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Describing Persons, Things,

and Places

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Editor: Ike Yuniawati

SMA Plus PGRI Cibinong
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11. Memahami makna teks fungsional pendek dan

esei sederhana berbentuk
narrative,
descriptive dan news item
dalam konteks
kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses
ilmu pengetahuan

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11.2 Merespon makna dan langkah-langkah retorika

dalam esei sederhana secara akurat, lancar
dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan seharihari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan
dalam teks berbentuk narrative, descriptive,
dan news item
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Descriptive Achievement Indicator

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1. Students are able to identify

generic structure,
characteristics and Language
Function of Descriptive text
2. Students are able to
understand, and response the
general information, specific
information, the meaning of
certain words in the text.

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After Learning this Materials the

Students are expected to be able
to
1.Identify generic structure,
characteristics and Language
Function of Descriptive text
2.Understand, and response the
general information, specific
information, the meaning of certain
words in the text.

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Identify generic structure, and

language function of description
text.

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Understand, and response the

general information, specific
information, and the meaning of
certain words in descriptive text

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Descriptive - Definition and Types

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Definition of Descriptive
Descriptive text is kind of text which list the
characteristics of persons, places, or things or
describing living and non living things such as
plant, animals, building, plane, etc.

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Types of Descriptive text

Types of narrative Autobiography, Magazine
(car magazine, fashion magazine, travel
magazine, etc) specification (state what kind and
characteristics of materials to be used).

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Descriptive - Purpose and Structure

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Communicative purpose of descriptive

The Communicative purpose of descriptive text is to
describe a particular persons, places, and things.

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Generic Structure of Descriptive

Identification : Introducing where or who is the
subject is being describe
Description : describe part qualities, and
characteristic or the supporting part of the
paragraph to describe the in detail to assist the
reader to see and fell the subject. E.g. the
qualities, appearance, uses, habits, etc.
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Language Function of Descriptive

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Focus on specific participants

Adjective and compound adjective
Linking verbs
Use of simple present tense.

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Descriptive Example of Descriptive

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Example:
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Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is a small, fluffy,

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and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I

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cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie does not

like bones. Every day it eats soft food like

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I have a pet. It is a dog and call it brownie.

Description

steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I

give her milk and bread. When I am at school.
Brownie plays with my cat. They get along well,
and never fight maybe because brownie does
not bark a lot. It treats the other animals in our
house gently, and it never eats shoes. Brownie
is really as sweet and friendly animals.

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Descriptive Language Feature

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Identification of Language Feature

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Text

Language feature

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it

brownie.

Particular
participant (a pet)

Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is a

small, fluffy, and cute. It has got thick
brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur
feels soft. Brownie does not like
bones. Every day it eats soft food like
steamed rice, fish or bread. Every
morning I give her milk and bread.
When I am at school. Brownie plays
with my cat. They get along well, and
never fight maybe because brownie
does not bark a lot. It treats the other
animals in our house gently, and it
never eats shoes. Brownie is really
as sweet and friendly animals.

Adjective ( small,
fluffy, brown fur,
soft , etc.)

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Linking Verbs
( have, is, plays
etc.
Simple Present
Tense ( Brownie is
a Chinese bread.

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Read this text!

Tana Toraja is situated in South Sulawesi. Its eight hours
drive from Makassar, where the nearest airport located. Tana
Toraja is famous for its death ceremonies. It was foreign
anthropologist who made it internationally known. They were so
amazed at Torajan sophisticated culture, especially its death
ceremony in which many buffaloes were slaughtered.
Besides its culture, its hospitality people and breathtaking
landscape along the way to Toraja attract tourist to visit the
place. It is reported that thousand of tourist come to the place
every year. The complex mixture of scenic beauty and magical
culture of the Torajan
have known for years. In 1974,
Neckermann, one of the biggest German tour operator, started
bringing large number of foreign tourist to the place.
When tourist first come, the locals were happy as they could
learn something from the outside world. There was a great hope
that tourism would increase their economy. It would bring many
job opportunities.
Adapted from the Jakarta Post

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Answer the questions based on the text in above slide

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1.What is the text talk about?

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2.How can we reach Tana Toraja?

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3.What happens in the death ceremony?

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4.What factors attract tourists to visit Tana Toraja?

5.Who is Neckersmann?
6.What is the word attractive means?

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References

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Learning sources References

http://www.testdigital.com/index_reading.htm
http://www.world-english.org
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english
KTSP Curriculum 2006
Oxford advance Leaner's Dictionary

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