Halaman
Chapter
VI
Our busy roads
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to show the existence of things and
people.
We will learn:
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Observing & Asking Questions
Here are what we will do.
First
, we will listen carefully to our
teacher reading the presentation.
Second
, we will repeat
the description after him/her, sentence by sentence.
Then
,
in groups we will learn to tell, not read, each other about
the characters.
Finally
, we will describe what there are in
the situation on the cover of this chapter.
We will state the characters we have in this book. We will start
with “There is/are ....” meaning ‘ada’ in Bahasa Indonesia.
We will say the sentences loudly, clearly, and correctly.
There are six characters in this book. There are three girls; Siti,
Dayu, and Lina. There are three boys; Udin, Beni, and Edo.
There is one girl with a head scarf, Siti. There is one girl with
plaits, Dayu. There is one girl with loose hair, Lina. There is one
boy with curly hair, Edo. There is one boy with straight hair,
Udin. There’s one boy with wavy hair, Beni.
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We will learn to describe things by stating
what there are.
Here are what we will do.
First
, we will listen
carefully to our teacher reading the descriptions
by Siti, Edo, Lina, Beni, Udin, and Dayu.
Second
,
we will repeat each description after him/her,
sentence by sentence.
Then
, in groups we will say,
not read, to each other all the descriptions about
the conditions of the roads.
We will say the sentences loudly, clearly, and correctly.
The roads are very busy now, because
there are many vehicles. There are
also many pedestrians. There is little
discipline on the road, but there are very
few policemen around.
In big cities, there are many traffic jams
everywhere. There are many kinds of
vehicles: cars, big buses, minibuses,
trucks, bicycles, motorcycles, and
becaks.
Luckily, there are not many carts now.
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In big cities, there is much smoke from
the vehicles. You can say, there is much
air pollution. So, there are very few stars
in the sky there. There are a lot more
stars in small villages.
There are different kinds of public
transportation: buses, trains,
ojeks
, and
angkots
. There are some traditional
transportation:
becaks, bentors
,
andongs
,
or
delmans
.
In many places, there are not many trees
any more, so there is too much water
during the rainy season, and too little
water during the dry season.
Our roads are not safe now. There are
many people who cross the roads, but
there are many people who drive very
fast. There is little care, so there is very
much worry on our roads.
Observing & Asking Questions
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Here are what we will do. We will work in groups.
First
, we will study the example.
Second
, we
will read each description again very carefully,
sentence by sentence.
Then
, we will discuss to
identify the things they say. Then, each one of us
will handwrite the work in our notebooks.
Finally
,
we will present our work to the class.
We will write the things that make many roads
busy and not safe, stated by the girls and the boys
on page 77-78, like the example.
We will spell the words and use the punctuation marks
correctly. We will say the sentences loudly, clearly, and
correctly. If we have any problems, we will ask our
teacher for help.
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For example,
Edo says that our roads are very busy now.
1.
T
here are many vehicles there.
2.
T
here are also many pedestrians.
3.
T
here is little dicipline on the road.
4.
T
here are very few policemen around.
Lina says there are a lot of traffic jams in big cities.
1.
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2.
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Beni describes the vehicles on the roads.
1.
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2.
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Siti says the roads are not safe now.
1.
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2.
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Udin talks about the air pollution in big cities.
1.
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2.
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Dayu talks about water.
1.
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2.
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We will work in groups. We will write about the conditions of
our roads in our town/village, by saying what there are there.
Here are what we will do. We will work in groups.
First
, we will go out to observe our roads. We will
make a list of the things/people that we see and
the number or the amount of each thing/person.
Second
, we will work together what to say about
what there are on the roads.
Third
, each one
of us will handwrite the work or type it on the
computer.
Then
, we will display our works on the
wall of the classroom. We will answer questions
from people who visit our works.
We will use a dictionary. We will spell the words and use the
punctuation marks correctly. We will say the sentences loudly, clearly,
and correctly. If we have any problems, we will go to our teacher for help.
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“Heal The World”
Michael Jackson
There’s
a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much brighter
than tomorrow
And if you really try
You’ll find
there’s
no need to cry
In this place you’ll feel
there’s
no hurt
or sorrow
There
are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place...
Heal the world
Make it a better place for you and for
me and the entire human race
There
are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
If you want to know why
there’s
a love
that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving
If we try
We shall see in this bliss we cannot feel
fear or dread
We stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always
Love’s enough for us growing
So make a better world
Make a better world...
Heal the world
Make it a better place for you and for
me and the entire human race
There
are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me
Here are what we will do with the song.
First
, we will copy
the song in our notebooks.
Second
, we will listen carefully
to our teacher reading the lyrics, meaningfully.
Third
, we will
repeat the lyrics after him/her, line by line.
Finally
, in groups we
will learn to read the lyrics to each other, meaningfully too.
We will read the lyrics of the song below. If we want to, we can
download the song from the internet. This is a very good song.
The message is that we can make the world better because we care.
We will say the sentences loudly, clearly, and correctly.
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We will read the lyrics very carefully to understand the
message. We will use some sentences that will guide us to do
it. The sentences contain important messages in the song.
Here are what we will do. We will work in groups.
First
,
we will read the examples and the guiding sentences
that contain messages carefully.
Second
, we will
copy the examples and the guiding sentences in our
notebook.
Third
, we will discuss to find the parts of the
lyrics that contain the given messages.
Then
, every one
of us will handwrite the lyrics in our notebook.
Finally
,
we will discuss the answers with our teacher.
We will use a dictionary. We will spell the words and
use the punctuation marks correctly. We will also say
each word loudly, clearly, and correctly. If we have any
problems, we will ask our teacher for help.
1.
T
he writer believes that love is in the heart of every person.
-
T
here’s a place in your heart
-
A
nd I know that it is love
-
T
here’s love that cannot lie
-
L
ove is strong
-
I
t only cares for joyful giving
2.
L
ove in your heart will make you happy, not sad, and the world better.
3.
L
ove in your heart will make you aware that there are many people
who are not as lucky as you.
4.
T
he writer invites you to care for other people and try to make the
world better.
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My Journal
I have just learnt to
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The activities I like most were
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The activities I found most difficult were
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What I need to do better is/are
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In our journal, every one of us will
handwrite our reflection on our
learning process. We will use English
or Bahasa Indonesia.
Communicating