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Look at the picture carefully and answer the questions.

1. What picture is it?

2. What do you see in the picture?

3. Is it a big room?

4. Are there any windows?

5. How many chairs are there?

In this section, you will learn how to:

Read aloud a descriptive text;

Get specific information from a descriptive text;

Identify parts of a descriptive text;

Write a simple descriptive text.

After learning the lesson in this section, you are expected to be able to:

Read aloud a descriptive text correctly;

Get specific information from the descriptive text;

Identify parts of a descriptive text;

Write a simple descriptive text correctly.

Put the words in the right place.

Decide whether it is a name of thing (noun) or it describes

something (adjective). See the examples.

clean book round empty

chair board long cylindrical

dirty school Bookshelf bag

blue thick flower Tree

yard tall beautiful classroom

EXPLORING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Vocabulary

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Nouns Adjectives

1. board

2. …

3. …

4. …

5. …

6. …

7. …

8. …

9. …

10. …

1. clean

2. …

3. …

4. …

5. …

6. …

7. …

8. …

9. …

10. …

A. Read the sentences, underline the nouns, and circle

the adjectives. No. 1 has been done for you.

1. My classroom is big and clean.

2. My book is thick and clean.

3. The leaves are round and thin.

4. The dustbin is blue and empty.

5. Our flowers in the vase are red and beautiful.

6. Her pencils are short and sharp.

B. Look at things in your classroom and write the

names in the box. Then, write one or two other

words to describe them. Look at the examples.

clock

round

clock

has numbers

round

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Noun Phrases

A. Look and learn.

We often combine nouns and adjectives to make noun phrases. For

example:

A new dictionary

An empty garbage can

A clean room

We can also use more than one adjective to make noun phrases. For

example:

A new thick dictionary

A big empty garbage can

A small clean room.

B. Look and write.

Look at the following pictures and write noun phrases about them.

It is a short wooden pencil.

………………………….

……………………………………..

……………………………

……………………………………

………………………………

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C. Rewrite the sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. My classroom is big and clean.

I have a big clean classroom.

2. My book is thick and clean.

………………………………………..

3. The leaves are round and thin.

………………………………………..

4. Her dustbin is pink and empty.

………………………………………..

5. Our flowers in the vase are red and beautiful.

………………………………………..

6. Her pencils are short and sharp.

………………………………………..

D. Building noun phrases.

Add describing words to build noun phrases. Try to use as many

description words as possible.

1. ……………………….. tree.

2. ……………………….. house.

3. ……………………….. phone.

4. ……………………….. shoes.

5. ……………………….. drink.

6. ……………………….. food.

7. ……………………….. garden.

8. ……………………….. school yard.

9. ……………………….. uniform.

10. ……………………….. table.

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A. Read the text carefully.

Jl. Mawar 19

Semarang

April 20, 2011

Dear Jean,

I want to tell you about my classroom. My classroom is next

to the library. It is a big and clean room. It has two white

doors and six brown windows. The walls are green and there

is a picture on them. There are twenty tables and forty

chairs. My friends and I like our classroom very much.

Please write and tell me about your classroom.

Truly yours,

Ahmad

B. Answer the questions.

1. What is the topic of Ahmad’s letter?

2. Where is his classroom?

3. What does it look like?

4. How many doors and windows does it have?

5. What color are the doors and windows?

6. What color are the walls?

C. Write your letter.

Read Ahmad’s letter again. Fill in the blanks to reply

his letter.

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Jl. (1) …………………………

………………………………….

(2) ……………………………. 20..

Dear Ahmad,

Thanks for your letter. My classroom is (3) ….. It is a (4) ………..

and (5) …… classroom. It has (6) ……… door(s) and (7) ……..

window(s). the walls are (8) …… and there (9) …. Picture(s)

on them. There are (10) …… tables and (11) …… chairs. My

friends and I (12) ….. our classroom very much.

Best wishes,

(13)…………..

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Parts of a Descriptive Text

A. Read and Learn

The previous letter describe Ahmad’s classroom. We call it a descriptive

text. We use a descriptive text to describe something, someone or place.

A descriptive text has two main parts:

1. Identification

2. Description

Look at the example:

Identification

I want to tell you about my

classroom.

Ahmad writes about his

classroom, not classroom in

general.

Identification usually

answers the following

questions:

What is the topic of the

text?

What is the text about?

This part

identifies a

particular

thing to be

described.

Description(s)

My classroom is next to the

library.

It is a big and clean room.

It has two white doors and

six brown windows.

The walls are green and

there is a picture on them.

There are twenty tables

and forty chairs.

In his letter, Ahmad

described:

The part of his classroom

(doors, windows, tables,

chairs, and walls).

The characteristics of the

classroom size (big),

color (brown, white),

and quality (clean).

This part

describes the

parts and

characteristics.

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“ ” “ ”

B. Read and identify the text.

Rewrite the text in the provided spaces and identify its characteristics.

My Bag

This is my bag. It is made of leather. It is a big, strong, and pretty bag. It has a strong strap and four pockets. Its color is brown.

Title

Identification

Description(s)

1. Write the parts of the bag in the previous description.

a. Leather

b. ………

c. ………

d. ………

2. Write the adjectives

a. Big

b. ………

c. ……….

d. ………

e. ……..

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Group Activities

1. JUMBLED SENTENCES

A. Read and rearrange

Work in groups. Read the sentences carefully.

Then, rearrange them to make a good descriptive

text.

1. I love it very much.

2. This is my brand new sweater.

3. My mom gave it to me last week.

4. It is warm and comfortable to wear.

5. My sweater is made of wool.

B. Identify the parts of the text.

Rewrite the previous text in the following space.

2. LOST OBJECTS

Work in groups. Design an announcement for the following lost objects and

write descriptive texts about objects. Provide the necessary information.

Title

Identification

Description(s)

Series? Color? Where? Since when?

Reward for finder?

Size? Color? Since when? Where? Reward for finder?

Color? Shape? Where? When?

Reward for finder?

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Individual Activities

A. Describe one of your favorite things.

B. The following text is the spoken version of Dinda’s

descriptive text. Your task is to write a written

version of the text.

Dinda: “My favorite thing is my bag. You see, it’s a

beautiful big bag. Um… and it’s round. It’s made of

cloth. The color? It’s red. You know, red is my

favorite color. Almost everything in my bag is red;

a red pencil, a red ballpoint, a red ruler. Anyway,

my bag has a long strap.”

Your written expression:

C. Describe one of your friend’s favorite things.

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1. How does your family look like?

2. Who is your favorite family member?

3. How does he/she look like?

When you want to describe someone, you use

adjective to give the description, right? You also

use simple present tense in your description.

Thus, we use descriptive text to describe

something.

EXPLORING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

How many of you are still having grandma?

How does your grandma look like?

Let’s read the text below.

My Grandma

My grandma is a tidy old woman.

She is now 80 years old. Her hair is short and wavy.

She combs it everyday. She always puts thing on the

right place. Her clothes are always clean and neat.

She lives alone, and she always makes up her own

bed. She cleans up the house. She also cooks her

own meal everyday.

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You will find these words in the text:

What do we call these words?

Adjective

Adjective

What is adjective?

Adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.

In descriptive text, it is commonly used to give the vivid description about

how does something look like.

Take a look at the examples of adjectives below!

big small large thin

thick smart clever lazy

beautiful handsome kind bad

Describe the following people to your partner using adjectives that you’ve

learned above. See the example.

She is a famous person. Her hair is long and curly. Her skin color is brown. She wears earrings. She wears black shirt with purple and red strips. She is beautiful.

tidy old long wavy

clean neat alone

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Now, read the text about ’s family and find the adjectives!

My large family

My name is Ali and I have a large family. They live in Magelang. My

family has ten people: my father, my mother, five sisters, two brothers, and

me. My father has three brothers, and my mother has three sisters and one

brother.

All my uncles and aunts live in Jakarta, but my family lives in

Magelang. My father is 62 years old, and my mother is 54 years old. My

father has a job at a post office. My mother doesn’t work now, but she was a

teacher at a junior high school.

My father is a handsome man. He is tall and strong. He likes gardening, so

does my mother. He has a big garden in our backyard with a small pool

around it. There are a lot of beautiful flowers at there.

My mother is a beautiful woman. She has long black hair and she

combs it everyday. She likes cooking and she always makes delicious food

everyday. She likes singing, too. Her voice is beautiful and she always sings

beautifully.

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What adjectives do you find in the text above? Write them down here!

Study the vocabulary about family member below and try to find the

meaning in your dictionary!

Words Meaning

Grandmother (Grandma)

Grandfather (Grandpa)

Father

Mother

Husband

Wife

Sister

Brother

Son

Daughter

Aunt

Uncle

Niece

Nephew

Cousin

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Group Activities

Observe the pictures and answer the questions.

1. Do you know what picture it is?

2. What does the picture describe?

3. Can you describe the picture in your own words?

In pairs, complete the following paragraph based on the family tree above!

Mother is the (1) … of Mr. and Mrs. Raharja. Meanwhile, Mr. Satrio and Mr.

Akbar are my (2) …. So, Mr. Satrio and Mr. Akbar are my mother’s (3) …. Then,

Mr. Raharja and Mrs. Raharja are my (4) … and (5) …. In that case, Rama and

Kinanti are my (6) … and Aunt Elda is Mr. Akbar’s (7) … and Kinanti’s (8) ….

Joint Construction

Mr. Raharja Mrs. Raharja

Satrio Laksmi

Akbar

Diana Elda

Bima

Rama Kinanti I

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Individual Activities

Draw your family tree and write a text about your

family. These clues may help you.

1. What is your father’s name?

2. What is your mother’s name?

3. What are your brothers’ and sisters’ names?

4. Do you have uncles or aunts?

MISSING PERSON

Help the mother to find her daughter by making an

advertisement. Make a descriptive text to describe how

her daughter looks like.

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Who am I?

This game is fun and helps you practice your English.

Your teacher will appoint one student to stand in front

of the class. He/ she will be a person that everybody

knows, such as president, singer, actor or actress,

comedian, etc. but he/she will not tell you who he/she

is. Your job is to find out who the person is by asking

that person yes or no questions.

For example:

Your classmate chooses to be Britney Spears. Nobody knows

except your teacher. You can ask him/her several yes or no

questions, such as:

Are you a woman?

Are you a man?

Do you have short hair?

Do you have blue eyes?

Etc.

Limit the questions into 15.

Scrapbooking

Work individually to do this project. Cut a picture of

your family and glue it on a piece of paper. Under the

picture, write down a description of the person in the

picture. You may decorate your writing with beautiful

borders; cartoons, etc. give a presentation in front of

the class the next meeting. Once you are done, give it to

your teacher for review.

Fun Activity

School Project

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