The Princess Who loved to Sing

 Hello, everybody.

In this section, I would like to tell you a story entitled “The Princess Who Loved to Sing”. I hope you will enjoy it.

Long time ago, there lived a princess whose name was Isabelle. She was very pretty. Her skin was as white as Snow White's skin. It was also as smooth as porcelain. Her hair was long and it was as soft as silk. Princess Isabelle also had a beautiful voice. She loved to sing very much. She sang anytime and anywhere she wanted to. However, while she was singing, everybody around her had to be quite. They had to pay attention to her. She could be very angry as a furious tiger if somebody disturbed her while she was singing.

One day, the Princess greeted the people around her.
“Hello, Guys. How is life? I’m sure you have missed my beautiful voice. Now, I want to sing a new song for you, but, remember, and always remember….while I’m singing, all of you must listen to me. Otherwise, I will punish you! Yes, I will punish you! Now, listen to me”. 

Then, she sang beautifully in front of them.

One day, the princess was singing as usual. Suddenly, she stopped singing because there was a beggar came to her and said,
“Please, give a pity on me. I need some money to buy some food”.
The princess was very angry and shouted,
“Hey! Hhow dare you! Don’t you know that nobody is allowed to disturb me while I’m singing?”
The beggar replied, “But. I’m very hungry. I haven’t eaten for days”.
The Princess said,
“Hahaha...I don’t care....It’s not my business, you know. Now, because of your mistake, I will punish you!”.
Hearing it, the beggar was angry, because actually she was a witch! She said,
“Beautiful princess, you won’t be able to punish me because actually I’m a witch, a powerful witch. Hahaha.. And now, because of your arrogance, I will punish you. You will lose your voice since now on! Hahaha…”
The princess shouted “Oh, no! Ouch. Ouch… Yeah, she lost her voice!

The princess felt so blue and cried for days.

Fortunately, there was a good fairy. She came to the princess and said,
“Don’t be sad, beautiful princess. Your voice will be back if you do something good to others.”
Since then on, the princess tried to be kind to other persons. He gave a lot of money to many people around her. She hoped her voice would be back soon. However, it never came back. She almost gave up. 

 
One day, the princess was very tired after giving some money to the people around her. She went to a park and sat on a bench. She felt so hungry, so he took out her sandwich. She almost ate it, suddenly she saw a little boy who was crying under a tree. The boy was hungry but he didn’t have any money to buy some food. Without thinking any longer, the princess approached him and gave her only sandwich to him.
The boy said,
“But, this is your only sandwich, isn’t it?” (Making a gesture of asking the boy to receive and eat the sandwich).
Then the boy said,
“Thank you for your kindness, princess.”
“It’s OK, boy…Ouch! Ouch! My voice is back!”, shouted the princess happily.
“Yes, my voice is back..but… can I sing now?". Then the Princess sang beautifully. Her voice was really back.

Since then on, the princess was kind to anybody around her. She was not arrogant anymore.
That’s all of my story. From the story we can learn two things; first, we mustn’t be an arrogant person, second, we must be a helpful person.

We must remember that our life is just like grass; it is very short. We only have one chance to live, so let's always do our best.

KD 3.1. & 4.1.: Expressing Congratulations, Hopes, and Wishes (Mengungkapkan Ucapan Selamat, Harapan, dan Doa)

 

Hello, Guys.

How's everything? 

Great! 

In this section, we are going to learn the materials in Chapter I Grade IX:  

Expressing Congratulations, Hopes, and Wishes (Mengungkapkan Ucapan Selamat, Harapan, dan Doa).

 

Your activities are:

• Watch the video on Youtube in the following link:

                               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUCqJeQfKzM&t=29s   

• Follow each instruction in the video, included listening and watching the conversation,  imitating the speakers, answering  the questions in oral way, reading and writing the summary of the materials, doing the quiz, and singing the song entitled "Congratulations amnd Celebration".

• (Ikuti setiap instruksi pada video, termasuk mendengarkan dan melihat percakapan, mencoba mengikuti ucapan pemerannya, menjawab pertanyaan secara lisan, membaca dan menulis ringkasan materi, dan mengerjakan kuis, dan menyanyikan lagu "Congratulations and Celebrations")

            

Hopefully you'll enjoy learning from it.  

Welcome to My English Class

Hello, guys. 👦👧✋How is everything? 😇
I hope you will always be healthy and happy👌💪Amen.
First of all, I'd like to say "Welcome to My English Class". 
I hope, you will be more successful in this year, although for the first few months, you have to learn from home.

In this section, I would like to inform you:

1.  About me. 
2. The materials in this semester, the assessment, and the assignments.
3. The assignment (tugas) for the first meeting.

I hope you will be happy learning with me. 

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1. About Me

      Especially for the students of class IXC and IX D, let me introduce myself through the  following video and image. 

 

     

 2. The materials in this semester, the assessment, and the assignments.

    You can click HERE  to see and download the file. 

    If you find difficulty to open the file, you can contact me through WA. 

3. The assignment

     Please introduce yourself through a voice note in our English WA group. You must include:

• Your full name
• Your nick name
• Your birthday/Age
• Your address
• Your favorite colour
• Your favorite food
• Your favorite drink
• Your ambition (cita-cita)
• Your motto    

Send your voice in our English WA group, then write down your number and your name below your voice note. 

Thank you

CHAPTER VIII FOR THE SEVENTH GRADERS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 JOMBANG

          Hello, my dearest students👦👧. How is life😇? I hope you are always fit and fresh. In this section, we are going to learn the last chapter in this semester, English Songs. The activities are:

1. For song 1: Learn the lyric of the song and the dance,
2. For song 2: Learn the song, and translate the lyric of the song into Indonesian language.
3. For song 3: Learn the song, and answer some questions about it. 

I hope you will be happy learning from it.
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A. Song 1: "Shalalalala" by Vengaboys.
      Watch the following video. 
       Learn  the lyric and its meaning. 
       Next, try to sing the song. 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd07L70zhsc


The song is nice, isn't it?
Here is the lyric of the song and its meaning.

                        "Shalala Lala"

There's a boy in my mind and he knows I'm thinkin' of him
All my way to the day and the night the stars shine above me
He's been gone for some time but I know I truly love him
And I'm singing a song, hoping he'll be back when he hears it

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning
Oh oh oh shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine
Shalala lala, shalala lala in the evening
Shalala lala shalala lala just for you

If your love's gone away just like mine you feel like crying
Sing along maybe once, maybe twice, let's try it together
Some sweet day no one knows he'll return and you'll be happy
Shout it sweet in a song, listen to your heart it is singin'

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning
Oh oh oh shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine
Shalala lala, shalala lala in the evening
Shalala lala shalala lala just for you

My heart goes shalala lala, shalala in the morning
Oh oh oh shalala lala, shalala in the sunshine
Shalala lala, shalala lala in the evening
Shalala lala shalala lala just for you

Shalala lala shalala lala just for you

                              Translation:

Ada seorang pria di pikiranku
dan dia tahu aku memikirkannya

Sepanjang jalan, siang, dan malam bintang-bintang bersinar di atasku

Dia telah pergi beberapa saat, 
kutahu aku benar-benar mencintainya

Dan aku nyanyikan lagu, sambil aku berharap dia akan kembali 

ketika dia mendengarnya

Hatiku bernyanyi "shalala lala, shalala" di pagi hari

Oh oh oh "shalala lala, shalala" di bawah sinar matahari

"Shalala lala, shalala lala" di malam hari

"Shalala lala, shalala lala", hanya untukmu.

Jika kekasihmu pergi seperti kekasihku, dan kau merasa ingin menangis

Bernyanyilah, mungkin sekali, mungkin dua kali, 

mari kita coba bersama

Suatu hari yang indah nanti, tidak ada yang tahu, dia akan kembali, 

dan kau akan bahagia

Berteriaklah dgn manis dalam sebuah lagu, dengarkan hatimu itu bernyanyi

Hatiku bernyanyi "shalala lala, shalala" di pagi hari

Oh oh oh "shalala lala, shalala" di bawah sinar matahari

"Shalala lala, shalala lala" di malam hari

"Shalala lala, shalala lala", hanya untukmu.

The moral value of the song is: 

Although we have problem, we must stay strong, cheerful and happy. 

The next step,  watch the following video and try to dance like the persons in it.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j1fybJBffk

I hope, next meeting, you have been able to sing this song and dance with it.

For the second song, I will post it later. 

Bye✋✋

COVID-19 AND HOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES FORM IT

       Hello everybody👦👧.How is life😇? Fine👌 and healthy💪? Great👍. In this section, we are going to talk  about COVID-19 and how to protect ourselves from it.

                                                                      



Your activities are:

1. Read an article about COVID-19
2. Watch three videos about COVID-19
3. Do the quiz and submit it.

I hope you will enjoy learning it😊
💗💙💚💛💜💗💙💚💛💜💗💙. 

A. What is Covid-19?

       Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

       Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other symptoms may include muscle pain, sputum production, diarrhea, sore throat, loss of smell, and abdominal pain. While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to pneumonia and multi-organ failure.

        As of March 28, 2020, the overall rate of deaths per number of diagnosed cases is 4.6 percent; ranging from 0.2 percent to 15 percent according to age groupand other health problems.

        The virus is mainly spread during close contact and via respiratory droplets produced when people cough or sneeze. Respiratory droplets may be produced during breathing but the virus is not generally airborne. People may also contract COVID-19 by touching a contaminated surface and then their face.

       It is most contagious when people are symptomatic, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear. The virus can survive on surfaces up to 72 hours. Time from exposure to onset of symptoms is generally between two and fourteen days, with an average of five days. The standard method of diagnosis is by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) from a nasopharyngeal swab. The infection can also be diagnosed from a combination of symptoms, risk factors and a chest CT scan showing features of pneumonia.

     Recommended measures to prevent infection include frequent hand washing, social distancing (maintaining physical distance from others, especially from those with symptoms), covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue or inner elbow, and keeping unwashed hands away from the face. The use of masks is recommended by some national health authorities for those who suspect they have the virus and their caregivers, but not for the general public, although simple cloth masks may be used by those who desire them.

    There is no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for COVID-19. Management involves treatment of symptoms, supportive care, isolation, and experimental measures.

   The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 accessed on 31 March 2020

Do you understand the explanation about COVID-19 above? If you want to read the translation in Indonesian language, you can click  here.

B. Videos about COVID-19.

• If you want to know more about COVID-19, you can watch the video by clicking  here.
• You can also watch the following video to get more understanding about COVID-19.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSkEwdzGbCA

• Finally, you can watch the following video to know the steps  to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_UJwLq8PI

C. QUIZ 
      Now, it's your turn to do a quiz. Click HERE to do the quiz. 

CHAPTER VII FOR THE SEVENTH GRADERS

Hello, guys. 👦👧✋How is everything? 😇
I hope you are always in the best condition. 👌💪Amen.
In this section, we are going to learn Descriptive Text.
I hope, you will enjoy learning it. 😊

CHAPTER VII DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

A. DEFINITION

Descriptive text is a text to describe a particular/specific  person, animal, and thing. (=Teks deskriptif adalah teks untuk menggambarkan orang, binatang, dan benda tertentu)

B. GENERIC STRUCTURE (STRUKTUR TEKS)

1. 1. Identification (=Identifikasi/pengenalan)
2. 2. Description (=Deskripsi/ Gambaran)
3.     a. Appearance (=Penampilan)
4. b. Behavior/Personality (=Sifat)
5. c. Habits (=Kebiasaan)
6. d. Special/unique features (=Ciri-Ciri Khusus)
7. e. Conclusion/opinion (=Kesimpulan)

     Keterangan:
     Poin nomor 2 dipilih yang bisa digunakan. 

C. LANGUAGE FEATURES (CIRI-CIRI KEBAHASAAN)

1. The use of specific nouns (kata benda tertentu) such as my teacher, Mrs. Dewi, Budi’s cat, etc.
2. The use of the Simple Present Tense. 
3. The use of adjectives (kata sifat) for describing such as beautiful, cute, strong, etc.
4. The use of detailed noun phrase (=Frase benda yg rinci), e.g. She is a sweet young lady.

D. MODEL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

                         

                      My Diva

Agnes Monica is a famous pop singer. Most people in Indonesia know her.

She certainly looks like an angel. She is tall, slim and beautiful. Her hair is black. She always wears fashionable clothes.

Her personality is as good as her voice. She is confident. She is also generous. She gives a lot of money to charity. 

Her hobby is unique. She keeps a dog as a pet. She does not like cooking.

She is really the Indonesian diva.  

You can also read my old post about descriptive text here.

Now, compose your own descriptive text about your idol. 

CHAPTER VI FOR THE SEVENTH GRADERS

Hello, my dearest students 👦👧,
How is everything? I hope you're always fine 💪😎,
In this section, we're going to talk about the materials in Chapter VI:  The Function of Persons 🙅, Animals 🐔, and Things📘👜.  

Hopefully, after learning this materials, you are  able to ask and give information about the function of persons, animals, and things.

A. Asking and Giving Information about Someone's Profession

Read the following conversation.
















From the conversation above, we know that we can use the following expressions to ask about someone's professions:
1. What does your father's do?
2. What is your mother's job?
3. What is your father's profession.

Now, please compose a dialog about someone's profession and his/her activities. If you need some vocabularies about profession, you can click here


B. Asking and Giving Information about Animals and Their Abilities

Read the following dialog.

Now, compose a dialog about certain animal. You can talk about  its name,  its habitat, and what it can do. You can learn the vocabularies related to it by clicking here.

CHAPTER V FOR THE SEVENTH GRADERS

Dear my seventh grade students👦👧 , How are you today😇?

I hope you are always in a good health and always keep in spirit💪.

In this section, we are going to talk about the materials in Chapter V. I hope you will be happy learning it😊

A.  Asking and Giving Information about Someone

B.  Asking and Giving Information about Certain Animal

      Now, please compose a dialogue about asking and giving information about someone or certain animal (choose one).  Before doing it, you can learn the vocabularies here

CHAPTER I

Hello, Guys.

How's everything?

Great!

Here, I would like to give the summary of the instructional material which has been discussed before. 

Hopefully you'll enjoy learning from it.

CHAPTER 1

I.   EXPRESSING ADMIRATION / COMPLIMENT / PRAISE

a. Expressing 

•  What a clever student (he is)

•  What beautiful girls (they are).

• How clever he is.

• How beautiful they are.

• This is the nicest apartment

• You have a beautiful house

• This soup is delicious

• It’s very amazing /fantastic / marvelous

• It’s so wonderful/ exciting

• It’s the best film I ever seen.

• I really like it.

• I love it.

• Well done! 

• Good job!

b. Responding

Thank you. Thanks. Thank you for saying that.     It  is     nice     of you to say   so. It is kind of you to say that. I’m glad you like it.

TO THE 8 GRADERS OF SMPN 2 JOMBANG 2011/2012

Dear the 8 graders of SMPN 2 Jombang year 2011/2012

Welcome to my blog.

Thank you for your willingness in visiting it  

This blog is designed for you as media for conducting  the teaching and learning of English.

I hope you will enjoy learning from it.