NARRATIVE TEXT

Objectives :
Students are able to :
Reading aloud Text Narrative essay form.
Identifying the meaning of the text in the Narrative Text.
Identifying the communicative goals Narrative Text.
Retelling the content of the Narrative text by own language or words
Answering the task of Narrative text

Theoritical Knowledge
The definition of
narrative text
Narrative text is a story with
complication or problematic
events and it tries to find the
resolutions to solve the
problems. An important part of
narrative
text isStructures
the narrative of Narrative Text
Generic
mode, the set of methods used
Orientation
to communicate the narrative
Sets theascene:
where
and when the story happened and
through
process
narration.
introduces the participants of the story: who and what is
involved in the story.
The purpose of narrative
Complication
text
Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis
(climax) of the main participants.
The Purpose of Narrative Text
Resolution
is to amuse
oratohappy
entertain
The problem (the crisis) is resolved,
either in
ending
the
reader
with
a
story.
or in a sad (tragic) ending
Re-orientation/Coda
This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It
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consists of a moral lesson,
advice or teaching from the
writer

 READING
Task 1
Read the text and answer the questions
Cinderella
Once upon a time there was a girl name Cindrella. She lived
with her bad step-mother and two step-sisters. She had to do all the
household chores.
One day the king invited all the ladies in the kingdom to go to
a ball (pesta dansa) in the palace. He wanted to find the Crown
Prince a wife.
The step sisters went to the ball that night with their mother.
Cindrella was left alone. She cried because she actually wanted to
go to the ball, too.
Just then a fairy godmother came. With her magic wand, she
gave Cindrella a coach (kereta), two horses and footmen. She also
gave Cindrella a lovely dress to wear the ball and a pair of glass
slippers. She told Cindrella to come home before midnight.
At the ball, Cindrella danced all night with the Prince. The
Prince fell in love with her. At midnight, Cindrella ran home.
Unfortunately, one of her slippers slipped off at the door. She did not
have time to put it back on. The Prince was sad as he could not find
Cindrella again that night.
The next day, the Prince and his men brought along the glass
slipper. They went all over the Kingdom to search for the owner.
After searching for along time, finally, they came to Cindrellas
house. The slipper fit her. The prince was very happy to find
Cindrella again. They got married and lived ever after.
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What is the purpose of the text above?

a To tell us how to write a story
.
b To inform what happened in the past
.
c To give a description of a beautiful girl
.
d To retell about Cindrellas experience/memory
.
e To entertain readers with an actual, or vicarious experience
.
What was there at the palace one day?
a A game
c A birthday party
e Glass slippers
.
.
.
b A ball
d Crown part
.
.
Why did the king hold the event at his palace?
a To celebrate his birthday d To entertain his people
.
.
b To celebrate his wedding e To show give amusement to his
.
. guests.
c To find his crown prince a
. wife
How was the end of the story?
a The prince married Cindrella.
d The king gave the kingdom
.
. to Cindrella.
b Cindrella was killed by her e Cindrella was betrayed by
. step mother .
. the king.
c The prince turned into a horse
. forever.
She also gave Cindrella a lovely dress. (Paragraph 4). The
underlined word has the same meaning with ..
a boring
c Polite
e Pretty
.
.
.
b honest
d Loyal
.
.

Task 2
Read the text and answer the following questions
Timun Emas
Long Time ago, In a village there lived an old widow named
mbok Sarni. Every day she spends his time alone, because mbok

Sarni did not have a child. Actually she wanted to have children, in
order to assist her and accompany his solitude.
One afternoon mbok Sarni go to the forest to gather wood,
and the middle of the road mbok Sarni met with immense giant.
"Hey, where are you?", Asked the Giant. "I just want to gather
firewood, so please allow me through", replied mbok Sarni.
"Hahahaha .... you should pass after you give me a human child to
eat," said the Giant. Then mbok Sarni said, "But I do not have
children".
After mbok Sarni said that she had no children and wanted to
have children, then the Giant gave him a cucumber seeds. The giant
said, "O old woman, I give you the cucumber seeds. Plant these
seeds in your yard, and after two weeks you will have a child. But
remember, leave the boy to me after she was seventeen years old ".
After two weeks, it seems fruitful cucumber is very dense and
there is a fairly large cucumber. Mbok Sarni then pick it up, and after
the split turns out it is a very beautiful girl baby. The baby was then
given the name of Timun Emas. Timun Emas grew up to be a
beautiful girl, and mbok Sarni very excited that his house was not
lonely anymore. All work can be completed quickly because of the
help of Timun Emas.
Finally the day came when the Giants to collect on a promise.
Mbok Sarni very frightened, and do not want to lose the Timun
Emas. Then mbok Sarni said, "O giant, came here two years. The
more mature the child is, the more delicious to eating ". The giant
agreed and left the house mbok Sarni.
Period of two years is not a long time, so every day mbok
Sarni find a way how to make the giant not brought timun emas.
Heart mbok Sarni very worried, and finally one night mbok Sarni
dream. In his dream, he was told that the Timun Emas meet hermit
on Mountain. The next morning mbok Sarni asked to Timun Emas
immediately see the hermit. After meeting with the hermit, Timun
Emas then told me about the purpose of his arrival. The hermit then
gave him four small packet in bag whose contents gold cucumbers
seeds, needles, salt, and shrimp paste. "Throw one at this parcel, if
you are being chased by the giant", ascetic orders. Then Timun
Emas go home, and immediately save a bag from of the ascetic.
Next, the giant to come again to collect on a promise . "O old
woman, where was he? I can not stand to eat it ", cried the giant.
Then mbok Sarni said, "oooh giant, Do not you take a my son,
because I'm very loving of her. I'd better you eat ". Giant do not
want to accept the offer from mbok Sarni, and finally angry.
"Where's the girl that? Where Timun Emas? ", Cried the giant.
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Because not hold up to see mbok Sarni crying, then Timun Emas out
of hiding places. "Here I am a giant, catch me if you can!", Cried the
Timun Emas.
And then giant chase her, and Timun Emas started take the
contents in bags of that contains gold cucumbers seeds and
throwing toward to the giant. Miraculously, the forest becomes
dense fruit cucumber field. The Giant be hampered, because the
cucumber stem keeps wrapped around his body. But finally, the
giant managed to free as well, and the giant began chase Timun
Emas again. Then the Timun Emas sprinkled second contents of in
bag containing needles, in the trice, the needle was turned into in
an instant plant bamboo trees are very tall and sharp. With bloody
feet because the stuck the giant bamboo continues to pursue. Then,
Timun Emas open the third parcel that contains salt. Forest
immediately be into the vast ocean. But, the giant was easily
passed the sea that. The latter finally sprinkled Timun Emas shrimp
paste, immediately formed a sea of boiling mud, and the giant fell in
it. Finally, the giant drowned in that the mud.
Timun Emas give thanks to God, because it was saved from a
cruel giant. Then, Timun Emas went to back at home for meet her
mother, and tell to her mother what she faced and eventually he
survived the cruel giant threat that. Finally, Timun Emas and mbok
Sarni happy and live in peace.
Find the meaning of the following words in your dictionary!
Solitude

Split

= .....................

Immense = ....................

Needles

= .....................

Seeds

Ascetic

= .....................

Hiding

= .....................

Sprinkled

= .....................

= ....................

= ...................
Dense
= ...................
Hampered = ..................

Answer the following questions!

1. Who were the characters of the story?
2. Where did the story happen?
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3. Why did the farmers pray to the God?

4. How did he get the farmers get their daughter?
5. What was her name?
6. Why did the giant come again to the farmers house?
7. What things brought by Timun Mas when she escaped?
8. What did those things use for? How?
9. How did the giant die?
10. How the ending the story?

LISTENING
Task 1