Class Form 1 USM

Theme/Topic Writing a recount Trip with friends

Learning
Outcome 1.0 LANGUAGE FOR INTERPERSONAL USE

1.1 Make friends and keep friendship by

(Level 2)

vi. Giving an account of experiences or preferences and describing feelings with

the correct intonation, word stress, and sentence rhythm (orally) in a face-to-face-
situation and writing simple paragraphs.
Learning By the end of the lesson, all the students will be able to:
Objective a) Write a recount
Success Students can:
Criteria a Identify the transition words and sentence connectors
b State the type of tense used in a recount

Integrated Reading, speaking and writing

Skills
Activities 1. This lesson is planned to be conducted for one week. (The duration might
extend if required.)
2. The lesson starts with familiarisation stage, then the practice and ends with
production stage.
3. For the familiarisation stage, the teacher shows sample of different types of
recount using slides.
4. After that, teacher gives out a sample of recount for the students to read.
5. After reading the text silently, the teacher does TAP reading with the text.
6. Then, the teacher starts with the first stage of teaching writing Familiarisation
stage, then Practice stage and finally Production stage.
7. Task sheets for each stage are presented below this lesson and it is labelled
according to the stages.
8. After conducting the whole stages, students would be requested to reflect on
their feeling towards this type of teaching writing.
9. This lesson would be used with other type of writing like letter writing, article
and others.
Previous Students have been taught transition words and connectors earlier. This lesson is
knowledge used to test their understanding.
Teaching Sample recount text, dictionary and Task sheets according to the three stages
Aids
Values Environmental friendly
Reflection
Teaching writing
 Sample recount text

Leela has written a recount on her trip to Ulu Bendul Waterfall with her friends. Read her recount and
answer the following questions.

Last holiday, my friends and I went on a trip at Ulu Bendul Waterfall. First, we gathered
at the bus station early in the morning. The journey there took an hour and half. It was our first trip
together.

Everyone was so excited with this trip. All of us brought the snacks and drinks from home
hence, we did not have to stop anywhere before reaching the waterfall. We were captivated by the
scenic view of hills and forests upon reaching there. The beautiful scenery impressed not only me but
all of us. Besides that, the chirping of birds and the sound of the waterfall made me feel at peace. Ulu
Bendul Waterfall was famous for its beautiful recreation park among tourists.

We did many things there. We hiked the hills, then, swam at the waterfalls and many more. As
we swam at the waterfall, suddenly the rain started pouring. We ran to find a safe shelter. It was funny
and fun to see a few of my friends running and trying to save the foods from getting wet because of
the rain.

After a few minutes, the rain stopped pouring. Later, we had a small barbecue near the
waterfalls. We rested for a while after eating. Before packing home, we hiked up the hills. We found
many unique flora like wild orchids, flytrap and many others as we climb. After one hour of hiking, we
were extremely tired but we had to pack up to go home. We reached home in the evening.
We felt really sad leaving the Ulu Ayam Waterfall. While in the bus, we agreed to come back again
there. Although it was tiring, it was a precious and fun trip.
 (Familiarisation) Task sheet 1
In the Leelas recount, she has used words and phrases like last holiday, then, later, after, and

before to show the sequence of events. These expressions are called transitional words. Can

you spot these words? Underline them in the recount.

Why do you think transitional words are important? If you do not have them, how will that affect

the recount?

(Familiarisation) Task sheet 2

Besides transition words, Leela has also used sentence connectors such as besides that,

upon, as and hence to link ideas. Can you spot the sentence connectors? Circle them in the

sample recount.
The ideas below are taken from the recount. Read the recount to see how Leela connected the

two ideas. Write the word/expression she uses in the space below.
 Idea 1 Sentence Idea 2
connector
All of us brought the snacks and we did not have to stop anywhere
drinks from home before reaching the waterfall.

We were captivated by the scenic reaching there.

view of hills and forests

The beautiful scenery impressed the chirping of birds and the sound of
not only me but all of us. the waterfall made me feel at peace.

We found many unique flora like we climb.

wild orchids, flytrap and many
others

Notice how Leela has joined the ideas. Is there any change in the structure of the sentence?
Punctuation? Discuss.

Why do you think Leela joins the two ideas? Why doesnt he leave the two ideas as separate
information?

(Familiarisation) Task sheet 3

Leela describes her visit to the Ulu Bendul Waterfall in four paragraphs and she has recounted the

events in chronological order which he has organised into paragraphs. A paragraph is a group

sentences that describe an event which is elaborated to include information on aspects of Who,

When, Where, How and Why so that the reader can understand what the writer is recounting. Now

lets see how Leela does this in her recount.

 Study the recount again. Complete the grid below to find out how Nathan has developed the

paragraphs.
Is there any aspect of Who, When, How and Why that could have been added/left out? Which

ones and why?

Paragraph Important WHO or what WHEN did it WHAT is the WHY did it
s information was involved happen? action? happen?
in the Verbs
actions?
Nouns
1 The Ulu Bendul Leela and her Last holiday
Waterfall friends
2

(Familiarisation) Task Paragrap Base Taken from sheet 4

h form of the Sample
In the recount Leela Verbs Text recounts experiences which are
in the past. She uses 3 do verbs to talk about what he did
and felt. These verbs hike are listed in the table below but
they are written in their swim base form. Refer the Leelas
recount and do the start following:
run
Write down the actual form of the verb used
is
against its 4 stop corresponding base form listed
in the table. have
rest
hike
find
reach
feel
agree
is
Paragraph Base form Taken from the
of Verbs Sample Text

1 go
gather
is What form of the verb has Leela used to recount
2 is what she did?
bring
do
are
captivate Why did she use this verb form in her recount?
impress
make
is

(Practice) Task sheet 1

Write a composition entitled What I did last school holiday. Use the transition words provided to

write the composition. You have to use at least three of the transition words given in the box below.

Last school holiday first after lunch then

after that the next morning finally

This is Amris composition. He wrote it based on his experience. Amri has used a number
of transition words to show a link between ideas and events. However, he has failed to
follow instructions in the use of these words.

Last school holiday, I went to my grandparents house. There I helped to

clean
Read thethe orchard with
composition andmy grandfather.
note After that,
the errors. Rewrite theI corrected
learnt how to cook
version in mutton
the space given
rendang with my grandmother. Then, I showered with the water from the well
below.
behindYoumymay add any other
grandparents relevant details.
house.

After lunch, I met some of my childhood friends there. We walked along the
river and caught some fish to bring back home. I had got a big siakap fish and I
was very excited. The fish was cooked by my granny for our dinner. We went to
sleep and I came back home the next day. It was a great holiday although it was
short.
What I did last school holiday
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*more practice will be given for the students to write out on different topics. I could not prepare more due to time constrain. Hope you could understand.

Production stage (Task sheet 1)

On your last school holiday, you went to the AFamosa Safari in Melaka with your family. You are

asked to write a recount on what happened during your trip. Using the pictures and the notes

provided below to write out your recount.

*remember to use the transition words and sentence connectors appropriately.

Notes:

Students are asked to write out the recount and that would be randomly selected to do

correction in groups.
After correction session, teacher provide the similar composition but removing the notes below

the pictures and students are asked to write a composition in pairs. Similarly, correction
 session would be conducted if they are errors especially in the use of transition words,

sentence connectors and tenses.

At final of production stage, students are asked to write the similar composition individually by

setting a short test.

The practice would be reinforced if the students results not satisfactory.

I had focused more on the familiarisation because almost all of my form one students required that

stage. I have conducted this lesson but I could only further with one task for practice stage, then I had

been busy with my PT3 and SPM students. I hope to come out with many task for the practice stage.

Hope this would not affect my grades. Thank you, Madam Er.