Materi Ajar Descriptive Text

PENGEMBANGAN MATERI AJAR

Descriptive Text

Person and Animal




Bahasa Inggris
VII

by : Septi Wijayanti, S.Pd

2021

Preface

Assalamu'alaikum Wr.Wb.
First of all, thanks to Allah SWT because of the help of Allah, writer
finished writing the module “ Descriptive Text (Person and Animal).
English as a foreign language in Indonesia is not used for daily
communication in society, but mostly found in literary context in
many fields.
This module is designed to provide learning activities for students
grade 7 to increase their comprehension skills in written texts as well
as spoken language.
In arranging this module, the writer trully get lots challenges and
obstructions but with help of many indiviuals, those obstructions
could passed.Writer also realized there are still many mistakes in
process of writing this paper.
The writer hope the criticism from the readers can help the writer in
perfecting the next module. Hopefully, this module can help the
students to learn English more.
Wassalamu'alaikum Wr.Wb.

Bandung, November 22nd 2021

Writer






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Table of content

Cover........................................................i
Preface.....................................................ii
Tabel of Content......................................iii
Decriptive Text Person and Animal
Introduction..............................................1
Main Section............................................3
Closing Section.......................................8

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Introduction

Short Description
Descriptive text is a meaningful text that describes particular person or
animals. It reveals the experience related to the sense, such as
appearance, shape, sound, taste is.
The texts are made available to public to inform readers or viewers about
the characteristics of a specific person/family or animals. You will be
exposed to some examples of descriptive texts about person/family and
animals. From the examples you have to read with a good understanding
of the contents and analyze the elements that make up descriptive texts
and see how different language features are employed to meet certain
purposes from the texts.

Relevance
The main objective of this module is to assist the students in
understanding the definition of descriptive text, specifically in describing
what people and animals look like. Student should also know the benefit
of the text as its social function. Beside that the students, are expected to
identify generic structure and the language features (words, phrases,
sentences) that are mostly applied in this kind of text. Having such
knowledge you will be able to write descriptive texts meaningfully.

Learning Guide
The module sections. Those are :

Introduction that introduces the topic
Main section that leads readers to observe and study:
Learning outcomes,
Learning material and learning activities,
Closing section that expects the readers to make summary of
material and make reflection, then do formative test as an exercise
after doing each activity.

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Main Section

1. Learning Outcomes
Attitude
To internalize, uphold, and put into action religious, moral, and ethical values,
integrity, accountability, independence, tolerance, care, mutual respect,
peace, collaboration, and nationalism.
Knowledge
analyse the contextual differences and similarities between descriptive text “
person and animal”
Skill

a. get detailed information of the descriptive texts with contextually
different social functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical
features

b. make inferences of the descriptive texts with contextually different
social functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical features

c. evaluate the descriptive texts with contextually different social
functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical features

d. Create the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions,
text structures, and lexico-grammatical features.

e. Make a video or Voice note to present their texts (the students can
choose both of them, descriptive person or animal)

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MIND MAPPING
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2. Learning Material and Learning Activities
a. Definition.

Definiton
Descriptive Text is a text that explains about what a person or an
animal, is like. It is about sensory experience, how something looks,
sounds, shapes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description
also deals with other kinds of perception.

Social Function
• To give information about a particular entity by describing its
features, history, and special characteristics.
• To give information about things by describing physical attributes,
behaviors, uses, etc.

Generic Structure
The generic structure of this text consists of :

• Identification or general statements. It introduces or identifies specific
object (a person and animal).

• Descriptions: The parts of a text describe the object characteristics,
appeareances, personality, habits or qualities (Derewianka, 2004;
Butt et.al., 2000; Gerot & Wignell, 1994; Knapp and Watkins, 2005,
p. 149; Emilia & Christie, 2013)

Language Features
• Focus on specific participants as the main character;
• Use present tense as dominant tenses;
• Use linking verbs or relational process frequently (is, are, has, have,
belongs to)
• Use action verbs or material process and behavioural process in
giving additional description regarding action and behaviour done by
the participants in text; run, clean, dance, etc.
• Use mental verb or mental process when describing feelings; Love,
Hate, Know, Believe, Feel, Think, Understand.

• Use nominal group frequently to describe
• Use adjective and adverbs
• Use adverbial phrases to add more information about manner, place,

or time.

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Task 1
Read the text carefully and analyze the text structure !

Descriptive text “Animal”

My Lovely Cat
I have a stray cat as my pet. He is really playful, He loved to
play with me and the new things he found. He has orange and
white fur, his fur is so soft and I like to rubs it for him. He has a
long tail.
He likes to play with his tail. He is also always try to catch his
tail sometimes. I also like to hold him in my hand, when I hold
him like that he will fall asleep.

https://www.jagoanbahasainggris.com/2017/04/7-contoh-
descriptive-text-tentang-hewan.html

Read the text carefully and
analyze the text structure

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Descriptive Person
My Little Sister

My little sister is Rika Suci Wardhani. I usually call her Aci. As a
little girl she is very cute and adorable. The next two month she will
be 5. She is the youngest of three siblings. She is a little bit fat and
has chubby cheeks. She has long black and a bit wavy hair. Her
eyes' color are black too and her skin is light brown. With her wide-
opened eyes and chubby cheek, she makes every person want to
pinch her adorable cheeks.
My sister is an active girl, she always playing all day long. Usually
she plays doll with her friends. She is a kind girl, so no wonder if
she has a lot of friends. She also feels curious about anything new
to her, such as asking what does the sign on the street means or
how rainbow happens. Sometimes all of her questions are
annoying for me, but I know she is going to grow to be a smart girl.
She loves to eat, especially candy and snack. That’s why she has
those chubby cheeks. She likes most all food, but her favorite one
is fried chicken. My mother often cooks it for her. I love my little
sister very much because she is the only one annoying cute girl in
my family.

Source : https://www.contohtext.com/2017/03/5-
contoh-descriptive-text-keluarga-
terjemahan.html

Based on the text above, please do the activities :
✓ Write detailed information of the descriptive texts
• Which one is the general identification of the text
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Generic Structure Function
Identification Text 1: … Text 1:
Description Text 1:…
Text 2:
Identification Text 2 :..
Description Text 2 :…

✓ Make inferences of the descriptive texts based on your comprehension.
✓ Evaluate the descriptive texts with contextually different social functions, text

structures, and lexico-grammatical features

Task 2

• create descriptive texts person and animal by yourselves based on animals
or person around you

• Make a video or Voice note to present their texts (the students can choose
both of them, descriptive person or animal)

create descriptive
texts person and

animal

Make a video or Voice
note to present my
texts

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CLOSING SECTION

Summary

We have learned how to identify
descriptive text (describing people and
animal).
Descriptive Text is a text that explains
about what a person or an animal, is
like. The function of the text to give
information about a particular entity by
describing its features, history, and
special characteristics and to give
information about things by describing
physical attributes, behaviors, uses,
etc. The generic structure of this text
consists of : Identification and
Descriptions.

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Reflection

Reflection Please write your reflective summary below!
In this module, I have learned
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The key features of descriptive text (describing person and
animal) are
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What I need to improve or learn more is/are
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FORMATIVE TEST
Choose the following Question based on the right answer by Crossing (A,B,C, D)

Milo is my pet. He is my lovely cat. He 3. What is the text about?
is not an expensive cat. I found him in A. Instructions to have a cat.
front of my house. Though he is not a B. A description of cats in
pricey cat, I love him so much. general.
C. A description of the writer's
Milo has long whiskers and green cat.
eyes. He is orange with two gradations D. A story about a cat's
of colors. He is not fat though he eats adventure.
a lot because he is very active. He
likes to play with balls, but his favorite 4. What does the word "pricey"
toy is a ball of yarn. He likes to roll it mean?
and then chase it. Once he catches it, A. Cheap.
he throws it from one of his front paws B. Expensive.
to the other one. At night, he always C. Reasonable.
sleeps with me D. Economical.

1. How many gradations of colors I have a best friend. His name is
does the cat have? Arkan. Arkan is my classmate. He is
A. One. tall and a bit fat. He has curly hair. He
B. Two. wears a pair of glasses. His hobby is
C. Four. reading and playing PlayStation. When
D. Three. we have spare time, we always play
PS together. We usually play it in the
2. What does Milo do it he catches afternoon from three to four. Arkan is
the yam? the same age as I am. He is thirteen
A. He eats it. years old. Most of my friends like
B. He kicks it. Arkan because he is a nice boy. He is
C. He throws it. polite and helpful.
D. He gets on the yarn.

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5. What does Arkan look like? C. The writer does not like
A. He is fat and wears a pair of playing PlayStation.
glasses.
B. He is short with curly hair. D. Arkan always plays
C. He is fat and short. PlayStation in the evening.
D. He is tall and thin.
I want to describe my father. He is
6. When does the writer usually about forty-five years old. He is about
play PlayStation? 170 cm (9)... He has a round face and
A. In the afternoon from 2 to 4. short, black hair. He has big eyes and
B. After reading books. a flat nose. My father likes doing
C. In his spare time. sports, especially (10). . . . His favorite
D. After studying. is Tae Kwon Do. He has a red belt.

7. How old is the writer? 9. ……
A. 11 years old. A. short
B. 12 years old. B. thin
C. 13 years old. C. fat
D. 14 years old. D. tall

8. Which the statement is TRUE 10. . . .
according to the text? A. running
A. Arkan is a polite boy. B. wrestling
B. The writer wears glasses. C. martial arts
D. water sports
Key Answers
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. C

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REFERENCES
https://www.jagoanbahasainggris.com/2017/04/7-contoh-descriptive-text-tentang-
hewan.html
Source : https://www.contohtext.com/2017/03/5-contoh-descriptive-text-keluarga-
terjemahan.html
Wahyukti, Titi. 2019.Module 3 English for Social Communication Kemendikbud

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