EXPRESSING THE MEANING AND WRITING

DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

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 STANDAR KOMPETENSI

12. Mengungkapkan makna teks tulis fungsional dan esei pendek

sangat sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan procedure untuk
berinteraksi dengan lingkungan terdekat

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 KOMPETENSI DASAR

12.2 Mengungkapkan makna dalam monolog pendek sangat sederhana

dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa lisan secara akurat, lancar,
dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan terdekat
dalam teks berbentuk descriptive

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 INDIKATOR

1. Mengidentifikasi berbagai informasi rinci dalam teks

descriptive.
2. Mengidentifikasi ciri – ciri kebahasaan teks descriptive.
3. Mengidentifikasi langkah – langkah retorika teks descriptive.

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MATERI
 Activity #1
Learn how to describe parts of the body below. Work in pairs.
1. 2.

a fat man a slim woman a tall man a short woman

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 3. 4.

an oval face an around face straight hair curly hair

5. 6.

thick lips Thin lips round eyes a slanting eye

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a pointed nose a flat nose

8.

black hair grey hair

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 Activity #2
Study the way to describe somebody in a sentence.

Positive statement

Subject be adjectives / noun / noun phrase

I am a student
You are smart
He is clever
She is a smart students
It is an easy test
We are diligent
They are a rich man

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 Negative statement

Subject be not adjectives / noun / noun phrase

I am not a student
You are not smart
He is not clever
She is not a smart students
It is not an easy test
We are not diligent
They are not a rich man

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 Activity #3
In pairs, recall the meanings of the words below. Then label the
parts of the head.

Cheek : ………………..
Chin : ………………..
Ear : ………………..
Hear : ………………..
Forehead : ………………..
Lip : ………………..
Nose : ………………..
Eye : ………………..

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 Activity #4
In pairs, match each name of parts of the body with its descriptive
words. See the example.

Parts of the body Descriptive adjectives

 Body o Big
 Eye o Brown
 Face o Curly
 Hair o Fat
 Leg o Long
 Mouth o Round
 Nose o Slanting
 Skin o Strong
 Teeth o White

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 Activity #5
Study the explanation below. Share your understanding with your classmate
sitting next to you.

Genre of text : Descriptive texts

• Social function : to describe a particular person, place or thing.
• Generic structure :
a. Identification : identifies phenomenon to be described. It gives
general information of the person (name, job and
age), place or thing.
b. Description : describes parts, qualities, characters.
Sometimes descriptive text has general comment in the end, for example:
He is a good person and we love him very much.

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 Task 1 EVALUASI

Read the text. Study the structure of the text. Answer the questions.

Mr Rahmat

Mr Rahmat is my uncle. He is a farmer in the country. He is 50 years old.

He is tall and handsome. He has round eyes, a pointed nose, and thick
lips. He has straight hair. He is strong. His arms and legs are strong. His skin is
brown. He is very diligent. He is also smart and honest.
He is a good person and we love him very much.

Questions:

1. What is the purpose of the text?

2. What kind of the text?
3. What is the generic structure of the text?

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 Task 2

Work in pairs. Discuss which of these do you think your friends

are? For example: Ali is good looking.

No. Adjective No. Adjective

1. good-looking 6. bossy
2. fun 7. intelligent
3. happy 8. friendly
4. Interesting 9. shy
5. boring 10. honest

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 Task 3

Read the following chart of the descriptions of Ahmad and Ali.

Complete the text about them.

Ahmad Ali
Age 12 years old 12 years old
Eyes black blue
Hair brown, short blonde, long, straight
Height 140 cms 160 cms
Weight 40 kgs 45 kgs

Ahmad and Ali look …………………..

They have the same………….
Ahmad has…………………eyes and Ali has blue………... They both
have ……. hair, but Ahmad has ………………..hair and Ali has
………… hair. Ahmad is …… and ………...but Ali is ………. and heavy.
As you can see Ahmad does not look like Ali . They look different.

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 Task 4

Write five sentences about the people below. Include their look,
age, hair, hobbies and personality.

1. My father
2. My favorite teacher
3. My brother.
4. My sister.

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 Task 5

In pairs, complete the following description about Captain Zaenal

handsome strong
blond slim
tall pointed
oval

Captain Zaenal

Captain Zaenal is a pilot. He is 35 years old. He is ___________ and

___________. He is __________ and has __________ body. He has
_________ hair. His face is __________. He has a _________ nose.
He flies planes around the world. We admire him.

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 Task 6

Describe one of your close friends. Attach her/his photograph. You may
follow the questions below to write the description.

1. Who is his/her name?

2. What is he/she?
3. How old is he/she?
4. How does he/she look like?
5. How tall is he/she?
6. How does his/her face look like?
7. How does his/her hair look like?
8. How do his/her eyes look like?
9. How does his/her nose look like?
10. What do you think of him/her?

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Assignment 1
HOME ASSIGNMENT

Describe one of the students below. They are (from left to right) Azizah,
Lutfiyah, Faizah, Aminah, and Nadifah.

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 Assignment 2

Write short description text about your self. You may write your
draft in the space below.

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 Assignment 3

Find one picture of a famous actor or actress, cut and put it here.

Write as many sentences as you can about why he/she is famous,

his/her look, age, hair, hobbies and personality. Start like this:

This is ………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………..

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 Assignment 4

Write a description of a famous star in about 100 words. Do not forget

to introduce him, describe his appearance, personality and hobbies.
Plan your essay like this.

Title …………..

Paragraph 1: name, why famous …………………………….

Paragraph 2: appearance, body, tall, hair, clothes …………………………….
Paragraph 3: personality, kindness, examples …………………………….
Paragraph 4: hobbies, examples …………………………….
Paragraph 5: conclusion…………………………….

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 Referensi

1. Contextual Teaching and Learning. Rini, Kumala.

2008. Jakarta : Pusat Perbukuan Depdiknas.
2. English in Focus. Wardiman, Artono. 2008.
Jakarta : Pusat Perbukuan Depdiknas.
3. Scaffolding. Priyana, Joko. 2008. Jakarta : Pusat
Perbukuan Depdiknas.
4. Real Time. Bates Nina. 2007. Jakarta: Erlangga.
5. Let’s Talk. Siswanto, Joko. 2005. Bandung: Pakar
Raya.

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