CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
(EXPERIMENTAL GROUP) School : SMP Negeri 3 Ungaran
I. Standard Competence Membaca
11. Memahami makna dalam esei pendek sederhana berbentuk recount, dan narrative untuk berinteraksi dengan lngkungan sekitar. II. Basic Competence
11.3 Merespon makna dan langkah dalam esei pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancer, dan berterima yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar dalam teks berbentuk recount dan narrative.
III. Indicators
1. Students are able to memorize some difficult words in the text given
2. Students are able to comprehend the meaning of the text. IV. Learning Material
First Meeting
Teacher give students the first text entitled “Two Sisters and the Cat” then students list the vocabulary
Two Sisters and the Cat
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith are sisters. Mrs. Wilson lives in a house in Duncan and Mrs. Smith lives in a condominium in Victoria. One day Mrs. Wilson visited her sister. When her sister answered the door, Mrs. Wilson saw tears in her eyes. "What's the matter?" she asked. Mrs. Smith said "My cat Sammy died last night and I have no place to bury him". She began to cry again. Mrs. Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister loved the cat very much. Suddenly Mrs.. Wilson said "I can bury your cat in my garden in Duncan and you can come and visit him sometimes." Mrs. Smith stopped crying and the two sisters had tea together.
It was now five o'clock and Mrs. Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She put on her hat, coat and gloves and Mrs. Smith put the dead Sammy into a shopping bag. Mrs. Wilson took the shopping bag and walked to the bus stop. She waited a long time for the bus so she bought a newspaper. When the bus arrived, she got on the bus, sat down and put the shopping bag on the floor beside her feet. She then began to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived at her bus stop, she got off the bus and walked for about two minutes. Suddenly she remembered she had left the shopping bag on the bus.
List of Vocabulary
Words Parts of Speech Meaning Description
Condominium N Apartemen US an apartment
building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it
What’s the matter? N Ada apa? What‟s happened?
What‟s wrong?
Bury V Mengubur To put a dead body
into the ground
Suddenly Adverb Tiba-tiba Quickly and
unexpectedly
Visit V Mengunjungi To go to a place in
order to look at it
Got off V Meninggalkan To leave a place
Saw V Melihat To be conscious of
what is around you by using your eyes
Began V Memulai To start to be …
Knew V Mengetahui To have
information in your mind
Stopped V Berhenti/berakhir To finish doing
something that you were doing
Put on V Meletakkan Put
Took V Mengambil To remove
something
especially without permission
Walked V Berjalan To move along by
putting one foot in front of the other
go by, especially while staying in one place without doing very much, until someone comes, until something that you are expecting happens
Bought V Membeli To get something
by paying money for it
Got V Mendapatkan To obtain, buy or
earn something
Sat down V Duduk To move your
body so that the lower part of it is resting on a seat or on the ground Left V Pergi meninggalkan To go away from someone or something
Arrived V Tiba To reach a place,
especially at the end of a journey Second Meeting
Teacher give students the first text entitled “Rabbit and Bear” then students list the vocabulary
Rabbit and Bear
Once upon a time, there lived as neighbours, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit is a good shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy and could not use the arrow to good advantage.
One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and came with bear to the other side of the hill. The rabbit feared to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that there was lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could carry home.
The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. The rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering as the bear would throw earth on the blood and dry
it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day's work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest child was very kind to the rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it outside with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked toward the rabbit's house and when he got close to the door he would give the meat with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit's house. In this way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.
List of Vocabulary
Words Parts of Speech Meaning Description
Good N Baik/bagus Very satisfactory,
enjoyable, interesting
Shot N Tembakan A kick, hit or
throw of the ball which is intended to score points in cricket
Clumsy N Canggung Awkward in
movement or manner
Arrow N Anak panah A weapon that is
like a long thin stick with a sharp point at one end and often feathers at the other
Advantage N Keuntungan/manfaat A condition
giving a greate chance of success
Feared N Ketakutan To be frightened
of something or someone
Arouse V Membangunkan To cause someone
to have a particular feeling
Refuse V Menolak To say that you
will not do or accept something
Consented V Menyetujui To agree to do
something
someone by giving them what they want or need
Indeed N Tentu saja Really or certainly
Gluttonous N Rakus Eating and
drinking more than you need The youngest child N Anak kecil Little child
Hearty N Dengan sepenuh hati Enthusiastic,
energetic, and often loudly expressed
Outside Adverb Diluar Not inside a
building
Pretended V Berpura-pura To behave as if
something is true when you know that it is not
Kicked V Menendang To hit someone or
something with the foot
V. Technique/Method of Study