Linawati Sucipto 16

Mega Oktavia 17

M. ‘Ammar Faiz 18

"Text Report is the text that aims to

describe something in general, which

includes a variety of things or objects to

nature, things, or man-made objects of

social phenomena that occur around us”

“Its social purpose is presenting

information about something. They

generally describe an entire class of

things, whether natural or made:

mammals, the planets, rocks, plants,

countries of region, culture,

transportation, and so on. ”

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

General statements that describe the

subject of the report, description, and

classification.

DESCRIPTION

tells what the phenomenon under

discussion; in terms of parts, qualities,

habits or behaviors.

A kangaroo is an animal found only inAustralia, although it has a smallerrelative, called a wallaby, which lives onthe Australian island of Tasmania andalso in New Guinea.

Kangaroos eat grass and plants. Theyhave short front legs, but very long, andvery strong back legs and a tail. Theseare used for sitting up and for jumping.Kangaroos have been known to makeforward jumps of over eight meters, andleap across fences more than threemeters high. They can also run atspeeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

General Classification

Description

Headers harvest crops such as harvesters. Headers combine the three operations newheat, barley and oats. These machines are also known as combine eded to harvest a crop --reaping, threshing and winnowing.

The comb on the front of the header cuts the heads off the stalks (reaping). The auger pulls the heads into the machine. The stalks left standing in the paddock are called stubble.

Threshing involves separating the grains from the head. The drum rotates, beating the heads. Straw and chaff (bits of stalk) are fed out the back of the header. Straw is spread over the ground. Stock can graze on this and the standing stubble left after harvest.

There are a number of screens in the header. Grain passes over these and fans blow the husks away. This is called winnowing. The clean grain is stored in the box. When this is full the grain is augured out into a chaser bin or truck.

Title

General statement

Series of descriptions

Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs, rather than

particular nouns, eg our dog;

Use of relating verbs to describe features, eg

Molecules are tiny particles;

Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour,

eg Emus cannot fly;

Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg

Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea;

Use of technical terms, eg Isobars are lines drawn on a

weather map;

Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organise

bundles of information; repeated naming of the topic as

the beginning focus of the clause.

Whales are sea living mammals. They therefore breathe air but can not survive on land. Some whales are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 meters in length, is the largest animal to have lived down earth. Superficially, the whales look rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external structure; its tail consist of a pair of broad, flat horizontal paddles, compare with the tail of a fish that is vertical. It has single nostril on top of its large broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lays a layer of fat. This is up to 30 cm in thickness and serves to conserve head and body fluids.

1. The text tells us about……………

a. whales

b. the size of whale

c. fish and its habitat

d. the conservation of whale

e. the differences between whale and fish

2. The false statement about whale

is…………………

a. It is large animal

b. Its skin is smooth and shinny

c. Its tail is vertical

d. It has broad head

e. It has a single nostril

3. Blubber is the…….

a. hole on the head

b. fins on the fish

c. paddle of the tail

d. skin of a fish

e. layer of fat

4.The position of nostril is in/on

the……………..

a. skin

b. fin

c. tail

d. top of broad head

d. paddle

5. “… which can exceed 30 m length." The

synonym of the bold typed word is…

a. is about

b. greater

c. more than

d. bigger

e. longer

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Thanksgiving

Day TornadoBirdsVenice

E X E R C I S E

Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a celebration of harvest, thankfulness

for peace, and the attempt of Native Americans. It is usually celebrated in late

autumn.

In the past, Thanksgiving was celebrated for their rich harvest in New

England. In North America, however, it was originally held to thank God for their

survival in the new land which was not easy for them. However, in Canada, it had

been celebrated as in New England. Thanksgiving now is celebrated in United

States of America and in Canada. Thanksgiving festivals are held every fourth

Thursday of November in the U.S and on the second Monday of October in Canada.

It is usually celebrated in four to five days in the North America and for three days

in Canada.

It is celebrated through families and friends gathering to eat and give good

luck. Turkey is the main dish in the thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving parades are

also usually held. In Thanksgiving homes are decorated with wreaths, fresh and

dried flowers. Lamps are lighted to brighten the environment. Tables are decorated

with best china and antique silver dishes to mark the occasion.

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto. Together

with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area. Venice has

been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and

“The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy

Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117

islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the

city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve

the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays

is mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now,

most Venetians travel by motorised waterbuses (“vaporetti”) which ply regular

routes along the major canals and between the city’s islands. The city also has many

private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti,

foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

You can see the amusing city’s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco, Palazzo

Contarini del Bovolo, Saint Mark’s Cathedral or villas of the Veneto. The villas of the

Veneto, rural residences for nobles during the Republic, are one of the most

interesting aspects of Venetian countryside.

Birds are interesting flying animals. They are vertebrates and warm blooded

animals. They belong to aves class and they can be found all over the world. Birds

breath with their air pocket. Beside as respiration organ, air pocket also can

enlarge or reduce their weight when flying or swimming. There are many kinds of

birds. Earth bird has special characteristic.

They have different morphology according to their food and their habitat.

Some of them eat seeds, pollen, fish or meat. There are some species that live in

land and the others live in water. Land birds live on their nest. Female birds have

specific tasks. they lay eggs and feed their baby, Beside that they look for foods for

their baby.

Tornadoes are known as one of the most damaging disasters. What is the

description of tornadoes? A tornado is a very powerful column of winds which

spirals around a center of low atmospheric pressure. A tornado will look like a

large black funnel which hangs down from a storm cloud.

The name "tornado" derives from the Latin "tonare". It means "to thunder."

While the Spanish developed the word into "tornear" which means "to turn or

twist".This is why a tornado is sometimes called twister or cyclone.

The winds inside a twister can spin around at speeds up to 500 miles an

hour, but it usually travels at roughly 300 miles an hour. This speed twisting makes a

tornado the most dangerous storm.

The average tornado has a diameter of about 200 to 300 yards. The smaller

tornadoes are known as satellite tornadoes. These small offspring, about 50 yards

across, can be very fierce and do lots of damage.

The forming of a tornado can be very quick. Sometimes it can form in a

minute or less. A tornado can travel across the ground at high speeds, then it can

suddenly vanish. Most tornadoes last less than twenty minutes and travel less than

15 miles. However, the super storms sometimes travel over 100 miles before they

are exhausted.