I CAN DO IT 2

Joko Daryanto – E Rahayu – P. Darini

 Unit 1
Would You Tell Me the Story Please
Learning Objectives
Spoken Cycle
After studying this unit, you are expected to be able to:
• give opinion,
• ask opinion,
• fulfill request,
•understand and respond to the dialogues of asking
and
giving opinion,
• understand and respond to the dialogues of giving
permission,
• tell stories orally.

Written Cycle
After studying this unit, you should be able to:
• identify the narrative texts,
• comprehend the use of gerund correctly,
• write good simple narrative texts.
Spoken Cycle Study and say the expressions below

Expressions of asking for opinion: Expressions of giving opinion:

• How did you enjoy your trip? • I liked it very much.
• How did you like the meals? • They’re tasteful.
• What do you think of ... ? • It’s boring.
• What’s your opinion about ... ? • I think it’s great.
• What do you think about ... ? • In my opinion, ....
• What are your views on ... ? • I feel that ....
• Are you aware of ... ? • As far as I’m concerned ....
• What would you say to ... /if we ... ? • As I see it ....
• I have no doubt that ....
• I’m sure that ....
 Study the expressions below

Fulfilling Request
• Yes, certainly.
Making Request
• Yes, of course.
• Could you help me, please?
• Sure.
• Can you take scissors from the table?
• Why not?
• Can I have a glass of tea, please?
• With my pleasure.
• Would you give me a little ink?
• OK.
• Do you mind if I have the copy?
• All right.
Study and practise the dialogue below then answer the questions
Ega : Could you lend me your mobile phone,
Arjun?
Arjun : Certainly, here it is.
Ega : Can you get me the telephone directory,
please?
Arjun : Sure. Are you going to make a call?
Ega : Yes, I’ll call my old friend. She was my
classmate when we were in the
Junior High School. We are going to have
a reunion next month.
Arjun : Who will you invite?
Ega : We plan to invite as many as we can
connect, but I have a problem.
 Make your own monologue telling a story based
on the following summary

The Hose

 There are plants and flowers in Bobo’s garden.

 He loves watering them.
 Bobo was watering his plants.
 Suddenly water from the hose stopped flowing.
 He saw Giga’s standing on the hose. It broke.
 Bobo was upset; and Giga felt very sorry.
 Giga went to a small pond. He was filling his trunk with water. Then he
came back.
 He sprayed Bobo’s garden with water from his trunk.
 Bobo felt happy and forgave Giga’s mistake.
 Giga promised to get Bobo a new watering hose.
Written Cycle Read the following short story
Read the following short story
Read the following short story
Read the following short story
Read the following text carefully
Pay attention to the explanation.
Email is similar with letter. It is a means of
communication. You send letter via
post while you send an email via internet. Let’s pay
attention to the form of email
below
 Complete the letter
with suitable words in the box.
Write the possible reply based on the
email above
Study the table below

Expressions of asking for
opinions:
• How did you enjoy the ……………?
• How do you like …………………………?
• What do you think of ………………?
• What’s your opinion about………?
Expressions of giving
opinions:
• I like it very much.
• They are tasteful/nice/delicious.
• It’s boring/interesting/amazing/amusing/
frightening.
• I think it’s great/fantastic/marvelous
/excellent.

The kinds of narrative texts are

Expressions of fulfilling folktales, legends, fables, fairy tales,
request: short
• Yes, certainly. stories, slice of one’s life.
• Why not?
• By all means.
• It’s OK. Generic structures of a narrative
text are:
• Orientation (it introduces the participant of the
story, where and when the story happened).
• Complication (it presents problematic events of
the story).
• Resolution (how the problematic events are
solved).