English for Senior High School Students

By
Suhanto Kasteredja
SMA Negeri 14
Surabaya

Genre: Narrative

Stories from the Flight World

Introduction
Bebarapa gambaralat transportasi

Do you ever think why the flights are very often delayed? Are there any acceptable
reasons? When you watch the passengers of the delayed planes get angry with the people
from the airline company, what do you think of them? Probably you thought that if they
were well-informed and well-treated, they would not get angry. Or maybe it does not
always happen like that. Some people are patient while some others get bad tempered
easily. They can not control themselves very well.

mengungkapkan keingintahuan dan hasrat, dan menyatakan berbagai sikap

Basic Competence You Will Acquire

A. Spoken
• Understanding the construction of the narrative text.
• Using the grammar point of subjunctive and reduced clause
• Responding to the spoken monologue narrative type of text
• Responding to the expressions of various attitude, evaluation, ability,
• Conducting the dialogues by using the expressions of various attitude, evaluation,
ability,
• Presenting the text of narrative orally

B. Written Cycle
• Responding to the text of narrative
• Identifying the components of the narrative text construction
• Understanding the connectors of the cause and effect
• Finding out the specific information
• Writing the text of narrative

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SPOKEN CYCLE
A. Build Up Your Knowledge!

Gambar
Activity 1 : Sekelompok murid Gambar: Bersitegang antara
bercerita tantang pengalaman petugas
Here are two lessons for you when you are writing di maskapai
story. Read them carefully
penundaan dengan esawat penerbangan dengan para
penumbang karena penundaan

1. Limit the breadth of your story. A novel can occur over millions of years and
include a multitude of subplots, a variety of locations, and an army of supporting
characters. The main events of a short story should occur in a relatively short
period of time (days or even minutes), and you typically won’t be able to develop
effectively more than one plot, two or three main characters, and one setting.
2. Decide who will tell the story. There are three main points of view from which to
tell a story: first-person (“I”), second-person (“you”), and third-person (“he” or
“she”). In a first-person story, a character in the story tells the story; in the
second-person the reader is made a character in the story; and in the third-person,

The more knowledge you have how to write story, the more easily you could write it.
You are going to listen to the story that applies the lesson above in Activity 11, 12 and
14.

Activity 2
Answer the following questions. After you finish them perform them with your partner.

1. Have you ever traveled by plane, train or bus?

2. What do you think if your transport is postponed? Why is usually flight
postponed?
3. Are you angry with the delay or are you patient enough to accept it?
4. Why are some people angry with the delay?
5. What do people do at the airport if their flight is delayed?
6. What do you prefer to do at the airport if your flight is postponed?
7. If the flight were postponed more than ten hours then you had to stay at the hotel,
would you criticize the airliner?
8. If you were not satisfied with the delay, would you blame the persons of the
airliner? Why?
9. If you blamed and attached them with bad words then they attacked you back,
would there be a quarrel?
10. Is this bad situation called resolution, crisis or orientation? Clarify your answer.

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 Generic structures

You have the narrative text again now. Therefore, to understand it better, let’s review its
characteristics. Do still remember one of the essential characteristics of the narrative text?
It is because of the fact that it has a problematic event. It makes narrative more
interesting than the other kinds of text.
You have learned the generic structure of the narrative text haven’t you? How
many components does the generic structure of the narrative text have? It has five
components, doesn’t it? Just mention them by putting them in a good order

a. complication
b. evaluation
c. resolution
d. re-orientation
e. orientation

After reading a short story or a novel, the readers often feel very satisfied with it..
Probably they find good lessons for their lives so they give their comment by saying “
Oh, the story is good”. It means they enjoy it very much. Why? Probably, the readers
know that author really constructs the story in such an interesting way that they feel it is
worth reading. The other reason is that writer may use different or new ways of creating
the stories. The readers, then, give their appreciation.

Lexicogrammatical features

There are two grammar points in this unit. They are subjunctives and reduced clauses.
They are often used by the authors in the narrative text. Subjunctives are actually a type
of verbs that are used to express unreal things, present and past. While reduced clauses
are constructed by omitting the part of them (verb, be) in the sub-clause that have existed
in the main clause. By constructing the reduced clause, the sentence is shorter and more
economical. The sentence, however, are still meaningful. Very often the author use them

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 Stewardes
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a. Subjunctive

b. When is it used? After the word/s if, if only, wish, as though, as if,
c. Functions and forms:

Form
Subjunctive Function Be Verb Auxiliary
Present To express Were/ were not Verb-2/did Would/would
unreal present not +verb 1 not+ Verb 1/be
(could, might)
Past To express had been/hadn’t had Would/wouldn’t
unreal past been /hadn’t+verb- have
3 +Verb3/been
(could, might)

Activity 3
Study the following examples:

1. I wish Ani (be ) a stewardess

I wish Ani were a stewardess.
2. If only Dina (play) carefully yesterday.
If Only Dina had played carefully yesterday

3. They are acting as if they (be) managers of the airline company.

They are acting as if they were managers of the airline company.

4. If Rina and Tuti( work) for Garuda as stewardesses , they (fly) to London with
me.
If Rina and Tuti had worked for Garuda as stewardesses , they would have flown
to London .

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Activity 4
Exercise: Complete the sentence in each number with the correct form of verb/be in the
brackets.

1. I wished my sister (know) her mistakes last night.

2. She behaves as if she (be) tired.
3. If only my father (examine) his car carefully, he could have found the broken
components.
4. Tina spoke as if she (not be) Indonesian.
5. They wish you (come) early every morning.
6. Mrs. Tina behaves as if she (can paint) very well.
7. Yuni wished I (finish) the test more quickly then them last week.
8. Imam would be here if you (not hurt) him.
9. I wish Ani (meet) her friend at the airport yesterday.
10. The stewardess wished the passengers (were) calm in spite of the bad condition.

Key to Activity 4
1= had known 2=were 3=had examine 4=had not been 5=came
6=could paint 7=had finished 8=had not hurt 9=had met 10=had been

d. Subjunctive is a ‘form of verb/be’ that is used to express a contrast to the

fact

Subjuctive Fact
1. Present Subjunctive (+) Present tense(-)
2. Past subjunctive (+) Past tense (-)
3. Present Subjunctive (-) Present tense(+)
4. Past subjunctive (-) Past tense (+)

Note: Please look at the chart (b) functions and forms

Examples

Subjunctive Fact
1. I wish Dina understood me Dina doesn’t understand me
2. Budi behaved as if he had won the game Budi/He did not win the game.
3. She is acting as if she did not listen to She listens to me
me.
4. If only they had not come on time. They came on time.

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 Activity 5
Change the following subjunctive in each number into the fact.

Subjunctive Fact
1. They wished they could have got a new car. They ….
2. If only I did not get off at the right bus stop. …
3. Iwan behaves as if he flew an airplane ….
4. Mira would have solved the transport problem, if ….
she had talked about it to the manager.
5. We wish we carried out the program of green ….
transport
6. Mr. Philip Turner wishes he did not travel to ….
Bandung by bus.
7. I wish my sister had traveled by Garuda Indonesia. ….
8. My uncle behaved as if he had not read the news of ….
the train accident.
9. Budi wished he had met the director of Mandala
Airline.
10. If only I were a pilot

Key to Activity 5
1. They could not get a new car.
2. I get off at the right bus.
3. He doesn’t fly an airplane.
4. Mira did not solve the transport problem because she did not talk about it to the
manager.
5. We do not carry out the program of green transport.
6. He travels to Bandung by bus.
7. My sister did not travel by Garuda Indonesia.
8. He read the news of the train accident.
9. Budi did not meet the director of Mandala Airline.
10. I am not a pilot.

Activity 6: Work in groups of four.

Match the word in the list and its corresponding meaning provided.

A list of words
1. jumbo
2. spot
3. view
4. release
5. youth
6. councilor
7. pedestrian

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 8. crash
9. equivalent
10. toll

Meaning:
a. place
b. person on foot
c. adolescence
d. make public
e. member of the House of the Representatives
f. oversized
g. alike
h. fee
i. collision
j. vision

Activity 6:
1= f 2=a 3=j 4=d 5=c 6=e 7=b 8=i 9=g 10=h

2. Reduced Clauses

Activity 7
Study the following sentences

Reduced Clause Main clause

1 If necessary I can lend you some laboraory tools to
finish your work.
2. Being a co-pilot Mr. Andrew has to prepare anything for the
map-reading.
3. Having finished checking the machines the machanic reported to the supervisor
that the plane was ready to fly.

Activity 8
Study the folowing sentences. You may think that some parts/words in sentneces have
been omitted.
1. If tired, go to bed.
2. Wanting to be a pilot, my son studied hard to be promoted to science class.
3. Being given some money by his father, Hardi smiled
4. Having studied the genes, Miss Yayuk knew why her hair is much like her
mother’s

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 5. If possible, I try to apply for the Mandala Airplane mechanic your father has
offered.
6. Being a ticket seller, he never goes home late
7. When having lunch, he got a telephone call from his mother.
8. Due to bad weather, the airplane landed very carefully.
9. Being late, Mr. couldn’t catch the plane.
10. If necessary, the passengers who were injured, should be sent to the first class
hospital

Activity 8: Rewrite each sentence in activity 8 by completing the omitted parts/words.

And number one has been done for you.

1. If you are tired, go to bed please.

2. Because my uncle wanted to get much money, he worked very hard.
3. When ….
4. After Miss Yayuk ….
5. If …
6. Because ….
7. When he ….
8. Because ….
9. Because ….
10. It is necessary,

Key to Activity 8:

1. If you are tired, go to bed please.

2. Because .my uncle wanted to get much money, he worked very hard..
3. When Hadi was given some money by his father, he smiled.
4. After Miss Yayuk had studied the genes, she knew why her hair was much like
her mother’s.
5. If it is possible, I try to apply for the job your father has offered.
6. Because he is a teacher, he never goes to the gambling place.W
7. When he was having lunch. he got a telephone call from his mother
8. Because the final exams were difficult Rini cried as she reached her house and
saw her mother.
9. Because he was late he could not catch the flight.
10. If it is necessary, the passengers who were injured, should be sent to the first class
hospital

Activity 9
Complete the following sentences by using your own words.

1. If sick ….

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 2. Being busy…
3. Entering the biology laboratory ….
4. Having done the experiment ….
5. Due to the lack of life skill ….
6. When discussing the failure of the orange planting….
7. Because of …
8. Being a tobacco farmer, …
9. When getting off the plane, the passengers …
10. The pilot died and the co-pilot, …

Summary of Grammar Points

Don’t look at the notes above to complete the following summary. Discuss with your friends to accomplish
this activity.

1. There are … types of subjunctives that you study above. They are …
2. Subjunctives are used after the words …
3. People use reduced clauses because they are….

QUIZ
Answer the following questions
1. What is the present subjunctive of the word ‘will, can, may’?
2. Which part of the sentence is reduced, sub-clause or main clause?
3. Which part of the sentence is omitted, subject, predicate or object?
4. By omitting a part of the sentence, does the meaning change?

B. Study the Model

Gambar: kecelakaan penerbangan

Activity 10
Match the words in A with their meaning in B

Word Meaning
1. crashed a. stay alive
2. residential b. go together with
3. crisis c. jog one’s memory
4. ahead d. violently fallen
5. sobbing e. housing
6. accompany f. emergency
7. remind g. put forward
8. survive h. forward
9. hug i. hold close
10. submit j. crying

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 Key to activity 10 : 1=d 2= 3=f 4=h 5=j 6=b 7=c 8=a 9=i 10=g

Activity 11
Here is a narrative text for the listening exercise
Listen to the script carefully to answer questions.
A crashed plane

Questions
The sign of the components of the story is used here to help you do Activity 12.

Orientation 1. Who is Darwis? Mr. Anwar and Mrs Sita Anwar?

2. Where did they go?
3. Why did they go there?

Evaluation 4. Whom did they find there?

5. Why were some policemen there?

6. What did Mr Djoko do?

Complication 7. Why did Mrs. Anwar fall down?
8. Who carried her into the office of the crisis centre?

Resolution 9. What did Darwis ask his brother to do?

Re- orientation 10. How did Mr. Anwar, Mrs. Sita Anwar and Darwis feel with the
message from Dita about Ina?

Activity 12
Listen to the script carefully. Write the main idea or main information of each component
of the text. Use the generic structure and the answers of Activity 11 to help you

Generic Text
Structure
1. Orientation ….
….
2. Evaluation ….

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 ….
3. Complication ….
….
4. Resolution ….
….
5. Re-orientation ….
….
….

Key to Activity 12

Generic Text
Structure
1. Orientation One afternoon Darwis accompanied Mr. Anwar, Mrs. Sita Anwar to the crisis center at Sukarno Hatta
Airport to get information about the fate of Ina who took plane to Medan and crashed somewhere.
Darwis asked them to continue praying for the safety of Nina.

2. Evaluation The information from the office of the crisis center was not clear yet whether Nina survives or not. It
makes Mr Anwar. her wife sad. The relative of the passengers of crashed lane were there, too.

3. Complication Mrs. Sita Anwar looked very pale and fainted. She fell down unconscious as she heard the
announcement from the crisis centre in Medan that only two women survived. She was taken into the
office

4. Resolution Darwis’ wife, Dita got message from the Mandala Airline and phoned Darwis that Nina survived .

5. Re-orientation Mr. Anwar, Mrs. Sita Anwar and Darwis were very happy because Nina is safe.

Listening script for Activity 11 and 12

Generic Text
Structure
1. Orientation At 14 p.m. Darwis, 40, was called by his brother, Mr. Anwar and told that Nina, her daughter, was on the
crashed plan to Medan. He was asked to come to his house. Mr. Anwar and Mrs. Sita Anwar asked him to
accompany them to the crisis center at Sukarno Hatta Airport to get information about Ina. On the way to the
airport, Darwis reminded them to pray for the safety of her. “If we prayed seriously, God would listen to us.”
2. Evaluation There had been many people outside the office of crisis center. They were the relatives of the victims of the
crashed plane. Some policemen were seen here and there. They asked the family of the passengers of the
crashed planed to be patient to wait for news from Medan. The news came around that only two woman
survived. Mr. and Mrs. Anwar hoped that Nina could survive however they still felt hesitated whether Nina
survived.
3. At about 5 P.M, the head of the crises centre, Mr. Djoko, moved forward and gave the announcement, “ Ten
Complication passengers survived the crash, according to the crisis center set up in Medan. The plane was carrying 117

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 people. In addition, the crisis center said 10 people who live in the area where the plane crashed were injured.
None of them were women. “. Suddenly Mrs. Sita Anwar looked very pale and fell down. Darwis and Mr.
Anwar tried to help her but he was not strong enough that Mr. Anwar fell down, too. About six young people
and Darwis carried her into the crisis center office. There, she lay down on a bench. She looked very pale.
Then, a lady in her late thirties approached her and gave some help to her . Anwar. Mr Anwar sat beside her.
4. Resolution Darwis kept on reminding his brother and sister-in-law to be patient and asked them to submit
Nina’s fate to God. “If we submitted anything to God, He would award us the best ,” Darwis said to his
brother and Suddenly the hand phone of Darwis rang. He went out to accept it. It was Dita, Darwis’ wife
and said that she got a message from Mandala Airline that Nina survived
5. Re- Darwis ran into the crises centre office and hugged his brother and said, “ Nina survived. “ .Mr. Anwar
orientation expressed happily ”God listened to our prayers, Sita. Ina survived!” The tree person cried happily and
repeatedly said, “ Thanks, God.”

Gambar : Guru mengamati siswa meperagakan presentasi speaking

C. Work Together

Activity 13
Situation:
If the quarrel happed between a passenger and the official of the airliner, would you try
to reconcile them. If you answered “Yes” , it means, you would be called as a mediator.
What would you say to both of them? Act it out!

Activity 14
Look at pictures and listen to the script carefully Arrange the following pictures to match
the following texts then arrange into a good and coherent story.

Picture Description of the picture

A Ada seorang wanita sangat marah dengan penundaan itu dan suami berusaha
menenangkan istrinya agar menerima penundaan dengan sabar, tapi tidak
berhasil..

B Suaminya berusaha menghentikannya, istrinya dipegangi dan diajak bicara

barulah ia bisa tenang.

C Para calon penumpang ‘Singapore Airline’ duduk di ruang tunggu.

D Sebagian calon penumpang nampak sedih dan kecewa. Dan sebagian lagi
kelihatan sabar dan dapat menerima penunandaan yang tidak menyenangkan

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 E Istrinya diajak shopping di toko yang ada di airport.

F Tiba-tiba ada pengumuman bahwa pesawat Singapore Airliner berangkat jam

8.00 tidak jam 11 sebab gangguan tehnik dapat diatasi. Suami istri berekpresi
gembira mendengar pengumuman dan juga penumpang lainnya

G Pengumumman bahwa penerbangan ke Singapore dengan Singapore Airline

di tunda 4 jam, seharusnya berangkat jam 7 baru akan berangkat jam
11karena gangguan teknik.

H Pasangan suami istri dan para penumpang Singapore Airline menuju pesawat
dengan gembira.

I Istrinya di ajak makan di restaurant di airport.

J Wanita itu membanting tas sendiri berulang-ulang

Key to activity 14
Picture Text

A 4

B 6

C 1

D 3

E 7

F 9

G 2

H 10

I 8

J 5

Listening script for Activity 14

1. The passengers of Singapore Airlines were waiting for the time for the boarding.

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 2. The announcement for the passengers stated that the flight of Singapore departure
was delayed till 11 o clock . The passengers were requested to be patient. The
Singapore apologized to the passengers for the delay.
3. Listening to the announcement, the passengers were very sad and some were very
disappointed.
4. There was a woman, Mrs. Bondan, getting angry with the delay. Her husband,
Mr. Bondan, asked her to calm down but she became angrier and angrier.
5. She threw her bag down to the floor repeatedly.
6. Mr. Bondan, her husbands, hold her and tried to talk to her again to make calm
her down. Fortunately she could calm down.
7. He took her to the airport shop. He bought her the articles she likes.
8. He took her to the airport restaurant.
9. From the office there was an announcement stating that the technical troubles
could be overcome Mr. and Mrs Bondan were very happy with the announcement.
10. Mr. Bondan and Mrs. Bondan and the other passengers left the waiting room for
the plane happily.

Activity 15
Answer the questions to find out the components of the generic structure of narrative
above in task 2:

1. Which picture belongs to orientation?

2. Which picture belongs to evaluation?
3. Which picture belongs to crisis?
4. Which picture belongs to resolution?
5. Which picture belongs to re-orientation?

Key to activity 15:

1. Picture One
2. Picture Two, and Three, Four
3. Picture Five,
4. Picture Seven and eight
5. Picture Nine and Ten

Speaking Presentation.

Activity 16

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Read the following instructions carefully and then conduct you preparation as well as
possible. Finally, present your dialogue/presentation.

1. Preparation
a. Work in groups of four to perform the speaking presentation
b. One acts an announcer, two passengers, Mr and Mrs Bondan. And a shop
keeper.
c. Construct the dialogue based on the story. You are expected to do it for
not more than 10 minutes.
2. Practice
a. Practice the dialogue.
b. Try to pronounce every word correctly and apply the correct intonation.
c. Do it several times.
3. Presentation.
a. Present your dialogue relaxingly
b. Try to work cooperatively.
c. Your teacher assesses you speaking presentation by using the following
criteria.
 Fluency, pronunciation, intonation
 Grammar and vocabulary use
 Interactive communication
 Organizing ideas

Conversation Gambit
Expression of asking and expressing various attitude,
evaluation, ability and inability

Activity 17
Study the following conversation gambits

1. You sometimes meet or work with a person who does not care of others or does not obey
the agreement or MOU you have made, so you have to threat him. It is often effective
because your threat can change one’s bad behaviour.

Gambar: Percakapan di kantor perusahaan penerbangan antara penumpang dan

pegawai.. Karena ada penundaan penerbangan . Penumpang mengancam
melaporkan polisi jika tidak disediakan akomodasi.

Language Expressions Responses

Functions

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Expression of If you don’t give us accommodation because All right, I will.
threatening of the flight delay, I will call the police.
We’ll never go by your air line unless you Well, I don’t care.
improve your boarding service.

2. Stewardesses always line at the entry of the plane when the passengers get
into the plane. When you bring dangerous thing, you are not allowed to bring
it in.

Gambar: Seorang premugara melarang

penumpang membawa barang terlarang.

Language Expressions Responses

Functions
Expression of I’m afraid you are not allowed to return the Really? Why not?
prohibiting ticket.
I forbid you to bring this drink into the plane. I’m sorry I didn’t realize.

3. After observing an event or an object or comparing one thing to another, you

can evaluate them

Language Expressions Responses

Functions
Expression of The service of foreign airline is much better I think you’re right.
Evaluating than the domestic one.
The number of the passengers of the airplane Sorry, I don’t agree with you.
increases every year.

4. In our daily life, we often express both what we can do and we cannot do.

Language Expressions Responses

Functions
Expressing of This type of plane can’t accommodate more Oh, I see.
ability and than 200 passengers.
inability. The co-pilots are not able to decide whether Well, I don’t know about it
the plane take off or not.
The stewardesses of Garuua Airline can speak Great!
English, French and German.
The Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 is Oh, I really regret because I
not able to fly today can’t go to Surabaya.

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Activity 18
Repeat after the teacher. Your teacher will say some expressions and responses from activity 13 and
repeat after him/her to practice your pronunciation and intonation.

1. Expression of threatening and prohibiting

a. If you don’t obey the procedure, your planes will often crash.
b. I will let you get out the airport unless you have a ticket.
2. Expression of prohibiting
a. Excuse me, sir. I won’t allow you to enter the VIP room.
b. You mustn’t take off the safety belt during the landing.
3. Expression of Evaluating
a. The airplanes in Indonesia often crash because of human errors.
b. The negative competition of the ticket fare should be abandoned.
4. Expressing of ability and inability.
a. The Garuda Airline is able to improve the standard of boarding service.
b. Some of the airplane mechanics cannot apply of the new control system so
they will be sent to the national airplane maintenance workshop.

Speak up
Activity 19
Work in groups of three

1. Construct the dialogue by using one of the following sources:

No. Topic Source

1 Dirty plane When boarding, I immediately noticed that the Boeing 737-400
had engine cover scratches everywhere, wings were all dirty and
had broken paint in several places, door also looked very old and
far from my expectations of [a] brand new airplane. Nevertheless,
I decided to test the level of my fear and get on the plane.”
2 A new patient Alleghany Regional Hospital has announced the start of a new
transport patient transport service via helicopter. The hospital has initiated
service via a contractual agreement with AirCare Medevac, a division of
helicopter International PHI, Inc. AirCare Medevac will provide
transportation and in-flight intensive care to patients from
Alleghany Regional Hospital to a tertiary medical center such as
Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem.
.3 Lion Air The plane was nearly 25 years old, he said, and
received its last comprehensive service in June. It
had flown more than 50,000 hours and was due to
be retired in 2016.

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 Indonesia's last crash involving a jetliner occurred in
February 2005, when 26 people were killed when a
plane operated by Lion Air, a low-cost carrier,
skidded off the runway on Java Island.
The country's worst crash was in September 1997,
when a Garuda Airbus smashed into mountains near
Medan, killing all 232 people on board.

2. Remember that your dialogue should have, at least, threes of four expressions you
have studied above.
3. You are given 15 minute to prepare the dialogue and present it.
4. Your teacher will assess your performance

Spoken Cycle
Steps of writing a story

A. Get the Knowledge

Activity 20
The more techniques of story writing you have the more easily you could produce it.
When applying these five steps, you will prove yourself what your story is like. Read
the following text, to answer the questions below the text.

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 1. Read plenty of short stories. Nothing can help you “learn” how to write a good
short story better than reading good short stories. Choose authors that you enjoy,
and also choose some of the “classics.” Pay attention to how the authors develop
their characters, write dialogue, and structure their plots
2. Choose an idea and flesh it out. At the very least, a story should have an
exposition (the story leading up to the climax), a climax (a turning point in a story
brought about by conflict between characters or within a character), and a
resolution (a satisfying ending to the story in which the central conflict is resolved
– or not). Move backward or forward from your starting idea (it may or may not
be the beginning of the story), and ask “What happens next?” or “what happened
before this?.
3. Know your characters. For a story to be believable, the characters have to be
believable, and their actions should appear inevitable given who they are.

Activity 21
With your partners, discuss your story-writing preparation by answering the questions
below.
Questions

1. What can help you write story easily?

2. Why do you have to learn writing stories from the way author work?
3. How do you move your ideas?
4. What is the benefit by knowing the characters in your story very well?
5. Why should you limit the breadth of your story?
6. If the characters in your story are unbelievable, what might your readers say?
7. What difficulties will you find if you write your story by using long period of
time?
8. Which one will you choose, using your main of view from the first, second or
third-person?
9. What is the benefit of using the third-person’s point of view in your story?
10. Why are you recommended to ask for someone else’s help to read your story
before you submit to your teacher?

Gambar: Orang bergerombol di sana sini sambil berdiri di ruang tunggu dengan adanya
berita penundaan keberangkatan pesawat terbang

B. Study the Model

Activity 22: Read the text quickly to answer the following question.

1. Where did the story take place?

2. Why did Paul Thomas approach the lady?

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 3. Who was the young man?
4. What is his relationship to Mrs. Caroline Herbert?
5. Is the theme of the short story above love, patience?
6. Which part of the story is considered ‘reorientation’?

Key to Activity 22

1. At Dallas Airport, Dallas Health Centre, Marriot Hotel, Elberton

2. He hoped that he could make her calm down.
3. Bill Herbert
4. Aunt and nephew
5. Patience
6. Mr. Paul Herbert was happy with his patience while Mrs. Caroline Herbert got a
bad luck. She had to stay at the Heath Centre.

Activity 23
Match the word in A from the passage with its synonym in B

A B

1. congregate a. reserve

2. book b. intelligently

3. determine c. group of people

4. attitude d. standpoint

5. crowd e. gather together

6. wisely f. decide

Key to activity 23
1=e 2=a 3=f 4=d 5=c 6=b

Gambar:

Activity 24
Read the passage carefully to answer the questions
Text 1

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 Travel can reveal who we are on the inside

One Friday evening Paul Thomas, a middle-aged tall man, was at Dallas’ airport. He was
born in a small town, about 120 km from Dallas, called Elberton. He lived there till his
senior high school. He continued his study at Dallas University and graduated in 1985.
Now he lives and is working in Atlanta.
He was planning to fly home to Atlanta. He stayed in Dallas for his business for a
week. However, his flight was postponed until 10PM, then 11 PM, then 1AM Saturday
morning and he was beginning to fear he couldn’t fly to Atlanta.
Other passengers began getting ugly about the inconvenience, but Paul began telling
jokes about it. Suddenly it seemed that the crowd split in two. The ones who were
complaining congregated to one side of the terminal and others who shared his more
light-hearted approach to life moved to my side. At around 1AM they told us that the
flight might be cancelled so many folks were booked onto a flight at 6AM - now they
were really mad.
The thing that shocked him the most was a lady at her early forties, with a long
blue dress. She was the one of the worst attitudes. She was in her forties. She was
accompanied by her nephew to run her furniture business in Dallas. They were on their
way home to Atlanta.
Paul was determined to be a good example, if for no one else, the lady so that he could
see how his patience might act in the difficult situation. He tried to approached and talked
to her. He offered a help.
Paul said softly," Excuse me. If you don’t mind, let’s talk about you problem to
get the solution." Paul smiled. The lady lifted her head and replied, "Thank you. But it’s
none of your business." She turned over and left Paul. She walked to the corner, pulled
the chair and sat on it." Paul was not surprised to accept such an unfriendly reply.
Then a young man came to him, smiled and said, "Sorry, sir. I’m Bill. She is my
aunt, Mrs. Caroline Herbert. Paul answered," Oh, it’s OK. It’s OK, Bill. I’m Paul
Thomas. Nice to meet you"
"It’s nice to meet you too. Hem.. She is very disappointed with flight delay. She
loses a transaction," he continued
Paul nodded and said," I see. She loses a lot of money, doesn’t she?"
Bill answered," Yes, she does, Mr. Thomas."
Paul gave his opinion," Well …. Sometimes, we get good lessons from hard condition we
face. And if we’re willing to think it over, we may become light-hearted. We may accept
it wisely."
Bill replied," It’s rather philosophical, sir." Paul just laughed.
He is fully committed to apply his patience in everyday of his life. He knows many
people think about profit only. And because of money, they forget the meaning of
patience, the meaning of the Power of God. In their mind there is no idea that how
important it is to behave patiently or politely. Being patient and polite makes people get
God’s guidance and protection.
He had to try to be consistent with his belief however difficult the situation was.
He kept on maintaining a good attitude.

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The airline privately changed Paul’s ticket to fly home on Sunday at no charge and even
put him in business class and thanked Paul for his attitude that made the evening much
easier on them. The problem was his luggage in Dallas waiting for his rental car with
hand-controls was not ready. So he just checked into a local hotel for a few hours before
picking up his rental car in the morning.
He drove two hours east to Elberton. The drive through the Georgia countryside
was gorgeous and plantation style homes were everywhere. He was watching on the side
of the road looking for his senior High School. He, then, remembered his teacher, Mr.
Tony Clinton who taught him the importance of being honest and patient in order to
reach the happiness in life. He used to pay great attention to the young people. He taught
the young people to spread peace wherever they were.
He drove to the local Wal-Mart and bought clothes (since my luggage was at
DFW airport). Finally he reached his hometown. , was happy to see his father and mother
checked into the pre-arranged hotel and caught up on his sleep.
The next morning he spoke to the Youth Organization of his hometown then shared his
spiritual experiences. Many folks came forward to pray and he hoped many of them were
happy with their faith. A few of the staff treated him to lunch before he drove back to the
Atlanta Airport and waited for six hours for his flight home (thankfully in business class).
Arriving at the Marriot Hotel Dallas, He was told by the receptionist that Mrs.
Hebert was sent to Dallas Health Centre. Paul looked very sad to hear the bad news. He
felt he had to visit her. He went to there by taxi. He looked for Mrs. Herbert’s room. Bill
opened the door and very surprised to see Paul at the door. He saw Mrs. Herbert lying on
the bed and looked very pale.
Bill said," She collapsed this morning in front of the hotel and was sent here."
Paul nodded and he asked for permission to talk to Mrs. Herbert. He came nearer to her.
Surprisingly, before Paul talked to her, she opened her eyes and said very softy," Sorry
for my being rude to you yesterday, Mr. Thomas."
"Oh, that’s Okay. That’s okay," Paul said softly, too. "Just take a rest."
After apologizing to Paul Thomas, Mrs. Herbert got asleep. Paul approached Bill. Both of
them got out the room. From Bill, he knew that Mrs. Caroline Herbert really regretted
being rude to him.
"She tried to look for you but she found you nowhere. She realized that you were
so kind. She was still furious over the delay so she behaved politely with you. With her
anger she could get nothing better even she became stressed and collapsed. She was
hospitalized. She had to stay here in Dallas longer. The doctor didn’t let her to fly to
Atlanta till Wednesday.
Bill said, "If my aunt had been patient with the delay of the flight, she wouldn’t
had been hospitalized."
"Yes, I think so. Your aunt is actually a good person, an intelligent one but it
seems that she gets stressed easily when she finds a problem.
"You’re right. So my uncle always asks me to accompany her in running her
furniture business." Bill answered..
"God still loves her. I hope she’ll get better soon," Pal sad.
"Thank you, sir. By the way what time would you go to the airport?"
"My flight is on 1AM tomorrow morning."

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Paul drove back to the Dallas Airport and waited for six hours for my flight home
(thankfully in business class). I arrived home at 7AM, got a few hours of sleep and went
back to work refreshed with the knowledge God still uses a sinner like me for His Glory.
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Questions.

N0 Component Question Answer

of the story
1 Setting Mention the places in the story …
2 Time When did the story happen? …
3 Theme What is the …
3 Characters Who are involved in the story? …
5 The Which is the beginning of the crisis? …
beginning of
conflict
6 Crisis What part of the story belongs to the crisis? …
7 Message What lesson can the readers take from this short story?
8. The best Who did actually get a good lesson from the story?
lesson

Key to Activity 25:

1. Dallas Airport, Elberton, Dallas Hospital

2. When the plane was delayed
3. Patience, care for others
4. Paul Thomas, Caroline Herbert, the passengers of the plane.
5. The passengers split into two about the delay.
6. When Mrs. Caroline was angry with the delay of her flight to Atlanta and she
showed her unfriendly attitude to Mr. Paul Thomas.
7. The patient people will be awarded a good luck while impatient will be awarded a
bad luck
8. Mrs. Caroline Herbert did.

Activity 26
Read the story more carefully then answer the questions.

1. Why could Mr. Paul Thomas be patient with the delay of the flight?
2. What type of person is Paul Thomas?
3. What type of person is Mrs. Caroline Herbert? How was she?
4. Why did he go back to his hometown?
5. How long did he stay in Elberton?
6. Who is Mr. Tony Clinton?
7. What happened when Paul Thomas arrived at Marriot Hotel?

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 8. What did he do then?
9. What did Mrs. Caroline Hebert say to Mr. Paul Thomas?
10. What made Mrs. Caroline Herbert hospitalized?
11. What did the doctor advice for Mrs. Caroline Hebert?
12. Compare the fate of Mrs. Caroline Herbert and Mr. Paul Thomas.

Key to Activity 26

1. Because he believed that patience would bring happiness while impatience would
bring a bad luck.
2. He is religious, has a good care for others, helpful, tried to be a good example for
others.
3. At first she was selfish, impatient but finally, unfriendly but at last she realized
her bad behavior. She is in her early forties.
4. Because his flight to Atlanta was delayed and that he had time to visit his father
and mother his hometown.
5. He stayed there for one day.
6. He used to be Mr. Paul Thomas’ senior high school.
7. He was told that Mrs. Caroline Hebert collapsed and then was sent hospital.
8. He went straight to Dallas Health Centre.
9. She said that she apologized to Mr. Paul Thomas for being impolite.
10. Her impatience with the flight delay.
11. The doctor advised her to stay at the hospital till Wednesday.
12. Mrs. Caroline Hebert got a bad luck while Mr. Paul Thomas got a good luck.

Activity 27
Match the English word in A with its equal meaning or synonym

Word Meaning/synonym

1. catch up A. ceremonial burial

2. dismiss B. happening now

3. tear: C. appear or present as principal performer

4. star D. in an unfamiliar way

5. encourage E. drop of clear salty liquid secreted by

glands from the eye

6. strangely F. give confidence

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7. arrangements G. get closer to.

8. current H. release

9. funeral I. able to be seen

10. visibly J. preparation

Key to Activity 27:

1=G 2=H 3=E 4=C 5=F 6=D 7=J 8=B 9=A 10=I

C. Work Together

Activity 28: Read the text 2 carefully to fill in the blanks with the correct word.

a. see b. through c. teeth d. series e. landing

f. sorrow g. wonderful h. far i. help j. upset

Key to activity 28
1= g 2= h 3=j 4= b 5=a 6=f 7= i 8=c 9= e 10= d

Text 2
Read the text carefully and then complete it with the appropriate words

Encouraging Others

My extended family gathered for four …(1) days of fun and food in Charlottesville, VA
at my youngest brother's house for Thanksgiving. It was so good to catch up with
everyone and as …2) as I know, everyone had a great time. On my flight home, I had a
divine appointment. The man seated beside me was visibly … (3)and seemed to
breakdown into tears every few minutes. He looked strangely familiar but dismissed it
figuring he looked like someone I knew but couldn't place. I asked him if I could help.
He told me … (4) tears that he had lost a close family member he had just seen at
Thanksgiving and was going right back home to … (5)about the funeral arrangements.
We talked for two hours and he actually encouraged me more than I did him. Soon our
spirits were lifted. I was amazed that even through his … (6, he offered to … (7) older
woman on board find a dentist for her … (8) she was on a small fixed income. Just
before … (9) he told me his name, that he was an actor and all the movies and soaps he
had starred in. Happily, I recognized them all - along with a current … (10) he stars in.

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Activity 29
Read the text in task 15 and then write the question to the given answer below.

1. For four days

2. A great time
3. Visibly sad
4. I asked if I could help
5. Through tears
6. At Thanksgiving
7. Who encouraged more, the writer or the man?
8. Because he still offered his help even trough his sorrow.
9. A dentist
10. He was an actor whose films the writes recognized

Key to Activity 29

1. How long did the writer’s extended family gather in Charlottesville?

2. What did every have?
3. How was the man seated beside the writer?
4. What did the writer ask the man?
5. How did the man tell the writer?
6. Where had the man seen his close family member who died?
7. Who encouraged more, the writer or the man?
8. Why was the writer amazed?
9. Whom did an older woman want to find?
10. Who was actually the man?

Activity 30
Story analysis

1. Who are in the story?

2. Where does the story take place?
3. When did the narrator start knowing that he have known him?
4. How do you know that the man that writer told cried?
5. What does the word ‘series ‘ mean?

Key to Activity 30

1. The man, he was an actor, and the narrator.

2. On plane.
3. Before landing
4. From the sentence: "The man seated beside me was visibly upset and seemed to
breakdown into tears every few minutes."

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 5. It means number of related/similar things

Activity 31
Work in groups of two
Read the story in Activity 29 to break it down into five paragraphs. Then put each of
them in the appropriate column below.

Generic Text
Structure
1. Orientation …

…
2. Evaluation ….

….
3. ….
Complication
….
4. Resolution …

…
5. Re- Happily, I recognized them all - along with a current … (10) he stars
orientation in.

Key to Activity 31

Generic Text
Structure
1. Orientation My extended family gathered for four …(1) days of fun and food in
Charlottesville, VA at my youngest brother's house for Thanksgiving.
It was so good to catch up with everyone and as 2) as I know, everyone
had a great time.
2. Evaluation On my flight home, I had a divine appointment. The man seated beside
me was visibly … (3)and seemed to breakdown into tears every few
minutes. He looked strangely familiar but dismissed it figuring he
looked like someone I knew but couldn't place.
3. I asked him if I could help. He told me … (4) tears that he had lost a
Complication close family member he had just seen at Thanksgiving and was going

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 right back home to … (5)about the funeral arrangements. We talked
for two hours and he actually encouraged me more than I did him.
4. Resolution Soon our spirits were lifted. I was amazed that even through his … (6,
he offered to … (7) older woman on board find a dentist for her … (8)
she was on a small fixed income. Just before … (9) he told me his
name, that he was an actor and all the movies and soaps he had starred
in.
5. Re- Happily, I recognized them all - along with a current … (10) he stars
orientation in.

D. Be Independent

Activity 32
Story Writing

1. Write a story by using all of the knowledge you get from each stage above
2. Your story should consist of , at least, 5 paragraph.
3. Decide the persons in the story, the theme, orientation the beginning of the crisis (evaluation),
the crisis, the resolution and the re-orientation.
4. Develop the story from the generic structure of narrative.
5. Don’t stop writing till you can finish 5 paragraphs.
6. Just read again and revise it after you finish 5 paragraphs.
7. Have you teacher correct it.
8. Revise it.
9. Submit your work to your teacher after revising it.

Generic Structure Text

1. Orientation ….

….
2. Evaluation ….

….
3. Complication ….

….
4. Resolution ….

….
5. Re-orientation ….

….

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-----Good luck-----

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