PROCEDURE TEXT

• Fact!

Procedures are easy to write. They are also handy for showing people how to accomplish various tasks.

• Procedures tell people how to do things.

A procedure may also be called a method or instruction.

• The procedure might be:

- how to make a cake;

- how to do an experiment in science;

- how to vote;

- how to change a tyre on a car;

- how to play a computer game;

- how to pan for gold.

• Any activity is likely to have a procedure for those who are new to it.

Exercise 1 and further handout à download here

Using Blog in Writing Class

We can use blogs for various skill of study, this time I will give you an example of a lesson plan using blog for writing class for second grade of senior high school, 2x45 minutes class.

1. In computers provided class, teacher first should explain the text students are going to have as their lesson today, which is description for around 25 minutes and tell them that they are going to use blog for this task before opening a 5 minute Q and A section in order to make sure their understanding of the text's general stucture and other things deal with the text.


2. After students are seen having understand the material, teacher explain the task they are going to have: describing people in three to four paragraph and each paragraph should consist of at least five sentences. Students can describe one of their family members, their boyfriends/girlfriends, their favourite artist, etc.


3. About 20 minutes, start to introduce using blog in the writing class to the students, explain how to use blog for the students and let students experience step by step how to create, design and post on the blog, by starting with ask students to make their draft directly on the blog for about 30 minutes.


4. For the last 10 minutes, stop students from writing the draft. Ask them to continue writing at home for next week assignment. Also ask other students to comment on other's work during the week before the next class meeting.

OK, I think the example of the lesson plan above can be one of the example of using blog in writing class. You may have different style in using blog as media in teaching. Hovewer, I hope it's useful for you as a reference. Chao^^

My Special Place~

This place still become a special one for me, even though I never visit this place again. It's SMA Negeri 2 Yogyakarta or SMADA, my lovely high school, the place where I had studied for three years ^^~

For the first time, maybe some people will get some difficulties to find this school, because it's located in a path of a residential at Bener, Tegalrejo, Yogyakarta. The school looks crib, but actually it is built on a large L shape area. We will be welcomed by some shade big trees. It make the school looks fresh on this polluted city. When I became a student in this school, the school was under construction.

To reach this school, we can ride motorcycle or bus. But if you use bus to reach this school, you should walk at least 500 metres. Phew, that's tiring...

Same as the other school, this school is used to educate the student from Monday to Saturday. Some extracurriculars is held almost everyday after school. The most prestigious extracurricular in this school is Tonti. There's an audition to enter this extracurricular. At that time it was very difficult to join. But, thanks God, I could join that extracurricular and I had a great experience by joining it.

This school's special for me. Because in there, I found my best friends, my ex-boyfriends, and my teacher who guided me until I graduated from that school. And now I continue my study here, at Sanata Dharma University. A lot of moments were happened there. Laughing and crying with my friend, cheating during the exam, being tricked by my English teacher and my friends on my birthday, having an accident during the sports class, having an argue with my boyfriend, those become sweet memories that I will never forget from that place. SMADA JAYA!!! *khukhukhu... that's my high school's yell.

Someone Special in My Life~

His name is Nino, but usually I call him 'Monyet'. He's so special for me because he's my boyfriend^^

He's a straight brown haired boy. He has a good looking face and pointed nose. He has wonderful narrow brown eyes. His skin is white. He has a slindly figure. Sometimes his appearance makes him looking like a Chinese boy eventhough he is a pure Javanese boy. He takes everyone's attention from his appearance *sometimes it makes jealous >o<*.

He has a same hobby with me, loving Japanese Rock music. He's a new comer in my cosplay community and some of my friends have claimed that he looks like Tora from Alice nine and Miyavi at the same time *OMG! So I'm dating a JRockers?!*.

He is really addicted to cigarettes and instant noddle. I know those are not good for his health, but everytime I remind him, he always ignores me. Huh! He's such a stubborn!!

On the first time , people will think that he's a rude boy. Yeah, I also thought like that at the first time I met him. But, as time goes by, people will know the real him as a polite figure. He always respects his parents and the elder people around him and he never forgets going to church every Sunday *yey~ he has a good relationship with GOD^^ I love it!!*. He's a bad tempered person, but if he's going to be angry, he always does something positive to make him forget his flame. Those are the things which make me liking him beside his good-looking face XP

He always takes easy of everything that happen. He's an easygoing boy. He loves to have fun. He ever said that, "I'm a young man. I need some adventure... So why I should worry about this life..." I don't know it was good or bad motto's but that's him. Nino.

My English Welcoming Days

Last Sunday and Monday on September 7^th – 8^th, I joined English Welcoming Day or EWD, a camping that was held to welcome the new English Language Education students in Wonogondang, Kaliurang.

On the early morning of September the 7^th, all of the new English Language Education students and the committees gathered on the hall. After briefing and preparation, we went to Wonogondang at 14.30 by truck. It was fun when riding the truck. It reminded me to my junior high school camping five years ago. But it also made me imagining that I were a Indonesian labor who sent to Merapi to work there XD XD *wth -.-*

At 15.30, we arrived at Wonogondang, but suddenly I felt dizzy. Maybe the low air pressure influenced my low blood pressure and I thought this camping would be the worst camping I ever joined because I was not in a good condition.

Same as what I predicted, my condition was getting worst when the night came. Nevertheless, I forced myself to join the activities in my group, group six, with Hedwig as the group leader, Marrie, Nimas, Tika, Lia, Brian, Frankie, and Purwo as my group mates. But, thanks God, Yosi gave me tolak angin and vitamin c, so I felt better than before.

One by one, I passed the activities until 24.00, did some jingles, yell, and talent show. God, I was very tired and I needed to sleep... But, I only had a little time to sleep because at 1.00 I should join TRACKING!! Jesus, I really wanted to return home at that time TT^TT

Finally, I joined the tracking... At 3.00 in the morning, walked crossing the forest... OMG, I thought it would be scary, but I was wrong. Even it was tiring, I had a lot of fun with my group^^ and we *me and my group* finished the tracking at 6.00. It meant, I hadn't have any time to sleep at all ~_~

But, the funniest activity was OUTBOND on the second day!!! We played some games there!! Like Berlin wall *climbed a high dirty wall*, titanic, fill the pipe, ride an enggrang, etc. We played with too much water, our dressed were soaked, and of course it was cold >.< rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

In the evening, the English Welcoming Days was over. We returned to the campus by truck again... And I went home with all tired on my body *dies*, but I was happy to join English Welcoming Days. Cheer up!!

*END*

Notes: I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood of writing.. Phew... I'm too hungry to write more about my EWD (>o<)

Task 1

My name is Rosa Wuri Amurti. My college friends call me Rosa, but friends on my Japan community call me Sasa. I was born in Sleman, on September 5th 1990. Now, I live with my parents and my grandmother in a small village of a district on West Sleman.

Talking about my personality, at the first meeting, people usually know me as a quiet and introvert girl. But, actually I’m 180 degrees different from what people think. I’m talkative and extrovert. Phew, I can’t describe myself anymore, just be my friend and you’ll know me.

Mmm… About my interest, I’m very interested on Japanese music, especially Japanese rock. I think Japanese rock’s music is different from other music. The music is very easy listening for me *this is personal opinion, but I think you must be don’t think so XD*. The bands which always fill my winamp play list are Ayabie, the GazettE, Dir en grey, SID, Antique café, etc. They have different kinds of music and style, like Ayabie and Antique café with Oshare kei, the GazettE and Dir en grey with Visual kei. God, they’re awesome!! I love them a lot! It makes me want to be a Japanese rock star! But, that’s impossible -–a

No! There isn’t impossible thing if you keep trying *Mr. Chosa, my lecturer, said that XD* Now, I have a band covering Ayabie, named Seizoku. Although I’m the vocalist of the band, I don’t know the meaning of Seizoku^^. My band ever performed in some events and the audience liked it. Yeah! Ganbatte, Sei~ *Oops, speak English please*

Another interest is cosplay. Cosplay is a time when you dressed up and acted like anime or manga *Japanese cartoon* character. I ever played Konan’s character from Akatsuki *you must be know this character if you watch or read Naruto* and nowadays I have a project to play Byakuya Kuchiki from Bleach. Not only from anime or manga, I ever played Bou’s character from Antique Café last year from Japanese rock theme and for this year I hope I can play Aoi’s character from Ayabie. I usually do cosplay on Japan festival which held almost every month on the different place in Jogjakarta.

My last interest is writing a fan-fiction; write a story with the members of a band like the GazettE as the actors. I have a lot of fictions, but they’re all in Indonesian language. Now, I’m trying so hard to translate them into English so I can post the fan-fictions on my livejournal >> http://sasachuu.livejournal.com/. You can read them if you want and don’t forget to give a comment! It’s really appreciated^^

Huff, this will not reach the end if I talk about my interest. So, I end up describing myself. If want to know more about me, just be my friend by add this journal^^Babbai \(^3^)/*

Basic Writing Class

Phew... ~.~
Finally I decided to make this blog for my basic writing class...