a type of text narrative
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NarrativeTRANSCRIPT
A TYPE OF TEXT:
A NARRATIVEDesigned and Presented by:
Iin Hermiyanto, S.Pd(The English Language Teacher for SMP An-Nisaa, Bintaro, South Tangerang – Banten)
What is text?
• Text is any piece of writing.• This could be a letter, an email, a
novel, a poem, a recipe, a note, manual instructions, an article in a newspaper or magazine, writing on a webpage or an advertisement.
• Any texts written has got PURPOSES.
• Some types of text: exposition, description, narrative, recount, report, procedure, anecdote.
A NARRATIVE
• A narrative is a text that tells a fictional story or fantasy, a factual-based story, or a story combining fact and fantasy.
• The purpose of a narrative is to entertain or to amuse the readers or the listeners.
What is a narrative?
• Orientation (a setting of characters & a plot)
• Complication (problems are arising)• Resolution (solution of problems)• Coda (moral values taken from the
story)
Generic structure of narrative (sistematika penulisan):
• An orientation contains who or what is in the story, when the story is taking place, and where the action is happening.
• A complication contains a chain of problems or conflicts that influences what will happen in the story
• A resolution contains how the characters solve the problem arisen in the complication. It can be ended by happy or sad ending.
• A coda provides a comment or moral values based on what has been learned from the story
READING COMPREHENSION:Example of narrative
Let’s learn these new words!• Broken• Washed away• Empty island• Hut• On fire• Smoke signal• Rescuers
Broken• Damaged or
not working (like machines, equipment, cars, etc)
Washed away• Moved things
somewhere by water
Empty island• An area of
land that has water around it with no one lives there.
Hut• a small, simple
building, often made of wood
On fire
• burning
Smoke signal• A series of
smoke which are sent for help.
Rescuers• People who save
someone from dangerous or difficult situation
One day a big ship was broken near a small island. There was only one man survived. He was washed away to an empty island.
Every day he waited for help but no one came. He built a little hut from the wood. One day after looking for food, he arrived home and found his little hut on fire. The smoke rolled up to the sky. Everything was lost. He was very sad.
Early the next day, however, he heard the sound of a ship that was getting closer to the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the man to the rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied. The man thanked God for the good luck. The bad thing made a good thing.
One day a big ship was broken near a small island. There was only one man survived. He was washed away to an empty island.
Who ? a manWhen? one dayWhere? on an empty island
Orientation
Every day he waited for help but no one came. He built a little hut from the wood. One day after looking for food, he arrived home and found his little hut on fire. The smoke rolled up to the sky. Everything was lost. He was very sad.
Complication
Problem: his little hut on fire, Everything was lost.
Early the next day, however, he heard the sound of a ship that was getting closer to the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the man to the rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied. The man thanked God for the good luck. The bad thing made a good thing.
Resolution and coda
Check your understanding!
1) Why was the man on the empty island?
A. He wanted to build a hutB. He looked for foodC. His ship was brokenD. His hut was on fire
C. His ship was broken
2) What did the man build on the island?
A. A hut B. A horizonC. A smoke signalD. A wood
A. A hut
3) What happened to his hut?
A. It was on fire.B. It is broken.C. It was lost.D. It was washed away.
A. It was on fire.
4) The rescuer knew the location of the man from the…
A. lost signalB. burning hutC. broken shipD. sound of ship
B. burning hut
5) “It had come to rescue him…” the underlined word means …
A. attackB. saveC. bringD. warn
B. save
6) What is the purpose of the text above?
A. To retell a past eventB. To describe a bad eventC. To amuse readersD. To inform a good storyC. To amuse readers
7) What can we learn from the story above?
A. Bad things may bring good things.B. Sad story will never be forgotten.C. Patience will bring happiness.D. Work hard will make someone
successful.
A. Bad things may bring good things.
Cloze Text: Fill in the gaps with a correct word!
Two men were traveling together, when a bear (1)… met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed (2)… in the branches. The other, seeing that he would be attacked, fell flat on the ground. The bear came up and felt him with his snout. When the bear smelt him all over, he held his breath and acted as if he had already (3)... .
suddenly
himself
died.
– suddenly– slowly– gradually– finally
– them– him– his– himself
– die– dead– died– death
Then the bear soon left him. When it was gone, the other traveler went down from the tree, and eagerly asked his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. "He gave me this advice," his companion replied. "Never travel with a friend (4)… left you at the approach of danger."
who
– who– when– Whom– which
LISTENING: Listen to the text entitled “which will be read and say if the statements TRUE or FALSE!
1) Snow White didn’t live with her mother and father.
2) Snow White would be taken to America by her uncle and aunt.
3) Snow White Ran away from the woods.4) There was no one in the cottage when
she came into it.5) Snow White lived with seven dwarfs in
the forest happily.
True
FalseFalse
True
True
SNOW WHITEOne upon a time there lived a little girl
named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.
SNOW WHITEThen she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “What’s your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
SNOW WHITEOne of the dwarfs said, “If you
wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
Kesimpulan: (Conclusion)
• Narrative text adalah teks yang berisi tentang sebuah cerita fantasi atau dongeng .
• Narrative text bisa berupa cerita rakyat (folktale), cerita binatang (fable), legenda (legend), cerita pendek (short story), dll. Di dalamnya terdapat konflik/masalah yang diikuti dengan penyelesaian.
Kesimpulan: (Conclusion)• Fungsi utama teks ini adalah untuk
menghibur pembaca atau pendengar nya.
• Ciri Kebahasaan lainnya: Narrative text sangat dominan menggunakan simple past tense
• Sering berisi kalimat langsung dan tidak langsung.
THANK YOUDesigned and Presented by:
Iin Hermiyanto, S.Pd(The English Language Teacher for SMP An-Nisaa, Bintaro, South Tangerang – Banten)
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