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WRITING: the thing I remember the most from my vacation

A. The following is an example of Recount text. Read the text and study its organization.

What is Recount text?
a text which tells about something that happened in the past. The details

in a recount can include what happened, who was involved, where it
took place, when it happened and why it occurred.

You should follow this

organization to write a

well-structured Recount The Unexpected Gift

text about your

memorable past

experience: I have the most memorable travel that happened because of an
accident. It was one year ago, me and my cousin Beatrice planned a
trip to Bandung. We wanted to make everything perfect since after
 Orientation:
Introduces the this we would be apart for our study.
participants, place
and time, who was
involved, what Two weeks before our departure, I asked Beatrice to book train
happened, where ticket for us. We planned to go during holiday season so I was afraid
and when it we might not be able to have the ticket if we didn’t book it soon.
happened. The ticket was fixed and we prepared all the things that we needed:
camera, snacks, clothes, shoes, and many other things. When we
were preparing so enthusiastically, there was an obstruction. We

were browsing for a place to stay when my aunty in Malang called.
Grandfather was sick and he asked me and Beatrice to visit him,
because he wanted to see his beloved grandchildren. Finally,
 Events: Beatrice and I had to accept the fact that our tickets to Bandung
Describes series of were scorched. Then, we bought two tickets to Malang. We were
events that cancelling some of our travel arrangement at Bandung by phone as
happened in the past.
Retells what
happened and in we were heading to Malang on a night train. Hours later, we arrived
what sequence (using in Malang. Beatrice and I met our grandpa with mixed feelings,
chronological happy to see him and sad enough because our plan to Bandung was
cancelled. But, the second day, when grandfather had been better,
connection)
me and Beatrice decided to explore the city. First, we went to

Ettaww. It is goat Livestock. After that, we visited Batu Night
Spectacular, it is a place like a night market, with so many tourist
attractions there. Then, we continued our trip to Jawa Timur Park
and that was so amazing!
 Reorientation:
It is optional. Consists To conclude, although we had an unexpected change of plan we still
of closure of manage to enjoy our vacation. Grandfather passed away couple
events/ending. States months after that. Thus, we totally had no regret of cancelling our trip

personal comment of
the writer to the story. to Bandung. Spending time with grandfather on his last moments were
the silver lining of what had happened.

Adapted from: http://www.trippy.com/question/Best-Unexpected-
Event-While-Traveling
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