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NEWS ITEM
COMPOSITION
Description: This activity is prepared for ten graders of SMA who are studying
news item type of genre. The activity is done in group (role play) based on
Task-Based Instruction method.
Procedure;
1. Grouping: Students are devided into 3 groups of 3 students. They are called
home groups. One member of each home group separates from the groups to
be a source (expert) group.
3. Interviewing: The source group return to their home group to be
interviewed by the members. In his or her own home group, the source
member acts as Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Untung S. Rajab who provides
information about the policy to ban the concert and the home group members
act as journalists looking for information about the ban of Lady Gagas

concert. They jot down the information.

4. Composing: When the interview is over, the students (members and
source) start writing the news item based on the information they got from
their source using the given worksheet. The 3 members have different roles;
the information collector, the hand writer, and the editor. During the proses
of writing, teacher circulates helping the students when necessary. The
process of group writing is timed for 15 minutes. When finished, the work is
submitted. (If possible, teacher may check and correct the students work

while circulating).

5. Reciting/Celebrating: In turn, each group read aloud their work.

6. Commenting
Teacher gives comments on the process and their writing product.
7. Tasking: Teacher explains a task and assigns the students to do the task
individually as shown on the LCD as homework.

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Step one: Pre-Writing

A.

If you are the expert group, you are acting as Jakarta Police chief Insp.
Gen.Untung S. Rajab. Read the text below carefully as the information in
the text you will use as the source that you need to share to your friends
who act as the journalists. Focus on the following information:
What is the text about? When is the event? Where does the event happen?
Why do you ban the concert? Who are involved in the event?
How does it happen?

Police say halting concert was to protect nations culture

Iman Mahditama, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 05/16/2012 8:22 PM
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Untung S. Rajab insisted on Wednesday that stopping
American pop diva Lady Gaga from holding a concert in Jakarta was part of his duty to
protect the nations culture.
The reasons behind the polices refusal to issue a permit for the show not only include
security issues but also the polices duty to protect the nations culture, he said.
You have to view [the decision to not issue the permit for the concert] objectively. There
will always be those who like and those who oppose every decision, he said.
Untung also said that the police would have to forcefully close down the show, should the
promoter decide to go ahead with the plan of holding the concert at the Bung Karno Main
Stadium on June 3.
Im not banning [Lady Gaga], I just refuse to recommend [the June 3 gig be held], he told
reporters. If [the promoter] insists on holding the show, then it may be deemed as
unlawful, and the show will have to be closed down.
The police have revealed that this is the first time authorities have ever banned a foreign
singer from performing in Indonesia. Over the years, several foreign performers have
canceled their scheduled concerts in Indonesia for various reasons, but none of them were
banned by law enforcement agencies.

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B. If you are the journalists, use the questions (5 Wh + How questions) looking for
information about the ban of the Lady Gaga concert. After you interview your source ,
write down the ideas here.
Interview Notes
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C. When you have finished with the interview, Write down your news item based on the
information you get from your source here.

Title

Newsworthy
event:

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Background/
Elaboration/
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WRITING TASK
STUDENT JOURNALISM

Individually, write a news item based on school life.

1. Select what area you want to cover.

Example;
1. School canteen

6. PPDB

2. School library

7. School shop (koperasi sekolah)

3. Native speaker

8. Students activities (ekskul)

4. Students achievement

9. People at school

5. School facilities

10. Others....

2. Decide the topic of the area (title) you want to investigate.

Example;
1. The food or menu of the canteen.
2. The interest of SMP students who want to study in your school
3. Etc
3. Decide the people you are going to interview related to your area and
topic. You may interview the student candidates, their parents, the
canteen people, teachers, even the people, headmaster as your sources.
Take their photos.
4. Prepare the questions you are going to ask. Write down the questions.
5. When you have finished with your interview, write your news item.
6. Refer to the structure of news item text.
7. Your final work should be typed in the form of real news item text with
theillustration (photo) and submitted via email to

bambang70@yahoo.com.

8. After being edited, your news items will be published in your classroom
(school) magazine.