The Smartest Animal

The Smartest Animal

Tiger & Buffalo

Once there was a farmer from Laos. Every morning and every evening, he ploughed his field with his buffalo.

One day, a tiger saw the farmer and his buffalo working in the field. The tiger was very surprised to see a big animal listening to a small animal. The tiger wanted to know more about the big animal and the small animal.

After the man went home, the tiger spoke to the buffalo; “You are so big and strong, why do you do everything the man tells you?” The buffalo answered; “Oh, the man is very intelligent”.

The tiger asked; “Can you tell me how intelligent he is?”. “No, I can’t tell you but you can ask him”, said the buffalo.

So the next day the tiger asked to the man; “Can I see your intelligence?”. But the man answered; “It at home”. “Can you go and get it?” asked the tiger. “Yes but I am afraid you will kill my buffalo when I am gone. Can I tie you to a tree?” said the man.

After the man tied the tiger to the tree, he didn’t go home to get his intelligence. He took his plough and hit the tiger. Then he said, “Now you know about my intelligence even you haven’t seen it.”

Source: http://www.belajarbahasainggris.us/2012/03/5-contoh-singkat-narrative-text.html

VOCABULARIES

1.       Farmer : petani

2.       Ploughed : membajak

3.       Tiger : macan

4.       Buffalo : kerbau

5.       Field : ladang

6.       Suprised : terkejut

7.       Intelligent : cerdas

8.       Tie : mengikat

9.       Took : mengambil

10.     Hit : memukul

GRAMMAR FLASH !

Narrative Text

-Using narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain the reader.

-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 : the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced

·      Complication : the problems in the story developed

·      Resolution : the problems in the story is solved

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

• List the new words that you find in the text, then write the meaning!
• Specify the structure (orientation, complication, and resolution) of the text above!
• Answer the question based on the text!

     1.   The story above comes from...

     2.   How many characters at the story?

     3.   What is the tiger felt when seeing the farmer and his buffalo working in the field?

     4.   What did the tiger do after seeing the farmer and his buffalo worked in the field?

     5.   What did the farmer do when the tiger asked him about his intelligent?

     6.   What is the moral value based on the text?

     7.   What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

     8.   It (underline word) at the fifth paragraph means..

     9.   What is the synonym of answer?

   10.   What is the antonym of strong?

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur

Borobudur is Hindu - Budhist temple. It was built in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in bas-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire height is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.

Source: http://www.belajarbahasainggris.us/2012/02/contoh-teks-descriptive-borobudur.html

VOCABULARIES

1.       Temple: candi

2.       Dynasty: masa pemerintahan suatu raja

3.       Ancient: kuno

4.       Construction : bangunan

5.       Architecture : gaya bangunan

6.       Adorned : menghiasi

7.       Sculpture : pahatan

8.       Height : puncak

9.       Extends : memperluas

10.     Rededicated : mempersembahkan kembali

GRAMMAR FLASH !

Passive Voice

In a pasive sentence, the receiver of the action is the subject of the sentence.

Pattern: S + to be* + Verb 3 + complement

Example:   It     was        built       in the nineth century

                s    to be      verb 3          complement

*note

Subject	Present		Past
I	am	have	was	had
You	are		were
We
They
She	is	has	was
He
It

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

• List the new words that you find in the text, then write the meaning!
• Find the passive sentences on the text!
• Make a conversation with your friends about Borobudur using passive sentence!
• Answer the question based on the text!

1.  When was Borobudur Temple built?

2.  Where is Borobudur Temple located?

3.  The construction of Borobudur Temple is influenced by..

4.  What is the shape of stupa at the upper of temple?

5.  When was Borobudur temple rededicated as an Indonesian monument?

6.  What the text  is talking about?

7.  What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

8.  Its (underline word) refers to..

9.  What is the synonym of well-kown?

10.What is the antonym of high?

Komodo Dragon

KOMODO DRAGON

Komodo

Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives only in Komodo Island, Indonesia.  Komodo dragon is the world’s heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg).

Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail. They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains from several miles away. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimes cannibalistic.

The Komodo dragon’s teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon’s saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on. There are only an estimated 1000 to 5000 living today. This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.

Re-written from: http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/10/contohexample-of-report-text-in-komodo.html

VOCABULARY

1. Lizard: kadal
2. Measure: mengukur
3. Average: rata-rata
4. Wild: liar
5. Gray: abu-abu
6. Keen: tajam
7. Gums: gusi
8. Culture: budaya
9. Bite: menggigit
10. Threatened: terancam

 
GRAMMAR FLASH !

Verbal and Nominal Sentence (present tense)

Verbal sentence is sentence where the predicate is verb.

Pattern:  S + Verb 1 + complement

For example: It    lives    in Komodo Island, Indonesia.

                   s    verb1                 complemet

Nominal sentence is a sentence that has predicate not a verb, but can be an adjective, noun or adverb.

Pattern: S + to be (am/is/are) + adjective/noun/adverb
For example: Komodo dragon    is      the world’s heaviest lizard

                            s           to be              adjective

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

• List the new words that you find in the text, then write the meaning!

• Identify the verbal and nominal on the text!

• Make a conversation with your friends using verbal and nominal sentence! 

• Answer the question based on the text!

1.   What is the largest lizard in this world?

2.   How much weight of Komodo?

3.   How long the body of Komodo?

4.   What is the food of this lizard species?

5.   Why Komodo is threatened?

6.   What is the main idea of first paragraph?

7.   What is the main idea of second paragraph?

8.   What is the main idea of third paragraph?

9.   What is the kind of the text?

10. What is the purpose of the text?

Holiday in Bali

Holiday in Bali

There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to join the tours to see as much as possible. My friend stayed in Kuta on arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta beach. He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud.

Bali

On the day of the tour, he was ready. My friend and his group drove on through mountains. Singaraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old Dutch houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.

The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the scenery but to see the art and the craft of the island. The first stop was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend watched young boys were carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was Celuk, a center for silversmiths and goldensmiths. After that he stopped a little while for lunch at Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a tourist center. My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly beside his two tour, all his day was spent on the beach. He went sailing or surfboarding every day. He was quiet satisfied. 

Re-written from http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2008/03/visiting-bali-recount-text.html

VOCABULARIES

1.  Decide: memutuskan
2. Stay: tinggal
3. Selected: memilih
4. Ready: siap
5. Return: kembali
6. Stone: batu
7. Center: tengah, pusat
8. Lunch: makan siang
9. Spend: menghabiskan waktu
10. Satisfied: puas  

GRAMMAR FLASH !

Personal Pronoun

Using personal pronoun to call something / someone instead of a noun that has been mentioned in the previous sentence.

Subjective Pronouns	Objective Pronouns	Posessive Adjective	Posessive Pronouns	Reflexive Pronouns
I	Me	My...	Mine	Myself
You	You	Your...	Yours	Yourself
We	Us	Our...	Ours	Ourselves
They	Them	Their...	Theirs	Themselves
She	Her	Her...	Hers	Herself
He	Him	His...	His	Himself
It	It	Its...	-	Itself

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

• List the new words that you find in the text, then write the meaning!
• Find the sentence that use personal pronoun, then write to whom personal pronoun refers! 
• Identify the sentence that use past tense!
• Write your favourite holiday!
• Answer the question based on the text!

1.    What is the main idea of first paragraph?

2.    What is the main idea of second paragraph?

3.    What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

4.    Why did the writer’s friend go to Bali?

5.    What did he do when arrived in Kuta?

6.    How many tour he choose?

7.    Whay the second tour was different?

8.    What tenses is the most used in the text?

9.    What is the kind of the text?

10.  What is the purpose of the text?