LEAD-IN

1. Read this letter with your friend. Then discuss the following questions with your
teachers and friends.
1) Answer may vary depending on student and teacher’s discussion. For example: My
mother always supports me during tough time. She comforts me by her words and takes
care of me whenever I feel sad.
2) Answer may vary depending on student and teacher’s discussion. For example: Yes, I
have a nickname in the family. They call me ‘adek’ because I am the youngest daughter
in my family.
3) Answer may vary depending on student and teacher’s discussion. For example: Yes, I
have. At first, their reaction was shocked. Then, we laughed together.
4) Answer may vary depending on student and teacher’s discussion. For example: Yes, I do.
Because I am so grateful that I have a family that loves me and cares me very much. I
want to thank God for everything that I have, that is my family.

LET’S BEGIN
PRE-LISTENING

2. Look at this chart. Discuss with your friends and the teacher to answer the questions.
1) Answer these questions briefly:
a. the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses
b. laptop and PC sales
c. online transportation
2) Read the following statements. State whether these statements are True or False. Give a
tick to the right box.
a. False
b. True
3) Match the items in the left column with the items in the right column.
No A B

The online transportation service and c) 66.96% and 65.53%

1 accommodation service fell sharply by . . .
respectively . . . .

When the pandemic results in less d) disappointed

2
profitable business, businessmen feel . . . .

When it results in very profitable a) happy

3
business, the businessmen feel . . . .

The significant rise of Laptop and PC

4 b) 65.16%
sales is . . . .
WHILST-LISTENING
3. Listen to some people talking about their true stories with members of their family.
1) What is the relationship of the speakers and the persons they were telling about?
Story 1: Daughter and mother
Story 2: Younger sister and older sister
Story 3: Son and family
Tough Challenge
2) Match the speaker’s story with the listener’s reaction to the story. Draw a line from
the speaker to the listener. You may draw a line more than once.
Speaker 1:
b. Let’s see if we can work this out together.
d. I hope things get better soon.
h. Your story is so exciting. I enjoyed hearing it.
Speaker 2:
e. I have also been in seventh heaven ever since I heard your story.
f. That’s an amazing thing!
i. I find it really fantastic.
Speaker 3:
a. I was deeply saddened to. Learn your story.
c. Please accept my sincerest condolence.
g. I’m so sorry to hear about your story.

POST-LISTENING
4. How much do you know about feeling? Match the words on the right column with
the description in the left column.
No Descriptions Feeling

You feel something is funny and make c. Amused

1
you laugh.

Something does not happen as you g. Disappointed

2
expected.

You are unhappy because you don’t have a. Lonely

3
someone to talk to.

You are really tired, can’t relax, there is a

4 b. Stressed
burden in your mind.

You are feeling something that frightens

5 f. Scared
you.
 You feel pleased with something that you
6 d. Satisfied
have done.

7 You can’t understand something clearly. e. Confused

5. Create a short dialogue with your friend to practice using open-ended questions in
your conversations. You can choose any topics and any situations of your own.
Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example:
Ali : Oh, look! It’s raining.
Kevin : I hate rain, and I forget to bring my umbrella.
Ali : Why you hate rain?
Kevin : That’s a long story.
Ali : Tell me about it, I’m all ears.
Kevin : Okay.

6. Learn these dialogues with your friend. They are about reacting to someone using
the expressions of happiness and sympathy.
1) Let’s analyze both dialogues
a) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: The first
topic is about getting something, and the first topic is about losing something.
b) Yes, I did.
c) The phrase is for expressing happiness.
d) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: When
someone tell a sad story.
e) Expression of happiness
 I’m happy for you.
Expressions of sympathy
 Don’t let it get you down.

7. In pairs, complete this dialogue and then practice it.

Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example:
Bagus : Siti, why are you crying? Did something bad happen to you?
Siti : No, Bagus. On the contrary, I can’t hold back my tears from reading this short
story.
Bagus : Really? Tell me about it.
Siti : It’s about a filial daughter. She was so poor back then. However, she worked so
hard that she could give her mother everything that she wanted. It’s a wonderful story.
Bagus : That’s an exciting story!
Siti : Yes, indeed.
 8. Write a dialogue telling a short story or your own story. Don’t forget to include
open-ended questions in your dialogue and the expressions of happiness or
sympathy.
Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example:
Sinta : I have a bad day today.
Lala : What happened?
Sinta : I can’t find my wallet. I forget where I keep it.
Lala : What a pity. Would you like me to help you?
Sinta : No, thank you. I may find it on my closet.
Lala : I hope so.

LET’S ANALYZE
Critical Thinking
Think! Then compare ideas with your friends
 Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example: Yes, I do. Because a
person has different way of thinking that may be difficult to understand each other.
 Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example: Yes, I do. They can
open up their heart to each other and tell what they want. A family should understand
each other to have a great communication.

9. Cross out the word which is NOT similar to the meaning

1) Deteriorate = become worse, reduce, improve, weaken.
2) Captivated = charmed, disgusted, enchanted, fascinated.
3) Brook = by pass, creek, stream, small river.
4) Gurgling = splashing, dripping, pouring, rushing.
5) Clump = bunch, a little of, unit, a lot of.
6) Delicate = dainty, strong, fragile, faint.
7) Awe = admiration, amazement, astonishment, indifference
8) Lucid = reflecting much light, luminous, unbright, radiant.
9) Ailing = weakly, sickly, well, fragile

10. Complete the sentences with the words you have learned in Task 9.
1) My grandfather was already old and ailing. He died very soon after.
2) The audience gave a standing ovation because they had been captivated by the acting
of the leading actress.
3) She told me a clear and lucid account of her future career.
4) The water made a gurgling noise as it ran down the drain.
5) The parents watched their children carefully as they were playing the water in the
brook.
6) If the dispute drags on, the conditions in the city will deteriorate. This is very
dangerous situation for the inhabitants.
 7) If you don’t want to damage the corn, you should carefully dig each clump.
8) Babies usually have delicate skins.

PRE-READING
11. With your friends, discuss these questions to find the answers.
1) Answer may vary depending on student’s discussion. For example: The functions are
as a decoration and as a gift to someone.
2) Answer may vary depending on student’s discussion. For example: No, it isn’t.
3) Answer may vary depending on student’s discussion. For example: On Mother’s
Day, on someone’s birthday, or on a wedding.
4) Answer may vary depending on student’s discussion. For example: It shows love and
care.
5) Answer may vary depending on student’s discussion. For example: They give flowers
to someone to show their love and care.

12. Read the text to develop understanding of main ideas, issues or plot development in
a text.

13. After you read the seven key elements of short stories, analyze the story in Task 12
that you have read.
1) The writer ‘s role is the protagonist because the writer is the main character whom we
follow s/he story throughout the story and s/he is the one who experience everything
in the story.
2) The static character is the nurse because she doesn’t change at all throughout the story
and has the same traits.
3) Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example:
a. The writer = Change
b. Mother = Change
c. The nurse = Does not change
4) One has been done for you as an example.
No Traits Person How does she do it?
.
a. Helpless Mother My beloved mother had not been able to
move or speak at all.
b. Responsible The writer I was her only daughter working in a city
while my mother lived about 80 km from the
city where I worked. On weekends I would
drive from the city to my mother's house in a
small town.
c. Trustworthy The nurse. Two months later, I got a call from Tuti, the
 nurse who took daily care of my mother at
home since my mother had a stroke.
d. Caring The writer I spent time with my mother while she was
alive even though it was only one-way
communication.
e. Mature The writer I put the flowers in the vase and came closer
to the bedside and hold my mother's hand.
f. Patient The writer I spent time with my mother while she was
alive even though it was only one-way
communication.
g. Responsible The nurse One mid-week morning at the end of the year,
I got a call from Tuti saying that my mother's
condition had taken a turn for worse and
asking me hurriedly to see my mother.
h. Fragile Mother Arriving at the hospital, I found my mother
was very pale and weak.
i. Dependable The nurse Two months later, I got a call from Tuti, the
nurse who took daily care of my mother at
home since my mother had a stroke.
j. Energetic The writer Immediately I sped away and passed the
flowers I usually plucked.
k. Creative The writer Afterwards, I always brought a small knife, a
vase and a bottle of water in my Jeep during
my trips to visit her.

5) Decide whether these statements are True or False.

No Statements True/False
.
a. The illness left the writer's mother with memory loss and True
paralysis.
b. The driver is not skilled at driving a car on the toll road False
c. The writer wanted to be close to her mother while there was True
little chance to do it.
d. The writer enjoyed the view while driving along the winding True
road.
e. The nurse arranged the flowers in the vase and gave them to False
the writer.
f. The one-way communication between the writer and her True
mother only lasted approximately 5 months.

Tough Challenge
6) This is a multiple choice with multi response answer. Choose the correct answer. You
can choose more than one option. Give a tick to the correct answers.
a) What is the story about?
 Flowers as a means of communication.
The last communication before death come.
b) What is the climax of the story?
The writer’s mother had a stroke for the second time.
Something happened to the writer’s mother at the end of the year.
c) What do the flowers signify most for the writer?
The final chance to communicate with her mother.
An effort to connect with her beloved mother.

7) Rearrange the sentences according to the story plot in Task 12. Give numbers in the
box.
1. When her mother was 75 years old, the writer found her mother in a state of
paralysis and loss of memory due to a stroke.
2. As the only daughter, the writer had to travel 80 km to visit her mother in her car.
3. While driving to her mother's house, the writer enjoyed the beautiful panorama
from her car.
4. Once on the way to her mother's house, she found some beautiful purple
wildflowers on the edge of a rice field.
5. Even though it couldn't be conveyed in words, her mother really liked those
wildflowers
6. The writer always brought a bunch of purple wildflowers when she visited her
mother so her mother could communicate through her eyes.
7. By means of the purple wildflowers, mother and daughter could have a one-way
communication.
8. At the end of the year, the writer received news that her mother had a stroke for
the second time.
9. Although in a hurry, the writer still took the time to bring a bunch of flowers for
her mother.
10.Her mother still recognized the purple wildflowers and made one last
communication.
8) The conflicts are external conflicts, that is emotional.
9) External: When the writer knew that her mother had a stroke.
Internal: When her mother spoke through her eyes when she saw the wildflowers.
10) Yes. Because it uses the first person “I” to narrate the story.
11) Yes, she is.
12) Family matter
Responsibility in the family
13) The theme of the story is a family matter that the daughter, as the only child, had to
take visit her mother once a week even though they only had a one-way
communication.
14) Find the use of Figurative Languages in the story. Match the types of figurative and
the sentences.
 No. Figurative Language Sentence/Phrase
a. Metonymy 4. I always brought a small
knife, a vase and a bottle of
water in my Jeep during
my trip to visit her.
b. Hyperbole 1. The scenery on the
winding roads always
captivated me.
c. Personification 3. They were whispering a
story to one another.
d. Similes 2. The gurgling water of a
brook which sounded like a
nostalgic song.
15) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: We have to
take care of our parents when they get old.
16) Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example: I will do the same
thing as the writer did to her mother.
17) Answer may vary depending on student’s creativity. For example: It should be about
the writer’s memories of her mother when she was alive and healthy.

14. Observe the following flyer carefully and answer the questions.
1) The purpose of the text in Task 12 is to retell the readers about someone’s past, while
the purpose of text in Task 12 is to inform everyone about a webinar.
2) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: Yes, I do.
3) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: I think the
appropriate criteria are a psychologist, a counselor, or a therapist.
4) The difficulty of communication in a family.
How to build a strong relationship in the family.
Misunderstanding among the family members.
5) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: A mother, a
father, a son, and a daughter.
6) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: Because
sometimes there is a misunderstanding among the family members which they tend to
be selfish.
7) Answer may vary depending on student’s understanding. For example: I think it is
lack of interesting details on the poster which make the reader being not interested
for the webinar.

LET’S VIEW
Before You Watch
15. Learn the following information carefully. Discuss the questions to find the answers.
1) Dona. Because she doesn’t late to go to school and she is well-prepared for her
assignments.
2) Answer may vary depending on student’s discussion. For example: Johan has to be
aware of the punctual time to go to school. He also shall not blame anyone to his
lateness because it is clearly his faulty. For Kadek, she has to pay attention to the
details of the assignments. She also has to do her assignment right after the
assignment is given, so she doesn’t need revisions because she has much time to do
her assignments.
3) Now, based on the definitions above, decide whether each sign of maturity belongs to
Britannica or Collins.
No Signs of Maturity Dictionary
.
1. Linda understands that open Collins
communication is the key to
progression.
2. Josh’s voice starts to get lower and Britannica
deeper as the voice box, or larynx,
grows.
3. Gita is able to differentiate between Collins
rational decision making and
emotional impulse.
4. David’s chest and shoulders tend to Britannica
become broader.
5. Jake's muscles of arms and legs Britannica
grow larger than the muscles in the
toes and fingers.
6. Judy always accepts negative Collins
feedback as a tool for self-
improvement.
7. Sabrina finds that she has some Britannica
pimples or acne on her face.
8. Daisy is capable of managing her Collins
temper and anger without violation
or destruction.
9. Raka’s Adam’s apple, which is the Britannica
visible bump in the throat, may get
bigger.
10. George has the ability to listen to Collins
and evaluate others’ points of views.
While You Watch
16. Scan the QR code and watch the video. Then rearrange the jumbled sentences
chronologically.
1. Radit and his sister were very proud of their mom. They had a communicative family
and their mother was a helpful woman to the children.
2. Aunt Renata and her children came to visit Suhita and her family during the school
holiday.
3. Renata provoked Suhita everything she should have done to her children and shouldn’t
have spoiled her children.
4. Renata had successfully influenced Suhita’s mind about her children. The situation in
the family had changed.
5. The children began to do everything independently. They did not ask for their
mother’s help anymore.
6. One day, while Radit was looking for his tie, mother offered help but Radit refused it.
Mother was very startled at Radit’s answer.
7. Mother regretted very much and she realized that the important thing in the family is
love and open communication.

After You Watch

17. Which of the adjectives describes the relationship between the mother and the
children in the story that you have watched?
1) Before Aunt Renata came
Affectional
Comfy
Warm
2) After Aunt Renata went home
Inconvenient
Cold
Unfamiliar

LET’S PRACTICE
18. Read this paragraph carefully and answer the questions.

1) I don’t know how to begin my story. But I think my story will not go away from my
memory during my stay in Ireland. My name is Oliver Hayes. I come from Killin, Loc
Tay, Scotland. One fine afternoon in the autumn of 1920, some little time before sunset,
in a busy coffee room in the midst of the town, a gentleman from London was sitting in a
luxurious carved wooden coffee table near the window. He was not quite forty, a
beardless man. He was elegantly and even foppishly dressed. His lips always smiled to
everyone in the coffee room.
 2) List the prepositional phrases in these columns.
Prepositional Phrases of Time Prepositional Phrases of Places
in the autumn of 1920 in Ireland
before sunset from Killin, Loc Tay, Scotland
in a busy coffee room in the midst of the
town
from London
in a luxurious carved wooden coffee table
near the window
in the coffee room.
3) Answer may vary depending on the student’s understanding. For example: The functions
of prepositional phrases of place is to show the place, or location where the events take
place, while prepositional phrases of time is to show the time when the events occur.
4) Answer may vary depending on the student’s understanding. For example: If the writer
did not involve the prepositional phrases of time and place in the setting of the story, the
readers will not able to know when or where the story takes place. So there will lack of
details in the story.

19. Plan your own setting using the time and place in the table. Develop them with
prepositional phrases of time and place.
The hunting took place on Sunday, right after the sunset. It was a breezy cold evening,
but I forgot to bring my jacket. I only wore thin clothes that day. The hut was located far
from the Jakarta, approximately about 50 km. It was in the middle of nowhere.

20. Write a variety of non-fiction texts through guided activities, plan, write, review,
and redraft the text.

LET’S COLLABORATE
Project

CRITICAL THINKING TASKS

1. Give a tick (ü) to the correct option. The answer is more than one.
1) B. The writer and her own opinion
D. The writer and her dignity
2) A. sneakily
D. secretly
3) A. At the beginning, the writer highlighted her prolific life where the rest of the story
showed her frustration.
 D. At the beginning, the writer talked about her condition in the age of 50 years
proudly while the rest of the story displayed something about her that she never
expected.
E. At the beginning, the writer described her good health condition whereas in the rest
of the story, she had just realized that she had aged.

2. Match the following statements in the left column with the appropriate responses in
the right column.
No Statements Responses
.
1) Larry got a job he has been d. I’m sure he is in seventh heaven
dreaming of.
2) I have inserted my username e. Let’s see if we can work this out together.
and password, but the system
won’t give the access. What
shall I do?
3) I'm really frustrated on the a. I’m here for you, if you want to talk.
chemistry quiz today.
3. Look at the picture. Decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
No. Statements True/False
1) Based on the information above, Roxanne (the character in the True
short story) will wear glasses of +150 size.
2) When Roxanne is 80 years, she will wear glasses of +350. False
4. Complete with short answer
1) Yes.
2) At the police station.

LET’S REFLECT
Narrative Texts
Intrinsic Elements:
 Characterization
 Setting
 Plot
 Conflict
 Theme
 Point of View
 Literary Devices
Prepositional Phrases:
Time. Example: at 9 o’clock
Place. Example: in the hospital