X Akselerasi ( X acceleration )

Sangkuriang

Sangkuriang is the famous story in Indonesia, some people know that story from many resources. But unfortunately, that story has sad ending. Now your duty is to create or change the ending of that story to happy ending. Be creative as much as you can!

Task for XII LP

The Magic of Mushkil Gusha

A Tale of Iran

Told by Aaron Shepard

Once in the royal city of Isfahan, there was an old woodcutter who lived alone with his young daughter. Every day, the woodcutter went out to the desert to gather camel-thorn bushes, then sold them in the marketplace as firewood. In this way, he earned barely enough for the two of them.

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In the class, you have found the moral messages from the above story and now take one of your moral messages and try to apply it in your daily life by telling your problem then make relationship with your moral message and also give explanation with connecting it to asmaul husna. Write it in the comment space! 

Task for XII IPA.1

The Magic of Mushkil Gusha
A Tale of Iran

Told by Aaron Shepard

Once in the royal city of Isfahan, there was an old woodcutter who lived alone with his young daughter. Every day, the woodcutter went out to the desert to gather camel-thorn bushes, then sold them in the marketplace as firewood. In this way, he earned barely enough for the two of them.

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In the class, you have found the moral messages from the above story and now take one of your moral messages and try to apply it in your daily life by telling your problem then make relationship with your moral message and also give explanation with connecting it to asmaul husna. Write it in the comment space! 

Task for XII IPA.2

The Magic of Mushkil Gusha
A Tale of Iran

Told by Aaron Shepard

Once in the royal city of Isfahan, there was an old woodcutter who lived alone with his young daughter. Every day, the woodcutter went out to the desert to gather camel-thorn bushes, then sold them in the marketplace as firewood. In this way, he earned barely enough for the two of them.

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In the class, you have found the moral messages from the above story and now take one of your moral messages and try to apply it in your daily life by telling your problem then make relationship with your moral message and also give explanation with connecting it to asmaul husna.   Write it in the comment space!  

Remedy for XI accelerated students

CINCO DE MAYO

Cinco de Mayo means “the fifth of May” in Spanish. Cinco de Mayo is a day of celebration for the people of Mexico and for Mexican-Americans. Between 1846 and 1848, Mexico was involved in the Mexican-American War. After the war ended, Mexico had very little money and many debts. The country was in a national crisis. Under Napoleon III, France invaded Mexico in 1862. The Battle of Puebla occurred on the 5th of May. There were less than five thousand Mestizo and Zapotec Indians fighting for Mexico during this battle against more than eight thousand French soldiers. The Mexicans had very few weapons, but they were able to defeat, or win the battle against, the French army. This victory represents Mexican unity and patriotism, or love for their country.

Cinco de Mayo should not be confused with Mexican Independence Day. Mexican Independence Day is celebrated on September 16th every year. Fiestas, or celebrations, also occur on the 16th of September. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Mexico and by Mexican-Americans in the United States. It is a much larger celebration in the United States than in Mexico. Fiestas are held with music, dancing, parades, and food on the 5^th of May every year. Cinco de Mayo is a very important day to the Mexican and Mexican-American people. It is a celebration of their rich history.

1.      The text tells about ……..

A.     Person

B.     Place

C.     Special day

D.     War

E.      Music

2.      Which one is not true according to the text?

A.     Between 1846 and 1848, Mexico was involved in the Mexican-American War.

B.     Mexico had very little money and many debts, before the war began.

C.     The Battle of Puebla occurred on the 5th of May.

D.     This victory represents Mexican unity and patriotism, or love for their country.

E.      Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Mexico and by Mexican-Americans in the United States.

3.      France invaded Mexico in 1862.  What is the closest meaning of the underlined word mean?

A.     occupied

B.     disguised

C.     attacked

D.     fought

E.      hit

Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing humanity today. There are several kinds of environmental pollution but pollution caused by solid wastes is the most visible forms of pollution. Examples of solid wastes are junked automobile, aluminium, packaging materials, scraps of paper and metal, etc. Solid wastes littering roadsides, floating in lakes and streams, and collecting in ugly dumps.

Recycling is one of the many attempts to reduce solid waste products. Many groups believe that recycling is good because it helps reduce the pollution. Besides, the reuse of waste materials helps conserve natural resources.

The question now is whether recycling really makes the condition of the environment better? The answer is no.

Recycling has environmental side effects. Some recycling programs use large amounts of energy and produce high volumes of water waste. Distant recycling facilities often necessitate considerable resources just to transport the stuff there.

Take paper recycling. Proponents argue that every ton of recycled newsprint saves 17 trees. But most of the trees used to make paper are planted explicitly for manufacturing paper. Less paper from virgin pulp means fewer trees planted by commercial harvesters. This means that the net effect of universal paper recycling could actually be a decline in tree planting and tree coverage, as lands are converted to other uses.

4.      After reading the text we can infer that ……….

A.     Recycling is not worth recommended.

B.     Recycling does not totally eliminate pollution.

C.     Recycling makes the environmental problems worse.

D.     Recycling causes people lose their means of subsistence.

E.      Recycling is the only way to overcome pollution problems.

5.      Which of the following solid wastes is not mentioned in the text?

A.     Aluminium

B.     Refrigerator

C.     Seraps of paper

D.     Junked automobiles

E.      Packaging materials

6.      The purpose of the text is ……..

A.     To describe the side effects of recycling.

B.     To ask reader not to pollute the environment.

C.     To persuade reader not to recycle solid wastes.

D.     To make reader aware of the danger of pollution.

E.      To inform reader that pollution cannot be eliminated.

7.      Based on the text, which of the following do you agree with?

A.     Pollution problems cannot be solved.

B.     Pollution is a very complicated problem.

C.     Recycling is likely to be wrongly managed.

D.     Recycling does not help reducing pollution.

E.      Both pollution and recycling cause more problem.

The Fox and the Crow

            One morning a fox was returning to his lair after a night’s hunting. He had not caught anything and he was feeling very hungry. As he passed the farmer’s house he saw a crow stealing a delicious looking piece of cheese that the farmer’s wife had left in the window. His mouth watered and he thought to himself how he could get the crow to give him the cheese. The crow flew off and perched far above his head in a nearby tree. The fox ran to the foot of the tree and started flattering the crow.

            “Oh, beautiful bird,” said the fox, “so graceful, so delightful and so well loved by everyone. What lovely feathers you have, and how lucky you are to be able to see into the future. Truly you are possessed of all the virtues and I cannot think of any bird so blessed. However, I don’t think I have ever heard you sing. If your singing is even half as good as all your other qualities, there cannot be another creature in the whole world so fabulous.”

            The crow was flattered by this and to show the fox that his voice was as beautiful as the rest of him he immediately  opened his beak and started to sing so that the fox might hear him. But, as he opened his beak the cheese dropped out and the fox snapped it up and ate it in two gulps.

            “Ah ha, said the fox, “I spoke of your beauty, but you will notice I said nothing about your brains.”

8.      Which of the following you don’t agree with the fox?

A.     He was hungry.

B.     He was cunning.

C.     He liked the crows.

D.     He wanted to have the cheese.

E.      He tried to deceive the crows.

9.      Who put the cheese in the window?

A.     The fox

B.     The bird

C.     The crow

D.     The farmer

E.      The farmer’s wife

10.  What moral value do we learn from the crow?

A.     Don’t flatter yourself.

B.     Never try to deceive your friend.

C.     Don’t be happy being flattered.

D.     Never try to get something by cheating.

E.      Don’t be easily influenced by a compliment given.

Gifted Students

Characteristics of Gifted Students

Gifted students are the unique ones. The way they study is also different from the regular ones. The following are the characteristics of gifted students. I took from http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html and whether the characteristics are right, I try to check with the behaviour of gifted students in SMAN 1 Purwosari - Kabupaten Pasuruan.

Gifted children's behavior differs from that of their age-mates in the following ways:  

• Many gifted children learn to read early, with better comprehension of the nuances of language. As much as half the gifted and talented population has learned to read before entering school.
 
• Gifted children often read widely, quickly, and intensely and have large vocabularies.
 
• Gifted children commonly learn basic skills better, more quickly, and with less practice.
 
• They are better able to construct and handle abstractions.
 
• They often pick up and interpret nonverbal cues and can draw inferences that other children need to have spelled out for them.
  
• They take less for granted, seeking the "hows" and "whys."
  
• They can work independently at an earlier age and can concentrate for longer periods.
  
• Their interests are both wildly eclectic and intensely focused.
  
• They often have seemingly boundless energy, which sometimes leads to a misdiagnosis of hyperactivity.
  
• They usually respond and relate well to parents, teachers, and other adults. They may prefer the company of older children and adults to that of their peers.
  
• They like to learn new things, are willing to examine the unusual, and are highly inquisitive.
  
• They tackle tasks and problems in a well-organized, goal-directed, and efficient manner.
  
• They exhibit an intrinsic motivation to learn, find out, or explore and are often very persistent. "I'd rather do it myself" is a common attitude.    

Some of those characteristics can be seen on the following photos of gifted students when they were working to make poster for their projects.

Essential Idioms in English

1.    To take part: participate

a.    Martin was sick and could not take part in the meeting last night.

b.    I did not want to take part in their argument.

2.    At all: to any degree, in the least – generally used only in a negative sense with ‘not” or “hardly”

a.    He said that he did not have any money at all.

b.    When I asked her teacher whether she was tired, she said, “Not at all”

3.    To look up: to search for a word, a price, a telephone number, etc. – especially in a dictionary or catalogue where one must turn over pages

a.    Every student should look up all new words in his dictionary each day.

b.    Ellen said that she did not know Robert’s number but that she would look it up in the telephone book.

c.    Look this date up in the dictionary, please.

4.    To wait on (upon): to serve, attend to – in a store or shop

a.    A very pleasant young woman waited on me in Macy’s yesterday.

b.    The clerk asked, “Have you been waited on yet, sir?”

5.    At least: a minimum of

a.    Every student should spend at least two hours on his homework every night.

b.    Gloria has been sick in bed for at least two months.

6.    So far: up to the present time

a.    So far John has been the best student in our English class.

b.    How many idioms have we studied in this book so far – 42 or 142?

7.    To take a walk: to go for a walk, promenade

a.    Last evening we took a walk along Broadway.

b.    It is a fine day. How would you like to take a walk along Fifth Avenue?

8.    To take a seat: to sit down

a.    He asked me to come in and take a seat.

b.    After a few minutes he said, “Won’t you lease take a seat?”

9.    To try on: to test, try before buying – said only of clothes

a.    He tried on several suits and finally picked out a blue one.

b.    Try this brown suit on next.

10. To think over: to consider carefully before deciding

a.    I shall think over your offer and give you my answer tomorrow.

b.    You don’t have to decide this matter at once. You can think it over and give me your decision tomorrow.

11. To take place: to happen, occur

a.    The meeting took place in Constitution hall.

b.    Where did the accident take place?

12. To put away: to set aside, return something to its proper place

a.    After John finished reading the report, he put it away in his safe.

b.    The mother told the child to put her toys away.

c.    Put your book away, it is time for lunch.

adopted from Essential Idioms in English Robert J. Dixson