Tugas : Learning Tasks 1 M2 LA2

Nama : HENDRA YULIZAL AMIN, S.Pd

Sekolah : SMPN 1 Bajar Baru

Instructions:
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 when the event occurred.
b. In the record of events stage, the writer retells the events in a logical time 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.
Events Fishing
Record of 1) I woke up earlier in the morning, and then I went to the market
Events place 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.
Topic Ballooning
Orientation The first kind of air transportation was not a plane. It was a
balloon. 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.
Record of 1) The first real balloon flight was in France in 1783. Two
Events Frenchmen, the Montgolfier brothers, made a balloon.
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.
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.

Which are related to it:

a. Who firstly made a balloon?
 The Montgolfier brothers firstly made a balloon
b. When did people fly freely by balloon for the first time? And where?
 The first free balloon flight was in December, 1783. The balloon flew for 25
minutes over Paris
c. What does ‘it’ in paragraph 1 refer to?
 ‘It’ in paragraph 1 refers to the first air transportation
d. There are two words ‘they’ in paragraph 1? Do they refer to the same thing?
 ‘They’ refers to the same thing, that is Balloon.
e. How was the first balloon developed?
 The first balloon was filled a very large paper bag with hot air. Hot air is lighter
than cold air, so it goes up
f. What does ‘Flying a balloon is not like flying aplane’ mean in paragraph 4?
 It means that the balloon has no engine and therefore no power of its own. The
wind directs the balloon. It goes where the wind blows although Balloon also
needs pilot to control it. But, flying plane is different. The plane has many
 complicated feature. The plane needs run way to take off or to land but the plane
is easier to control by people than balloon
g. Why didn’t people gradually like anymore to fly by balloon?
 They didn’t like to fly by balloon anymore because planes were much faster and
easier to control
h. Why do some people still like to fly by balloon today?
 Because when they high up in the balloon basket, they find quiet. They have a
wonderful view of the world below
i. Why didn’t people stop flying by balloon although it was dangerous at the early
days?
 Because ballooning was exciting while there was no the air transportation like jet
aircraft.
j. Summarize the text by making its outline.
 The first kind of air transportation was a balloon.
 The first real balloon flight was in France in 1783 made by two Frenchmen, the
Montgolfier brothers
 Ballon was built by a fire under the balloon to make the air hot.
 The first free balloon flight was in December, 1783.
 Balloonists tried longer flights of ballooning was the first long flight over water.
 During the nineteenth century, ballooning became a popular sport.

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’s interest in science

 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
alight 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: The thing made Galileo famous

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. He continued to look for scientific answers to his
questions about the world.

Topic: Galileo got into trouble because of his scientific ideas

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

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

sand it was a very slummy part of St Peter sand it was right in
the very heart of the Depression and I’d realized I was an artist
when I was 8 years old.
Record of events 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 withlin seed 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 purpose sit looked likes tone and I had an
impulse to try carving this because I’d been trying to do thing
so fall kinds but mainly drawing and things like that and we
only had an old hammer with 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
high lighter pen to mark this stage. Why do you think Tom added this stage to the basic
pattern?
He added because he wanted to give more explanation about the basic pattern and he
wanted to give his opinion, in that explanation.

7. Reread the orientation to Tom’s recount and write the words which tell you where and
when the incident happened.
a. When : In 1932, when Tom was 8 years old.
b. Where : In St Peters

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

a. I discovered that I could carve. 3
b. It was an amazing experience. 4
c. I started to carve with an old hammer with a broken handle and 2
a funny old screw driver.
d. My younger brother brought home some core sand 1

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 other scried when they heard it. But many of
them thought about hat 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 Brook field Zoo, the animals
are not in cages. They are in large are as dug out of the ground. These are as 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 Brook field 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.

Thomas and the Gorillas

It was a hot summer day in Chicago. The Kemper family

decided it was a good day to go to the Brook field Zoo. Janet and
Orientation 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.
Recordofevents The Kempers went straight to the gorilla exhibit. There were
 six adult gorillas and a three-month-old baby gorilla. In the Brook
field Zoo, the animals are not in cages. They are in large are as
dug out of the ground. These are as 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.
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
Reorientation cheered and other scried when they heard it. But many of them
thought about hat mother gorilla and asked themselves, “What is
she doing in a zoo? What is the difference between a gorilla and
me?”