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Halaman Apersepsi
Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan dari teks
news item
berbentuk berita
sederhana dari koran/radio/TV, sesuai dengan
konteks penggunaannya.
Menangkap makna dalam teks berita sederhana dari
koran/radio/TV.
3.4
4.4
Tujuan Pembelajaran
Setelah mempelajari Bab 5, siswa diharapkan mampu
melakukan hal-hal sebagai berikut:
Who was Involved?
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Source: korean-war.commemoration.gov.au
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A. WARMER: GROUP SHARE
Consider the following questions when sharing:
1. Where did you get the news item from? Did you get it from TV,
radio, newspaper, or people around you?
2. What is the news about?
3. Where did it happen?
4. When did it happen?
5. Do you consider the news item interesting, important, or
surprising? Why do you think so?
B. VOCABULARY BUILDER
Share with your chair-mate
an interesting, important, or surprising piece
of news that you have heard from TV, radio,
newspaper, or people around you.
Take turns doing that.
Task:
Find the meanings of the words.
Guess the meaning of each following word. Then, check
them with your friends. Consult your dictionary when
necessary. After that, practice pronouncing the words with
yout friend.
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C. LISTENING
1. What is the news about?
2. Where did it happen?
3. When did it happen?
4. Why did that happen?
5. Who were involved in the event?
6. How serious was the violation? Why do you think so?
7. Are you in favor of Mr. Subagio’s decision or against
it? Why?
8. In your opinion, what can prevent us from committing
such a crime?
obey
obey
:
/
əʊˈ
be
ɪ
/
regulation :
/
’
re
ɡ
j
əˈ
le
ɪʃə
n/
occurrence :
/
ə
'
k
ɜː
r
ə
ns/
tenant :
/
'
ten
ə
nt/
owner :
/
'
o
ʊ
n
ə
r/
(be) accustomed :
/bi
ː
ə
k
ʌ
st
ə
mt/
abandon :
/
əˈ
bænd
ə
n/
concern :
/k
ə
n
ˈ
s
ɜː
rn/
Task 1:
Listen to the news item.
Your teacher will read this piece of news aloud. Check
whether you can answer the questions following that.
Task 2:
Do the comprehension questions.
Answer the following questions correctly based on the
news you have just heard.
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Source: www.nelps.wordpress.com
The cables go up and over tall towers on either side of the gap to
be spanned. They are anchored
fi
rmly at each end. In the largest
suspension bridges, the towers have to be built slightly out of parallel
to allow for the curve of the Earth!
(Source: Children’s First Cyclopedia, compiled by M. Dempsey)
Tex t 1
Since 1981, the Humber Bridge in England has been the
world’s longest-span (1,410 meters) bridge. Like most other long-
span bridges, it is a suspension bridge. In a suspension bridge,
the bridge deck hangs, or is suspended, from thick steel cables.
They are made of tens of thousands of kilometers of thin steel wires
bound together.
D. READING
Task 1
: Read the text aloud.
Take turns to practice reading the news aloud. Pay attention to
your pronunciation.
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Tex t 2
The construction of the Jakarta metropolitan area’s new
21-kilometer-long Antasari–Depok–Bogor toll road kicked off on
Thursday as the government boosted efforts to support the capital
city’s expansion.
The toll road connection will give the public an alternative
access to ease congestion on Jl. Sawangan and Jl. Margonda in
Depok, which is the only major route to Jakarta from Depok. “The
A n t a s a r i - D e p o k t o l l r o a d i s a n i m p o r t a n t p r o j e c t a s i t i s p a r t o f t h e r i n g
and radial road system in Jakarta,” Public Works Ministry Director
General of Highways Djoko Murjanto said during the launch.
(Source:
The Jakarta Post,
May 9, 2014)
Aspects
Text 1
Text 2
Social function:
What is the
purpose of the
text?
Tex t structure:
How are the
ideas in the text
organized?
Linguistic features
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1.
Do you know reported speech? In which text did you
fi
nd
reported speech?
2.
Do you think that reported speech is commonly found in texts
like Text 2? Why do you think so?
Task 2:
Observe the texts.
Read the texts in Task 1 again and answer the following
questions orally
.
Task 3:
Let's make comprehension questions.
Create your own questions about the two texts. Do you
have any questions so far about the two texts? Write down
your questions and ask your friends or your teacher to get
the answers.
Task 4:
Think about it.
Before you read the following news item about tenants of
apartments, talk about these things in small groups.
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1. Do you
fi
nd any apartment in your towns or cities?
2. Where are apartments usually found?
3. What do apartments generally look like?
4. How are apartments different from houses?
5. Can you think of the advantages or disadvantages
of living in an apartment compared to living in
a house?
Source:
freepik.com
Task 5:
Read the text.
Read the following text carefully. Answer the comprehension
questions brie
f
ly.
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Tenants advised to obey regulations on apartment
Jakarta:
A building architect has advised families planning to live
in an apartment to study all the relevant regulations prior to moving
in to help prevent unexpected security-related occurrences.
“Tenants must obey certain regulations when living in an
apartment, which is far different from living in a landed-house,”
Fendhi Ibuhindar said.
“Tenants of an apartment should abide by regulations set by the
owner of the high-rise building,” he added.
“This is important, especially for a family that has a young child,”
he was quoted as saying by
okezone.com
.
According to him, the trend of living in an apartment in Jakarta
started only 10 years ago. Living in an apartment has increasingly
become popular.
“Most of Jakarta’s residents are more accustomed to living in
a landed house and when they live in an apartment, many are not
ready for apartment-living habits and regulations. They have to
abandon their mindset of living in a landed-house,” he said.
He said that an owner of apartment should also consider aspects
of designing and building materials that are safe for children. “The
quality of building materials should be prioritized,” he said.
“Children’s safety should be the main concern with regards to the
building materials that are used,” he said.
(Adapted from:
The Jakarta Post,
May 9, 2014)
Answer the questions brief
l
y.
1. What is the source of the text?
2. What is the text about? What is the social function of the text?
3. Which one is the headline? Write it down.
4. Why do you think living in an apartment is getting popular?
5. Can you identify some regulations of living in an apartment?
What are they
6. Who sets the regulations?
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7. Did you
fi
nd any information about
who
in the text?
8. Did you
fi
nd any information about
where
in the text?
9. Did you
fi
nd any information about
what
in the text?
10. Did you
fi
nd any information about
why
in the text?
E. VOCABULARY EXERCISE
1. The government has ju
st launched new _____________ to
make tax payers comply with their obligation.
2. _____________ are required to
pay a deposit, which
usually amounts to a one-month rent.
3. The new governor advised the city residents to wake up
and _____________ the rules so
that the capital city would
develop as expected.
4. Many people had to
______________ their
residence
because of the frequent heavy earthquakes.
5. Under the new regula
tions, the ______________ of the
rented house has to be responsible for the provision of
convenient facilities.
6. ______________ of traf
fi
c accidents in this highway are
getting higher and higher, which implies the need for more
strict rules on speed limit.
7. At present, th
e ____________ of the
government is related
to educating girls living in rural areas.
obey
regulations occurrences owner
abandon concern tenants (be) accustomed to
Task 1
: Fill in the blanks.
Use the words in the box to complete the following
sentences.
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Direct
He said
tenants
have to obey
certain
regulations.
Reported
(indirect)
He
said
tenants
had to
obey
certain
regulations.
Direct
He said
many
tenants
are not
ready for apartment-
living habits.
Reported
(indirect)
He
said
many
tenants
were not
ready for apartment-
living habits.
8. The family members seem to _____________ the severe
weather changes in this country.
F. GRAMMAR REVIEW
Rewrite the text. All of the direct speeches have to be changed to
reported
(indirect) speeches.
Task 1:
Observe the reported speech.
Observe the verbs used to report what the participant in the
news said. Then,
fi
nd all the direct speeches in the text about
tenants of apartment
and change them into reported (indirect)
speech.
Task 2:
Create your own sentences.
Study the list of words in Task 1 again. Create your own
sentences using the words.
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1. The distribution of NKRI maps _________ (begin) at Caturwarga
elementary school last Friday.
2. The policy on higher mini
mum wages _________ (bring) greater
prosperity to local workers.
3. Limited infrastructure and facilities such as clean water resources,
schools, and healthcare services (worsen) the life quality of the
local residents.
4. My grandfather _________ (f
l
y) to Denpasar the other day for
a senior citizen award.
5. One victim _________ (tell) the online news portal about the
incident on Saturday night.
6. It’s so sad that many spectators _________ (throw) trash in the
city stadium during the
fi
nal football match last week.
7. The local people _________ (build) the mosque in the 16th
century, and the mosque now becomes one of the of
fi
cial cultural
heritage sites.
8. The online enrollment system _________ (be) in accordance with
the central government’s instruction.
9. Local poets and musicians _________ (get) wider recognition as the
provincial administration _________ (grant) awards to traditional
artists.
10. The anniversary events _________ (draw) large number of people
to come and celebrate.
Task 2:
Observe the past verbs.
Look through the text again. You will
fi
nd many verbs in the past
form (e.g. said, added, etc.). The verbs are used in the past form
to report events in the news item because the events actually
happened. Please underline the past verbs in the text.
Task 3:
What are the verbs?
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past form.
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G. TEXT STRUCTURE
The previous text about tenants of apartments is called
a news
item.
The function of a news item is to inform readers or listeners
about events of the day that are considered important or newsworthy.
How are news items written? They usually start with an eye-catching
title (the headline).
The headline needs to be very interesting to attract
readers’ attention. The
fi
rst paragraph in the news item is called the
lead paragraph
, which usually contains the
details
about
who, where,
what,
and
why
. They summarize the events. Supporting paragraphs
elaborate the summary of the events in more details.
Parts of the Text
Information from the Text
Headline
Summary of Events
Who?
Where?
What?
Why?
Quotes
Any quote from authorities or people involved?
Task 1:
Observe the text structure.
What do you know about a news item text? Read the
explanation below to know more about news item text and
its text structure. Then, reread the texts in this chapter and
identify their text structures. Do it in a table like the following.
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1. In pairs, download a piece of news from
this address:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
f
email/article-3354792/Inspirational-teen-
tries-tackle-suicide-caused-cyber-bullying-
rethink-app.html.
2. Think individually, read the news item
c
arefully. Then, respond to the following
questions.
a. What is the news about?
b.
Who wrote the news?
c. When was the news published?
d. Who was Trisha Prabhu?
e.
Why was she called ‘tech whiz’? What did she create?
f.
How does Rethink work? What prompt appears as warning?
g.
Did Trisha conduct trials to prove how the software works?
What did the results show?
h.
What has inspired Trisha to develop the software?
i. How does the "stop, block, and tell" method work?
j. What did Trisha think about technology and responsibility
among teens?
3. In pairs, discuss your answers. Compare your answers to those
of your friends.
4. Check your answers with the whole class.
5. In pairs, identify the direct speech in the text. Change the direct
speech to reported (indirect) speech.
Source: dreamstime.com
Task 2:
Download a news item text.
Follow these steps to download a news item text from the
given site. Then, answer the given questions below based on
the text and discuss the answers with your class.
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1. Is the headline interesting?
2. Is the information useful to share? Why do you think so?
Task 3:
Find another example of a news item text.
In groups, choose an interesting or newsworthy
event reported in a newspaper. You can go to the
library or search in the Internet. Use the following
questions to help you select the text.
Parts of the Text
Information from the Text
Headline
Summary of Events
Who?
Where?
What?
Why?
Present your text neatly and attractively so that
the other groups want to read it. Take turns sharing
the information you have with the class.
Task 4:
Find the direct speech.
Look through your text again. Write down the
direct
speech.
Then, put the
direct speech
into indirect
(repor ted) speech.
Share what you have with the
class.
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H. WRITING (ENRICHMENT)
1. What is the trending news you heard on TV or read in
newspaper today?
2. What information can you collect? What are the details of
information (
who, where, what, why
)?
t
1.
Headline
(Interesting? Smart?)
2.
Lead paragraph:
Summary of events (Who? Where?
Wha
t? Why?)
3.
Supporting paragraphs:
More detailed information
of the summary (Who? Where? What? Why?)
Then, follow these steps.
steps.
1. Write the headline.
2. Write the details of the news.
3. Include direct speech in your text.
Task 1:
What is the Trending News?
Write a piece of news item by responding to these questions.
Task 2:
Write a news item.
Choose an interesting or newsworthy event that has
happened at or around the school. Write it up in the form of
newspaper report for publication in your school magazine.
Include these elements when writing.
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1. The text structure: headline, summary of events in the lead
paragraph (What? When?), and detailed elaboration of the
events in the supporting paragraphs (Who? Where? What?
Why?).
2. The use of past verbs
3. The use of direct speech
4. Spelling
5. Punctuation
6. Capitalization
7. F o r m a t t i n g
I. COMMUNICATING
son described announced
told
expect
like
winner news but
Please write and present your text
neatly and attractively.
Task 3
: Let's do some peer editing.
Work in pairs. Exchange your writing. Check your friend’s
writing. Pay attention to these points when reading it.
Task 1:
Complete the cloze news.
Fill in the blanks in the following news with the appropriate
words in the box.
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British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialog
and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the
U.S.-led war in Iraq, was th
e surprise _____________ of the Nobel
literature prize on Thursday.
The 75-year-old London
er, _____________ of a Jewish
dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays
_____________
The Birthday Party and The Caretaker
, whose
mundane dialog with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the
adjective “Pinteresque”.
An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich
voice, he was _____________ by Swed
ish Academy head Horace
Engdahl, who _____________
the prize, as “the towering
fi
gure” in
English drama in the second half of the 20th century.
Pinter _____________ Reuters Television he was
overwhelmed by the
_____________: “I haven’t ha
d time to think
about it _____________ I am
very, very moved. It was something
I did not _____________ at all at
any time.”
(Taken from:
The Jakarta Post
, October 14, 2005)
Harold Pinter was a British playwright.
_____________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Task 2:
Rewrite the news.
Rewrite the news above using your own words. Use this
sentence to begin your rewriting.
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Write a newspaper report using those notes. Read again the
previous examples of newspaper reports (in Listening – Task 1;
Reading – Task 1 and Task 5, and Communicating – Task 1/close
test) to give you ideas on how to make one. Remember to include
these elements in writing:
Task 3:
Write a news report.
The following are notes from a journalist’s notebook. Read it
carefully. Then, follow the instructions below!
Instructions:
1. Write an interesting headline.
2. Write the summary of the events in the lead paragraph
(Who? Where? What? Why?).
3. Provide quotes (direct speech) from the people involved.
4. Use past verbs.
5. Pay attention to spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
and formatting.
1. International donors to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Laos
announced on Thursday.
2. More than $17 million to help
fi
ght the bird
fl
u virus.
3. The virus having killed more than 60 people in Asia.
4. Triggering fears of a global pandemic.
5. A top-level delegation of US and global health of
fi
cials
touring Southeast Asia.
6. Searching for ways to curb the spread of the H5N1 virus.
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Good afternoon, Indonesia.
Good afternoon, Jakarta.
It's a sunny day, 25 May 2016.
This is Agnez, serving you the most leading
news of the hour.
Task 4:
Retell the event.
Study the notes in Task 3. Imagine yourself as a news reader
on a radio or television. Retell the news to the class.
REFLECTION
At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the following questions to
know your learning progress.
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1. Do you use a catchy and interesting headline?
2. Do you have a lead paragraph that summarizes
the important event?
3. Do you elaborate the summary into more
detailed information?
4. Do you provide direct speech?
5. Do you use past verbs?
6. Do you pay attention to spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, and formatting?
Do you know how to create a news item? Respond to these questions
to check whether you understand how to create a news item.
If you answer "no" to any of the questions
above, please discuss it with your friends or
consults it with your teacher.