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The document provides a worksheet activity for students to analyze the narrative text structure, language features, and answer questions about the story of Damon and Phintias. It tells the story of two friends, Damon and Phintias, who lived in Syracuse in the 4th century BC - one was sentenced to death but was granted time to settle his affairs as long as the other took his place in prison, demonstrating their great loyalty and friendship. Students are asked to complete a table to identify characters, settings, and plot details from the story.

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Narrative Text 1

The document provides a worksheet activity for students to analyze the narrative text structure, language features, and answer questions about the story of Damon and Phintias. It tells the story of two friends, Damon and Phintias, who lived in Syracuse in the 4th century BC - one was sentenced to death but was granted time to settle his affairs as long as the other took his place in prison, demonstrating their great loyalty and friendship. Students are asked to complete a table to identify characters, settings, and plot details from the story.

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Name : ..........................................................

ENGLISH MINOR PROGRAM XI Class : ..........................................................

No : ..........................................................
Absen...............................................................
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Worksheet Reading Activity (Narrative Text)

A. Topic : Damon and Phintias


B. Learning Objectives:
 Students are able to know and analyze the social function, structures and language features of
narrative text.
 Students are able to answer the questions.
C. Activities:
Look at the manual on “ Damon and Phintias” page 66 on your LKS then fill in the table below!

Task.8 page.66

Structures Manual text Language Features


DAMON AND PHINTIAS  Past tenses:
There once were two best friends
.................................... named Damon and Phintias. They lived in
Syracuse, Sicilyi the 4th century BC. They
were philosophers of Pythagorean School.

One day Phintias was sentenced to  Active verb:


death by Dionysius the Younger, the ruler of
the city, for plotting against his rule.
Phinthias then begged for permission to go
home to finish his private affairs before he’s
executed. Dionysius of course refused his
....................................
request. Phintias felt very and hopeless. But
then, Damon came to Dionysius and begged
to grant Phintias’s request. Damon loyally  Time connective and
conjunctions:
offered to replace phintyas while he is gone.
He is willing to take Phintias’s place in
prison. Dyonisius then agreed and granted
their request.

Phintias was very happy and thankful


for his friend’s sacrifice. He promised  Adverbs and
.................................... Damon that he will returned as soon as adverbial phrases:
possible. He started home as fast as he can.

Days gone by and Damon waited very


patienly in jail. But until the day before his
execution, Phintias had not returned. And on
....................................  Saying verbs:
his execution day Phintias still had not
returned. Damon knew that he had to take
Phintias’s place and get executed if Phintias
didn’t show up.
It turned out that Phintias had tried to  First Person:
keep his promise to his best friend, but he
can’t. He got delayed on his way back.
Phintias heart beat fast. He felt very uneasy.
.................................... He feared that he would be too late, and
Damon, his faithful friend will get executed
 Specific noun:
because of him.
Dionysius told Damon that it’s the
execution day and since Phintias hadn’t
returned he had to take his place. Incredibly,
just as Damon was about to die in his palce,
Phintias arrived. He shouted to stop the
....................................
execution. He felt so relief that his friend is
still alive. He apologized to Damon for his  Adjective:
delay. Damon said that it’s alright and he
told Phintias that he trusted him.

Dionysius was so impressed by this
.................................... example of loyality that he pardoned
Phintias and asked to share their friendship.

Task.9 page.66

Complete the table based on the story!

Characters Characteristics
Damon :

Phintias :

Dionysius :
Setting
Place :
Time :

How to story began :


:
Problems

How the story ended :

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