CITY LIFE CHAPTER TWO

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to LEARNING OBJECTIVE By the end of the lesson, students will be able to Draw conclusion of the reading text Summarize the reading text

Part One Discuss the following pictures: Where do you think the photos were taken? What adjective can you think of to describe each photo? What might be some problems in the city?

A City That’s Doing Something Right Pre-reading Activity Briefly look over the list of words from the reading that follows: Priorities predict affluent efficiently Trash worsen actually Produce focus developing countries (PROduce) solve mass transit Gridlock decrease pedestrian zone Tube commute recycling plant

2. Guessing Meaning from Context The following three clues will help you guess the new words without looking up the meaning of all new words in a dictionary. 2.1. The words for example, for instance, such as, and among them introduce example that may help you Almost four billion people will be living in cities in developing countries such as India and Nigeria. (developing countries=not rich) 2.2. sometime another word or words in another sentence or sentence part has the opposite meaning from a new vocabulary item In some cities, instead of worsening, urban life is actually getting much better. (worsening is the opposite of “getting better”.) 2.3. a definition of explanation follows the connecting words that is or in other words. The downtown shopping area is now a pedestrian zone —in other words, an area for walkers only, no cars. (pedestrian zone=area for walkers only)

3. Read the text entitled “A City That’s Doing Something Right”, [Interactions 2, pp. 24-26] 3.1. Summarizing A reading may express several important ideas, but there is one main idea that sums up all important ideas. Underline the number of the main idea of the selection you just read. Population experts predict a nightmare by the year 2025, especially in urban areas in developing countries. Curitiba has a creative method of garbage collection that no only gets trash off the streets but also provides food and jobs for poor people. Curitiba’s mass-transit system consists of buses, not a subway, but offers an efficient new way for people to get on and off. Curitiba is an example of how careful planning and creative thinking can lead to solutions to urban problems.

3.2. Skimming (for main ideas) As discussed in the previous chapter to find the main ideas you may skim the text quickly The focus is not in the details, but in the main idea (topic). A paragraph usually tells about one topic (subject). The topic is just a word or noun phrase---a few words. The techniques can also be used to find the topic sentence of the paragraph. The topic sentence can be found in different places in the paragraph (beginning, middle, or end).

3.3. Discuss with your friend the following questions: What is the population of the major cities in your country? Is overcrowding a problem? What are some problems in your city? What kind of mass transit is available in your city? Is it clean and efficient? Does your city have a recycling program? If so, what is it and how does it work? Are there homeless street people in your city? If so, is there a program to help them? What programs are there to protect the environement in your city?

PART TWO http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20041111.G03 1. Skim the text to find the main idea 2. Answer the following questions: 2.1. What the main issue on the text? 2.2. Write an outline of the text? 2.3. What are the plans set by the Jakarta Government to build Jakarta? 2.4. Comparing to Curitiba, what the main issue faced by The city of Jakarta?

PART THREE Task Two: TPST Bojong, Bogor, is previously meant to be a solution to overcome garbage problem in Jakarta. However, since the beginning the community who live around Bojong refused that their land would be contaminated. In November there was a chaos in the venue as the police clashed the mass. Some people were shot dead. Read the following text, then write a 150-word paragraph: “Do you agree to continue the program in Bojong or not?” The task will be submitted on the second meeting. (Week 3) http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20041130.G01