Discussion Text 1

Giving Children Homework

There are a lot of discussion as to whether children should be given homework or not. Is it enough for children having time to study at school or needing additional time in home for study after school time?
Some people claim that children do enough work in school already. They also argue that children have their hobbies which they want to do after school, such as sport or music. A further point they make is that a lot of homeworks are pointless and does not help the children learn at all. However, there are also strong arguments against this point of view. Parents and teachers argue that it is important to find out whether children can work on their own without the support from the teacher. They say that the evening is a good time for children to sit down and think about what they have learned in school.
Furthermore they claim that the school day is too short to get anything done. It makes sense to send home tasks like independent reading or further writing task which do not need the teacher support.

Taken from http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/05/reading-discussion-text.html

Comment:

I like homework but if homework is not given at a time, so I can do it perfectly. I also think that homework is a good idea and should be given every day, but only one question per subject per day. So indirectly it will force the students to continue learning without feeling burdened with homework and still have time to learn something else or doing activities they enjoy.

Ketikasekolah menjadi kebiasaan. . .

Ketika kita mendengar kata sekolah pasti yang pertama kaliakan muncul di benak kita adalah TUMPUKAN TUGAS, GURU GALAK, CERAMAH PANJANG,CATATAN TIADA AKHIR dan semua hal yang memberatkan, padahal di dalam bersekolahkita mendapatkan pengalaman-pengalaman yang sangat menyenangkan juga bahkanmendebarkan seperti BOLOS KELAS, TIDAK MENGERJAKAN PR, DIHUKUM RAME-RAME, TIDURSAAT PELAJARAN,MENDENGARKAN MP4 SAATPELAJARAN, MAKAN SAAT PELAJARAN, BUAT FORUM DI DALAM FORUM dan tentunya bagikebanyakan ramaja adalah soal ANTARHATI yang semua orang tau itu. Kalau dipikirlagi kesenangan yang kita dapatkan di sekolah jauh lebih banyak daripada bebanyang kita dapatkan, tapi sayangnya sebagian besar orang pasti lebih mengingatpengalaman buruk yang didapat daripada pengalaman baiknya. Apalagi bagisebagian besar orang sekolah itu adalah HAL BIASA yang harus dilakukan karenaorang lain juga melakukanya. Sebuah kebiasaan yang bisa disamakan dengan MAKAN.Kalau kita makan kita akan kenyang, kalau tidak makan kita akan lapar. Begitujuga dengan sekolah, kalau kita sekolah kita akan pandai, kalau tidak kita akanbodoh. Itu semua adalah pilihan, bukanya sesuatu yang WAJIB dilakukan apalagikalau hanya untuk IKUT-IKUTAN TEMAN. Karena kalau sekolah dianggap kebiasaan, halini justru akan menjadikan kita cepat bosan dengan sekolah karena aktifitasyang sama setiap harinya. Kalau kita sudah merasa bosan dapat dipastikan kitatidak akan melakukan hal apapun dengan sepenuh hati, dan itu SIA-SIA, TAKBERARTI, AND JUST WASTE OUR TIME.

Agar semua tidak berakhir sia-sia, kita harus tahu apa yangbenar-benar terbaik untuk kita dengan begitu kita akan lebih bijak dalammengabil keputusan. Kalaupun nantinya keputusan itu salah, setidaknya itu lebihbaik daripada kita tidak memutuskanya sama sekali. Lagipula kalau itu memangbenar-benar keputusan yang kita yakini akan menjadikan kesenangan pada dirikita, tidak mungkin kita hanya akan berdiam diri ketita keputusan yang kitapilih justru menyesatkan kita. Buatlah keputusan yang salah itu menjadikeputusan yang terbaik, keputusan yang akan menjadikan hidup kita lebih berartibagi diri kita dan orang lain.

“Tentukanlah apa yang kita anggap baik dan berjuanglah didalamnya.”

Dependent Clause

      A. Identify the clauses types

1.     I know the woman singing the song. (Adjective clause)   

2.     Was it raining when we went out? (Adverb clause) 

3.     I don’t know what was the subject of the discussion.(Noun clause)

4.     The students speaking English are from the science program. (adjective clause)

5.     Did anyone ask any questions when the bell rang? (Adverb clause) 

6.     I am just wondering why you keep silent. (Noun clause)

7.     You should not tell that story to whomever you wish. (Noun clause) 

8.     People say what goes up must come down. (Noun clause)

9.     Some guest invited to the party can’t come. (Adjective clause)

10. Why do you speak before you think it carefully? (Adverb clause)

B. Combine the following sentence  

11. The school will be innovated. The gate of the school is white.

· The school of which the gate  school is white will be innovated.

12. Is the man our English teacher? He rides on a silver Honda Jazz.

· Is the man who rides on a silver Honda Jazz our English teacher?

13.  I know the lady. A thief stole her purse yesterday.

· I know the lady whose purse A thief stole yesterday.

14. This test must be finished in 45 minutes. It is about clauses in English.

· This test which is about clauses must be finished in 45 minutes.

15. They are those naughty boys. We saw them running across the street.

· They are those naughty boys whom we saw running across the street.

16. Will the SSC try out be tested next week? You are going to have it.

· Will the SSC try out which you are going to have be tested next week.

17.  Those present are rejected by the post office. They are not wrapped properly.

· Those present which are not wrapped properly are rejected by the post office.

18.  The stubborn students are sent back home. Their school uniform is not batik.

· The stubborn students whose school uniform is not batik are sent back home.

19. Geometry seems a very dull subject. We know anything about it.

· Geometry whom we know anything about seems a very dull subject.

20. The headmaster deserves popularity. His life has been devoted to this school.

· The headmaster whose life has been devoted to this school deserves popularity.

Sleeping Beauty

 

Long ago, there was a queen who had beautiful baby daughter. She asked all fairies in the kingdom to blessing her baby, but she forgot to invite one of them, who was a witch. She came anyway, but when she past the baby cradle she said,
"When you are sixteen, you will injure yourself with a spindle and die!"
"Oh, no!" screamed the Queen in horror.
Suddenly, a good fairy quickly chanted a magic spell to change the curse. When she hurt herself, the girl would fall into a very deep sleep instead of dying.
The years when by went, the baby princess grew and become the most beautiful girl in the kingdom. Although the queen always keep the princess away from spindles but on her sixteenth birthday, something happened. When she wandered around the castle, she came to a room where an old servant was spinning.
"What are you doing?" she asked the servant.
"I'm spinning. Haven't you seen a spindle before?"
"No. Let me see it!" The servant handed the girl the spindle and she pricked herself with it and with a sigh, the princess dropped to the floor.
After that, the wicked witch tell the Queen that her daughter was sleep instead of dying. The Queen did her best to awaken her daughter but in failed. The court doctors and wizards were called, but there was nothing they could do. The girl could not be wakened from her deep sleep. The good fairy who managed to avoid the worst of the curse came too, and the Queen said to her,
"When will my daughter waken?"
"I don't know," the fairy admitted sadly.
"In a year's time, ten years or twenty?" the Queen went on.
"Maybe in a hundred years' time. Who knows?" said the fairy.
"Oh! What would make her waken?" asked the Queen.
"Love," replied the fairy. "If a man of pure heart were to fall in love with her, that would bring her back to life!

"How can a man fall in love with a sleeping girl?" answer the Queen. She felt so sad and so heart-broken. Because of that, a few days later she died. The sleeping Princess was taken to her room and laid on the bed surrounded by garlands of flowers. She was so beautiful, with a sweet face, not like those of the dead, but pink like those who are sleeping peacefully. The good fairy said to herself,
"When she wakens, who is she going to see around her? Strange faces and people she doesn't know? I can never let that happen. It would be too painful for this unfortunate girl."
The fairy cast a spell, and everyone that lived in the castle like soldiers, ministers, guards, servants, ladies, pages, cooks, maids and knights, all fell into a deep sleep, wherever they were at that very moment.
"Now," thought the fairy, "when the Princess wakes up, they too will awaken, and life will go on from there." And she left the castle, now wrapped in silence. Not a sound was to be heard, nothing moved except for the clocks, but when they too ran down, they stopped, and time stopped with them.
The years sped past. In a hundred years, a dense forest grew up. Now, it so happened that a Prince arrived in these parts. He was the son of a king in a country close by. Young, handsome and melancholy, he sought in solitude everything he could not find in the company of other men, serenity, sincerity and purity. Wandering on his trusty steed he arrived, one day, at the dark forest. Being adventurous, he attracted to explore it. A few hours later, now give up, he was about to turn his horse and go back. But suddenly when he thought he could see something through the trees , he pushed back the branches . Impossible! There in front of him stood a castle with high towers. The young man stood stock still in amazement,
"I wonder who this castle belongs to?" he thought.
The young Prince rode on towards the castle. The drawbridge was down and, holding his horse by the reins, he crossed over it. Immediately he saw the inhabitants draped all over the steps, the halls and courtyards, and said to himself,
"Good heavens! They're dead!" But in a moment, he realized that they were sound asleep. "Wake up! Wake up!" he shouted, but nobody moved. Still thoroughly astonished, he went into the castle and discovered more people which is still sleeping. The Prince finally reached the room where the beautiful Princess lay fast asleep. For a long time he stood gazing at her face, so full of serenity, so peaceful, lovely and pure, and he felt spring to his heart that love he had always been searching for and never found. Overcome by emotion, he went close and kiss her.
At that kiss, the prlncess quickly opened her eyes, and wakening from her long long sleep, seeing the Prince beside her, then murmured:
"Oh, you have come at last! I was waiting for you in my dream. I've waited so long!"
Just then, the spell was broken. The Princess rose to her feet, holding out her hand to the Prince. And all people in the whole castle woke up too. Now, everyone awoke and smiling.
A few days later, the castle rang with the sound of singing, music and happy laughter at the Princess’s wedding . They lived happily ever after.









Source: www.fpx.de/fp/Disney/Tales/SleepingBeauty.html

Passive Voice Test

Task A
1. Mr. T tells us to close our notebooks.
 - We are told to close our notebooks by Mr. T.
2. We must write this test in a piece of paper.
 - This test must be written in a piece of paper by us.
3. I should not forget my name too.
 - My name should not be forgotten.
4. The student speak English during the English class.
 - English is spoken by the student during the English class.
5. Did anyone ask any question about me?
 - Were anyone ask any questions about me?
6. I cannot do this test during the time given.
 - This test cannot be done during the time given.
7. We have been waiting for him all day long.
 - He has been being waited all day long by us.
8. Mr. Jack has invited you to lunch tomorrow.
 - You have been invited to lunch tomorrow by Mr. Jack.
9. The student did not do English test easily.
 - The English test was not done easily by the student.
10. Must you check the answer before you give it back?
 - Must the answer be checked before you give it back?
11. We are doing the passive test in the multimedia room.
 - The passive is being done in the multi media room.
12. Would you join the remedial test if you got bad mark again?
 - Would the remedial test be joined if you got bad mark again?

Task B (Change into the Passive Voice)
13. The white board has been cleaned by you.
 - You have cleaned the white board.
14. The interview will be done in this room by us.
 - We will do the interview in this room.
15. English was being studied diligently by them last night.
 - They were studying English diligently last night.
16. This test must be finished in 45 minutes by the student.
 - The students must finish this test in 45 minutes.
17. We have been being taught math by Mr. Sus for three years
 -  Mr. Sus has been teaching math for three years to us.
18. Will the coming UAN test be being faced by you in the month of April?
 - Will you be facing the coming UAN test in the month of April?
19. The vocabulary book should be submitted by us this morning.
 -  We should submit the vocabulary book this morning.
20. Batik shirts must be worn by the students on Friday.
 - The student must wear batik shirts on Friday.

Task C
21. Mr Fajar is showing us his new blog.
 - His new blog is being shown to us by Mr. Fajar
22. They will be asking her several question.
 - Several question will be being asked to her by them.
23. Mrs. Nanik has been reading them another story.
 -  Another story has been being read by Mrs. Nanik.
24. Does he tell you the new law of Archimedes?
 -  Is the new law of Archimedes told to you by him.
25. We should have given him our new project before he came here.
 - Our new project should have been given to him by us before he came here.

Passive Voice [Remedial Test]

Task A
1. Mrs. K asked them to pay the school fee in time.
- They were asked to pay the school fee in time by Mr. K.
2. Should we do the remedial test in a piece of paper?
- Should the remedial test be done in a piece of paper?
3. You must not forget to write your name.
- Your name must not be forgotten to write.
4. Are you speaking English during the English class?
- Is English being spoken during the English class?
5. She crossed the answer several time.
- The answers was crossed several time by her.
6. We have finished doing our task before other students.
- Our task has been finished before other students.
7. Will you be waiting for them all day long?
- Will they being waited you for them all day long?
8. We celebrated the 47th anniversary of our school yesterday.
- The 47th anniversary of our school was celebrated yesterday by us.
9. They were having dinner when suddenly the stove exploded.
- Dinner was being had when suddenly the stove exploded.
10. The teacher had punished them for something they did not do.
- They had been punished for something they did not do by the teacher.

Task B
1. We are invited for lunch by the headmaster.
- The headmaster invites us for lunch.
2. Many students are being given the English remedial test by Mr. T.
- Mr. T is giving the English remedial test to many students.
3. Was English being studied diligently by them last night?
- Were they studying English diligently last night?
4. This test has been being finished in 45 minutes by the students.
- The students have been finished this test in 45 minutes.
5. Have they been taught math by Mr. Good for three years?
- Had Mr. Good teaching math us for three years