BAHAN AJAR 4

NEWS ITEM
Tujuan Pembelajaran :

 Menganalisa struktur teks News Item dari berbagai jenis berita

 Menganalisa language feature teks News item

Text Structure :

Main Event/News Worthy
Background/Elaboration
Sources
Text 1
Saudi Arabia has executed a second Indonesian maid despite protests from
Jakarta. (Newsworthy event)
The main incident deserves to be news. In the first
paragraph there will be a newsworthy event where this
paragraph introduces the background of something
happening and where something started. This paragraph
ismore like an introduction.
Elaboration After knowing a glimpse of the events
raised,the reader will be taken into several situations that
usually become the supporting idea of the main event.
This supporting idea is packaged in paragraphs after the
newsworthy event, which is commonly known
as elaboration . Elaboration itself can also be the causes
of main events . This is where the explanation of the main
events is discussed, including the time, actors, events,
etc.
Sources In this last stage, a learner will see for himself the
characteristics of news item text . Because this type of text
is a news text, a valid news source is something that is
absolute, so it is necessary to have sources listed in the
form of experts, notes from experts and research
conducted by experts

The Indonesian government summoned the Saudi ambassador to the foreign ministry
on Thursday after learning that 37-year-old Karni Bt. Medi Tarsim had been
beheaded, without official warning.

Karni was sentenced to death in March 2013 for killing her employer’s four-year-old
child. She was the second Indonesian domestic worker executed by the Saudis this
week, following the death of Siti Zaenab Bt. Duhri Rupa on Tuesday — the execution
again carried out with Indonesian officials receiving no prior warning.(Background
events)

“That is our main issue. It’s not that suddenly there was an execution. We didn’t know
when it would take place. Still, we took over a hundred steps to try to free (Siti) from
execution,” said Arrmanatha Nasir, spokesman for Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. (Source).
Reading Comprehension

Answer the questions !

1. What is the news about?
2. What happened to Karni ?
3. Why Kartini sentenced to death?
4. What is the main idea of last paragraph ?

Text 2

A 16-year-old boy has survived a dangerous journey hidden in the wheel well of
airplane. It was a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii ( Newsworthy )

The boy had run away from home and climbed a fence at the airport in San Jose,
California. He crossed the tarmac and crawled into the wheel well of
Hawaiian Airlines flight 45.

According to FBI special agent Tom Simon, The boy quickly lost consciousness as
temperatures in the compartment sank as low as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It was
62 degrees Celsius below zero.

The boy got an apparent miracle. After he had been unconscious for most of the
journey, the boy regained his consciousness about an hour after the plane landed on
Sunday morning. The boy hopped down from the wheel well. He started wandering
around the airport grounds, where was spotted by ground crew.

The boy was turned over to local child protection officials. A medical examination
showed that he appeared to have been unharmed Since records began in 1947, about
100 wheel well stowaways are thought to have attempted to board flights.Around
three-quarters of them died. ( Elaboration )

“Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky
to have survived” Hawaiian Airlines said in a statement ( Source )

Reading Comprehension

Answer the question

1. What is the news about?

2. Where did it happen?
3. When did it happen?
4. Who were involved in the event?
Language Features of News Item Text

 Simple Present tense : She comes alone and someone attacks her
 Action Verb : attack, observe, build, see, come, take, put, work, listen, walk, etc.
 Saying Verb : say, speak, tell, yell, scream, reply, shout, suggest, exclaim, etc
 Adverb of time : Now, today, later, soon, yesterday, last night, tonight, three days ago,
etc.
 Adverb of place and manner : slowly, quickly, sadly, happily, easily, carefully,
carelessly, etc
 Passive Voice : She is observed by the observer.
 Direct speech : He said “I am going to your school today”
 Indirect speech : He said that that he is going to my school that day

Latihan Soal

Text 1

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly
buying an infant via Instagram.MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in
Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid
some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction
was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in
Tangerang in Banten.“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,”
Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant
B. To describe the important person for readers
C. To argue that arresting the man is important
D. To explain how police arrested the man
E. To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

2. What is the generic structure of the text above?

A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation
B. Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation
C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration
D. Goal – Equipments – Steps
E. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources
3. “MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….
A. The police officer
B. The arrested man
C. The infant parent
D. A Surabaya administration officer
E. A Semarang administration officer

4. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……
A. Adult
B. Teenager
C. Child
D. Grown
E. Man

Text 2

Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its
flights intended for Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo Airport in
Surakarta, Central Java, after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane
on Wednesday night.“All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta,
for a total of 34 flights, now will [be diverted] to Surakarta,” Garuda Indonesia VP of
corporate communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in an official statement on
Thursday.

The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from Denpasar,
Bali, two to and from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from Surabaya, East
Java.The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers
to YogyakartA.Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800 NG, which
slipped on the runway and overshot a lane on Wednesday night. It carried 123
passengers, none of whom were harmed.Garuda aims to finish evacuating the aircraft
on Thursday afternoon. (bbn) Taken from : thejakartapost.com

5. What is the text about?

A. Redirect flights of Garuda Indonesia from Yogyakarta to Surakarta because of
runway accident
B. Slipped plane accident in adisucipto runway lane
C. Evacuation of Garuda Indonesia after its accident
D. Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communication about overshot
accident
E. The delay of Garuda Indonesia after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway
lane
6. It can be concluded from the text that ….
A. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident
B. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia redirected Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta
permanently
C. Garuda Indonesia supplied bus to support passengers from Surakarta to yogyakarta
D. Garuda Indonesia had been finished evacuating its plane when this news was reported
E. There are a lot of passengers were harmed due to that accident

7. The reason why Garuda Indonesia diverted Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta is because of
….
A. Maintenance one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
B. The accident of its plane which slipped on the runway lane
C. Many flights in Adisucipto Airport
D. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications
E. The evacuation of Garuda Indonesia’s aircrafts