NEWS ITEM 

News Item Text 1
The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The  Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant

B. To describe the important person for readers

C. To argue that arresting the man is important

D. To explain how police arrested the man

E. To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

2. What is the generic structure of the text above?

A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation

B. Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation

C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

D. Goal – Equipments – Steps

E. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

3. “MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….

A. The police officer

B. The arrested man

C. The infant parent

D. A Surabaya administration officer

E. A Semarang administration officer

4. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……

A. Adult

B. Teenager

C. Child

D. Grown

E. Man

HOPES IN 2021

 hello everyone how are you back again with me, on my blog. by the way, happy new year everyone! hopefully this year is much better than last year, and also the bad things that happened last year can be a lesson for us going forward ... okay so this time, I will write down my hopes for this 2021 ... hopefully it will come true this year AAMIIN ... My first wish is, I hope this year my family is still all complete, my brothers, my friends, my friends, are still complete with me all ... second, I hope this year I will pass and get the PTN that I dreamed of, AAMIIN, even though it is tough with online schools like this, there are many lessons that are difficult to understand, but I always try. third, I hope I will be much better than last year, all my bad qualities are wasted, and become a better person fourth, I really hope this pandemic ends, I miss the atmosphere before the pandemic, where we can gather together with family, friends, friends, relatives, without any fear like now. and most importantly, this year I hope that I will be closer to Allah, be diligent in worshiping, pray without holes, and always remember Allah. In essence, I hope that everything is much better than last year, I hope everything comes true AAMIIN, happy new year everyone! 🖤 -wednesday, January 6, 2021. (n)

 •EXPLANATION TEXT•

WHAT IS AN EXPLANATION TEXT?

An explanation text tells your audience how something works or why something happens.

Explanations detail and logically describe the stages in a process, such as the water cycle, or how a steam engine works.  Other examples could be how a law is made, or why we blink when we sneeze.

There are three types of explanations.

“Explanation texts are frequently incorporated into other texts, used to provide information which answers questions of interest on that topic”

— literacyideas.com

• Sequential – These detail the stages in an event eg: how a caterpillar turns into a moth.

• Causal - Details what causes the change from one stage to the next ie: How a president is elected.

• Theoretical - Details the possible phenomena behind a natural or created process that is not fully understood. eg What caused the Nazi's to lose World War II.

• Factorial and consequential explanations explain effects and outcomes of processes. They are more commonly used in upper primary and secondary contexts. For example:

  • Scientific– eg Explain the causes of climate change (Factorial)

  • Historical– eg Explain the causes of World War 2 (Factorial)

DON'T GET CONFUSED BETWEEN EXPLANATION TEXTS AND PROCEDURAL TEXTS.

An explanation text is similar to a procedural text, and these can often be confused, however an explanation text explains the how and why behind a process  such as  

• What causes a Tsunami?

• Why are our rain forests disappearing?

• The process of making aluminum.

• A procedural text is generally instructs how to make or do something such as recipe.  Although they appear similar they are very different when compared side by side.

EXPLORING THE STRUCTURE AND FEATURES OF EXPLANATION TEXTS

STRUCTURE FEATURES

STRUCTURE

TITLES

Which identify the topic of your explanation. You may pose this as a question at the beginning with how? or why?

STRONG OPENING STATEMENT

Identifying the process to be explained. Emphasize the process rather than the particular thing involved in the process.

SEQUENCING

Use sequential paragraphs or statements describing how or why something happens. Show connections such as cause and effect or temporal sequence.

WRAPPING IT UP

A strong concluding paragraph or sentence that draws everything together will add more validity to your explanation.

VISUALS

Use graphic organizers, labelled diagrams and even videos you are constructing a digital text to illustrate your understanding.

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• 😊Structure and Features of effective explanations

• 😊Writing Activities. (Both independent and group tasks)

• 😊Multiple Templates and Graphic Organizers

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• 😊Assessment Rubrics plus MUCH MORE.
  
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STRUCTURING YOUR WRITING TIME EFFECTIVELY

Using your writing time effectively is really crucial.  When writing an explanation you will need to spend a significant period of time (Approximately 20 percent) researching your topic to ensure you know what you are talking about.

Next take an equal amount ( 20 percent) of time to structure your writing using a graphic organizer or mind map which can be found below.

If you follow this model you really only need to spend around 40 percent of your time writing.  Your ideas and structure will already be formed.

This will leave you with around 20 percent editing and revising your essay for meaning, spelling and grammar and structure.

The use of graphic organizers, planning tools and writing checklists will greatly assist the planning and editing time.

• Research your topic
• Plan and organise your ideas
• write your Explanation
• Edit your writing for submission

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WELL LABELLED IMAGES CAN SAVE YOU A GREAT DEAL OF EXPLAINING.

THE LANGUAGE FEATURES OF AN EXPLANATION TEXT ARE...

• The use of technical terms such as evaporation, degradation if writing about the water cycle.

• Action verbs and present tense such as runs, develops and becomes

• Cause and effect terms such as because of.., due to.., therefore, and as a result

 

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POINTS TO CONSIDER BEFORE WRITING

• What is it about? What are you explaining? Are you explaining how or why something happens or are you explaining a process.

• What is the title?

• What are the important parts, section of what you want to explain? How would you describe it and its parts? Which parts need to be described as part of the explanation?

• How does it work? What happens first, next and and why?

• What else might you include?

EXPOSITION TEXT

 •EXPOSITION TEXT•

heloo everyone! how are you all? 

so this time we will study about exposition text

ok, enjoy!

Definition of Analytical Exposition Text
Analytical Exposition is a text that elaborates the writer‘s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Its social function is to persuade the reader that the idea is important matter, and to analyze the topic that the thesis/opinion is correct by developing an argument to support it.
(Analytical Exposition adalah teks yang menguraikan ide penulis tentang fenomena disekitar. Fungsi sosialnya adalah untuk membujuk pembaca bahwa ide itu adalah hal yang penting, dan untuk menganalisis topik yang tesis / pendapat itu benar dengan mengembangkan argumen untuk mendukungnya.)

Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition Text
# Thesis: Introducing the topic and indicating the writer’s point of view. (Memperkenalkan topik dan menunjukkan sudut pandang penulis)
# Argument : Explaining the argument to support the writer’s position. The number of arguments may vary, but each argument must be supported by evidence and explanation. (Menjelaskan argumen untuk mendukung posisi penulis. Jumlah argumen mungkin berbeda, tetapi setiap argumen harus didukung oleh bukti-bukti dan penjelasan.)
# Reiteration: Restating the writer’s point of view / to strengthen the thesis. We can use the following phrase to make conclusion in reiteration : (Menyatakan kembali sudut pandang penulis / untuk memperkuat tesis.

Kita dapat menggunakan frase berikut untuk membuat kesimpulan dalam Reiteration :
From the fact above …
I personally believe …
Therefore, my conclusion is …
In conclusion …

Purpose of Analytical Exposition Text
– To convince the reader that the topics presented was an important topic to be discussed or gained attention by way of providing arguments or opinions that support the main idea or topic.