BAHAN AJAR

CHAPTER 8
explanation TEXT

Penyusun :
Lilis Suryani

DALJAB PPG BAHASA INGGRIS

UNIVERSITAS PAKUAN
2019
LEMBAR KERJA PESERTA DIDIK
 (LKPD)

Pembelajaran: 2
Tema Explanation Text

Subtema Explain to me, How the rainbow is formed?

Kelas X
Semester 1
Kompetensi Dasar 3.8 Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks,
dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa teks
explanation lisan dan tulis dengan memberi
dan meminta informasi terkait gejala alam
atau sosial yang tercakup dalam mata
pelajaran lain di kelas XI, sesuai dengan
konteks penggunaannya
4.8 Menangkap makna secara kontekstual
terkait fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan
unsur kebahasaan teks explanation lisan
dan tulis, terkait gejala alam atau sosial
yang tercakup dalam mata pelajaran lain di
kelas XI

Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi 3.8.1 Menuliskan fungsi sosial, struktur

teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa
teks explanation tulis dengan memberi
dan meminta informasi terkait gejala
alam atau sosial yang tercakup dalam
mata pelajaran lain di kelas XI, sesuai
dengan konteks penggunaannya

3.8.2 Membedakan fungsi sosial,

struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan
beberapa teks explanation tulis dengan
 memberi dan meminta informasi terkait
gejala alam atau sosial yang tercakup
dalam mata pelajaran lain di kelas XI,
sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya
4.8.1 Mengkonstruksi makna secara
kontekstual terkait fungsi sosial, struktur
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks
explanation lisan dan tulis, terkait gejala
alam atau sosial yang tercakup dalam
mata pelajaran lain di kelas XI
4.8.2 Mendemonstrasikan teks tentang
explanation tulis, terkait gejala alam atau
sosial yang tercakup dalam mata
pelajaran lain di kelas XI
Petunjuk Kerja 1. Look at this picture. Answer the
questions
2. Listen to your teacher reading this text.
Complete the missing words with the
words you heard from your teacher.
3. Identifying the Structure of an
Explanation.
4. Understanding the structure of the text.
5. Work in group of three or four students.
Observe this diagram. Then answer the
question below.
6. After observing the diagram, Then write
an explanation text about “How the rain
is formed”. Use the words below as
clues.
7. Now it is time for you to write your own
explanation text.

Lembar Kerja Peserta Didik

CHAPTER 8
Explain to me, how the rainbow is formed?
EXPLANATION TEXT
Tujuan Pembelajaran
Setelah mempelajari chapter 8 siswa dapat:
1. Menuliskan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa
teks explanation lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait gejala alam atau sosial sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya
2. Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa
teks explanation lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait gejala alam atau sosial sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya
3. Menangkap makna secara kontekstual terkait fungsi sosial, struktur teks,
dan unsur kebahasaan teks explanation lisan dan tulis, terkait gejala alam
atau sosial

Activity 1.
Look at this picture. Answer the questions
1. What is the name of the phenomenon in the picture?
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2. Have you ever seen the phenomenon?
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3. When does you usually find the phenomenon?
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4. What do you think of the phenomenon on the picture?
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5. Why does it look colorfull?
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Activity 2.
 Listen to your teacher reading this text. Complete the missing words with the words you heard from your
teacher.

separated Reflact involving distance spectrum

droplets bow shining begin light

Rainbow often appears after the rain stops. Rainbow consists of a big (1) ... spectrum and
happens from water (2) ... which reflected parallel because of the light of the sun. When the sun
is (3) ... and the light passing through water droplets, we can see a reflection because of a wide
variety of colors. The light passes and (4) ... like a light passing through a prism mirror.
Rainbow happen to (5) ... when the sunlight passing through the raindrops. The light is deflected
to the center of the droplets. The white light is separated from each other into a (6) ... of colors.
The colors that have been (7) ... then separate again into very small portions. There is more light
separated from each other in the droplets. Finally those colors form a (8) ... curve called rainbow.
On the ground, we only see a maximum of a half circle rainbow. Because rainbow created
(9) ... distance with water droplets, the rainbow always move to follow the movement of anyone
who seen it. It makes our (10) ... with rainbow constant, in other word we could never approach
the rainbow.

Activity 3
 Identifying the Structure of an Explanation
 Read the text below
 Pay attention to the structure of this text

Title HOW DESERTS REMAIN DRY

General
Statement These are three possible reasons why deserts remain dry. These are high
mountain barrier, cold ocean currents and high-pressure systems.
Sequence of
Logical Reasons Mountain Barriers
When warm air passes over the ocean it picks up moisture in the form of water
vapor. As this moist air travels over mountain ranges. When begins to rise, the air cools
and this causes the water vapor to condense into droplets which fall as rain. When the
air reaches the other side of the mountain barrier, it has lost all its moisture and so the
other side of the mountain remains dry.

Sequence of
Logical Reasons Cold Ocean Currents
Air passing over cold ocean currents is cooled and therefore is unable to pick up
and hold much moisture. When this cold air mass reaches the warm desert, any
moisture in the air is evaporated and so does not fall as rain and so the desert remains
dry.

Sequence of High Pressure Systems

Logical Reasons In a high-pressure system, the air is dry and is moving downwards. As this system
moves over the land it draws in moisture from the land surface. Consequently, the
moisture does not fall as rain and so the desert remains dry.

Activity 4
Understanding the structure of the text.
Answer these questions.
1. What is the purpose of this text?
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2. Mention the text organization of the text (the generic structure) ?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. What kind of tense is mainly used in the text?
____________________________________________________________________________
4. How many factors make the desert remain dry?
____________________________________________________________________________
5. When does the other side of mountain have lost its moisture and remains dry?
____________________________________________________________________________
6. What happens if the cold air mass reaches the warm desert?
____________________________________________________________________________
7. What happens in a high-pressure system?
____________________________________________________________________________
8. Find the words which has the same meaning with the word “boundary”
____________________________________________________________________________

Activity 5
Work in group of three or four students. Observe this diagram. Then answer the question below.

What does the diagram tell about?

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Activity 6
After observing the diagram, Then write an explanation text about “How the rain is formed”. Use the
words below as clues.

Clouds rivers sea/ocean sun wind air

Rise drop go up warm shine carry

How the rain is formed

General
Statement Rain is drop of water falling from the clouds in the sky. It is a
natural phenomenon that happens every year. The rain is formed
through several steps of process including rivers, seas, sun and
cloud.

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Activity 7
 Now it is time for you to write your own explanation text.
 Rewrite the explanation text “How the rain is formed” above.
 Tell to your friends in front of the class.

Example:
Hello, good morning my teacher, and all my friends. This morning I would like to explain about
How The rain is formed. In the rainy season, we always get wet of rain, don’t we? Yes. Do you know how
rain is formed?
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