descriptive text learning material

MATERIALS

Pre Activities

Leading questions:

1. I have some picture here (showing the picture of pet animals). Do you know what kind of animals they are?    

2. Do you have any pets in your house?

3. Can you mention it?

4.  Can you mention some characteristics of your pets?

Main activities

Ø  Genre of Text: Descriptive

Ø  Social function: The social function or the general purposes of the descriptive text is describing a particular person, place or thing in detail.

Ø  Generic structure:

- Identification : Identifying the phenomenon to be described.

- Description : Describing phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.

Example:

My dog, Brownie

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie. Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is small, fluffy and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie does not like bones. Everyday 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 a long 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 a sweet and friendly animal.

Students’ Worksheet

Exercise

1.Mention the name of each pet animal based on the pictures below!(Sebutkan nama dari masing-masing hewan peliharaan berdasarkan gambar-gambar di bawah ini!)

                                                            (............................................)

                                                           (.........................................)

                                                             (...........................................)

2.    Make short paragraphs and descibe the pictures below by using your own words based on the guideline given!(Buatlah paragraf pendek dan deskripsikan gambar-gambar di bawah ini dengan menggunakan kata-kata kalian sendiri berdasarkan pedoman/panduan yang disediakan!)

Guideline for exercise 2
Guideline (poin-poin di bawah ini harus disertakan dalam paragrafmu)

Name of your pet animal(sebutkan nama hewan peliharaanmu)                 

Physical Characteristics (jelaskan ciri-ciri fisik hewan peliharaanmu)     

Food (sebutkan makanan kesukaan hewan peliharaanmu)                                      

Habit (sebutkan kebiasan yang sering dilakukan hewan peliharaanmu)                                   

Other characteristics (sebutkan sifat/kebiasaan yang lain dari hewan peliharaanmu)  

Contoh :
      My pet animal is cat .I call it Nammy. My father bought it last week as my birthday present.

It has got beautiful white fur and  it’s really soft . It has a long tail. lt's eyes and ears are very cute . lts four legs have some sharp  claws by which  it can easily kill the rats . I like Nammy very much for its good habit . when l call her, she comes to me and mewing . I give it fish , meat ,milk and rice. she is fond of milk but . She never  steal it. So, every member of my family loves her very much .