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A. Read the following text about worms. Then, answer the questions
A. 1. The purpose of the writer in writing the text is to present information about objects the way they are based on references or based on the result of systemic observation or analysis
2. The information I found in the text:
Information about protozoans in the Text
Information Yes/No Description
Size yes Most protozoans are so tiny that they can be seen only with a microscope.
Shape yes Protozoans have different shapes.
Habitat yes Protozoans are found all over the world, on land and in water. Protozoans living on land especially like moist soil.
Parts yes Every protozoan is made up of a jellylike material called cytoplasm. Within the cytoplasm is at least one nucleus.
1. Text structure label
Discussion Result
Yes, the purpose, parts, grammar, and vocabulary of the video about nematodes and ants are the same as the ones in the written texts in the previous activities.
2. The grammar used in the text
Language Features in the Text Entitled “Protozoans”
Language Features Examples
Nouns and noun phrases
protozoans, plants , land , the bodies of animals, cell, some features
The present tense protozoans are simple organisms, or living things.
a protozoan is just a single cell.
a protozoan can eat, grow, and get rid of wastes.
Linking verbs are, is Action verbs
eat, grow, move
B. 1. The purpose of the speaker in presenting the video is to present information about objects the way they are based on references or based on the result of systemic observation or analysis.
2. True or false
Statement True False
Fungi live n the ground beneath our feet too.
v
Fungi are plants. v
It is estimated to be less than 1.5 million of fungi on earth. v Fungi absorb nutrients and moisture directly from their
surroundings. v
3. The vocabulary in the video
The Vocabulary in the Video about Fungi
Language Features Examples
Technical or scientific terms
fungi germinate hyphae macro fungi microscopic mushrooms nutrients
photosynthesize species
tissues yeasts
Let’s Sum Up
✓ The social function or purpose of information report texts is to present information about objects the way they are based on references or based on the result of systemic observation or analysis.
✓ The parts of information report texts are classification and description.
✓ The grammar used in information report texts are:
• Nouns and noun phrases
• The present tense
• Linking verbs
• Action verbs
✓ The vocabulary in information report texts are:
• Descriptive language
• Technical or scientific terms Let’s Reflect
Siswa mengisi tabel refleksi sesuai dengan kondisi masing-masing.
Activity 7
Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ytgmpQ6eug Video Script
Nematodes also called roundworms are the world’s most diverse species of animals.
Depending on the type, they can occur as parasites in animals and plants or as free- living forms in soil, freshwater, and marine environments.
These recordings are from free-living nematodes from a soil sample.
The free-living nematodes can bring a range of positive effects on the soil and forest.
They feed on bacteria and fungus and also have an important role in nutrition recycling for healthier plant growth. Some types even kill insects and can be used as a natural pesticide.
Non-parasitic nematodes are not dangerous for humans or animals. The parasitic nematodes can destroy plants and farmland. Some types also infest animals and can occur in almost all organs of the body. Some of these worms are known by such common names as hookworm, lungworm, pinworm, threadworm, whipworm, and eelworm. These nematodes can cause a variety of diseases and can be transferred through things like mosquitoes and contaminated water or food.
Fossil findings have suggested that nematodes originated about 354 million years ago.
(Adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ytgmpQ6eug) Activity 8
Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc3WjtEN7fI
Ants are social insects and most live in colonies consisting of millions of members.
There are three different kinds of ants; the queen, the male, and the workers. Most ants build some type of mound to live in either in sands or in trees. The ants body is made up of three parts; the head, trunk, and rear. And ants’ antenna allows it to hear, taste, touch, and smell. Ants have adapted the best to be able to survive on earth for more than a hundred million years.
Listening Script
Let’s Check
Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70LA0mijzCM
Walking through New England's forests, we see evidence of fungi everywhere.
Mushrooms of all types erupt from the forest floor or form shelf-like growths on the bark of trees. Forest fungi can also take on an extraordinary variety of less familiar forms. Much fungal growth may not be seen either because it is microscopic or because it is out of sight inside wood or leaf litter even in the ground beneath our feet.
Fungi are not plants. They do not photosynthesize but must find food like animals do. Fungi belong to a kingdom of life of their own distinct from animals, plants, and bacteria. More than seventy thousand species have been described but they're estimated to be more than 1.5 million on earth.
All large fungi called macro fungi are composed of distinctive branching tissues called hyphae. And their cell walls contain chitin not the cellulose found in plants mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of many macro fungi. Within their gills are millions of tiny reproductive cells or spores that are easily dispersed by the wind.
When spores find suitable habitat, they germinate and slender – merge.
Absorbing nutrients and moisture directly from their surroundings the hyphaegrow into a larger colony called a mycelium. Huge networks of mycelia permeate soil leaf litter and decaying wood. Mushrooms and other macro fungi make up only part of the fungal community of the forest. A diversity of micro fungi including moulds rusts and yeasts thrive on or within every substrate in the forest. Like larger fungi they have chitin as cell walls and most have structures formed from high fee a few like yeasts live as single cells.
(Adapted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70LA0mijzCM)