Lesson Plan

LESSON PLAN

School                         : Junior High School

Subject                                    : English

Class / Semester          : VIII/1

Skill                             : Reading                    

Time Allocation          : 1 X 40 minutes

A. STANDARD OF COMPETENCE

5. To understand meaning of simple, short essays in the form of descriptive and recount

     text to interact (with people) in the (students’) closest environment

B. BASIC COMPETENCE

5.3. To respond the meaning and rhetorical step in the simple, short essays accurately,

fluently and related to the students’ closest environment in the form  of descriptive and recount text.

C. SUB BASIC COMPETENCE

 5.3.1 To respond the meaning and rhetorical step in the simple, short essays accurately

   fluently and related to the students’ closest environment in the form  of 

   descriptive text.

D. INDICATORS

1. To identify the meaning of some words

2. To find out the various kinds of information of descriptive text

3. To fill/complete the table on the content of the text

4. To identify the language features of a descriptive text

5. To identify the rhetorical step of the descriptive text

E. LEARNING GOAL

            By the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to identify and understand

 the content  and of the characteristics  a descriptive text.

F. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1.      Given some sentences, in the form of quiz, the students are able to guess the meaning of the words based on the context done in pairs correctly.

2.      After reading the text, the students are able to identify  various kind of information of the given descriptive text (general information, main idea, explicit information, implicit information, references of certain word, and the meaning of words) correctly.

3.      In groups, the students are able to fill/complete the table on the content of the text

correctly.

4.      Through working in group , the students are able to mention  the adjectives used in the text correctly

5.      Through working in group, the students are able to identify the generic structure of text correctly.

G. LEARNING MATERIALS

     - Descriptive text about river/water pollution

H. TEACHING MEDIA

            1. Work sheet 

            2. A picture of polluted river

                      

I. TEACHING MODEL

a. Technique : Three – Phase Technique  

    Exploration, Elaboration, Confirmation (EEC)—Pre-Reading, Whilst— Reading,

    Post—Reading   

b. Discussion / interactive learning

J. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Opening (2.5’)

·         Greeting

·         Attendance checking

·         Telling the learning goal and objectives

·                                 Telling the coverage of the learning materials

a.      Exploration—Pre-Reading (7.5’)

1.      The students are asked to make groups of two (pair-work).

2.      The teacher gives the students five questions orally related to the topic, the answers are written on the board by the representative of each group.

3.      The teacher asks the groups to identify the first letter of the answer down, to make a word, then showing picture of a polluted river.

4.      The teacher shows a picture of a polluted river.

5.      The teacher asks some questions related to the picture, such as What picture is it?; How is the river?; What are there in the river? etc.

6.      The teacher asks the groups to predict what topic is going to discuss.

b.      Elaboration—Whilst-Reading (22.5’)

1.      The teacher distributes the worksheet to each group.

2.      The teacher explains a little about a descriptive text.

3.      After that, the students are given the chance to read the text.

4.      The groups answer questions.

5.      Still in groups, the teacher and the students discuss the results of the discussion.

6.       In groups, the students complete the table based on the text.

7.      Still working in group, the students are asked to identify the language feature

and generic structure of the text having been discussed.

8.      Each group presents the results of their discussion in front of the class by giving explanation and other groups give response as well as feedback to their friends’ groups.

c.       Confirmation—Post-Reading (5’)

1.      The teacher gives feedback to the students’ presentation by giving correction on some mistakes.

2.      The teacher asks students to find a descriptive text  at home

Closing (2.5’)

·         The teacher gives chance to the students to ask questions

·         The teacher closes the lesson

·         Greeting

K. EVALUATION

            Technique        : Test (enclosed)

   Note: The character building: friendship/communicativeness, reinforcing reading habit,

       awareness of the environment, self-confident

L. APPENDICES :

            a. Learning Materials

            b. Students’ worksheet

            c. Key answer

            d. Scoring Guide / Rubric of reading evaluation sheet

      

                                                                                                            Binangun,

The Principal,                                                                          English Teacher,

__________________________                                            SUKARDI

APPENDIX  1:  Learning Materials

Transcript for the oral questions (It can be presented by having power point presentation)

Give the synonym of the following words!

1.      Not cooked

2.      Smart

3.      Scenery

4.      Finish

5.      The opposite of urban

Answer the questions!

1. What word can you have by paying attention on the first letter of each answer?
2. Let’s pay attention to the following picture! (The teacher shows the picture of a polluted river / showing it  on the LCD) What picture is it?
3. How is the river?
4. What are there in the river?
5. Can you describe it?

Descriptive Text

Note : Descriptive text is a text describing specific object (place, people, or thing) Generic Structure : Identification : it is used to identify the specific object being described. Description of features : Giving more detailed information about the physical appearance of the object being described. Language features : Descriptive text usually uses the present tense, adjective, and noun phrases. The writer may give opinion : I think ………; you can …………..etc

Appendix 2:

Students’ Worksheet

Task 1: 

Read the following text carefully!

My City River

In the city where I live, there is a river. The people around the river call it Kali Biru which means blue river in English.

However, if you happen to walk along the river, you will notice that the river is far from the quality that its name suggests. This river is polluted. You can see so much waste having been thrown away into the river. Cans, plastics of different shape and size, and other household waste are everywhere in the river. Even, is some parts of the river, they are so full of waste that we almost cannot see the water of the river anymore. And talking about the water of the river, the condition is even worse. The color of the river water is nearly black and it smells very bad. I think we cannot expect too much to find any living organism in the river.

Kali Biru is 30 km long. There are big green trees on both sides of the river. And I think that is the only good thing about the river.

Answer these questions based on the text!

1. What is the text about?

2. What does Kali Biru mean?

3. From the text we know that Kali Biru is badly…………………………....

4. What is main idea of the second paragraph?

5. The word ”you” line 1 paragraph 2 refers to ……………………………..

6. “…the river, you will notice that the river is far from...” (paragraph 2). The word notice has

    similar meaning to……………………….

Task 2:

Complete the table based on the text!

Number	Aspects	Answers
1	Name of the river
2		30 kms
3	Kinds of the pollutants
4	Color of the Water
5		It smells very bad

Task 3:

Analyze the text above in terms of its text organization/generic structure of the text!

GENERIC STRUCTURE	PARAGRAPH	LANGUAGE FEATURES
Identification
Description

Key Answers:

Appendix 1

1.      Raw

2.      Intelligent

3.      View

4.      End

5.      Rural

1. River
2. It is a river.
3. It is dirty/polluted.
4. There are garbage.
5. It is ………………. etc.

Appendix 2

 Task 1:

1.      The text is about the writer’s city river./It is about a polluted river.

2.      It means blue river.

3.      polluted

4.      The condition of Kali Biru.

5.      The reader

6.      see

   

Task 2:   

Number	Aspects	Answers
1	Name of the river	Kali Biru
2	Length	30 kms
3	Kinds of the pollutants	cans, plastics, etc.
4	Color of the Water	It is nearly black.
5	Smell	It smells very bad.

Task 3:

GENERIC STRUCTURE	PARAGRAPH	LANGUAGE FEATURES
Identification	1	Adjectives Simple Present Tense
Description	2, 3

GOOD LUCK!

Appendix 3: Test for Evaluation

Read the text carefully!

            There is a traditional market near my house. It is open every day from 05.00 up to 12.00 o’clock. There are always many people going for shopping to the market. They buy their daily needs there.

            The market is not clean enough. We can see much garbage scattered around the market. Many sellers throw their bins everywhere. There is garbage of fruits, vegetables, fish, etc.

            We can smell very bad dirties at the market. That is why almost all people going there close their noses. They can’t stand of it.

Answer the questions based on the text!

1.      What is the suitable title for the text above?

2.      How long is the market open every day?

3.      What kinds of garbage are there at the market?

4.      What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

5.      What does the word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?

6.      We can see much garbage scattered around the market. What is the meaning of the

word “scattered” in this sentence?

GOOD LUCK!

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Key Answers:

1. Traditional Market

2. It opens 7 hours a day.

3. There is garbage of fruits, vegetables, fish, etc.

4. The bad view of the market.

5. A traditional market.

6. It means thrown away everywhere.

Scoring Guide: 16: complete and correct answer 8  : incomplete but correct answer 4  : wrong answer 0  : no answer Total Score:             16 x 6=96 + 4                       = 100