LESSON PLAN

CYCLE I (MEETING 1)
Subject : English
Level : Senior High School
Class/Semester : X/II
Genre : Narrative
Language Skill : Reading
Theme : Story
Time : 2 X 35 Minutes

A. Standard Competence
Comprehending meaning in daily short functional discourse and simple essay in the form of
narrative, descriptive, recount, report, and news item.

B. Basic Competence
Responding meaning in daily simple monologue discourse in the form of narrative, descriptive, and
news item by using acceptable spoken language accurately and fluently

C. Achievement Indicators
1. Comprehending the word meaning of the text entitled The Smartest Parrot
2. Comprehending the sentence meaning of the text entitled The Smartest Parrot
3. Comprehending the paragraph meaning of the text entitled The Smartest Parrot
4. Comprehending the whole text meaning entitled The Smartest Parrot

D. Material: English reading text

E. Learning Activity
No Teacher’s activity Students’ Activity Time
1 SET INDUCTION 5’
1. Greeting Answering the greeting
2. Giving leading question Answering the questions
3. Stating the objectives of the Paying attention
teaching
2 MAIN ACTIVITIES 60’
1. Dividing Making group
the students Receiving the text
into 5
home
groups Paying attention
2. Giving text
entitled ”
The Making expert group
Smartest
Parrot” Discussing the text
(each
students Doing the task
receive a Returning to home group
paragraph)
3. Telling to Discussing with their member
the students
that one
member of
the group Presenting the result
will receive
and
responsible Doing task individually
with one
paragraph Discussing
4. Asking the
students Playing game
who
receive the
 same
paragraph
become
expert
group
5. Asking
expert
group to
discuss the
content of
the
paragraph
given
6. Giving
Task 1 to
expert
group
7. Asking
expert
group to
return to
home
group
8. Asking
each
member of
home
group to
teach their
friend and
discuss the
material
from the
result of
the
discussion
in expert
group
9. Asking
each home
group to
present the
content of
the text
after
discussing
with their
member
10. Giving
Task 2 to
whole class
about the
text
individuall
y
11. Discussing
with the
whole class
about the
task
12. Review
Game for
 all students
(group
competitio
n)

3 CLOSURE 5’
1. Discussing
Answering the parting

2.

F. Evaluation
• Process evaluation: conducted during the teaching learning process of reading comprehension
(instrument: observation checklist)
• Product evaluation: conducted after the actions in the last meeting (instrument: reading test)
G. Media and Source
• Media : Students’ Worksheet
• Source : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2008/12/example-of-narrative-
text smartest.html

Jember, Mei 2010

English Teacher, Researcher,

E
Chanifah , S.E Ummi Zakiyah
NIM. 040210401235
Answer the questions orally!
1. Who has a pet in your house? What is that?
2. Do you know parrot?
3. What does it usually look like?
Learning Material
Task 1 (For Expert Group)
THE SMARTEST PARROT
A. (Paragraph 1)
Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The
parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place
where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

1. Write the difficult words in the paragraph

and find the meaning in the dictionary.
2. Paragraph 1 tells about………..
B. (Paragraph 2)
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the
parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano. However the bird
kept not saying the word.
1. Write the difficult words in the paragraph and find the meaning in
the dictionary.
2. Paragraph 2 tells about……………..
C. (Paragraph 3)
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid
bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill
you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the
man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird
kept not saying the word of Catano.

1. Write the difficult words in the paragraph and find the meaning in
the dictionary.
2. Paragraph 3 tells about……….
D. (Paragraph 4)
 One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man
really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the cage. There
were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them”
Said the man angrily. Then he continued to grumble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my
meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the cage.

1. Write the difficult words in the paragraph and find the

meaning in the dictionary.
2. Paragraph 4 tells about…………
E. (Paragraph 5)
The next day, the man came back to the cage. He opened the door and was very
surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the cage. There were three dead chickens on the
floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken;
“Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

1. Write the difficult words in the paragraph and find the

meaning in the dictionary.
2. Paragraph 5 tells about…………….

Task 2 (Individual Task)

Read the text carrefuly!
THE SMARTEST PARROT

Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The
parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place
where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.

The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the
parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept
not saying the word.

At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid
bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill
you” the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the
man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The bird
kept not saying the word of Catano.

One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man
really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the cage. There
were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them”
Said the man angrily. Then he continued to grumble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for my
meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the cage.

The next day, the man came back to the cage. He opened the door and was very
surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the cage. There were three dead chickens on the
floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken;
“Say Catano or I’ll kill you”.

Takenfrom:http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2008/12/example-of-narrative-text
smartest.html

A. Croos (x) a,b, c or d as the correct answer!

 1. How many characters are there in the story?
a. two c. five
b. three d. four
2. The man felt excited having the smartest parrot (Paragraph 2) the synonym of the underlined
word is……..
a. Sad c. Proud
b. Happy d. Poor
3. Why did the man get very angry with parrot?
a. Because the parrot was very smart
b. Because the parrot kept not saying Catano
c. Because the parrot killed the chickens
d. Because the parrot could say Catano
4. Just stay with them” Said the man angrily… (Paragraph 4) the underlined word refers to….
a. The c. The man
parrot and the
and chickens
chickens d. The
b. The chickens
parrot
5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
a. There are three dead chickens on the floor
b. The man was very surprised
c. The parrot could not say Catano
d. The parrot scream “say Catano or I’ll kill you”
B. Answer the questions based on the text!
6. What is the main problem of the text?
7. What are the evidences that the parrot was the smartest parrot?
8. What did the man do to the parrot when he got very angry?
9. How did the man teach the parrot?
10. What did the parrot do to the chickens?

ANSWER KEY
Task 1
1. Based on their group discussion
2. A. Paragraph 1 tells about the man who had a wonderful parrot but could not say Catano
B. Paragraph 2 tells about the parrot keep not saying Catano although the man tried hard
to teach
 C. Paragraph 3 tells about the man got very angry wit the parrot
D. Paragraph 4 tells about the man threw the parrot into the chicken house
E. Paragraph 5 tells about the man was very surprised what happened in the chicken
house
Task 2
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. d
5. b
6. The main problem in the text is why the parrot cannot say Catano
7. The evidences are:
- The parrot can say every words
- The parrot can say the higher degree than the man taught that is “Say Catano or i’ll
kill you”
8. The man picked and threw the parrot into the chicken house
9. The man taught the parrot so many times to say Catano
10. The parrot killed the chickens