Modelling of the Text Joint Construction of the

164 adverbial phrases to indicate place and time. e.g. at 9 p.m., at Ponorogo, etc. • Use of adjectives to describe nouns. e.g. beautiful, challenging, amazing, etc. technique: Personal Time 6 The teacher gives explanation about the recount text in the text of “My Holiday”.

c. Joint Construction of the

Text 1 The students are asked to work in pairs to do the matching activity. 2 The teacher and the students discuss the answers. 3 The teacher gives explanation about past tense that can be found in the recount text. 4 The students are asked to work in pairs to match the verb base and the past form verb in the text. 5 The teacher and the students discuss the answers. 6 The students are asked to work in pairs to do the 165 matching activity about the writer’s tone. 7 The teacher and the students discuss the answers.

d. Independent Construction

of the Text 1 The students are asked to do the crossword activity individually. Linguistic Intelligences technique: Crossword 2 The teacher and the students discuss the answers.

3. Closing Activities

a. The teacher and students make conclusion from the material given today. b. The teacher gives feedback from today’s discussion. c. The teacher informs the materials that will be discussed in the next meeting. 166 d. The teacher leads the closing prayer. e. The teacher says goodbye to the students Understanding meaning in functional written text as well as simple and short essay in the forms of descriptive and recount to be able to interact in daily contexts Responding to meaning and rhetorical steps in simple short essay accurately, fluently, and acceptably to be able to interact in daily context in the forms of written descriptive , and recount. Topics: A Tour to the Botanic Gardens. Recount Text Recount is a text that tells the reader a past event. It usually focuses on a person’s past experience, so it usually uses the word I or we. Generic Structure Orientation: Introduction to the characters, time and place of occurrence. Events: The events, recounted in chronological order sequence. Re-orientation: containing personal comments andor evaluative remarks on the incident.

1. Opening activities

• Greeting to the students • Checking students’ attendance list • Checking students readiness

2. Main teaching and

learning activities a. Building Knowledge of the Field 1 The teacher asks the students to work in their group to do mind-mapping of the vocabulary related to go to the botanic garden using pictures. The picture can be from the given picture or from the students’ drawing. Every picture should be named. Visual- Spatial intelligence technique: Mind-Mapping 1. Identifying new vocabulary from the text. 2. Identifying the detail information of the text. 3. Identifying the generic structure and the language features of the text. a. Technique : written test a. Form: Mind- mapping, Snake and Ladders, Essay Question, Fill-in-the- blank Widiati, Utami, et al. 2008. Contextual Teaching and Learning Bahasa Inggris: Sekolah Menengah PertamaMad rasah Tsanawiyah Kelas VIII Edisi 4. Jakarta: Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. Amstrong, a. Print out of a recount text entitled “A Tour to the Botanic Garden” b. Print out of Snake and Ladders. c. Buttons d. Pictures