Joint Construction of the Text

184 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 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. d. The teacher leads the closing prayer. e. The teacher says goodbye to the students.

H. Source

: Amstrong, Thomas. 2009. Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom Third Edition. Alexandria: ASCD Amstrong, Thomas. 2003. The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive. Alexandria: ASCD. Priyana, Joko. 2008. Scaffolding English for Junior High School Grade VIII. Jakarta: Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. 185

I. Evaluation

1. Assessment No.

Indicator Form Technique 1. Students are able to identify and produce new vocabulary related to the text. • Matching • Crossword Written form

2. Students are able to identify the

explicitly stated detail information from the texts. • Identifying the writer’s tone • Crossword 3. Students are able to identify the generic structure and the language feature of the texts. • Changing present tense to past tense • Crossword

2. Instruments

These words are taken from the passage you have read. Discuss the meaning of these words and try to guess the meaning of new words using the context in the passage. Word Meaning 1. garden A. seeing somethingsomebody in a nearer distance 2. pond B. view 3. scenery C. terrifying 4. horseback D. a place around a house used for growing flowers. 5. scary E. sitting on a horse 6. closer look F. a park where living animals are kept 7. took a rest G. exhausted 8. lunch H. a small pool in which fish can live 9. zoo I. have a break Activity 3