NEWS ITEM

• FILBERT HANSEL (13)

• JOEL RONAN H. (20)
• MARTHA MEGAWATI (24)
• MEGAWATI S.L (26)
• SHINTA RAYI K. (37)
 EXPLANATION

DEFINITION OF GENERIC PURPOSES OF LANGUAGES

NEWS ITEM STRUCTURE NEWS ITEM FEATURES OF
NEWS ITEM
DEFINITION OF NEWS ITEM
News item is a text which informs readers about events of
the day. The events are considered newsworthy or
important.
It means if there is an important event that should be
known by many people, then this event deserves news.
Well, the news text is called the news item text. However,
if there are events that people do not deserve, then they
are not definitely worth to be news.
GENERIC STRUCTURES OF NEWS ITEM

1. Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the

event in summary form.
2. Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what
happened, to whom, in what circumstance
3. Resource of Information (Source) : it contains
comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities
expert on the event
PURPOSE OF NEWS ITEM
News Item text is used to
inform readers about events
of the day which are
considered newsworthy or
important.
LANGUAGE FEATURES 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
OF
NEWS ITEM
Didi Petet Died
Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at
the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South
Tangerang, on Friday morning.
Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of
comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost
consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently.
“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that
city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a
wheelchair,” she said.
On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no
diseases were detected but he died on Friday.
Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak
Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and
where he will be buried.
 READ THE
Jakarta post: The research, published in the proceedings of the Royal Society
B, has investigated the bacterium in eleven individuals ranging from as far
FOLLOWING
back as the Bronze age up to the twentieth century. Samples have been taken
from individuals in Europe and in both pre and post-colonial America. The
TEXT.
oldest case study was that of an individual from 1200 BC, found in Burial cave THE
in Mountainsell (Licidia, Catalonia).
FOLLOWING
The study found that ancient genetic material from principle Bacterium,
streptococcus mutant, cause dental carries. The mutant has increased its TEXT IS FOR
genetic material change overtime. This is possibly due to the coincidence of
dietary changes that are linked with the expansion of humanity.
QUESTIONS 1
Similar study conducted by researchers from the University Autonma de
AND 2!
Barcelona (UAB) and laboratoria Nasional de Genomica para la Bie
diversided, Mexico, put the genetic material in order and found that genetic
diversity has been produced, especially in the fragment of a gene that codifies
a virulence factor known as dextranase.
1. How could the ancient genetic 2. What is the first paragraph
expand to humanity? about?

a. Through coincidental links with a. The research genetic diversity

human’s dietary changes b. The investigation of dental
carries
b. Through the change in its genetic c. The investigation of Bacterium
material d. The samples of individuals from
c. Through an increase in genetic precolonial Europe
diversity e. The investigation of the
bacterium in eleven individuals
d. Through the fragment of a gene
e. Through the investigated
bacterium of eleven individuals
Webcams Make Alaska Bears Accessible Mark Thiessen, Associated Press, Anchorage, READ THE
Alaska Sci-Tech Tue, July 24, 2012, 6:15 PM
FOLLOWING
A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National
Park directly to computers and smartphones. TEXT.
Without having to go there, you’ll be able to watch mature bears compete for salmon at THE
Brook Falls and other sites and cubs tumbling over each other as they play. Starting
Tuesday, a live Web stream (http:// is.gd/bfPAs8) will allow the public to log on and see FOLLOWING
the brown bears in their natural habitat.
TEXT IS
“I think it’s an unparalleled opportunity for people to get that front row seat of the lives
of the bears at Brooks Camp”, said Roy Wood, chief of interpretation for Katmai FOR
National Park and Preserve.
QUESTIONS
The project is a partnership with explore. org, which set up four high-definition cameras
in Katmai, spokesman Jason Damata told The Associated Press. Three of them are at
3 UNTIL 5
existing viewing stands where bear fans come to watch the animals.

The cameras provide access to a national park that is difficult to reach and expensive
for most tourists. It is about 275 miles southwest of Anchorage, but no roads lead to
Katmai. A trip there involves multiple airplanes and a lot of advanced planning: it’s hard
to get a lodge reservation at Brooks Camp before 2014. Camping is allowed, but on a
reservation system that goes online January 5.

“It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money, and the webcams will make it
accessible to anyone with access to a computer, a smartphone, a table device,” Wood
said.
 5. “.... to watch mature
3. What is the text 4. It’s proudly stated in bears compete for salmon at
about? the text that .... Brook Falls.
“ (paragraph 2) The underlined
a. A video display of a. A new video can be used word is the most closely
Katmai’s bears for with a computer associated to....
computers and
smartphones b. The project is partnership a. Fight
with explore.org and
b. The life of Alaskan bears Katmai b. Kill
in the natural habitat
c. We can used the new
c. How to protect the video to shoot bears c. Hug
endangered Alaskan bears without going to their
habitat d. Defeat
d. The bears of Katmai
National Park in Alaska d. Katmai National Park has e. Defend
made a video of their
e. Webcams with the newest bears in nature
technology environment
e. Webcams enable us to see
bears’ life in nature on a
computer or a smartphone
"Jokowi congratulates Timor Leste for successful parliamentary election"

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo congratulated Timor Leste for holding a successful election on May 12.

“I want to congratulate the people of Timor Leste for their successful parliamentary election in May. Indonesia
has a high commitment to improve its partnership with and support development in Timor Leste,” he said at
the Bogor Palace in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday.

Jokowi welcomed the visit of Timor Leste President Francisco "Lú Olo" Guterres. It was his first overseas trip
after he was elected president last year.

The May 12 parliamentary election was held after a previous election on July 22, 2017. In the 2017 election,
the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) won the popular vote but failed to get a
majority of parliamentary seats.

Fretilin’s coalition with the Democratic Party gave it a combined 30 out of 65 seats, while the rest were filled
by the opposing coalition, named the Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP).
The minority government faced difficulties with its proposed budget, as it was rejected twice in October and
December 2017.

On Jan 25 this year, Lú Olo dissolved parliament and called for a fresh election. The election was held on May
12 and AMP won 49.6 percent of the vote, resulting in 34 seats.

Jokowi also thanked Timor Leste for its support as Indonesia was elected as a non-permanent member of the
United Nations Security Council on June 18.
1. What is the main idea of the text?
2. What is the generic structure of the text ?
3. What Jokowi said when he was in bogor ?
4. What did Lú Olo do on January 25 ?
5. Why does Jokowi want to thank timor leste ?