GENRE

EXPLANATION TEXT
Nama Sekolah
: SMA NEGERI 2 MEDAN
Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas / Semester : XII / Semester 1
JUDUL

HOW DOES THE RAIN FORM??

STANDAR KOMPETENSI

:
Menulis
Mengungkapkan makna teks fungsional pendek dan esei
sederhana berbentuk explanation dalam konteks kehidupan
sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu pengetahuan.

KOMPETENSI DASAR

: Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah retorika dalam esei yang

menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, dan berterima
dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan untuk mengakses ilmu
pengetahuan dalam teks berbentuk explanation

INDIKATOR

: - Mengidentifikasi tujuan komunikasi dalam teks explanation.

-Menentukan generic structure dan linguistic features dalam
sebuah teks explanation
- Menentukan kalimat penjelasan dalam sebuah teks explanation
-Menghasilkan teks essei berbentuk explanation dengan topic
Acid Rain

RANGKUMAN MATERI :

Definition
Explanation is to explain the processes involved in the formation or workings of
natural or socio cultural phenomena.

The Communicative Purpose

Its purpose is to explain how something works or state reasons for some
phenomena. An explanation text answers the questions how and why.
There are two basic types of explanation which focus on:
- How, for example: how does a pump work? How does a spider spin its web?
- Why, for example: Why do some things float or sink? Why does iron go
rusty?

The Generic (Schematic) Structure:

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A general statement (to position the reader)

A sequenced explanation (of why or how something occurs)

Significant Linguistic Features (Characteristics):

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Focus on generic, non human participants

Use mainly of temporal and clausal Circumstances and Conjunctions
(such as, then, as a consequence, so, if, first, following, finally, etc.)
Use of simple present tense
Some use of passive voice to get theme right

PETUNJUK BELAJAR :

Siswa dapat mengidentifikasi tujuan komunikasi, generic structure dan

linguistic features dari sebuah teks explanation.

Siswa dapat menentukan kalimat penjelasan dalam sebuah teks

explanation.
Siswa dapat menghasilkan teks explanation

EXERCISE 1

Read the following text, and identify

the communicative purpose, generic
structures and linguistic features.

How Bread is Made

Almost everyone eats bread daily, especially

for breakfast. Bread making is not a complicated
task. You only need flour, water, yeast, sugar, salt,
oil, butter and an oven.
Choosing good flour is the first step in making
bread. There are two kinds of flour, soft and hard.
Hard flour, made of winter wheat, is a better choice
for making bread because it produces bread that
has a better texture and taste.
Then, lukewarm water, yeast, sugar and salt
are mixed with the flour to make dough. Yeast is a
microscopic organism that is capable of producing
carbon dioxide. It can make the dough rise or
expand. Both sugar and salt give flavor to the bread
so that it tastes nice. They, however, have different
effects on yeast. After that, oil (such as olive oil,
corn oil, peanut oil) and butter are added because
they are essential to make the bread tender. After
mixing all the ingredients, the dough is sent to the
oven.

Workbook 1 :
Communicative
Purpose
Generic Structure
General Statement
Sequenced
Explanation

First step :