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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.
Language features
• Use of nouns and pronouns to identify people, animals, or things
involved. e.g. I, we, my friends, boat, fish, island, etc. •
Use of action verbs to refer to events. e.g. depart, see, run, pass, etc. •
Use of past tense to locate events in relation to writer’s time. e.g. We departed in the morning from a friend’s house at Ponorogo.
• Use of conjunctions and time connectives to sequence the events. e.g.
then, after that, finally, etc. •
Use of adverbs and 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.
2. Text
Going Fishing for the First Time
Last week, my uncle asked me to go fishing with him in the river near his house. He also told me that the scenery there is beautiful. I was excited because
I had never gone fishing before. Therefore, he taught me how to do it very well. We left at 9 a.m. When we got to the river, there were already some people.
They were also fishing. Then, we looked for a convenient place under a tree. We put our fishing equipment and our lunch box on the mat we brought. After
that, my uncle taught me how to catch fish. He did it very patiently.
Suddenly, in the middle of fishing, I felt something really heavy catching my hook. I could not pull it until I slipped and fell into the river. I did not
realize that the grass was slippery. My uncle pulled me out quickly. He helped me reached the ground. Thank God, I was safe even though I have mud all over
my face. It was embarrassing
Taken from: Scaffolding English for Junior High School Grade VIII
226 My family likes the sea very much. When we had a holiday last year, we
went to a place at the seaside and borrowed a boat from one of our friends. Then we sailed and fished on the sea all day. We also had races against other
boats. When the sea rough, we sailed on a small lake near the sea instead. We
were very careful on this lake because there were a lot of sharp rocks there, and the water was shallow. We did not want to damage our friend’s boat.
There were not many fish in the lake, but in the sea we caught a lot with a hook, line and small pieces of bread. The fish were not very big, but they
tasted very good. When the weather was fine, we sailed to the land at lunch time, collected pieces of dry wood and fried or grilled our fish over them on
the beach. There is an island about a mile from our friend’s house and we sailed to
it. The water was very clean there, there was a beautiful beach with white sand and no rocks. We bathed there. It was a lot of fun.
Taken from: Scaffolding English for Junior High School Grade VII
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F. Method Technique: Multiple Intelligence Technique
Genre-Based Approach
G. Teaching and Learning Activities
1. Opening Activities
a. The teacher greets the students
b. The teacher leads the prayer
c. The teacher checks students’ attendance
2. Main Activities
a. Building Knowledge of the Field
1 The teacher shows some pictures of going fishing. Visual
Intelligence technique: Visual Image 2
The teacher asks some questions related to the pictures such as “what is the man doing? Does anyone ever going fishing? Where can that
