Remedy for grade XII

Do the following exercises and send your answers to my email in Gmail, ok.

             Once upon a time there lived many kinds of bird in a bird forest. One day they were talking about who the next queen was. All a birds wanted to be the queen. It  made the situations worse. They were quarrelling against each other. “Shut up”, a fairy of the forest shouted. “I will become the jury for the contest next week. Now prepare yourselves because will choose one of you who have a good quality, personality, and appearance.

            All the birds were happy except the crow. She was upset because she had black furs, not colorful like other birds.

            A day before the contest, all the birds were taking a bath on a lake. Then she used a strong glue to stick them on her body. Finally the crow had beautiful furs.

            When the contest came, all the birds  were confident to show their appearance and ability.

            “The winner is the crow.” The fairy said. The crow was very happy but the others were surprised. They were curious why the crow changed. While the crow was walking home, some of the birds followed her. Then they hit her with their beaks. All her body was hurt. Finally, the crow felt regret and  decided to admit her mistake to them.

1.    How did the crow become different?

A.    She sticked the colorful furs on her body.

B.    She felt confident with her original furs.

C.   She colored her furs.

D.   She thought that she would be the winner.

E.    She took a bath on the lake.

2.    What is the moral of the story above/

A.    Be confident.

B.    Be positive thinking.

C.   Be yourself.

D.   Do everything as the best you can.

E.    Trust in yourself.  

3.    The purpose of the text above is to ………..

A.    Explain the readers about many kinds of birds.

B.    Share to the readers about experience.

C.   Entertain the readers.

D.   Explain sequence of events.

E.    Tell past events.

People in different cultures all over the world have different systems for family life. In most cultures, people live in extended families in which several generations share the same house. However, in others, the nuclear family is the norm, with only the parents and young children sharing the same house. In the United States, young people are experimenting with still another system of family life: living together without marriage.

If this new system becomes widespread, it could have enormous effects  on American society. On the positive side, living together might reduce the divorce rate in the United States; on the negative side, it might lead to the eventual disintegration of the family altogether.

4.    What does the text tell about?

A.    people in different cultures.

B.    American marriage.

C.   The extended families.

D.   American society.

E.    The different systems of family life.

5.    What does an extended family mean?

A.    people in the world have different cultures.

B.    Several generations of families share the same house.

C.   It consists of parents and young children in a house.

D.   The system of most families in America.

E.    The system of family life.

6.    What system are young couple in the United States experimenting?

A.    Extended families.

B.    Sharing the same house.

C.   Nuclear family.

D.   Living together without marriage.

E.    Parents and children sharing the same house.

A back hole is a region of space created by the total gravitational collapse of matter. It is so intense that nothing, not even light or radiation, can escape. In other words, it isa one—way surface through which matter can fall inward but cannot emerge.

Some astronomers believe that a black hole may be formed when a large star collapses inward from its own weight. So long as they are emitting heat and light into space, stars supports themselves against their own gravitational pull with the outward thermal pressure generated by heat from nuclear reactions deep in their interiors. If a star eventually exhausts its nuclear fuel, its unbalanced gravitational attraction could cause it to contract and collapse. Furthermore, it could begin to pull in surrounding matter, including nearby comets and planets, creating a black hole.

7.    When is a black hole formed based on some astronomers?

A.    When matter can fall inward but cannot emerge.

B.    When there is a gravitational collapse of matter.

C.   When a star eventually exhausts its nuclear fuel.

D.    When it could begin to pull in surrounding matter.

E.    When a large star collapses inward from its own weight.

8.    What happens if a star eventually exhausts its nuclear fuel?

A.    The star could form the black hole.

B.    The star would contract and collapse.

C.   The star can fall inward.

D.   The star cannot emerge.

E.    The star would pull the comets and planets.

9.    A black hole is a region of space created by the total gravitational collapse of matter. The synonym of the underlined word is …………. 

A.    Problem

B.    Dust

C.   Sky

D.   substance

E.    hole

10.  Fita: You must be the doer.

Roy : you’re wrong. I didn’t do it. We conclude that ……….

A.    Fita admits her mistake.

B.    Roy declines it.

C.   Roy blames himself.

D.   Fita promises him.

E.    Roy accuses Fita.

Explanation's activities for teaching love and wisdom

There are so many kinds of actvities that are able to train students to love and get wisdom and one of them is working together to make cake by using the main materials from pumpkin. There are two things that we learn from, they are thanksgiving day and Haloween. Studying English, Studying its culture! But we can try to adapt the culture with our culture. So I take the pumpkin that usually use in those two special days. And sharing what we have with others is the way or is the proof that we are grateful or thanks for what we have/get.

I ask divide the students into four groups and ask the groups to make cake from pumpkin. Then the groups have to write the activities in making the cake in the form of explanation texts because the material of teaching for grade XII first semester is explanation.

Working together, sharing the cakes are the exercises for character building too.

Now students grade XII, you can upload your explanation in making pumpkin cake here!


    

Narrative for Remedy

The Color of Friendship

            Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most useful and the most favorite.

            Green said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die. Look all over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority.”

            Blue interrupted, “You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the source of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, you would all be nothing.”

            Yellow chuckled, “You are all so serious. I bring laughter, cheerfulness and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow and the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun.”

            Orange started next to blow her trumpet, “I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrot, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes and papayas. I don’t hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you.’

            Red could stand it no longer so he shouted out. “I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood – life’s blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy.”

            Purple rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with great pomp. “I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs and bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me! They listen and obey.”

            Finally Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much as determination. “Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace.”

            And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a starting flash of bright lightening thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.

            In the middle of the dispute, rain began to speak, “You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me.”

            Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued. “From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in a peace. The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow.”

            And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a rainbow appears in the sky, let us remember to appreciate one another.

1.    What is the story about?

A.    The rain that washed the world.

B.    The dispute among colors.

C.   The rainbow that appeared in the sky.

D.   The importance of the main colors.

E.    The color of authority and wisdom.

2.    What things did Blue represent?

A.    The sun, the moon and the stars.

B.    The grass, trees and leaves.

C.   The sky and the deep ocean.

D.   Royalty and power.

E.    Fruits, sunrise and sunset.

3.    What was the color of bravery?

A.    Yellow

B.    Purple

C.   Red

D.   Green

E.    Blue

4.    What is the moral value of the story?

A.    We should appreciate one another.

B.    We should not tell lies.

C.   We should help one another.

D.   We should dominate others.

E.    We should be the majority.

5.    “The sky gives space and peace and serenity.” (Paragraph 3) The word in bold is best replaced by the word ……….

a.    Chaos

b.    Freedom

c.    Tranquility

d.    Resistance

e.    Beauty

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.”

6.    Which of the following you don’t agree with about 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.

7.    Who put the cheese in the window?

A.    The fox

B.    The bird

C.   The crow

D.   The farmer

E.    The farmer’s wife

8.    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.

9.    The main idea of the third paragraph is ………………

A.    The crow was pleased with the fox compliment.

B.    The crow let the cheese fell from his beak.

C.   The crow gave the fox his cheese.

D.   The crow felt proud of being flattered by the fox.

E.    The crow lost his cheese when he wanted to show his beautiful voice.

Task for X acceleration class

You can upload your special pumpkin recipe here, so that the other students can try it.

Writing Task for X acceleration students

Create the continued parts of the following story: Malin Kundang with the happy ending! So you have to create  the story by yourself! And also give the moral messages and relate them with asmaul husna!

Malin Kundang

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatera, lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang’s father had passed away when he was a baby, and he had to live hard with his mother.

Malin Kundang was a healthy, diligent, and strong child. He usually went to the sea to catch fish, and brought it to his mother, sold it in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing as usual, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed.

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Remedy for X acceleration class

Do the following exercises and send the answers to my email: dianahera63@gmail.com!

            Last week was a hectic week. I have been touring East Java and Bali. There were so many things that I’ve experienced that it’s difficult to write about all of them.

            I arrived in Yogyakarta, on Sunday. I stayed in a cheap accommodation, a wisma. The room was clean and I could get hot water to bathe. On Monday, I went with a tour group to visit Borobudur and the Hindu temples in Prambanan. Some of these temples are more than twelve hundred years old. They date well beyond the churches in my home town in Europe, I was amazed at the enormity of the construction. I’m sure they did not have the heavy machines we have today to raise and lay those huge blocks of stone. The carvings on the walls were another feature of the construction.

            I’m getting used to the spicy food served here. I have eaten fresh fish, lamb and beef, I know you don’t eat all this but I’ve got used to it. On Tuesday I decided to go for a hike to Mount Merapi. But I found out that it was a difficult climb. So I went to the forest park in Kaliurang. That was a lovely walk that made me hot and tired. But I managed to cool off in a waterfall in the park then walked up to a hill nearby where I could see the smoky, fiery Mount Merapi.

1.      The writer comes from ………

A.    Bali

B.     Europe

C.     Surabaya

D.    East Java

E.     Yogyakarta

2.      The main idea of the second paragraph is ……………

A.    The writer arrived in Yogyakarta

B.     Borobudur, Prambanan temples the carvings amazed the writer

C.     The writer visited Borobudur and Prambanan temples with a tour group

D.    The temples are older than the churches in Europe

E.     The writer spent the night at a cheap wisma

3.      From the text we can conclude that the writer ………

A.    Enjoyed the tour

B.     Liked mountain climbing

C.     Had experienced in writing

D.    Was used to eating spicy food

E.     Visited Yogyakarta a week before

4.      “Last week was a hectic week”. (Paragraph 1) The synonym of the underlined word is very ……….

A.    Idle

B.     Busy

C.     Quiet

D.    Relaxed

E.     Tied up

The Blue Plaque

Mary Seacole

Nick Rennison

Everyone has heard of Florence Nightingale and her achievements. Not enough people have heard of Mary Seacole, who played an equally heroic role in nursing British soldiers during the Crimean War, often tending their wounds while under fire herself.

Born Mary Jane Grant in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805, the daughter of a free black woman and a Scottish army officer, she married Edwin Seacole in 1836 and was widowed eight years later. She had learned nursing skills from her mother who ran a boarding house for invalid soldiers and, when the Crimean War broke out in 1854, she travelled to England to offer her services to the British government. She was turned away, doubtless because of her colour. As she herself suggested, she was not wanted, 'because my blood flowed beneath a somewhat duskier skin than theirs.'

Undaunted, she financed her own journey to the Crimea and there established the British Hotel near Balaclava to provide comfort and medical care for wounded soldiers. At the end of the war she was bankrupt but was rescued by public subscription when her work was given publicity by a number of newspapers. Two English officers who had fought in the war and recognised her achievements organised a benefit festival for her in the Royal Surrey Gardens in Kennington and she was eventually awarded a Crimean medal by the British government.

Her autobiography, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, was published in 1857 with an introduction by the famous war correspondent W. H. Russell. The blue plaque to Mary Seacole is on a house in George Street, off the Edgware Road, where she lived in the 1870s.

5.      Where was Seacole from?

A.    British

B.     Scottish

C.     Balaclava

D.    Jamaica

E.     Kennington

6.      ‘because my blood flowed beneath a somewhat duskier skin than theirs’. What is the meaning of those words?

A.    She had dark skin

B.     Her blood was dark

C.     She was born in dusk

D.    Their skin was duskier

E.     She had colorful skin

7.      What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A.    She gave her service to British government.

B.     Her disappointment because of being not wanted.

C.     She learnt nursing skills from her mother.

D.    She was bankrupt.

E.     Two English officers had fought in the Crimean War.

EFFECTIVE MICRO ORGANISMS 4

ORGANIC FERMENTATION BACTERIA

TO INCREASE CATTLE PRODUCTIVITY

EM-4 is a mixture of micro- organisms that gives the benefit for cattle growth and product.

Usage:

1.      Decrease smell pollution

2.      Balance mutual micro-organisms

3.      Increase quality and quantity of cattle product

How to use:

1.      To get satisfying result, dissolve Ice EM-4 per litre water every day.

2.      Spray 1cc EM per litre of water every week on the floor, wall, and manure.

Agent: PT. Songgolangit

Persada, Jakarta

Distributor: Jl. Ki Hajar Dewantara 46

Jakarta

Phone: (021) 7894529

8.      This text tells us about ………..

A.    Organism

B.     Fermentation

C.     Cattle product

D.    Contact address

E.     The use of EM-4

9.      One of the benefits of the product is ………

A.    For growing cattle bacteria

B.     For increasing smell pollution

C.     For producing cattle manure and organic fermentation bacteria

D.    For increasing micro organisms

E.     For increasing quality and quantity of cattle product

10.      What will you do to get satisfying result?

A.    Dissolve 1cc EM-4 per litre of water every two days.

B.     Dissolve 4cc EM-1 per litre of water every week.

C.     Dissolve 1cc EM-4 per litre of water every week.

D.    Dissolve 4cc EM-1 per litre of water per day.

E.     Dissolve 1cc EM-4 per litre of water every day.