Four Language Skills

Reading and Writing Skills (1^st grade of Senior High School)

Fog covers Pekanbaru, delays some flights

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 01/18/2012 11:00 AM

Thick fog has covered Pekanbaru, Riau, since the early hours of Wednesday morning, reducing visibility to a mere 50 meters, and causing delays to six flights from and to the city’s Sutan Syarif Kasim II Airport.

“The fog is really a problem. Lion Air and Batavia Air planes that were supposed to depart to Jakarta at 6:30 a.m. and 6:35 a.m., respectively, had to be delayed. A Garuda plane supposed to fly to Jakarta and a Sky Air plane supposed to depart to Malacca, both at 7 a.m., have also been delayed,” the airport’s manager on duty Gurit S. said on Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.

Four planes were still parked on the runway at 8 a.m. due to the thick fog, he said.

“A Silk Air plane from Singapore and a Lion Air plane from Jakarta supposed to arrive at 7:50 a.m. and 7:55 a.m., respectively, have yet to land, causing passengers [waiting for the planes] to pack the waiting room,” Gurit said.

However, none of the passengers complained since they understood that it was possible for planes to arrive or depart on time under such conditions, he said. (iwa/mtq)

Reading skill

Read the text carefully, then answer the questions based on the text ..

1.      Where the accident is happens?

2.      What will Garuda supposed to do?

3.      How many planes cannot flight?

4.      Are the passengers complaining? Why?

5.      Give your opinion to this accidents and imagine if you are there..

Writing Skill

You have to choose the topic below and make a report text about what’s going on to your environment..

            Topic :            

Disaster >>  1. Rain                2. Flood                 

Or you can make your own topic based on your daily experience and report it to the report text..

Listening and Speaking Skills (2^nd grade of Junior high school students)

Front Desk: Welcome to the Wyatt Hotel. How may I help you?

Traveler: I’d like a room please?

Front Desk: Would you like a single or a double?

Traveler: I’d like a double, please?

Front Desk: May I have your name, please?

Traveler: Timothy Findley.

Front Desk: Could you spell that please?

Traveler: F-I-N-D-L-E-Y.

Front Desk: How many are in your party?

Traveler: Just two.

Front Desk: How many nights would you like to stay?

Traveler: Just tonight.

Front Desk: How will you be paying?

Traveler: Is Visa OK?

Front Desk: That’ll be fine. Would you like a wake-up call?

Traveler: Yes, I’d like a wake-up call for 6:30. Do you have a pool?

Front desk: Yes, we do. On the 2^nd floor. Here’s your key. That’s room 405 on the fourth floor.

Listening Skills

1.      Who is Timothy Findley ?

2.      What floor is the _________ on?

3.      Where is the restaurant located?

4.      What time is checkout?

Speaking Skill

            After you listen the dialogue above, you have to make your own conversation. You can choose the topic below!!

1.      At school with friends

2.      At house with family

Or you can make your own topic..

Reference :

1.      http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/01/18/fog-covers-pekanbaru-delays-some-flights.html

2.      http://www.google.co.id/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=conversation+in+hotel&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbogglesworldesl.com%2Fsurvival_travel_english%2Fhotelguest.doc&ei=XqAWT_yBLcPprQfx0vU9&usg=AFQjCNEkFc9OMAooMLBL249vq_d2f9i9OQ&cad=rja

Speaking Tips

Here's the Public Speaking tips that  arrange :

www.4shared.com/file/xhbc6YgF/PUBLIC_SPEAKING_TIPS.html



And The recording's pubic speaking tips :

www.4shared.com/file/2J6JKmV5/Rekaman_for__ETM.html 

Recount Text

Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience. There is no complication among the participants and that differentiates from narrative

recount text

* retells events

* in time order

(chronological)

recount language features

* past tense

* named people, places, things

* first or third person

* time connective : for conjunctions

like when, while, as, after.

1.     Meanwhile…

2.    Within hours…

3.    Several weeks later…

4.    Then…

Example of recount text :

Impersonal recounts

1.     newspaper report

2.    magazine article

3.    non-fiction book

Audiences is general reader and some interest in the subject. The purpose is to inform and entertain.

Personal recounts

1.     biography

2.    letter

3.    diary or journal

4.    write-up of a trip or activity

Audience is known reader or self recorder. The purpose to record, reflect, entertain.

MY LIFE SO FAR

My name is Jessica Martin and I am six years old. I live in York with my mum and my little brother Baz. This is the story of my life so far.I was born at St Mary‛s Hospital on 19 good baby and I did not keep Mum awake at night. When I was 3, Baz was born. He was not a good baby! He cried all the time and kept us all awake.

Not long after Baz was born, I started at playgroup and met my best friend Hannah. We had lots of fun playing in the house and dressing up. At the age of 4, I had chicken pox. It made me very itchy and Mum dabbed my spots with pink medicine.

Soon after that, I started school. Hannah and I were in Mrs Robinson‛s class. It was fun because we played all day. Next we went into Mrs Bennett‛s class. That was when I learned to read and write. Mrs Bennett read us lots of stories.

Last September I moved up into Mr Long‛s class, and now I am

learning my times tables.


English skill : Reading

Multiple Intellegence ---> LOGIC SMART

Do you know what kind of smart do you have ?? 

Do you feel smart when you face many numbers and really excited when you want to do a mathematics task??? it means you have a logical mathematics smart...

So,, let's take a look this intelligence characteristics....

LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE

If you like to work with numbers and large mathematical problems,

If you like to do puzzles and break codes, and adapt or create recipes,

If you like to do science experiments and propose and solve hypotheses,

If you like to work with patterns, figure out brainteasers, and work with graphs and tables and maps and geometry,

You are logic smart. 

People who are logic smart enjoy math, science, and logical thinking. They like to work with numbers and codes and puzzles. They enjoy critical thinking and solving complex programs. Schools are also very good in presenting information in ways that logic smart kids understand.Kids who are logic smart might grow up to be accountants, scientists, cooks, engineers, computer programmers, lawyers, chemists, astronauts, bankers, technical writers, meteorologists, engineers. 

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence is the capacity to use numbers effectively and to reason well. This intelligence includes sensitivity to logical patterns and relationships, statements and propositions (if-then, cause-effect), functions, and other related abstractions. The kinds of processes used in logical/mathematical intelligence include: categorization, classification, inference, generalization, calculation, and hypothesis testing.

Logical-Mathematical intelligence involves the capacity to work well with numbers, scientific processes, logic, or reasoning.  It is the intelligence used by an accountant, a computer programmer, a mathematician, an engineer, and of course, used everyday by our children in school.  As adults, we use this intelligence to balance our checkbooks, understand the latest scientific breakthrough, or, just for fun, do logic problems or number puzzles. 

            Children strong in Logical-Mathematical intelligence think numerically, or in terms of logical patterns and sequences.  These children like to explore patterns, categories and relationships between concepts by actively manipulating their environment and experimenting with things in an orderly way.  By adolescence, these children are often capable of highly abstract forms of thinking and reasoning.  These are kids who love computers, chemistry sets or trying to figure out the answer to a difficult math problem.  They enjoy brain teasers (like Mr. Ferch’s Brain Teaser of the Week), logic puzzles, and games like chess, which require reasoning skills, and being able to think and plan ahead abstractly.            

Students use the Logical-Mathematical intelligence in school, not just in math or science, but in almost all subjects.  Just as with all intelligences, there are many ways to be number/logic smart.  Some students will demonstrate it through science fair projects, yet may not do as well on science tests.  Others may struggle on math assignments because their teacher wants them to show their work, but they do the computations quickly in their head, and don’t feel as though they should have to show them on paper.  Still others will do very well in drafting classes where they can “draw” with a ruler, but may do poorly in art, because they cannot draw freehand.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence – People who have logical-mathematical intelligence excel at science and math. These are the people who seek out patterns in an otherwise chaotic world. They also are the ones who are making the biotechnological and nanotechnological advancements today. People who excel at logical-mathematical intelligence are also our accountants and computer programmers.

People with Logical intelligence are abstract thinkers and are attracted to logic and reasoning. They are good at investigation and scientific processes. They learn best by logic.

Characteristics

• Notices and uses numbers, shapes, and patterns
• Is able to move from the concrete to the abstract easily
• Thinks conceptually
• Explores patterns and logical sequences and relationships
• Organizes thoughts
• Has a systematic approach to problem solving
• Believes that everything has a rational explanation
• Can easily do math in their head
• Good at strategy games
• Have a mind "like a computer"
• Really like math
• Enjoy science experiments
• Organize things by category
• Abstract thinker
• Look for a rational explanations
• Wonder how things work

Teaching Ideas for logic smart learner :

• Abstract symbol/ formulas
• Outlining
• Graphic organizers
• Number sequences
• Calculations
• Forcing relationships
• Problem solving
• Pattern games

 Programming for Logic Smart Learners

Creating logic smart activities can sometimes be intimidating especially if it's not an intelligence that someone is strong in but don't worry. There are many fun games and simple activities that can be done to include this intelligence in library programming. 

Here is a list of potential program ideas:

• Do a program about codes
• Do a book discussion
• Do a program about science experiments or incorporate science experiments into an existing program
• Use different kinds of maps to help kids learn about countries
• Ask questions after a story to help kids recall and think through the story and its meanings
• Talk about some sports statistics
• Do a creative writing workshop about mysteries.

 Career Matches

• Scientist
• Mathematician
• Lawyer/Attorney
• Doctor
• Accountant
• Bookkeeper
• Computer Programmer
• Researcher
• Financial Planner