1. The document discusses the structure and language features of factual report texts. It provides definitions, purposes, generic structures, and language features. 2. Examples of a factual report on kangaroos are provided, demonstrating the generic structure of general classification and description. 3. Key points about writing factual reports are emphasized, including using general nouns, relating verbs, technical terms, and paragraphs with topic sentences.

1. By Mr. Salam
SM (SALAM MACAPAT)
https://www.macapathouse.blogspot.com

2.  Siswa dapat menganalisis struktur teks dan unsur
kebahasaan untuk melaksanakan fungsi sosial teks
faktual report dengan menyatakan dan
menanyakan tentang teks ilmiah faktual tentang
orang, binatang, benda, gejala dan peristiwa alam
dan sosial, sederhana, sesuai dengan konteks
pembelajaran di pelajaran lain

3.  Siswa dapat menyusun teks ilmiah faktual
(factual report), lisan dan tulis, sederhana,
tentang orang, binatang, benda, gejala dan
peristiwa alam dan sosial, terkait dengan
mata pelajaran lain

4.  Definition/ Definisi
 Purposes/ Tujuan
 Generic Structures/ kerangka
karangan
 Language Features/ unsur bahasa

5. “Report is a text which presents
information about something, as it is. It
is as a result of systematic observation
and analyses.”
Teks report adalah text yang memberikan
informasi tentang sesuatu apa adanya.

6. Its social purpose is presenting information
about something or to tell the way things are.
They generally describe an entire class of
things, whether natural or made: animals, the
planets, rocks, plants, countries, culture,
transportation, and so on.
Tujuannya adalah untuk menggambarkan
sesuatu secara umum baik itu berupa benda
alam atau buatan.

7. 1. General Clasification; Stating classification
of general aspect of thing; animal, public
place, plant, etc which will be discussed in
general
2. Description : tells what the phenomenon
under discussion ; in terms of parts,
qualities, habits or behaviors.

8. 1. – Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs,
rather than particular nouns, eg our dog; SM
2. – Use of relating verbs to describe features,
eg Molecules are tiny particles; SM
3. – Some use of action verbs when describing
behaviour, eg Emus cannot fly; SM

9. 4. – Use of timeless present tense to indicate
usualness, eg Tropical cyclones always
begin over the sea; SM
5. – Use of technical terms, eg Isobars are
lines drawn on a weather map; SM
6. – Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to
organise bundles of information; repeated
naming of the topic as the beginning focus
of the clause. SM

11. 1………………………………… 3…………………………………
2………………………………… 4………………………………….

12. A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although
it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on
the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front
legs, but very long, and very strong back legs and a tail.
These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos
have been known to make forward jumps of over eight
metres, and leap across fences more than three metres
high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometres
per hour.

13. Generic structure of the report text
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it
has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the
Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs,
but very long, and very strong back legs and a tail. These are
used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been
known to make forward jumps of over eight meters, and leap
across fences more than three meters high. They can also run
at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.
General
Classificatio
n
Descriptio
n

14. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

15. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

16. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

17. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

18. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

19. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

20. 1. A kangaroo is an animal found only in
Australia, although it has a smaller relative,
called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian
island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants.
3. They have short front legs, but very long, and
very strong back legs and a tail.
4. These are used for sitting up and for jumping.
5. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across
fences more than three meters high.
6. They can also run at speeds of over 45
kilometers per hour.

22. Words Meaning
a. relative
b. leap
c. forward
d. tail
e. fences
f. nostril
g. paddles
h. mammal
i. approximately
j. including
1. kerabat
2. melompat
3. Ke depan
4. ekor
5. pagar
6. Lubang hidung
7. dayung
8. mamalia
9. Kurang lebih
10. termasuk

24. EPT

25. Whales are sea living mammals. They therefore
breathe air but can not survive on land. Some whales
are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can
exceed 30 meters in length, is the largest animal to
have lived down earth. Superficially, the whales look
rather like a fish, but there are important differences
in its external structure; its tail consist of a pair of
broad, flat horizontal paddles, compare with the tail
of a fish that is vertical. It has single nostril on top of
its large broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny
and beneath it lays a layer of fat. This is up to 30 cm
in thickness and serves to conserve head and body
fluids.

26. 1. The text tells us about……………
a. whales
b. the size of whale
c. fish and its habitat
d. the conservation of whale
e. the differences between whale and fish

27. a. It is large animal
b. Its skin is smooth and shinny
c. Its tail is vertical
d. It has broad head
e. It has a single nostril

28. a. hole on the head
b. fins on the fish
c. paddle of the tail
d. skin of a fish
e. layer of fat

29. a. skin
b. fin
c. tail
d. top of broad head
e. paddle

30. a. is about
b. greater
c. more than
d. bigger
e. longer

31.  The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to East
to North Australia, including Tazmania. It is one of the five
extreme species of mono-dreams. The only mammal that
lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young. The body and
the broad flat tail of these animals are covered with dense
brown fur, that traps a lay including ear to keep the animals
warm. It uses its tail for story joy fact. It has webbed feet and
the large robbery’s net. These are species that are be closer
to those of ducks, then to these any known mammals. Weight
varies considerably from 0.7 to 2.4 kg with males being
larger than females. And male averages 50 cm total length
whiles the female major approximately 45 cm. The platypus
has an average temperature of 32 degrees Celsius rather than
37 degrees Celsius that is typical of the placental mammals.

32. 6. What animal is being described in the
monologue?
a. Octopus.
b. Rhinoceros.
c. Platypus
d. Mosquitos.
e. Hippopotamus.

33. 7. How much does the Platypus weigh?
a. 0.7 to 2.4 kg
b. 0.7 to 2.5 kg.
c. 0.7 to 2.6 kg.
d. 0.7 to 2.7 kg.
e. 0.7 to 2.8 kg.

34. 8. Why is the platypus different from other
mammals?
a. It has dense brown fur on the body and
the broad flat tail.
b. The males are larger than females
c. The male average is shorter than female.
d. It lays eggs.
e. The platypus has an average temperature
of 32.

35. 9. “The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal
endemic to East to North Australia, including
Tazmania.”
 What generic structure of this sentence?
a. Reorientation
b. General classification
c. Description
d. Orientation
e. Events

36. 10. Based on the text, we can conclude that:
a. The male is bigger and longer than a
female.
b. The female is bigger than a male.
c. The male and the female are both big.
d. The male is bigger but the female is
longer.
e. The female is longer but the male is
bigger.

37. 1. A
2. C
3. E
4. D
5. E
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. A