REPORT TEXT
Definition
Report text is a text that is used to presents facts clearly about a topic without any
opinion from the writer
Social Function
To present information about something in general
Generic structure
Title (Judul bersifat umum)
General classification (Bagian yan berisi pernyataan yang menjelaskan tentang topik
dari report text yang akan dibahas)
Description ( Berisi tentang fakta atau ciri-ciri penting tentang topik dari Report text
(bagian, kebiasaan/perilaku, kualitas, kegunaan dll)
Language features
Penggunaan Simple Present tense
Penggunaan general noun (kata benda yang bersifat umum (mis : cats bukan
my cat)
Penggunaan relating verbs / linking verbs (e.g. is/are, seem, look, taste)
Penggunaan technical terms (istilah khusus terkait topik)
Penggunaan kalimat pasif (di… / ter….) (e.g. is used, is known, can be
catagorized, etc )
Types of Report text
Animals (Binatang) e.g. Panda, Ant, Tiger, Jellyfish etc
Plants (Tumbuhan) e.g. Apple, jasmine, Bamboo etc
Natural Phenomena (Fenomena Alam) Moon eclipse, Rainbow, Earthquake,
Flood etc
Social Phenomena (Fenomena sosial) Online school, Pandemic, Ojeg Driver
etc
Things (Benda) Metal furniture etc
Place (Tempat) School, library, museum etc
Discussing text
A Report text for animals
Use the word below to help you understand about “Kangaroo” text !
Found : ditemukan
Relative : kerabat
Island : pulau
Grass : rumput
Plants : tumbuhan
Front leg : kaki depan
Back leg : kaki belakang
Are used : digunakan
Have been known : telah dikenal
Forward : ke depan
Jump : melompat
Leap : meloncat
Fence : pagar
Speed : kecepatan
Adult : dewasa
Grow : tumbuh
Length : panjang
Weigh : berbobot
Marsupial : berkantung
Female : betina
Pouch : kantung
Tiny : sangat kecil
Crawl : merangkak
At once : seketika
Spend : menghabiskan waktu
KANGAROO Title
General Classification
A kangaroo is an aninal found only in Australia. It has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives in the Australian island of Tasmania and in New
Guinea
Description
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and
strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
Kangaroo have been known to make forward jumps of over eight metres, and
leap across fences more than three metres high. They can also run at speeds of
over 45 kilometres per hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and Red Kangaroo.
Adults grows to a length of 1.60 metres and weighs over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an
external pouch on the front of her body. A baby Kangaroo is very tiny when it
is born and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five
months of life.
QUESTIONS :
1. What is the name of the animal ?
2. Where is it from ?
3. What is its diet ?
4. What does marsupial mean ?
5. Mention two physical characteristics of this animal !
6.