Class XII Project

  News Item Part 2 Hello everyone welcome back to my blog, so today the topic of my blog is news item. Definition of News Item News item text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important. Language Feature of News Item – Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text) – Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported. – Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta – … .. / Kuala Lumpur – … – Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until now still happen or still in the form of fact, then can use simple present tense. – Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline – Using adverbs: time, place and manner. – Uses of material processes to retell the event Example Cows Crashed a Party BOXFORD, Mass. – Six cows crashed a party in Massachusetts and stole the beer, police said. The cows escaped from a nearby fa...

  News Item Hello everyone welcome back to my blog, so today the topic of my blog is news item. Definition of News Item News item text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important. Structure of News Item - Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form. - Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance - Resource of Information (Source) : it contains comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event Purpose of News Item – To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day – To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day Example The Biggest Insect was Found An explorer has found the biggest insect ever on record – so large it can scoff a carrot. The insect is called a Weta Bug and has a huge wing span of seven inches and weighs as much as three mice. An ent...

  Explanation Text Part 2 Hello guys welcome back to my blog, so today the topic of my blog is explanation text part 2. Characteristics of explanation text – Featuring generic participant; sun, rain, etc – Using chronological connection; to begin with, next, etc – Using passive voice pattern – Using simple present tense How Does A Fan Work The Fan is an electronic device that everybody use it in their house. People use the fan to make the air in the room cooler, especially in hot day. However, do you know how a fan works? An electric fan has an electric motor with some fan blades attached to its rotating shaft. As the motor spins, the fan blades rotate. Each blade is angled a bit, and as the inclined plane of the blade moves through the air, it forces the air ahead of it forward. Each blade does this on a continuous basis, and the result is a moving air stream. The fan is taking air from the area behind itself and blowing it out the front. The fan generates a movement o...

  Explanation Text  Hello guys welcome back to my blog, so today the topic of my blog is explanation text. Definition of explanation text Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena. Social Function An Explanation text is a kind of text which tells how or why something occurs. It looks at the process rather than the things itself. Purpose of explanation text To describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts.  Structure of explanation text - Title - General statement introducing or identifying the phenomenon  - Series of sequenced paragraphs  - Concluding paragraph  - Labelled diagrams and flow charts. Language Feature – Using simple present tense – Using abstract noun (no visible noun) – Using Passive voice – Using Action verbs – Containing explanation of the process Example How Chocolate is Made Have we wondered how we get cho...