2. LEARNING MATERIAL LEARNING MATERIAL The Identity : Senior High School
Subject : English
Class/Semester : X/ 1
Standard Competence :
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5. Memahami makna teks tulis fungsional pendek dan esei sederhana berbentuk recount, narrative dan procedure dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan
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6. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek dan esei sederhana berbentuk recount, narrative, dan procedure dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari
Basic Competence :
5.2 Merespon makna dan langkah retorika teks tulis esei secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan dalam teks berbentuk: recount, narrative, dan procedure
6.2 Melakukan interaksi dengan lingkungan terdekat yang melibatkan tindak tutur: menyapa orang yang belum/sudah dikenal, memperkenalkan diri sendiri/orang lain, dan memerintah atau melarang
Text Type : Narrative Text
Aspect/Skill : Writing / writing and reading
Time allotment : 2 X 45 menit

3. Narrative Text

4. Activity 1
The Fortune Teller In the great city of Taipei, there lived a man called Lin and his wife. They had no children. Because of this, they were very unhappy. One day, they found a baby boy outside their door. He was wrapped in a blanket and crying. They took the baby into their house and called him Sau Ling. They loved him very much. When Sau Ling was a young man, a fortune-teller came to the house. "You must send your son away," he said. "One day he will become a thief and cause you a lot of trouble." Mr and Mrs Lin were very sad to hear this. They believed what the fortune-teller said. They gave Sau Ling some clothes and money and sent him away. Several years later, Sau Ling was having a meal in an inn several miles from Taipei. He put his bag on the floor near his table. After finishing his meal, he picked up his bag. "That's strange!" he thought, "It feels so heavy." He looked inside. It was full of small gold bars. Then he realized that someone had taken his bag by mistake and left another bag, in its place. That evening, a young man came to the inn, "Has anyone seen my bag?" he asked. Sau Ling was very honest. He returned the bag to him. The young man thanked him. "You are really very honest," he said, "I shall ask my father to give you a job." The young man's father was a rich merchant. He gave Sau Ling a good job. "But go home first," he said, "and take a holiday." Sau Ling returned to Taipei. Mr and Mrs Lin were delighted to see him again. The fortune-teller was also present. Sau Ling told them what had happened. The fortune-teller did not know what to say. He left the house without saying a word. Mr and Mrs Lin never believed in fortune-teller after that. Sau Ling took them to live with him and they were very happy and contented until the end of their lives. Taken from Favourite Stories from Taiwan, 2000 Orientation : First Paragraph Complication : Second-Fourth Paragraph Resolution : Last Paragraph

5. Explanation
Genre Narrative Social Function : to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Generic Structure Orientation : sets the scene and introduces the participants. Complication : a crisis arises. Resolution : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse.

6. Activity 2 Read the following story aloud and analyze the generic structure.
The Legend of Beowulf
Once upon a time, there was a horrible monster called Grendel. He was half-man and half-monster. He lived in Denmark. One day, he went to the King's castle. The king and his men tried to kill the monster but their swords were useless. A knight called Beowulf heard about the problem and went to Denmark to help the king.
That night, Beowulf and his men took off their armor and put away their swords and went to sleep. The monster came into the castle and killed a knight. Beowulf woke up and fought the monster-he pulled off an arm! Grendel went back to his home in a lake and died. Grendel's mother was very angry and the next night she went to the castle and killed a knight.
In the morning, Beowulf went to the lake. He killed Grendel's mother with a special sword. When he came back, the king was very happy and he gave Beowulf presents and money.
Beowulf went back to his country and became a king. He was king for fifty years. But one day, a dragon came to his country, and it attacked people. It lived in a cave with treasure. The dragon was very big and breathed fire. The knights were afraid and they did not want to fight the dragon. King Beowulf was an old man but he put on his armor again and went to the dragon's cave with his men.
Taken from Opportunities Elementary, 2003

7. Activity 3
Answer the following questions based on the text in Activity 2.
1. Who was half-man and half-monster?
2. Were the king and his men succeed in killing Grendel? Why?
3. Why did Beowulf come to Denmark?
4. What did Beowulf do to Grendel when he fought him?
5. What happened to Grendel after he fought Beowulf?
6. What did Grendel's mother do when she find out about her son's death?
7. What did Beowulf use to kill Grendel's mother?
8. How long did Beowulf become king?
9. What attacked the people in Beowulf's country?
10. What did Beowulf do about it?

8. Activity 4
Complete the following paragraphs using the verbs in parentheses. Use simple past tense form.
I (have, almost)…………. a car accident last night. I (drive) …………. down Washington Avenue when suddenly I (see) a car in my lane. It (come) …………. right at my car. I (step) …………. on the brakes and (swerve) …………. to the right. The other car (miss, just) …………. my car by about an inch. It was my first day of class. I (find, finally) ………….
the right room. The room (be, already) …………. full of students. On one side of the room, students (talk, busily) …………. to each other in Spanish. Other students (speak) …………. Japanese, and some (converse) …………. in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of the students, however, (sit, just) …………. quietly by themselves. I (choose) …………. an empty seat in the last row and (sit) …………. down. In a few minutes, the teacher (walk) …………. into the room and all the multilingual conversation (stop) …………. .

9. Activity 5 Make at least 10 sentences of simple past tense (the sentences must be about the daily activity in school)

10. Activity 6
Now, make your own narrative story. Choose from the following categories. 1. Fable story 2. Folklore 3. Myth or legend