Lesson Plan

Teachers : Budi Maryanto, Debora Setyaningtiyas, Endah

Kurniasih, Galuh R. Paksi, Laras S., Tiara Agustira.
Subject : Writing

Topic : Natural Phenomenon

Duration : 90 minutes

Grade/Level : The third year of Senior High School

Goal
By the end of this course, students will be able to create a news item text about a phenomenon.

Objectives
1. Students will be able to recognize headline news from given pictures.

2. Students will be able to respond some questions related to the context both in oral
and written.

3. Students will be able to organize their previous responses into paragraphs.

4. Students will be able to analyze their own writing (previous paragraphs).

5. Students will be able to create news item text correctly and properly.
Language Focus
Simple present tense, generic structure of news item; main event, elaboration, resource of
information,

Instructional Procedures
1. After opening the class, the teacher brainstorms the students by showing
some pictures of disasters.

2. The teacher asks some questions related to the context in order to make
the students give their opinions based on their background knowledge
(the teacher asks for the students’ responses).

3. The teacher makes lists by writing students’ responses on the board.

4. The teacher asks the students to combine and organize those responses
into paragraphs.

5. The teacher does presentation by explaining the generic structure of news

item text.

6. The teacher asks the students to analyze one of the student’s writing.

7. The teacher asks students to create a news item text based on given
context.

Materials

(TERLAMPIR)

Follow-up Activities

(TERLAMPIR)
 Caterpillars swarm Indonesia's Bali

Swarms of caterpillars which can cause skin rashes have invaded the
Indonesian holiday island of Bali, an official said Wednesday, but tourist
areas have not been affected so far. The dark, wriggly insects were first
sighted in a village on Friday and the swarms have since spread to six
districts, including the provincial capital of Denpasar, Bali agricultural
chief Made Putra Suryawan told AFP.

"The situation is under control. Since Friday, workers have been

spraying insecticide and burning garbage in affected areas to stop the
spread," he said. "Tourists need not be alarmed. The caterpillars have not
spread to tourist areas yet. The threat to tourists is minimal," he added.

Thousands of caterpillars have reportedly descended on parts of

neighbouring Java island in the last two weeks, attacking fruit farms and
invading residential areas.

Suryawan said officials were trying to identify the species, adding that the
rise in the caterpillar population could be attributed to a "disturbed
ecosystem". "There's a reduction in the number of birds and ants that
feed on these caterpillars. People catch the birds to sell them and catch
the ants to feed their pet birds," he added.

Coming into contact with the caterpillars could cause itchy rashes,
Suryawan said.

Bali tourism agency head Ida Bagus Subhiksu said there had been no
reports of caterpillar problems from tourist operators so far. The island is
increasing popular with foreign visitors, with 2.5 million overseas tourists
expected this year, up from 2.3 million last year.

Source: http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-
documentid=4773518