Nikah Muda

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Post kali ini ditulis sama suami gue.. Sebenernya nih artikel diikutin lomba, tapi ga menang.. Jadi boleh lah ya gue post artikel si misua di blog gue? 😉
Sekalian biar kawula muda sedikit belajar tentang pernikahan..
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Perkenalkan gue seorang ayah sekaligus seorang suami yang lahir tigapuluh satu tahun lalu, gue lahir di kota kecil yang tentram dan asri, selayaknya anak kecil normal gue punya banyak cita-cita, dari tahun ketahun cita-cita gue berubah-ubah sampai suatu masa ketika gue sudah beranjak ABG, gue punya cita-cita yang sampai saat ini gue sesali kenapa gue pernah punya cita-cita seperti itu, ya cita-cita gue itu adalah NIKAH MUDA, what ? ya lho gak salah baca kok, karena gue lahir di keluarga yang kulturnya masih tradisional maka saban hari gue dijejali dengan mitos dan doktrin yang bersifat tradisional salah satunya klo nikah muda itu enak, karena dengan nikah muda maka jarak umur gue dan anak gak terlalu jauh, salah satu doktrin favorit gue waktu itu adalah  “ mending cepet-cepet nikah daripada ntar zina, ntar malah hamil duluan “ setiap ngebayangin nikah pikiran gue langsung ingat “ malam pertama” dan setiap gue ingat itu jakun gue selalu naik turun sambil ngebayangin tamara blezensky.

Semakin gue beranjak dewasa dan tentu saja bacaan gue juga mengalami perubahan yang dulunya suka baca novel Fredy S kemudian berubah jadi suka baca artikel tentang cinta, kesehatan, gadget maka ada hal yang berubah dari diri gue, dulu yang semasa ABG gue begitu pengen nikah muda maka saat gue sudah menikah malah menyesal punya cita-cita itu, kenapa? ya karena gue mulai tau bahwa resiko nikah muda terlalu banyak mudaratnya dibanding happy nya, klo dulu gue ngebayangin sebuah pernikahan yang penuh bunga dan lantunan lagu india yang akan membuat kita selalu menari kala susah dan senang tapi saat gue sudah menikah malah kadang dalam taman bunga tersebut bukan cuman ada bunga tapi ada juga eek sapi yg bisa terinjak kapan saja.

Sebelum terlalu jauh bercerita tentang nikah muda ada baiknya gue jabarin dulu criteria dewasa, kalo menurut hukum positif di Indonesia yaitu undang-undang tentang Perkawina Nomor 1 tahun 1974 wanita boleh menikah saat berumur 16 tahun sedangkan laki-laki 19 tahun. Jadi dengan umur segitu kalian sudah dianggap dewasa oleh undang-undang, tapi apakah benar umur segitu kalian sudah dewasa dalam berpikir? Umur 16 (wanita) adalah saat kalian masih minta tolong mama buatin nasi goreng sedangkan umur 19 (laki-laki) adalah masa kalian mengalamin transisi dalam pola pikir, dari abg menjadi dewasa, ingat masih masa transisi bukan sudah dewasa.

Nikah itu bukan cuman tentang malam pertama tapi apa yang harus dijalani setelah malam pertama itu yang lebih penting, ada pepatah bilang “ saat pacaran cinta itu buta maka saat menikah cinta akan melihat lagi”, saat menikah kalian akan menghadapi gejolak yang selama ini gak terlihat, layaknya fenomena gunung es, hal yang belum keliatan saat pacaran maka akan terlihat saat pacaran, ada hal-hal yang mungkin kalian bisa terima tapi tentu ada hal-hal yang juga kalian tidak bisa terima, disinilah butuh suatu kedewasaan bersikap bukan cuman dewasa yang ditentukan oleh umur, kalian harus bisa mengelola konflik yg terjadi dalam diri, konflik yg terjadi antar pasangan dan konflik antar anggota keluarga lainnya.
Kalian boleh ngeles “ ah umur segitu gue sudah dewasa kok” iyaa itu pengakuan kalian, tapi fakta nya perceraian paling banyak terjadi adalah pernikahan yang terjadi di usia muda yaitu dibawah 19 tahun (data dari BKKBN), tapi orang tua gue langgeng aja kok walau mereka nikah muda ? iya itu ortu kalian, bukan kalian. Orang tua kita jaman dulu mengalami percepatan pendewasaan diri secara psikologis, kok bsa? Orang dulu sedari kecil mereka sdh diperhadapkan dengan kondisi yg menuntut mereka dewasa, contohnya ibu gue yg lima bersodara karena dia yang paling besar otomatis dia ikut ngasuh adik-adiknya selain itu dia harus ikut membantu ortu numbuk padi (jaman dulu beras mahal jadi terpaksa ditumbuk sendiri biar lbh murah) selepas itu baru bisa bermain selayaknya kalian sekarang, bandingin dengan sekarang ? boro-boro bantu ngajak adik bermain n numbuk beras, disuruh ortu beli garam di warung depan rumah aja pasti ogah karena sibuk main pokemon go.
Pernah ada pasangan yang sudah lama menikah tapi hampir cerai cuman gara-gara sambel, what? Sambel? Iya sambel.. jadi gini ibu yanto (bukan nama sebenarnya) masak sambel untuk pak yanto, nah kebetulan resep sambel ini dari ibu mertua bu yanto, saat makan pak yanto nyeletuk “ sambelnya kok gak kayak masakan mama”, karena merasa sudah susah masakin buat suami tapi dicela dengan emosi bu yanto jawab “ suruh aja mamamu yang masakin “ , pak yanto tersinggung karena mamanya pak yanto sudah lama meninggal, yang akhirnya berujung pada pertengkaran hebat. Cerita ini bukan fiktif tapi emg pernah terjadi, dari cerita diatas gue cuman mau ngasi tau kalian dalam rumah tangga kadang hal yang kecil bisa menjadi konflik yang besar ketika kita salah dalam bersikap, belum bijak dan dewasa dalam berpikir.

Nah itu dari segi psikologis, trus gimana dari segi kesehatan? organ reproduksi pada umur 16 tahun belum matang secara sempurna, menurut Dr. Yunita Indiarti, SpOG(K), subbagian sipatologi departemen Obsteri dan Ginekologi FK-UI bahwa berdasarkan data 13 pusat patologi anatomi di Indonesia, kanker leher rahim memiliki jumlah tertinggi dari seluruh kanker, baik yang menyerang laki-laki maupun perempuan, sekitar 27% atau 36% dari seluruh kanker pada perempuan.

Menikah bukan tentang siapa yang lebih dulu tapi tentang siapa yg bertahan lebih lama dan bahagia, dijaman yang sudah maju di internet banyak bertebaran artikel tentang pernikahan, artikel tentang bagaimana membangun diri menjadi berkualitas dengan begitu kalian akan menjadi siap untuk menikah. Kita dipersatukan oleh cinta tapi pernikahan dipertahankan oleh kualitas diri kalian dalam berinteraksi dengan pasangan.

Lesson Plan - Narrative for SHS

This is the Lesson Plan I made with my partner - Diana Puji Utami, when we were doing Teaching Practicum in Satya Wacana Christian Senior High School. I hope this lesson plan can inspire the other English teachers. :)

^{I. STANDARD COMPETENCE}      

Students are able to :

1.    Understand the meaning in a short functional and monologue text in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion in the real – life context (Listening)

2.    Convey the meaning in short functional and monologue texts in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion in the real – life context (Speaking).

3.    Understand the meaning of functional functional texts and essays in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion in the real-life context and access knowledge (Reading).

4.    Convey the meaning in written monologue textsin the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion accurately, fluently, and acceptably in the real – life context (Writing).

^{II. BASIC COMPETENCE}

Students are able to:

1.    Respond the meaning in the monologue texts using various spoken language accurately, fluently, and acceptably in the real-life context in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion (Listening).

2.    Convey the meaning in the monologue texts using various spoken language appropriately, fluently, and acceptably in the real-life context in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion (Speaking).

3.    Respond the meaning and rhetorical sequences in the essay using various written language accurately, fluently, and acceptably in the real-life context and access the knowledge in the texts in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion (Reading).

4.    Convey the meaning and rhetorical sequences in the monologue texts by using various written language accurately, fluently, and acceptably in the real-life context in the texts in the forms of narrative, explanation, and discussion (Writing).

^{III. LEARNING OBJECTIVE}

1.      Given listening exercise, students in a group of 4-5 students are able to fill in blanks with the noun phrases they hear correctly.

2.      Given a narrative story of “The Man and the Serpent”, students individually are able to underline the noun phrases in the text.

3.      Given a sentence using a transition word, students individually are able to continue the sentence by using an appropriate transition word orally and accurately.

4.      Given Gap – filling worksheets about narrative text, students in a group are able to identify the use of transition words correctly.

5.      Given comprehension questions about the Narrative text, students indivudually are able to answer the question correctly.

^{IV. LEARNING INDICATORS}

At the end of the lesson, students are able to:

1.      fill in the blanks of a narrative text in a group of 4-5 students by listening to the recording with 100% accuracy

2.      underline noun phrases in the narrative story of “The Man and the Serpent” accurately

3.      continue the sentence by using an appropriate transition word orally and accurately when given a sentence using a transition word

4.      identify the use of transition words correctly when given gap – filling worksheets about narrative text

5.      answer the question individually correctly when given comprehension questions about the Narrative text 

^{V. TEACHING MATERIALS}

1.      Recording of the story “The Wolf in the Sheep’s Clothing” (attached on CD)

2.      Listening worksheet (attachment 2)

3.      A narrative text of “The Man and the Serpent” (attachment 5)

4.      30 Transition gap – filling worksheets (attachment 7) from the Narrative text  “Please All and You Will Please None”.

5.      A narrative text of “Please All and You Will Please None” taken from a handbook Look Ahead (attachment 10).

6.      30 worksheets included the comprehension questions (attachment 8).

^{VI. TEACHING AID}

1.      Power Point Presentation: explanation, example, and answer keys (attachment 11)

 ^{VII. TEACHING METHODS}

·         Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

·         Present, Practice, Produce (PPP)

 ^{VIII. TEACHING PROCEDURES}

NO	ACTIVITIES					TIME	TEACHER’S NAME
	TEACHER		STUDENTS
Pre-Teaching (4 minutes)
1.	Greets and checks students’ attendance list		Respond the teacher		3’		Sharon and Diana
2	Gives information about the topic and sub-topic to discuss in the class		Pay attention to the teacher’s explanation		1’		Sharon and Diana
Whilst-Teaching ( 81 minutes)
1	Gives instruction about listening exercise (attachment 1)		Pay attention to the instruction		1’		Sharon
2	Distributes the worksheet of listening exercise (attachment 2)		Receive the worksheet		1’
3	Plays the recording of “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” (attached on CD) twice and asks students to fill in the blanks		Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks		10’
4	Asks students to exchange their answer sheet and discuss the answer together		Exchange their answer sheet and discuss the answer together		3’
5	Asks students to recall their knowledge about Noun Phrase		Recall their knowledge about Noun Phrase		2’
6	Explains about Noun Phrase (attachment 3)		Pay attention to the teacher explanation		5’
7	Gives instruction about the Exercise 2 (attachment 4)		Pay attention to the instruction		1’
8	Distributes the worksheet of Exercise 2 (attachment 5)		Receive the worksheet		1’
9	Asks students to do the Exercise 2		Do the Exercise 2		10’
10	Asks students to exchange their answer sheet and discuss the answer together		Exchange their answer sheet and discuss the answer together		3’
11	Summarizes the previous materials and leads students to the next material (Transition words).		Pay attention		2’		Diana
12	Builds students’ background knowledge about (Transition words)by asking students and writes the words on the board.		Respond the teacher		5’
13	Asks students to repeat the transition words on the board.		Repeat the teacher		2’
14	Points one student to create a sentence using a transition word on the board and asks the other student to continue the sentence by using the transition word also.		Create and continue the sentence		3’
15	Distributes agap – filling exercise of transition words (attachment 6)and ask students to work in a group of three.		Receive the worksheet		1’
16	Explains the instruction of the exercise (attachment 7)		Pay attention		1’
17	Asks students to do the exercise		Do the exercise		5’
18	Discusses the exercise as a whole class by asking a student to read each paragraph.		Read their work		6’
19	Asks students to open their handbook (attachment 10) and leads them to the next activity.		Open and Pay attention		1’
20	Distributes reading comprehension worksheets for students (attachment 8) as a quiz.		Receives the worksheets		1’
21	Explains the instruction of the quiz (attachment 9)		Pay attention		1’
22	Asks students to do the reading comprehension quiz individually.		Do the quiz		10’
23	Discusses the answer as the whole class by asking students to exchange their work with other friends.		Discuss the answer		5’
24	Asks students to count the score of the worksheet they corrected to be submitted and graded.		Score and submit the worksheets		1’
Post-Teaching ( 5 minutes)
1		Summarizes today’s lesson		Pay attention		2’	Sharon and Diana
2		Asks students whether there is any question or not		Respond the teacher’s question		2’	Diana
3		Gives information about the material for the next meeting		Pay attention		0,5’	Sharon
4		Greets students		Greet the teacher		0,5’	Sharon and Diana
TOTAL						90’

 ^{IX. TEACHING SOURCES}

1.      English handbook “Look Ahead” for third year of Senior High School

2.      English handbook “Developing English Competency” for Senior High School Grade XII

^{X.  TEACHING ASSESSMENT}

1.      Instrument

Indicator	Technique	Format	Instrument	Score
-       Students are able to find noun phrases in the narrative story of“The Man and the Serpent” accurately -       Students are able to answer the question individually correctly when given comprehension questions about the Narrative text.	Written Written	Text True false and Short Answer Question	Underline the Noun Phrases 5 True False and 5 Short Answer Question	100 100

2.      Rubric

a)      Exercise 2 – Underline the noun phrases

Description	SCORE
One Correct Answer	1
One Incorrect Answer	0

Total Score : (13 correct answer : 13) x 100 points = 100

b)     Reading Comprehension

Description	SCORE
One Correct Answer	10
One Incorrect Answer	0

Total Score : 10 correct answer x 10 points = 100 points

 ^{XI. ANSWER KEYS}

1.      Listening Exercise

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

A wolf found (1) great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to (2) the vigilance of the shepherd and (3) his dogs. But one day it found (4) the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to follow the wolf in (5) the sheep’s clothing; so leading the lamb a little apart, he soon made (6) a meal of her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying (7) hearty meals.

2.      Exercise 2

The Man and the Serpent

A Countryman’s son by accident trod upon a Serpent’s tail, which turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the Serpent in revenge began stinging several of the Farmer’s cattle and caused him severe losses. Well, the Farmer thought it best to make up with the Serpent, and brought food and honey to the mouth of its lair, and said to it: “Let’s forget and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance on my cattle, but surely I was right in trying to avenge him; now that we are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?”

“No, no,” said the Serpent; “take away your gifts; you can never forget the death of your son, nor I forget the loss of my tail.”

3.      Exercise – Gap Filling

Please All and You Will Please None

A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said: "You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?"

So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on theirway.  But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: "See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides."

So the Man had his Boy get off, and got on himself.But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along."

The Man didn't know what to do, but at last he took hisBoy up before him on the Donkey.  By this time they had come to the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at.  The men said: "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey with you and your hulking son?"

The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do.  They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders.  They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to Market Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end of the pole.  In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and so did The Man and The Boy.

Finally an old man who had followed them said, "That will teach you: Please all, and you will please none.”

4.      Reading Comprehension

I.         True/False

1.      False

2.      True

3.      False

4.      False

II.      Comprehension Question

5.      The man, the son, the donkey, and group of people(passers - by)

6.      Because the man and the son took a donkey but they did not get on it.

7.      Because there was a countryman saying them ‘fools’ not to get on the donkey.

8.      They cut a pole and tied the donkey’s feet to it and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders.

9. The word ‘it’ refers to the word ‘pole’

10. To entertain / amuse the readers about the story.

Salatiga, 27 August 2013

      English Teachers,

Diana Puji Utami                                                                                   Sharon Angela Ivana S.

ATTACHMENT 1 – Guideline

Listening Exercise – Fill in the Blanks by Arranging Jumbled Noun Phrases

Aim     : to enable students in filling in the blanks with the noun phrases that they hear correctly

Time   : 10 minutes

Level   : Senior High School Grade XII

Preparation

1.      Recording of “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” (attached on CD)

2.      Incomplete story text of “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” (attachment 2)

3.      6 blank paper

4.      6 envelopes

Procedure

1.      Asks students to make a group of 4-5 students

2.      Distributes worksheet of listening exercise and jumbled noun phrases on envelope

3.      Asks students to listen carefully to the recording of “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” and arrange jumbled noun phrases on the blank paper given

4.      Plays the recording of “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” twice and asks students to compete with other groups and arrange the jumbled noun phrase in correct order

5.      Asks the group who has done to say “BINGO!”

6.      Discusses the answer as a whole class

ATTACHMENT 2 – Worksheet

Listening Exercise – Fill in the Blanks

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing A wolf found (1) __________ in getting at the sheep owing to (2) __________ and (3) ____________. But one day it found (4) ____________ that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to follow the wolf in (5) ____________; so leading the lamb a little apart, he soon made (6) ____________, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying (7) ____________.

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing A wolf found (1) __________ in getting at the sheep owing to (2) __________ and (3) ____________. But one day it found (4) ____________ that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to follow the wolf in (5) ____________; so leading the lamb a little apart, he soon made (6) ____________, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying (7) ____________.

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing A wolf found (1) __________ in getting at the sheep owing to (2) __________ and (3) ____________. But one day it found (4) ____________ that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to follow the wolf in (5) ____________; so leading the lamb a little apart, he soon made (6) ____________, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying (7) ____________.

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing A wolf found (1) __________ in getting at the sheep owing to (2) __________ and (3) ____________. But one day it found (4) ____________ that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the wolf was wearing, began to follow the wolf in (5) ____________; so leading the lamb a little apart, he soon made (6) ____________, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep and enjoying (7) ____________.

great	difficulty	his	dogs	hearty	meals
the	vigilance	of	the	shepherd
the	skin	of	a	sheep
the	sheep’s	clothing
a	meal	of	her

great	difficulty	his	dogs	hearty	meals
the	vigilance	of	the	shepherd
the	skin	of	a	sheep
the	sheep’s	clothing
a	meal	of	her

great	difficulty	his	dogs	hearty	meals
the	vigilance	of	the	shepherd
the	skin	of	a	sheep
the	sheep’s	clothing
a	meal	of	her

ATTACHMENT 3

NOUN PHRASE EXPLANATION

A phrase is a noun and its modifiers. Noun can be modified by adjectives, articles, determiners, participles and infinitives.

The word that is modified is often called the head word. Words that come before the head word are called premodifiers. Words that come after it are called postmodifiers.

Topic:	Premodifier	Noun	Postmodifier
Possessive Noun Adjective Adjective of Comparison Adjective Clause Noun Present Participle Past Participle Prepositional Phrase	(the) girl's (a) big (the) eldest (the) crocodile (the) dining (the) cursed	Stepmother belly daughter (the) water man room goddess (a) hole	where he caught himself a lot of fish in the entrance

Another example:

·         An old grandmother

·         A gold snail

·         The eldest daughter

·         The fence hole

·         An awful beggar

·         A handsome man

·         Delicious food on the table

ATTACHMENT 4 – Guideline

Activity 2 – Underline the Noun Phrases

Aim     : to enable students in underlining the noun phrases in the narrative text of “The Man and the Serpent”

Time   : 10 minutes

Level   : Senior High School Grade XII

Preparation

1.      Narrative text of “The Man and the Serpent”(attachment 5)

Procedure

1.      Asks students to work individually

2.      Distributes worksheet of Exercise 2

3.      Asks students to underline noun phrases in the story text of “The Man and the Serpent”

4.      Asks students to exchange their work and discuss the answer as a whole class

ATTACHMENT 5 – Worksheet

Activity 2 – Find the Noun Phrases

Name : ____________________                                                     Class/No.: ______________ The Man and the Serpent A Countryman’s son by accident trod upon a Serpent’s tail, which turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the Serpent in revenge began stinging several of the Farmer’s cattle and caused him severe losses. Well, the Farmer thought it best to make up with the Serpent, and brought food and honey to the mouth of its lair, and said to it: “Let’s forget and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance on my cattle, but surely I was right in trying to avenge him; now that we are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?” “No, no,” said the Serpent; “take away your gifts; you can never forget the death of your son, nor I forget the loss of my tail.”

Name : ____________________                                                     Class/No.: ______________ The Man and the Serpent A Countryman’s son by accident trod upon a Serpent’s tail, which turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the Serpent in revenge began stinging several of the Farmer’s cattle and caused him severe losses. Well, the Farmer thought it best to make up with the Serpent, and brought food and honey to the mouth of its lair, and said to it: “Let’s forget and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance on my cattle, but surely I was right in trying to avenge him; now that we are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?” “No, no,” said the Serpent; “take away your gifts; you can never forget the death of your son, nor I forget the loss of my tail.”

ATTACHMENT 6 - Exercise Guideline

Transition Words– Gap Filling

Aim                 : To check students’ understanding in using transition words in a narrative text

“Please All and You Will Please None”(attachment 10) correctly.

Participants    : Students work the exercise in a couple or a group of 3 students.

Time               : 5 minutes

Preparation    :

·         30 Transition gap – filling worksheets (Attachment 7) from the Narrative text  “Please All and You Will Please None”.

Procedure      :

·         The teacher asks students to work in a group of 2 – 3 students.

·         The teacher distributes the gap – filling worksheets toeach group.

·         The teacher explains the instruction of the exercise and asks them if there is any unfamiliar or difficult vocabulary.

·         Then, the teacher asks students to do the exercise within 5 minutes.

·         After that, the teacher discusses the answer as a whole class by asking some students to read one paragraph of the text.

ATTACHMENT 7 - Exercice

Transition Gap – Filling Worksheet

Please fill in the gap below by choosing one correct transition word provided.

*the word can be used more than onceif needed.

 Once                So                    Soon                At Last                                    Finally

Please All and You Will Please None

  A Man and his son were __________ going with their Donkey to market.As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said: "You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?"

_________ the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on theirway.  But ________ they passed a group of men, one of whom said: "See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides."

________ the Man had his Boy get off, and got on himself.But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along."

The Man didn't know what to do, but _______ he took his Boy up before him on the Donkey.  By this time they had come to the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey with you and your hulking son?"

The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do.  They thought and they thought, till _______ they cut down a pole, tied the donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders.  They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to Market Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end of the pole.  In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and so did The Man and The Boy.

_________ an old man who had followed them said, "That will teach you: Please all, and you will please none.”

ATTACHMENT 8 - Quiz

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Name   : _________________________                                Class/No : _______________

I.     Decide whether the following statements are True or False! Write T or F in the brackets!

1.      The boy let his father walk while he rode.                                                                  [    ]

2.      Both the man and the boy got on the donkey, then.                                                  [    ]

3.      Finally, The man, the boy, and the donkey walk together.                                        [    ]

4.      The donkey fell over the bridge.                                                                                 [    ]

II.  Answer the the following questions!

5.      Who were involved in the story?

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6.      Why did the countryman consider the man and his son fools?

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7.      Why the man asks the boy to ride on the donkey?

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8.      How did the man and the boy do to take the donkey?

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9.      What does the word “it” in paragraph 5, line 3, refer to?

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10.  What is the main purpose of the story?

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Good Luck J

ATTACHMENT 9 – Quiz Guideline

Reading Comprehension

The purpose                : To check students’ comprehension on reading of a given text, “Please All and You Will Please None”(attachment 10).

Participants                            : All twelfth grade students (Science class 1).

Time Allocation         :10 minutes

Preparation                            :

·         A text of “Please All and You Will Please None”taken from a handbook Look Ahead.

·         30 worksheetsincluded the questions (attachment 8).

Procedures                 :

·         The teacher asks some students to read each paragraph of the text “Please All and You Will Please None” from students’ handbook.

·         After that, the teacher asks students whether there are any difficult vocabulary in the text.

·         Next, the teacher distributes the worksheets and question sheets for each students.

·         The teacher gives a chance for students to read the questions first and to ask if there is difficult vocabulary of the questions.

·         The teacher asks students to answer the question in the worksheet within 10 minutes.

·         Then, the teacher asks students to exchange their worksheets with other friends.

·         The teacher discusses the answers in a whole class. One correct answer will be worth 10 points and an incorrect answer will be zero.

·         The teacher asks students to count the total point of the worksheet they corrected.

·         The teacher takes the worksheets back to be graded as a quiz.

ATTACHMENT 10 – Narrartive text

Please All and You Will Please None

A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As they were walking along, a countryman passed them and said: "You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?"

So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their way.  But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: "See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides."

So the Man had his Boy get off, and got on himself. But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women, one of whom said to the other: "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little

son trudge along."

The Man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his Boy up before him on the Donkey. By this time they had come to the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey with you and your hulking son?"

The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the donkey to their shoulders.  They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to Market Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end of the pole.  In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and so did the man and the boy.

            Finally an old man who had followed them said, “That will teach you: Please all, and you will please none."