MATERI NEWS ITEM

1. RANGKUMAN
MATERI NEWS ITEM
XII TBSM, MM AKL
PERTEMUAN ; 1
KD. 3.31 dan 4.31
 News Item ; merupakan jenis teks yang digunakan untuk memberitahukan
pembacanya mengenai kejadian penting yang terjadi sepanjang hari.
 The purpose of news item text is to inform the readers about newsworthy or important
events of the day.
 Generic Structure
 Main Event / Newsworthy Event ( acara utama / acara yang layak diberitakan )
 Background Event / Elaboration ( latar belakang acara )
 Source ( sumber )
 Language feature of news item
 Focusing on circumstances ( berfokus pada keadaan )
 Using material process ( menggunakan proses material )
 News item biasanya memiliki unsur kebahasaan sebagai berikut:
 Focus : News Item menggunakan kalimat sederhana untuk menjelaskan keadaan
disekitar tempat terjadinya kejadian penting.
 Saying verbs : Menggunakan verbs terkait dengan menyampaikan pesan seperti
“She said, informed, told, reported etc“.
 Scene : Menyebutkan lokasi dimana kejadian yang dilaporkan terjadi. Opsional.
 Past Tense : Menggunakan past tense untuk menjelaskan detail kejadian yang
terjadi.
 Headline : Judul ditulis secara singkat dan mudah dicerna pembaca untuk
merangkum kejadian penting secara menarik.
 Adverbs: Menggunakan adverbs time, place dan manner.
 Material : Menggunakan informasi yang didapatkan dari narasumber untuk
menceritakan kembali kejadian yang berlangsung.
 If you want to be a news anchor, you can learn the following expressions ( Jika ingin
menjadi pembawa berita, kamu dapat belajar ungkapan berikut ) ;
1. Opening
 Good morning. This is Breaking News. Read by …
 It’s 7 o’clock. This is the Hello World News. Read by…
 Good afternoon. This is Star TV News. Read by …

2. 2. Headlines ( berita utama ) / News Topic & News Stories
 Headlines are based on the realted topics ( you just read the news provided )
3. Closing
 And that’s the end of the news from the Breaking News. Until then goodbye.
 And that’s the end of the news from star TV. Thanks for watching us. Till then,
goodbye.
Example ;
Bekasi regency to bulid six reservoirs to anticipate drought .
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta ( Sat, August 10 th , 2019 . 04;05 p.m.
Generic Structure
The Bekasi regency administration in West Java is planning to
build as many as six embug this year in drought-prone areas as
part of effort to save water and tackle water shortages.
Newsworthy event
The six embug would be built in Cibarusah, Bojongmangu and
Cabangbungin districts, said the Head of water Resourcers
Management Division at the Bekasi Public Works and Public
Housing, Nur Chaidir.
Source
In addition, to provide clean water for daily activities, the
reservoirs can also be used to water local farm fields. Background event

3. EXERCISE
NEWS ITEM
Bekasi regency to bulid six reservoirs to anticipate drought .
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta ( Sat, August 10 th , 2019 . 04;05 p.m.
Generic Structure
The Bekasi regency administration in West Java is planning to
build as many as six embug this year in drought-prone areas as
part of effort to save water and tackle water shortages.
Newsworthy event
The six embug would be built in Cibarusah, Bojongmangu and
Cabangbungin districts, said the Head of water Resourcers
Management Division at the Bekasi Public Works and Public
Housing, Nur Chaidir.
Source
In addition, to provide clean water for daily activities, the
reservoirs can also be used to water local farm fields. Background event 1
Besides constructing the embung, the administration would also
build 120 wells to help boost the water supply for residents. Background event 2
The agency had allocated Rp 120 billion ( US$8.46 million ) for
the two projects,which are expected to be completed by the and
of this year, Chaidir said.
Source
The meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency ( BMKG
) has issued warnings of a prolonged dry season this year in
some parts of the archipelago including the Greater Jakarta area.
Background event 3
Answer the text based on the news above !
1. What plans to build reservoirs anad wells
2. Where will the wmbug be built ?
3. What is the function of the embung?
4. How uch money had allocated to the project ?
5. What have the BMKG issued ?