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Part 7.
1. How did the farm er find IYAPUTIH’s body?
2. What did he do? 3.
From whom did LATUPATTI know about his daughter’s death? 4. Where did LATUPATTI bury his daughter?
Activity 2: Speaking Skill Discussion points
1. Do you think that the event described in the story could have happened in real life? Give some examples.
2. Find some descriptions that tell you IYAPUTIH was in great depression.
Activity 3: The Language Use Grammar points 1. Review of past tenses
Study these extracts from THE LEGEND OF GUNUNG NONA, and fill the table below with the suitable form of tenses.
1. IYAPUTIH grew up to be a young beautiful woman. 2. One afternoon she was sitting on the stone by the garden trying to entertain herself
with the natural beauty around her. 3. There were some beautiful butterflies.
4. She couldn’t eat or sleep well.
5. He couldn’t believe that IYAPUTIH would take such action.
6. The prince and his family would arrive soon in IYAPUTIH’s house.
7. When the men were exploring the area to look for IYAPUTIH, they saw a horse from a distance.
8. The chairs had been arranged in the living room. 9. A welcome dance group had already stood by the door steps.
10. They could not please her or put a little smile on her face as they used to be.
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REVIEW OF PAST TENSES Verb form
Example Use
Past perfect 9
Past simple Past continues
Would + infinitive Could + infinitive
Used to
2. Study these sentences and explain the difference in meaning between them.
1. When Iyaputih’s father went to the room, he found a letter. 2. When Iyaputih’s father went to the room, a letter was found.
3. Iyaputih’s father was going to the room where a letter was found. 4. Iyaputih’s father went to the room where a letter had been found.
3.
Adverbs.
Read the extract from the LEGEND OF GUNUNG NONA below and 1 Find some adverbs in this extract. 2. Find verbs that adverbs have attached to 3 Do you think the
adverbs are necessary?
It was a bright sunny day. The prince and his family would arrive soon in IYAPUTIH’s house. The house yard was clean and neat. The chairs had been
arranged neatly in the living room. A bunch of purple orchids was put on wooden table. In the kitchen, some people were busily preparing foods and
drinks for the guest. A welcome dance group had already stood by at the door steps. All of a sudden, an announcement was loudly aired by a Marinyo, The
village’s informant “The prince and his family are here”. The Totobuang, a Gamelang-like orchestra was played and the dance group performed their
welcome dance gracefully. The prince and his family were welcomed by
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LATUPATTI and were led to the living room. They came to propose IYAPUTIH to be the prince’s wife. LATUPATTI agreed to engage
IYAPUTIHwith the prince.
Activity 4: Writing Skill creating your own pictureposter.
Physical description
Below is the description of a landscape extracted from THE LEGEND OF GUNUNG NONA. Use the model below to describe the picture.
One afternoon she was sitting on the stone by the garden trying to entertain herself with the natural beauty around her. On the air flew
some beautiful butterflies. It seemed like they were dancing to the rhythm of the nature. On the ground grew some colorful flowers; red,
pink, yellow and whites one. Far down the hill appeared a great view of the bay with the sparkling water and the boats sailing to and from.
Activity 5: Dramatizing The legend of Gunung Nona. integrated skills
After the students have read the story from the Legend of Gunung Nona, They select a favorite scene and practice dramatizing the scene. Have the students or the group to practice
several times at home. When the groups feel they are ready, have each group introduce their scene and perform it for the class in the center of the circle. After the performance the teacher
can encourage the students in the audience to provide positive feedback andor to ask questions.
Activity 6: Storytelling.Integrated Skills
After the students read the story and answered the comprehension questions as an activity to check their understanding of the story, the teacher can then ask them to retell the
story in front of the class. To enable the students to retell the story, the teacher can ask them to use graphic organizer such as mind map, webs or others to make them easier to organize
the story. It is also important to have the students practice at home or out of school building at their own time, before performing.
