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Topic Fishing
Orientation Yesterday I was going to a lake for fishing. It was a nice time because I had no
work to do.
Record of (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
Events
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.
Reorientation Although I had no more fish after that, I was quite happy because I could help
people.
From the recount text entitled ‘Fishing’ above, the explanations can be made as follows: (Look at
some words in bold, italics, underlined as examples)
There are a number of action verbs, such as ‘going’, ‘woke’, ‘went’, ‘use’, ‘looked’, ‘threw’,
and ‘waited’ (in italics).
There are some adverbs of time and place in the text such as ‘yesterday’, ‘to a lake’, ‘in the
morning’, ‘to the marketplace’, ‘to the lake’, and ‘at the lake’ (underlined).
The sentences are mostly formed in past tense like ‘was’, ‘had, ‘woke’, ‘went’, ‘would’,
‘looked’, ‘threw’, and ‘waited’, ‘felt’, and ‘got’ (in italics).
The text involves temporal sequences such as ‘then’, ‘after that’, ‘as far as’, and ‘after’
(underlined).