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RencanaPelaksanaanPembelajaran

Sekolah : SMA Kusuma Negara Mojoagung

Kelas : X

Semester : I

Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris

Skill : Speaking

Alokasiwaktu : 2x45 Menit

1. Standar Kompetensi

10. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks fungsional pendek dan monolog sederhana berbentuk

narrative, descriptive dan news items dalam konteks kehidupan sehari – hari.

2. Kompetensi Dasar

10.2. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks monolog sederhana dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa

lisan secara akurat, lancer dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari – hari dalam teks

berbentuk : narrative, descriptive dan prosedure

3. Sub.Kompetensi Dasar

10.2.2. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks monolog sederhana dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa

lisan secara akurat, lancer dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari – hari dalam teks

berbentuk : narrative, descriptive dan prosedure

4. Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi

1. Mengidentifikasi jenis teks descriptive

2. Mengidentifikasi tentang describing people

3. Mengidentifikasi describing physical features dan personality trait

4. Menerapkan describing physical features dan personality trait

5. Tujuan Pembelajaran

1. Diberi 1 jenis teks siswa dapat mengenali jenis teks tersebut

2. Diberi 1 contoh percakapan siswa dapat mengidentifikasi describing people

3. Diberikan 1 gambar siswa dapat mengidentifikasi describing physical features dan personality

trait dengan benar.

4. Diberi situasi Menerapkan describing physical features dan personality trait dengan benar.

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6. Pengembangan Karakter

a. Mengembangkan sopan santun

b. Mengembangkan rasa tanggung jawab

c. Mengembangkan kejujuran

d. Mengembangkan disiplin siswa

e. Mengembangkan rasa toleransi

7. Materi Ajar

A. Description text

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8. MetodePembelajaran

Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Modelling

Questioning

Constructivism (Discussing)

Learning Community

Reflection

Authentic Asessment

8. Langkah-langkah Kegiatan Pembelajaran

a. KegiatanPendahuluan:

Guru memberikan greeting (melatih sopan santun, toleransi)

Guru mengecek kehadiran siswa

Guru menjelaskan kompetensi yang akan dipelajari

b. Kegiatan Inti:

Kegiatan Guru Kegiatan Siswa

1. Menjelaskan tentang description2. Meminta siswa untuk mengidentifkasi teks

description yang disajikan dalam bentuk comic strip.

3. Meminta mencocokkan gambar dengan physical features yang sesuai

4. Meminta mendescripsikan physical features dan personality trit seseorang berdasarkan ciri yang diberikan

1. Mengidentifikasi tentang description 2. Mengidentifikasi tentang describing

people.3. Memasangkan gambar dengan physical

features yang sesuai.4. mendescripsikan seseorang physical

features dan personality trit berdasarkan ciri yang diberikan

c. Kegiatan Penutup

Guru memberi penguatan

Guru memberi tugas

9. Penilaian Hasil Belajar

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Indikator pencapaian kompetensi Bentuk/Tehnik Penilaian

1. Mendescripsikan physical features

seseorang

2. Mendeskripsikan physical

features dan personality trit

seseorang

1. Lisan

2. Lisan

10. Sumber dan Media Pembelajaran

a.Sumber :

SudarwatiTh.M and Eudia Grace, 2007,Look Ahead: An English Course X,.

Jakarta .Penerbit Erlangga.

http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2008/10/ Bus-was-Flowing-Right-Behind-Me- clear -

example-of.html.

b. Media Pembelajaran: LCD

Jombang, 18 Juli 2011

Guru BahasaInggris

Akhmad Arianto

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LEMBAR KERJA SISWA

TASK 1

Arrange this paragraph into correct order of the recount text

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A. Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of an art teacher.

He studied painting with his father and also in Madrid.

B. After 1907, he entered into style of cubism. Among his well-known

cubist painting are ”The Musicians” and “The man with a guitar”

which depict the destruction of a Spanish town

C. From about 1895 to 1901 he painted realistic works in a traditional

style. Then he entered what was called the Blue Period. During this

time he only used shades of the blue in his paintings to show poverty

he saw in Barcelona.

D. Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artist of 1900’s.

He is best known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern style

is represented in Picasso’s works.

E. Picasso died in France in 1973

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TASK 2

FILL THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT WORD BASED ON THE ANSWER GIVEN

arranged had booked were slept boarded

collected went well-known gave was

VACATION TO LONDON

Mr. Richard’s family (1)___________ on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons.

They (2)__________to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the

British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They(3)______________ fourteen days tour. This includes travel

and accommodation. They also included tours around London.

They (4)_____________a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the

cabin crews (5) __________very friendly. They (6)_________ them news paper and magazine to read. They

gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They

(7)____________ part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were

pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his

family (8)_____________their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They (9)___________ the transfer

to a hotel.

The hotel was a (10)______________four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The

room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the

door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food.

The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.

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TASK 3Read the following text. Then, answer the questions

TASK 48

Remembering Kevin

I had the great honor of being able to call Kevin Aucoin, my friend. He was not

only a magnificent artist, but more important, a magnificent human being. My older

sister, Liza Minnelli, introduced us in 1991. We instantly hit it off.

Kevin did my make-up for photo shoots with my sister and for the 1993 Tony

Awards. But I will always remember the day we spent together in my bathroom. Kevin

taught me how to do my own make-up. He told me to stop plucking my eyebrows

every five minutes and, as we were finishing, he made a list of what he used. I asked

him to come to Bloomingdale’s with me fully expecting him to say ”No,” but he said

he’d love to and off we went. By 6.30 p.m., we had shopped our brains out and laughed

so much that we were exhausted. I got into a cab and kissed him good-bye.

Over the years, I’d also buy allure every month to read his column. His work

has truly made make-up as important as fashion.

Spending time with Kevin was like being hugged. He was an angel and all of us

who knew him were lucky.

Lorna Luft

Baverly hills

Remembering Kevin

I had the great honor of being able to call Kevin Aucoin, my friend. He was not

only a magnificent artist, but more important, a magnificent human being. My older

sister, Liza Minnelli, introduced us in 1991. We instantly hit it off.

Kevin did my make-up for photo shoots with my sister and for the 1993 Tony

Awards. But I will always remember the day we spent together in my bathroom. Kevin

taught me how to do my own make-up. He told me to stop plucking my eyebrows

every five minutes and, as we were finishing, he made a list of what he used. I asked

him to come to Bloomingdale’s with me fully expecting him to say ”No,” but he said

he’d love to and off we went. By 6.30 p.m., we had shopped our brains out and laughed

so much that we were exhausted. I got into a cab and kissed him good-bye.

Over the years, I’d also buy allure every month to read his column. His work

has truly made make-up as important as fashion.

Spending time with Kevin was like being hugged. He was an angel and all of us

who knew him were lucky.

Lorna Luft

Baverly hills

Find Out:Find Out:

Who is the writer?When did she first meet Kevin?What experience did the writer have with Kevin?How did the writer end her story?Who is Kevin Aucoin?Underline the noun phrase used in the text?Circle the past tense verbs!Mention the generic feature of the textAre there any time conjunctions in the text? please mention it!How did the writer feel about this story?

Who is the writer?When did she first meet Kevin?What experience did the writer have with Kevin?How did the writer end her story?Who is Kevin Aucoin?Underline the noun phrase used in the text?Circle the past tense verbs!Mention the generic feature of the textAre there any time conjunctions in the text? please mention it!How did the writer feel about this story?

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Read the following text.

Answer with The true or False the following sentences based on the text.

1. The character is a librarian

2. The character read a medical a medical encyclopedia book.

3. The character had cholera disease and malaria in the same time.

4. The character felt that he had all the illness as in the book

5. The character is a doctor

6. The character never known the doctor

7. The doctor give him a lot of medicine

8. The character must eat 3 good meals every day, a two-mile walk every morning.

9. The character have to be in bed at 12 o’clock at night

10. The character followed the doctor’s instructions and felt better again.

Scoring System9

Read the passage

One day I was setting in the local library, I started to read a medical encyclopedia that was lying on the table in front of me. The first illness I read about was cholera. As I read the list of symptoms, it occurred to me that perhaps I had cholera myself. I sat for a while, too frightened to move.

Then, in a kind of dream, I started to turn the pages of the book again. I came to malaria. Yes, there was no doubt about it – I had malaria too. And I certainly had hepatitis. And yellow fever. And so it went on. I read through the whole book, and by the end I came to the conclusion that I had every illness. There was only one illness I didn’t have – and that was housemaid’s knee.

I sat and thought, and I became more and more worried. I wondered how long I had to live. I examined myself. I felt my pulse. At first, I couldn’t find it at all; then, suddenly it seems start off. I looked at my watch to time it – it was beating 147 times a minute. I tried to feel my heart. I couldn’t feel it. It wasn’t beating. I stuck my tongue out and tried to look at it. I could only see the end of it, but from that I was even more certain than before that I had

yellow fever.

I went straight to my doctor, who was a good friend of mine. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked. “I have every illness in the medical encyclopedia.” I told him how I read the medical encyclopedia. Then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt my pulse, and he listened to my heart. Then he sat down and wrote a prescription. It said:

3 good meals every day

A two-mile walk every day morning

Be in bed at 11 o’clock every night

Don’t read medical books!

I followed the doctor’s instructions, and I am happy to say that I now feel quite well again.

(Adapted from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889)

Read the passage

One day I was setting in the local library, I started to read a medical encyclopedia that was lying on the table in front of me. The first illness I read about was cholera. As I read the list of symptoms, it occurred to me that perhaps I had cholera myself. I sat for a while, too frightened to move.

Then, in a kind of dream, I started to turn the pages of the book again. I came to malaria. Yes, there was no doubt about it – I had malaria too. And I certainly had hepatitis. And yellow fever. And so it went on. I read through the whole book, and by the end I came to the conclusion that I had every illness. There was only one illness I didn’t have – and that was housemaid’s knee.

I sat and thought, and I became more and more worried. I wondered how long I had to live. I examined myself. I felt my pulse. At first, I couldn’t find it at all; then, suddenly it seems start off. I looked at my watch to time it – it was beating 147 times a minute. I tried to feel my heart. I couldn’t feel it. It wasn’t beating. I stuck my tongue out and tried to look at it. I could only see the end of it, but from that I was even more certain than before that I had

yellow fever.

I went straight to my doctor, who was a good friend of mine. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked. “I have every illness in the medical encyclopedia.” I told him how I read the medical encyclopedia. Then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt my pulse, and he listened to my heart. Then he sat down and wrote a prescription. It said:

3 good meals every day

A two-mile walk every day morning

Be in bed at 11 o’clock every night

Don’t read medical books!

I followed the doctor’s instructions, and I am happy to say that I now feel quite well again.

(Adapted from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889)

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1. Untuk task 1, tidak dinilai, karena hanya memotivasi siswa menuju materi yang akan

dibahas

2. Untuk task 2, Setiap jawaban yang benar diberi nilai 1. Skor keseluruhan jika bena rsemua:

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(Jawabanbenar x10)

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3. Untuk task 3, Setiap jawaban yang benar diberi nilai 1. Skor keseluruhan jika benar semua:

10

(Jawabanbenar x10)

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4. Untuk task 4, Pengurutan yang benardiberinilai 1. Sko rkeseluruhan jika benar semua: 10

(Jawabanbenar x10)

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LEMBAR ASESMEN10

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Arrange this paragraph into correct order of recount text

My Rush Time as a Journalist

It was heart breaking when I saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing.

Unfortunately as they said, the food and clothing were limited and inadequate. Emerging to glaring,

fool noon, it was time to go back to Press Center to write stories and race against time. I was always

fearing that the internet would come crushing down.

I usually woke up at eight o'clock a.m. and went to the Press Center to check the daily

schedule of briefings and press conferences. It was usually held by the United Nation officials or

disaster mitigation team.

After everything was done, only then I remembered to eat. Most times, I only ate once a day

because I always had to rush and again it was difficult to find food. I had to travel quite far. I

needed to spend a 30 to 45 minutes by car just to find fresh food.

It was challenging to visit different refugee camps to find soft stories, human interest stories.

After that I went back to the Press Center to cover the press conferences of the day.

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A

C

B

D

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MATERI AJAR

Nama Sekolah : SMA KUSUMA NEGARA MOJOAGUNG

Alamat Sekolah : JL.YOS SUDARSO MOJOAGUNG JOMBANG

Jenjang

Sekolah

: SMA

Kelas/Semester : X/ 1

Kompetensi Reading

Standar

Kompetensi

: 5. Makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek dan esei sederhana berbentuk

recount, narrative, dan procedure dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari

Kompetensi

Dasar

: 5.2 Mengungkapkan makna dalam bentuk teks tulis fungsional pendek

(misalnya pengumuman, iklan, undangan dll.) resmi dan tak resmidengan

menggunakan ragam bahasa tulissecara akurat, lancar dan berterima

dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari

Sub Komptensi

Dasar

: 5.2.1.

Merespon makna teks tulis esei secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam berbagai konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan dalam teks:: recount.

Sub

Kompetensi

dasar

: 5.2.2.

Merespon makna teks tulis esei secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam berbagai konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan dalam teks:: narrative

Sub

Kompetensi

dasar

: 5.2.3.

Merespon makna teks tulis esei secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam berbagai konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan dalam teks:procedure

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Kunci Jawaban

Task 1

The order are D, A, C, B, E

Task 2

The answer are.

1. Was 6. gave

2. Saw 7. slept

3. Had booked 8. collected

4. Boarded 9. arranged

5. Were 10. Well-known

Task 3

1. Lorna Luft2. in 19913. Kevin did her make-up for photo shoots. They spent together in her bathroom. He taught her how

to do her own make0up. They laughed together.4. Give comment to Kevin5. Lorna Luft friend who is an artist6. a magnificent artist, great honor, a magnificent human being, 7. had, was, introduced, hit, did, spent, told, were, made, asked, used, etc.8. Yes9. Yes10. He fell proud and happy to call Kevin as a friend.

Task 41. False

2. True

3. False

4. True

5. False

6. False

7. False

8. True

9. False

10. True

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Lampiran

Text recount

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Bus was Flowing Right Behind Me

I stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri had

blocked the road, The next morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration number BA

2 KHA 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise from Tatopani.

I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35

passengers, including me. The driver started the bus. A kilometer into the journey, I

noticed a ditch on the road.

The driver tried to avert the ditch. Before I could know what was going on, the

bus started hurtling towards the Bhotekoshi.I had given up hope of surviving, but found

a ventilator glass broken. I came out of the shattered glass and plunged into the

Bhotekoshi.

The river carried me for about 35 kilometers and left me on the shallow surface.

I passed out after that. The rescuers took me to a hospital when I regained

consciousness.

I heard later that all except four passengers had survived. I have sustained

injuries on the face, hands and other body parts. Nonetheless, I feel that surviving was

my destiny.

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VACATION TO LONDON

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They

went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British

Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and

accommodation. They also included tours around London.

They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the

cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave

them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight.

They slept part of the way.

On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers

were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr.

Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the

transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The

room had its own bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to

open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They

had variety of food.

Remembering Kevin

I had the great honor of being able to call Kevin Aucoin, my friend. He was not

only a magnificent artist, but more important, a magnificent human being. My older

sister, Liza Minnelli, introduced us in 1991. We instantly hit it off.

Kevin did my make-up for photo shoots with my sister and for the 1993 Tony

Awards. But I will always remember the day we spent together in my bathroom. Kevin

taught me how to do my own make-up. He told me to stop plucking my eyebrows

every five minutes and, as we were finishing, he made a list of what he used. I asked

him to come to Bloomingdale’s with me fully expecting him to say ”No,” but he said

he’d love to and off we went. By 6.30 p.m., we had shopped our brains out and laughed

so much that we were exhausted. I got into a cab and kissed him good-bye.

Over the years, I’d also buy allure every month to read his column. His work

has truly made make-up as important as fashion.

Spending time with Kevin was like being hugged. He was an angel and all of us

who knew him were lucky.

Lorna Luft

Baverly hills

Remembering Kevin

I had the great honor of being able to call Kevin Aucoin, my friend. He was not

only a magnificent artist, but more important, a magnificent human being. My older

sister, Liza Minnelli, introduced us in 1991. We instantly hit it off.

Kevin did my make-up for photo shoots with my sister and for the 1993 Tony

Awards. But I will always remember the day we spent together in my bathroom. Kevin

taught me how to do my own make-up. He told me to stop plucking my eyebrows

every five minutes and, as we were finishing, he made a list of what he used. I asked

him to come to Bloomingdale’s with me fully expecting him to say ”No,” but he said

he’d love to and off we went. By 6.30 p.m., we had shopped our brains out and laughed

so much that we were exhausted. I got into a cab and kissed him good-bye.

Over the years, I’d also buy allure every month to read his column. His work

has truly made make-up as important as fashion.

Spending time with Kevin was like being hugged. He was an angel and all of us

who knew him were lucky.

Lorna Luft

Baverly hills

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Read the passage

One day I was setting in the local library, I started to read a medical encyclopedia that was lying on the table in front of me. The first illness I read about was cholera. As I read the list of symptoms, it occurred to me that perhaps I had cholera myself. I sat for a while, too frightened to move.

Then, in a kind of dream, I started to turn the pages of the book again. I came to malaria. Yes, there was no doubt about it – I had malaria too. And I certainly had hepatitis. And yellow fever. And so it went on. I read through the whole book, and by the end I came to the conclusion that I had every illness. There was only one illness I didn’t have – and that was housemaid’s knee.

I sat and thought, and I became more and more worried. I wondered how long I had to live. I examined myself. I felt my pulse. At first, I couldn’t find it at all; then, suddenly it seems start off. I looked at my watch to time it – it was beating 147 times a minute. I tried to feel my heart. I couldn’t feel it. It wasn’t beating. I stuck my tongue out and tried to look at it. I could only see the end of it, but from that I was even more certain than before that I had

yellow fever.

I went straight to my doctor, who was a good friend of mine. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked. “I have every illness in the medical encyclopedia.” I told him how I read the medical encyclopedia. Then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt my pulse, and he listened to my heart. Then he sat down and wrote a prescription. It said:

3 good meals every day

A two-mile walk every day morning

Be in bed at 11 o’clock every night

Don’t read medical books!

I followed the doctor’s instructions, and I am happy to say that I now feel quite well again.

(Adapted from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889)

Read the passage

One day I was setting in the local library, I started to read a medical encyclopedia that was lying on the table in front of me. The first illness I read about was cholera. As I read the list of symptoms, it occurred to me that perhaps I had cholera myself. I sat for a while, too frightened to move.

Then, in a kind of dream, I started to turn the pages of the book again. I came to malaria. Yes, there was no doubt about it – I had malaria too. And I certainly had hepatitis. And yellow fever. And so it went on. I read through the whole book, and by the end I came to the conclusion that I had every illness. There was only one illness I didn’t have – and that was housemaid’s knee.

I sat and thought, and I became more and more worried. I wondered how long I had to live. I examined myself. I felt my pulse. At first, I couldn’t find it at all; then, suddenly it seems start off. I looked at my watch to time it – it was beating 147 times a minute. I tried to feel my heart. I couldn’t feel it. It wasn’t beating. I stuck my tongue out and tried to look at it. I could only see the end of it, but from that I was even more certain than before that I had

yellow fever.

I went straight to my doctor, who was a good friend of mine. “What’s the matter with you?” he asked. “I have every illness in the medical encyclopedia.” I told him how I read the medical encyclopedia. Then he opened my mouth and looked at my tongue, and he felt my pulse, and he listened to my heart. Then he sat down and wrote a prescription. It said:

3 good meals every day

A two-mile walk every day morning

Be in bed at 11 o’clock every night

Don’t read medical books!

I followed the doctor’s instructions, and I am happy to say that I now feel quite well again.

(Adapted from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889)