Seventh Meeting

Activity 10
Read this description of the voyage of a cargo ship and then write similar descriptions of the voyages of three other ships according to the information below:

On May the tenth, 1949, the S.S. Ludwig left Bremen for Rio de Janiero with a cargo of electrical goods and chemicals. She called at Cherbourg and Vigo, and then sailed straight across the South Atlantic to Brazil. Her voyage lasted seventeen days. She spent a week unloading in the harbor of Rio de Janiero and began return voyage on June 4th.

1.2/8/53 – S.S. Mary Jane – Liverpool – Montreal – whisky and textiles – Dublin – Cork – North Atlantic – Canada – twelve days – four days – August 23rd.
2.29/10/55 – S.S. Boston – Sydney – Lima – meat and wool – Auckland – Fiji – Pacific – Peru – twenty three days – nine days – December 1st.
3.10/3/57 – S.S. Tyne – Durban – Bombay – cereals and tinned food – Mozambique – Mombasa – Indian Ocean – India – twelve days – five days –March 28th.

Sixth Meeting

Activity 8
Please make some sentences using the words given!
example:
she/grocer’s/meet
She was looking for a grocer’s when I met her.

1.he/baker’s/find
2.they/doctor/see
3.the nurse/chemist’s/notice
4.my aunt/florist’s/come across
5.the policeman/telephone kiosk/knock into

Activity 9
Please make some sentences using the words given!
example:
wait/the bus/the rain/stop
While I was waiting for the bus, the rain stopped.

1.have/lunch/door-bell/ring
2.sleep/upstairs/house/catch fire
3.drive/to London/engine/stop
4.give/lecture/lights/go out
5.watch/TV/kettle/boil over

Fifth Meeting

Playing in the Sugar Cane Fields

I was so playful when I was a kid. I personally believed that I had a lot of enjoyable moments at that time.

I lived in Sragi, a small village in the border of Pekalongan Regency. Sragi was famous of its sugar factory. Long time ago, Holland established the factory in my lovely village. No wonder, the surrounding of Sragi was full of sugar cane fields.

As a kid, I spent my day by playing all along the day. I had some close friends to play with. It was a windy day so my friends and I decided to play a kite. We went to the back of one of my friends’ house. There was a sugar cane field behind the house. We decided to play the kite there. The wind was so great as it could fly our kite easily. On the other side of the field, we could see another kite fly. Thus, a battle between our kite and their kite could not be avoided. Fortunately, we won the battle as their kite was cut. The kite flew down, it goes without saying. Then, we chased the kite since someone who caught the kite first would be the new owner of the kite. My friend could catch the kite, so he was the next owner of the kite. After that, we took a rest in the side of the sugar cane field. We ate some sugar canes to restore our stamina.

Playing with my friends was my favorite activity when I was a kid. It was extremely fun, I guess.

Activity 6
Please make some sentences using the words given!
example:
The doctor/gave/prescription/yesterday
The doctor gave me a prescription yesterday.

1.My brother/lend/50p/last week
2.She/tell/time/five minutes ago
3.The author/show/manuscript/in February
4.My father/give/bicycle/last Christmas
5.She/read/story/last night

Activity 7
Please make some sentences using the words given!
example:
put/old suit?/silly idea
Why did you put on such an old suit? What a silly idea!

1.buy/small dog?/funny animal
2.write/long letter?/ waste of time
3.tell/obvious life?/stupid idea
4.throw away/valuable book?/awful loss
5.get/expensive watch?/nice present

Fourth Meeting

What a Wonderful Prom Night

For me, there were no end of memorable experiences while I was a student of Senior High School. However, the most memorable one, I personally felt, was my last prom night.

I was in the third year of Senior High School at that time. My school, SMA N 1 Pekalongan, held a very special occasion to release the third year students. The great night begun at seven o’clock. All of the students gathered at the schoolyard that had been modified. There was a huge podium to hold such great performances. The audiences (the students and the teachers) were provided with a lot of neat seats to enjoy the show. At eight o’clock, the show was commenced. Some students performed singing and drama. On the other hand, my own class had our own drama performance. We did well on the drama since the audience really appreciated it. In the end, the prom night was closed with our pray for a better future. Then there was a firework show to end the party.

I was really excited to attend such a great prom night. However, I felt sad somehow, since I won’t meet my school friends anymore. Nevertheless, in overall, it was wonderful.

Activity 4
Ask questions about the following sentences. See the examples

example:
Andrew got sick because he worked too hard.
(do – redecorate)
(?) What did he do?
(+) He redecorated his house

1.Rina was sad because she get a poor grade in a biology test. (get – an “E”)
2.Rudy left the meeting because it was boring. (talk about – the budget)
3.Terry could not buy the necklace because she lost her purse. (lose – the bookstore)
4.Nova could not eat with us because she was still typing. (type – some letters)
5.I have not eaten breakfast when Rick picked me up. (do – watch tv)

Activity 5
Fill in the blank with the correct word. Do not forget to convert the word into their correct form!

example:
The lady (come) … to the bank two hours ago.
The lady came to the bank two hours ago.

1.I (do) … the assignment last night.
2.Yesterday (be) … the greatest day in my entire life.
3.I (wake) … at nine and (eat) … brunch at ten this morning.
4.The bus (leave) … at seven, so I (miss) … it.
5.I (forget) … to bring your book.
6.I (buy) … this motorcycle yesterday.
7.Sara (drink) … a cup of tea before school this morning.
8.Last night, I (read) … an interesting novel written by Agatha Christie.
9.(do) … you go to the library yesterday?
10.what (do) … he (say) …. to you last night?

Third Meeting

Clause Pattern of Past Tense
Statement
was/were at home
{I/We/You/He/She/It/They} worked hard yesterday
flew to England last week

Negative
was/were not at home
{I/We/You/He/She/It/They} did not work hard yesterday
did not fly to England last week

Question
Was/were {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} at home?
Did {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} work very hard yesterday?

Short Answer
Yes, {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} was/were/did
No, {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} was not/were not/ did not

Fabulous Lebaran Day

My last Lebaran day was fabulous. I did a lot of enjoyable activities on the day. Though I didn’t go upstream (mudik), it was extremely fun.

First, I got up at five o’clock and did praying. Then, I ate no end of delicious food. There were opor, ketupat, and many more. I was almost full at that time. Mom cooked really well as there was no food left. After that, my family and I went to the mosque to do Idul Fitri pray. There, I met some old friends that rarely can be seen. They only came back to their village when Lebaran day came along. Next, we visited our family cemetery to pray for my grandmother who had passed away long time ago. I really missed grandma though I hadn’t ever seen her face directly. After going back to our house, we decided to take a rest for a while. Finally, we went to my aunt’s house and spent the rest of the day there.

I personally believed that Lebaran day was a special day for my family. On that day, we had time to meet and spend our day together. It was fabulous.

Activity 2
Please find the past form of these words!

Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Present
Past
Present
Past
Ask
Visit
Stop
Walk
Study
Talk
Hope
Enjoy
Start
Wait
Lie
Cry
Like
Manage
Watch

Go
Buy
Choose
Come
Do
Drink
Give
Leave
Drive
Eat
Write
Send
Hear
Feel
Get


Activity 3
Paraphrase the sentences with the correct form
Use the words below, study the example
example:
usually get up – early – late
I usually get up early, but this morning I got up late.

1.normally have breakfast – at home – at school
2.usually take a nap after lunch – play games with friends
3.generally go home from school straight away – to see a friend in the hospital
4.after study the lessons for two hours – for three hours
5.always help my parents after school – do the homework

Second Meeting

Adverbs
here is a list of adverbs that you may need to use when you begin to construct your own recounts.

Adverbs that tell how Adverbs that tell when Adverbs that tell where
carefully again here
quickly often there
loudly seldom up
slowly now down
happily then forward
easily sometimes everywhere

Word Showing Order
one of the language features of recounts is the use of words that show the order in which the events in the text happened
first next then
when now soon after
at this point lastly at this time
at this moment before that after a while
afterwards following that meanwhile

Visiting Bali

My most memorable vacation was visiting Bali. It happened when I sat in the eleventh grade of Senior High School. My school, SMA N 1 Pekalongan, held a study tour to Bali in the end of the second semester. Almost all of the students took part on the occasion.

Our first destination was Kuta Beach. The beach was very famous among tourists all over the world. It was very crowded as there were so many foreign and domestic tourists. I could find a lot of foreigners enjoying the beach. Some of them just did sunbathing; many others had surfing or just walked along the beach.

Next, we visited Bedugul. There was a vast lake with gorgeous scenery there. My friends and I decided to take a boat sailing across the lake. After that, we went sightseeing since the place was huge. There was a souvenir shop there. I bought some nice souvenirs for my little sister. There were some tattoo artists too. Some of my friends had temporary tattoos on them.

After paying a visit on some other tourism objects, we went back to Pekalongan. It was really fun.

Activity 1
Please write some sentences containing the adverbs given!
example:
I drove my car carefully last night.

1. quickly
2. loudly
3. seldom
4. again
5. here

First Meeting (Pretest)

Constructing a written recount
The recount text type retells past events, usually in the order in which they happened. The steps for constructing a written recount are:
a.a first paragraph that gives background information about who, what, where, when (called the orientation)
b.a series of paragraphs that retell the events in the order in which they happened.
c.a concluding paragraph (not always necessary)

Language features in a recount
a.proper nouns to identify those involved in a recount
b.descriptive words to give details about who, what, when, where, and how
c.the use of past tense to retell the events
d.words that show the order of the events (for example, first, next, then)

A Wedding Anniversary

It was Thursday evening. All family members were at my parents’ house. My parents invited my uncle, my sister, my brother, and me for their twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Everyone was busy to prepare the family party.

Suddenly the rain poured heavily and a few minutes later the light was off. When the light was off, my brother was roasting lamb, my sister was putting all the plates, spoons, forks, and was preparing the table with food, and I was helping my mother decorate the cake and candles. Fortunately, my uncle called and when I told him what was happening, he said he would come with emergency lights. In the dark, my father looked for other candles and lit some of them. When my uncle arrived, we were still setting up the table. He turned the emergency lights on. Under the dim light, we were ready to sit around table full of food. My father lit the candle, together with my mother they blew out the candle, and we clapped, sang and prayed for their health and happiness. Then, we started to enjoy the food. While we were having the food, the light was on again. We cheered and clapped once again.

Activity 10

Read this description of the voyage of a cargo ship and then write similar descriptions of the voyages of three other ships according to the information below:

On May the tenth, 1949, the S.S. Ludwig left Bremen for Rio de Janiero with a cargo of electrical goods and chemicals. She called at Cherbourg and Vigo, and then sailed straight across the South Atlantic to Brazil. Her voyage lasted seventeen days. She spent a week unloading in the harbor of Rio de Janiero and began return voyage on June 4th.

1. 2/8/53 – S.S. Mary Jane – Liverpool – Montreal – whisky and textiles – Dublin – Cork – North Atlantic – Canada – twelve days – four days – August 23rd.
2. 29/10/55 – S.S. Boston – Sydney – Lima – meat and wool – Auckland – Fiji – Pacific – Peru – twenty three days – nine days – December 1st.
3. 10/3/57 – S.S. Tyne – Durban – Bombay – cereals and tinned food – Mozambique – Mombasa – Indian Ocean – India – twelve days – five days –March 28th.

Activity 9

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
wait/the bus/the rain/stop
While I was waiting for the bus, the rain stopped.

1. have/lunch/door-bell/ring
2. sleep/upstairs/house/catch fire
3. drive/to London/engine/stop
4. give/lecture/lights/go out
5. watch/TV/kettle/boil over

Activity 8

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
she/grocer’s/meet
She was looking for a grocer’s when I met her.

1. he/baker’s/find
2. they/doctor/see
3. the nurse/chemist’s/notice
4. my aunt/florist’s/come across
5. the policeman/telephone kiosk/knock into

Activity 7

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
put/old suit?/silly idea
Why did you put on such an old suit? What a silly idea!

1. buy/small dog?/funny animal
2. write/long letter?/ waste of time
3. tell/obvious life?/stupid idea
4. throw away/valuable book?/awful loss
5. get/expensive watch?/nice present

Activity 6

Please make some sentences using the words given!

example:
The doctor/gave/prescription/yesterday
The doctor gave me a prescription yesterday.

1. My brother/lend/50p/last week
2. She/tell/time/five minutes ago
3. The author/show/manuscript/in February
4. My father/give/bicycle/last Christmas
5. She/read/story/last night

Activity 5

Fill in the blank with the correct word. Do not forget to convert the word into their correct form!

example:
The lady (come) … to the bank two hours ago.
The lady came to the bank two hours ago.

1. I (do) … the assignment last night.
2. Yesterday (be) … the greatest day in my entire life.
3. I (wake) … at nine and (eat) … brunch at ten this morning.
4. The bus (leave) … at seven, so I (miss) … it.
5. I (forget) … to bring your book.
6. I (buy) … this motorcycle yesterday.
7. Sara (drink) … a cup of tea before school this morning.
8. Last night, I (read) … an interesting novel written by Agatha Christie.
9. (do) … you go to the library yesterday?
10. what (do) … he (say) …. to you last night?

Activity 4

Ask questions about the following sentences. See the examples

example:
Andrew got sick because he worked too hard.
(do – redecorate)
(?) What did he do?
(+) He redecorated his house

1. Rina was sad because she get a poor grade in a biology test. (get – an “E”)
2. Rudy left the meeting because it was boring. (talk about – the budget)
3. Terry could not buy the necklace because she lost her purse. (lose – the bookstore)
4. Nova could not eat with us because she was still typing. (type – some letters)
5. I have not eaten breakfast when Rick picked me up. (do – watch tv)

Activity 3

Paraphrase the sentences with the correct form
Use the words below, study the example

example:
usually get up – early – late
I usually get up early, but this morning I got up late.

1. normally have breakfast – at home – at school
2. usually take a nap after lunch – play games with friends
3. generally go home from school straight away – to see a friend in the hospital
4. after study the lessons for two hours – for three hours
5. always help my parents after school – do the homework

Activity 2

Please find the past form of these words!

Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Present
Past
Present
Past
Ask
Visit
Stop
Walk
Study
Talk
Hope
Enjoy
Start
Wait
Lie
Cry
Like
Manage
Watch

Go
Buy
Choose
Come
Do
Drink
Give
Leave
Drive
Eat
Write
Send
Hear
Feel
Get

Activity 1

Please write some sentences containing the adverbs given!

example:
I drove my car carefully last night.

1. quickly
2. loudly
3. seldom
4. again
5. here

Clause Pattern of Past Tense

Statement
was/were at home
{I/We/You/He/She/It/They} worked hard yesterday
flew to England last week

Negative
was/were not at home
{I/We/You/He/She/It/They} did not work hard yesterday
did not fly to England last week

Question
Was/were {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} at home?
Did {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} work very hard yesterday?

Short Answer
Yes, {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} was/were/did
No, {I/We/You/He/She/It/They} was not/were not/ did not

Word Showing Order

one of the language features of recounts is the use of words that show the order in which the events in the text happened

first next then
when now soon after
at this point lastly at this time
at this moment before that after a while
afterwards following that meanwhile

Adverbs

here is a list of adverbs that you may need to use when you begin to construct your own recounts.

Adverbs that tell how Adverbs that tell when Adverbs that tell where
carefully again here
quickly often there
loudly seldom up
slowly now down
happily then forward
easily sometimes everywhere

What is recount text?

1. Constructing a written recount
The recount text type retells past events, usually in the order in which they happened. The steps for constructing a written recount are:
a. a first paragraph that gives background information about who, what, where, when (called the orientation)
b. a series of paragraphs that retell the events in the order in which they happened.
c. a concluding paragraph (not always necessary)

2. Language features in a recount
a. proper nouns to identify those involved in a recount
b. descriptive words to give details about who, what, when, where, and how
c. the use of past tense to retell the events
d. words that show the order of the events (for example, first, next, then)

A Wedding Anniversary

It was Thursday evening. All family members were at my parents’ house. My parents invited my uncle, my sister, my brother, and me for their twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Everyone was busy to prepare the family party.

Suddenly the rain poured heavily and a few minutes later the light was off. When the light was off, my brother was roasting lamb, my sister was putting all the plates, spoons, forks, and was preparing the table with food, and I was helping my mother decorate the cake and candles. Fortunately, my uncle called and when I told him what was happening, he said he would come with emergency lights. In the dark, my father looked for other candles and lit some of them. When my uncle arrived, we were still setting up the table. He turned the emergency lights on. Under the dim light, we were ready to sit around table full of food. My father lit the candle, together with my mother they blew out the candle, and we clapped, sang and prayed for their health and happiness. Then, we started to enjoy the food. While we were having the food, the light was on again. We cheered and clapped once again.

Playing in the Sugar Cane Fields

I was so playful when I was a kid. I personally believed that I had a lot of enjoyable moments at that time.

I lived in Sragi, a small village in the border of Pekalongan Regency. Sragi was famous of its sugar factory. Long time ago, Holland established the factory in my lovely village. No wonder, the surrounding of Sragi was full of sugar cane fields.
As a kid, I spent my day by playing all along the day. I had some close friends to play with. It was a windy day so my friends and I decided to play a kite. We went to the back of one of my friends’ house. There was a sugar cane field behind the house. We decided to play the kite there. The wind was so great as it could fly our kite easily. On the other side of the field, we could see another kite fly. Thus, a battle between our kite and their kite could not be avoided. Fortunately, we won the battle as their kite was cut. The kite flew down, it goes without saying. Then, we chased the kite since someone who caught the kite first would be the new owner of the kite. My friend could catch the kite, so he was the next owner of the kite. After that, we took a rest in the side of the sugar cane field. We ate some sugar canes to restore our stamina.

Playing with my friends was my favorite activity when I was a kid. It was extremely fun, I guess.

What a Wonderful Prom Night

For me, there were no end of memorable experiences while I was a student of Senior High School. However, the most memorable one, I personally felt, was my last prom night.

I was in the third year of Senior High School at that time. My school, SMA N 1 Pekalongan, held a very special occasion to release the third year students. The great night begun at seven o’clock. All of the students gathered at the schoolyard that had been modified. There was a huge podium to hold such great performances. The audiences (the students and the teachers) were provided with a lot of neat seats to enjoy the show. At eight o’clock, the show was commenced. Some students performed singing and drama. On the other hand, my own class had our own drama performance. We did well on the drama since the audience really appreciated it. In the end, the prom night was closed with our pray for a better future. Then there was a firework show to end the party.

I was really excited to attend such a great prom night. However, I felt sad somehow, since I won’t meet my school friends anymore. Nevertheless, in overall, it was wonderful.

Fabulous Lebaran Day

My last Lebaran day was fabulous. I did a lot of enjoyable activities on the day. Though I didn’t go upstream (mudik), it was extremely fun.

First, I got up at five o’clock and did praying. Then, I ate no end of delicious food. There were opor, ketupat, and many more. I was almost full at that time. Mom cooked really well as there was no food left. After that, my family and I went to the mosque to do Idul Fitri pray. There, I met some old friends that rarely can be seen. They only came back to their village when Lebaran day came along. Next, we visited our family cemetery to pray for my grandmother who had passed away long time ago. I really missed grandma though I hadn’t ever seen her face directly. After going back to our house, we decided to take a rest for a while. Finally, we went to my aunt’s house and spent the rest of the day there.

I personally believed that Lebaran day was a special day for my family. On that day, we had time to meet and spend our day together. It was fabulous.

Visiting Bali

My most memorable vacation was visiting Bali. It happened when I sat in the eleventh grade of Senior High School. My school, SMA N 1 Pekalongan, held a study tour to Bali in the end of the second semester. Almost all of the students took part on the occasion.

Our first destination was Kuta Beach. The beach was very famous among tourists all over the world. It was very crowded as there were so many foreign and domestic tourists. I could find a lot of foreigners enjoying the beach. Some of them just did sunbathing; many others had surfing or just walked along the beach.

Next, we visited Bedugul. There was a vast lake with gorgeous scenery there. My friends and I decided to take a boat sailing across the lake. After that, we went sightseeing since the place was huge. There was a souvenir shop there. I bought some nice souvenirs for my little sister. There were some tattoo artists too. Some of my friends had temporary tattoos on them.

After paying a visit on some other tourism objects, we went back to Pekalongan. It was really fun.