the students during their living in Kalirejo.

6.Why were the students happy to help the transmigrant?

7. How long did they live there?
8. Who climbed up the coconut tree?

9. What is meant by “You’re really a patriot, boy”?

10.In your opinion what was the unforgettable experience of the story?

Source: Soeprapto, F.A dan Mariana Darwis. Linked to The World 1. Jakarta: Penerbit Yudhistira, 2007.