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4. Cards
Below is a set of cards for each group in having the information-gap activity.
I have a pet.
Words that may help: small
big light
heavy
I have an insect.
Words that may help: small
big light
heavy
I have an actor.
Words that may help: short
tall light
heavy
I have an actor.
Words that may help: handsome
famous slim
religious tall
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I have a singer.
Words that may help: tall
short fat
slim
I have an animal.
Words that may help: small
big wild
dangerous
I have a fruit.
Words that may help: small
big light
heavy
I have an animal.
Words that may help: small
big long
I have a vehicle.
Words that may help: long
I have a fruit.
Words that may help: small
big light
heavy
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LESSON PLAN Meeting 3,4
I. Core Competence
1. Appraising and internalizing the religion the students follow
2. Appraising and internalizing the attitude of being honest, discipline,
responsible, caring tolerant, cooperative, polite, confident in interacting effectively with social environment and nature in society scope and existence
3. Understanding the knowledge factual, conceptual and procedural based on
their curiosity of science, technology, art and culture related to the visible phenomena
4. Trying, processing and presenting in concrete domain using, elaborating,
combining, modifying, and creating and abstract domain writing, reading, counting, drawing, and arranging in accordance with what is learned in the
school and other references whose perspective and theory is similar School
: SMP N 1 Muntilan Subject
: English Grade Semester
: VIII 2 Number of session
: 2 x 2 x 40 minutes Topic
: Degrees of Comparison Superlative
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II. Basic Competence and Indicator
Basic Competence
Specified
Indicator
1.b Identifying positive values in the sentences that are used as the
language input for learning the degrees of comparison and linking
them to the power of God Related to the language input:
1.b.1 Praising God for the power of creating various kinds of
people, animals and things that are different from each
other
1.b.2 Realizing that God creates diversities in life in order for
us to receive it as a blessing instead of a trouble
Related to the learning activity: 1.b.3 Paying attention to what the
teacher is explaining 1.b.4 Helping other students
understand the learning materials
1.b.5 Not being busy with their own business while the
learning is in progress 1.b.6 Being enthusiastic in joining
the teaching and learning process by delivering
questions and answering questions actively
2.b. Having the attitudes if being
tolerant , and polite in stating and
asking about the comparison of the number and characteristics of
people, animals and things 2.b.1 Realizing the existence of
diversity in life 2.b.2. Respecting diversity in life
2.b.3 Living harmoniously in a diverse society
2.b.4 Comparing the difference between people, animals and
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others 2.b.5 Talking to the teacher and
friends with the appropriate volume of voice
2.b.6 Talking to the teacher and friends with the appropriate
intonation 2.b.7 Talking with the teacher and
friends interactively 3.b Applying the text structure and
language features to hold a social function of stating and asking
about the comparison of the characteristics of more than two
different people, animals and things using superlative structures
by paying attention to the context in which the communication occurs
3.b.1 Correctly rearrange jumbled words into sentences of
stating and asking about the comparison of the
characteristics of more than two people, animals and
things by using superlative structures
3.b.2 Correctly form superlative words by using the structure
of the most… or the ...-est 3.b.3 Constructing well-structured
sentences in comparing the characteristics of more than
two people, animals and things by using superlative
structures
4.b. Constructing oral and written texts
of stating and asking about the comparison of the characteristic of
people, animals and things using superlative structures by paying
attention to the correct and appropriate social function, text
structures and language features
4.b.1 Constructing oral and written
texts of stating and asking about the comparison of the
characteristic of people, animals and things using
superlative structures by paying attention to the
correct and appropriate social
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language features 4.b.2 Fluently asking and stating
the comparison of the characteristics of more than
two people, animals and things in an oral way by
using superlative structures
4.b.3 Producing grammatically correct utterances in asking
about and stating the characteristics of more than
two people, animals and things by using superlative
structures
4.b.4 Communicating interactively with the teacher andor
friends in talking about the comparison of the
characteristics of more than two people, animals and
things by using superlative structures
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III. Learning Material
a.
Audio Recording Script
Sarah : “Yes, she is the most inspiring girl to me. You can google
“Hellen Keller” if you want to know more about her.”
b. Written Text Input
1 Dialog 1
Reva : “Jake, what do you think about the movie?”
Jake : “I don’t really like it.”
Reva : “What? Why? It is the most interesting and the nicest movie I’ve
ever watched.” Jasmine
: “Hi Sarah What are you doing?” Sarah
: “Hi Reading.” Jasmine
: “What book is that?” Sarah
: “A novel. This is my most favorite novel ever.” Jasmine
: “O really? Why?” Sarah
: “Because it tells about a girl who is so cool. I can say she’s the smartest girl I’ve ever known.”
Jasmine : “What? But that’s a novel. It is unreal.”
Sarah : “It is. This novel is adapted from a true story The girl exists.”
Jasmine : “Would you tell me about the story?”
Sarah : “Alright, briefly, it is about a difable girl. She is deaf, blind,
and consequently dumb.” Jasmine
: “So, she cannot hear, she cannot see, and she cannot say anything?”
Sarah : “You are right. But she really is the best learner. She learns sign
language and you know what happens now?” Jasmine
: “What?” Sarah
: “She becomes the most admirable writer.” Jasmine
: “A writer?”
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: “I believe that you like it. But to me, that is the most boring movie.” Reva
: “How come?” Jake
: “It is the most monotonous movie to me. There is no dramatic conflict.”
Reva : “Do you like conflicts?”
Jake : “No, of course I don’t like conflicts. But I like to see how people in
movies solve the conflicts or problems they have. So I can learn from them.”
Reva : “I see.”
2 Dialog 2
Brian : “Hi, dude. What’s your plan for the upcoming holiday?”
Choky : “Ugh, I have no plan so far.”
Brian : “Do you want to join me to Ngarai Sianok? It’s in Sumatra. I plan
to go there with Rio.” Choky
: “That sounds interesting. I’d love to. I have never gone outside Java with friends. East Java i
s my furthest destination so far.” Brian
: “Ow really? Come on This will be our best holiday.” Choky
: “How will we go there?” Brian
: “The fastest transportation is by plane. But of course, it is the most expensive one. The cheapest one is by bus.”
Choky : “We still need a lot of money though.”
Brian : “My brother stays in Sumatra. We don’t need to pay for a hotel.
Besides, we still have three months to collect money.” Choky
: “Can I invite other friends?” Brian
: “Sure”
c. Language Features
Oral and written texts of stating and asking about the comparison of the number and characteristics of people, animals and things
1 Vocabulary: nouns and adjectives related to the comparison of the number
and characteristic of people, animals and things 2
The comparison of characteristics: the -est, the most… 3
The comparison of numbers: the most, the fewest, the least
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The correct use of singular and plural nominal with or without a, the, this, those, my, their, etc in nominal phrases
5 Pronunciation, stressing, intonation
6 Spelling, punctuation
7 Handwriting
d. Text Structure
Who is the tallest student in your class?; Chandra is the fattest boy here. He is also the tallest student in the class.; To me, listening is the most difficult
skill.
e. Topic
Characteristics of people and things in the class, school, home and the environment
f. Vocabulary
Words Parts of
Speech Pronunciation
AE Meaning
blind adjective
blaɪnd tuna netra
cheapest adjective
tʃi ːp ɪst
termurah collect
verb k ˈlekt
mengumpulkan deaf
adjective def
tuna rungu destination
noun ˌdes.tɪˈneɪ.ʃ
ə
n tujuan
dramatic adjective
drə ˈmæ
t ̬.ɪk dramatis
dumb adjective
dʌm tuna wicara
exist verb
ɪg ˈzɪst
ada, nyata fastest
adjective fæst
ɪst tercepat
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adjective ˈfɝː .ðɪst
terjauh monotonous
adjective mə
ˈ ˈnɑː.t ̬
ə
n .əs monoton
plane noun
pleɪn pesawat
unreal adjective
ʌn ˈri:l
tidak nyata upcoming
adjective ˈʌpˌkʌm.ɪŋ
akan dating
IV. Resource
Indonesia. Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. Bahasa Inggris, When English Rings a Bell Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
Jakarta : Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 2014. Indonesia. Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. Bahasa Inggris, When
English Rings a Bell : buku guruKementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.-- Jakarta : Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan,
2014.
V. Media
10. LCD projector
11. Screen
12. Whiteboard
13. Board markers
14. Speakers
15. Digital dictionaries which can be displayed in front of the class
16. Manual dictionaries
17. PPT slides
18. An audio recording
19. Pictures of animals
VI. Method
Scientific Method Information-Gap Activity
VII. Teaching Learning Activities
A.
Meeting 3
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1. Pre-Activity 10 minutes
a. The students greet the teacher soon after the teacher enters the
class. b.
The students’ attendance is checked by the teacher. c.
The students are guided to briefly review the materials of comparative structures that they have learned on the previous
meeting d.
The students are introduced to the materials of superlative structures that they are going to learn. They are notified that those
structures are used to compare the characteristics of more than two people, animals or things to show who or which is the most
something among others.
e. The students are involved in a conversation with the teacher to talk
about the use of superlative sructures. The teacher takes several pencils of different length at least three pencils. In Bahasa
Indonesia, the teacher asks the students, “Lihat ini. Saya punya tiga pensil.Panjang ketiganya sama tidak? Tidak ya? Mana yang
paling panjang?”. The teacher takes other objects to be compared to each other with the same way.
To make the brain storming more engaging, the teacher asks at least three students to stand up and come in front. Then, the
teacher asks the other students, “Di antara Daffa, Warda, Andra dan Adel to be replaced with t
he students’ name, siapa yang paling tinggi?” The students are first given an opportunity to
answer. Then, the teacher makes some conclusion like “Andra adalah siswa yang paling tinggi di sini.
” f.
The students are introduced to the materials they are going to learn which is a way to compare two things. The teacher says it in a
more relax way, “That’s it. We are going to learn how to compare the characteristics of more than two people, animals or things in
English.”
2. Main Activity
