CHAPTER 1

READING

Read the text below!

Living Things

Living things are made up of animals and plants. Plants and

animals are a vital part of our existence. Plants and animals support the
ecological balance. Our lives are incomplete without them. There are
many kinds of plants and animals around us which have different
habitats. They are:

a. Animals.

There are a lot of animals on our planet. They can be wild and
domestic. Wild animals are those animals who live in nature without
people. Wolves, foxes, giraffes are wild animals. Domestic animals are
animals who live with people, who are not really scary. People always
call them “pets”. Cats, dogs, sheep are domestic animals.
 Animals also can be classified based on their habitats. They are,
terrestrial animals, aquatic animals and amphibian. Terrestrial animals
are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, dogs,
ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which live
predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses), and
amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial
habitats (e.g. frogs, turtle

b. Plant

Plants are living things that can grow almost anywhere on the
Earth. Plant life on the earth can be distinguished from each other in a
number of ways. The simplest is to divide on the basis of region. Plants
that grow specifically in the mountains area will be very different from
those that grow at tropical area.

Plants that are adapted to grow in the cold and windy climate of
the mountains are mountain plants. We can find plants that grow in the
mountains like oak, deodar, pine, maple, spruce trees, edelweiss etc.

Tropical plants require consistently warmer temperatures and more

humid environments than regular plants. Tropical plants also come in
both blooming and foliage plants. Bromeliads, palms, and orchids are
considered tropical plants.

Both animals and plants are living thing which should we protect.
Animals and plants both have an important role in life on earth. Indirectly,
their presence also maintains the balance of the ecosystem on earth

CRITICAL THINKING
Answer this question!
1. Find main idea of the second paragraph!
 2. Mention the animal’s classification based on their habits!
3. What are the differences between mountain plant and tropical
plant?
4. Based on your opinion. between plants and animals, which one is
more be protected? Explain the reason!
5. Why do we should protect plants and animals?

WRITING

Activity 1
Observe the living thing around your area. Mention and write down on
the table below!

Animals Plants

Activity 2
Describe about this picture!
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SPEAKING

1. Make a group consist of 4-5 students!

2. Each group should make a question about “living things” in a piece of

paper!

3. Switch the question with another group!

4. Discuss and answer the question!

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COLLABORATIVE
Present the group discussion result in front of the class

LISTENING

Listen a short English podcast or news about plant or animals, and write
down the words that you can hear as many as possible!

Vocabularies :
Existence = keberadaan
Ecological = ekologi
Balance = keseimbanagan
Classified = dikelompokkan
Wild = liar
Habitats = habitat
Terrestrial = darat
Predominantly = terutama
Compared = dibandingkan
Aquatic = perairan
Tropical = tropis/ kering
Blooming = berbunga
Foliage = dedaunan
Palms = palem
Orchids = anggrek
Presence = keberadaan
Maintains = mempertahankan

READING

Read the text below !

CRITICAL THINKING
1. Find the main idea of the forth paragraph ?
2. Compare about Indonesia as lungs of the world on the past and
now!
3. Examine the message from the text !
4. Why oxygen is essential for life ?
5. Conclude about the text above !

WRITING

Creative
Describe steps the way to plant the tree
 SPEAKING

Communicative
Discuss with your friend about kinds of people responsibility, and
mention the example !

Collaborative
Present the result in front of your class.

LISTENING

Listen to your teacher who reads a text !

Fill the blank with suitable sentence !
1. Human breathe using ......
2. The air enter the body trough.....
3. Oxygen is .....
4. Carbon dioxide is .....
Vocabularies
Reforestation : Reboisasi (penghijauan)
South borneo : Kalimantan Selatan
Responsibility : Tanggung jawab
Edible : dapat dimakan
Lungs : Paru-paru
Forest : Hutan
Abundant : Melimpah
Decreasing : Menurun
Illegal logging : penebangan liar

FORMATIVE
ASSESMENT

A. Cross (X) the best answer !

1. Green environment is manifestation of live harmony between…
a. human and nature b. nature and animals
c. human and animals d. plant and animals
2. Many plants can produce more…
a. carbon dioxide b. oxygen
c. hydrogen d. carbon monoxide
 3. Fresh air makes our… healthier
a. heart b. lung
c. bone d. kidney
4. Here are the advantages of green environment. Except…
a. refresh the air b. produce more oxygen
c. increase pollution d. makes our lives healthier
5. The benefit of planting flower around our area is…
a. unsightly the area
b. the yard becomes lush
c. our area be more beautiful
d. tighten the area
6. One of the ways to protect the nature is…
a. do the illegal logging
b. throw the rubbish everywhere
c. harm the plant
d. plant many trees and flowers

7. The essential ingredients for life is…

a. carbon dioxide b. hydrogen
c. oxygen d. carbon monoxide
8. Planting trees day is held on…
a. 28th November b. 29th November
c. 28th December d. 29th December
9. Taman Hutan Rakyat Sultan Adam is located in…
a. west Sumatra b. south Sumatra
c. east Borneo c. south Borneo
10. One of people’s responsibility to protect the nature is…
 a. cut the tree b. reforestation
c. illegal logging d. burn the forest
11. Reforestation is responsibility of…
a. government b. forest ranger
c. forestry minister c. all people
12. The government reduce forest damage by…
a. reconstruction b. reformation
c. reforestation d. reincarnation
13. The country as the lung of the world is…
a. Thailand b. Singapore
c. Malaysia d. Indonesia
14. Based on the second text, president plants trees at…
a. his house
b. city park
c. Taman Hutan Rakyat Sultan Adam
d. along the street

15. There are…. Trees planted at the forest

a. 100 b. 1.000
c. 10.000 d. 100.000

B. Cross (X) more than one correct answer !

1. Green environment is area with a lot of…
a. rubbish b. trees
c. water d. flowers
2. The benefits of having green environment are…
a. the air will be fresher
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c. our area will be dirty
d. pollution will increase
3. Trees at the forest are decrease
because of..
a. reforestation b. illegal
logging
c. fire c. plant conservation
4. Some ways to protect nature is…
a. reforestation b. plant conservation
c. illegal logging c. burn the forest
5. More plants can produce more…
a. oxygen b. water
c. carbon dioxide c. pollution

C. match the picture with the correct answer !

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a. Air polution

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c. Reforestation

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d. Illegal logging

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e. Fire forest

D. Fill the blank correctly !

1, Area with a lot of trees, flowers, or grasses which arranged well is
called…
2. Refresh the air, produce more oxygen are …. Of green environment
3. Reforestation is…
4. As Indonesian people, one of our responsibilities for nature is…
5. 28th November is the day of…

E. Answer the questions correctly !

1. “ Indonesia as the lung of the world”. What does it means?
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2. What is reforestation? Explain it !
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3. What will happened if we don’t protect our nature?
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4. What are the advantages of green environment for human life?
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5. Why is reforestation important?
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