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Hi students!

Welcome to this Fun Learning Activity!

And first of all, to make you familiar with the materials, let’s see the pictures below!
 

Have you ever seen those pictures before?

Above, are pictures that we usually see when we read a Narrative Text.

So, what is a Narrative text?

A Narrative text is a text that the social function is to amuse, entertain and to deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution. 

Generic structure:

1. Orientation      : containing plot and characters.
2. Evaluation        : evaluating the plight of the story.
3. Complication   : crisis of the story.
4. Resolution       : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse.

Lexicogrammatical Features

1. Focus on individualized participant

2. Use of material processes (behavioral and verbal processes)

3. Use temporal conjunction and temporal circumstances

4. Use past tense

Since that you have already familiar with a Narrative text, now, let’s do some fun practice!

Part I Listening Section

Exercise 1

Vocabulary

• Challenge
• Laughed
• Blew
• Spotted
• Take (something) off
• Button (something) up
• Embarrassed
• Sweat
• Dived
• Apologized

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Exercise 2

Vocabulary

• Jealous
• Minister
• Marriage
• Curious
• Refused
• Pretended
• Necklace
• Jeweler
• Innocent
• Confessed

 

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Exercise3

Vocabulary

• Flew
• Trick
• Creature
• Crooned
• Branch
• Feathers
• Nightingale
• Compliment
• Beak
• Flatterer

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Part II Speaking Section

Welcome to the Speaking Section!

In this section there will be some Narrative texts that you have to read loudly in front of the class! But don’t be afraid, you only have to choose one of them!

1. The Monkey and The Crocodile
2. The Emperor’s New Clothes
3. The Monkey King

Below, is the example how to read the Narrative text!

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Good Luck!

Part III Reading Section

Welcome to the Reading Section!

This is the 3rd part of our Fun Actvity.

You come nearly  to an end of this study! However, there are still a lot of exercises you have to accomplish! Keep your spirit!

Exercise 1

Read the following text and answer the question!

The Smart Parrot

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano but the bird kept not saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.

One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.

The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.


Questions

1.      What is the story about?

2.      Who are the characters of the story?

3.      What is the name of the place where the bird born?

4.      What would the man do if the bird kept not saying the word?

5.      What happened in the chicken house in the next day?

6.      What can we learn from the story above?

7.      Which paragraph(s) tell(s) you about the orientation?

8.      Which paragraph(s) tell(s) you about the event?

9.      Which paragraph(s) tell(s) you about the complication?

10.  Which paragraph(s) tell(s) you about the resolution?

       Vocabulary Exercise

From the story above, find at least 10 verbs that in the past form!

Grammar Focus: Past simple Tense

(+) Subject + Verb II + O

(-) Subject + did + Verb I + O

(?) Did + Subject + Verb I + O

Example:

• You wrote the note.
• You did not write the note.
• Did you write the note?

There are five conditions where we can use Past Simple Tense:

1. Completed Action in the Past

I bought a car yesterday.

2. A Series of Completed Actions

I finished my essay, walked to the park, and found a nice place to sit.

3. Duration in Past

I studied in Semarang for five years.

4. Habits in the Past

My father played drum when he was young.

5. Past Facts or Generalizations

She did not like meat before.

     Change the verbs in the brackets into the correct forms!

1. My sister (sweep) the floor this morning.
2. He (give) me the book yesterday
3. I (go) home, (open) the door, and I (find) this key on the sofa.
4. I (start) my car, (drive) it to the beach, and (see) a good wave.
5. My uncle (join) a military for thirty years.
6. We (play) the game for ten minutes.
7. Susan (learn) a piano when she was six.
8. They never (go) to school, they always (skip) the class.
9. (Do) you live in Bangkok when you were kid?
10. In the past, people (think) that earth is flat.

Part IV Writing Section

This is the last section of our activity.
By accomplishing this last section, I hope you'll get a good understanding of Narrative text!
So, this is it!

Exercise 1
Word Formation
Direction: Write down the past form of the following words!

1. arise
2. awake
3. begin
4. come
5. fly
6. do
7. fall
8. cut
9. drive
10. tear
11. send
12. go

Exercise 2
Jumbled Sentence

Direction: Arrange the following words into good sentences!

1. the - at - home - it  -man - But - answered
2. see - intelligence? - your - Can - I 
3. tiger - One, - a - saw - field - working - day - the - and - his - farmer - buffalo - in - the
4. oh - intelligent - buffalo - man - The - very - answered - the - is
5. strong - you - so - are - and - big
6. my - man - buffalo - am - when - Yes - said - will - gone - afraid - the - but - I -  you - kill - I - am
7. went - spoke - man - home, - the - the - the - to - buffalo - tiger - After
8. intelligent - The - tell - asked - can - tiger - he - you - me - is? - how
9. asked - next - to - So - day - the - the - the - man - tiger
10. The - small - surprised - to - a - animal - was - tiger - animal - very - to - big - see - listening - a
11. he - even - seen - know - about - you - said - intelligence - Now - Then - my - you - haven’t - it
12. can’t - I - tell - ask - said - can - the - No, - but - you - you - him - buffalo
13. tie - you - tree? - I - to - Can - a
14. tied - he - the - intelligence - his - didn’t - home - man - the - to - the - get - tiger - tree, - go – to - After
15. know - to - The - animal - small - more - wanted - the - big - tiger - about - and - the - animal
16. farmer - was - from - there - Once - a - Java
17. do - tells - man - do - Why - do - you - do - the - you?
18. Animal – the - smartest
19. and - get - go - you - asked - tiger - Can - it? - the
20. with - Every - field - evening - buffalo - he - ploughed - morning – every - and – his
21. the - plough - He - tiger - his - took - hit - and

Exercise 3

Jumbled Paragraph

Direction: Arrange the sentences above into good paragraphs!

Exercise 4

Punctuation Focus

Rewrite the paragraph below into correct punctuation!

a farmer and a box

once time there was a poor farmer he lived with his wife One day he dug up his field and found a big box. he then kept it in their house

one sunny morning his wife dropped an apple in the box. suddenly the box begun filled with apples. no matter how many apples were taken out more apples took place in the box

one day the framer dropped a gold coin into that box At once apples disappeared and the box begun filled up with gold coins Soon the farmer became rich

having heard that his son got rich the framer's father visited the couple His father was not very strong. he could not go out to work anymore So the farmer asked his old father to help him take the gold coins out of the box

his father worked hard took the gold coins out of the box When he told that he was very tired and wanted to have a rest the farmer shouted at him Why are you so lazy Why can't you work harder The old man said nothing and continued to work. suddenly the old man fell into the box he died  At once the gold coins disappeared and the box begun filled up with dead men

he framer had to pull out and burried To do this the farmer had to spend all the money which he had collected before. when he had used up all his money the box broke the farmer was just as poor as before

Exercise 5
Essay Focus
Write down a Narrative text in a good structure!
Your Essay must be at least 250 words!

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