I Sing the Battle
A. Warmer: Pre-activity
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Activity 1
Read the story below carefully.
Gatotkaca
Gatotkaca was a strong and brave man from Pringgadani Kingdom. He was the son of the strong Bimasena of Pandawa family and a female giant Arimbi of the Pringgadani Kingdom.
Gatotkaca was naturally born half-giant. The baby was so strong that no weapon could cut off his umbilical cord. "It's been a year," Bimasena said sadly, "But my son still has his umbilical cord."
Hearing this, his brother named Arjuna decided to meditate for gods' guide. Arjuna didn't realize that at same time Karna, the army commander of Hastina Kingdom, was meditating nearby. since the two of them looked alike, God Batara Narada by mistake gave a super power weapon Kontawijaya to Karna. Then Narada told Arjuna is mistake, and accordingly Arjuna tried to take away the weapon. They were fighting fiercely. Karna managed to keep the weapon. Arjuna, on the other hand, got the case only. Miraculously, the case cut Gatotkaca's cord and shortly after that, penetrated the baby's stomach. "My goodness," said Arjuna, "This will strengthen the baby.
But I have a string feeling that he'll be killed by the weapon.”
Seeeing this, Batara Narada then took Gatotkaca to the Nirvana, the place up there where the gods live. Narada would have the baby fight Patih Sekipu who was attacking the Nirvana.
"What? a Baby?" Sekipu burst in laughter. "Do I have to fight a baby? It's fine with me if you insist."
Sekipu grabbed Gatotkaca. He hit the baby hard on its leg, but the baby kicked him. He squeezed the baby's arm, but the baby pulled his arm so hard that he felt it would break off. He slapped the baby on its face, but the baby hit his face repeatedly with such an increasing force that his face became badly bruised. With great embarrassment, Sekipu returned the baby to Narada and then ran away.
Batara Narada was so amazed by the baby's strength that he planned to give more power to Gatot kaca. Narada plunged Gatotkaca into Candradimuka, which was the crater of mount Jamurdipa. Almost immediately, the other gods threw all kinds of powerful weapons into crater.
The following day Gatotkaca emerged from the depth in the shape of a fully grown man with a power equal to all kinds of weapons.
The gods gave him a special gift, a hat called Basunanda, a vest called Antrakusuma, and sandals called Padakacarma. With these clothes Gatotkaca could fly from cloud to cloud as fast as lightning to defend not only his father and uncle but also the gods.
Adapted from http://hermeinsaputri.blogspot.com/2012/10/gatotkaca.html/
- Vocabulary focus
Match the words and its definition by drawing a line between them
1. a giant (n) a. any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun.
2. weapon (n) b. in a frightening, violent or powerful way 3. umbilical cord (n) c. to try to hurt or defeat using violence
4. fiercely (adv) d. an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall 5. miraculously (adv) e. in a way that suggests or resembles a miracle 6. attacking (v) f. to press something firmly
7. squeezed (v) g. a flexible cordlike structure containing blood vessels and attaching a human fetus to the placenta
8. the crater (n) h. the round hole at the top of a volcano
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- Content Focus
After you finish guessing the word and its meaning above, you will get further insight related to several events happening in the story. Read again the text and try to reveal deeper about how the story goes by answering the following questions.
1. What is the story about? ...
2. When did it happen? ...
3. Where did the story take place? ...
4. How many characters were there in the story? Mention them. ...
5. What kind of problem happening in the story? ...
6. How did the problem being resolved? ...
7. What can you learn from the story? ...
8. Which part is the most interesting for you? ...
Activity 2
Read the text “Gatotkaca” one more time and try to compare it with the text below.
One day, a hound dog went hunting by himself in the woods. He saw a rabbit in the bush and chased him out into an open. The rabbit ran. The dog followed.
The rabbit ran around trees and through an open field.
When the dog began to be tired, the rabbit, with its last energy, jumped into the bush and disappeared.
As the dog turned back home, a goat herder who had seen the chase smiled at him saying, “Why did you let that rabbit go?”
“You forget,” replied the tired dog, “I was only running for my dinner. He was running for his life!”
Write down your answer here.
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The differences between those two: ____________________________________________________________________
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Hello, everyone! I believe it’s a common thing for you to retell fairy tales, legends, a fantasy, folktales, fables and myths to others, right? Well, those are the example of narrative text.
You’ve often heard about Narrative Text but we have to talk about it depeer to reveal what Narrative is and what makes it
different from any other type of text.