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Module of English Grade X
Topic:

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?



















By:

ENGLISH TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JAVA

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TABLE OF CONTENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
PREFACE
DIRECTION
STANDARD OF COMPETENCY
BASIC COMPTENECY
REQUIRED ABILITY
PRETEST
INDICATORS



Learning Activity: 1 WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
1. Adjectives
2. Present Tense
3. Descriptive Text
Learning Activity 2 CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MOTHER?
1. Describing People

POST TEST
CLOSING
GLOSSARY
BYBLIOGRAPHY




PREFACE
This Module of English for Grade X discusses the Descriptive in terms of Reading and Writing Skills.
By learning this module, it is highly hoped that you will know more about the generic structure and language feature of Descriptive Text and able to write the description of something.


INSTRUCTION
This module is divided into 2 parts:
Learning Activity 1 : What does It Look Like?
Learning Activity 2 : Can You Describe Your Mother?

 Study the following module carefully. Start from learning activity 1 until you come to mastery. To know whether you have mastered the lesson well, do the assignment provided in this module, and then check your answers with the key provided at the end of the chapter.

 Review the assignment that you did not do well, then check your answers with the key provided.

 You need 4 x 45 minutes to study this module, including the time given to do the Post Test.


STANDARD OF COMPETENCY
6. To understand meanings in short functional texts and simple essay texts of narrative, descriptive and news item, in daily life context and to access science.

BASIC COMPETENCY
6. 2. To respond meanings and rethoric steps in simple essays accurately, fluently and acceptably in daily life context and to access sience in texts of narrative, descriptive, and news items.


PRE REQUISITE ABILITY
None

PRETEST


OUTPUT INDICATORS
After studying this module, you are expected to be able to describe a thing/person using the correct generic structure and linguistic features.
ACTIVITY 1
Do you know some words that are used to describe something, like BIG, SMALL, BLUE, etc? Match the pictures to the words

Gbr gadis gemuk

fat
Gbr pensil tajam

thick
Gbr semut kecil

cold
Gbr buku tebal

beautiful
Gbr anak kedinginan

Wide
Gbr hawa panas

sharp
Gbr pohon tinggi

narrow
Gbr gadis cantik

small
Gbr jalan luas

Hot
Gbr jalan sempit

tall

ACTIVITY 2
To know more about it, read the following explanation
ADJECTIVE
Adjectives are modifying nouns. They describe nouns.
Example:
1. My book is thick.
adj
2. This is a wide room.
adj
Adjectives come in many types. They describe:
1. ordinal number (first, second, last)
2. cardinal number (one, two, three)
3. general judgment (bad, good, nice, beautiful)
4. general mental judgment (intelligent, beautiful)
5. measurement (big, tall)
6. age or temperature (old, young, hot)
7. shape (round, oval)
8. color (red, green)
9. material (wooden, golden)
10. origin, nationality (French, Chinese)

ACTIVITY 3
After you read the explanation about adjectives, find the adjectives in the following sentences. Underline your answer.
1. The first three competitors broke the record.
2. He had a beautiful old chess.
3. There was a round green spot on this Japanese carpet.
4. This is a nice hotel for my big family to stay.
5. Don’t you have any green blouse to come with my black trousers?

Key:
1. first, three
2. beautiful, old
3. round, green, Japanese
4. nice, big
5. green, black

ACTIVITY 4
Now you already learned Adjectives in sentences, supply the appropriate adjectives to the missing words in the sentences.
1. Good! I like your . . . . score. I feel . . . .
2. Mrs. Stevenson is not from Indonesia, she is . . . .
3. What color is your house? Is . . . . or . .. . . ?
4. Look at that . . .. screen? It is much bigger than the TV in my home.
5. The sun seems very . . . . .

ACTIVITY 5
Look at the pictures, then write sentences to describe them.
Example:


It is a luxurious big house
The house is big and luxurious


Gbr rumah mungil dan cantik



Gbr nenek gemuk dan tua Gbr gadis cantik dan kurus Gbr anjing bulu coklat liar Gbr pohon tinggi
……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ……………….. ………………

ACTIVITY 6
Do you know what SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE is? Study the following explanation.

Pattern
Affirmative
Subject V 1 Object/Complement
I
You
We
They go to school everyday.
He
She
It goes to school everyday.
Negative
Subject Aux V Object/Comp.
I
You
We
They don’t go to school everyday
He
She
It doesn’t go to school everyday

Interrogative
Aux S V Object/comp.
Do I
You
We
They go to school everyday?
Does He
She
It go to school everyday?

Function:
1. to express habitual action or routine activities
a. I go running three times a week.
2. to express general truth
a. The sun rises in the east
3. to express future event in terms of schedule, program, agenda or plan.
a. The first flight departs at 06.30 a.m.

Look at the example:


Gbr anak laki2 sedang belajar



Gbr. Pesawat sedang take off Gbr. 3 dokter sedang jalan di depan RS
Sony always studies every evening The last flight to Medan leaves at 05.30. Doctors work at the hospital.

ACTIVITY 8
You have learned the pattern and function and PRESENT TENSE; also some examples of it. Now, try the following exercise.
Example:
Nining . . . . the piano everyday. (practices)

1. We .usually . . dinner at seven o’clock everyday.
2. Teachers . . . . lesson and . . . . homework.
3. gdf
4. fgfd
5. fgf
6. fgdg
7. dgdf
8. fg
9. dg
10. gfg

ACTIVITY 9
After you learn Adjectives and Present Tense, now study the following explanation about Descriptive Text.

1. The Social function of Descriptive Text to tell specific characteristics about a particular thing, place or person.
2. It consists of
a. Identification
Identifies phenomenon to be described
b. Description
Describes parts, qualities, characters
3. It mostly uses Present Tense and adjectives in describing something.

Look at the example of the text:

Study the schematic structure and linguistic features of the descriptive text.
















Borobudur is a great Buddhist temple.

The temple is located in Magelang on the island of Java in Indonesia. Built in the 9th century under the Sailendra dynasty of Java, it was abandoned in the 11th century and partially excavated by archaeologists in the early 20th century.

Influenced by the Gupta architecture of India, the temple is constructed on a hill 46 m (150 ft) high and consists of eight steps like stone terraces, one on top of the other. The first five terraces are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhist sculpture in bas-relief; the upper three are circular, each with a circle of bell-shaped stupas (Buddhist shrines). The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the center of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km (some 3 mi) of passages and stairways. The design of Borobudur, a temple-mountain symbolizing the structure of the universe, influenced temples built at Angkor, Cambodia. Borobudur was rededicated as an Indonesian national monument in 1983 following extensive reclamation, aided by the United Nations.

(Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2005)

ACTIVITY 10
How far can you understand the text? Answer the questions below to check your comprehension. Check your answers with they key provided.
1. What is being described?
2. Where is it located?
3. Can you describe it?
4. What are the first five terraces like?
5. Where is the large stupa crowned?
6. What tenses are mostly used in the text?
7. Can you find adjectives in the text? Mention them.
8.
KEY:
1. Borobudur
2. In Magelang, Central Java
3.
4. They are are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Buddhist sculpture in bas-relief …..
5. At the center of the top circle.
6. Present Tense
7. Yes, I can. Eight, five, square, circular, entire, top, Indonesian.

ACTIVITY 11
Analyze the schematic structure and of descriptive text. Then answer the questions below.



Spring Garden Apartment

The Spring Garden Apartment Complex offers you and your family country living at its best.
Surrounded by beautiful woods and hills, Spring Garden is located ten miles outside the city but is only minutes from downtown on the freeway.
Unfurnished two-bedroom apartments are available. Each apartment has a dishwasher, central heating, air conditioning, and a laundry room. Children and pets are welcome.
In addition, there are tennis and basketball courts, two swimming pools, and a playground. There are two parking spaces for each apartment.
(Source: Interchange 3: English for International Communication, 1995)

1. What does the writer want with this text?
2. What does the text describe?
3. Where can you possibly find this kind of text?
4. Mention some adjectives in the text.
5. What tenses are mostly used? Give examples.

KEY:
1. He wants to advertise something.
2. It describes the Spring Garden Apartment.
3. In the newspaper, magazines and brochures.
4. unfurnished, two-bedroom, available, two
5. Present Tense.
6. example: The Spring Garden Apartment Complex offers you and your family country living at its best


ACTIVITY 12
Try to make a descriptive text of one particular place in pairs. First, find some detailed information about it. Complete the table below:
Location Weather Distance from the closest big city population Interesting places Other features



After you complete the table, try to make it into paragraph. Don’t forget to use the generic structure and language features that you have learned.
Generic structure:
1. identification
2. description
Language feature:
1. Adjectives
2. Present Tense.
When you have finished, ask other pairs to read your writing and ask the to give some comments. Finally, rewrite your text.

ACTIVITY 13
Assignment
Do the following activity individually.
Try again the activity 12 but this time, please work invidually. When you feel ready, exchange your text with your friend.

POST TEST
READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW
TEXT 1
London, the capital city of England, has been one of the major cities in Europe for centuries. Because of its long history, it has many old buildings.
The historical centre of London is now relatively small area still known as the City, which covers only about 2.6 sq km (about 1 sq mi). The City is capitalized, to distinguish it from the larger metropolis. This is where London began as a Roman colonial town around AD 50, at the point where the Romans built the first bridge in London. Today this area is one of the world’s leading financial centres. Most of the financial activities are crowded along Threadneedle Street, near the intersection known as the Bank, which includes the huge Bank of England complex, the Royal Exchange, and the Stock Exchange. The permanent residential population of the city is now less than 6000, but about 350,000 commute here daily to work. The only large residential portion of the City is the Barbican Centre, a concrete complex of towers, parking garages, and pedestrian walkways located on the northern edge of the City. The Barbican was built to replace older buildings destroyed in World War II (1939-1945), when Germans heavily bombed London.

1. The first paragraph of the text as …
a. description
b. orientation
c. reorientation
d. identification
e. complication
2. Threadneedle Street is very famous because …
a. it is near the intersection as the Bank
b. the Romans built the first bridge in London
c. the only large residential portion of the City is the Barbican Centre
d. most of the financial activities are crowded
e. buildings were destroyed in World War II (1939-1945)
3. The only large residential portion of the City is the Barbican Centre, a concrete complex of towers, parking garages, and pedestrian walkways … .
The underlined word has the similar meaning with ….
a. walker
b. tourist
c. banker
d. citizen
e. stalker

TEXT 2
Lake Toba, which is situated in the centre of Bukit Barisan mountain range, is an interesting mountain ____8____ with Samosir island in centre of the lake. It boasts many modern hotels and has facilities for water sports such as boating, water skiing and swimming.
In West Sumatra, the centre of culture and tourism in Bukit Tinggi, situated in the highlands north of the provincial ____9____ of Padang. West Sumatra is a land of scenic beauty with green lakes and blue mountains.
Java has a great number of attractions, including the world renowned Botanical Gardens in Bogor, and the wildlife reserve of Ujung Kulon in the south-west of the island. There is also Borobudur, a gigantic Buddhist shrine, is situated 42 kilometers north -west of Yogyakarta.
The Ijen crater lies in East Java and provides hot springs, waterfalls and free roaming deers as well as a sulphur crater. A three hour drive from Surabaya and a pony ride from the village of Ngadisari will take you to mount Bromo, which is an active volcano with sulphur fumes and smoke emited from its depths. The inhabitants of the ____10____ area believe in the Got of Bromo and bring offerings to his deity.
Bali is different from the rest of Indonesia because of its ____11____ form of Hinduism called “Hindu Dharma.” Religion is the main source of traditional customs in family and community life. Religion is the soul of a Balinese and it finds its expression in art. Many articles and books have been written on Bali.

4. a. crater d. volcano
b. rim e. resort
c. flowers
5. a. capital d. area
b. city e. location
c. town
6. a. farthest d. poor
b. suburb e. crowded
c. surrounding
7. a. famous d. various
b. similar e. good
c. unique

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT RELATED TO THE TEXT

8 Every night the watchman turns on the light and . . . around the building every half hour.
a Walks
b Is walking
c To be walking
d Walking
e To walk
9 Arif : Do you have to work late today?
Jihan : . . . .
a Yes, I have.
b No, I haven’t.
c Yes, I do.
d No, I don’t have.
e Yes, I do have.
10 The city is more . . . . after the authority put some more Said trees and water spring in front of the city hall.
a attract
b attracts
c attraction
d attractive
e attracted
ESSAY
Write a text of description on the following information. Use the correct generis structure and language feature that you have learned.
Official Name : Indonesia
Area : 1,904,443 sq km
Population : 238,452,950
Languages : Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of Malay; official), English, Dutch, Sundanese, Arabic, Chinese, and local dialects, especially Javanese (about 300 languages and dialects are spoken).
Main cities : Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan, Palembang
Religion : Muslim: 87 percent, Protestant: 6 percent, Roman Catholic: 3 percent, Hindu: 2 percent, Buddhist: 1 percent, Other 1: percent
Major export : Petroleum and petroleum products, natural and manufactured gas, wood and wood products, food products, textiles, metal ores, footwear, electrical and electronic products

My motherland, Indonesia

Indonesia is a great country.

This country is archipelagic. It has lots of islands. The country’s territory is very wide. It covers 1,904,443 sq km. …………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………


KEY:
1.
2.

GLOSSARY
Adjectives : words that modify nouns
Present Tense : the sentence structure that is used in expressing general truth and habitual action
Descriptive text : a type of text that is used to describe one prticular thing, person or place.
Generis structure: a common structure that is usually used by most descriptive text.
Language feature : some featurs in the text which délas with linguistic terms.
Identification : general description on something
Description : detailed description of something which may incluye physical feature, habit etc.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Hartono, Rudy, English for the Tenth Grade of SMA/KTSP-2007
Setiawan Djauhari, Otong, Bimbingan Pemantapan Bahasa Inggris, Yrama Yudha 2002