LEARNING MATERIAL

A. INTRODUCTION 1. BASIC COMPETENCY 3.4 Distinguishing the social function, text structure, and language features some oral and written descriptive texts by giving and asking information related with tourist attractions and famous historical building, short and simple according to use of its context 4.4 Descriptive Text 4.4.1 Capturing the contextual meanings related to social function, text structure, and language features some oral and written descriptive texts by giving and asking information related to tourist attractions and famous historical building. 4.4.2 Compiling oral and written descriptive text, short and simple, related to tourist attractions and famous historical building, by paying attention to the social function, text structure, and language features, correctly and appropriate with the context. 2. INDICATORS a. Knowledge Mastery 3.4.1 Identifying oral and written descriptive text 3.4.2 Understanding oral and written descriptive text 3.4.3 Applying oral and written descriptive text 3.4.4 Analyzing oral and written descriptive text 3.4.5 Evaluating oral and written descriptive text b. Mastery of skills 4.4.1 Making the oral and written descriptive text 4.4.2 Presenting the oral and written descriptive text B. MATERIAL DESCRIPTION Descriptive text

Descriptive Definition Text Generic structure Social Function Language Features Definition  Descriptive text is a text that describes and reveal a particular person, place or thing. Generic structure  Identification: identifies phenomenon to be described  Description: describes parts, qualities or characteristics Social function  Describe a particular person, place or thing  Appeals to the senses, tell how something looks, feels, smells, tastes and or sounds  It is used to show report describe and present information Language features  Focusing on specific object  Generally using present tense  Using linking verb  Frequently using pre- and post-modified noun phrases  Using adjectives and adverbs to add information to nouns and verbs in the provision of detailed information  Using adverbial phrases of manner, place, or time  Using words explaining characteristics features (size, shape, location, color, etc)  Using details to visualize the topic  Providing examples (using the phrases for instance, such as, to illustrate, or to demonstrate)  Using the topic word or the topic-synonymous word repeatedly  Using passive voice Let’s read the text and analyze it. Generic structure

Way Kambas National Park Identificatio Way Kambas National Park is a national park for elephant sanctuary located n in Lampung precisely in the Labuhan Ratu sub district, East Lampung, Indonesia. Way Kambas National Park, established in 1985, is the first Description school for elephant in Indonesia. In the beginning of its establishment, Way Kambas National Park was named the Elephant Training Center / Pusat Latihan Gajah (PLG), but the last few years this name was changed into Elephant Conservation Center / Pusat Konservasi Gajah (PKG), which is expected to become a center for elephant conservation in taming, training, breeding and conserving elephants. Until now, this PKG has trained for about 300 elephants which have been deployed to all over the country. In Way Kambas National Park, there are some endangered animals such as Sumatran Rhinos, Sumatran elephant, Sumatran tiger, Mentok Rimba, and Buaya sepit. There are also so some plants which are mostly found there such as Api-api, Pidada, Nipah, and Pandan. On the marshy coasts of Way Kambas National Park is often found various species of birds, such as, Lesser Adjutant, Pheasant Blue, Kuau Raja, Pependang Timur, and some other birds. Language Features

Present Way Kambas National Park is a national park for elephant Adverb of Tense sanctuary located in Lampung precisely in the Labuhan Ratu sub time district, East Lampung, Indonesia. Way Kambas National Park, Passive established in 1985, is the first school for elephant in Indonesia. Voice In the beginning of its establishment, Way Kambas National Park was named the Elephant Training Center / Pusat Latihan Gajah (PLG), but the last few years this name was changed into Elephant Conservation Center / Pusat Konservasi Gajah (PKG), which is expected to become a center for elephant conservation in taming, training, breeding and conserving elephants. Until now, this PKG has trained for about 300 elephants which have been deployed to all over the country. In Way Kambas National Park, there are some endangered animals such as Sumatran Rhinos, Sumatran elephant, Sumatran tiger, Mentok Rimba, and Buaya sepit. There are also so some plants Providing which are mostly found there such as Api-api, Pidada, Nipah, and example Pandan. On the marshy coasts of Way Kambas National Park is often found various species of birds, such as, Lesser Adjutant, Pheasant Blue, Kuau Raja, Pependang Timur, and some other birds. Let’s discuss about Passive Voice

PASSIVE VOICE Form : S + Be + past participle (V3) + (by agent) Note : S : Subject be : auxiliary verb (am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been, will be, etc) past participle : verb 3 (by agent) : the subject who performs the action in active sentence Example:  Active voice: The government changes the name. Passive voice: The name was changed by the government..  Active voice: Visitor can find various species of birds in way kambas. Passive voice: Various species of birds can be found by visitor in way kambas. Tenses Passive Form Active Passive Simple Present S + is, am, are + Tense V3 The government The name is changed by Simple Past Tense S + was, were + V3 changes the name the government Present Continuous S + is, am, are + The government The name was changed by Tense being + V3 changed the name the government Past Cont. Tense The government is The name is being changing the name changed by the Simple Future government Tense S + was, were + The government was Simple Past Future being + V3 changing the name The name was being Tense changed by the S + will + be + V3 The government will government change the name S + would + be + The name will be changed V3 The government by the government would change the name The name would be changed by the government

Present Perf. Tense S + have, has + The government has The name has been been + V3 changed the name changed by the government Past Perf. Tense S + had + been + The government had V3 changed the name The name had been changed by the government