1. I CAN DO IT 2
Joko Daryanto – E Rahayu – P. Darini
2. Would You Tell Me the Story Please
Unit 1
Learning Objectives
Spoken Cycle
After studying this unit, you are expected to be able to:
• give opinion,
• ask opinion,
• fulfill request,
• understand and respond to the dialogues of asking
and
giving opinion,
• understand and respond to the dialogues of giving
permission,
• tell stories orally.
Written Cycle
After studying this unit, you should be able to:
• identify the narrative texts,
• comprehend the use of gerund correctly,
• write good simple narrative texts.
3. Study and say the expressions below
Expressions of asking for opinion:
• How did you enjoy your trip?
• How did you like the meals?
• What do you think of ... ?
• What’s your opinion about ... ?
• What do you think about ... ?
• What are your views on ... ?
• Are you aware of ... ?
• What would you say to ... /if we ... ?
Expressions of giving opinion:
• I liked it very much.
• They’re tasteful.
• It’s boring.
• I think it’s great.
• In my opinion, ....
• I feel that ....
• As far as I’m concerned ....
• As I see it ....
• I have no doubt that ....
• I’m sure that ....
Spoken Cycle
4. Study the expressions below
Making Request
• Could you help me, please?
• Can you take scissors from the table?
• Can I have a glass of tea, please?
• Would you give me a little ink?
• Do you mind if I have the copy?
Fulfilling Request
• Yes, certainly.
• Yes, of course.
• Sure.
• Why not?
• With my pleasure.
• OK.
• All right.
Study and practise the dialogue below then answer the questions
Ega : Could you lend me your mobile phone,
Arjun?
Arjun : Certainly, here it is.
Ega : Can you get me the telephone directory,
please?
Arjun : Sure. Are you going to make a call?
Ega : Yes, I’ll call my old friend. She was my
classmate when we were in the
Junior High School. We are going to have
a reunion next month.
Arjun : Who will you invite?
Ega : We plan to invite as many as we can
connect, but I have a problem.
5. Make your own monologue telling a story based
on the following summary
The Hose
 There are plants and flowers in Bobo’s garden.
 He loves watering them.
 Bobo was watering his plants.
 Suddenly water from the hose stopped flowing.
 He saw Giga’s standing on the hose. It broke.
 Bobo was upset; and Giga felt very sorry.
 Giga went to a small pond. He was filling his trunk with water. Then he
came back.
 He sprayed Bobo’s garden with water from his trunk.
 Bobo felt happy and forgave Giga’s mistake.
 Giga promised to get Bobo a new watering hose.
11. Pay attention to the explanation.
Email is similar with letter. It is a means of
communication. You send letter via
post while you send an email via internet. Let’s pay
attention to the form of email
below
15. Expressions of asking for
opinions:
• How did you enjoy the ……………?
• How do you like …………………………?
• What do you think of ………………?
• What’s your opinion about………?
Expressions of giving
opinions:
• I like it very much.
• They are tasteful/nice/delicious.
• It’s boring/interesting/amazing/amusing/
frightening.
• I think it’s great/fantastic/marvelous
/excellent.
Expressions of fulfilling
request:
• Yes, certainly.
• Why not?
• By all means.
• It’s OK.
The kinds of narrative texts are
folktales, legends, fables, fairy tales,
short
stories, slice of one’s life.
Generic structures of a narrative
text are:
• Orientation (it introduces the participant of the
story, where and when the story happened).
• Complication (it presents problematic events of
the story).
• Resolution (how the problematic events are
solved).