Presentation of Spoof Text

I am sure that all of you love funny story. I could see it when we learnt about Spoof Text last week. Now is your time to make presentation about Spoof Text. Please make it as creative as you can. Then upload it into your slideshare account. Open this link. There is an example you may use as reference.

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Presentation of Short Functional Text

At the previous meeting we have learnt and tried to make your own Short Functional Text. Now please make a power point about it as a home work, then upload it into your slideshare account. You may open this link as reference.

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Presentation of Procedure text

After you learnt about Procedure Text, please make your own presentation in power point about Procedure Text. You can open this link as an example of the presentation.

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Short Functional Text

Short Functional Text

Short Functional Text is a short text that has particular meaning and purpose, and can be used in our daily life. It may be in the form of prohibition, invitation, greeting cards, short message, shopping list, notice, announcement, etc.

Look at some examples:

The Functions: to provide complete and clear information about certain events or occasion

Some characteristics of announcement:

1. Straightforward and ease the readers to get information quickly
2. Keep it short, inviting, and to the point.
3. Clear and complete
4. For a bad news, make a direct and no-nonsense statement.

Example 2: Greeting Card

Greeting Cards functions as an expression of sympathy and care to others.

The purpose is to congratulate someone’ achievement, express sympathy on someone’s, and motivate someone on gaining achievement

Some characteristics of greeting card:

1. Clarify a clear purpose
2. Use an appraisal diction
3. Accurate addressee

Example 3: Invitation

Function/Purpose is to o invite someone to attend an occasion.

The Structure/Parts: The addressee (the person invited), salutation, the message (the content of the message), and the Sender

Some characteristics of invitation:

1. Having an accurate addressee
2. Giving clear time, place, and activity
3. Providing sufficient information about the inviter
4. Expressing  that the writer is looking forward to seeing person
5. If there is a dress code, state it in the lower left-hand corner

Example 4: Notice/Guidance

Example 5: Short Message

Its function is to send an important message to other people

Some characteristics of a short message

1. Clear addressee (someone who receives the message)
2. Straight forward
3. If it is an instruction state it clearly.

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Spoof Text

What is Spoof Text?

Spoof Text

Definition and Social Function of Spoof
Spoof is a text which tells factual story, happened in the past time with unpredictable and funny ending. Its social function is to entertain and share the story.

Generic Structure of Spoof
1. Orientation
2. Events
3. Twist

Language Feature of Spoof
1. Focusing on people, animals or certain things
2. Using action verb; ate, ran, etc
3. Using adverb of time and place
4. Told in chronological order

taken from: understandingtext.blogspot.com

For Example:

Saved by stilts

The king wanted to test Abu Nawas’ smartness. So he invited Abu Nawas to the palace. “You want me, your Majesty?” greeted Abu Nawas. “Yes, you have fooled me three times and that’s too much. I want you to leave the country. Otherwise you will have to go to jail” said the king. “If that is what you want, I will do what you said” said Abu Nawas sadly. Then “Remember, from tomorrow you may not step on the ground of this country anymore” the king said seriously. Then Abu nawas left the king palace sadly.

The following morning the king ordered his two guards to go to Abu Nawas’ house. The guards were very surprised found Abu Nawas still in his house. He had not left the country yet. Instead leaving the country, Abu Nawas was swimming in small pool in front of his house. “Hey Abu Nawas, why haven’t you left this country yet? The king ordered you not to step on the ground of this country anymore, didn’t he?” said the guards. “Sure he did” answered Abu Nawas calmly. “But look at me! Do I step on the ground of this country? No, I do not step on the ground. I am swimming on the water” continued Abu Nawas.

The guards were not able to argue with Abu Nawas so they left Abu Nawas’ house and went back to the palace. The guards reported what they had seen to the king. The king was curious on Abu Nawas’ excuse not to leave the country. Therefore the king ordered his guard to call Abu Nawas to come to the palace.

Abu Nawas came to the palace on stilts. The king wondered and said “Abu, I will surely punish you because you haven’t done what I have said. You have not left this country”. The King continued “And now, look at you. You walk on stilts like a child. Are you crazy? The king pretended to be furious.

“I remember exactly what you said, Your Majesty” Abu Nawas answered calmly. “This morning I took a bath in the small pool in my house so that I had not to step on the ground. And since yesterday, I have been walking on this stilts. So you see, Your Majesty, I do not step on the ground of this country”. The king was not able to say anything.
(Adapted from S. Harianto’s Abu Nawas and King Aaron)

Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation: Introducing Abu Nawas and the King on the counteracts about leaving and staying in the country

Event 1: Abu Nawas was swimming on the pool

Event 2: Abu Nawas was walking on the stilts

Twister: Abu Nawas explained that swimming in the pool and walking on the stilts meant not stepping on the ground of the country

taken from:understandingtext.blogspot.com

Penguin in the Park

Once a man was walking in a park when he across a penguin. He took it to a policeman and said; "What should I do?" The policeman replied; "Take it to the zoo!".
The next day, the policeman saw the man in the same park. The man was still carrying the penguin. The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to the man and asked; "Why are you still carrying the penguin? Didn't you take it to the zoo?" The man replied; "I certainly did. And it was a great idea because the penguin really enjoyed it. So, today I am taking it to the movie".

Analyzing the Text
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation;introducing participants: "He" and Penguin. They were in the park
Event1; The man tended to take the penguin to the park
Event; The following day, the man were still carrying the penguin
Twist; Even, finally the man would take the penguin to the movies

Language Feature Analysis
Focusing on certain certain participants; He, penguin, policeman
Using action verb; carry, walk up
Using adverb of time and place; once, in the park
Told in chronological order; chronological order by days, the next day

taken from: understandingtext.blogspot.com

That Phone is Off

Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.

Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.

“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone”

Notes on the Spoof’s Generic Structure

Orientation: Dave was a lucky man. He suddenly became a very rich man because of the death of his rich uncle who had no children. He inherited his uncle’s money.

Event 1: Being rich, he wanted to set up his estate company

Event 2: He had his new office. In his office, he pretended to be a very successful businessman. He acted as had an important client. He showed by making conversation on the phone.

Twist: The man whom he showed is a telephone technician. He came to Dave’s office to connect that phone.

taken from: understandingtext.blogspot.com

After you read the material and those examples, please write down your own spoof text!

Descriptive Text

The Definition and Purpose of Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
Descriptive text has structure as below:
 

Identification

Identifying the phenomenon to be described.

Description

Describing the phenomenon in parts, qualities, or/and characteristics.

The Language Feature of Descriptive Text
Attributive and identifying process.
Adjective and classifiers in nominal group.
Simple present tense

After you read explanation above, you know that You can describe anything you want, for example your favorite animal, your idol, parents, or place. These are several example of descriptive texts. After you read those examples, make your own, then describe it in front of the class.

Description of favorite animal

What is a Butterfly?

Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings.like all insects, they have six legs, three body parts, a pair of antennae, and compound eyes. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest), and abdomen (the tail end). The four wings and the six legs of the butterfly are connected to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles that make the legs and wings move.

Butterflies ere very good fliers. They have two pairs, of large wings covered with colourful scales. Butterflies and moths are the only insects that have scaly wings. The wings are connected to the butterfly’s thorax (mid-section). Butterflies can only fly if their body temperature is above 27 degrees Centigrade. Butterflies sun themselves to warm up in cool weather. As butterflies get older, the colour of the wings fades and the wings become ragged.

The speed varies among butterfly species (the poisonous varieties are slower than noun – poisonous varieties). The fastest butterflies can fly at about 50 kilometers per hour (kph) or faster. Slow flying butterflies fly about 8 kph.

Description of idol

Miley Cyrus

Her name is Miley Cyrus. She is an actress and singer from USA. She was born on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee.
Miley Cyrus is the daughter of a country singer, Billy Ray Cyrus. Her mother is Dolly Parton, a famous American singer.

Miley Cyrus has an oval face. Her hair is wavy. The colour is brown. Miley Cyrus is a vegetarian. She doesn't like eating some meat.

Her favourite meal is Chinese food. Miley Cyrus has a bad habit. She likes to bite her nails very often.

Description of parent.

My Mother

I think that my mother is a beautiful person. She is not tall but not short, and she has curly hair and brown. Her eyes color are like honey and her color skin color light brown, and she has a beautiful smile. Her weight likes 120 lbs.

She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient, and she loves to help people. I love my mom, because she is a good example to me. She loves being in the Church, and she loves sing and dance too.

She is a very good child, wife and mother. She always takes care of her family. She likes her house to be clean and organized. She a very organized person, and all things in the house are in the right place. She doesn’t like messes.

She always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I like when I am going to sleep or went I wake up or when I am going to go to some places, she always give me a kiss, and when the family have a problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us all her love.

Procedure Text

Procedure Text
Actually, we often see procedure text in our daily activity.When we want to cook instant noodle, there is an instruction at the back side of the package in order to instruct us how to cook it. Do you still remember when you were child, there was a direction at the back side of toys package to make it works. So, what is Procedure Text?

Purpose:

To help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions.

Text Organization:

• Goal:

(The final purpose of doing the instructions)

• Materials:

(ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions)

• Steps:

(a set of instructions to achieve the final purpose)

Language Features :

• Use of imperatives

(e.g.: cut, don't mix)

• Use of action Verbs

(e.g. : turn, put, mix)

• Use of connectives

(e.g. : first, then, finally, ...)

• Use of adverbial phrases

(e.g. : for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top)



this is a video of chef who make sandwich. watch this and try to do what he did in front of the class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-vcNKk-t8w