LESSON PLAN

School : SMP Negeri 3 Palu

Subject : English
Class/Semester : VIII/2
Skill Focused : Writing
Meeting : 1st Meeting
Topic : Classmates
Time Allocation : 2x40 minutes

A. Core Competences
KI1. Menghargai dan menghayati ajaran agama yang dianutnya.
KI2. Menghargai dan menghayati perilaku jujur, disiplin, tanggungjawab,
peduli (toleransi, gotong royong), santun, percaya diri, dalam berinteraksi
secara efektif dengan lingkungan sosial dan alam dalam jangkauan
pergaulan dan keberadaannya.
KI3. Memahami dan menerapkan pengetahuan (faktual, konseptual, dan
prosedural) berdasarkan rasa ingin tahunya tentang ilmu pengetahuan,
teknologi, seni, budaya terkait fenomena dan kejadian tampak mata.
KI4. Mengolah, menyaji, dan menalar dalam ranah konkret (menggunakan,
mengurai, merangkai, memodifikasi, dan membuat) dan ranah abstrak
(menulis, membaca, menghitung, menggambar, dan mengarang) sesuai
dengan yang dipelajari di sekolah dan sumber lain yang sama dalam
sudut pandang/teori.

B. Basic Competences
3.10 Menerapkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks
Menerapkan struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan untuk melaksanakan
fungsi sosial teks deskriptif dengan menyatakan dan menanyakan tentang
deskripsi orang, binatang, dan benda, pendek dan sederhana, sesuai
dengan konteks penggunaannya.
4.11 Menangkap makna dalam teks deskriptif lisan dan tulis, pendek dan
sederhana.
4.12 Menyusun teks deskriptif lisan dan tulis, pendek dan sederhana, tentang
orang, binatang, dan benda, dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial,
struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks.

C. Competency Indicators
- Answer the questions based on the topic given.
- Write a descriptive paragraph based on the answer before.
D. Learning Objectives
At the end of the class, students are able to:
- Answer the questions based on the topic given.
- Write a descriptive paragraph based on the answer before.

E. Teaching Material
Descriptive paragraph is a collection of multiple sentences to convey a
distinct message of people.

I have a classmate. Her name is Ririn Aswita. She is 22 years old. She lives
at Diponegoro no. 13. She is tall. She has round face, curly hair, and pointed
nose. Her skin is sawo matang. Her hobbies are reading novel, watching
movie, and running. She is the best friend ever for me.

Generic Structure of Descriptive Paragraph:

- Identification: Introducing subject that will be described.
- Description: Brief details of the subject that will be described.

Language Features of
Descriptive Paragraph:
- Use simple present tense.
- Focus on specific person.
- Use descriptive adjectives.
- Use of action verbs.

Simple Present Tense

Simple present tense expresses daily habits or usual activities.
Example: Khairunnisa goes to school every Monday until Friday.

Simple present tense talks about general truth.

Example: A cat has four feet.
The pattern of simple present tense
Positive sentence:
Subject Verb (1) Object Adverb/Compliment
I
You
Study English Every Tuesday
They
We
She watches movie Every Sunday
He
It eats cereal this morning

Negative sentence:
Subject Verb (1) Object Adverb/Compliment
I
You
do not study English Every Tuesday
They
We
She does not watch movie Every Sunday
He
It does not eat cereal this morning

Interrogative sentence:
Subject Verb (1) Object Adverb/Compliment
I
You
Do study English Every Tuesday?
They
We
She watch movie Every Sunday?
Does He
It eat cereal this morning?

There are three kinds of to be in present tense. There are: am, is, and are.
They are used to give information about person, thing or place.

To Be
Subject Adjective/noun/adverb
(am, is, are)
I am a student
She, He, It Is in the classroom
You, They, We are the winner

Have/Has

Subject Have/Has Compliment

I, You, They, We have short hair
 She, He, It has beautiful eyes
Guided-questions technique: a technique consists of some questions
related to the topic which is going to be answered by the students to
make them easier in making paragraph.

1. What is your classmate’s name?

2. Where does she/he live?
3. How old is she/he?
4. What is her/his hobby?
5. How does she/he look like?

F. Teaching Approach/Method/ Technique

Inquiry-Based Instructional Model

G. Media
Whiteboard, board marker, and handout.

H. Sources of Material
- Internet

I. Learning Activities
Activity Description of Activity Time
Teacher:
- Greets the students using English in order to
create English environment.
- Asks about how students feeling today.
Pre Activity - Introduces herself. 10 minutes
- Asks the chairperson to lead his friends to
pray together.
- Checks the attendance list.
While Engage 60 minutes
Activity - Teacher makes connections between past and
present learning experiences by asking some
questions to the students.

Explore
- Students explore the handout that has been
given by the teacher about descriptive
paragraph.

Explain
- Teacher explains about descriptive paragraph
 and its generic structure and language
features.
- Teacher explains about guided-question
technique.
- Teacher gives a topic as an example.
- Teacher gives set of questions related to the
topic.

Elaborate
- Teacher asks a student to answer the
questions.
- Teacher gives an example of descriptive
paragraph that can be created by using those
set of questions.
- Teacher asks the students to choose their
friends to make a small group which each
group consists of four students.
- Teacher asks the students to do the exercise.
- Students answer the questions.
- Students write a descriptive paragraph based
on their answers before.

Evaluate
- Teacher gives feedback to the students.
- Teacher guides students to identify future
learning goals.
- Students review the materials that they have
Post
learned by asking question or giving opinion 10 minutes
Activity
about the lesson.

A. Evaluation
1. Authentic Evaluation Technique
Skill : - Answer the questions based on the topic given.
- Write a descriptive paragraph based on the answer before.

2. Scoring Rubric
N Aspects of
Score Explanation
o Writing
3 Almost no grammatical inaccuracies
2 Some grammatical inaccuracies
1 Grammar
1 Frequent grammatical inaccuracies
0 Almost all grammatical patterns inaccurate
Almost no inaccuracies in punctuation and
2 Mechanics 3
spelling
2 Some inaccuracies in punctuation and spelling
Low standard of accuracy in punctuation and
1
spelling
Ignorance of conventions of punctuation and
0
almost all spelling inaccurate
EXERCISE
Task I
Answer the questions below!

1. What is your classmate’s name?

2. Where does he/she live?
3. How old is he/she?
4. What is his/her hobby?
5. How does he/she look like?

Task II
Write a descriptive paragraph based on your answer on Task I!