Teacher asks some students to retell the stories in front of the class. The teacher gives a new text “A Surprised Coupon” then asks students to read
it with their group Students are asked to do some tasks related to the text question card and
another task Students share ideas related to the tasks with their group
Students guess the meaning of difficult word with their group then ask to the teacher if necessary
3. Post-Teaching 5 minutes
The teacher checks for the students’ understanding. The teacher conducts a reflection.
The teacher says goodbye.
H. Media
Recount Texts Puzzle
Question Card
I. Learning Sources
English in Focus for Grade VIII by ArtonoWardiman Scaffolding, English for Junior High School by JokoPriyana
J. Assessments
The teacher assesses based on the answer of the question card by the groups with the criteria as followed :
No. Scoring Scheme
Score 1.
complete information,
appropriate information and understandable
4 2.
some information,
less appropriate
information, understandable 3
3. limited
information, less
appropriate information, difficult to be understood
2 4.
limited information,
no appropriate
information, difficult to be understood 1
5. no answer
LEARNING MATERIALS
Text 1
Last Saturday I woke up early, but I didn’t get up because there was no school. Suddenly, my telephone was rung. My friend, Fanny, called
me, she asked me to go out at 10.00 o’clock. She wanted to buy something in a traditional market.
Finally, we were out. In the street, I saw a piece of pink coupon. Interested with its colour, I took it, then Fanny and I read this out. We
were fully shocked, it was a receipt of a four-night tour to Lombok The expired date was that day. Surprisingly, the name was Fanny Fenita and
the birth date was exactly the same as Fanny, my friend had. It was also valid for two persons. My God We were thinking that maybe the coupon
just fell from the sky and it was there for us.
We were in a hurry to the address of the tour agency that issued the coupon. The tour agency took care of everything. We went home and
still could not believe what was going on. Two days later we were on the Senggigi Beach, lied in the warmth sun. Moreover, we had long public
holiday, so we could
enjoy the “gift” happily. We also bought some presents for our family and friends.
Adapted from: English in Focus for Grade VIII Text 2
Scary Movie
After the movie was over, I left the cinema quickly. My watch showed 11.30 p.m. as I got on to my bicycle. I pedalled hard on my bicycle
and was soon speeding home. My thought went back to the movie I had just seen. It was a scary story. I could remember clearly a woman
screaming as she was being attacked by a monster. Somehow that
