English Grade VIII - Saturday, 11 April 2020

Hello guys,
How are you today?
I hope that you are happy, healthy and excited to learn from there.
I miss you around the school, anyway.

Today we are going to discuss about SHORT MESSAGE

Please prepare:
your note book, pen or pencil, a dictionary

Here's what we are going to do today:

1. Watch the video about short message here
2. Read the information on my page here
3. Do vocabulary search
4. Do the exercise
5. Finish the lesson

Should you have any questions, you can contact me through Whatsapp Group discussion.

OK! Let's start. Please watch this video.

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So, that's some explanation about short message. I think you are familiar with that. When we cannot meet each other face to face, we can send messages through many platforms we have, such as WhatsApp, SMS, Direct Message, Inbox or else.

Are you familiar with these abbreviations? Sometimes we use them in our message, right? 

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 Short message is a functional text. We can learn more about its purpose from this picture.

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Briefly, there are three parts of a short message:

1. receiver 
2. content
3. sender

Now, please take your note and do this vocabulary search. You will find the words on the exercise later. Write them down on your book. 

Now, it's time for you to do the exercise. You have enough time, so do it carefully. Don't rush. 

You can do it here or  CLICK HERE 

Wish you all the best. See you soon.

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English Grade VIII, Thursday, April 2 2020

Hello guys,
Welcome back to our class this morning.
I am happy to meet you today. I hope you are all healthy and happy as well there, aren't you?

Today we will still discuss about recount text. We hope it would help you to get better understanding of recount text.

Please follow the instruction below:

1. watch the video
2. review the video
3. review the recount text
4. do the exercise
5. class closing

Okay, let's start. Please watch the video. This video is a conversation between two friends related to experience.

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After watching the video, now try to answer these questions:
You can ask me through the group if you have any difficulties.

1. When did Iren go to Magelang?
2. What did Iren do in Punthuk Kendil?
3. Where did Iren go after visiting Borobudur?
4. How was the scenery of Telomoyo Mountain?
5. How was the writer's opinion about the trip?

Some of you can share your answers in our group.

The video is an example of recount.

• The dialog uses past tense. "we came to Punthuk Kendil; I took a lot of pictures; we visited Telomoyo Mountain."

• The dialog use specific signal words. They show the events in chronological time.  "First, we came to....; Then, we visited....; After that, we went to ...." 

Well, I think you still remember parts of recount text, don't you?

1. orientation
2. sequences of events
3. reorientation

Now, it's time for exercise.

Have fun. I hope you can do it well.

You can CLICK HERE

or do it directly on this page.

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English Class Grade VIII - March 26 2020

Hello students of grade VIII Negrosa!
Welcome to our class.

This is our schedule for today, Thursday, March 26 2020
The topic is Recount Text
What you need to do
07.30-08.15
1. Prepare your book, pen, LKS (chapter 5), dictionary close to you
2. Watch 2 videos below 
3. Read the information in this post.
4. Ask questions or discuss with me through WhatsApp group.

08.15-09.30
1. Do the exercise I attach here (I will publish later)

So, happy studying.
  
Check this video first 👩

Do you like telling stories to others? 
Sometimes, sharing experience to others can help us to enrich each other's life.

So, here's the next question.

How can we tell our experience to others?

We can use recount text. 
My friend will explain about it. Check it out:

Now, please read one story from my experience in Bali last year.

My precious experience

Does it sound interesting? Hopefully.

I tried to share my experience using recount text. 

In short, recount text is a text we can use to share our past experiences. It consists of three main structures (orientation, sequence of events and reorientation)

Look at my text again.

It uses past tense. We can notice it from the verbs that are used (look at the words in yellow highlights) and the to be (the blue highlights).

The first part is orientation. As you can see, it introduces the writer ('I' as the writer) and the highlights of the experience (where and when).

Recount text (especially in the second part: sequence of events) is written chronologically, from time to time. It makes it easier for the readers to follow the story. The transitional words such as 'after that', 'next' and 'then' help to make the story run smooth.

Now, let's move to the last part, reorientation.

This part is no less important. It concludes the experience that we share. It usually uses particular adjectives to support our impression. Referring to my text, I used the word 'tired', 'pleased', and 'unforgettable'.

So, can you conclude? How did I feel about visiting GWK? 👩

Okay. I think that's all I can tell you about recount text. If you have any questions, feel free to discuss with me through chat in our group.

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Now, to check your understanding, I challenge you to do this set of exercise. These are all about recount texts.

Have fun with it.

You can click here CLICK HERE

Or do it directly here:

Best regards,
Ms. Ratnana

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Something is happening right now.

Hello everyone, 
welcome back to my page.

Do you know what does a journalist do? Yes, they usually report some news to the audience or listeners. I think their job is cool. Maybe some of you are interested to be a journalist later when you grow up, aren't you?

When the journalists report a live event in English, they will use present continous tense. So, we will learn about it through this post.

I will tell you briefly about present continous tense through this video. I recorded it few months ago. Check it out.

In short, here are some key points of present continous tense:

• Present continous tense is used to describe condition which is happening at the moment of speaking.
• The word like now, at the moment, at present, this time are the signal words commonly found in present continous text.
• These are the structures for the sentence formation:

	Formation	Example
Positive	Subject + is/am/are + v1 + ing.	I am creating a blog post. She is cooking dinner. They are playing outside.
Negative	Subject + is/am/are + not + v1 + ing.	I am not typing an email. He is not teaching about simple past. We are not going to the market together.
Interrogative	Is/am/are + subject + v1 + ing?	Are you waiting for me? Is she calling the doctor? Am I doing the right thing?

Here I attach some work by my previous students related to the use of present continous tense. They are reporting about one big event in our school, SMPN 2 Salatiga. Look at their work.

I think their work is great. It looks like a live report on the spot. Don't you want to give it a try? It is fun. Trust me. 👩

Now, it's time for you to practice. Are you ready? Please take a moment to fill in the worksheet. I'm waiting for your response.

Best regards,
Ms. Ratnana

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How can we share our experience?

Hello everyone!

Do you like telling stories to others? 

People say that experience is the best teacher. The more we experience things the more we learn. Unfortunately, we are limited by time and chances. Sometimes, sharing experience to others can help us to enrich each other's life.

So, here's the next question.

How can we tell our experience to others?

Please check my story first.

My precious experience

Does it sound interesting? Hopefully.

I tried to share my experience using recount text. 

What is recount text? 

Our friend will tell you more about recount text through this video. Just click and check it out. ( shorturl.at/afiG6 ).

In short, recount text is the one we can use to share our past experiences. It consists of three main structures (orientation, list of events and reorientation)

Look at my text again.

It uses past tense. We can notice it from the verbs that are used (look at the words in yellow highlights) and the to be (the blue highlights).

The first part is orientation. As you can see, it introduces the writer (I, as the writer) and the highlight of the experience (where and when).

Recount text (especially in the second part-list of events) is written chronologically, from time to time. It makes it easier for the readers to follow the story. The transitional words such as 'after'and 'then' help to make the story runs smooth.

Now, let's move to the last part, reorientation.

This part is no less important. It concludes the experience that we share. It usually uses particular adjectives to support our impression. Referring to my text, I use the word 'tired', 'pleased', and 'unforgettable'.

So, can you conclude? How did I feel about visiting GWK? Drop your comment below. 👩

Okay. I think that's all I can tell you about recount text. If you have any questions, feel free to discuss with me through the comment.

Now. I challenge you to do this set of question. These are all about recount texts.



Have fun with it.

Best regards,
Ms. Ratnana

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