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Descriptive Text: My Favorite Teacher

For Junior High School Student level grade IX

Activity 1

Please find:

a. Difficult word(s) in the text and look for the meaning in the dictionary. Use www.dictionary.com to help you.

b. Adjectives in the text below. Then find at least 3 the closest meaning and antonym for your vocabularies enrichment in www.thesaurus.com

My Favorite Teacher

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My favorite teacher is my history teacher, and he is by far the best teacher that I have ever had. He has the ability to make a subject that many students find incredibly boring come to life through his enthusiasm and passion for history, and his love of being a teacher. Going to his lessons is something we look forward to, not dread, like we do with most other lessons.

It’s ever so funny to watch him get excited about something, which happens in every lesson. It’s easy to know that he’s getting excited because he begins bouncing up and down slightly in a way that no other sixty-something year old would ever managed without looking completely ridiculous. He has this dark (with more and more grey streaks these days), springy hair that lines the edge of his growing bald patch, and the hair bounces up and down with him like thousands of tiny little springs. Then, he takes on his whole new persona, often going into role and becoming the character or figure he is talking about, doing the voices, the actions, and parading up and down the room gesticulating wildly, but all the while there’s a gentle ‘bounce, bounce, bounce’, as though the springs are not just on his head but on the soles of his shoes too.

A teacher that doesn’t take himself too seriously always will be a big hit with teenagers, although he’s not afraid to impose his authority if he has to. I’ve only ever heard him properly shout once (although thankfully it wasn’t it me), but it isn’t an experience that I would like to repeat. When he lost it, the room suddenly became more silent than I’d ever known it to be before. We all sat slightly paralyzed, not even anting to breathe too loudly, because hearing such a jovial and jolly little man lose his temper was a huge shock. It certainly had the right kind of impact though, because he’s never needed to shout since.

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Online source :

www.dictionary.com

www.thesaurus.com
http://www.englishindo.com/2015/04/contoh-descriptive-text-my-favorite-teacher.html

Posted by: Nur Rohmah and Wafiroh Diana

Find the difficult Word and check the meaning in the text bellow using Online dictionary. You can acces it on http://www.dictionary.com/

My First Experience to Ride Motorcycle

One day, when I was ten years old, my father bought an old motorcycle. That was " Honda 75". I think it was small light object and easy to ride it. I persuaded my father to teach me to ride " Honda 75 ". Firstly, my father refused my request and promised that he would teach me two or three years later, but I still whimpered. Finally, my father surrendered and promised to teach me.

He began to teach me riding the motorcycle around a field in my village. My father was very patient to give me some directions. I was very happy when I realized my ability to ride a motorcycle. " Yes, I can ".

One day later, when I was alone at home, I intended to try my riding ability. So, myself tried bravely. All ran fluently in the beginning, but when I was going back to my home and I passed through a narrow slippery street, I got nervous. I lost my control and I fell to the ditch.

After that, I told my father about the last accident. I imagined my father would be angry and never let me ride again. But the reality is exactly on the contrary, my father was very proud of me. He just gave me some advices and since that accident, I got my father's permission to ride motorcycle.

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Descriptive Text: The Eiffel Tower

Instruction: Find the verbs in this paragraph and then find the closest meaning and antonyms of that words! (Visit www.thesaurus.com and see the synonyms)

The Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair.

The tower stands 324 meters (1,063 ft.) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.

The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

1. Paid

Meaning: Membayar

Synonyms: Salaried

Antonyms: Unpaid

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Posted by: Wery Yeni Wiyanti & Deavy Mayta Sari

Describing your favorite Universities

Grade XII Senior High School- Writing Skill

Activity

a. Choose 1 Indonesian University and 1 abroad University that you are interested to continue your study!

b. Write your own reason why you choose these University!

c. Please browse the background of that University. You can browse by using encyclopedia sites:

https://www.wikipedia.org/

https://www.britannica.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com

d. Write descriptive paragraph about the facilities, the activities, achievement, and tuition fee of these University!

Example:

Abroad University

Oxford University

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Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It has been at the forefront of understanding the world – and shaping it – for centuries.

The University of Oxford course found below can be audited free or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee.

Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organized around weekly essay-based tutorials at self-governing colleges and halls, supported by lectures and laboratory classes organized by University faculties and departments. League tables consistently list Oxford as one of the UK’s best universities; the university regularly contends with Cambridge for first place in the tables. Oxford consistently ranks in the world’s top 10. For more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, which brings students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as postgraduates or for a second bachelor’s degree.

Resources:

https://www.edx.org/school/oxfordx

http://thousandsideas.com/descriptive-text-university-of-oxford/

Posted by Dian Arifiah & Kusmiati

Report Text: Rare Animal

Instruction:

1. Choose one of the rare animal in this world nowadays!

2. Visit the website ( www.encyclopedia.com ) and then mention the characteristics of it!

Name
Characteristics
Habitat
Population
Range
Ecology

Toptenz, available at http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-rare-animals.php

Posted By: Deavy Mayta Sari & Wery Yeni Wiyanti

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