STUDENTS’
WORKSHEET
WRITING NARRATIVE
TEXT(3)
Indicator:
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Identifying
“although, in spite of, or despite”
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Identifying
the vocabularies
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Identifying
a Narrative text
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Writing
a Narrative text
Task 1:
LET’S
STUDY “ALTHOUGH, IN SPITE OF, DESPITE”.
To
contrast two sentences, we can use although,
in spite of, and despite
Patterns:
Although
+ subject + verb
In
spite of + noun phrase
Despite
Examples:
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Although
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Zaskia
was tired
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Despite/In
spite of
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being
tired,
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she
studied hard
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the
fact that Zaskia was tired
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Although
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it
was raining,
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Vita
went to school
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Despite/In
spite of
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the
fact that it was raining,
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Task 2:
FILL
IN THE BLANKS WITH ALTHOUGH, DESPITE, OR IN SPITE OF
(1)…
Vita didn’t feel well, she went to school. (2) … the traffic jam, she didn’t
arrive at school late.
It was hot that day. Vita’s
classroom was still hot (3) … the students had opened the window. (4) … they felt hot, they could listen to the
teacher’s explanation well.
That day they learned a new lesson.
(5) … the lesson was rather difficult, but the topic was interesting. (6) … a
lot of mistakes they made, they were happy learning the new lesson. Then, they
decided to study more at home (7) … the teacher didn’t ask them to.
Task 3:
RETELL
WHAT VITA SAID. USE THE WORDS PROVIDED IN THE BOX
Vita
told her friends about her new neighbor.
“I have a new neighbor. (1) Although
she’s got an Indonesian name, she is in fact German. (2) Despite the fact that
she is old, she is healthy. (3) Although she is new here, she has got a job as
a health consultant. (4) Although the salary is low, she decided to accept the
job. (5) In spite of the far distance, she usually walks to her workplace. (6)
She often says that she is happy living and working in Indonesia although
sometimes she has difficulty in understanding Indonesian words.”
(1)
Despite
…
(2)
Although
…
(3)
In
spite of …
(4)
Despite
…
(5)
Although
…
(6)
In
spite of …
Task 4:
MATCH
THE WORDS ON THE LEFT WITH THEIR MEANINGS ON THE RIGHT
1.
appear
a. friendly
2.
bill b. bother
3.
complaint c. arrive
4.
decide d. beak
5.
disturb e. determine
6.
flash f. protest
7.
kind g. sparkle
8.
stern h. caution
9.
tired i. exhausted
10. warn j. strict
Task 5:
COMPLETE
THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT WORDS FROM THE BOX
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a.
Disturbed
d. decided g.
bill j. sleep
b.
Appeared
e. peace h.
mosquitoes
c.
Stop f. investigation i. walk
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Gecko’s Complaint
One night a village Chief was
awakened out of a deep (1) … by five calls of “Geck-o, Geck-o, Geck-o, Geck-o.”
It was, of course, Gecko, the Lizard, and he wanted to see the Chief, a wise
and kind man, who welcomed him with pleasure, even though it was in the middle
of the night.
Gecko had come to lodge a complaint.
He said that he was very (2) … and unhappy. To the rest of God’s creatures, it
might have seemed that Gecko ought to have no reason at all to complain. He
could do so many things that other creatures could not, such as (3) … on the
wall, or upside down on the ceiling. He could do this because he had little
pads on the tip of each of his toes. Not only that, if he lost his tail, he
would be able to grow another one, just as good as the old one.
His smaller cousin, House Lizard,
was much more active and mobile, darting across the wall as he chased his made,
sometimes stopping for a short climb up a sideboard to sample some sweet or
other, while Gecko expended a minimum of energy, sitting lazily up in the
rafters, going out at night in search of (4) …, filling the night with his
raucous calls. What would Gecko ever have to complain about?
But now Gecko was upset. For several
weeks he had not been able to sleep because of the Firefly. Night after night
the black lightning beetle with red and yellow spots flew around him, glowing
like sparks of fire, flashing his light into Gecko’s eyes.
The Chief, who really did not like
his sleep to be disturbed either, was sympathetic, and promised to make an (5)
…. He asked Gecko to come back to see him in a week or so. The next day the
Chief called Firefly and told him about Gecko’s complaint. “Is it only Gecko
you are disturbing?” he asked, “or is it possible that others are also bothered
by your flashing into their eyes?”
Firefly’s light was out now, as he
spoke very humbly to the Chief. “I meant no harm, Sir. In fact, I thought I was
doing something good. I heard the drumming of Woodpecker as he struck his (6) …
on the tree trunk, and I thought it was a warning calling villagers to get up
and gather, I was only flashing my light to pass on the message.”
The Chief then (7) … to ask
Woodpecker about this. He found him and told him what Firefly had said. “I was
only passing on a warning too, Sir,” said Woodpecker. “I heard the
croak-croak-croak of Frog in the rice paddies, and I thought it was a warning
that an earthquake was coming. So I just passed on the message.”
Now the Chief went in search of
Frog, who meanwhile had heard that he would be interrogated. “The reason I was
croak-croak-croaking more and louder than usual,” he explained, “is because I
saw Black Beetle walking down the road carrying filth, which I thought it was
so dirty and so unhygienic that I had to (8) … him.”
“That is bad indeed,” thought the
Chief. “I must speak to Beetle at once.”
Black Beetle, plump and gleaming
like polished copper, was also humble and respectful, as he explained the
situation.
“You see, Sir, Water Buffalo came by
dropping his pat in the middle of the road, and I just thought it was my duty
to clean it up.”
The Chief was now beginning to lose
his patience. “Tell Water Buffalo I wish to see him!” he ordered. When Water
Buffalo (9) …, he was polite, but he expressed his displeasure with Beetle’s
report.
“It is clear,” he said, “that I am
not appreciated. Rain washes away all the stones in the road, and I fill up the
holes. Who else does that, I ask you?”
By this time the Village Chief was
tired, but he had to hear Rain’s story. And Rain was angry. “Complaining about
me?” he asked. “Who asks the gods for Rain, even makes offerings to them so
they will send Rain? Without me there are no mosquitoes, and if there are no
mosquitoes, Gecko is hungry and unhappy. Don’t speak to me. Speak to Gecko!”
When Gecko returned to the home of
the Chief as he had been requested to do, the Chief spoke to him very sternly
indeed. “Gecko, say no more. We all have our problems. Please go home and live
in (10) … with all your neighbors!”
Adapted from: Interlanguage: English For Senior High
School Students XII Science and Social Programme
(Adaptaed from Alibasah, 1999)
Task 6:
REARRANGE
THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS INTO A GOOD STORY!
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“Well,
I want to talk to you about my brother,” Sally answered back in the same
annoyed tone. “He’s sick … and I want to buy a miracle.”
“I beg your pardon?” said the
pharmacist.
“My Daddy says only a miracle can
save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little
girl. I can’t help you.”
“Listen, I have the money to pay for
it. Just tell me how much it costs.”
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Mommy
and Daddy were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to
this place. “That surgery,” Mommy whispered.
“It’s like a miracle. I wonder how
much it would have cost.” Sally smiled to herself. She knew exactly how much a miracle
cost … one dollar and eleven cents … plus the faith of a little child.
3
Sally was only eight years old when
she heard Mommy and Daddy talking about her little brother, George. He was very
sick and they had done everything they could afford to save his life. Only a
very expensive surgery could help him now, and that was out of the financial
question. She heard Daddy say it with a whispered desperation, “Only a miracle
can save him now.”
4
That
well- dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a renowned surgeon specializing in
solving George’s malady. The operation was completed without change and it
wasn’t long until George was home again and doing well.
5
Sally
went to her bedroom and pulled her piggy bank from its hiding place in the
closet. She shook all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully.
Three times. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.
6
The
well-dressed man stooped down and asked, “What kind of a miracle does your
brother need?”
“I don’t know,” Sally answered. A
tear started down her cheek. “I just know he’s really sick and Mommy says he
needs an operation. But my folks can’t pay for it … so I have my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the
well-dressed man.
“A dollar and eleven cents,” Sally
answered proudly. “And it’s all the money I have in the world.”
7
Tying
the coins up in an old-weather kerchief, she slipped out of the apartment and
made her way to the corner drug store. She waited patiently for the pharmacist
to give her attention. But he was too busy talking to another man to be
bothered by an eighty-year-old girl. Sally twisted her feet to make a scuffing
noise. She cleared her throat. No good. Finally, she took a quarter from its
hiding place and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!” And what do you
want?” the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. “I’m talking to my
brother.”
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“Well,
what a coincidence,” smiled the well-dressed man. “A dollar and eleven cents …
the exact price of a miracle to save a little brother.” He took her money in
one hand, and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said, “Take me to
where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents.”
Source:
Joko Priyana, Riandi, Anita P. Mumpuni, Interlanguage English for Senior High
School Students XI Science and Social Study Programme, Jakarta Pusat Perbukuan
Depniknas, 2008.
Task 7:
READ
THE PASSAGE BELOW THEN MAKE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TEXT WITH YOUR OWN WORDS!
Orientation
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Once upon a time there was a poor
orphan called Dick Whittington. The boy had heard stories about the great
city of London where the streets were long way away from his tiny village, he
was put off from making a bundle of his few possessions and setting off to
seek his fortune.
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Complication
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As had arrived, he soon realized
that work and money were no easier to come by than in the country. At every
shop and market stall he came across, he asked for work but the answer was
always no.
Once he was turned down, his bundle seemed to grow a little heavier.
Each time night fell, he grew tired and hungry. While he was walking through
the streets, he came across the doorway of a fine house which looked like a
good place to sleep. Having nowhere else to go, he lay down using his
precious bundle as a pillow. The house belonged to a rich merchant called Mr.
Fitzwarren who, being a kind gentleman, took a pity on the boy. He took him
in and fed him.
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Resolution
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On hearing Dick’s story. Mr.
Fitzwarren told him that he would give him a job. The boy was given a place
to sleep in the attic but was greatly disturbed by the rats and mice that
lived there too. So, with his last penny, Dick bought a cat which soon chased
the rats and mice away. It became his greatest friend.
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Orientation
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Dick was extremely grateful to Mr.
Fitzwarren and soon fell for his lovely daughter, Alice. Dick got on well
with everybody. Unfortunately, his life was made a misery by the cook, who
always told him off whenever he did something wrong.
One day, his master called all the
servants together to tell them that he was going to send a ship off on a long
trading voyage. He then asked whether anyone had anything they wished to send
on the voyage which could be sold or bartered. Young Dick thought about this
a lot and finally, after much heart searching, decided to send his beloved
cat.
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Complication
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Nevertheless, he felt sad and
lonely, and the cook’s treatment of him became more and more cruel.
Eventually, he couldn’t put up with it and decided to run away.
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Resolution
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However, as he reached the edge of
the city, he heard the bells of a nearby church which seemed to be telling
him to turn back from his journey. What is more, the bells told him that he
would become Lord Mayor of London, not just once but three times. So, he
decided to obey the message and returned home before everyone noticed that he
was missing.
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Orientation
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Meanwhile, Mr. Fitzwarren’s ship
had arrived in port where no European had ever been before. The captain was
invited to the palace of the king of this strange country for a feast in his
honor. When he got there, he was taken to a dining room where there was
magnificent meal waiting.
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Complication
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However, the moment they sat down
to eat, hundreds of rats rushed in and ate the food in front of their eyes.
The king was embarrassed and apologized to his guest who told him that what
he needed was a cat.
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Resolution
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Major
Resolution
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Afterwards, on the ship’s return to
England, the captain handed over the money and jewel he had got and Dick
became extremely rich following the sale of his pet. He continued to work for
Mr. Fitzwarren and he eventually married Alice. His fortune grew and, as the
bells had promised, he became Lord Mayor of London. He never forgot what it
had been like to be poor and he became famous for the good work he did to
help the poor and orphans.
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Source: John Naunton, Think First Certificate, Essex, Longman Group UK Limited, 1993
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