Halaman
It’s a Great Story
Materials You Are Going to Learn in This Chapter
Listening
• Listening to someone giving interesting news or information
• Listening to monologue discourse in the narrative form
• Listening to short functional texts in the form of diary
Speaking
• Telling interesting news or information
• Expressing meaning of monologue discourse in the narrative form
Reading
• Reading texts in narrative form
• Identifying the structure of narrative text
Writing
• Writing narrative texts
• Writing a diary in the form of imaginary story
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1. Do you know the story of Malin Kundang or Bawang
Merah and Bawang Putih?
2. What other stories do you know?
3. What is your favorite story? Tell it to your friends
brie
Á
y.
Stories around us
• Si Pungguk
• The Legend of Mount Tangkuban Perahu
• The Legend of Lake Toba
• The Legend of Mountain and Lake Batur
• The Legend of Separapat Island
Guess what! I've
read
Stories from
around the World.
Hahahah, there are
many funny stories
inside, aren’t there? It’s
de
À
nitely a good story
book.
Answer the following questions.
Practice
1
Study the following short dialogue carefully
and pay attention to the expression for giving
interesting news and its response.
Practice
2
In this section, you will learn how to:
• listen to someone giving interesting news or information;
• listen to monologue discourse in the narrative form.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• understand expressions for responding to interesting news or information;
• get meanings from monologue discourse in the narrative form.
Listening
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Role play
Now, with your partner, act out the complete
dialogues in Practice 3 in front of the class.
Practice
4
Now, listen to the tape carefully. Then,
À
ll in the
missing phrases/sentences you have heard.
Practice
3
Speech Act
Expressions to tell interesting news
• Guess what!
• Surprise!
• Funnily enough...
• Normally, ...
• Believe it or not, ...
1
! I’ve already read
the story of
Laskar Pelangi
.
Tell me more
about it, then.
2
I
when I read the
story of
a Lovely, Lovely
Mud.
Oh, really? I thought
that was a sad story.
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Pronounce the following words taken from the
text after your teacher.
Practice
7
Loki : Hi, Tari. What’re you doing?
Tari
: Hi, Loki. I’m reading the story
Si Pungguk
from
West Sumatra.
ssgue thwa,
this is the second
time I’m reading it.
Loki : Well, what’s so special? Tell me more.
Tari : This story is about powerful love. Pungguk
was a poor good-looking young man. He fell
in love with Princess Purnama Bulan, although
they were in love with each other, Purnama
Bulan already had a
À
ance. One day, Purnama
Bulan gave Pungguk a veil. When Pungguk
walked, Purnama Bulan’s
À
ance noticed the
veil, and thought that Pungguk stole it. With his
sword, he killed Pungguk.
elvebile ti ro ton,
from
Pungguk’s dead body grew some mushrooms,
it changed into living creatures, birds. Those
birds were called Pungguk, they used to sit
on the highest branch of a tree looking at a
full moon.
rsrpisiupngyl
, they called“Pungguk!
Pungguk!”.
Loki : What an interesting story! Well, unfortunately,
it ended sadly.
Try to make a short dialogue with your partner
using the expressions in Practice 3. Then, act it
out.
Practice
5
Listen to the dialogue from the tape carefully.
Then, arrange the expressions in italics into the
correct order.
Practice
6
1. princess
: /pr
ɪ
n
ˈ
ses/
2. although
: /
ɔ:lˈ
ð
əʊ/
3.
À
ance
: /f
ɪˈɒnseɪ/
4. veil
: /ve
ɪl/
5. sword
: /s
ɔ:d/
7. creature
: /
ˈkrɪ:tʃə/
8. highest
: /ha
ɪɪst/
9. branch
: /bra:nt
ʃ/
Pronounce It!
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1. Do you know about the pictures above? If so, explain
them.
2. Which kind of story do you prefer to read? A legend,
a fable or a fairy tale?
3. Do you have a favorite story? What is it?
Source:
www.grasindo.co.id, www.melayuonline.com
Source
:
366 and More Fairy Tales,
1990
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Practice
8
Listen to the text from the tape carefully. While
listening, choose a, b, or c for the correct answer
based on the story.
Practice
9
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1. The dog was very
after he stole a big piece of
meat.
a. displeased
b. pleased
c. regret
2. What did the dog do in the bank of the river?
a. The dog looked down into the river water.
b. The dog ran off.
c. The dog saw another dog.
3. What was the other dog in the river?
a. Another dog with a piece of meat in its mouth.
b. A re
Á
ection of another dog with a piece of meat
in its mouth.
c. Re
Á
ection of himself.
4. Did the dog realise it?
a. No, he didn’t.
b. Yes, he did.
c. Yes, he did, but he ignored it.
5. What is meant by "when he was full"?
a. Full with hunger.
b. Full with meat in his stomach.
c. Full of greed.
6. What is meant by "so was left with nothing"?
a. The dog got nothing.
b. The dog stayed hungry.
c. The dog left the river.
Read the following explanation carefully.
Practice
10
•
About Retelling Story
Have you ever retold a story you have heard
to someone else? Or maybe someone told you an
interesting story? Can you remember the most pleasing
part of the story you have heard or retold?
Actually, you can also make your own interesting
story by how you retell it to someone else. Check this
out.
Stepping stone to retell the story
• Read carefully all parts of the story.
• Give some highlights to every important
sequence in the story.
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Listen to the text from the tape carefully. Then
correct some usages of the verb tense mistakes
in the following story.
Practice
11
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky
A long time ago, the Sun and the Moon are a married
couple who lived on the Earth and were great friends of
the Sea. One day, they invite the Sea to visit them.
So the Sea go along, with the
À
sh and all the
members of his family. Surprisingly, the water begin
to rise, so that the Sun and the Moon have to climb up
to the roof because they do not want to be drowned,
then they climbed up into the sky, where they have
remain ever since.
Adapted from
366 and More Fairy Tales
,
1990
Source:
366 and More Fairy Tales
,
1990
• Enrich your vocabulary with some meaningful
words/phrases (e.g. telling interesting news:
surprisingly
,
luckily enough
,
funnily enough
, etc.).
• Give some stressed intonations to the parts of
story.
Examples
: – Can you guess what happened
next? (Say it in a mysterious and
deep voice.)
– And the lion jumped to catch
the deer. (Say it
À
rst with low
intonation then high, especially in
the word “jumped”.)
• Don’t forget to pay attention to your audience.
Check their fac
ial expressions, do they seem to
understand? Are they bored or excited with
your story?
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Example
:
1. They
invited
the Sea.
a. neglected for
b. asked for
Answer b.
2. A married couple who
lived.
a. stayed
b. conquered
3. And were
great friends
of the Sea.
a. big/huge friends
b. nice/close friends
4. Surprisingly, the water
began
to rise.
a. seemed
b. started
5. Where they have
remained
ever since.
a. continued
b. stayed
Now, choose the synonym from the italics taken
from the text in Practice 11.
Practice
12
Listen to the tape about Thalia’s diary.
Practice
13
Now, complete the Thalia’s diary and listen again
to the tape.
Practice
14
Dear diary,
Last Sunday, Santi and I
1
going to the town
library together. We went
2
. In addition, the
weather was fi ne.
Near the park, some one was
3
us. We heard
some noises behind the bush. We were very afraid that we
4
we were
5
by a pick pocket or a freak.
But then, a dirty, poor boy came out from the bush. He
6
for a money to buy some food. Gosh, he was just a
7
kid. So, we gave him some money. He said thanks
and went away. That was a very
8
experience.
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Listen to your teacher when she/he is reading the
following words. Pay attention to the sound of
vowels /
ɒ
/, /
ɔ
:/, /
ʊ
/. Then, classify each of the words
you have heard in your exercise book.
You pronounce /
ɒ
/: o, /
ɔ
:
/: o (long), /
ʊ
/: u
Words
to
look
for
on
/
ɒ
/
/
ɔ
:
/
/
ʊ
/
Practice
15
1. What will you say to give an int
eresting news or
information?
2. How do you respond to someone who gives you
interesting news or information?
Answer the following questions orally.
Practice
1
Study the following expressions carefully.
Practice
2
In this section, you will learn how to:
• give interesting news or information;
• express monologue in the narrative form.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• use the expressions for giving interesting news or information;
• do monologue discourse in the narrative form.
Speaking
Speech Act
Responding to interesting news or information
• You know what? This story is really interesting.
• Excellent!
• How great!
• Wow, I can’t believe it.
• This is the most marvelous news I’ve ever read, Sir/
Ma’am.
• I believed that news is really interest you much,
Sir?Ma’am.
Formal
(to older people or
a stranger)
Informal
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1. Now, you can watch TV from your cellular phone.
2. Have you ever tried to ride on the Tornado? Gosh,
it’s so exciting.
3. Surya got
À
rst place in the World Environment
Speech Competition.
4. Let’s go to Flynn Fried Chicken! They have an all
you can eat for Rp10.000,00 promotion.
5. There will be a library near our home. So, we don’t
have to go down town anymore.
Lena :
that our school will have a study tour
to Bandung next month?
Raka :
! Bandung is one of my favorite cities.
Yeah, I’ll do shopping then.
that the
factory outlets are cool.
Lena :
but, not only the factory outlets are
cool you know! The food is also outstanding.
Reka : I can’t wait!
1. Two Indonesian novelists have been awarded the
Nobel prize for literature.
2. Hurricane Katrina has hit Florida, causing widespread
damage.
3. Last week, an 18-year old student won the world’ chess
tournament.
4. A cruise ship sank near Sumatra.
5. A priceless painting was stolen from Madrid Art
Gallery.
6. A dangerous prisoner was recaptured by police.
Respond to the following statements orally.
Practice
3
Complete the missing words with the expressions
of giving and responding to interesting news or
information. Then practise with your partner.
Practice
4
Tell your friends about the interesting news or
information based on the following topics.
Practice
5
Make your own dialogue using the expressions of
giving interesting news or information with their
responses.
Practice
6
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It’s a Great Story
Collin Thinks Big
Source:
50 Bedtime Stories: the Perfect Way to End Your Day,
2002
Collin Caterpillar and Sylvia Snail were crawling
along the garden wall one sunny morning.
“Isn’t the world big?” remarked Collin as he
gazed around.
“It’s huge, it’s enormous” agreed Sylvia, who
thought a lot about such things inside her mind.
“It makes me feel so very small,” Collin said.
“But I know a way to change all that!” said Sylvia
wisely.
So the two of them spent the rest of that morning
collecting the tiniest things they could
À
nd.
Collin collected a crumb, a pea, a shell and a
petal. Soon he had found a feather, a peanut, a button
and a berry.
Sylvia brought back a drawing pin, a paper clip,
a pen nib, a pin and a needle.
“Look! You’re almost a giant Collin!” said
Sylvia.
“Funnily enough, how small these things are,”
chuckled Collin, “and look how big I am!”
Adapted from
50 Bedtime Stories: the Perfect Way
to End Your Day
,
2002
Read the story aloud. Pay attention to your
pronunciation and intonation.
Practice
8
1. Do you like listening to a story?
2. What kind of story do you like?
3. What do you like most when you tell the story to the
people around you?
Answer the following questions orally.
Practice
7
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1. What did Collin and Sylvia do one sunny morning?
2. What did Collin say?
3. What did Sylvia agree to?
4. How did they spend the rest of that morning?
5. What did Collin collect?
6. What did Sylvia bring?
7. And what did they say at last?
A
B
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
crawling
remark
gaze
enormous
wise
crumb
pea
shell
petal
pen nib
needle
a.
coloured leaf, like division of a
Á
ower
b. small pointed piece of steel,
used in sewing
c.
metal point of a pen
d. very small pieces of dry food
(eg. bread)
e.
move slowly along the ground
or on the hands and knees
f.
having good judgement
g. round green vegetable
h. say or write something
especially as a comment
i.
hard outer, covering of eggs,
nuts, and some animals
j.
look long and steadily
k. very large, greatly
Answer the following questions based on the story
in Practice 8.
Practice
9
Match the words in column A with their meanings
in column B.
Practice
10
Now, try to make sentences from the words in
Practice 10 (choose three words only from column
A). Then compare your sentences with your friend’s
and say them aloud.
Practice
11
Role play
With your friend, retell the story in Practice 8 in
your own words. Some questions will help you.
Practice
12
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1. Who were crawling along the garden wall one sunny
morning?
2. What did Collin and Sylvia talk about?
3. What did they do then?
4. Could you mention some things that were collected by
Collin?
5. What about Sylvia?
1. Do you know a story from your city/town?
2. Could you mention other stories from Indonesia?
3. What is your favorite one?
4. Could you give a short explanation about them?
With your friend, develop your own story and
share it to the class.
Practice
13
Answer the following questions.
Practice
1
UN
Challenge
Choose the correct expression to
À
ll in the blank.
Dona : Look!
Mother : Yes, that’s right. Father told me that it was also
comfortable.
Dona : Will it take us to Bali?
Mother : I think so.
a. How nice it is!
b. What a big plane it is!
c. How expensive it is!
d. What a horrible plane!
Taken from
Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris
, 2005
In this section, you will learn how to:
• read narrative text with correct punctuation, pronunciation and pause;
• identify the structure of narrative text.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• read narrative text correctly;
• identify the structure of narrative text.
Reading
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A
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Si Pahit Lidah
Kembalinya Kebebasan
Raja Parakeet
Asal Usul Danau Toba
Bubur yang Aneh
Sang Katak
Anjing yang Hebat
Batu Badaon
Timun Mas
a. The Strange Porridge
b. The Frog
c.
The Bitter Tongue
d. The Wonderful Dog
e. How the Parakeet
King Regained His
Freedom
f.
How Lake Toba Came
into Existence
g. Gold Cucumber
h. Leafy Stone
B
Your teacher will guide you to read aloud the
text below. Pay attention to the pronunciation,
punctuation and pauses.
Practice
3
Before you read the text, match each Indonesian
story title in column A with its English translation
in column B.
Practice
2
The Legend of Mount Wayang
Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses
used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was
a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in
West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise
man. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja
Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was
not married. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind
to settle the matter by a show of strength.
Horizon
New
A.A. Milne (1882 - 1956)
was an English author.
Winnie the Pooh is one
of the most beloved
characters from A.A.
Milne’s Childen’s
Stories. These stories
were based on Milne’s
son, Christopher Robin,
and his stuffed animals.
Milne also wrote two
books of children’s
poems, as well as novels,
plays, and short stories
for grown-ups.
Taken from
The World Book
Student Discovery Encyclopedia,
2006
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AB
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
mingle
mortals
affairs
settle
matter
fairy
unconscious
wicked
enchanted
dawn
a. mix
b. subject, important things
c. must die, human being
d. make permanent/
make something
permanently
e. not conscious
f.
disappear suddenly
g. morally bad
h. matters of interest
i.
placed under a magic spell
j. imaginary creature with
magical powers
k.
À
rst light of day
In pairs, match each word in column A with its
meaning in column B.
Practice
4
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden
Begawan had won the competition. Unfortunately,
the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with
Raden Begawan and used magic power to render
him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. When
Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him
and soon realised that he had been enchanted by the
wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept this, so she
killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala
heard this, she was very sad. So a nice fairy took her
to the Kahyangan.
The story goes that on certain moonlight nights,
one can hear the sound of music in the air above from
the top of the mountain. It indicates that Sang Prabu
and his daughter have not met each other till dawn
when it is time for them to part and to meet again on
another moonlight night.
Adapted from
Folk Tales from Indonesia
,
1999
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1. The beautiful princess from a small kingdom.
2. Her father’s name.
3. Her father’s idea to search for the right man to be
her
husband.
4. The prince of Blambangan.
5. The wicked fairy.
6. The death of Raden Begawan.
7. The princess went to Kahyangan.
8. The meeting of Sang Prabu and his daughter.
Example: “He” in paragraph 1 refers to the King, Sang
Prabu.
Find the paragraphs in Practice 3 that give you
the following information.
Practice
5
Find as many pronouns in Practice 3 as you can.
Mention what they refer to and their paragraph
number.
Practice
6
Note
Characteristics of a Narrative Text
Orientation
It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of
the story are introduced.
Example :
Little Mantu lived in a village deep in the jungle
where elephants helped the men with their work.
Complication
Where the problems in the story developed.
Example :
Now, Mantu had an elephant of his very own. His
name was Opie.
Resolution
Where the problems in the story is solved.
Example :
Mantu then climbed upon his little friend’s back and went
home to the village.
F
ollow-up
Activity
Find an interesting story from a story book, magazine,
newspaper or the internet. The story may be funny, sad
or horror. Then tell it to your class. Compare your story
with your friends’ stories.
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Read the text carefully. Pay attention to the
punctuation, pronunciation and pause.
Practice
7
The Legend of Lake Batur
A long time ago,
there lived on the
island of Bali a giant-
like creature named
Kbo Iwo. The people
of Bali used to say
that Kbo Iwo was
everything, a destroyer
as well as a creator. He
was satis
À
ed with the
meal, but this meant
for the Balinese people
enough food for a
thousand men.
Dif
À
culties arose
when for the
À
rst time
the barns were almost empty and the new harvest
was still a long way off.This made Kbo Iwo wild with
great anger. In his hunger, he destroyed all the houses
and even all the temples. It made the B
alinese turn to
rage. So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this
powerful giant by using his stupidity.
They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep
well, and rebuild all the houses and temples he had
destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig
a deep hole. One day he had eaten too much, he fell
asleep in the hole. The oldest man in the village gave
a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone
they had collected before into the hole. The limestone
made the water inside the hole boiling. Kbo Iwo was
buried alive. Then the water in the well rose higher
and higher until at last it over
Á
owed and formed
Lake Batur. The mound of earth dug from the well by
Kbo Iwo is known as Mount Batur.
Adapted from
Folk Tales from Indonesia
,
1999
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1. What was Kbo Iwo?
2. What is meant by a destroyer as well as a creator?
3. What made him satis
À
ed?
4. What had caused Kbo Iwo’s anger?
5. Why did the Balinese turn to rage?
6. How did the Balinese oppose this powerful giant?
7. What did they ask Kbo Iwo to do?
8. How could he fall asleep in the hole?
9. Where did the Balinese throw the limestone?
10. What happened then?
Answer the following questions by looking through
the text.
Practice
8
Example
:
1. creature :
makhluk
(noun)
2. destroyer :
penghancur
(noun)
3. devour
4. barns
5. harvest
6. rage
7. oppose
8. stupidity
9. well
10. heap
Find the meaning and the phonetic symbols of the
following words and what parts of speech they
belong to.
Practice
9
1. he (paragraph 1, line 6)
2. it (paragraph 2, line 5)
3. they (paragraph 2, line 6)
4. this (paragraph 2, line 6)
5. them (paragraph 3, line 1)
6. he (paragraph 3, line 4)
7. it (paragraph 3, line 9)
Find what the following pronouns refer to.
Practice
10
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1. Have you ever written an imaginary story?
2. Do you like writing stories?
3. What kinds of stories do you like best?
4. Have you ever shared your story to your friend or
magazines via e-mail?
Answer the following questions orally.
Practice
1
In this section, you will learn how to:
• write a narrative text;
• write a diary in the form of imaginary story.
After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:
• write a narrative text correctly;
• write a diary in the form of imaginary story correctly.
Writing
The Past Perfect Tense
Pattern: S + had + past participle (of the main verb)
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
had grown
The past perfect tense shows action that happened in the past.
Adverbs that can follow:
already
and all adverbs that can be used with
the past tense.
Examples:
• The news about the royal competition
had also reached
the prince of
Blambangan.
• Sang Prabu saw that his only beloved daughter
had vanished
into the
air.
Grammar
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Cinderella
Source:
366 and More Fairy Tales,
1990
Once upon a time there was a girl called
Cinderella
.
She lived with her stepsisters and stepmother
. They treated
her badly. She had to do all the house work.
One day an invitation to the ball came to the family.
But, her
stepsisters
would not let her go.
Cinderella
was
sad. The stepsisters went to the ball without her.
Fortunately, the fairy godmother came and helped
her to get to the ball. At the ball, Cinderella danced
with the prince. The prince fell in love with her and
then married her. They lived happily ever after.
(who, where,
action verbs)
(linking words,
speci
À
c
characters)
(end of
the story’s
con
Á
ict)
The structure of the text
is indicated by:
What Is a Narrative Text?
a. Purpose : To entert
ain listeners or readers with a true
experience or an imaginary one. The characteristic
of the text is marked by con
Á
ict and resolution.
b. Text structure is indicated by:
• who, where, action verbs
• linking words, speci
À
c characters
• end of the story’s con
Á
ict
• coda : changes that occurred and the moral of
the story
Read the following information carefully.
Practice
2
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Note
What lessons do you get from the story?
A patient and kind-hearted person will always find
happiness.
What Hideous Creatures
One sunny day, a very forgetful professor got
down on a grassy bank and began to look at the insects
through his magnifying glass.
Now when the professor left for home, he forgot
all about his magnifying glass, so straight away all the
insects gathered round.
“This is just the thing we need!” and they jumped
for joy.
“When the birds
Á
y down to gobble us up, we’ll
give them a fright for a change!”... and so they did.
The birds had never seen such hideous creatures.
They took off squawking with fright and never
Á
ew
down again.
Adapted from
50 Bedtime Stories: The Perfect
Way to End Your Day,
2002
Source:
50
Bedtime Stories: The Perfect Way to End Your Day,
2002
Read the following story carefully.
Practice
3
Log On
Do you like to chat? Or
maybe have a private
community? If the
answer is Yes, then
you should create a
blog. A blog provides
you a free space to
create a community.
Furthermore, you can sell
and advertise anything
on your blog. To help
you create a blog, just
click on
www.multiply.
com
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English in Focus
for Grade IX
Dear diary,
Last night I met a monster. A
1
monster. I was
2
in a
3
place, middle of nowhere. It
4
like an island. Then, oh my God...I saw
5
reptiles, they
were very much like the
6
but their skin was more scaly.
They had heads a bit like young cows, their teeth
7
out
in a way that made them seem to be smiling foolishly. In their
8
steps, they were approaching me...oh no! Oh God!
Were they going to eat me? I never
9
that I must die
young. Suddenly, my body was
10
hard. Ouucchh...they
were biting me and going to swallow me! But a
11
hand
touched my head. It was my mom, she was calming me down.
She said that I was screaming and yelling aloud. Thank God it was
only a horrible dream.
D LOL
Dany
Complete the following blank spaces using the
words in the box.
Practice
6
Can you try identifying the structure of the text?
Mention the linking words, speci
À
c characters, the
end of the story’s con
Á
ict and the moral values.
Practice
4
Read the following explanation carefully.
Practice
5
Noun Phrase
The noun phrase typically functions as subject, object,
complement of sentences, and as a complement in
prepositional phrases.
Example
: crafty mouse
(a) The mouse
(b) The crafty mouse
(c) The crafty mouse in the corner
(d) The crafty mouse that felt hungry
• Now,
À
nd noun phrases in the text and change
them like the example given.
is smart.
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It’s a Great Story
slow
horrible
looked
shaking
thought
damped
gentle
amphibians
stuck
some
strange
smart
familiar
agitated
day
fast
frown
missed
harsh
1. meet
4. slow
7. foolish
2. night
5. strange
8. calm
3. smile
6. gentle
1. met
5. were
9. looked
2. was
6. had
10. touched
3. damped 7. made
11. said
4. saw
8. thought
Now, with your friend, identify the structure of
the text.
Practice
7
Find the antonyms of the following words taken
from the text. The words in the box may help
you.
Practice
8
Find the in
À
nitive (V
1
) of the following words
taken from the text. Consult your dictionary if
necessary.
Practice
9
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English in Focus
for Grade IX
After studying all subjects in this chapter, answer the
following questions.
1. What did you learn in this unit?
2. What will you say to tell interesting news to your
friend?
3. What will you say when your friend gives you
interesting news?
If you find some difficulties while answering the
questions, you can learn the subjects once more or you
may consult your teache
r.
L
earning Review
•
Language Function
ʇ
Giving interesting news or information
- You know what! This story is really interesting.
- It's a great legend.
ʇ
Responding with certainty/uncertainty (convincing)
- I am certain/not certain.
- De
À
nitely!
• Genre of text: Narrative
ʇ
Social function : To entertain listeners or readers with a true
experience or an imaginary one. This characteristic of the text
is marked by con
Á
ict and resolution one.
ʇ
Generic structure:
- who, where, action verbs
- linking words, speci
À
c characters
- end of the story’s con
Á
ict
- coda : changes that occurred and the moral of the story
Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella. She lived
with her stepsisters and stepmother. They treated her badly. She
had to do all the house work....
• Grammar: The Past Perfect Tense
Examples
They had studied for six hours.
Amrizal had sleept for ten hours.
Learning Essential