5. Gener ic St r uct ur e
1. Title :
Indicates topic of the report.
2. General Classification :
Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal,
public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general.
3. Description :
Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail;
part per part , customs or deed for living creature and
usage for materials.
6. Language
•The use of general nouns
Features
( ex : animals, vertebrates)
• The use of relating verbs
( ex : is, are, has )
•The use of present tenses
( ex : All fish are vertebrates with gills for breathing)
•The use of behavioral verbs
( ex : Fish live in nearly every underwater habitat,
from near freezing Arctic waters to hot desert springs ; from
mud ponds to the deepest ocean abyss)
•The use of technical terms
( ex: Fish are an important source of protein for millions of
people worldwide)
7. The kinds of the report text
• Textbooks
• encyclopedias
• scientif ic magazines
• historical
• f actual reading books
• magazine
• etc
8. Paragraph 1
Fish is a diverse group of animals
that live and breathe in water. All
fish are vertebrates with gills for
breathing. Most fish have fins for
swimming, scales for protection,
and a streamlined body for moving
easily through the water.
9. Question for paragraph 1
1. All fish can survive at temperatures above 40°c ?
2. From near-freezing arctic water, the fish will going
to ?
10. Paragraph 2
Fish live in nearly every underwater habitat, from near-
freezing Arctic waters to hot desert springs; from mud ponds to
the deepest ocean abyss. Antarctic ice-fish survive in water below
0° C while desert pupfish of western North America live in
temperatures higher than 40° C.
12. Paragraph 3
With approximately 25,000 recognized species, fish make
up the most diverse vertebrate group, comprising about half of
all known vertebrate species. New fish continue to be
discovered and named at the rate of 200 to 300 species per
year. With this vast number of different fishes comes a
diversity of sizes and shapes, from huge whale sharks that
reach 12 m in length to the smallest infant-fish, measuring
only about 7 mm long.
13. Question for paragraph 3
5. what size are the longest fish in the sea ?
6. experts used to name new fish at the rate of
200 to 300 species per year. True or False ?
14. Paragraph
4e gener ally st r eamlined wit h a point ed snout
Fish ar and
point ed post er ior and a br oad pr opulsive t ail. Unlike t he shape
of a human body, a f ish’s body shape is ideal f or speeding
t hr ough t he wat er . This t or pedo-shaped body is t ypicalof t he
f ast est -swimming f ishes, t he billf ish and t he t unas. Billf ish can
swim in bur st s of over 110km/ h. Tunas ar e built f or long-
dist ance endur ance as well as speed, swimming as f ast as
50km/ h and migr at ing as f ar as 12,500 km in only f our mont hs.
Ot her f ish come in a wide var iet y of shapes. The snakelike
eels, f lat halibut s, and boxy puf f er s ar e all slower swimmer s
t hat have evolved dist inct ive bodies best adapt ed t o t heir
specif ic habit at s. Unlike f ishes t hat swim t hr ough t he open
wat er , t hese f ish have adapt ed t o live in caves, on t he ocean
f loor , and among cor al r eef s wher e speed is less impor t ant
15. Question for paragraph 4
7. why t he f ish is ideal t o speed up
t he mot ion in t he wat er ?
8.Which is par t if t he body shape of
a t ypical f ish ? What does it do ?
9. What ar e t he advant ages of f ish
billf ish ?
10. Ment ioned a var iet y of dif f er ent
f or ms
16. Paragraph 5
Fish ar e an impor t ant sour ce of pr ot ein
f or millions of people wor ldwide. Since t he
ear ly 1970s, 70 t o 100 million met r ic t ons of
f ish ar e caught each year f or f ood. People
consume about 70 per cent of f ish caught ,
and near ly 30 per cent ar e used as animal
f eed t hat helps pr oduce ot her f r oms of
17. Question for paragraph 5
11. A quar t er of t he t ot al pr ot ein
consumed by t he wor ld’s
populat ion. Tr ue or False?
12. How many per cent used as
animal f eed t hat helps pr oduce
ot her of pr ot ein?
