UNIT 2

NARRATIVE TEXT

A. LISTENING SECTION
Activity 1!
Listen to your teacher and fill in the blank!
THE THIRSTY CROW

One hot day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for water. For a long time, he could not find any.
He felt very exhausted, almost giving up. Suddenly, he saw a water jug below the tree. He flew straight down to see
if there was any water inside. Yes, he could see some water inside the jug!
The crow tried to push his head into the jug. Sadly, he found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then
he tried to push the jug down for the water to flow out, but he failed because the jug was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then, looking around it, he saw some pebbles. He suddenly had a good
idea. He started picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug. As more and more pebbles filled the
jug, the water level began rising. Soon it was high enough for the crow to drink. His plan had worked!

Activity 2!
Who is the main character?
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What is the problem?
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How the main character solve the problem?
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How is the ending of the story?
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What is the moral value of the story?
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Activity 3!
We have th following words in the story above. Find the meaning in your dictionary!
1. Exhausted : 6. Failed :
2. Giving up : 7. Pebbles :
3. Suddenly : 8. Picking up :
4. Jug : 9. Filled :
5. Flow out : 10. Plan :

Activity 4!
Fill in the blank with the suitable words from activity 3. Make tense adjustment if necessary.
1. When I was young, I usually shot birds using ........ with my slingshot.
2. I saw some women ...................... the tea leaves when I visited tea garden last week.
3. My friends and I were driving along the empy road when ............. a car hit us from our back.
4. After the farmers had harvested all the paddy, they ........ the piles with it.
5. In the countryside, people usually use .............. to serve tea because teapot is rarely there.
6. I was so .................... after I had to run about 10 miles around the stadium.
7. I apply some tape on the hole of my bucket in order to stop the water to ...................
8. I didn’t have any .............. this vacation so we just stayed at home.
9. John didn’t study hard last night so he ..................... on his exam this morning.
10. Maria .................... on learning Japanesse language because it is too diffucult for her.
B. GRAMMAR FOCUS
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
After we listen to the story in Activity 1, we will find these sentences:
1. A thirsty crow flew over a field looking for some water.
2. He felt very exhausted almost giving up.
3. He found the neck of the jug was too narrow.
From the example above we found that the sentences using verb 2 in irregular form. So, we can
conclude that the story using Simple Past Tense Order in Irregular verb.
Example :
Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 1 Verb 2 Verb 1 Verb 2
Bring Brought Break Broke Have Had
Buy Bought Take Took Hear Heard
Catch Caught Eat Ate Go Went
Teach Taught Fall Fell Feel Felt
Think Thought Get Got Blow Blew

SENTENCE PATTERN
Nominal Sentence (No Verb) Verbal Sentence (Has Verb)
(+) S + Was/Were + Adjective/Noun/Adverb (+) S + V2
(-) S + Was/Were + Not + Adjective/Noun/Adverb (-) S + DID + NOT + V1
(+) Was/Were + S + Adjective/Noun/Adverb ? (?) DID + S + V1 ?
I, HE, SHE ,IT WAS Example :
YOU, WE, THEY WERE + He bought a pair of shoes yesterday.
Example: - He didn't buy a pair of shoes yesterday.
+ I was a singer 5 years ago. Did he buy a pair of shoes yesterday?
We were a singer 5 years ago. ? Jawaban: Yes He did, atau No, He did not (didn't)
- I was not a singer 5 years ago.
We were not a singer 5 years ago.
? Were you a singer 5 years ago?
Jawaban: Yes I was, atau No, I was not

Activity 5
Complete the sentences with the correct form of verb. When you finish, read your work aloud
The Rabbit and the Turtle
One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for being so slow.
Much to the rabbit’s surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The rabbit ..............(1.Think) this was a
good joke and accepted the challenge. The fox ........... (2. Be) to be the umpire of the race. As the race ................. (3.
Begin) , the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.
The rabbit ..................(4.get) to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He was hot and
tired and .................. (5. Decide) to stop and take a short nap. All this time the turtle .................(6.keep) walking step
by step by step. He never quit no matter how hot or tired he got. He just kept going.
However, the rabbit .................. (7. Sleep) longer than he had thought and .................. (8. wake) up. He could
not see the turtle anywhere! He ............... (9. Go) at full-speed to the finish line but .................. (10. Find) the turtle
there waiting for him.

Activity 6!
In pairs, make sentences in Past tense using the words below.
Example: Fly = I flew to London yesterday

1. Think : .......................................................................................................................................
2. Shoot : .......................................................................................................................................
3. Sweep : .......................................................................................................................................
4. Sing : .......................................................................................................................................
5. Drink : .......................................................................................................................................
6. Keep : .......................................................................................................................................
 7. See : .......................................................................................................................................
8. Bring : .......................................................................................................................................
9. Buy : .......................................................................................................................................
10. Find : .......................................................................................................................................

C. MODELING THE TEXT

NARRATIVE TEXT
SUMMARY
 Narrative is a kind of text which tell imaginative story to entertain the readers.
 Narrative text has a moral value

 PURPOSE
The purpose of the Narrative text is
 To entertain the reader
 To amuse the reader
 To give a lesson

 GENERIC STRUCTURE
1. Orientation (Pengenalan Tokoh dan Latar)
This part tells who is the characters in the story, where and when the story taken place,
2. Complication (munculya masalah)
This part tells the conflict of the story
3. Resolution (penyelesaian masalah)
This part tells how the conflict is resolved
4. Re-Orientation
This part tells the ending of the story. Usually we can find the moral value in this part.

 KINDS OF NARRATIVE
1. Fable
2. Fairytale
3. Folktale
4. Legend