Materials

School : SMP Pondok Modern Selamat Kendal

Subject : English
Grade/semester : VII/II
Core Material : Written Transactional Text ( Characteristics of animals)
Time Allotment : 1 meeting (2 x 40 minutes)

A. Learning Materials

1. Model Text

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 Generic Structure:
Opening:
Chaca: Hi Fat...
You know what! I have a new pet.

Negotiation:
Fatma: Great! What is it?
Chaca: It is a rabbit.
Fatma:Wow! Is it cute? (Asking for Information)
Chaca: Yes, Absolutlely. It has soft fur. ( Giving Information)
Fatma: Well, can I take a look at your rabbit?
Chaca: Absolutely. By the way, what about your new cats? How are they like?(
Asking Information)
Fatma: Well, they are so nice. I like their soft fur so much. ( Giving Information)
Closing:
Fatma:Ok then. See you at your house this evening.
Chaca: Ok. See you.

2. Linguistic Features
2.1 Gambits:

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2.2 Adjectives:

Adjectives:
Green
White
Long
Big
Fierce
Soft
Cute
Adorable

2.3 Be :

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A. Answer these following questions by 3. Complete the following dialogue
crossing a, b, c or d. with a correct adjective!
1. Complete the following dialogue
with a correct adjective!

Fina: Hi, Ran. Look. The sheep is

big.
Fina: Hi, Ran.. Rani: Absolutely. The lamb is...
Look at the picture. A. Big
Rani: Yes, the elephant is so huge. B. Small
Fina: You are right. It’s so big while C. Long
the other animal is... D. Huge
A. Big
B. Tiny
4. Complete the following dialogue
C. Long with a correct adjective!
D. Round

2. Complete the following dialogue

with a correct adjective!

Sarah: What is the color of the

frog?
Daniel: It is...
A. White
B. Yellow
C. Green
D. Grey

Arofa: How is the cheetah like?

Imam: I think it is....
A. Slow
B. Fast
C. Silent
D. Messy

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5. Complete the following dialogue
with a correct form of be!

Fatma: Look! There are two parrots at that

branch.
Vena: Wow. I think they...so colourful.
A. Is
B. Am
C. Are
Rima: Look! The butterfly...pretty. D. Was
I like its colour. 8. Complete the following dialogue with
Farah: Yes. I agree with you. It’s a correct form of be!
so beautiful.
A. Is
B. Am
C. Are
D. Was
6. Complete the following dialogue
with a correct expression!

Susan: Wow..Look. There is an eagle

there.
Maria: Where is it? ...?
Susan: It looks so big.
A. What does it like
B. What is it like
Raina: ... C. Where is it
Ratna: It’s brown and long. D. What is it
A. What is it like?
B. How long is it? 9. Complete the following dialogue
C. What is it? with a correct form of be!
D. How is it?

7. Complete the following dialogue

with a correct form of be!

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 Fatma: Look at the neck of that
giraffe! Raisa : Look at the picture! What
Chaca: Wow! It...so long. do you think of its sight?
A. Is Lucinta: It is extremely...
B. Am A. Soft
C. Are B. Sharp
D. Was C. Short
10. Complete the following dialogue D. Shiny
with a correct adjective!

B. Please construct a dialogue with a friend of yours telling about asking and giving
information about characteristics of animals via WhatsApp meaningfully. Then you send
the capture of the dialogue to my WhatApp no. 0896-4452-1892 in 10 minutes from now.

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