Unit Kompetensi Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan

descriptive text sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.

Elemen Menulis
Profil Pelajar Pancasila Mandiri, bernalar kritis

Tujuan Pembelajaran:
 Peserta didik mampu menganalisis fungsi sosial teks deskripsi terkait tempat menggunakan
bahasa Inggris dalam interaksi transaksional lisan sederhana sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya.
 Peserta didik mampu menganalisis struktur teks deskripsi terkait tempat menggunakan
bahasa Inggris dalam interaksi transaksional lisan sederhana sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya.
 Peserta didik mampu menganalisis unsur kebahasaan teks deskripsi terkait tempat
menggunakan bahasa Inggris dalam interaksi transaksional lisan sederhana sesuai dengan
konteks penggunaannya.
 Peserta didik mampu mendiskripsikan tempat secara tertulis dengan menggunakan bahasa
Inggris sederhana sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.

STARTER
Activity 1. Observe the following pictures and discuss the questions below.

a. b.

1. Do you know the places in the first and second picture?

2. Have you ever been there?
3. How would you desribe the two places?

LET’S STUDY

What is a Descriptive Text?

A descriptive text usually focuses on describing a single location, object, event, person, or place.
Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. It is important for you to
learn about descriptive text such as tourism destinations or famous historical buildings because when
you want to go to such places, you will need an exact location and description of those places so that
you are not lost and misdirected. So, it really helps your journey to be more effective and efficient
because you know exactly where to go and find those places.

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Description is about sensory experience – how something looks, sounds, or tastes. Mostly it is about
visual experience; but description also deals with other kinds of perception. It endeavors to engage
all five of the reader’s senses to evoke the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feel of the text’s
subject.

Thus, we can conclude that a descriptive text is meaningful text that describes the experience related
to the senses, such as what shape, sound, or taste is. Most descriptive text is about visual experience,
but in fact the experience other than the sense of sight can also be employed in composing a
descriptive text.

Purpose of Descriptive text

1. To describe a particular person, thing or place.
2. To describe person, thing or place in specific details.

Language Feature of Descriptive Text

1. Specific participant: has a certain object which is unique and not common (usually there is
only one of it), for example: my best friend, uncle Tom, etc.
2. The use of adjective to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful girl, a handsome man, etc.
3. The use of simple present tense as it tells the fact of the object being described.
4. Action verb: verbs that show an activity, for example: grow, wear, etc.

What is Generic Structure of a Descriptive Text?

1. Identification: the introduction of a person, place, animal, or object being described.
2. Description: the description of something such as animal, things, place, or person by stating
its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describes.

Since this topic is about describing places, then we will focus on examples and exercises on
describing places. This is a generic structure of descriptive text about places:

Pink Beach

Pink Beach or Pantai Merah Muda is one of the beaches in Komodo island, East Nusa
Tenggara. The Beach is located in the small village Sekaroh, Jerowaru East Lombok. The beach is
called Pink Beach because the sand beach is pink.
The pink color of its beach is a mixture of white sand beach colors mixed with crushed
coral, shells, calcium carbonate from marine invertebrates that are very small, and also
Foraminifera, microscopic amoeba that has a red body shell.
Besides sand Beaches distinctive pink color, this Beach also has a very impressive natural
scenery. Surrounded by cliffs – cliffs high. The view from the top of the cliff will also make you
fascinated with the beautiful panorama below the cliffs. Aroma typical sea water,caresses breeze
and the sound of waves hitting the reef makes the heart anyone who visit here be quiet.
Pink Beach has a fairly quiet flow with waves that are very small,so cool to play and do no
harm. If you could go snorkeling, you will be amazed by the coral reefs are very beautiful.
At Pink Beach, there are so many marine organisms. No fewer than 1,000 species of fish, 260

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 species of coral, and 70 species of sponge can be found here. Having so much marine life, this
place is a proper spot for snorkeling and diving for sea sports lovers.
Adapted from: https://www.englishiana.com/2016/05/contoh-descriptive-text-tempat-wisata.html

Text structure:
Identification Pink Beach or Pantai Merah Muda is one of the beaches in Komodo island, East
Nusa Tenggara. The Beach is located in the small village Sekaroh, Jerowaru East
Lombok. The beach is called Pink Beach because the sand beach is pink.
Description The pink color of its beach is a mixture of white sand beach colors mixed with
crushed coral, shells, calcium carbonate from marine invertebrates that are very small,
and also Foraminifera, microscopic amoeba that has a red body shell.
Besides sand Beaches distinctive pink color, this Beach also has a very
impressive natural scenery. Surrounded by cliffs – cliffs high. The view from the top of
the cliff will also make you fascinated with the beautiful panorama below the cliffs.
Aroma typical sea water,caresses breeze and the sound of waves hitting the reef makes
the heart anyone who visit here be quiet.
Pink Beach has a fairly quiet flow with waves that are very small,so cool to play
and do no harm. If you could go snorkeling, you will be amazed by the coral reefs are
very beautiful. At Pink Beach, there are so many marine organisms. No fewer than 1,000
species of fish, 260 species of coral, and 70 species of sponge can be found here. Having
so much marine life, this place is a proper spot for snorkeling and diving for sea sports
lovers.

VOCABULARY FOCUS
DESCRIBING PLACES
When you describe a place, you can describe it using the following adjectives:
Size
big small
huge wide
narrow large, etc

Appearance
beautiful fascinating modern
attractive clean traditional
unattractive dirty creepy
natural colorful fresh , etc

Atmosphere
cool cozy peaceful
hot comfortable boring
cold quiet bustlling
warm crowded

How you feel

amazed interested joyful
happy excited relaxed
nostalgic comfortable calm, etc

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GRAMMAR FOCUS
There is a sentence structure in the descriptive text about place. When describing places we usually use
the following formula:

a. S + to be + adjective

Example:
Jakarta is a big city.
Jakarta is very hot.

b. S + has + N

Example:
Jakarta has busy streets.
Jakarta has luxurious shops.

When you describe a place you can use the verb:

1. There is (untuk benda atau orang yang jumlahnya tunggal)
Example: In my room, there is a bed.
2. There are (untuk sesuatu yang jamak atau lebih dari satu)
Example: There are many people in this place.

When you describe a place, you can also use some prepositions of place. Some prepositions of place is
as follows:
In between In the right of
on above In the left of
at below In the middle of
behind In top of In the (south/north/east/west) of
In front of In bottom of Next to

Activity 2
Look at the text below and find adjectives and prepositions in the text. Write the adjectives and
prepositions in the box provided.
Parangtritis Beach

Parangtritis Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Yogyakarta. It located in the south of
Bantul Regency. Parangtritis Beach is next to Parangkusumo Beach. In the east of Parangtritis there
is an elongated cliff.
There is a lot of beautiful scenery. Although just a few trees in there, many beautiful corals in
there. Besides that, the wind is very strong. The Wave in Parangtritis beach is also very big, so no one
is playing surf like in Bali Beach and a little or nothing person sail in there. In when afternoon, the
weather is very hot. But, in when morning and evening, there are very cool. In the morning, we can
see the sunrise and in the evening, we can see the sunset from Parangtritis.
Parangtritis beach is a very large beach. So, if we want to go around there, we can rent a gig there.
Besides that, we can play sand beach, playing kite, etc. There are It’s also many souvenir sellers
around there. Parangtritis beach is very beautiful, so it’s a good place for refreshing.
Adapted from: https://www.indonesia-tourism.com/yogyakarta/parangtritis-beach.html

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List the adjectives below List the prepositions below
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2. ...................... 2. ..................
3. ...................... 3. ...................
4. ...................... 4. ...................
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HOW TO WRITE A DESCRIPTION ABOUT A PLACE

1. Brainstorm your description
Think about the following questions. Choose the points that are relevant to your writing.

1. What is the place?

2. Where is the place?
3. What does it look like?
4. What is special or interesting about it?
5. What can you do there?
6. What is your opinion of the place?
7. Do you recommend that people visit it?
8. You can use internet to find out facts about your sight.

2. Mind the structure

a. In the first paragraph, explain where the place is and summarize the reason for
choosing it.
b. In the next paragraph, give more explanation about the place in general and in
detail.
c. In the last paragraph, say why you or other people like it. You can also give
recommending aboout that place.

3. Mind the content

 Give examples of the things/ people can do in this place.
 Explain why this place is interesting or important.
 Use a range of adjectives to describe size, appearance/atmosphere.

4. Write first draft

5. Check your work
- Have you followed the plan?
- Have you used a variety of adjectives to describe the place?
- Have you used the correct grammar?

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 USEFUL EXSPRESIONS/PHRASES

Location/position • It’s located in…..

• It is situated in……..
• It’s far away from….
• It’s close to…..
• It is near …….
• In the middle of……
• In the (north/south/west/east) of…..
Superlative • The most beautiful….
• The most popular…
• The most interesting…
• The best…
• This is one of the most ………
Phrases • This place has……
• The most interesting point of this place is..…
• People can enjoy……
Giving personal opinion • What I like about this place is….because…..
and Giving reasons • I love ………. because…….
Recommending • I think everyone should visit……..
• I would recommend to visit……
• This place is recommended for……

Activity 3. Complete the text below with the appropriate words from the list.

small relaxed pretty

on are near

I have a favorite place. My favorite place is a (1)………..cafe on a side street near my house.
There (2)………. three windows on the side of the door and each window has a design with bright
colorful flowers. There are small tables all around the room. I always like to sit at a small table in the
corner (3)..……..the front windows. From here, I can look at the artwork (4)…….the walls and the
(5)……… green plants hanging from the ceiling. There are many food and drink menus that provided. I
like this cafe because I feel happy and (6)………in this place. A lot of people especially teenagers visit
this place every day. It is a recommended place to spend time with friends and family.

Activity 4. Arrange the sentences below into a good paragraph.

(1) Lembah Pelangi Waterfall sounds unfamiliar for either local or foreign tourists.
(2) The height of the first level waterfall is about 100 meters, while the second level waterfall is
about dozens of meters.
(3) In this place, you will be shown a panorama of natural beauty which is very interesting for every
pair of eyes seeing it.
(4) The best enchantment of this waterfall is the rainbow which appears between the valley and the
waterfall as the name suggests.
(5) Lembah Pelangi Waterfall is located in Sukamaju village, Ulubelu sub district, Tanggamus
district, Lampung province, Indonesia.
(6) Under the waterfall, there are several spots of warm water which can be an interesting spot for
bathing.
(7) Lembah Pelangi Waterfall has two levels where the waterfall on the second level has two
branches.

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Activity 5. Read the descriptive texts below and answer the comprehension questions.

Petruk Cave
Petruk cave is one of the leading tourist attractions in Kebumen, Central Java. The cave is
located in the dukuh Mandayana Candirenggo Village, Ayah District, Kebumen regency. In the petruk
cave there is no lighting that illuminates the cave. It is still very natural cave so that petruk cave is very
dark to be entered. Petruk cave’s name is taken from the punokawan of puppet characters that is Petruk.
The cave Named Petruk cave because the length of cave is as long as petruk’s nose.
In the cave there are 3 floors that are the first is a basic cave, Hindu caves and Petruk cave. The
base cave is a short cave which is just 100 meters away. The cave is used for tourist attractions. Hindu
cave is part of the cave that is usually used to put offerings to the ancestor. Inside Petruk cave there are
so many stalactites and stalagmites which are really awesome. If you want to explore this cave, you must
be led by guides who are ready to take you through the cave. After arriving at the end of the cave, you
can see the beach or waterfall located near at the end of the cave.
Taken from: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5f950898b943e4001c6ddbee/descriptive-text-quiz

1. What is the text about?

2. What is the purpose of the text?
3. Why did Petruk cave named as one of character in Punokawan puppet?
4. Which part of Petruk Cave which used for place to put foods for ancestor?
5. What is stalactites means?

Activity 6. Answer the questions below based on the picture

1. What is the place?

2. Where is the place?
3. What does it look like?
4. What is special or interesting about that place?
5. What can you do there?
6. What is your opinion of the place?

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Activity 7. Give descriptions of the places below. Number 1 has been done for you as an example.

1. Borobudur Temple

Identification/introduction:
Borobudur temple is the biggest Budha temple in Indonesia. It is located in Magelang, Central
Java.
Description:
Borobudur temple consists of six square floors and three circular floors. On each level of the
floor, there are a lot of relief panels and Buddha statues spread around it. Borobudur temple is
interesting place. In there we can explore the entire complex, take a picture, see sunrise, buy
souvenirs, and enjoy the beautiful view from above. A lot of people visit it every day.

2. Malioboro

Identification: .............................................................................................................................
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Description: ..............................................................................................................................
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Words to Remember :

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