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Chapter 11
:
Who Was Involved?
Mensyukuri kesempatan dapat mempelajari bahasa
Inggris sebagai bahasa pengantar komunikasi
International yang diwujudkan dalam semangat belajar.
Menunjukkan perilaku santun dan peduli dalam
melaksanakan komunikasi interpersonal dengan guru
dan teman.
Menunjukkan perilaku jujur, disiplin, percaya diri,
dan bertanggung jawab dalam melaksanakan
komunikasi transaksional dengan guru dan teman.
Menunjukkan perilaku tanggung jawab, peduli,
kerjasama, dan cinta damai, dalam melaksanakan
komunikasi fungsional.
Me
nganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
ke
bahasaan dari teks news item berbentuk berita
se
derhana dari koran/radio/TV, sesuai dengan
ko
nteks penggunaannya.
Me
nangkap makna dalam teks berita sederhana dari
k
oran/radio/TV.
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2 .1
2.2
2.3
3.9
4.13
Tujuh Pembelajaran:
Set
elah mempelajari Bab 11, siswa diharapkan mampu:
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A. WARMER
B. OBSERVING AND QUESTIONING
Listening
Task 1:
Listen to this news item.
Your teacher will read this piece of news aloud. Check whether
you can answer the questions following that. Therefore, close your
book. Do not read the text.
Buk
it Barisan regional military command (Kodam) chief
Major General Istu Hari Subagio vowed to take stern action against
any Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel involved in illegal logging
and/or forest burning in North Sumatra’s forest conservation area.
TNI gets tough with illegal loggers.
Tw
o days ago, Major General Subagio gave a speech in a
ceremony to discharge a TNI soldier. During the ceremony Subagio
said that no soldiers or civil servants were above the law. The TNI
soldier, a chief serving at the Wira Bima military command post
(Korem) in Pekanbaru, Riau, was dishonorably discharged from
the Army. He was found guilty of involvement in illegal logging and
burning forested land in Bengkalis regency, Riau.
Share with a classmate sitting next
to you an interesting, important, or surprising
piece of news that you have heard from TV, radio,
newspaper, or people around you.
Take turns doing that.
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Subagio said that the chief soldier deserved to be
d
ischarged from TNI for repeatedly committing these offenses.
In 2000, he was sentenced to three months and 15 days in jail
because of fuel hoarding. Three years later, he was sentenced
to three years’ imprisonment and fined Rp 500 million for illegal
logging and forest burning in Riau.
(Adapted from The Jakarta Post,
May 9, 2014, p. 5)
Task 2:
Answer the following questions.
1.
What is the news about?
2
.
Wh
ere did it happen?
3.
Wh
en did it happen?
4.
Wh
y did that happen?
5.
Wh
o were involved in the event?
6.
Ho
w serious was the violation? Why do you think so?
7.
Ar
e you in favor of Mr. Subagio’s decision or against
it
? Why?
8.
In y
our opinion, what can prevent us from committing
su
ch a crime?
Task 3
: Reading Aloud
Take turns practicing reading the news aloud. Pay attention to
your pronunciation.
Reading I: Observe and Compare
Task 1:
Observe the texts.
Read these two texts about infrastructures.
In groups, compare them by referring to the
aspects in the table.
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Source: www.nelps.wordpress.com
Picture 11.1 Humber Bridge
Tex t 1
Since 1981, the Humber Bridge in England has been the
w
orld’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.
The cables go up and over tall towers on either side of the
g
ap to be spanned. They are anchored firmly 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)
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Aspects
Tex t 1
Tex
t 2
Social function
Tex t s t r u c t u r e
Tex t 2
The construction of the Jakarta metropolitan area’s new
2
1-kilometer-long Antasari – Depok – Bogor toll road kicked off
on Thursday as the government boosted efforts to support the
capital city’s expansion.
Th
e toll road connection will give the public an alternative
ac
cess to ease congestion on Jl. Sawangan and Jl. Margonda in
Depok, which is the only major route to Jakarta from Depok.
“The Antasari-Depok toll road is an important project as it is
part of the ring and radial road system in Jakarta,” Public Works
Ministry Director General of Highways Djoko Murjanto said during
the launch.
(Taken from The Jakarta Post, May 9, 2014, p. 13)
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Task 2:
Answer the following questions orally
.
1.
Do you know reported speech? In which text did you find
r
eported speech?
2.
Do y
ou think that reported speech is commonly found in
texts like Text 2? Why do you think so?
Task 3:
Create your own questions about the two texts.
Do you have any question so far about the two texts? Write
down your questions and ask your friends or your teacher to
get the answers.
Reading II
Task 1:
Think about it.
Before you read the following news item about
tenants of apartments, talk about these things in
small groups.
1.
Do y
ou find any apartment in your
towns/cities?
2.
Wh
ere are apartments usually found?
3.
Wh
at do apartments generally
loo
k like?
Source: www.shutterstock.com
Picture 3.2 Apartment
Linguistic features
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4.
How are apartments different from houses?
5
.
Ca
n you think of the advantages or disadvantages
of l
iving in an apartment compared to living in
a h
ouse?
Task 2:
Comprehend the text.
Tenants advised to obey regulations on apartment
Jak
arta: 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.
“T
enants must obey certain regulations when living in an
apartment, which is far different from living in a landed-house,”
Fendhi Ibuhindar said.
“T
enants of an apartment should abide by regulations set by
the owner of the high-rise building,” he added.
“T
his is important, especially for a family that has a young
child,” he was quoted as saying by
okezone.com
.
Ac
cording to him, the trend of living in an apartment in
Jakarta started only 10 years ago. Living in an apartment has
increasingly become popular.
“Mo
st 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.
Read the following news item. Then, answer
the questions to check your comprehension.
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He said that an owner of apartment should also consider
a
spects of design 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.
(Source: from The Jakarta Post,
May 9, 2014, p. 18 – with adaptation)
Answer the questions briefly.
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?
6. Who sets the regulations?
7. Did you find any information about
who
in the text?
8. Did you find any information about
where
in the text?
9. Did you find any information about
what
in the text?
10. Did you find any information about
why
in the text?
Vocabulary Builder
Task 3:
Find the meanings of words.
After reading the text about tenants of apartments, individually
g
uess the meaning of each word below. Then, check them with your
friends. When necessary, consult your dictionary. After that, practice
pronouncing the words.
obey:
/əʊˈ beɪ /
regulation:
/ˌ reɡjʊˈ leɪʃ ə n/
occurrence:
/əˈ kɜː rəns /
tenant:
/ˈ tenənt /
owner:
/ˈ oʊnər /
(be) accustomed:
/biː əkʌstəmt/
abandon:
/ əˈ bændən /
concern:
/ kənˈ sɜː rn /
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Grammar Review
Task 4:
Observe the reported speech.
Rewrite the text. All of the direct speeches have to be changed to
reported
(indirect) speeches.
Task 5:
Observe the past verbs.
Look through the text again. You will find 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.
Observe the verbs of saying to
report what the participant in the news said. Then,
compare the differences between
direct speech
and
reported (indirect) speech.
Direct
He
said
"Tenants
have to
obey
certain
regulations."
Reported
(indirect)
He
said
"Tenants
had to
obey
certain
regulation."
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."
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Text Structure
Task 6:
Observe the text structure
.
Th
e text about tenants of apartments above 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.
Ho
w 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 first 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.
Re
ad the text again, and then write in the table below the
appropriate information from the text. That is how news items are
structured.
Parts of the Text
Information from the text
Headline
Summary of events
Who?
What?
What?
Why?
Quotes
Any quote from authorities or people involved?
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C. COLLECTING INFORMATION
Task 1:
Find a news item.
In groups, choose an interesting or
newsworthy event reported in newspaper.
You can go to the library or search in the
Internet. Use the following questions to help
you select the text.
1.
Is
the headline interesting?
2.
Is t
he information useful to share? Why
do y
ou think so?
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 2:
Find the direct speech.
Look through your text again. Write down the
direct speech.
Then, put the
direct speech
into
indirect
(reported) speech.
Share what you have
with the class.
Source: dreamstime.com
Parts of the Text
Information from the text
Headline
Summary of events
Who?
Where?
What?
Why?
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Task 3:
What is the Trending News?
Write a piece of news item by responding to these questions.
1.
Wh
at is the trending news you heard on TV or read in
newspaper today?
2.
Wh
at information can you collect? What are the details of
information (Who? Where? What? Why?)?
Then, follow these steps.
1.
Write the headline.
2
.
Wr
ite the details of the news.
3.
Inc
lude direct speech in your text.
D. ASSOCIATING
Task 1:
Vocabulary Exercise
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
1.
Th
e government has just launched new ____________
to make taxpayers comply with their obligation.
2.
____________ a
re required to pay a deposit, which
usually amounts to a one-month rent.
3.
Th
e new governor advised the city residents to wake
up and ____________ the rules so that the capital city
would develop as expected.
4.
Ma
ny people had to ____________ their residence
because of the frequent heavy earthquakes.
obey
re
gulations
oc
currences
ow
ner
abandon
co
ncern
te
nants (be) accustomed to
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5.
Under the new regulations, the ____________ of the
r
ented house has to be responsible for the provision of
convenient facilities.
6.
__
__________ of traffic accidents in this highway are
getting higher and higher, which implies the need for
more strict rules on speed limit.
7.
At
present, the ____________ of the government is
related to educating girls living in rural areas.
8.
Th
e family members seem to ____________ the severe
weather changes in this country.
Task 2: Create sentences.
Study the list of words in Task 1 again. Create your own
sentences using the words.
Task 3: Grammar Exercise
Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct past form.
1.
Th
e distribution of NKRI maps (begin) last Friday at
Caturwarga elementary school.
2.
Th
e policy on higher minimum wages (bring) greater
prosperity to local workers.
3.
Li
mited infrastructure and facilities such as clean water
resources, schools, and healthcare services (worsen) the
life quality of the local residents.
4.
My g
randfather (fly) to Denpasar the other day for a
senior citizen award.
5.
On
e 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 final football match last week.
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7.
The local people (build) the mosque in the 16th century,
a
nd the mosque now becomes one of the official cultural
heritage sites.
8.
Th
e online enrollment system (be) in accordance with the
central government’s instruction.
9.
Lo
cal poets and musicians (get) wider recognition as
th
e provincial administration (grant) an award to
traditional artists.
10.
Th
e anniversary events (draw) large number of people to
come and celebrate.
Task 4
: Writing
Now 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.
1.
He
adline
(Interesting? Smart?)
2.
Le
ad paragraph:
Summary of events (Who? Where?
What? Why?)
3.
Su
pporting paragraphs:
More detailed information
of t
he summary (Who? Where? What? Why?)
Please write and present your text
neatly and attractively.
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Task 5
: Peer Editing
Work in pairs. Exchange your writing. Check your friend’s writing.
Pay attention to these points when reading it.
1.
Th
e text structure: the headline, the summary of events
in the lead paragraph (Who? Where? What? Why?),
and detailed elaboration of the events in the supporting
paragraphs (Who? Where? What? Why?).
2.
Th
e use of past verbs
3.
Th
e use of direct speech
4.
S
pelling
5.
P
unctuation
6.
C
apitalization
7.
F
ormatting
E.
C
OMMUNICATING
Task 1:
Cloze News
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
Br
itish playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue
and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the
U.S.-led war in Iraq, was the surprise ____________ of the Nobel
literature prize on Thursday.
Th
e 75-year-old Londoner, ____________ of a Jewish
dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays
son
described
presented
told
ex
pect
li
ke
winn
er
new
s
but
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____________ The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose
mundane dialogue with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the
adjective “Pinteresque”.
An i
ntimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich
voice, he was ____________ by Swedish Academy head Horace
Engdahl, who ____________ the prize, as “the towering figure” in
English drama in the second half of the 20th century.
Pi
nter ____________ Reuters Television he was
overwhelmed by the ____________: “I haven’t had time to think
about it ____________ I am very, very moved. It was something I
did not ____________ at all at any time.”
(Source The Jakarta Post, October 14, 2005, p. 1)
Task 2:
Rewrite the news.
Rewrite the news above using your own words. Use this sentence
to begin your rewriting.
Harold Pinter was a British playwright.
____________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Task 3:
Write a news report.
The following are notes from a journalist’s notebook.
1.
In
ternational donors to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Laos
announced on Thursday.
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2.
More than $17 million to help fight the bird flu virus.
3
.
Th
e virus having killed more than 60 people in Asia.
4.
Tr
iggering fears of a global pandemic.
5.
A to
p-level delegation of US and global health officials
touring Southeast Asia.
6.
Se
arching for ways to curb the spread of the H5N1 virus.
Write a newspaper report using those notes. Read again the
previous examples of newspaper reports (in Observing – listening –
task 1; Reading I – task 1; Reading II – task II; and Communicating
– task 1/cloze test) to give you ideas on how to make one.
Remember to include these elements in writing:
1.
Wr
ite an interesting headline.
2.
Wr
ite the summary of the events in the lead paragraph
(Who? Where? What? Why?)
3.
Pr
ovide quotes (direct speech) from the people involved.
4.
Us
e past verbs.
5.
Pa
y attention to spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
an
d formatting.
Task 4:
Retell the event.
Study the notes in Task 2.
Imagine yourself as a news reader on
a radio or television. Retell the news to
the class example.
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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?
Source: www.123trf.com
Do you know how to create a
news item? Respond to these
questions to check whether
you understand how to create
a news item.
REFLECTION