NEWS ITEM

BAHASA INGGRIS KELAS XII

SMA NEGERI 1 DEMAK
Objective
The students are familiar with News Item, and Direct-Indirect Speech.
Please study the following video and the
following text.
US President Trump and Melania test positive for
COVID-19
Jeff Mason
Reuters
Washington, United States   /   Fri, October 2, 2020   /   12:30 pm
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-
19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process."
"We will get through this," Trump tweeted.
Trump's positive test follows news that Hope Hicks, a top adviser and trusted aide, had tested positive for
the new coronavirus.
Hicks travels regularly with the president on Air Force One and, along with other senior aides, accompanied
him to Ohio for the presidential debate on Tuesday and to Minnesota for a campaign event on Wednesday.
Trump, who is tested regularly for the virus that causes COVID-19, has kept up a rigorous travel schedule
across the country in recent weeks, holding rallies with thousands of people in the run-up to the Nov. 3
election, despite warnings from public health professionals against having events with large crowds.
Trump has come under sharp criticism for his response to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more
than 200,000 people in the US alone. The president has touted his management of the crisis.
What is News Item?
• News item text 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.
Generic Structure of News Item
# 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
Purpose of News Item
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
Language Feature of News Item
– Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the
text)
– Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.
– Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta
– … .. / Kuala Lumpur – …
– Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until
now still happen or still in the form of fact, then can use simple present
tense.
– Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
– Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
– Uses of material processes to retell the event
 Now let’s look at the new about President Trump.
Newsworthy Event President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive
for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process."

Background Event "We will get through this," Trump tweeted. Trump's positive test follows news that Hope Hicks,
a top adviser and trusted aide, had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Hicks travels regularly with the president on Air Force One and, along with other senior aides,
accompanied him to Ohio for the presidential debate on Tuesday and to Minnesota for a
campaign event on Wednesday.

Trump, who is tested regularly for the virus that causes COVID-19, has kept up a rigorous travel
schedule across the country in recent weeks, holding rallies with thousands of people in the run-
up to the Nov. 3 election, despite warnings from public health professionals against having
events with large crowds.

Trump has come under sharp criticism for his response to the coronavirus pandemic that has
killed more than 200,000 people in the US alone. The president has touted his management of
the crisis
Please fill in the table below based on the
text:
Question Information from the text
Words
What ….
Who ….
When ….
Where ….
Why ….
How ….
Another Example:
The Biggest Insect was Found

Newsworthy Event An explorer has found the biggest insect ever on record – so large it can scoff a carrot.
The insect is called a Weta Bug and has a huge wing span of seven inches and weighs as
much as three mice.

Background event An entomologist Mark Moffett, 55, discovered the cricket-like creature up a tree on
New Zealand’s Little Barrier Island. He spent two days searching for the creepy crawly
which were thought to be extinct after Europeans brought rats to the island many years
ago.

Source “This became all the more amazing when we realized that this was the largest insect
recorded.” Mark said.
Please fill in the table below based on the
text:
Question Information from the text
Words
What ….
Who ….
When ….
Where ….
Why ….
How ….
PRACTICE
WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility News Desk
Reuters Singapore   /   Thu, September 17, 2020   /   08:00 pm

More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organization’s COVAX global vaccine plan to help
buy and distribute immunization shots for COVID-19 fairly around the world, the body's director general
said.
"More than 170 countries have joined the COVAX facility, gaining guaranteed access to the world's largest
portfolio of vaccine candidates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in pre-recorded comments on
Thursday ahead of Friday's deadline to join the facility.
WHO previously said 92 lower-income nations were seeking assistance via the facility, and some 80
higher-income nations had expressed interest, but some still had to confirm their intention by the deadline.
The WHO and the GAVI vaccine alliance are leading the COVAX facility, which aims to procure and
deliver 2 billion doses of approved vaccines by the end of 2021.
But some countries that have secured their own supplies through bilateral deals, including the United
States, have said they will not join COVAX.
"The first vaccine to be approved may not be the best. The more shots on goal we have the higher the
chances of having a very safe, very efficacious vaccine," Tedros added in his remarks made during a
webinar hosted by the National University of Singapore. 
Please fill in the table below based on the text: WHO says more
than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility News Desk

Question Information from the text

Words
What WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX
vaccine facility News Desk
Who ….
When ….
Where ….
Why ….
How ….
Put the paragraph in the cell based on the
Generic Structure.
WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility News Desk
Newsworthy Event
Background event
Source
ASSIGNMENT
1. Take note on the material News Item in your note book.
2. Do the practices in your note book.
3. Take photographs of your note.
4. Submit the photographs at Google Classroom.