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Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Introduce-Yourself

Tujuan Pembelajaran:
Setelah mempelajari Bab 3, siswa diharapkan mampu:
3.1 Menerapkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi
transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait jati diri dan hubungan keluarga, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
4.1 Menyusun teks interaksi, transaksional lisan dan tulis pendek dan sederhana yang
melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait jati diri, dengan
memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai
konteks.

Listen it.
Activity 1.
Listen the following monologue text and then complete
the missing words.
My name is Allen Benjamin. I was born on the (1)_______ 1995.
I am a (2)_____. I graduated from Banerd (3)________. I like
(4)________. I live in a big family in Detroit number (5)_____. My
father is Benjamin, he is a (6)_______ in the city hospital. My
mother is Janet, she is my (7)__________ in Banerd Junior High
School. I have one big brother and one young little sister. My
brother is Andi, he is (8)__________ years old. My young sister is
Ana, she is (9)_______ years old, shes been studying in Galaxy
Elementary School at the (10)_________ grade.
Source: Kharisma. 2014. Lembar Kerja Siswa: Bahasa Inggris Kelas X.
Bandung: CV Haka MJ.

Picture 1. 1

Source:
http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/Arts/Departments/
LanguagesCultures/

Match the words with their Indonesian equivalents.

Compare your work with your classmates. The first
one has been done for you.

Fascinated
(adjective)
Favorite
(adjective)

Menyebalkan.
Olahraga.

Play (noun)

Piala.

Long (adjective)

Album.

Albums (noun)
Master
(noun/verb)
Terrible
(adjective)

Kesukaan.

Sports (noun)

panjang.

Scientist (noun)

Ahli.

Trophies (noun)

Bermain.

Live (verb)

Menarik.

Best (adjective)
Scarred
(adjective)

Grup.

Sister (noun)
Interested
(adjective)

Penulis .

Groups (noun)

Terbaik.

Programs (noun)

Menyeramkan.
Saudara
perempuan.

Writer (noun)

Peneliti.
Terpesona.

Program.

Tinggal.

Listen to your teacher reading these words. Repeat

after him/her.
Fascinated
Favorite
Play
Long
Albums
Master
Terrible
Sports
Scientist
Trophies
Live
Best
Scarred
Sister
Interested
Groups
Programs
Writer

Task 1: The Famous People Games: Guess Who?

Youll play a kind of guessing games: Guess Who? Your

teacher will write names of the famous people in a piece of
paper that you need to guess who. Then you should have to
choose one and play with your partner. You should tell the
clue from the general to the specific one. Your partner may
only answer your questions with either yes or no. Observe
the following example of the clues:

1. Sweet smiling
girl.
2. She kick-started
her carrier staring
the big phenomenal
movie AADC

1. An English Actor

1. An American
Actor

2. His acting debut

in age ten.

2. He has won the

Golden Globe
Award.

3. Has beautiful
eyes

3. Well known as
Captain Jack

4. His famous film

was Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe
Dian Sastro Wardoyo
Jhonny Depp
Task 2: Introduction Game: My New Neighbor.
Look at the picture!

What do you think they are

doing?
Where does it take place?
Why do you think so?

Check your answer with your friends.

https://www.google.co.id/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF8#q=neighbors

The following is an example conversation between Dio and

Hervin who met at the first time in Palembang. Dio is a new
neighbor of Hervin who just moved from Bengkulu a week
ago. They introduce themselves to each other to know their
acquitance better. Read the dialog silently first. Pay
attention to how to introduce self. Discuss the expressions
used with your classmates sitting next to you. Then act out
pretending to be Dio and Hervin who introduce themselves
to each other.

1. Hello. My name is
Dio. What is your
name?

3. Yes exactly. Ive been here for

two days. Im from Bengkulu.
Pleased to meet you Hervin.

2. Hello. My name is
Hervin. You are my new
neighbor, arent you?

4. Pleased to meet you, too. Well

Dio, I have to go now. I have to
help my father washing the car.
See you!

5. See you,
Hervin.
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Task 3:
Imagine that you and your classmate are a neighbor. Think
about and use new information. Talk to each other and
introduce yourself: tell about your family, your profession, your
hobby etc. You can use the following questions:
May I know your name please?
Can you tell me what your profession is? Or
What do you do?
Whats your hobby?
Do you like painting?
Do you like music?

Task 1: Jigsaw
Read the texts carefully. Your teacher will form you into
a group consisting of 4 students. Each of students will
read 1 text only.

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Text 1:

Text 2:

Text 3:

Text 4:

Task 2:
After reading the text, in the text below, identify the
content of each text
Conte
nt

Text 1

Name

Susan

Age

...

Hobb
y

...

Famil
y

...

Other

...

Text 2

...

...

Reading
comic, ...

...

...

Text 3

Text 4

...

...

16 years old

...

...

...

...

...

One little
brother, his
name is
Renoki
Pebriko
...

1.

The four students come from different schools and countries in the
world.
T/F
2.
Susan lives with her parents in Moscow.
T/F

Task 3
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Read the sentences. Are they true or false based on the
texts?

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

William is the youngest child in his family.

T/F
Rerisa loves to study History, and German subjects.
T/F
Yusuf always like to play the guitar with his sister.
T/F
Only Yusuf does not tell his favorite subjects.
T/F
Rerisa and Yusuf are from the same continent.
T/F
William and Susan briefly mention their parents occupations.
T/F
Susan and Rerisa, both of them love to study English.
T/F
The four students have their lovely pets.
T/F

Task 4:
Pair work. Read the letter carefully!

(Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/)

(Source: https://www.google.co.id/search-boywriting-letter)

I. Answer the following questions briefly!

1. Why does Dani really like Friday?
2. Who is Mr. King?
3. What is Dani favorite sport in school?
4. Does Dani know about Sabrina?
5. Why do Dani and friends relax on Friday evening?
6. Why does Dani like his chemistry class?
7. Is Mr. King very strict teacher?
8. Where do Dani and his friends play football?
9. Do they always like have a party on Friday night?
10.
What does ICT stand for?

II. Match the question with the answer and write a-f next
to the number 1-6.

After doing the tasks above, it is concluded that

A Personal letter is sent from one individual to another individual
or organisation in order to address matters of an informal nature.

Those below are the text structures of letter.

1.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Place and date (address of the sender). This should be displayed on

the right-hand side of the page on the line beneath your address and
should be written in full format
Salutation and greeting. It is the introductory phrase (E.g. Dear
James, Dear Lucy)
Opening. This is a part to start the letters mean.
Contain. This is the complete text of the letter or the subject matter
content.
Closing. It is a part to end the letter.
Closing greeting. It is the farewell phrase (E.g. Yours truly, Sincerely,
Respectfully yours, Regards)
Signature
Name of sender
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opening

st
1 Sanghiang, February 1 , 2016

Dear Ariel,

Hi! My name is Sarah and Im fourteen years old. I read

about you in the latest edition of Bintang Magazine. Id like to be
your pen pal.
I live here in a small island called Sanghiang. Have you ever
heard of it? Its an island in Serang, Banten. Though its small,
its well-known among people who love snorkeling and diving.
The sea is full of beautiful coral reefs.
Its very quiet here. There are only about fifty houses on the
island. I live with my parents and my sister, Zaskya. We often
spend our time playing around the ruins of old buildings near
our house. During the weekend we usually watch the 5activities
of the tourist coming to our place. Sometimes, they spend night
in our house.
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Well, thats all for7 now. Please tell me about yourself.

closing

content

Your new friend8

Sarah
Sarah

Task 1: Think-Pair-Share
Complete the following chart to find out the structure of the letter
based on the text structure above.
Part of
the
Letter
Opening

Purposes

Parts

Place and date

To start the
Greeting
communicat
Salutation
ion
Opening

Details
Sanghiang, February 1st,
2016
Dear Ariel,
Hi! My name is Sarah

Contents

Closing

Task 2: Think-Pair-Share
Write the phrases in the correct group.

Hi! My name is Tom. Im 16 and I _____ in Warsaw which is the capital of

Poland. Actually I come from another city - Wroclaw, where I lived for eleven
years, but five years ago, my dad decided to change his job, and we all moved
to Warsaw. I have a _____ Maja. She is 18 and she had been to USA two years
ago and now she studies law at the University of Warsaw. My dad works for a
German company. My mom used to teach at the University and now, she works
as a computer analyst.
Im ______ in computer science, music, and sport and fantasy literature.
Computers first appeared in my life when I was seven. Then I had got my first
computer. It was Commodore 64 and I remember myself thinking, that it was
the ______ thing in the world. I was playing it whenever I could. Then I had got
my The
first PC.
first, I was
games,
butwhich
some time
later, I
textAtbelow
is a just
textplaying
aboutcomputer
introducing
self
adapted
noticed
I could do
a lot more things with the computer, for example
fromthat
someones
blog.
programming. Now, I can already program in Pascal, C++ and HTML. I have my
own site on the internet and I have done many _____. I hope that in the future I
will get a _____ as a computer scientist.
My_______ music band is QUEEN. I think it is the best group on the earth.
Together with my sister, we are devoted Queen Fans. We have all their ______,
many video tapes, books, posters, gadgets and interviews. I love them, but I
also like other ______ like The Doors, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, some
Polish rock groups and many others. Apart from that Im really ______by Scottish
bagpipe songs, and one of my favorite albums is the Brave heart soundtrack.
I have always been good at ______. I like playing soccer, running and
swimming (also SCUBA diving and diving). I have played in many sport
tournaments (football cups, handball cups, races) in which together with my
team, I have won many______. My favorite intellectual game is chess, but I have
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never played it professionally.
I love fantasy literature. I read fantasy books and magazines, watch

Pronouns
Pronouns are used to make sentences become more interesting
because pronouns reduce the unimportant repetition. There are four
types of pronouns described on table below:
subjective
I
You
He
She
We
They

objective
Me
You
Him
Her
Us
Them

possessiv
e
My
Your
His
Her
Our
Their

possessiv
e
mine
yours
his
hers
ours
theirs
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It

It

Its

its

Task 1:
Read the letter from Dani to Sabrina again. From all 4 kinds of pronouns, which
pronoun is not existed?

Task 2:
Fill in the blanks with the right word like the example

a. Subjective pronoun (subject of a sentence)

Example: They go to the school everyday
1. _____ is fascinated in playing guitar. (His/He)
2. _____ live in Bukit Besar. (Me/I))
3. _____ asked him to write more often. (We/Us)
4. _____ can take pictures on Ampera bridge (You/Your)
5. _____ is going to eat pempek in pasar Kuto. (She/Her)
b. Objective pronoun (object of a sentence)
Example: Rudi knew them from the e-mails
1. Tono really wants to meet _____ (she/her)
2. We want to know more about _____ (its/it)
3. My pen pal is coming to visit _____ (me/I)
4. I knew that I would see _____ (him/his)
5. On our e-mails, we only talk about _____ (you/your)
c. Possessive adjective (indicates possession and used with
nouns)
Example: My hobby is travelling (hobby is a noun)
1. _____ cat was a gift from my grandma (his/him)
2. I want to put _____ trophy in the cabinet. (us/our)
3. We hope _____ visit is going to be fun. (your/you)
4. She knows that _____school is not too far from here.
(they/their)
5. The funny looking dog was looking for _____ owner. (it/its)
d. Possessive pronoun (indicate possession without nouns)
Example: This is my songket. That songket is yours.
1. Your hobbies are more challenging than _____ (hers/she)
2. She talked about her studies and I talked about _____
(I/mine)
3. Your chicken is spicier compared to
. (his/him)
4. Yunita was writing her letter and they were writing _____
(their/theirs)
5. I never thought that the gift was _____ (yours/you)
e. Choose the correct pronoun.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

_____ ideas are so interesting. (You/Your)

_____ will take a train next week. (I/My)
Next month I hope I can meet _____ (her/hers)
_____ forgot to write her address (She/Hers)
I dont know which one is _____ (him/his)

Writing a letter
In writing a personal letter, there are three parts to be considered,
namely opening, content, and closing. You may refer to the example
on the reading section.
Task 1:
Arrange and rewrite the sentences into a good letter
_____ Please reply to my letter soon, because I really want to be your
pen pal
1
Bukit, November 7th, 2016
__ Hi Alia,
_____ My name is Atika, and Im sixteen years old
_____ My hobbies are reading novels and listening to music.
_____ How are you? I know you from my friend Dita.
_____ Best regards, Atika
_____ I really want to watch Selena Gomez concert, what about you?
_____ I have two elder brothers and one younger sister
_____ Let me introduce myself first.
Bukit, November 7th, 2016
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Task 2:
Write a personal letter to one of your classmates

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