REMEDIAL NARRATIVE
FOR GRADE VIII SMP NEGERI BERNAS



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THE FOX AND THE CAT


One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. 'Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,' she said.

'I know only one trick to get away from dogs,' said the cat. 'You should teach me some of yours!'

'Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones,' replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder and louder - the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. 'This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know,' she called down to the fox. 'Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?'

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.


Questions

1. How many character are there on the story?
2. What was they are talking about?
3. Why did the cat run to the nearest tree?
4. Why did the fox sit silently?
5. Which animal are cleverer based on the story?
6. I know only one trick to get away from dogs. The underlined word refers to.....
7. ...who was a conceited creature... What is the synonym of the underlined word?

8. What is moral value that you van get from the story?
9. What is social function of the text?
10. Identify generic structure of the text?


NARRATIVE

Narrative Text adalah satu dari 13 jenis teks bahasa inggris (genre) yang lahir dari kalangan Narration (lihat Types Of Text) sepertihalnya Recount TextAnecdote TextSpoof Text danNews Items Text yang mana berfungsi untuk menceritakan kisah masa lampau dan untuk hiburan.

B. Tujuan Komunikatif Narrative Text

Tujuan Komunikatif Narrative Text seperti yang dijelaskan di atas adalah untuk menghibur pendengar atau pembaca tentang suatu kisah atau cerita masa lampau yang bertalian dengan pengalaman nyata, khayal atau peristiwa-peristiwa pelik yang mengarah ke suatu krisis, yang pada akhirnya menemukan suatu penyelesaian.
jadi dapat disimpulkan Social Functionya adalah
- To amuse
- To entertain
- To teach
- To tell

C. Generic Structure Narrative Text

Setiap jenis teks bahasa Inggris (genre) memiliki struktur teksnya sendiri-sendiri. Struktur dari Narrative Text terdiri dari tiga bagian yaitu :

1. Orientation
 Pada bagian Orientation atau pengenalan berisi tentang pengenalan tokoh dalam cerita serta waktu dan tempat kejadiannya.

2. Complication
Pada bagian Complication berisi tentang gambaran munculnya krisis atau masalah yang di alami oleh tokoh pada cerita tersebut yang harus dipecahkan.
 
3. Resolution
Pada bagian Resolution berisi tentang bagaiman tokoh dari cerita tersebut memecahkan masalah yang ada pada bagian Complication. Biasanya terdapat lebih dari satu Resolution untuk satu Complication.

Pada beberapa referensi tentang Narrative Text, terdapat tambahan generic structure pada Narrative Text, yaitu penambahan Coda setelah Resoultion. Jadi susunan Narrative text adalah Orientiation, Complication, Resolution dan Coda.

Coda adalah bagian terakhir dari structure Narrative Text yang berisi perubahan yang terjadi pada tokoh dan pelajaran yang dapat dipetik dari cerita tersebut.


D. Ciri Kebahasan Narrative Text

Pada Narrative Text, terdapat beberapa ciri-ciri antara lain sebagai berikut :
  • Mengunakan Action Verb dalam bentuk Past Tense. Misalnya : Climbed, Turned, Brought, dsb.
  • Menggunakan Nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan dan benda tertentu dalam cerita. Misalnya : the king, the queen, dsb.
  • Menggunakan Adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase. Misalnya : long black hair, two red apples, dsb.
  • Menggunakan Time Connectives dan Conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian-kejadian. Misalnya : then, before, after, soon, dsb.
  • Menggunakan Adverbs dan Adverbial Phrase untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian atau peristiwa. Misalnya : here, in the mountain, happily ever after, dsb.
E. Contoh Narrative Text

Banyak sudah contoh mengenai Narrative Text yang telah dibuat , anda bisa melihatnya diCerita Rakyat Bahasa Inggris Se-Dunia. Tapi untuk lebih afdolnya, penulis hadirkan contoh Narrative Text sebagai berikut beserta contohnya.

Snow White

Orientation
 

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead.

(Suatu ketika, hiduplah seorang gadis bernama Snow White. Dia tinggal bersama paman dan bibinya, karena orangtuanya telah meninggal.)

Complication 1
 

One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
 

Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.

(Suatu hari dia mendengar paman dan bibinya berbicara tentang rencana meninggalkan istana karena mereka berdua ingin pergi ke Ameria dan mereka tidak mempunyai cukup uang untuk membawa serta Snow White.)

(Snow White tidak ingin paman dan bibinya melakukan hal tersebut, sehingga dia memutuskan akan lebih baik jika dia pergi. Pagi harinya dia pergi dari rumah ketika paman dan bibi nya sedang sarapan. Dia lari ke dalam hutan.)
 

Resolution 1
 

Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
  


Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
 
Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and finally Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

(Kemudian dia melihat gubuk kecil. Dia mengetuk pintu tetapi tidak ada yang menjawab sehingga dia masuk dan merasa ngantuk.)

(Sementara itu, tujuh kurcaci telah pulang dari pekerjaannya. Mereka masuk. Di sana mereka menemukan Snow White tertidur. Kemudian Snow White terbangun. Dia melihat kurcaci tersebut. Kurcaci tersebut berkata "Siapa nama kamu?" Snow White menjawab, "Nama saya Snow White.")

(Doc, salah satu dari kurcaci tersebut berkata, "Jika kamu mau, kamu bisa tinggal di sini bersama kami." Snow White berkata, "Oh, bolehkah? Terima kasih." Kemudian Snow White menceritakan semua kisahnya dan akhirnya Snow White dan 7 kurcaci hidup bahagian selamanya.)

REMEDIAL RECOUNT
FOR GRADE VIII SMP NEGERI BERNAS

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MEETING A STAR

On Saturday morning at 9:30, I was walking down Sunda Street, looking for a record store. A man stopped me and asked me the way to the Hyatt Hotel. I wasn't sure exactly where it was, but I walked with him to the end of Sunda Street. He was very friendly, and his face looked so familiar. Then I remembered where the Hyatt was and told him how to get there. He thanked me and tried to give me something. I thought it was money. I said 'no' at first, but he really wanted me to have it, so I took it.

I found the record store and listened to a few records. D' Masive had a new record that was number two in the top twenty. I decided to buy it. I looked in my bag for my wallet and found a piece of paper the man gave me. It was a photo. I was so surprised! He was a singer in D' Masive!





Questions

1. What is the text about?
2. Where will the writer go?
3. Where will the man go?
4. What was the man given to the writer?
5. What is the writer feeling looking at the gift?
6. I wasn't sure exactly where it was, What does the underlined word refer to?
7. What is the purpose of the text?
8. Identify generic structure of the text?










REMEDIAL REPORT
FOR GRADE IX SMP NEGERI BERNAS

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THE CAMEL


The camel is a large, strong desert animal. Camels can travel great distances across hot, dry deserts with little food or water. They walk easily on soft sand and carry people and heavy hump. The hump is a large lump of fat providing energy if food is hard to find.

There are two chief kinds of camels. First, the Arabian camel also loads to places that have no roads. Camels also serve the people of the desert in many other ways. The camel carries its own built-in food supply on its back in the form of a called dromedary, which has one hump, and the second, Bactrian camel, which has two humps.



Questions
1. What is the text about?
2. What is the function of hump for the camel?
3. How many camels are mentioned in the text?
4. What is the camel function for human based on the text?
5. What is dromedary?
6. They walk easily on soft.. What does the underlined word refer to?
7. .....carry people and heavy hump... What is the synonym of  the underlined word?
8.  What is social function of the text?
9. Identify generic structure of the text?



REMEDIAL
LETTER FOR GRADE VIII SMP NEGERI BERNAS


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68 Pine Zaggat Lane
Hampervile, NE 25385
January 5, 2005


Dear Jolene,

I am sorry about forgetting about our lunch date. It was completely my fault; I was so busy at work that it must have slipped my mind. How about I treat you to lunch next Wednesday at the new Italian restaurant Julie's at 12:30PM? I have marked this date in my planner so I will not forget about it. I'd just like to apologize again for missing the lunch date.

Your Friend,


Tom


Questions
1. Who is the sender of the letter?
2. Where  does tom live?
3. What is the letter about?
4. Why did Tom forget his lunch date?
5. Where will the have lunch date next wednesday?
6. What is relationship between the sender and the receiver likely?
7. What is the purpose of the letter?
8. Identify generic structure of the letter!


REMEDIAL 

PROCEDURE FOR GRADE IX SMP NEGERI BERNAS

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MAKING KITE

Having a kite flying is interesting and make it by self is easy. Prepare the following materials to make a kite:

  • Butcher cord
  • Scotch tape or glue
  • 1 Sheet of strong paper
  • 2 Strong, straight wooden sticks of bamboo
  • Markers, paint or crayons

After the materials have been prepared, the directions bellow is easy instruction on how to make a kite:

  1. Make a cross with the two sticks, with the shorter stick placed horizontally across the longer stick.
  2. Tie the two sticks together with the string in such a way as to make sure that they are at right angles to each other.
  3. Cut a notch at each end of the sticks. Make it deep enough for the type of string you are using to fit in to. Cut a piece of string long enough to stretch all around the kite frame.
  4. Lay the sail material flat and place the stick frame face down on top. Cut around it, leaving about 2-3cm for a margin. Fold these edges over and glue it down so that the material is tight.
  5. Make a tail by tying a small ribbon roughly every 10cm along the length of string.
  6. Decorate your kite with the markers to make it beautiful.

Questions
1. What is the goal of the text?
2. How many materials are there to make it?
3. How many steps are there to make it?
4. What should you do after doing Tie the two sticks together with the string?
5. What should you do to make your kite beautiful?
6. .......sure that they are at right.... The underlined word refers to....
7. .....so that the material is tight. The underlined word has the same meaning with.....
8. What is the purpose of the text?