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ENGLISH LESSON
GRADE XI
Snow Timun
White Mas

Malin
Cinderella
Kundang
 Beauty and
the Beast

Rapunsell
Narrative text
 LEARNING PURPOSE:

At the end of learning process, students can:

Identify the topic, character/characterization and
the generic structure (orientation, complication and
resolution) of narrative text
 DEFINITION &
PURPOSE

GENERIC
STRUCTURE

NARRATIVE LANGUAGE
TEXT FEATURE

EXAMPLE OF TEXT

READING
COMPREHENSION
 WHAT IS NARRATIVE ?
Narrative is a text that tell story in the past. It
is an imagination/fiction story.

This text is purposed to entertain or to amuse

the readers or listeners about the story and we
can find the moral from the story
 Generic Structure of Narrative

ORIENTATION  introducing the

characters, time and place the story
happened.

COMPLICATION  Tells the problems

of the story and how the main characters
solve them.

RESOLUTION  Ending of story –the

problem is solved for better or worse
  Focus on individualized
Language participant
 Use of past tense
Feature of  Use of action verb
Narrative  Use conjunction i.e. and,
then, after that, next, etc.

 Use temporal
conjunction; example
once upon a time, one
day, a long time ago…
 Kinds of Narrative (fiction)
Story

FAIRY
TALE LEGEND

FABLE
 Fairy Tales Cinderella

 Has character such as

fairies, goblins, elves,
Pinocchio
trolls, dwarves, giants or
gnomes
 Evil person
 Magical story Timun Mas
 Usually happily ever after
 Legend

Narrative of human actions, traditional and

historicized.
Sometimes know as folktale

Sangkuriang

Malin Kundang
 Fable
 a story about

animals like human

Rabbit
behavior
and turtle
 usually short

 teaches lesson
Winnie the
pooh

Ice Age
 Myth

Another Science-fiction Story

kinds of
fiction Horror Story
story
Adventure
Myth

Adventure Horror S.fi Story

 An Example
Analysis of
Narrative Story
 The Story of Lake Toba
Temporal
Conjunction Focus on
Once upon a time, there was a man who Participant
was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a
simple hut in a farming field. He did some
gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing,
he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was
the biggest catch which he ever had in his Past Tense
life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a
beautiful princess. He felt in love with her
and proposed her to be his wife. She said;
Conjunction
"Yes, but you have to promise not to tell
anyone about the secret that I was once a fish,
otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The
man made the deal and they got married,
lived happily and had a daughter.
 Temporal
Conjunction
Few years later, this daughter would help
bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day,
his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s
Past Tense
lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious,
and shouted; “You daughter of a fish”. The daughter
ran home and asked her mother. The mother started
crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his
Conjunction
promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills
because a huge disaster was about to come. When her
daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big
earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The
whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She
turned into a fish again and the man became the island
of Samosir.
 Structure Text Analysis

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north
Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. He did
Orientation some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

 While the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in

his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life.
Complication  Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted;
“You damned daughter of a fish

The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned
Resolution into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir
 Conclusion
Narrative is fiction or imagination
story
The story consist of orientation,
complication and resolution
Use past tense, action verb,
conjunction and temporal conjunction
 Narrative stories include fairy tale,
legend (folktale), legend, myth, etc
GROUP WORK!