This power point slides give explanation related to reading skill. The theme is about food,in this case white rice and brown rice. Further, the slides give explanation about the definition of report text, the social function, generic structure, language features and the example of the text.

2. REPORT
TEXT

3. DEFINITION
Report text is a text which
presents information about
something, as it is.
It is as a result of systematic
observation and analysis.

4. GENERIC STRUCTURES
1. General classification
Stating classification of general aspect of thing,
animal, public place, plant, etc which will be
discussed in general
2. Description
Describing the thing which will be discussed in
detail, part per part , customs or deed for living
creature and usage for materials

5. General
classificatio
n
Eating White Rice Increases Risk of Diabetes
Rice is an important part of many people’s diets. Researchers from the Harvard
School of Public Health in Massachusetts have released a report about rice. It
shows that eating white rice increases the risk of type two diabetes.
However, eating brown rice reduces the risk of the disease.
The World Health Organization says more than two hundred twenty million people
worldwide have diabetes. Type two diabetes results when the body cannot
effectively use the sugar it produces. Then, WHO conducted a study about it. The
study found that the people who ate five or more servings of white rice per week
had a seventeen percent increased risk of developing type two diabetes. But those
who ate two or more servings of brown rice a week had an eleven percent reduced
risk of getting the disease.
Brown rice is the grain in its natural form. White rice results after it has been
refined. This involves removing the outer cover, including the husk, bran and
germ. Only the inner white kernel is left. White rice is often enriched to replace
some nutrients lost during the refining process.
Descriptio
n
Qi Sun is the lead writer of the report. He says the outer parts of brown rice slow
down the work of the body’s digestive enzymes into starch. This means that the
release of sugar into the bloodstream is slower after eating brown rice compared
to white rice.
He also says less refined grains have more nutritional value than refined grains.
He says replacing white rice with whole grains like whole wheat or barley could
result in a thirty-six percent lower chance of developing type two diabetes. He
says people should replace white rice and other refined carbohydrates with whole
grains whenever possible.

6. LANGUAGE FEATURES
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Introducing group or general aspect of
things, animals, etc
E.g.: Rice is an important part of many
people’s diets
Using simple present tense
E.g.: . It shows that eating white rice
increases the risk of type two diabetes
Using general noun
E.g.: Rice