Information Reports

Information Report ( What an entire class of things is like )
Purpose
The function of an information Report is to document, organize and store factual information on a topic. Information Reports classify and describe the phenomena of our world, we used them when we talk about a whole class of things, e.g. “ Bike “ , By contrast, a Description only talks about one specific thing. e.g. “ My Bike “ information Reports are written about living things like plants and animals, and non – living thing like phones, bikes, or oceans.


Types

The term “ report “ is used in everyday language to refer to many different types of factual text – news reports, science reports, weather reports, etc.

Information Report can contain information of various kinds, e.g.
Classification into different types ( subclasses )
- Are there different kinds of energy ?
- What are the different types of cloud ?
- What is the difference between frogs and toads
- How are plant cells different from animal cells?

An examination of components
- What is the earth made of ?
- What are the parts of compound microscope?
- What do fireworks consist of ?

A look at various aspects
- How big is the universe ? ( size )
- What is a gyroscope used for ( function )
- What do bears do in winter ( behavior )
- How is parliament organized ( system )

Language Features
- Generalized participants ; a whole class of things( e.g. volcanoes, newspapers, the royal family rather than specific participants.
- Some actions verbs ( material process ) , especially when describing behavior ( climb, eat, erupt )
- Many linking verbs( relation process ) ( is , are, has, have , belongs to etc. )
- Usually in the “timeless “ .
- Descriptive language , but factual and precise rather imaginative or lively e.g.
What they look like( color, shape, size etc )
What they have ( body parts, components . )
What they do ( habits, behavior, function , )

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AYRTON SENNA

Some say he is a genius, others call him arrogant. What is certainly true is that Ayrton Da Silva Senna is the fastest man in motor racing. He won the World Championship in 1988 and 1990 and he has won more than twenty Grand Prix altogether.
Ayrton Senna was born on 21st March 1960, in Brazillia. At 5ft 9in ( 1m 76cm ) Ayrton is a little taller than most other racing drivers. He is good-looking, with short, wavy, dark hair and dark brown eyes.
Senna does not like to talk about his private life. His marriage in the early 1980s lasted a year. ‘To be married to a Formula One driver,’ he says, ‘Is an impossible lifestyle for a wife. But I will get married again’.
He has an older sister an a younger brother. His parents live in a large house in the north of Sao Paulo but Senna himself lives in Monaco, in Europe.
As far as hobbies go, he likes flying model planes. He also enjoys jet-skiing on water and flying with his father over the cattle country which his family owns in Brazil.
What motivated him to win ?. ‘ Driving doesn’t seem like a job. I started driving when I was four. I Love feeling the power of the engine and the wind in my face. When I drive, I experience new sensations and I always want more. That’ s my motivation ’.

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UNIT 1 TEXT SCRIPT 1

Eli My Best Friend


I Have a close friend. Her name is Eli. She is my classmate. She sits beside me in my classroom.
Eli is very beautiful. Her eyes are big with curve upward eyelashes. Her nose is pointed. Her lips are small and attractive. Her teeth are white and well arranged. She has a black spot under her left eye. Her height is 165 cm and her weight is 55 kg. She has and ideal body. Her skin is fair.
Eli has a hobby of singing. She usually sings in every event in my school. She likes to sing Malay song. Her favorite song is “ Laksemana Raja Di Laut “.
However, Eli has also a bad habit. Chewing gum during the lesson is her bad habit. She said that it is good to lessen stress.

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example of descriptive text

A man who is not so talented, and decided that the less successful, would take advantage if the potential for everything himself, he must wander to find the destiny, which will advise how to fix the problem. She began her long journey, and in the afternoon to meet a wolf day.
"How to Where?" Critical wolves.
"I find the destiny, the way mengahiri akan memberitahuku of the problems that have been kuderita throughout life."
"The chance is very wise. If you met her, I say to him that has for many years I suffered from headaches. Will you ask him how I could end this suffering? "
These men agree and continue to travel. Not long after, he met a night watchman in the city where he will spend the night. "Where you want to?" Ask the guard to the traveler.
"I find the destiny, the masalahku akan membantuku complete. I long to find a job that produces more than just despair and failure, "the man answered that this fatigue.
Charlie tells the traveler that he is also in the less fortunate perkerjaan, hours, working too long and gajinya very small. "Brother," said the guard, "if you have met the fate, Shall kautanyakan him how can I get all the kudambakan in this life"
Agree to the traveler, a rest that night, and tomorrow the same morning to continue travel. He arrived at the river and a greeted by a fish who asks tujuannya.Diceritakan all kisahnya to the fish. The fish said, "During life, I can not close the mouth. Berjanjilah, if it met the fate, akan kautanyakan how I can close the mouth and you will kuantarkan to ride with the punggungku. "The traveler agreed, and the fish across him on the back.
In the end, the man arrived at the house of destiny. At that time, the destiny was sitting rodanya play. The traveler told kesengsaraanya, about ketidakmampuannya find sustenance and a lack of talent. Wheel torque destiny of the nation for the wayfarer, and asked, "O man of good, there being another kautemui along perjalan earlier also requires that, my" man is suddenly remember on the fish, night watchman, and wolves, and told them the problem of each.
The destiny said, "To the wolves have only one drug. He must take the people in the kingdom terbodoh this new head will be healed sick forever. The fish can not close the mouth, because there are two grains jewel in his mouth. If you take the jewel, he will be able to close the mouth. Ordered to guard the night to dig in the corner of the wall of her house in the west sea. Bantu him, and you will find two large jug full of a gold. "
In return trip, the men met the fish. Entered hands to fish in the mouth, and take two grains of beautiful emerald. "Thank you," said the fish. "Take the jewel. That is a very expensive emerald. "
"I do not need stones this jewel," said the man is a jewel threw two grains are returned to the river. "Because the destiny of the nation already plays for Roda."
Next, he met the night guard and told jar containing gold. They menggai second jar, and the night guard to offer the traveler, half-gold that they find, but the man refused. He tells the guard that night was the chance to play for Roda nation.
Finally, he met the wolf, which asks about the journey. The traveler is to inform that the wolf's head to cure pain, he must partake of the most dim-witted people in the kingdom. "What is the destiny caraku mengenalikan said unto him?" A wolf.
The traveler acknowledges that he is sure to ask. Then, he told the fish pertemuanya and night watchman. Finally, the wolf jumps and pursue the men. "You throw the fish emerald and gold jugful reject, just because it has the chance to play wheel of fortune has untukmu.Kau get answers from the destiny. You do not take advantage of opportunities that you have a more dapat.Tak from you fool! "Then the wolves devour the man is healed and the pain of his head.

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Narrative teaching

INTRODUCTION

A. BACKGROUND
In 2004 the curriculum for English High School, Madrasah Aliyah, the type of narrative text dajarkan from class 1 to class 3. Competency penguasan associated with this type of text is the ability to communicate verbally and written, in interaksional and monologue, in the form of or related to the narrative text, using the structure skematik (generic) and the protean language received.
The term narrative Kurrikulum 2004 aims to narrate a story, such as folktales, fairytales, fables myth, Legends, science fiction, modern fantasy, short stories, picture books stories, and ballads that aims to serve or entertain the listener or pembca

B. Importance of studying narrative TEXT
This text is always used in a variety of Kontek disekolah not only social but also everywhere. Ability to understand this text is an important part of the development of the ability literasi students disekolah and dimasyarakat, dihgarapkan that later will become members of the community who can be relied on, with the lessons of the text so this will not only affect the development of skills literasi in English, but also in Indonesia and even in the mother tongue sekaluipun

C. PURPOSE

After a given training on narrative text, participants are able and well trained in menyampaiakan, narrate and create a narrative text, so it can menumbuh develop skills through learning with both narrative and maximum.
In Kontek berbasih competency curriculum emphasized the importance of the product or the language of text (eg, report, recount, descriptive, narrative and other - other) is a tool or medium to communicate both verbally and written.
D. TRAINING MATERIALS
Penyampain training materials was conducted through two cycles, oral and written, and each through four phases between laian:
1. Building the Field of Konowledge (BKF)
2. Modeling of the Text (MT)
3. Joint Construction of the Field (JCF)
4. Independent construction of the Text (ICOT)

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_____UNIT 2_________________Fairy Tale___________

PROLOGUE

Fairy tales Definition of fairy tale goes something like this: A fairy tale is a story-literary or folk-that has a sense of the numinous, the feeling or sensation of the supernatural or the mysterious. But, and this is crucial, it is a story that happens in the past tense, and a story that is not tied to any specifics. Fairy tales are sometimes spiritual, but never religious.

AFTER LEARNING THIS UNIT, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO

1. Get the moral message , the characters, the setting , the problems also the plot of the written and oral text given.
2. Match between the paragraph and its suitable picture
3. Change the narrative into drama form.
4. conduct a drama play.

IN THIS UNIT YOU ARE GOING TO :

1. Listen to your teacher and write some missing words

2. Read a fairy tale to find:

a. The character and their characterization

b. The theme of the story

c. The structure of the story

3. Arrange some jumbled paragraph of story entitled: Snow white

4. Write a paragraph based on pictures given

5. conduct a dialogue about the story

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