English Grade 7 Lesson 5
Comparing the Recounts
and Narratives
Consolidation Camp
Narrative Recount
C.3
narrative crisis
recount resolution
setting
sequence of events
C. 4A
Read the texts.
The Carabao and the Shell 3
Text 1: One very hot day, when a carabao went into the river to bathe, he met a shell and they began
talking together.
"You are very slow," said the carabao to the shell. "Oh, no,"
replied the shell. "I can beat you in a race." "Then let us try and
see," said the carabao.
So they went out on the bank and started to run.
After the carabao had gone a long distance he stopped and called, "Shell!" And
another shell lying by the river answered, "Here I am!"
Then the carabao, thinking that it was the same shell with which he was racing, ran on.
By and by he stopped again and called, "Shell!" And another
shell answered, "Here I am!"
The carabao was surprised that the shell could keep up with him. But he ran on and on, and every
time he stopped to call, another shell answered him. But he was determined that the shell should not
beat him, so he ran until he dropped dead.
Last week, I went with
my family to
Yogyakarta, which is
well-known
throughout Indonesia
for its art and culture and
has a famous museum.
We woke up early in the
morning. My father
prepared the car in the
garage while mother
was preparing food for
breakfast and some
snacks for us.
My sister and I packed
some clothes. After
everything was ready
and we had our
breakfast, we left the
house at six o'clock.
My father drove the
car. My mother sat
beside him. My sister
and I sat in the back
seats.
It was about nine
o’clock when we
arrived at Yogyakarta.
First of all, we visited
our uncle. We stayed
there for an hour.
Then we went to
Parangtritis beach.
We got there at eleven
o'clock. There were a
lot of tourists because
it was a holiday.
My parents watched us
playing with sand in the
beach. We did not swim
and take a bath since the
waves were rough.
Two hours later, after
having lunch, we went
on our picnic to the
museum and
Malioboro shopping
center. We spent 3
hours in each place.
We drove back to
Semarang at 7
o'clock and arrived
home at ten. We
were tired but
happy.
C. 4B
Write your answers to the questions in the space provided.
C. 4C
Write your responses to the questions in the space provided.
C.5
Think about your learning in this lesson. Write your responses to the questions
below.
English Grade 7 Lesson 6
Consolidation – Key
Elements of Narrative
Consolidation Camp
C.1
Write your answers to the questions below.
Q1. How are recounts and narratives similar?
Q2. How are recounts and narratives different?
C.1 Complete the table by selecting your answers from the list. (You can use
each option more than once.)
C.3. Spoiler Alert!
C.4A
Read the texts.
C.4A.
The Flood Story 6
Bukidnon (Mindanao)
1 A long time ago there was a very big crab which crawled into the sea. And when he went in,
he crowded the water out so that it ran all over the earth and covered all the land.
2 Now about one moon before this happened, a wise man had told the people that they
must build a large raft. They did as he commanded and cut many large trees, until they had
enough to make three layers. These they bound tightly together, and when it was
done they fastened the raft with a long rattan cord to a big pole in the earth.
3 Soon after this the floods came. White water poured out of the hills, and the sea rose and
covered even the highest mountains. The people and animals on the raft were safe, but all
the others drowned.
4 When the waters went down and the raft was again on the ground, it was near their old
home, for the rattan cord had held.
5 But these were the only people left on the whole earth.
C. 4B
Choose the best answer to the questions below.
C. 4C
Write your responses to the questions in the space provided.
C. 5
Think about your learning in this lesson. Write your responses to the questions
below.
Congratulations for
a job well done!
Prepared by:
CHARINA MAY L. LAGUNDE-SABADO, T-I
Agusan National High School
