GENRES a b c d e f Factual

GENRES • a) b) c) d) e) f) Factual Genres Procedures Explanation Report Description Exposition Discussion • a) b) c) d) e) Story Genres Narratives News Story Exemplum Anecdote Recount

RECOUNT To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Events are usually arranged in a temporal sequence. Interpersonal meanings occur scattered throughout a text, if they are there at all. Recounts are used in most subjects to show memory of a series of events as in accounts of a Science excursion, everyday life in another time or culture. Personal letters to friends are often recounts of experience.

GENERIC/SCHEMATIC STRUCTURE OF A RECOUNT § Orientation : Provides the setting and introduces participants § Events : Tell what happened, in what sequence. Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 etc § Re-orientation (optional element) : Closure of events.

The focus of a recount is on the sequence of events, all of which relate to a particular occasion. The recount generally begins with an ORIENTATION giving the readers/listeners the background information needed to understand the text (i. e. who was involved, where & when it happened) Then the recount unfolds with a SERIES OF EVENTS ordered in a chronological order/sequence. At various stages there may be some PERSONAL COMMENT on the incident (e. g. we had a wonderful time. ). (Derewianka, 1990)

• Focus on individual participants • Use of past tense • Focus on a temporal sequence of events • Use of material (or action) clauses LEXICO GRAMMATICAL FEATURES

TYPES OF RECOUNT PERSONAL RECOUNT FACTUAL RECOUNT IMAGINATIVE RECOUNT

Personal Recount v Use of first person singular v Personal responses to the events can be included, particularly at the end. v Details are often chosen to add interest or humor.

Factual Recount o Use of third person Pronouns o Details are usually selected to help the reader reconstruct the activity or incident accurately o Sometimes the ending describes the outcome of the activity (e. g. in a science experiment) o Mention of personal feelings is probably not appropriate o Details of time, place and manner may need to be precisely stated. o Descriptive details may also be required to provide precise information o The passive voice may be used o It may be appropriate to include explanations and justifications

Imaginative Recount v Usually written in the first person. v It may be appropriate to include personal reactions.

Recount Project Plant Observation To look at various types of plants in different areas

Excursion Program • Recount of the trip • What was found at the places visited

Preparation Ø Get the terminology of Recount Ø Give models (read different types of recount) Ø Pin the printed text as models

Going on Excursion § Prepare a video camera § SS take notes § SS make sketch

After Excursion • SS share oral recount to friends with a sequence of pictures • Ask guiding questions to help students write • SS write own recount.