Descriptive Text

Samalona Island

Samalona Island is one of very beautiful island in Makassar in South Sulawesi province. It is an amazing tourist place to visit. The location of Samalona Island is not really difficult to be reached. It is about 7 km from city of Makassar by boat, the price of boat costs from Rp.300.000 - Rp.600.000, round trip for 10 people, it does not take so much money. Then it takes only about half an hour.
Along the way, we can enjoy the sprawling expanse of blue sea and also we can see the fishing boats that were fishing.
The Samalona Island is also white sand beach, the people will amaze with the natural scenery, blue water of the sea and then beautiful of marine life. The Island is around 2.34 hectares and also surrounded by some trees.
 And then the beautiful of the life under the sea is not too different. The scenery under the sea is also great and amazing, there are so many kinds of flora and fauna that people can see when they dive. Besides, there is an old ship, Lancaster Bomber, under the sea that people can see. The ship is used in colonial era.
Unfortunately, the Island shrinks time by time. And the people predict that the island will disappear in 2020 cause of the rising of sea water.

 

Source: My personal writing
 

Vocabullaries:1.    Island        (Noun)    : Pulau
2.    Amazing    (Adjective)    : Luar biasa.
3.    Cost        (Verb)        : Biaya
4.    Marine        (Noun)    : Laut
5.    Scenery    (Noun)    : Pemandangan
6.    Ship        (Noun)    : Kapal
7.    Sand        (Noun)    : Pasir
8.    Schrink    (Verb)        : Menyusut
9.    Predict        (Verb)        : Memprediksi
10.    Colonial    (Verb)        : Penjajahan

Communicative Purpose
To describe a particular person, place or thing.
Generic Structure
a.     Identification     : identifies phenomenon to be described.
b.     Description     : describes parts, qualities, characters.

This kind of text (Descriptive text) generally uses the form of SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
VERBAL SENTENCE
Affirmative Sentence    Negative Sentence    Interrogative Sentence
He/She/It + V1+s/es + Object/Comp
I/You/We/They + V1 + Object/Comp    He/She/It + Does + Not + V1 + Object/Comp
I/You/We/They + Do + Not + V1 + Object/Comp    Does + He/She/It + V1 + Object/Comp?
Do + I/You/We/They + V1 + Object/Comp?

Affirmative form: S + Verb I (s/es) + o/c
For examples:
1.    We eat meat.
2.    He goes to school every day.

Look for the simple present tense with this verbal affirmative form on the text above!
3.    ………………………………………………
4.    ………………………………………………
5.    ………………………………………………
Negative form: S+ do (s/es) not + o/c
For examples:
1.    We do not eat meat.
2.    He does not go to school every day.

Look for the simple present tense with this verbal negative form on the text above!
3.    ……………………………………………….
4.    ……………………………………………….

Interrogative form: Do (s/es) + S + o/c?
For examples:
1.    Do we eat meat?
2.    Does he go to school every day?
Change the positive and the negative form that you got from the text above in to the interrogative form!
3.    ……………………………………..
4.    ……………………………………..
5.    ……………………………………..
6.    ……………………………………..
7.    ……………………………………..


NOMINAL SENTENCE
Affirmative form: S + to be (am, is are) + o/c (Adjective, Noun, Adverb)
For examples:
1.    I am a student of university
2.    He is very polite.
3.    They are in the classroom.
Look for the simple present tense with this nominal affirmative form on the text above!
4.    ………………………………………
5.    ………………………………………
6.    ………………………………………
7.    ………………………………………
8.    ………………………………………

Negative form: S + to be (am, is are) + not + o/c (Adjective, Noun, Adverb)
For examples:
1.    I am not a student of university
2.    He is not very polite.
3.    They are not in the classroom
Look for the simple present tense with this nominal negative form on the text above!

4.    …………………………………….
5.    …………………………………….

Interrogative form: To be (am, is are) + S + o/c (Adjective, Noun, Adverb)?
For examples:
1.    Am I a student of university?
2.    Is he polite?
3.    Are they in the classroom
Change the positive and the negative form (nominal sentence) that you got from the text above in to the interrogative form!
4.    ……………………………………..
5.    ……………………………………..
6.    ……………………………………..
7.    ……………………………………..
8.    ……………………………………..
9.    ……………………………………..
10.    ……………………………………..

Recount Text

The Vacation

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 Last month my school friends and I went to Sulawesi from Jakarta for spending our school holidays. There were five persons of us. All of us were boys.

We left for Makassar on Monday afternoon. Firstly, we went to Soekarno Hatta airport, it was raining along the way and the road was a bit crowded; the car couldn’t move fast because the road was slippery. We were talking and singing while the driver was driving the car perfectly. In the Soekarno Hatta airport, we got the ticket to Makassar directly and waiting for minutes then flied to Makassar. We arrived in Sultan Hasanuddin airport at 8 p.m. then we looked for hotel, because we didn’t have any relatives, than we found a cheap and nice hotel near from the airport. 

On the next day we visited all interesting places that we could visit. Firstly we went to ford Rotterdam, the Netherland ford. We saw La Galigo museum and we bought some miniatures that related to the “ford Rotterdam”.

Then after that, we took a taxi and we went to “ford Somba Opu”. It is around 7 kilometers from our previous place, ford Rotterdam. There, we found traditional house of some regencies in south Sulawesi. We took so many pictures in every traditional house, we saw traditional house from Tana Toraja, Soppeng, Bone, Wajo and any other traditional houses.

Then on the second day we spent our day to visit another interesting places, and they are as the city-tour of Makassar. for instances: Mandala Monument, Masjid Raya, Al Markaz Al Islami, Makam Diponegoro, and Balang Tonjong. We had other interesting places to visit, but we didn’t visit all the objects because we didn’t have much time. So, we went back to our hotel at about 04.30 pm.

On the next day, we visited Losari Beach. Unfortunately, it rained when we were going around the beach, so we decided to leave soon. Then at 9.00 o’clock, when the rain was stopped. We started to go to Somba Opu souvenir. Luckily, the weather was fine so could enjoy the journey and we could also spend our money to buy all souvenirs we wanted.

At the last day, we went to Makam Syech Yusuf in Gowa. We saw the grave and learned about its history. Then about 1 pm we left to the hotel and prepared ourselves for going back to Jakarta.

Then at about 16.30 we left the hotel and went to the Hasanuddin airport. We all very happy and excited. We hope to be able to visit Makassar and all those places again.        

Source: My Personal Writing

Vocabullaries

a.    Spend        (verb)        : Menghabiskan

b.    Crowded    (Adjective)    : Ramai

c.    Ford        (Noun)    : Benteng

d.    Regency    (Noun)    : Daerah

e.    Buy        (Verb)        : Membeli

f.    Weather    (Noun)    : Cuaca.

g.    Picture        (Noun)    : Gambar/foto

h.    Arrive        (Verb)        : Tiba

i.    Grave        (Noun)    : Makam

j.    Excited        (Adjective)    : Tertarik

Exercise 1

Answer the following questions below based on the text above.

1.    Where did the boys spend their holiday?

a.    In the city of Makassar.

b.    In both of Ford Rotterdam and Ford Somba Opu.

c.    Mandala Monument, Masjid Raya, Al Markaz Al Islami, Makam Diponegoro, and Balang Tonjong.

d.    In Losari Beach and Somba Opu souvenir.

2.    What kind of places that they visited in the second day of their journey in Makassar?

a.    Mandala Monument, Masjid Raya, Al Markaz Al Islami, and Makam Diponegoro.

b.    Losari Beach and Somba Opu souvenir.

c.    Ford Rotterdam and Ford Somba Opu.

d.    Makam Syech Yusuf in Gowa.

3.    Why did they stay in hotel when they arrived in Jakarta?

a.    Because in Hotel is really comfortable.

b.    Because the hotel they got was really cheap.

c.    Because none of them had any relatives in Jakarta.

d.    Because they were too late to look for cheap hostel.

4.    There are . . . .persons that joined the journey.

a.    Four

b.    Five

c.    Six

d.    Seven

5.    What was the last place that they visited on their Journey?

a.    Ford Rotterdam

b.    Losari Beach.

c.    Makam Syech Yusuf in Gowa

d.    Ford Somba Opu

6.    The text mainly talks about….

a.    The description of Makassar.

b.    About some interesting places in Makassar.

c.    About the beautiful of Makassar

d.    About the journey of holiday in Makassar.

7.    “Unfortunately, it rained when we were going around the beach…” Paragraph 6.

The underline word refers to….

a.    Makassar.

b.    The weather.

c.    The next day.

d.    Losari beach

8.    “Luckily, the weather was fine so could enjoy the journey.”

What is the antonym of the underline word?

a.    Unfortunately.

b.    Fortunately.

c.    Greatly.

d.    Good.

9.    “We spent the night at the hotel because none of us had any relatives in Jakarta”

What is the synonym of the underline word…

a.    Families.

b.    Friends.

c.    Relations.

d.    Enemies.

10.    “We all very happy and excited.”

What is the synonym of the underlined word?

a.    Interested.

b.    Enjoyed.

c.    Created.

d.    Felt.

South Sulawesi Province

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South Sulawesi province comprises the narrow southwestern peninsula of this orchid-shaped island, which is mainly mountainous. The seafaring Bugis dominant the southern tip, whereas the northern part of South Sulawesi is inhabited by the Torajas whose unique culture rivals that of the Balinese. Famed for their seafaring heritage and Pinisi schooners for centuries, the Bugis possess to the present day one of the last sailing fleets in the world.
The Bugis vessels have sailed as far as the Australian beach, leaving behind drawings of their ships on stone with words that have been integrated into the Aboriginal language of north Australia. Situated on the crossroads of well-traveled sea-lanes, its capital and chief trading port of Ujung Pandang, till today the gateway to eastern Indonesia. Spanish and Portuguese galleons, followed by British and Dutch traders sailed these seas in search of the spice trade, escorted by their men of war to protect them against the daring raids of the Bugis and Makassar who attacked the intruders.
Ujung Pandang, was formerly Makassar, well known for its Makasar oil from which the English word "antimacassar" evolved for small covers to protect upholstery. The fortifications, which overlook the harbor, were originally built in 1545. Gowa's most famous king is considered a national hero, named Sultan Hasanuddin, the 16th king of Gowa who waged a long and fierce war against the colonial forces.
The Tomanurung stone with the inscriptions can still be seen in a plot neighboring the royal graves, near Sungguminasa, formerly the seat of the Gowa kings. The Bugis kingdom of Bone, Wajo and Soppeng and the Makassarase kingdom of Gowa emerged in 13th century. Though interrelated through marriage, Bone and Gowa have for centuries battled against each other. The southern beach is protected by small archipelagoes and has excellent facilities for water sports. These islands have been developed for holiday resorts. Further north, through rugged country is Tana Toraja, often referred to as the "Land of the Heavenly Kings".
An ethnic group who believes that their forefathers descended from heaven onto a mountain some twenty generations ago, the Toraja's have a unique culture based on animistic beliefs. Known for their grand burial ceremonies on cliffs or hanging graves, they practice an ancestral cult even today where death and afterlife ceremonies are great feasts when buffaloes are sacrificed in the final death ceremony, after which the deceased's remains are placed in a coffin and interred in caves hollowed out in high cliffs. Lifelike statues, looking out from a “balcony”, guard the mouth of the cave. As death has such an "important meaning" when the souls are released, burials are elaborate and follow feasting days. Rock graves are also a form of burial. A strict hierarchy is followed in the villages.
“Tongkonan” (family houses) are built on stilts with roofs on each end rising like the prows of a ship, representing the cosmos. The mountains offer a fantastic panorama of natural beauty, including the long drive from Ujung Pandang to Tana Toraja. South Sulawesi is also known for its silk industry and silverwork whereas its economy is based on agriculture. Ujung Pandang is easily accessible by air. There are several daily flights from Jakarta and also daily services from Bali, Surabaya and Manado.
GEOGRAPHICALLY
Geographical condition and Territory of South Sulawesi Province is at 0°12' - 8° South Latitude and 116°48' - 122°36' East Longitude. This Province was bounded by:
At north side: Central Sulawesi
At east side: Bone Bay and South-East Sulawesi
At west side: Makassar Strait
At south side: Flores Sea
WIDE AREA
The wide of South Sulawesi province area is 62, 482,54 Km2 (42 % of Sulawesi Island and 4,1 % of Indonesia area).
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AREA
Administratively, this Province divided into 23 Regencies and 3 Cities and consists of 290 Districts.
POTENCY
The strategic area in east area of Indonesia has make South Sulawesi functioned as the centre of services, both for east Indonesia area and for international trade. Those services such as; commerce, land transportation, sea transportation, air transportation, education, employment, health service, field research, agricultural, tourism and even financial development.

Source: http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/south-sulawesi/index.html

 
Vocabullaries:
1.    Comprise        (Verb)        : Terdiri dari .
2.    Seafaring        (Adjective)    : Yang berlayar di laut.
3.    Famed            (Adjective)    : Terkenal
4.    Vessel            (Noun)    : Kapal
5.    Sail            (Verb)        : Berlayar
6.    Intruder        (Noun)    : Pengacau
7.    Wage            (Verb)        : Berperang
8.    Coffin            (Noun)    : Peti Mayat
9.    Burial            (Penguburan)    : Penguburan
10.  Silk            (Noun)    : Sutera

Preposition

Study the following explanation of prepositions.
1.     At is used with times and also with places: At north side, at midnight, at lunch.
2.     In is used with periods of time and also with places: in the world, in 2005, in the Middle Ages, in the Sulawesi Province, in Indonesia, in the Kete’ Kesu Site.
3.     On is used with dates and days and also with places: on the traditional grave, on June 18, on Monday.
4.     Of is used with nouns and also with -ing forms: legs of the table, glance of eye, of making.
5.     Off is used with verbs: get off, take off, put off.
6.     After/before is used with period of times, with pronouns and also with -ing forms: before winter, before June, after summer, after lunch time, after me, before him, after reading, before asking.
7.     For is used with a period of time: for one hour, for a week, for ages. For is also intended to be given to or belong to a particular person: The Great Sphinx was probably built for Khafre.
8.     During is used with a period of time: during our holiday, during the night.
9.     While is used with subject + verb: while you went out, while she was at the bank.
10. Some prepositions with more than one word are in front of, for the sake of, at the corner of.
Example:
•     I stand in front of the class.
•     For the sake of God.
•     He has to stand at the corner of the classroom.

Exercise 1
Find all the prepositions on the text above and identify it’s function.

1.    The Bugis possess to the present day one of the last sailing fleets in the world. (In is used with place).
2.    The Bugis kingdom of Bone. (Of is used noun).
3.    ……………………………………………….
4.    ……………………………………………….
5.    ……………………………………………….
6.    ……………………………………………….
7.    ……………………………………………….
8.    ……………………………………………….
9.    ……………………………………………….
10.    ……………………………………………….

Exercise 2
Read aloud the text you have completed. Then, decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1. South Sulawesi is well known for its golden industry. (T/F)
2. The Toraja's have a unique culture based on animistic beliefs. (T/F)
3. Tana Toraja often referred as the “Land of the Heavenly Kings”. (T/F)
4. Christian is the religion that most of the civil of South Sulawesi take as their religion. (T/F)
5. Pinisi is the symbol of seafaring heritage of South Sulawesi Province. (T/F)

Exercise 3Answer the following questions based on the above text.
1. What does the text tell us about?
2. What is the main purpose of the text?
3. What are the potencies of South Sulawesi Province?
4. How many regencies and cities are there in South Sulawesi?
5. How is the burial ceremony of Torajan People in South Sulawesi?