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Materi News Item Kelas Xii Ips 3 4 Ibb 1603898192-1
Materi News Item Kelas Xii Ips 3 4 Ibb 1603898192-1
Materi News Item Kelas Xii Ips 3 4 Ibb 1603898192-1
PATHWAY TO
ENGLISH
FOR SMA/MA GRADE XII
To Be & To Have
Writing a News Item
News Item Grammar
Cultural Awareness
Newsreader
Being a newsreader is not easy. You have to pay attention
to pronunciation, intonation, clarity in speaking, and pause.
Opening : Greet your listeners/viewers, mention your name and the program you are hosting,
and tell them how long the program will last.
Introduction : Mention where the news come from and the topic.
Closing : Say when you’ll be back with the program and ask your listeners/viewers to stay
tuned.
Newspaper Boys and Newspaper Hawkers
The three victims were found on Thursday, floating in water close to Menui Island, Central
Background Sulawesi Province. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team in the Banda Sea Direct and
events on Saturday last week, only a day after the ship sank due to bad weather. indirect
speech
“The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew members and a passenger still missing after the
incident,” said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR team.
Source
News Item
Social function: To inform readers, listeners, or viewers about events of the day which
are considered important and interesting.
Text organization:
o Newsworthy events recount the event in summary form. Inform readers important or unique features
of an event, subjects related, as well as the location and the date. This paragraph answers the 5WH-
questions.
o Background events elaborate what happened, to whom, and in what circumstances. Tell the readers
the sequence of the events in chronological order and sometimes also explain why the events
happened.
o Sources are comments by participants in, witnesses to, and authorities expert on the event. Use in
quote attribution and in paraphrase and quote attribution in writing sources.
Ceremonial News and Crime News
Ceremonial news tells us about a formal Crime news tells about any violation of
event performed on a special occasion, law, an omission of a duty or the
e.g. the official opening of a building, commission of an act forbidden by law.
seminar, congress, commemoration,
anniversary, or a handover of a position.
Grammar Focus
THE PAST TENSES
Indirect speech:
The meteorologist said that there were no victims during the tremor.
Thank You!