REVIEW TEXT

A. Listening

Activity 1 Look at the following Movie picture . Guess! What is the title of the movie?

Have you ever watched this movie?

What kind of movie is it?
What is it about?

Activity 2. Listen carefully and answer the questions.

1. Where is the setting of the story?

2. How many local actors was involved in this movie?
3. Who is the author of this novel?
4. What does the story about?
5. What was happened with the novel after two years later?
6. How many copies this novel has sold out?
7. What position has this novel won?
8. How long did the movie take to finish?

Activity 3. Listen carefully, complete the text and answer the questions.
I have a new (1)……………, entitled Planet Earth: An Illustrated History. Do you have it too? Let me tell you about the
book.
The first thing that you will notice about this book is the(2) ……………... The editors of Time have once again brought
together pictures that defy the (3) ……………... They capture animals and natural events that seem (4) …………… in their
beauty. You could spend hours just soaking in the photos.
However, if you close the book after looking at the photography, you will miss the well-written, informative
captions and (5) ………….... that accompany the pictures. The coupling of facts with images will open the hearts of
romantics to the (6) …………… and cause the scientist to pause with wonder that is bigger than (7)……………….
Whether you want to learn about the Northern Lights or bees, Planet Earth seems to cover it all. It does not provide
long,(8) …………….., but covers enough trivia to keep readers interested. I(9) ………….. Planet Earth as a gift that readers,
young and old, can open with (10) ……………. Again and again.

1. What is the text manly about?

2. What is the title of the book mentioned in the text.
3. What will the readers notice when they open the book for the first time?
4. How are animal and natural events captured in this book?
5. What will happen if we finish reading the book and looking at the fotography?
6. What does the reviewer think about the information provided in the book?
7. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
8. According to the reviewer , why is the book suitable as a gift?
9. “They capture animals and natural events………..” (Par.1) What does the word They refer to?
10. “You could spend hours just soaking in the photos.” (Par.1) What does the word you refer to?

B. Reading

Activity 4. Read the text.

Author : Harper Lee

Published by Warner Books
Reviewed by Rodman Philbrick
The Review of To Kill a Mockingbird

I’ve never been to Alabama, but novelist Harper Lee made me feel as if I had been there in the long, hot summer of 1935. It
was the time when a lawyer named Atticus Finch decided to defend an innocent black man accused of a horrible crime. The story of
how the whole town reacted to the trial is told by the lawyer’s daughter, Scout, who remembers exactly what it was like to be eight
years old in 1935, in Maycomb, Alabama.
Scout is the reason I loved this book because her voice rings so clear and true. Not only does she make me see the things
she sees, she makes me feel the things she feels. There’s a lot more going on than just the trial, and Scout tells you all about it.
A man called Boo Radley lives next door. Very few people have ever seen Boo, and Scout and her friends have a lot of fun
telling scary stories about him. The mystery about Boo Radley is just one of the reasons you want to keep turning the pages to find
out what happens in To Kill a Mockingbird.
To Kill a Mockingbird is filled with interesting characters like Dill, and Scout makes them all seem just as
real as the people in your own hometown. Here’s how Scout describes Miss Caroline, who wore a red-striped dress: “She looked and
smelled like a peppermint drop.”
The larger theme of the story is about racial intolerance, but Scout never tries to make it a “lesson”, it’s
simply part of the world she describes. That’s why To Kill a Mockingbird rings true, and why it all seems so real.
Even though the story took place many years ago, you get the idea that parts of it could happen today, in any town where
people distrust and fear each other’s differences.
In a just world an innocent man should be found not guilty. But if you want to know what this particular jury
finally decides and what happens to Scout and Jern and Dill and Boo Radley and the rest of the people who live and breathe in To Kill
a Mockingbird, you’ll have to read the book.

Activity 5.

1. When and where did the story take place?

2. Who was Atticus Finch’?
3. How old was Scout when the event took place’?
4. What is the relationship between Atticus Finch and Scout?
5. What is the reason that the reviewer loves this book’? Why is it so?
6. How does Scout describe the characters in the story?
7. What is the main theme of the story?
8. According to the reviewer, what should an innocent man be in a just world?
9. “. . . and Scout makes them all seem just as real as the people in your own hometown. (Paragraph 4)
What does the word in bold refer to?
10. “But it you want to know wKat this particular jury finally decides (Paragraph 7)
What is the opposite meaning of the word in bold?

Activity 6.
C. Find the meaning of the following words. You will find the words in the text in task D.
1. caption =………………………… 2. reign =……..…………………
3. portrait=………………………… 4. to caution = …………………
5. to check=……………………….. 6. compilation = ……………….
7. to appreciate=………………. 8. to reflect = ……………………
9. superior=………………………. 10. varied = ………………………

Activity 7.
D. Complete the following text with the correct words from the box.

• Visions of Paradise was published in October 2008.

• Publisher: Random House

Visions of Paradise brings together (1) …….... The photographers were given free reign to choose their ideas of
(2)……., and the book reflects a wide variety of choices and experiences. There are some photos that you would
expect — beautiful, natural scenes of deserts or (3) _______. There are also some that might surprise you — portraits or
uniquely developed photos of ordinary scenes. Each photo is accompanied by a (4) ________ of why it was chosen in the
caption.
Those who love (5) _________ and new ideas may appreciate the unique compilation in this book. I, however,
was a little disappointed. My (6) ________ can be explained by a couple things. First, I judged the book by its cover. I
love photography of beautiful places in nature. I was hoping for some amazing looks at (7) ________, and was not
expecting a cowboy hat or photo of a mother and daughter. Second, I received this book about the same time I received
Time’s Planet Earth: An Illustrated History. I couldn’t help but compare the two (8) _______, and I thought Planet Earth
was (9) ________.
If Visions of Paradise teaches anything, though, it is that different people have widely varied ideas about beauty.
I imagine, then, that some people will like Visions of Paradise more than Planet Earth. I would caution you to check out
the book in a store before buying it, though, since the cover does not tell the
(10) _______
Activity 8.
E.. Are the fóllówing statements true (T) or false (9 based on the complete text ii Task D? Correct the false one.

C. Writing

 Social Function :

to criticise / evaluate an art work, event for a public audience.

(untuk memberikan kritik terhadap suatu karya seni, ataupun lainnya untuk khalayak umum).

 Generic Structure :

 Orientation : places the work in its general and particular context, often by comparing it with others of its kind or through
an analog with a non–art object or event. (menempatkan karya yang ditinjau pada konteks umum ataupun khusus, biasanya
dengan membandingkan dengan karya lain yang sejenis atau melalui analogi obyek yang bukan karya seni.)
 Interpretive Recount : summarize the plot and/or providers an account of how the reviewed rendition of the work came into
being.(meringkas alur cerita "jika mereview buku" bagaimana cara penyampaian karya tersebut)
 Evaluation : provides an evaluation of the work and/or its performance or production; is usually recursive.(memberikan
sebuah evaluari karya ataupun penampilan, produksi; evaluasi ini biasanya berulang-ulang)
 Conclusion/Recommendation (Optional):The reviewer summarizes their assessment of the value of the work, and
makes recommendations regarding how others should regard the work.

 Language Features:

1. Using the present tense

2. Focus on specific participants
3. Using adjectives form example like bad, good, valuable, etc.
4. Using long and complex clauses
5. Using metaphor (in Indonesia it’s called Majas/Pengandaian

Example : Mr. Bean's Holiday

Orientation It’s a film produced by Working Title Production entertaining and full of ridiculous views. The film is
starred by the famous funny man Rowan Atkinson.

Interpretative The film told about Mr. Bean’s effort to return a boy who missed his dad because of Bean’s fault. He
Recount was left by his dad in the railway station when Mr. Bean asked him to shoot using a camera. The door was closed
but the man was still outside the train.

Evaluation Every screen showed some funny, ridiculous moment and some beautiful scenery about France. An
interesting moment was when Mr. Bean and the boy tried to call the parent’s phone number. They tried every
number because the last number giving the boy’s father couldn’t be caught by the camera brought by Mr. Bean.
When they didn’t have coins to make a call, the boy begged to a woman and she gave a coin. When Bean tried the
same action, the woman left him.

Conclusion In my opinion, this film is good for laugh. The story is not complicated and easy to understand although
/Recommendation some conversations are in French language. The film is suitable to watch for every ages. But some scenes may be
(Optional) risky for children like when Sabine kissed Mr. Bean’s cheek to thank him and her low cut dress revealed part of
her breasts. The film also shows a view of the beach where Mr. Bean was supposed to go, and there are a lot of
women wearing bikinis. This is not good for teenagers.
Activity 9.

Put the following paragraph into the correct order to be a good text.

Then, there is school. One of Mia’s biggest problems is the fact that she is not good in Algebra and to make
matters worse, her mom has begun dating her teacher, Gross.
As the hilariously funny tale called The Princess Diaries begins, Mia Thermopolis is just a regular high school
freshman at Albert Einstein High School. She is just a girl as regular as you can be when you live in a loft in
downtown New York with your flighty artist mother. And as regular as you can be when your best friend is Lily,
a spunky girl who produces her own TV show.
The ending of The Princess Diaries is a twisty one and will leave you interests for more stories of Mia and
the rest of her friends.
Review: The Princess Diaries
Written by : Meg Cabot
Published by: Harper Collins
Pages : 304 pages
Reviewd by : Jennifer Abbots
Then one day, Mia finds out she is a princess. I know that doesn’t sound bad to most girls, but Mia hate the
idea instantly. How does this fairy tale come true? Her father is the ruler of the principality of Genovia and
since Mia is his only child, she is next in line to the throne. Her dad convinces Mia that being a princess is what
she is meant to do: her formidable grandmother comes to New York to give Mia ‘Princess Lessons”. And as the
word spreads around Albert Einstien High School that Mia is royalty, her life just gets crazier.
As readers can guess from the title, this book take the form of a diary, written by Mia. Over the span of a
month, she relates her daily woes and embarrassments in heart breaking detail. Mia thinks she is hopeless, but
looks wise. She’s tall and clumsy, but not so gifted in the chest deparment.
In the boy department, in the cutest one in the school has the locker next to hers, but doesn’t even know
Mia exists. Even as his snooty girlfriend Lana, a popular cheerleader, torments her. To top it off, Mia is
depeloving some sort of weird crush on Michael, Lilly’s computer-maniac brother.
Activity 10.

Complete the following statement based on the previous text.

1. The story is about Mia Thermopolis, …………………………….at Albert Einstien High School.
2. She lives with her…………………….in ……………………………..
3. Lily is Mia’s……………………………..who………………………….
4. One of Mia’s biggest problems at school is……………………
5. A popular cheerleader who always torments Mia is……..
6. Lily and Michael is………..
7. Mia’s father is actually……..?
8. Mia gets “Princess Lessons” from…………
9. When the news that she is a princess spread around her school,………
10. According to the reviewer, the ending of the story is…………..for more stories of Mia and rest of her friends.