Example of a Simple Recount Text

A Possum in the House

Once there was a small possum that went to visit my house. The possum was very tired and hungry. He went to different places to find food, so he made a big mess around the house.

First, he went into the cupboard in the big kitchen. After that he went to the small washing basket. The possum's next stop was the study room. Here he perched on the top of the bookshelf. Next, he went to lounge and hid in the stereo. After visiting the lounge he went to the bathroom. In the bathroom he squirted all the toothpaste out. Then he hid in the toilet.

Finally, the possum went to the bedroom and slept on the bed. He looked very cute when sleeping.

Question: Can you guess the generic structure of the text above?

Generic Structure of Recount Text

The generic structure of Recount text consist of 3 main parts which its examples are show as follows:

1) Orientation

• Last year, I joined the one of SMAN 3 Malang annual events called Bedol Desa 2010. The event's purpose was to introduce the Bhawikarsu students of how we live in simplicity and how we respect the society.

2) Series of Events

• The first day, we went to the location by bus.
• We came to the village and unpacked our belonging.
• We had a pray events in the evening.
• On the second day, we had some exhibition games with the people there, including the football and volley game.
• The last day, we experience what so-called the ''If I were'' or in Indonesia it's commonly named as "Jika Aku Menjadi".

3) Re-orientation

• We were sad of leaving the village and we could not wait to join the next Bedol Desa as Bhawikarsu's annual event.