TEACHING

MATERIAL AND
WORKSHEET
NEWS ITEM TEXT

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Class : XII
KD. 3.31 & 4.31
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LEARNING MATERIAL

NEWS ITEM

News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are
considered newsworthy or important.
It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this
event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. However, if
there are events that people do not deserve, then they are not definitely worth to be
news.

 Social Functions

News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day
which are considered newsworthy or important.
Or
- To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of
the day
- To present information the readers about newsworthy or
important events of the day

 Text Structures

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  Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form.
 Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in
what circumstance
 Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by participants in,
witnesses to and authorities expert on the event

 Main Events : Kejadian utama yang pantas dijadikan berita.

 Elaboration : Penjelasan mengenai latar belakang adanya peristiwa
tersebut; orang-orang yang terlibat dalam peristiwa tersebut; tempat
dan waktu peristiwa terjadi; dan lain-lain.
 Resource of Information (Source) : Sumber berita; komentar para saksi;
pendapat para ahli; dan lain-lain.

 Language Features
 Focusing on circumstances (bahasanya singkat padat dan tidak bertele-tele)
 Using material process
 Using action verbs (kata kerja yang menunjukan aktifitas)
 Using saying verbs (diberitakan, dikatakan, dikutip, mengatakan, memberitakan,
mengutip)
 Using adverb of time, adverb of place, adverb of manner.

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Stimulasi

No Soal
1 Fill in the table by analyzing a text about “A Boy Hidden in Wheel Well of
Airplane Survived”

A 16-year-old boy has survived a dangerous journey hidden in the wheel well of
airplane. It was a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii.
The boy had run away from home and climbed a fence at the airport in San Jose,
California. He crossed the tarmac and crawled into the wheel well of Hawaiian
Airlines flight 45.
According to FBI special agent Tom Simon, The boy quickly lost consciousness as
temperatures in the compartment sank as low as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
It was 62 degrees Celsius below zero.
The boy got an apparent miracle. After he had been unconscious for most of the
journey, the boy regained his consciousness about an hour after the plane
landed on Sunday morning. The boy hopped down from the wheel well. He started
wandering around the airport grounds, where was spotted by ground crew.
The boy was turned over to local child protection officials. A medical
examination showed that he appeared to have been unharmed.
Since records began in 1947, about 100 wheel well stowaways are thought to
have attempted to board flights. Around three-quarters of them died.
“Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally
lucky to have survived” Hawaiian Airlines said in a statement

Analyze these following things related to the text above!

A. Social Function
B. Generic structure
C. Language features

Jawaban

NO Key Detail Information

Features
1 Social To inform about a boy who survived after hiding in the wheel of a
Function plane on a flight.

2 Generic 1. Newsworthy Event:

structure A 16-year-old boy has survived a dangerous journey hidden in
the wheel well of airplane. It was a 5-hour flight from
California to Hawaii.

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 2. Background event
 Background event 1
why and how a child goes up and hides in the wheel of an
airplane on a flight
 Background Event 2:
The condition of the child in the plane wheel
 Background Event 3:
The boy got an apparent miracle. After he had been
unconscious for most of the journey
 Background Event 4:
how the child was handled
 Background Event 5:
the record number of stowaway passengers in the range of
1947 to 2014 was 100 times

3. Source:
“Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who
is exceptionally lucky to have survived” Hawaiian Airlines said
in a statement.

3 Language Simple past tense

features  It was a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii
 The boy had run away from home and climbed a fence at the
airport in San Jose, California.
 He crossed the tarmac and crawled into the wheel well of
Hawaiian Airlines flight 45.
 It was 62 degrees Celsius below zero.
Etc.
Direct Quotation
 According to FBI special agent Tom Simon, “The boy ….”
 “Our primary….” Hawaiian Airlines said in a statement
Adverb of place
 A 16-year-old boy has survived a dangerous journey hidden
in the wheel well of airplane. It was a 5-hour flight from
California to Hawaii.
 The boy had run away from home and climbed a fence at
the airport in San Jose, California.

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 STUDENT’S WORKSHEET

TASKS AND LEARNING STEPS

Learning Guidance:
1. This worksheet is expected to help students in exploring learning material about
News Item text.
2. This worksheet consists of three main materials related to News Item text, namely:
social function, generic structure, and language features.

Indicator:

 Students are able to identify specific information from News Item texts
 Students are able to analyze the details of the linguistic elements of some news item
texts by using table.

TASK 1
1. Read the following texts carefully and then record your voice.
2. Translate into Indonesian.

Text

Bridge breaks in Central Java, killing 5 people and injuring 29 others

A footbridge packed with tourists broke at a mountainous resort on Java Island

Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 29 after they plunged into a rocky riverbed,

police and tourist officials said.

The victims were evacuated to three nearby hospitals, said Surono, an employee at the

Baturaden resort in Central Java province, adding that they fell more than 20 meters

(yards) after one of the steel cables holding the small bridge snapped. Local police,

chief Emron Putra Agung said five people were killed and 29 injured. The accident

occurred as the country enjoys a weeklong holiday marking the end of the Islamic month

Ramadan, when people traditionally flock to holiday sites. Baturaden, located 300

kilometers (190 miles) east of the capital Jakarta, is one of the most popular resorts on

the slopes of Mount Slamet (3,428 meters, 11,246 feet), Java's second-highest peak.

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 3. Identify the text and determind the social function, generic structure, and language
features

Text

NO Key Features Detail Information

1 Social Function

2 Generic Structure

3 Language Features

TASK 2
Question no 1 to 2 based on the following first text
1. Some local tourist were killed and injured in Baturaden when ….
A. They were swimming in the river.
B. They were enjoying the view on the small bridge.
C. They were in the riverbed.
D. They were climbing Mount Slamet, Central Java.
E. They were swinging on the small bridge over the Rocky River.

2. The footbridge in Baturaden broke because ….

A. It couldn’t afford supporting overload.
B. It had been too old to walk on.
C. It had not been used for long time.
D. It lied on the slope of Mount Slamet.
E. It was used to evacuate the victims.
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