Nama : Adji Dharma Ningnagari

Kelas / Absen : XII IPS 1 / 01

Activity 1 (first meeting)
Many people want to come and live in the US. (1) However, they must get a green card. (2) A green
card is a document. (3) People who have this document can live in the US.(4)
The US government has a special program for these people. (5) Every year, a lottery takes place.
(6)The US government chooses around 50,000 people.(7)These people get the green card. (8)The government
chooses these people randomly. (9) The idea is to bring many different people to the country.(10)In the past,
the US president is not happy with the lottery. (11) He says that the government must choose people with
good skills.(12)
This year, the president makes changes. (13) He stops the lottery.(14) Many Americans are without a job. (15)
The reason is the coronavirus. (16)
Right now, the president does not want more people to come to the US. (17)
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Excercise I a : Read the text above and answer the following questions!

1. What is the news about?

2. What is a green card for?
3. In what sentence can we find the information of the way to get green card?
4. What is the reason to use the lotery?
5. Why does the US goverment stop the lotery?
Answer :
1. Many people want to come and live in the US and The US government has a special program for these
people.
2. A green card is a document, People who have this document can live in the US.
3. People who have this document can live in the US.
4. The idea is to bring many different people to the country.
5. Many Americans are without a job, the reason is the coronavirus.

Key answer: green card, to live in the US, 5, bring many different people to the country, Many Americans
are without a job.

The coronavirus changes travel. (1 ) In many countries, people cannot travel to other countries. (2 ) Planes
do not fly.( 3)
Airports are very quiet. (4) Runways are full of grounded planes. (5) The situation is serious. (6) However,
some people take this chance to do something special. (7)
Something unusual happens at an airport in Israel. (8) The airport closes its airspace. (9) It means that
planes cannot take off or land at the airport. (10)
Four hot air balloons take off from the airport instead. (11) The balloons can take off safely. (12) The
balloons fly over the quiet airport. (13)They leave the airspace. (14)Then, planes can take off and land
there again. (15)
Difficult words: runway (the place at an airport where planes take off and land), grounded (not able to
fly), airspace (an area where planes can fly).
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Excercise I b : Read the text above and answer the following questions!

1. What does the text deal with?

2. Where does the event take place?
3. What do the people do there?
4. How can they do that?
5. Is it the usual activity the people do there?
Answer :
1. The coronavirus changes travel.
2. Airport in Israel
3. The airport closes its airspace. and Four hot air balloons take off from the airport instead
4. Four hot air balloons take off from the airport instead and then balloons fly over the quiet airport.
5. No, its not, it is because coronavirus

Key answer: the impact of corona virus in travel, israel, fly the balloons off the airport, because no plane
landing and taking off there, it is unusual

Excercise I c : discuss the questions below and write the answers!

1. Do you get information after reading the texts above?

2. How do you catagorize the texts above, Narrative, recount, procedure, news or diccussion?
3. Is there something interesting to inform from the texts?
4. Is there detail of elaboration about the events?
Answer :
1. Yes, i get some of the information about closing an airspace because of coronavirus.
2. Narrative
3. Israel use baloons to close its airspace
4. The text just put where the event happens, and that is Israel

Activity 2 (second meeting)

Many planes around the world stopped flying because of the coronavirus pandemic.(1) People cannot
travel abroad, which means that airports have become quiet, and planes are grounded on runways.(2)
The situation is serious for many people and businesses; however, some people see it as
an opportunity to do things that they could not normally do. (3)On Saturday morning, four hot air balloons
took off from an airport in Israel. (4) The airport closed its airspace, so the balloons could take off safely. (5)
The balloons flew over the terminal and over the runways that were full of grounded planes. (6) When the
balloons left, the airport opened its airspace for other planes again.
(7) The airport officer confirms that it is one of the alternatives for traveling during the emergency of
the coronavirus pandemic.

Excercise II a : Read the text above and answer the following questions!

1. In what sentence does the news worthy event present?

2. In which paragraph does the background events elaborated?
3. In what sentence does the news mention the source?
4. In the sentence “planes are grounded on runways” what is the subject? Can you change the sentence
into active by giving “the airport officer” as the subject?”
5. Change the sentences into passive.
a. The airport officer closes the airport.
 b. The government stops the air travel.
c. The pilot flew the plane before.
d. Some people used the balloons to fly instead of planes
e. The transportation department is giving the alternative to travel.
Answer :
1. People cannot travel abroad, which means that airports have become quiet, and planes
are grounded on runways.(2)
2. Paragraph two
3. The airport officer confirms that it is one of the alternatives for traveling during the emergency of the
coronavirus pandemic.
4. Planes is the subject, The airport officer grounds the planes on runways
5. a. The airport officer is closed by airport officer.
b. The air travel is stopped by the government.
c. The plane was flown by the pilot.
d. The ballon is used by some people, insted of airplane.
e. Travel alternative is gifted by the transportation department

Many people want to come and live in the US. (1) However, they must get a green card. (2) A green
card is a document. (3) People who have this document can live in the US.(4)
The US government has a special program for these people. (5) Every year, a lottery takes place.
(6)The US government chooses around 50,000 people.(7)These people get the green card. (8)The government
chooses these people randomly. (9) The idea is to bring many different people to the country.(10) In the past,
the US president is not happy with the lottery. (11) He says that the government must choose people with
good skills.(12)
This year, the president makes changes. (13) He stops the lottery.(14) Many Americans are without a job. (15)
The reason is the coronavirus. (16)
Right now, the president does not want more people to come to the US. (17)

Excercise II b: Answer the folowing questions!

1. In what sentence does the news worthy event present?

2. In which paragraph does the background events elaborated?
3. In what sentence does the news mention the source?
4. Develop a process diagram to explain sentences 1 up to 10 of the text above!
5. Develop a cause and effect diagram to explain sentences 17 to 11!
Answer :
1. Many people want to come and live in the US.
2. Paragraph two
3. (10) In the past, the US president is not happy with the lottery.
4. nope, i can’t
5. nope, i won’t

Activity 3 (third meeting)

1. Cut to connect
Can a pair of scissors become a tool for empowerment? Can a haircut change the lives of the
marginalised?Lex Low believes so.

Although he is one of Malaysia’s most popular hairdressers, it’s not in Othrs Barbers, his salon in
Kuala Lumpur, where we first meet Lex, but in a small room at the back of Pit Stop cafe.
 Lex and his team are there to give free haircuts to the homeless. Above the snipping of scissors
and the dull buzz of a clipper, the banter and laughter between Lex and his customers for the day fill
the air. As their hair falls, their smiles brighten. 

It’s these connections with people from marginalised communities that are at the heart of Lex’s
social initiatives.  

“A pair of scissors is a just a tool. What matters is the conversation within the haircut. You have no
idea what that person went through, and a haircut is the first step to open up that door to that
relationship.”

Coming from a family of artists, it is easy to see why Lex gravitated towards a creative career. But
to his surprise, his ultimate success was what made him feel restless and empty inside. He was looking
for something more and he would find it with those who had less.

Lex’s search for a meaningful use of his skills led him out on the streets of Kuala Lumpur where he
gave free haircuts to the homeless. He knocked on the doors of orphanages and old aged homes
offering his services. 

Through this simple act of offering a haircut to uplift others, he was able to find his purpose again.
“It’s just amazing when we really put aside money, and you just focus on the people, something
magical just happens during the conversation and that’s what makes me excited about it.”

Lex realised that his skills could also be used to empower youth from marginalised
communities and began to offering training. He has worked with ex-convicts and ex-addicts, but it is
training of the youth from the Orang Asli community that is closest to his heart. 

The Orang Asli are the original inhabitants of the Malaysian peninsula, and for thousands of
years, they lived off the jungle. But in modern times, development, logging and palm oil plantations
have encroached on their lands, and a lack of education and opportunities has made it hard for them
to integrate. Poverty levels in this community remain high, according to a 2015 United
Nations report. 

Lex regularly travels to the village to give free haircuts to the community, and to train some of
the youths.  When he arrives at the village, he is greeted with warmth, and is soon chatting and
laughing as he and his students cut and colour hair.

The village head, Tok Batin, says that jungle work is hard and doesn’t provide a stable income,
so Lex’s work in the village brings benefits to the community. “I feel happy the youth here have been
studying under Lex because now they know how to cut hair. With their earnings, they will put the
money in the bank to save, then they will financially support their parents,” he says. 

At the end of the day as Lex shares a cold drink with his team, there is a look of contentment
on his face.

“I’m very excited every time I go to their village,  it’s a learning process for me about the whole culture,
about the people, about the environment,” he says. “This is where I want to really journey with them,
empower them, and see what can I do with a pair of scissors, to transform their lives.” 
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Excercise III a : Read the text above. Then make the short version of the text. Use the guidance below to help
you!

1. What is it about?
2. Who are the news participants?
3. What has he done?
4. What are the elaborations of the news events?
5. Give your opinion to make the news better!
Answer :
 1. Barbershop and haircut that can change the lives of the marginalized
2. Lex Low
3. give free haircut to the homeless, making conversation with the customer
4. Lex believe that what he do is to make connection with the marginalized people
5. This is very good action

The selfie stick is a popular tool for taking pictures, but people can also use it as a method of self-defence.
A combat sports centre in Moscow teaches people how to protect themselves with a selfie stick. Not everybody
is strong enough to fight, and there isn’t always another tool to use besides a selfie stick.
The organisers say that the method can be handy for Russian tourists who are travelling abroad.

Excercise III b : Read the text above. Then make the news response about the news above related to the
culture here

Activity 4 (fourth meeting)

Develop the news in video; you may use the material on activity 3. You may also use your own or modified
from the existing video on currents news

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