Create dialogs based on the situations below

1. Raka calls Eka and Eka’s mother picks up the phone. She says that Eka is out. Then, Raka leaves a message for Eka that they both will have a study club in his house at 3 p.m.

How would the dialog go?

2. You will have an extra class today. You forgot to tell your mother this morning about it. You know that your mother worries you if you come home late without any notification. You tell your friend about it. He/she listens to your story and he/she lends you his/her mobile phone to call your mother. How would the dialog go?

Contoh jawaban:

1. Eka’s mother : Hello, Hananto residence here. Can I help you?

Raka : Hello, Mrs. Hananto. I am Raka. May I speak to Eka, please?

Eka’s mother : Hello, Raka. I’m really sorry, Eka is out. Do you want to leave a message for him?

Raka : Sure. Could you please tell him that I will be waiting for him to have a study club in my house at 3 this afternoon?

Eka’s mother : O.K., I’ll let him know your message as soon as he comes home.

Raka : Thanks, Ma’am. Goodbye.

Eka’s mother : Goodbye, Raka.

2. Your friend : Donna, what happens? You look upset.

You : Well, I forgot to tell my mother that we will have an extra class today.

Your friend : Did you?

You : That’s right. I’m quite sure my mom will worry me if I don’t come home as usual.

Your friend : I’m sorry to hear that. Well, you can use my mobile phone to call your mother.

You : Can I? Thanks, Ria.

Your friend : You’re welcome.

Spoken Text

2.2 Genre

Read the following monolog.

Let me tell you my experience during an earthquake last week. When the earthquake happened, I was in my car. I was driving home from my vacation to Bali.

Suddenly, my car lurched to one side, to the left. I thought I got a flat tire. I did not know that it was an earthquake. I knew it was an earthquake when I saw some telephone and electricity poles falling down to the ground, like matchsticks.

Then, I saw a lot of rocks tumbling across the road. I was trapped by the rocks. Even I could not move my car at all. There were rocks everywhere. There was nothing I could do but left the car and walked a long way to my house, in the town.

When I reached my town, I was so surprised that there was almost nothing left. The earthquake made a lot of damage to my town. Although nothing was left, I thanked God that nobody was seriously injured.

Source: November 28, 2009 <http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-horrible-experience-recount-text-1.html>

The text above is a recount in spoken form. It functions to retell past events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

Read the following text.

My Bad Holiday Written Text

Orientation

I went to my uncle’s house in Batam last month on the long holiday. I stayed with Uncle Antasena and Aunt Firda and their son Seno. They live in a small house in the center of the city called Nagoya. I liked the house, but I didn’t like the area much because it was very noisy.

Events

My uncle and aunt were very nice. We visited Batam Center, Waterfront City and Nongsa Beach. The weather was hot all day long.

Unfortunately, Seno and I disagreed on most things. He played loud music when I wanted to sleep. When his best friend came to stay, I had to sleep on the floor. When we went to a place called Galang Island, Seno didn’t want to go to the ex Vietnam camp, he wanted to go fishing on the Melur beach. So, I went to the ex-Vietnam camp on my own. I didn’t enjoy it.

Re-orientation I can’t say I would like to go back to my uncle’s house. It wasn’t a nice holiday at all.

Adapted from: English in Focus for Grade VIII Junior High School (SMP/MTs)

The text above is a recount in written form. It is a text that tells us about what had

happened in series of events in sequence. The function of the text is to tell an event in the past time chronologically.

The generic structure of a recount:

● Orientation; introduces the main character(s), the location and the time. To make it easier, you can answer the questions:

– Who involved in the story?

– Where did it happen?

– When did it happen?

● Series of events; writes the events chronologically. It begins from the first event, followed by the second event to the last event. The sum of events depends on the creativity of the writer.

● Reorientation; the writer’s conclusion or comment about the story. Not all recounts closed by reorientation. It is optional.

Source: <http://id.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091119055139AAr1eCn>

Grammar Section

Modals

Read the following dialog.

The bold-typed words above are called modals.

Modals generally express a speaker or reader’s attitudes or moods. It means a speaker feels that something is necessary, advisable, permissible, possible or probable. Modals can convey the strength of these attitudes.

There are many kinds of modals, such as can, may, must, will.

Patterns:

1. Affirmative sentences: Subject + modal + verb base + . . .

● My little brother can ride a bike. (showing capability)

● You may come before 4 o’clock this afternoon. (showing possibility)

● You must arrive at school on time. (telling someone to do something)

● We will drop by Diana’s house tomorrow. (intending to do something) 2. Negative sentences: Subject + modal + not + verb base + . . .

● I cannot do the test. (showing incapability)

● It’s too late. Ria and Vivi may not come. (showing impossibility)

● You mustn’t cheat during the test. (telling someone not to do something)

● We won’t play any longer. We are tired. (not intending to do something) 3. Interrogative sentences: Modal + subject + verb base + . . . ?

● Can you fix the fan? (asking about capability)

● May I use your bike? (asking about possibility/asking for permission)

● Must I wash all the clothes? (asking about an obligation)

● Will you be at home this afternoon? (asking about someone’s intention)

Winda, can you go to my house this afternoon?

Sure, I can. What’s up?

My mother made a cheese cake. That’s

your favorite, isn’t it?

Great! I love the cake.

Answer the following questions.

1. In Unit 1 you have learned about narratives. What is the purpose of a narrative?

Jawaban: To entertain the readers.

2. What is the structure of a narrative?

Jawaban: Orientation, complication and resolution.

3. Can you mention some narratives? What are they?

Jawaban: I can. They are Cinderella, Alladin, Tangkuban Perahu, etc.

A. Listen to your teacher.

Complete the text below based on what you have heard.

Teks yang dibacakan guru dan jawaban:

Hello, my name is Clara. I’d like to tell you about my experience during the (1) New Year holiday. At that time, my family and I went to the (2) garden center to buy some (3) plants and seeds for the garden. It was a very sunny day when we (4) set off in the car.

When we arrived, we had to find a place to park as the car park (5) was packed full of cars.

We managed to find a place eventually, but it was a (6) tight squeeze and we had to be careful in opening the car door so we wouldn’t (7) bang the other cars.

Next, we went into the store. We went to look for some seeds first and we bought some peas, carrot and (8) lettuce packets. After that, we went to look at the plants and mom chose a planter full of flowers. Finally, we paid for all (9) our purchases at the check out before finding our car and driving home.

I really enjoyed our trip out, especially when dad said we could buy ice cream from the van in the (10) car park. It was great.

Adapted from: April 24, 2006 <http://www.coppschool.lancsngfl.ac.uk/blackbar.htm?/Classwork/Classwork/Class3/

Literacy/typesofwriting/recount.htm>

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