This is the handout that I used in teaching practice. I constructed it based on Curriculum 2013/Scientific Approach. Note that I compiled it;it means that I took the material from some resources.

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English Universe
Chapter 7
Can you describe her?
Core Competence
1. Comprehending and applying religious values.
2. Comprehending and applying the values of honesty, discipline, responsibility, care (mutual assistance,
cooperation, tolerant), well-behaved, responsive and pro-active, and performing such attitudes in
solving problems in interacting effectively with the social and natural environment as well as a
manifestation of Indonesian society in the world.
3. Understanding, applying, analysing factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge based on the
interest in science, technology, arts, culture, and humanities with insights, nationality, and civilized
insights in relation to the causes of phenomena and events, applying procedural knowledge in desired
specific field of studies in solving problem.
4. Processing, thinking, and presenting development of the concrete and abstract domains of the learned
materials, being able to apply various methods according to scientific principals.
Basic Competence
1.1 Thanking God for the chance of learning English as the international Language which is realised in the
learning spirit.
2.1 Performing polite and caring attitudes in interpersonal communication with teachers and friends
3.7 Analysing social function, text structure, and language features of simple descriptive texts about
people, tourism destinations and famous historical buildings according to the contexts.
4.8 Understanding simple spoken and written descriptive texts about people, tourism destinations, and
famous historical buildings.

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Can you describe her?
Pay attention to the video that your teacher will show.
Katy Perry
Katheryn Elizabeth
"Katy" Hudson or Katy Perry
is an American singer-
songwriter. She was born on
October 25, 1984. She was born
near Santa Barbara, California
and primarily grew up there
before moving to Los Angeles.
Having had limited exposure
to mainstream pop music in
her childhood, she pursued a
career in gospel music as a teen
and released her debut studio
album, Katy Hudson (2001). She
later recorded a collaborative
album with The Matrix and a
solo album she worked on with Glen Ballard, the latter of which was never
released.
As a singer, Katy has good voice. She has also beautiful face and long
hair. She is tall. Her dark black eyes make her more beautiful. Katy is a
generous person. She joins philanthropy organization. She also supports
anti-AIDS campaign. To show her generosity, she helped build and design
the Boys Hope/Girls Hope foundation in Baltimore for youth shelter
After you comparing the text above and the text on the screen, think about
the following questions:
Questioning
Observing

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English Universe
1. Is the descriptive text always about person?
2. Can we describe animal on descriptive text?
3. Can we describe things on descriptive text?
4. Can we describe place on descriptive text
5. What can we write on the second paragraph of descriptive text?
Listen to the audio and complete the following table.
No. Name Description
1. Ms. Davis (a woman) Height :
Hair:
Eyes:
Clothes:
2. Joshua (the co-worker) Face:
Smile:
Eyes:
Skin:
Height:
3. Nelson Mandela Age:
Height:
Body:
Hair:
4. Obama Age
Height
Body
Hair
5. Sean Culver (football
player)
Height
Skin
Body
Hair
Clothes
Exploring

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Can you describe her?
Study the following explanation
To describe a person’s physical appearance, you can use the following
words.
Physical Appearance
Height Body Age Hair Face Eyes
Tall
short
Slim
Thin
Plump
Fat
Skinny
Muscular
Young
Old
Teenager
In 20s,
30s, 40s
Long
Short
Bald
Straight
Curly
Wavy
Black
Red
Brown
Round
Oval
Square
Wrinkle
Pale
Bearded
Shaved
Big
Round
Blue
Brown
Slanting
To describe a person’s characters (qualities & habitual behaviour), you can
use the following words.
Characters
Careful
Intelligent
Confident
Extrovert
Generous
Diligent
Careless
Stupid
Shy
Introvert
Stingy
lazy
Please observe your friend, and write his/her physical appearance.
Name Physical Appearance
Associating

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Pay attention to the following explanation.
Descriptive Text
Social Function:
To describe a particular person, place or thing.
Generic Structure:
- Identification: identifies phenomenon to be described.
- Description: describes parts, qualities, and characteristics.
Language Feature:
- Focus on specific participant
- Use of adjectives
- Use of simple present tense
Example:

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Can you describe her?
Based on the data that have you collected after observing your friend,
please make a simple descriptive text of her/him.
Let’s Make a Reflection
Communicating
Reflect on your learning in this unit and write down your reflection in the space
below.
What I like best in this unit:
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What I feel difficult in this unit:
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The improvement I have made after learning English in this unit:
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