The document provides information about report text, including its definition, social function, and generic structure. It defines a report text as presenting information about something as a result of systematic observation and analysis. The social function is to generally present information about natural or man-made phenomena. The generic structure includes a general classification section that states the general aspects of the topic, and a description section that provides detailed descriptions of parts, qualities, habits, and behaviors.

1. WELCOME TO ENGLISH CLASS 

2. Learning Goals
Identify the main idea of a particular paragraph in the Report text.
Find specific, explicit and implicit information in the Report text.
Determine the reference words of the sentence in Report text.
Identify generic structure and language features of the Report text.
Produce Report text.
At the end of learning, students are able to :

4. 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.
Kangaroo

5. Can you guess, what are we
going to discuss in this
chapter?

6. REPORT TEXT
Definition of report text
Social Function of report text
Generic Structure of report text
Language Feature of report text

7. Report text is a text which presents
information about something, as it is. It is as
a result of systematic observation and
analysis
Sebuah teks yang menggambarkan tentang
semua hal yang berkaitan dengan sebuah benda
secara umum. Teks ini biasanya dirujuk dari
sebuah hasil penelitian dan analisis yang
sistematis.
DEFINITION

8. SOCIAL FUNCTION
The purpose of a report text is to present information
about something generally. It generally describes the
way things are with reference to arrange of natural,
man- made and social phenomenon in our
environment, such as: mammals, the planets, rocks,
plants, countries of region, cultures, transportations,
and so on .
Tujuan report text adalah untuk menyampaikan
informasi tentang sesuatu secara umum. Informasi
yang dijelaskan dalam report text, biasanya bersifat
umum, baik itu alamiah ataupun buatan. Seperti;
binatang mamalia, planet, batu, tumbuhan, negara,
budaya, transportasi dan lain sebagainya.

9. GENERIC STRUCTURE
General Classification
A general classification is a part that state classification
of general aspect of things, such as: animals, public
places, plants, etc. It will be discussed in general.
Description
This part gives describing of the things which will be
discussed in detail, in terms of: parts (and their function),
qualities, habits and behavior.

10. LANGUAGE FEATURE
• Use of general nouns
ex : animal, vertebrates
• Use of relating verbs
ex : is, are, has
• Use of timeless present tense to indicate
usualness
ex : cow usually eat grass and plants
• Use of action verbs when describing
behavior
ex : emus can not fly
• Use of technical terms
ex : kangaroos are marsupials

11. 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 usually 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.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red
Kangaroo. Adult grow to a length of 1.60 meters and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has
an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny
when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its
first five months of life.
Example of Report Text
General
Classification
Description
Language Features : Use of general nouns
Use of relating verbs
Some use of action verbs when describing behavior
Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness
Use of technical terms

12. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air
extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The
most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous
destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. They
can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl
vehicles hundreds of yards. They can also drive straw
into trees. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile
wide to 50 miles long. In an average year, 1000
tornadoes are reported nationwide.
Tornadoes can happen at any time of the year
and at anytime of the day. In the southern states, peak
tornado season is from March through May. Peak
times for tornadoes in the northern states are during
the summer. A few southern states have a second
peak time for tornado outbreaks in the fall. Tornadoes
are most likely to occur between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Tornadoes

13. REPORT TEXT VS DESCRIPTIVE TEXT