R.A. Kartini

R.A. Kartini

R. A. Kartini

Every 21 April,  people in Indonesia commemorate the Kartini Day. It is beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady R.A. Kartini. Everyone knows who Kartini is. She is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.

Kartini was born on 21 April 1879  in Mayong, Jepara. Her father’s name was Rama Sosroningrat Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in Mayong. Her mother, Ma Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara. As the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better education than other children. On 12 November 1903, she married with Adipati Djoyodiningrat, he is the head of Rembang regency. According to Javanese tradition, Kartini had to follow her husband. Then she moved to Rembang.

On 13 September 1904, she gave a birth to her son. His name was Singgih but after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on 17 September 1904 on her 25 years old.

Now, Kartini has gone but her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. Nowadays, Indonesian women progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter “Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang”.

Source: http://www.belajarbahasainggris.us/2012/02/contoh-teks-recount-ra-kartini.html

VOCABULARIES

1.       Commemorate : merayakan

2.       Celebrate : memperingati

3.       Heroine : pahlawan wanita

4.       Noble : mulia

5.       Luck : beruntung

6.       Ordinary : biasa

7.       Birth : melahirkan

8.       Worse : memburuk

9.       Passed away : meninggal

10.     Progress : kemajuan

 

GRAMMAR FLASH !

Recount Text

- Using recount text to tell to the reader what happen in the past time.

- The characteristic of this text are:

• Use nouns and pronouns as a personal pronoun
• Use adjectives to describe nouns
• Use conjunction and time connectives to sort the events
• Use simple past tense

- The structure of this text are:

• Orientation : introducing
• Events : the events that presented in chronological order
• Re-orientation : the summary of events

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

• List the new words that you find in the text, then write the meaning!
• Make a conversation with your friends about R. A. Kartini!
• Answer the question based on the text!

1.       The topic of the text is..

2.       What happened on 21 April 1879?

3.       When did R. A kartini move to Rembang?

4.       The name of Kartini’ son is...

5.       How old was R. A. Kartini when she passed away?

6.       What is the writer’s purpose to the reader by this text?

7.       The main idea of the last paragraph is...

8.       The main idea of the last paragraph is...

9.       What is the synonym of lady?

10.     What is the antonym of commemorate?