Today’s Lesson Descriptive Text Dr. Ns. I Wayan Antariksawan, S.Kep., MAN., DNM What is Descriptive Text? “Descriptive text is a kind of text that describes something/person in particular (details).” [Descriptive Teks adalah teks yang menggambarkan sesuatu/manusia secara terperinci]. 2 THE PURPOSE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT “The purpose of descriptive text is to describe someone/something specifically to the readers in particular or details.” [Tujuan dari descriptive text yaitu untuk MENGGAMBARKAN seseorang/benda secara spesifik kepada pembaca dalam ruang lingkup yang terperinci] 3 Object of Writing (Objek Penulisan) Descriptive Text usually tells about: 1. People around us 2. Things around us 3. Tourism Places / City / Country 4. Company Profile 5. Biography of Famous/Successful Person 4 GENERIC STRUCTURE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT • Identification : “It is a part of paragraph which introduces or identifies the character.” [berisi tentang identifikasi hal / seseorang yang akan dideskripsikan.] • Description : “It is a part of paragraph which describes the character.” [berisi tentang penjelasan / penggambaran tentang hal atau seseorang dengan menyebutkan beberapa sifatnya.] 5 LANGUAGE FEATURES OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT • It usually uses present tense in sentences. • It usually uses some adjective in many sentences. • It usually in the first person POV and or in the third person POV. 6 PARIS Paris is the capital city of France. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world's most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up. For this reason, Paris is often called the City of Light. Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of Paris. The Louvre, one of the world's largest art museums, draws many visitors. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a famous church, is another favorite place to visit. Because of its beauty, Paris is also called as the most romantic city in the world that is suitable for honeymoon destination. 7 Identification Paris is the capital city of France. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world's most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up. For this reason, Paris is often called the City of Light. 8 Description Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of Paris. The Louvre, one of the world's largest art museums, draws many visitors. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a famous church, is another favorite place to visit. Because of its beauty, Paris is also called as the most romantic city in the world that is suitable for honeymoon destination. yusufismail91.blogspot.co.id 9 BILL GATES Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world today. Gates chose to drop out from the University and he focus on developing Microsoft company which then prevail. Now, because of his hard work, Microsoft became in to most computer software producer in the world. Today, Bill Gates is known as the founder of the manufacturer and the owner of the Microsoft software of windows operating system which is used by the majority of people all around the world. 10 Bill Gates was born as a smart kid because he like reading and quite smart in school and was interest with business. At the age of 13 years-old, he prefers to stick with the book rather than getting along with others. Therefore, he often quarreled with her mother. One day, his father threw the bottle to Bill because he was considered too naughty. After he was taken to the therapist, the parents let bill become independent person and eventually make bill follow his hobby to deal with computers. 11 Bill’s cleverness made Bill chose Harvard as the first choice as his University. However, because he made Microsoft with his friend, Paul Allen, he decided to drop out of university. although it’s heavy, but the decision was right, because now Microsoft becomes a Microsoft software manufacturer which used by the majority of all people worldwide. 12 Today, Bill Gates has retired and no longer deal with Microsoft. He chose to focus on humanitarian affairs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2007, a total injection of funds provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reach USD 28 billion. The foundation is regarded as one of the most widely foundation donated funds for humanitarian activities. Bill Gates himself was reported to have given most of his wealth to philanthropic activities, amounting to 48%. Then, he joined with other wealthy benefactors who also had the same goal, such as Warren Buffet and Andrew Carnegie. 13 Descriptive text about my best friend, Lina. Lina is my best friend. She is a Junior High School student. She is in the second grade now and she is a smart student. Her school is on Crocodile Street. The school has twenty classrooms and one library. It also has a wide school yard. Lina and her friends like to play in the school yard. It is fun to play there. She likes English lesson very much. She thinks English is fun and challenging. 14 LET’S PRACTICE!! Practice 1 Questions! 1. What does Lina do? She is a Student 2. Where is her school? It is on Crocodile Street 3. How many classroom does her school has? Twenty Classrooms 4. How is her school yard? It is wide 5. What lesson does lina like? English 6. What does she think about English? She thinks English is fun and challenging 15 Descriptive text about my best friend, Bambang. Hi, my name is Bambang. I was born in Jombang on July 12, 1970. I live on eagle street number 09 Jakarta with my family. I'm not handsome. But I'm very lucky. I'm very rich. I have many houses in Indonesia. Many girls like me and want to get married with me. I used to have sport several years ago. But now I never do exercise. Look at my body. It is too fat now. I feel too heavy. 16 LET’S PRACTICE!! Practice 2 Questions! 1. What is the writer’s name? Bambang Jombang, 12th July, 1970 2. When and Where was he born? On Eagle Street number 9 3. Where does he live? 4. How is the writer characteristic? He is not handsome but he is rich 5. How is his body? It is fat now 6. Why do many girls like him? Because he is rich and have many houses 17 Make a Descriptive Text! Please answer the following question? - What is your name? characteristic? (physic & attitude) - Where & when was you born? - What is your mother’s job? - How old are you? - What is your mother’s - Where do you live? characteristic? (physic & attitude) - What is your job? - What is your brother/sister’s - Where is your school? name? - What is your characteristic? - How old is she/he? (height, weight, your hair, your - What is your brother/sister’s eyes, your face, attitude, etc.) job? - What is your hobby? - What is your brother/sister’s - What is your favorite characteristic? (physic & attitude) food/drink? - What is your aspire? - With whom do you live? - What is your life motto? - What is your father’s job? - Are you happy with your 18 family? - What is your father’s Then arrange the answers into a good Descriptive Text! The answer will be like this: My name is Rayz Constantine, I live in Cileungsi Bogor, I am a student in SMP Constatine 1 Bogor. My hobby is playing online game. My favorite food is Ketoprak and my favorite drink is Grape Float. I have a family, there are my father, mother, and my brother. My father is employee and my mother is a teacher. My brother is Constantine, he is 23 years old, he is an employee in a gaming company. I and my family usually go to New York for recreation. I want to be a gamer, my motto is “playing game forever when you can play it”, and the last I am happy with my familly. 19 Thank You! See you next time
