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Well students, are you ready to begin?
In this session, we are going to learn a fun lesson.
Before proceeding to the lesson, please take a look at the picture below.

Do you know what animal is it?
Where dooes it live?
What does it eat?
How does it live?
How does it look like?


Well, our lesson now is dealing with the such questions above. We are going to discuss report text.


This is the explanation of the report text

A. Definition of Report

Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analysis

B. Generic Structure of Report

1. General classification: Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general

2. Description: Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per part , customs or deed for living creature and usage for materials

C.Language Feature of Report

• Introducing group or general aspect
• Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc
• Using simple present tense




D. Examples of Report Text

1. in the form of text

ELEPHANT

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal which it has thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk. An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it has hard found in it natural habitat.

DESCRIPTION

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant's trunk also lift leaves and put them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly.

The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes an elephant a very useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.



2. in the form of dialogue

DOLPHIN

Aya : Hi Okky, it’s surprising to see you here. How’s your life?

Okky : Fine, how about you?

Aya : Fine too, thanks. Are you going to watch the dolphin show too?

Okky : Yes, of course. I’ve been waiting so long to watch such show.

Aya : Really?

Okky : Yes for sure, and how about you? You are going to watch it, aren’t you?

Aya : Not really. I just wanna refresh my mind. School assignments make me crazy.

Okky : The right place to visit, huh?

Aya : I hope so.

Okky : Talking about dolphin, do you know that it is one of the cleverest animal?

Aya : Really?

Okky : yes, Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may be possible for man to learn how to talk to dolphins. But this will not be easy because
dolphins cannot hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to talk to dolphins,
therefore, he will have to make a third language which both he and the dolphins can
understand.

Aya : Ouch, surprising. I can’t imagine how they do that. It seems so strange for human to communicate with them. I couldn’t imagine the tools, if any, to communicate with them as well.

Okky : ahaha... I could nor neither. By the way, the show seems to begin. Let’s go

Aya : OK



3. in the form of audio

Report Text about Shark

You can download the Script here





Allright, from the many forms of exmaples above, we can learn a lot of things:

1. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS

Elephant /ˈel.ɪ.fənt/

Thick /θɪk/

Strange /streɪndʒ/

Peculiar /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə r /

Feature /ˈfiː.tʃə r /

Squirt /skwɜːt/

Clumsy /ˈklʌm.zi/

Intelligent /ɪnˈtel.ɪ.dʒ ə nt/


2. INTONATION

a. Falling Intonation

How’s your life?
how about you?
I just wanna refresh my mind
School assignments make me crazy


b. Rising Intonation

Are you going to watch the dolphin show too?
Really?
You are going to watch it, aren’t you?
The right place to visit, huh?


As a media of understanding how the native speakers speak, I give you three examples of conversation done by native speakers.

Enjoy and learn the pronunciation, stress and the intonation.









3. GRAMMAR

Simple Present Tense

S + V / to be + O


For example
1. Elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals.

2. It is a strange looking animal which it has thick legs

3. The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature.

4. This trunk has various usages.

5. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath.

6. School assignments make me crazy

7. it is one of the cleverest animal


4. EXPRESSIONS

If you're going to greet some one, you can say:


Good morning

Good afternoon

Good evening

How are you today?

How’s your life?

What’s up?



Then to response someone's greeting, you can say:

Fine, how about you?

Not bad

not much




Ok, it is easy, right?
There will be no difficulties if we have willingness to learn, right?
After understanding the material above, let's check your understanding by doing these fun activities.


1. Read a report text entitled Komodo Dragon
2. Answer the questions orally.

Got it students?
Ok, let's start this fun activity

KOMODO DRAGON

Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.

Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg)

Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail. They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animal remains from several miles away. They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimes cannibalistic.

The Komodo dragon's teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon's saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on.
This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.


Answer these questions orally
1. What is the largest lizard in the world?
2. Where do they live?
3. How do they locate the decaying animal?
4. What do they eat?
5. Separate the text into its generic structure




Good job, you're so great students.
You answered all questions correctly, incredible

Well, before proceding to the next activity, I'd like you to do this exercise.

I'd like to make sure whether you have understood the expressions above

Please listen the conversation below once again, then answer the question

Fill in the Blank Exercise » fun quizzes

Allright, great....


Well, let's move on the next fun activity

Now I'd like you to work in pairs to practice the three examples of conversation above

You may choose one of them

You can download the script here

Later on, you may practice the conversation in front of the class

OK, happy practicing





For your home fun, I give opportunity to create your own report text.

It's up to you to choose the theme.

Your report text will be in the form of dialogue.

Please work in pairs and decide your own partners.

Next meeting, you're supposed to perform in the front of the class.

Don't forget to involve the useful expressions above.

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