William Shakespeare 1564-1616)

Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest English dramatist of all time. His work influenced
generations of later artists
We know little about Shakespeare’s early years. His father, John Shakespeare, was a merchant
and a man of some importance in his local community. His mother, Mary Arden, was a higher social
class. Althought there are no records, it seems that Shakespeare attended the local grammar school at
Stratfordupon Avon, where he was born In 1582, Shakespeare married Anna Hathaway. Who was eight
years older than him. They had three children. In 1594, Shakespeare became a leading member of the
newly-formed acting company. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. This company became the King’s Men
when James I became a king. Shakespeare stayed with them for the rest of his career. In 1599, the
company occupied the now famous Globe theatre in London. Shakespeare lived and worked in London,
while his family remained in Stratford. Shakespeare’s plays are still performed more often than those of
any other playwright. Film versions appear frequently.

1. John Shakespeare was a merchant and a man of some importance in his local community. The word
in italic refers to
a. Shakespeare
b. John Shakespeare
c. Anna Hathaway
d. Mary Arden
e. Shakespeare’s mother

2. Shakespeare became a leading member of the newly-formed acting company in ..

a. 1588
b. 1599
c. 1594
d. 1582
e. 1516

3. This company became the King’s Men when James I became a king. The word in italic refers to __.
a. King’s Men
b. Globe
c. Stratford
d. Lord Chamberlains
e. William Shakespeare

4. Shakespeare stayed with them for the rest of his career. The word in italic refers to ….
a. Shakespeare’s family
b. Shakespeare’s member of the company
c. Shakespeare’s daughter
 d. Shakespeare’s sons
e. King James I family

5. Film versions appear frequently. The italic word has the same meaning with
a. often
b. sometimes
c. never
d. hardly ever
e. seldom

6. What is recount text?

a. A kind of text used to describe something
b. A kind of text to report something
c. A kind of text to tell about what happen in the past
d. A kind of text to tell about how to make something
e. A kind of text to describe something generally

7. What is the example of biographical recount text?

a. Corpus Flower
b. William Shakespeare
e. Global Warming
d. Snow White and the Huntsman
e. Clean City

8. Thepurpose ofrecount text is to …

a. tell past events
b. entertain readers
c. describe the smugglers
d. report an event to the police
e. inform readers about avents of the day

9. What is the example of recount text?

a. Newspaper
b. Diary
c. Novel
D. Story book
e. Magazine

10. What kind of tenses which used to make recount text?

a. present tense
b. past tense
c. future tense
 d. past perfect tense
e. present perfect tense

11. What is the text organization (text structure) in recount text?

a. Events - Evaluation - Reorientation
b. Reorientation - Events — Orientation
c. Goal — Materials — Steps
d. Compilation - Resolution — Orientation
e. Orientation — Events — Evaluation — Reorientation

12. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, or SBY __________ on September 9th, 1949 in Pacitan. East Java,
Indonesia. is the first Indonesian Politician who gained high public consent and popularity.
a. were born
b. born
c. was born
d. horned
e. is born

13. Henry Ford was born on a farm near Greenfield. Michigan on July 3O. 1863.He got his education in
the Greenfield school district. At the age of 16 Henry ___________ a machinist’s apprentice in
Detroit.
a.be
b. become
c. became
d. is
e. was

14. President Abraham Lincoln was … by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at the ford theatre in
Washington D.C. He died the next day on april 15th, 1865
a. shoot
b. shot
c. shoten
d. shooted
e. shoted

15. Hamka _____ His carrer as a writer when he returned to Padang Panjang. He wrote lost of books
such as Sabariah, Di Bawah Lindungan Ka’bah, Tenggelamnya Kapal Van den Wijk
a. begin
b. began
c. begun
d. begins
e. beguns
 Hellen Keller
Hellen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tusculum, Alabama. When she was 19 months old,
she experienced a severe childhood illness, which left her deaf and blind (only a very partial sight). At
the first few years of her life, she was only able to communicate with her family through a rudimentary
number of signs. She had a little more success communicating with the six year old daughter of the
family cook. however, because of unable to communicate properly, Keller was considered to be badly
behaved, for example, eating from the plates of anyone on the table with her fingers.
In 1886, Keller was sent to see an eye, ear and nose specialist in Baltimore, He put them in touch
with alexander Graham Bell, who was currently investigate issues of deafness and souns, helped Keller
to visit the Perkins Institute for the Blind, and this led to a long relationship with Anne Sullivan, who was
a former no prior experience, she set about teaching Keller how to communicate. They maintained a
long relationship for 49 years.

In the beginning Keller was frustrated by her inability to pick up the hand signals that Sullivan
was giving. However, after a frustrating month. Keller picked up on Sullivan’s system of hand signals
through understanding the word water. Sullivan poured water over Keller’s left hand and wrote out on
her right hand the word ‘water’. This way helped Keller to fully understand the system and she was soon
able to identify a variety of household objects.

16. Helen was sent to see an eye, ear and nose specialist in Baltimore. He put them in touch with
Alexander Graham Bell. The word in italic refers to..
a. Anne Sullivan
b. Helen Keller
c. eye, ear, and nose specialist
d. Keller’s mother
e. Perkin’s Institute

17. Helen firstly met the one who helped her to visit Perkin’s Institute for the Blind in …
a. 1880
b. 1886
c. 1887
d. 1890
e. 1968

18. In the beginning. Keller was frustrated by her inability to pick up the hand signals that. Sullivan was
giving. The word in italic refers to…
a. Helen Keller
b. Anne Sullivan
c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Helen’s mother
e. Helen’s teacher
19. Keller was frustrated by her inability to pick up the hand signals that Sullivan was giving. The word
inability has the opposite meaning with
a. incapability
b. incapacity
c. incompetence
d. disability
e. capable

20. She was soon able to identify a variety of household objects. The synonym of the word in italic is …
a. thing
b. subject
c. agree
d. consent
e. purpose

Albert Einstein
Born in 1879, Ulm Germany, Albert Einstein was became the most celebrated scientist of the
twentieth Century. His theories were to lay the framework for new branches of Physics. He also became
well known as a humanitarian, speaking out against nuclear weapons-weapons he had indirectly
contributed towards creating.
Einstein is one of the undisputed genius of the twentieth century. However, his early academic
reports suggested anything but a glittering career in academia. His teachers found him dim and slow to
learn. Part of the problem was that Einstein expressed no interest in learning languages and learning by
rote that was popular at the time. However, at the age of 12, he picked up a book on geometry and read
it cover to cover. He would later refer to t as his ‘holy booklet’. He became fascinated by math and
taught himself. He became acquainted with the great scientific discoveries of the age.
Around this time, his father’s family business failed so his family moved to Milan, Italy. Despite
Albert’s fascination with math, he still languished at school. Eventually he was asked to leave by the
school, he decided to become a math teacher to help support him in his studies of math and physics.
Einstein applied for admission to the federal Institute of technology in Zurich. His first attempt was a
failure because he failed exams in botany, zoology and languages. However, he passed the next year and
in 1900 became a Swiss citizen. He married Mileva Marec and they had two sons before divorcing
several years later

Questìons :
1. what does the text tell you?
2. What do you know about Albert Einstein?
3. in your opinion, what is the writer’s purpose in writing this text?
4. Who will be interested in reading the text?
5. What can you Learn from the text?
6. Mention the background of Einstein’s life.
7. He also became well known as a humanitarian speaking out against nuclear
weapons. what is the meaning of the word in italic?
8. Einstein is one of the undisputed genius of the twentieth century. What is the a
closest meaning of the word undisputed?
9. Despite Albert’s fascination with math, he still languished at school. The word
in italic has the opposite meaning with _.
10. He married Mileva Marec and they had two sons before divorcing several years
later. The word they in the sentence refers to __.

C. Do this task.
There are many inspiring figures in the world. Who Is your inspiring figure? Lets tell
about him/her to your friends. Follow these
1. Find the text of Indonesian figure that inspire you.
2. paraphrase the text into English.
3. Write down the message behind the text.
4. Present it in front of the class.