Actually, the ministry of education has classified that there are 9 pillars of character that should be implemented. They are First, the character of loving God and
all His creation; second, independence and responsibility; Third, honesty trust, diplomatically; Fourth, respect and courtesy; fifth, generous, like mutual help and
mutual assistance cooperation; sixth, confident and hardworking; seventh, leadership and justice; eighth, kind and humble, and; ninth, the character of tolerance,
peace, and unity. I do believe If those nine pillars are implemented at all level schools, our nation,
Indonesia will be great nation with great people. On this occasion, I deliver three main arguments about character education which must be given in all level school in
Indonesia.
First, character education is the real guarantee of Indonesia nation to become a great nation. Second, character education makes Indonesian are able to compete
with those overseas people especially in the globalization era Third, character education helps our nation to be a great nation with great citizen.
As my speech closing, I recommend to all level schools in Indonesia to implement character building at their school. Good character building is a must. Do you know
why? Yes, we know. We really know that our nation is sick now. To cure it, lets build our young generation characters into good characters by implementing 9 pillars of
character mentioned before. Source: www.englishdirection.com.
4.2.8. Spoof Text
a. Social Function
Spoof text tells a factual story which occurs in the past and ends in tragic, ironic, humorousfunny ending, or in an unpredictable twist. Twist is the ending plot of a
story which is unpredictable. A spoof text can be very similar to narrative, recount, or even news item texts. All are mostly composed in Past Tenses mode. Its social
function is to entertain and share the story.
b. Generic Structure TEXT ELEMENTS
CONTENT Orientation
Introduction to the person, setting
Events The sequence of events
Twist A twist to unpredictable ending
c. Language Features
The language features of Spoof text include the following. 1. Focusing on people, animals or certain things
2. Using action verb: ate, ran, etc 3. Using adverb of time and place
d. Example of a Spoof Text The Zoo Job Story
Orientation One day a clown was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn
some money by making a street performance.
Events He acted and mimed perfectly some animal acts. As soon as
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he started to drive a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the
clown that the zoos most popular gorilla had died suddenly and the keeper was fear that attendance at the zoo would fall
off. So he offered the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until the zoo could get another one. The clown accepted this
great opportunity. So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and
entered the cage before the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could sleep all he wanted, played and made fun
of people and he drove bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
However, eventually the crowds were tired of him for just swinging on tires. He began to notice that the people were
paying more attention to the lion in the next cage. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he decided to
make a spectacular performance. He climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition, and dangled from the
top to the lions cage. Of course, this made the lion furious, but the crowd people loved it. At the end of the day the zoo
keeper came and gave him a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this went on for some time, he kept taunting
the lion, the audience crowd grew a larger, and his salary kept going up.
Twist Then one terrible day happened. When he was dangling over
the furious lion, he slipped and fell into the lion cage. The clown was really in big terrible situation. He was terrified.
Sooner the lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce. The clown was so scared. He could do nothing and he began to
run round and round the cage with the lion close and closer behind. Finally, the lion could catch him. The clown started
screaming and yelling, Help me, help me, but the lion was quick and pouncing him. The clown soon found himself flat
on his back looking up at the angry lion and suddenly he heard a voice from the lion’s mouth;Shut up you idiot Do
you want to get us both fired? Re-written and simplified from www.onlyfunnystories.com
e. Exercise
Vocabulary Match up the adverbs on the left with their opposites on the right.
1 Seldom after
2 Dimly correctly
3 Outside coldly
4 Loudly often
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6 Skillfully weakly
7 Wrongly quietly
8 Heavily brightly
9 Strongly smoothly
10 Warmly clumsily
11 Early lightly
12 Before late
Grammar
1. List the adverbs of time used in the text above. 2. Rewrite the simple sentences in the text and combine them appropriately to
form complex or compound sentences.
4.2.9. Explanation Text
a. Social Function Explanation is a type of text which clarifies a process relating to natural phenomena,
social science, and culture. The text explains why and how a certain phenomenon happened. The text is often found in science, geography, and history books.
b. Generic Structure TEXT ELEMENTS
