Questions

1. Who wrote the announcement?

2. Who is the announcement for?
3. What is the announcement about?
4. Where can you read the announcement?
5. Where will the students gather tomorrow
morning?
 BISMARCK – HENNING Jr. HIGH
ANNOUNCEMENT
All students who are going on the field trip tomorrow morning, please
leave your belongings in your locker and gather in the front of lobby at
09.00 a.m. All you need is a bottle of water and your extra money.
All students are responsible for making up any school work that will be
missed that day.
For further information please contact: Justin (+628123456789)

Justin
Student Council President
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GRADE IX
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SHORT FUNCTIONAL TEXT

 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 NOTICES
 LABELS
 GREETING CARDS
 WARNING/CAUTION
 SHORT MESSAGES
 INVITATIONS
 ADVERTISEMENT
 LETTERS/E-MAILS
NOTICE/ WARNING/
CAUTION
A notice/warning/caution is a short
text to warn people to do or not to
do.
Purposes of notices, warning, and
caution
 To give an instruction / to instruct people to….
 To give information / to inform people to….
 To give direction
 To ask people to….
 To advice/to suggest / to recommend people to….
 To remind people to….
 To warn / to give warning
 To ban / to forbid / to prohibit people
EMAIL/LETTER
A letter is a private text written by
someone or institution and sent to others
because of important news or experience
shared.
EXAMPLE OF LETTER
Jl. Merpati 56 Jakarta
January 10th,2013
1. Where did the writer and his family go after visiting
Dear Mely, Lake
Maninjau?
I’m sorry, I haven’t written for so
long. My family and I have just returned
A. Country side
from an interesting holiday at Lake B. Bukit Tinggi
Maninjau near Padang. The lake was a C. West Sumatra
crater surrounded by dense forests and D. A small hill
rice fields. We swam in the lake, ate fish
from the lake, and enjoyed the cool
breezes.
After that, we had a two hour trip to 2. From the text, we know that ….
Bukit Tinggi, a small hill top town which
was clean, cool, and friendly. Our trip
A. It took 3 hours from Lake Maninjau to Bukit Tinggi
around the hill took us to the coffee, B. The journey to Bukit Tinggi could only be done by
clove, and cinnamon plantation. The plane
traditional Minangkabau houses, with the C. Maninjau lake was situated far away from the
roof shaped like a buffalo’s horn can be
seen everywhere.
forests
and rice fields
I really enjoy my vacation. Do come over D. The writer and his family visited an interesting
and have a look sometime. place
Love,
during their holiday
Jl. Merpati 56 Jakarta
January 10th,2013

Dear Mely,

I’m sorry, I haven’t written for so long. My family and I have just
returned from an interesting holiday at Lake Maninjau near Padang. The
lake was a crater surrounded by dense forests and rice fields. We swam in
the lake, ate fish from the lake, and enjoyed the cool breezes.
After that, we had a two hour trip to Bukit Tinggi, a small hill top town
which was clean, cool, and friendly. Our trip around the hill took us to the
coffee, clove, and cinnamon plantation. The traditional Minangkabau
houses, with the roof shaped like a buffalo’s horn can be seen everywhere.

I really enjoy my vacation. Do come over and have a look sometime.

Love,
Tiara
ADVERTISEMENT
GREETING & SYMPATHY CARD
• Greeting card is a decorative card sent to
convey good wishes on some occasion

• Sympathy card is a text sent to family

members of one who is sick or died to express
regret
 1. To whom the card is sent?
Happy Mother's Day
A. Mother
B. Father
Your smile brightens each day
C. Grandmother
just as the morning rays shines on
D. Grandfather
the hills and it’s without doubt
that this gives us the courage to
face the new day with joy. 2. "... without doubt that this
gives us ..." The underlined
word has similar meaning to
....
A. Belief
B. Uncertainty
C. Selfish
D. Wealthy
Bobby………..
Please accept our deepest  2. The word “our” in the card
condolence for your loss. Our refers to…….
thoughts and prayers are with you. A. your friends in class IX
May God bless you & give peace to B. reader and writer
your hearth C. writer’s friends
D. Bobby’s friends
Loves,
All your friends in Class IX  3. The opposite meaning of the
word “accept” is…
A. receive
1. The function of the text is… B. refuse
A. to accept the condolence card C. attract
B. to bless the God D. wish
C. to show sympathy
D. to congratulate Bobby
INVITATION
 Is
a kind of text to invite someone to
come to a special event or program.
Please join us for a 1.
GRADUATION PARTY
In honor of
DANIEL HARRIS
On Friday, December 24th
Following the 1.
commencement, ceremony
Daniel’s House
39245 East cliff Avenue
Spring valley, CA
RSVP : 688-292-1548
harrisgradparty@oal.com
What does the word “ honor” in the text
mean ?
A. Reward C. Disgrace
B. Refuse D. Disagree
If a receiver of the text cannot make it to
the party, what should she/he do about it ?
A. State his/her reason to Daniel’s
Harris.
B. Hold commencement party to Daniel.
C. Call 688-292-1548 to inform his/her
absence.
D. Visit Daniel’s house prior to the party.
SHORT MESSAGE
 A service for sending short messages of up to
160 characters to mobile devices, including
cellular phones, smartphones.

 It is to inform someone about important

information to do as quickly as possible.
LABELS

 The information contained in the outer packaging

of A product / goods.
 The product label is usually shows the superiority
of products, instructions for use, the composition
of the product, as well as an indication.
 2. When would it be best to
consume the product?
A. Before April 27th , 2010.
B. After April 4th, 2010.
C. During April 4th, 2010.
D. On April 4th, 2010.
3. How many soft gels does
someone take everyday?
A. 1 gel.
B. 15 mg.
1. The label is telling us about … of a dietary
supplement. C. 200 IU.
A. the information D. 600 mg.
B. the usage
C. the materials
D. the benefits