5. Report means a text which
presents information / describes
things in general.
Purpose: to presents information
about something.
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6. WHICH ONE IS REPORT TEXT ?
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My Siblings
In my family, I have a sister and a brother.
My sister is 17 years old. Her name is
Bella. She has thin-faced, blond hair, and
beautiful blue eyes. She likes watching
Korean drama. Because of that, she also
studying Korean. She is very sensible,
smart, and co-operative.
Not like my sister, my brother, Joseph, has
a passion for cooking. His cooking and
meals are always very tasty as well as my
mothers'. He is 24 years old. He has bright
blue eyes, quite tall, and grey hair. He's
very hard working.
The Moon
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the
earth. The Moon is the second brightest
object in the Earth's sky after the sun. The
Moon shines by reflecting the light of the
sun. Although the Moon appears brightly to
eyes, it reflects on average only 12% of the
light that falls on it.
The temperatures on most of the Moon's
surface are too extreme for water or ice to
exist, ranging from a maximum of 727ºC at
lunar noon to a minimum of -173ºC just
before lunar dawn.
8. Generic Structure
General classification
(Introduce the topic of the
report, such as: the class or
the subclass)
.
Description/series of paragraph
about subject (Describing the
thing which will be discussed in
detail; tell the shape/form, parts,
behaviour, habitat, way of
survival)
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23. PENGUINS
Penguins are birds that spend most of their lives in the ocean. They come on land to build
nets and raise their young. Penguins cannot fly. They stand upright on land and walk with
waddle because they have short legs and tall, bullet-shaped bodies. (General classification
[topic: physical description])
Penguins once flew, but millions of years ago, they stopped flying and began to spend most
of the time in the water. Overtime, their wings started to take the shape of flippers. This
helped make beautiful penguins fast and graceful swimmers. (Description [topic:penguins’
history])
Penguins are covered with short, thick feathers. Their back, head, and wing feathers are
black or bluishgray, but their undersides are white. (Description [topic: Penguins’ fathers]).
Penguins eat seafood such as fish, crabs, and shrimp. All penguins in the wild live in the cold
waters south of the equator. (Description [topic: Penguins’ diet and habitat])
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WEEKLY
TASK
Analyze the language features in
following text !
PLATYPUS
Many people call platypus duckbill because this animal has a bill like
duckbill. Platypus is a native Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia.
Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 to 45 cm and
covered with a thick, and woolly layer of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and
stirring up mud. Platypus' eyes and head are small. It has no ears but has
ability to sense sound and light. Platypus lives in streams, rivers, and lakes.
Female platypus usually dig burrows in the streams or river banks. The
burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. In the
other hand, male platypus does not need any burrow to stay.