Teaching PPT_Explanation Text

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XI Social

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Activity 1a(Estapet Writing)

Make a group consist of 8 students

Take a piece of paper. Make sure that every group hastheir own paper and every student in the group has theirown pencil or pen.

In this part the students are asked to write based on thetopic chosen. It will be free based their knowledge sofar. Every student will write only a sentence after thatthey have to pass it to their friend sitting next to them.

The last students who will be the last writer will read thewriting loudly. 1 students only have 5-10 seconds tofinish their sentence.

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Topics

Why Tourism Place in Bali is Famous

How Rainbow Cake is Made

How / Why people fall in love

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Activity 1b

Have you got you lottery?

Please find you partner who has the same animals namewith you!

You are not allowed to mention the word!You are allowed to imitate the sound of that animal only.You may use gestures to help you in finding your

partner.

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Can you guess what is

our todays topic???

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Explanation Text(Writing Class)

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Explanation orProcedure????

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Compare those two type of texts given by you teacher;

Find the similarities and the diffirences between thosetwo texts;

Write it on the whiteboard and share what you havefound with your friend.

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Lets see...

Similarities

Simple Present Tense

Action Verbs

Chronological Connection

Details

Differences

In buiding the textExplanatory uses passivevoice Procedure uses Toinvinitive (omit the to)

The social function of thetext is to describe:Explanatory = How or Whysomething happen,Procedure = How to ..(Something close with ourdaiy activity)

Generic structure

Writing Form

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Definition of Explanation

Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming ofnatural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena. Explanation textis to say 'why' and 'how' of the forming of the phenomenon. It isoften found in science, geography and history text books.

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Social Function

To explain :

the processes involved in the formationorworking of naturalorsocioculturalphenomenon.

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Generic structure of Explanation

1. General statement; stating the phenomenon issues which areto be explained and to position the reader.

2. Sequenced explanation; stating a series of steps whichexplain the phenomena.

3. Closing ;

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Language Features

1. Using Simple Present Tense

E.g : The earth is actually closer to the sun.

2. Using action verbs

E.g : discharge, separate, combine, eliminate, transmit, carry,

exert, interact , behave, exchange , absorb, converge, trend,force etc

3. Using passive voice

E.g : You would be forgiven by me

4. Using noun phrase

E.g : that dog, Aunt Audrey's dog, the dog on the sofa, theneighbor's dog that chases our cat, the dog digging in the newflower bed

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5. Using adverbial phrase

E.g : quite slowly, surprisingly well, much earlier, as quickly aspossible etc.6. Using technical terms

E.g : Radiation, Biosphere, Continental climate, Glacier, tectonicplates etc.

7. Using general and abstract nounE.g : sun, rain, the dogs (not my dogs, his/her/their dogs). So use

the general one.8. Using conjunction of time and cause-effect.

E.g :

- because, so, this causes (cause-effect conjunction)

- Then, next, later ( conjunction of time )

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Significant Lexicogrammatical

Features

Focus on generic, non-human Participants

Use mainly of Material Processes and Relational Processes

Use mainly of Temporal and causal Circumstances andConjunctions

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Lets the example!

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How Bread is Made

1. GeneralStatement(It is astatement whichsays abouttsunami and howit is happen)

2. SequencedExplanation

3. Closing

We eat bread every day, but how is it made?

Firstof all, grains such as wheat or rye are grownon farms. The grains are harvested and storedinsilos. Later they are taken to a flour mill where thegrains are ground into flour.

The flour isthen sentto a large bakery. There itis mixedwith water, salt, and yeast to form dough.

Nextthe dough is placed in metal pans. The pansare put into an oven where the temperature is about350F (180C). After it is baked for 45 minutes thebread is taken out of the oven to cool.

Some loaves of bread are sliced in a machine and

then wrapped in plastic. A use by date is usuallyattached to the package.

Finally,the bread is sent to a supermarket whereit is bought. `

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Activity 2(Kaka Keke Koko Game)

Count 1-3

1 = Kaka , 2 = Keke, 3 = Koko

Move when teacher says MOVE, and stopwhen she says STOP

Find your partners, you have to make agroup consists of Kaka, Keke, Koko!

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Activity 3(Read and Check)

Read the text given by your teacher;

Complete the checklist based on the text theyhave read;

Underline the passive voice, timeless presenttense, technical terms, and time connectives;

Share what you have found in text to your

friend;

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Activity 4(Composing the Text)

Compose an explanatory text in a group ofthree.

The topic is about HOW or WHY a natural

phenomenon happens

NOTE: Every student has their own part inwriting!

E.g Kaka will write about the generalstatement, Keke will write the sequence,and Koko will write the closing. One

student = One Paraghraph

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After finishing the text, students in thegroup have to write their explanatory texton the flipchart and stick it on the wall.

The students will do One Stay To Stray

activity: One student who will stay has to

explain their text to their friends whovisit their stand.

The other two students who strayhave to visit the stand and assess thegroup that become theirresponsibility. Using checklist given bythe teacher.

They can visit the other group standalso freely after they have finishedassesing that group.

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Reflection

Write down you feeling about todays learning in a pieceof paper.

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