Dear students, please study the materials and do the tasks.
Post your works in your blog. Visit your friends blog and give the comment on
your friend work. Then revise your works.
RECOUNT TEXT
I. Task I
A. Read the text bellow.
No one can live without communication with other people. If we do this, life will become empty and sad. So we all need friends.
Some experts say that making friends is not easy. We may hesitate to make the firs move. Keeping the friends is also difficult. We often hear many people ask themselves. “What should I do to my fiends to like me?” or “How can I make more people like me”. There are many books about friendship is ship actually. One of the famous books tells about friendship is “How to win friends and influence people.” It was written by Dale Camegie, in 1936. The books became the best seller. It was later translated into twenty eight languages. Below is the list of suggestions from the book.
- Be friendly and courteous.
Always greet people with a smile and be polite with other people.
- Get out of your way to be nice.
Do special things to other people and make them feel a lot better.
- Remember names of persons.
Always remember name, that’s why you must concentrate hard when you are introduced to someone.
- Be tolerant.
Try to understand other people’s ways and learn something from them.
- Listen patiently.
Don’t constantly interrupt or contradict other people. Learn to listen attentively. Encourage people to tell you about their accomplishment, and praise there for their achievement.
Adapted from: Lado English Series
B. Find the meaning of the words in the dictionary.
- Friendship : …………………………………
- Be friendly : …………………………………
- Courteous : …………………………………
- Making friend : …………………………………
- Be tolerant : …………………………………
- Interrupt : …………………………………
- Contradict : …………………………………
- Attentively : …………………………………
- Accomplishment : …………………………………
- Achievement : …………………………………
Task 2. Answer the question based on the text.
- Can people live without communication?
- Can you do like the above suggestions?
- You debate with your friend because you have different opinion. Which suggestion is suitable for it?
- Calling your friend if you meet him/her in some where. Is it also one of Camegie’s advices?
- Are the all suggestions above only for students or people?
II. Study this!
Recount
Social function : tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.
Text organization :
- ORIENTATION
Who were involved in the story, when and where.
- EVENTS
Tell what happened in a chronological order
- RE-ORIENTATION (Optional)
The conclusion on the experience
LANGUAGES FEATURES
- The use of nouns and pronouns (David, we, she)
- The use of action verbs (went, spent, played)
- The use of past tenses
- The use of time conjunctions (and, but, after, finally,…….)
Simple past tense of irregular verbs.
| See | Saw | | Drink | Drank | | Leave | Left |
| Have | Had | | Say | Said | | Get | Got |
| Meet | Met | | Go | Went | | Become | Became |
| Come | Came | | Write | Wrote | | Tell | Told |
| Sit | Sat | | Take | Took | | Forget | Forget |
| Begin | Began | | Eat | Ate | | Buy | Bought |
Simple past tense of regular verbs.
| Play | played | | Study | Studied | | Produce | Produced |
| Work | Worked | | Carry | Carried | | Advise | Advised |
| Ask | Asked | | Copy | Copied | | Influence | Influenced |
| | Washed | | Apply | Applied | | Examine | Examined |
| Like | Liked | | Rely | Relied | | Divide | Divided |
| Cook | Cooked | | Cry | Cried | | Provide | Provided |
| Positive | | He went by car yesterday |
| Interrogative | | Did he go by car yesterday? |
| Negative | | He didn’t go by car yesterday |
| Short Answer | | Yes, I, you, she, he, it, we, they, did |
| | No, I, you, she, he, it, we, they, didn’t |
The simple past tense is used to talk about activities or situation that began and ended in known and defined times in the past.
The adverbs of time are:
Just now, last night, two days ago, in 1990, yesterday, last week etc
Task 1
A. Underline the past simple verb in the following text.
Last Sunday I had a lunch in a school’s canteen. I met close friend whose name is Rinta. We sat at the same table and began to talk. We drank orange juice but we didn’t order the food. After I had a lunch. I couldn’t find my wallet. My face became red and I was embarrassed. I said “Rinta, I’m sorry but I forget to bring my wallet”.
B. Write the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
Lisa…………..(live) in Magetan until the age of seventeen then her mother and father ………….(move) to a larger city. She …………(study) at a junior college there for two years. Then she…………(go) to a large university. The university………….(be) far from her home. She …………..(not drive) the car there each day. Therefore, she ………..(move) near the university and lived with some friends. She …………(graduate) from the university with honors two years later. Then she………..(become) a teacher. She……..(teach) in a elementary school. She……….(meet) a young man. They………(love) each other. They will marry next two months during the school vacation.
Task 2
A. Answer the questions based on your words.
- Can we make friendship through any competitions?
- What would you feel if you won a sport competition?
- Did you have an experience of it?
- What steps should we take to win a competition?
B. Read the text carefully.
Making friendship in Football Competition
| Orientation | : | One month ago. Our school sent some athletes to take part in football competition. It was held to make friendship among students of all junior high school in Magetan. It was “POR SMP”. The players consisted of eleven main players and some substitutive players. After our team won in some section games, we came to the final. |
| Event 1 | : | We went to square of our town on foot. When we arrived there, another team was waiting for the competition to begin. There were many spectators around the field because our head mistress asked all students to give support to the team, so did the other team.. |
| Event 2 | : | In first half, the both teams played with a good strategy. In last minute before the referee blew the whistle, our team score one goal. There was cheer of the spectators. They sounded some instruments to give support to their team. |
| Event 3 | : | Then, in second half. Our striker, Anugrah scored one goal from a corner kick. The third goal came from a penalty kick which was executed by our team captain, Krisna. Our tam won over the opponent. |
| Re-orientation | : | Finally our team got the first champion. It was a hard and interesting match. We were so happy. Our team always kept the motto “discipline is the key to our victory”. Last, the both teams shake hand one another. They forgot their fighting in the field and they made friendship. |
C. Answer the questions based on the text.
1. Who participated in football competition?
2. Where did the competition take place?
3. When did it take place?
4. Were there many spectators at the time?
5. What was the aim of the competition?
6. In what event was it held?
7. Who gave the second goal?
8. How was the match?
9. At the end of the recount, the writer gave comment about the competition. This is called re-orientation. Underline the re-orientation of the recount above.
III. Task 1
This is one of your new pen pal. She will tell her biography to you, but after this please tell your biography.
MY BIOGRAPHY
My name is Aulia Luthfi Azizah. I lived at 5th
I had an interesting experience. It happened when I joined scouting camp. I must wake up at 02.00 o’clock in the morning. Oouch…, it was very cold! Then at 04.00 o’clock I must walked about 8 km to reach the yard of Cepoko. Hmm…, very far. But, I felt happy at the time. Because I could see the morning sceneries. Wow…! It was very beautiful. May be I couldn’t forgot it.
I had some achievements. When I studied in elementary school, I joint the student models contest. I got the second rank. In abacus olympiade, I got the second rank for 8th level. In religion competition, I got the first rank. When I joint try put, I got the fourth rank in Magetan regency. I was the presenter of my school program, when I was in elementary school. I liked to be the presenter at the time.
Okay friends! It was my biography. I think that’s all. Thanks for your attention and see you!
MY BIOGRAPHY
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