Short Functional Text - Grade VIII - Remedial 1

Level: English for Junior High School
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 Text 1 (Invitation)

Text 2 (Invitation)

Text 3 (Greeting Card - Condolence)

Text 4 (Greeting Card - Condolence)

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Short Functional Text - Grade IX - Remedial 1

Level: English for Junior High School
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Text 1 (Email)

Email

From: MichaelRobby@yahoo.com
To: Jason@yahoo.com
Subject: Schedule for Year End Tour
Date: Mon, 19 September 2014, 07:25

Dear Jason,

Due to the year-end tour for nine grade students, I would like you to arrange the schedule for the trip. Please contact people related, such as tourist destination, hotel, bus and also the participants.

I hope to receive your report before the end of this month. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

Text 2 (Announcement)

Announcement

As you may know, a new state law taking effect on January 1 requires that employers provide a smoke-free workplace for their employees. In compliance with this law, after the first month of the year smoking will be prohibited at Doe Industries except during break time in designated smoking areas. We are sorry for the inconvenience that causes our employees who smoke, but we believe this will promote a cleaner and healthier working environment for everyone. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as this new policy is implemented.

Text 3 (Announcement)

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMP

To learn French,

practice sports and meet campers

from around the world in the Quebec Wilderness

10% off for Indian students

Visit our website

http://ekocamp.com

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Procedure Text - Remedial 1

Level: English for Junior High School

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Text 1

How to Reduce Global Warming

If you feel that every day goes hotter and hotter, it is possibly the effect of global warming. Global warming is the raising of the Earth temperature temporary because of some factors. Here are some steps you can do to reduce global warming.

1. Plant tree. Trees suck up CO2 and make clean air. The roots prevent the landslide.
2. Save electricity. Turn off the electricity and other devices when not in use. Electric comes from the fossil which produces CO2 emission.
3. Use paper efficiently. Paper comes from trees. More paper you use more trees to cut.
4. Bike to school. Bike is green transportation which does not result gas and pollution
5. Throw rubbish into bin. Stay green by keeping the environment clean. It is better to sort the rubbish into organic and inorganic bin
6. Bring your own mineral bottle.It helps to reduce the plastic garbage. It takes 10 – 20 years to decompose plastic.
7. Bring your own bag. Go shopping with your cloth tote bag is better to reduce plastic bag.

Text 2

How to Wash Clothes Using Washing Machine

The following steps tell us how to wash clothes using a washing machine. First, separate the colored clothes from the others. Then, put them in the washing machine, turn the machine on, set it to the wash selection and pour the detergent powder in. Next, wait for the tub to fill with water. After the washing process has finished, let the clothes drain through the drain hose. After that, set the knob of the wash timer again to rinse for three minutes. Do this twice for a good rinsing. Finally, move the wet clothes into the spin compartment, set the knob and wait until the spin process shuts off. Now, you are ready to dry up the clothes on line.

Text 3

Precaution for Moving the LCD TV

1. When carrying the TV, be sure to remove the plug from the wall outlet, disconnect the aerial cable and audio/video cable, any steady ties and mounting screw. A fire and electric shock may result if the power cord is damaged. 
2. When carrying the TV, at least two people are needed. Be sure to carry it up right. 

Never carry the TV with the screen facing up or down.

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Flora and Fauna

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Descriptive Text on Fauna 

Salsa - Elephant

This is Salsa. Salsa is an Indian elephant, but now it lives in the National Zoo in Washington D.C.

Salsa is young. It is 20 years old. It weighs up to 2500 kg and 2.1 m high at the shoulder. It may consume up to 200 kg of grass a day. It is fond of banana plants, gingers, and leaves of various plants.

Salsa doesn’t have sweat glands so it likes to cool off by rolling in a pond in the zoo. The mud that dries on its skin protects it from the sun. Salsa also likes taking a bath. It makes her fresh and relaxed. Mike, the zookeeper, helps Salsa take a bath. Mike does it every day. He also feeds and talks to Salsa. Salsa likes this guy very much.

Descriptive Text on Flora

Giant Sequoia - the Ancient Tree in Danger

Just like its name, Giant Sequoia is indeed big. Its height can reach 66 meters. It can have a truck as wide as eight meters at the base. The biggest tree today is 83 meters in height and 12.1 meters in diameter.

Giant Sequoia is also a very ancient tree. This tree, for instance, is about 5100 years old. Ecologist says the tree can live that long because of its resistance to climate, disease or insects.

But recently, their species are in danger. Fire attacked the Giant Sequoia national monument last month. Millions of firefighters struggled to put up the fire.

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Rubberwood

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Report Text
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What is Rubberwood? 

Rubberwood is the standard common name for the timber of Hevea Brasiliensis. Rubberwood (also called Parawood in Thailand) is one of the more durable lumbers (wood) used in the manufacturing of today’s home furnishings. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage, making it one of the more stable construction materials available for furniture manufacturing. Rubberwood has very little tendency to warp or crack.

Like maple, rubberwood is a sap producing species. In the case of maple, it is sap; in the case of rubberwood, it is latex. Rubberwood produces all the latex used in the world for all rubber based products.

There is one more important feature of rubberwood that is very important in today’s world. Rubberwood is the most ecologically friendly lumber used in today’s furniture industry. After the economic life of the rubber tree, which is generally 26 – 30 years, the latex yields become extremely low and the planters then fell the rubber trees and plant new ones. So, unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after it completes its latex producing cycle and dies. This wood is therefore eco-friendly in the sense that we are now using what was going as waste.

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Natural Resources

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Natural Resources

The materials which are supplied by the earth, which is by nature, are called natural resources. They which can be used again are called renewable natural resources. Other natural resources can be used only once. They are called non-renewable natural resources.

Some areas of the earth have been supplied with a lot of certain natural resources. Others have few natural resources or perhaps none at all. Japan, for example, import sand iron from Indonesia, because this country does not have enough iron for its industry. If a country has few natural resources, it will have to import materials from other countries.

Among our natural resources are fuels, such as coal and oil. Precious minerals, such as gold and silver are natural resource too. Cooper is natural resources. The mineral we used come from the inside of the earth. Gold, silver, and cooper are minerals. The salt we use to flavor our food is natural resources. Our food, too, for example rice, is supplied by nature.

The important parts of the earth's surface provide many of natural resources. For example, we get our water from lakes and stream. Water is natural resources. We get wood from our forest. Wood is natural resource.

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Seasons in Indonesia

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Seasons in Indonesia

There are two seasons in Indonesia: the dry season and the rainy season. The dry season is from April to September and the rainy season is from October to March. Both seasons are hot. However, the coastal regions are often cool and in the mountain the air is often chilly.

Two major winds called monsoons make the rainy and dry seasons. One monsoon blows toward Indonesia from Asia. It crosses the South China Sea and brings heavy rain. From mid-June to October another monsoon brings dry air from Australia.

Those two seasons have different effects on this country. Usually there are floods during the rainy season. This is because thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed so that they cannot absorb the rain. The rubbish accumulation in some rivers and dams also cause floods because they cannot retain the falling water. Long dry season often causes drought in thousands of hectares of rive field across the country. The drought forces the farmers to find ways to irrigate their rice fields to avoid crop failure.

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Making Oriental Fried Rice

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Making Oriental Fried Rice

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The 2nd Semester Test

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This 2nd Semester Test consists of twenty questions in the form of multiple choice. The materials which are tested in this section are descriptive text, short message, recount text, procedure text, narrative text, announcement, caution, letter, greeting card, advertisement and invitation

The passing grade for this test is 7.50. If the students can reach it, they can continue to the Semester Test.

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Prediction 7 - Mini Test 1 - English National Exam

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This mini test consists of eight questions in the form of multiple choice. The materials which are tested in this section are announcement, short message, and invitation. Besides, arranging jumbled words to make correct and logical sentences is also tested here.

The passing grade for this test is 8.00. If the students can reach it, they can continue to the next mini test.

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My Sister's Hobby

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My School

My sister's hobby is cooking. She likes cooking very much. She learned to cook when she was twelve years old. She took a lesson once a week. Sometimes she made a mistake and burned the food then. She usually cooks nicely. She also learned cooking from another. She usually helped mother in the kitchen.

Last week my sister made a nice birthday cake for our youngest brother's birthday. She weighed some flour, butter and sugar. Mother helped her. She mixed eggs in a bowl. My sister put the dough in a baking pan. She baked it in the oven for half an hour. Then, we ate the nice cake together.

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Prediction 1 - Mini Test 1 - English National Exam

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This mini test consists of ten questions in the form of multiple choice. The materials which are tested in this section are notice, warning, caution, invitation, short message and letter. Besides, arranging jumbled words to make correct and logical sentences is also tested here.

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Dialogue - Hobby (Like)

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Do you like animals, Adit?

Rafi	:	Do you like animals, Adit?
Adit	:	Yes, I do. What about you?
Rafi	:	Sure, but my favorite animal is a dog. I always keep a dog as my pet at home.
Adit	:	What is its name? And what is its color?
Rafi	:	My dog's name is blacky. Its color is black. Everyday it eats meat and cheese. It also drinks milk every morning.
Adit	:	Where do you get the dog from?
Rafi	:	My uncle, Mr. Fahmi, brought me from Bandung last month.
Adit	:	Do you also keep other pets at home?
Rafi	:	No, but my father keeps some rabbits and cows at home. Do you also have a pet, Adit?
Adit	:	No, Rafi. I like rabbit but I don't know how to take care of it.
Rafi	:	Let me help you to treat them.
Rafi	:	Thanks a lot, Rafi. How kind you are!
Adit	:	You're welcome.

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My Flight

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My Flight

I had booked my flight over the telephone, so I had to rush to the reservation desk to pay my ticket. The woman at the desk told me that my name was not on the passenger list. It took fifteen minutes for her to realize that she had spelled my name incorrectly. She gave me my ticket and told me I'd better check in my luggage quickly or I'd miss my flight.

I was the last person to get on the plane. I found my seat and discovered that I was sitting next to a four-years old boy who had a cold. I sat down and wondered if anything else could go wrong. I hate flying, especially take-off, but the plane took off and everything seemed to be all right.

Then, a few minutes later, there was a funny noise and everything started to shake. I looked out of the window, and oh my God, there was smoke coming out of the wing. Well, you can imagine how frightened I was, but the crew were fantastic. The flight attendants were really calm and told us not to worry. One of them told me to relax and said that everything would be all right.

A few minutes later, we were coming to land. The pilot made a perfect landing on the runway. It was over. We were safe. That day I decided not to fly anymore. I caught another taxi and went home. But as I closed the front door, I looked down at my case. Somehow I had picked up the wrong suitcase.

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My School

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My School

My school is quite large. It has twenty one classrooms, some laboratories, basketball and volleyball courts, a library, a bicycle shed and toilets.

When you enter my school, you will see the basketball court in front of you. The ninth grade classrooms are on its left, near the park and the seventh grade classrooms are on its right, near the teacher's room. You can find the eight grade classrooms beside the seventh grade classrooms. They face the volleyball court.

There are four laboratories in my school. They are chemistry, physics, language and biology laboratories. All of them are situated between the basketball and volleyball courts. You can find the canteen next to the biology laboratory. At the opposite of the language laboratory, beside the ninth grade classrooms, there is a hall.

Then, the students should park their bikes in the bicycle shed, just behind the ninth grade classrooms. If they want to go to the toilet, there are some, near the bicycle shed and behind the teacher's room.

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Dolphin

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Dolphin

Dolphins are sea mammals. They have to breathe air or they will die. They are members of the Delphinidae family.

Dolphins have smooth skin. Only baby dolphins are born with a few bristly hairs on their snouts. Their hairs soon fall out. They have big tails and fin on the top of their backs to keep the dolphin from rolling over. The female dolphins have a thick layer of fat under their skin to keep them warm when they dive very deep. The dolphins' front fins are called flippers. They use them to turn left and right. Dolphins grow from 2 to 3 meters long and weight up to 75 kilograms.

Dolphins hunt together in a group. A group of dolphins is called a pod. They eat fish, shrimps, and small squids. They live in salt waste oceans.

Dolphins can hold their breath for six minutes. When dolphins fear or see a ship close by, they go near and follow it from distance. Dolphins can leap out of the water and do somersaults. Sometimes they invent their own tricks and stunts after watching other dolphins perform.

Dolphins are very friendly to people and have never harmed anyone. They are very playful animals.

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Dialogue - Shopping 1 - At The Grocery Store

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At Grocery Store

Mr. Bates is an English teacher in "Harapan Kita" Senior High School. He is from Arizona, U.S.A. Today, he is going shopping at the local market where he always goes to shop.

Mr. Bates: Good morning, Ms. Ellen.

Ms. Ellen: Oh, Mr. Bates. Good morning. How are you today?

Mr. Bates: Fine, thank you. And you?

Ms. Ellen: Good. Do you need anything today?

Mr. Bates: I want to make fried rice for dinner. How much are those tomatoes?

Ms. Ellen: They are Rp. 1,500 for one kilogram.

Mr. Bates: Okay. I'll get a half kilogram, please.

Ms. Ellen: Anything else?

Mr. Bates: Yes. I need cucumbers. How many cucumbers are there in one kilogram?

Ms. Ellen: You usually get four or six cucumbers. It costs Rp. 600 per kilogram.

Mr. Bates: Okay. I want one kilogram of cucumber, please.

Based on the dialogue above, we can conclude that:

To ask price, we can say:

1. How much is the tomato? (Singular noun)
2. How much are the tomatoes? (Plural noun)

To respond, we can say:

1. It is Rp. 200,- (Singular noun)
2. They are Rp. 2,000,- (Plural noun)

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