PENYUSUNAN MATERI AJAR

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (THINGS AND PLACES)

UNIT KERJA: SMPN 3 SATU ATAP AEK NATAS

KEC. AEK NATAS KAB. LABUHANBATU UTARA

BY

MARYAM LESTARI HARAHAP

NO. UKG 2156767669130133

ANGKATAN 1

UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MEDAN

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Table of contents

A. INTRODUCTION

1. Short Description
2. Relevance
3. Learning Guide

B. MAIN SECTION

I. The Outcomes
2. The Sublearning Outcomes
3. Materials Description
4. Task
5. Discussion Forum

C. CLOSING SECTION

1. Summary
2. Formative Test
3. Key Answer

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 2 EXPLORING
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT 2
(Things & Places)

A. INTRODUCTION
In foreign language learning, specifically English, there are so many text types
that should be mastered not only by elementary level but also advance level learners.
One of the text types is description.
In Learning Activity, I will explain about descriptive texts . The texts, in this case,
describe the particular objects in relation to things and places. I will give the students
some examples of descriptive texts about things and places. The Students will analyze
the social function, characteristics, generic structure, grammar and language features.
The Students will able to related the material in their daily activity and environment
like knowing the place around theirs such as school, that place they can be describe to
get the learning. The place they can take medicine, like hospital or Puskesmas, the
market the place that can be buy or shop, or a tourism site. A tourism site or a well-
known historical building can be famous for domestic visitors or foreign visitors when
there is promotion of the objects through the description of the place or building as
interestingly as possible. Because after all, descriptive material is very necessary for
increasing of learners’ English proficiency such as in social communication.
This part of the module is designed to provide learning activities for all of
students in SMPN 3 Satu Atap Aek Natas to promote their comprehension skills in
spoken and written texts. The activities shall focus on the knowledge and skills required
to comprehend and express explicit and implicit meanings in the following descriptive
texts.
1 Short Description

In this learning activity we will study the description of things and places. It can be said
that any descriptive text is a meaningful text that describes and reveals particular thing
or place. The purpose of the text to give a visual picture of a thing, such as My Big
Dolphin Doll that describe specific Doll, or a picture of a tourism place, such as
Borobudur Temple by explaining its features, forms, types, location, or anything related
to what the writer describes. The purpose of the descriptive text is clear, that is to
describe, represent or reveal an object, either abstract or concrete.
2 Relevance

The objective of Learning Activity 2 is to assist the students in SMPN 3 Satu

 Atap Aek Natas in understanding deeply the definition of genre text, that is descriptive
text, specifically in describing things and places. Explanation and examples of this
descriptive text can help me as English teachers who are still a long journey to learn
English. By analyzing the social function, as well as the language features that are
mostly used in this kind of text, the students will understand it more. And it would be
nice if the students donot only understand here, but also capable to write descriptive text
themselves. Especially to write the tourism site in Aek Natas. This module tries to meld
theory and practice with clear explanation.

3 Learning Guide

This module is organized as follows: in the first part (Introduction), we provide a

brief of description, objectives, and guide about this module. Inthe second part (Main
Section), it is essentially about learning outcomes, learning material, and learning
activities. It is designed with clear explanation about descriptive text such as its
definition, social function, and language features. The learning activities in this
module are designed tohelp students in understanding written and spoken form of
descriptive text. It also provides discussion forum as a media in which the students can
share their own ideas related to the topic given. In the third part, it is followed by
formative assessment to check the students comprehension about descriptive text related
to things and places. In the final section, reflective summary is provided where the
students can reflect the result of our learning process using this module.

B. MAIN SECTION

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (THINGS AND PLACES)

Identitas modul
Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas/Semester: VII/2 (GENAP)
Alokasi Waktu: 3x 45 menit
Judul Modul: Descriptive Text

1. The Outcomes and Sublearning Outcomes

Kompetensi Dasar Indikator Pencapaian Kompetensi

3.7 Membandingkan fungsi social, struktur 3.7.1 Siswa mampu menganalisa fungsi
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa teks social, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan
descriptive lisan dan tulisan dengan memberi beberapa teks descriptive lisan dan tulisan
dan meminta informasi terkait dengan deskripsi dengan memberi dan meminta informasi
orang, binatang, dan benda, sangat pendek dan terkait dengan deskripsi orang, binatang,
sederhana, sesuai dengan konteks kegunaannya dan benda, sangat pendek dan sederhana,
 sesuai dengan konteks kegunaannya
4.7 Teks Deskriptive 4.7.1 Siswa mapu menemukan makna
Menangkap makna secara konstekstual terkait tersurat dan tersirat dari beberapa text
fungsi social, struktur teks, dan unsur descriptive.
kebahasaan beberapa teks descriptive lisan dan
tulisan, sangat pendek dan sederhana, terkait
orang, binatang, dan benda

2. MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Defenition of Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is a text that describes characteristic of a person or things in a descriptive
manner
According to Kane (2000)
“Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it
is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception.”

According to Gerot and Wignell (1994), “Descriptive text is a kind of text with a purpose to
give information. The context of this kind of text is the description of particular thing, animal,
person, or others, for instance: people pet are well known”

Langan (2011: 189), the main purpose of a descriptive text is to make readers see or hear,
taste, smell, or feel what the author wrote. The details key to descriptive text is enabling
audiences to imagining and feeling what is being described

From the explanation above, it can be concluded that descriptive text is a text that describes a
particular person, place or thing. It tells how something looks, smells, tastes, feels and sound. In
this research, the writer only focuses on descriptive text because the writer wants to study about
introducing descriptive text to the students using English tourism brochures.

Click the following link to watch the videos about explanation of descriptive text ( Things and
Place) to improve your knowledge from descriptive text.
Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D s9bRqDdg

Social Function
 To give information about particular entity by describing its features, history, and
special characteristics.
 To give information about things by describing physical attributes, behaviours, uses,
etc.
Generic structure of Description Text
1. Identification
Identify phenomenon to be described. It is located in the first paragraph.
2. Description
Describe parts, qualities, or characteristics. It is located in the second paragraph
Read and analyze each paragraph.

The Example of written description text.

Text 1 Describing Things

Read and analyze each paragraph of the text!
My Big Dolpin Doll
On my previous birthday, my friend gave me a dolphin doll. The size of the doll is big. It’s
about 1.6 metre. The color is white and blue. It is very soft and fluffy. I feel really comfortable
when I hug it. My sister also likes to hug my big dolphin doll. I love dolphins because they are
very intelligent marine mammals.
Task 1
1. What is being described in the Text 1?
2. Identify the paragraph which is identification and description
Task 2
Watch the video below and answer the following questions!

Source: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AXcI_mP-g8Y
 1 Where is the man?
2 What does he talk about?
3 How his living room?
4 What is in the middle of the room?
5 What the colour is of the sofa?
6 Where is the lamp side?
7 What is the next to door ?
8 How many pictures are there on the bricked wall?
9 Why is it his favourite room?
10 How about your living room?
Please describe your own living room!

The Example of written description text.

Text 2 Describing the Place

Borobudur Temple
Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is situated
in central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be
preserved its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the
greatest art works that ever known since long time ago.
Borobudur temple was built by Syailendra Dynasty during the eighth century. It needed more t
han two million river stones. It is the biggest temple in the world
After going into some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and more tourists, both
domestic and foreign tourists. Most of them admire Borobudur temple because of its beauty, its
elegance and the story of the relief on its walls.
Domestic tourists usually go there by bus or private cars, while foreign tourists like to
join travel bureau because they don’t need to think of the transportation, accommodation, and
itinerary. There are some money changers around the location. It makes them easier to change
their money. But some of them like to bring credit cards and checks.

Resource:https://www.jagoanbahasainggris.com/2017/11/contoh-descriptive-text-
tentang- tempat-wisata.html
Task 3
Please read and analyze the generic structure text 1 and text 2 by considering the difference their
structure text and fill following table
Generic structure Function Text 1 Function Text 2
Identification
Description

Language features
There are some of language features in a descriptive They are as follows:
1) Use of particular nouns.
2) Use of detailed noun groups to provide.
3) Information about the subject.
4) Use of a variety of types of adjectives.
5) Use of relating verbs to provide information about the subject.
6) Use of thinking and feeling verbs to express the writer‟s personal view about the subject or to
give an insight into the subject‟s thoughts and feelings.
7) Use of action verbs to describe the subject‟s behavior use of adverbials to provide more
information about this behavior.
8) Use of similes, metaphors and other types of figurative language, particularly in literary
descriptions

3. Discussion Forum
The students have learned the material in this modul please give your own ideas to respon the
topic /treads given in the discussion forum.
The Sudents have to give comment and feedback to other groups
How will you write the descriptive text (thing or place)?
C. CLOSING SECTION
1. Summary
In this learning activities the students have to learn how to identify descriptive text (things and
Places) The students also have to identify generic structure, language features of descriptive text.
So, the students whom able to identify and analyze it, they able to read, write, listening and
speaking about describtive text.
 Describtive text is a text describe the particular person, thing, and place.
 Social Function
To give information about particular entity by describing its features, history, and
special characteristics.
To give information about things by describing physical attributes, behaviours, uses,
etc.

 Generic structures
Identification
Description
 Grammar and the language features
To give information about particular entity by describing its features, history, and
special characteristics.
To give information about things by describing physical attributes, behaviours, uses,
etc.
 FORMATIVE TEXT
Kediri is a name of a town. It is situated in a valley between the Kelud and Willis
mountains and inhabited by about 1.3 million people. In the centre of the town there is a large
hill which is called the Dathok Mountain. Because of the topography of the region, Kediri is
called a chilly town by the locals. There is a big river called Brantas cutting off the centre of the
town.
Beside the temples, Kediri is also famous for its products like cigarettes and a special
kind of tofu or bean curd. This highly nutritious food is delicacy of Kediri and has a distinctive
taste. The cigarettes factory dominates the town economy and employs the majority of the
women labor force. Kediri and the cigarettes factory are inseparable and it is considered the
biggest cigarette factory in Indonesia. Most of the local people work in this factory. Those who
do not work here are farmers or traders.
1. What does the text tell about?
A. The history of Kediri
B. The famous Products of Kediri
C. The description of Kediri
D. The people
2. Which one of distinctive taste?
A. The cigarette
B. The special food
C. The Been Curd
D. The highly nutritious food
3. “Those who do not work here ….” (Last sentence) The underline work refers to…
A. The local people
B. The factory workers
C. The farmers
D. The traders

MY HOUSE

My House is divided into two floors. On downstairs, I have all the important parts of the
house such as the kitchen, bathrooms, storage room and parking garage. On upstairs I have one
room where I keep the washer and dryer and one big terrace.
 Downstairs, the floor is divided in eight rooms, four of them are bedrooms, other two are
bathrooms and then one kitchen and one dining room.
In my bedroom, I have a lot of things inside, such as a television, a playstation 3, and
many tropies.
In my sister's bedroom, there is a computer and in the other two bedrooms are for my
parent and my other sister. Normally we eat in everywhere we want, but on Sunday we eat
together in the dining room. I really love my house, the place where we could share everything
together.
4. What does the text tell about?
A. The house
B. The bedroom
C. The kitchen
D. The bathroom
5. Where is the identification on paragraph?
A. The first paragraph
B. The second paragraph
C. The third paragraph
D. The last paragraph

I have a new backpack. Its color is light green. I always take it when I go to school. It
is made of strong fabric. My backpack has several parts. The first part is the pocket where I
put my money and library card. The second part is the main part. I always put my books and
pencil case in it. The third part is a small pocket on the left side of the backpack. I keep a
bottle of water in this pocket.
6. What does the text tell us about?
A. The backpack's material.
B. The parts of the backpack.
C. The writer's new backpack.
D. The writer's favorite color.
7. How many parts does the backpack have?
A. One part.
B. Two parts.
C. Four parts.
D. Three parts.
8. Where does the writer put his water bottle? In the...part of the backpack.
A. first
B. third
C. fourth
D. second
9. What is the colour of backpack?
A. Green
B. Black
C. Brown
D. Grey
10. What is the kinds of the text?
A. Descriptive text
B. Recount text
C. Explanation text
D. Procedure Text
Key Answer of the Task
Task 1
1 The text describe a particular thing. That is a big dolpin doll.
2 Identification in the first paragraph the line 1: On my previous birthday, my friend gave
me a dolphin doll.
The Desription in the next line 2-8 The size of the doll is big. It’s about 1.6 metre. The
color is white and blue. It is very soft and fluffy. I fell really comfortable when I hug it.
My sister also likes to hug my big dolphin doll. I love dolphins because they are very
intelligent marine mammals.
Task 2

1 The man is in the living room

2 He talks about his living room
3 His living room is the most comportable room
4 In the middle of thr room, there is a red carpet
5 The colour of the sofa is brown
6 The lamp side is on the desk
7 The nextdoor is desk
8 The pictures there is one big pictures on the bricked wall
9 His favourite room because he like studying in the room
10 My living room is so nice. My living room is comportable, etc.
(answer depend on the the student’s living room)

Task 3

The analyze the generic structure text 1 and text 2 by considering the difference their structure
text and fill following table
Generic structure Function Text 1 Function Text 2
Identification On my precious, my friend Borobudur temple is one of
gave me a dolphin doll. the most beautiful tourist
resorts in Indonesia. It is
situated in central Java.
Borobudur temple is one of
the seven wonders of the
world which needs to be
 preserved its circumstances.
The people all over the world
know that Borobudur is one
of the greatest art works that
ever known since long time
ago.Borobudur temple was
built by Syailendra Dynasty
during the eighth century. It
needed more than two
million river stones. It is the
biggest temple in the world

Description The size of the doll is big. It’s After going into some
about 1.6 metre. The colour is restorations, Borobudur is
white and blue. It is very soft visited by more and more
and fluffy. I feel really tourists, both domestic and
comfortable when I hug it. My foreign tourists. Most of
sister also like to hug my big them admire Borobudur
dolphin doll. I love dolphins temple because of its beauty,
because they are very its elegance and the story of
intelligent marine mammals. the relief on its walls.

Domestic tourists usually go

there by bus or private cars,
while foreign tourists like to
join travel bureau because
they don’t need to think of
the transportation,
accommodation, and
itinerary. There are some
money changers around the
location. It makes them
easier to change their money.
 But some of them like to
bring credit cards and checks

Task 3
Key answer Formative Test
1 C
2 C
3 A
4 A
5 A
6 C
7 D
8 B
9 A
10 A
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Wahyuti Titi,2019, Modul 3 English For Social Communication, Kementian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan