A Letter

 Sel/25/2021

》Letter Writing

A letter is a written message that can be handwritten or printed on paper. It is usually sent to the recipient via mail or post in an envelope, although this is not a requirement as such. Any such message that is transferred via post is a letter, a written conversation between two parties.

》》Types of Letters

Let us first understand that there are broadly two types of letter, namely Formal Letters, and Informal Letters. But then there are also a few types of letters based on their contents, formalities, the purpose of letter writing etc. Let us have a look at the few types of letters.

●Formal Letter: These letters follow a certain pattern and formality. They are strictly kept professional in nature, and directly address the issues concerned. Any type of business letter or letter to authorities falls within this given category.

●Informal Letter: These are personal letters. They need not follow any set pattern or adhere to any formalities. They contain personal information or are a written conversation. Informal letters are generally written to friends, acquaintances, relatives etc.

●Business Letter: This letter is written among business correspondents, generally contains commercial information such as quotations, orders, complaints, claims, letters for collections etc. Such letters are always strictly formal and follow a structure and pattern of formalities.

●Official Letter: This type of letter is written to inform offices, branches, subordinates of official information. It usually relays official information like rules, regulations, procedures, events, or any other such information. Official letters are also formal in nature and follow certain structure and decorum.

●Social Letter: A personal letter written on the occasion of a special event is known as a social letter. Congratulatory letter, condolence letter, invitation letter etc are all social letters.

●Circular Letter: A letter that announces information to a large number of people is a circular letter. The same letter is circulated to a large group of people to correspond some important information like a change of address, change in management, the retirement of a partner etc.

●Employment Letters: Any letters with respect to the employment process, like joining letter, promotion letter, application letter etc.

》》Structure of a Formal Letter (and Informal)

Both informal and formal letters are based on a specific structure. A good letter should consist of:

1. An appropriate greeting (Dear Sir/Madam, Dear Kathy, Dear Mr Brown).

An introduction clearly stating the reason you are writing.

2. A main body in which the subject is developed. Begin a new paragraph for each main point.

3. A final paragraph in which you sum up the topic or express your wish for something to be done.

4. An appropriate ending (Yours/Best wishes, + first name, Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, + full name).

Style in Informal and Formal Letters

Here you’ll find the main difference between formal and informal letters: the style.

The characteristic of formal style in letters are:

1. The greeting (Dear Mrs Lee, Dear Sir,)

2. Frequent use of the passive

3. Formal language (complex sentences, non-colloquial English)

No abbreviated forms

4. The ending (Yours sincerely, / Yours faithfully,)

The characteristic of informal style in letters are:

The greeting (Dear Alex, Dear Dad)

Informal language and style (idioms, colloquial English)

Abbreviated forms, pronouns omitted

The ending (Yours/Love/Best wishes/Regards, Anthony)

》》Useful language and expressions for Formal Letters of Complaint

Opening Remarks:

▪︎I am writing to complain about/regarding/on account of/because of/on the subject of…

▪︎I am writing to express my strong dissatisfaction with…

▪︎I am afraid to say I have numbers of complaints about…

▪︎I regret to tell you I was very disappointed with…

▪︎I feel I must protest/complain about…

Useful phrases:

To make matters worse…

▪︎I was very disappointed to find that…

▪︎I would be grateful if you could…

▪︎I should have been informed that…

▪︎The first problem was… Another problem was… The most visible problem…

▪︎I hope you will understand that I was very dissatisfied…

▪︎I believe you can appreciate how disappointed I was when…

Linking words:

▪︎ Even though

▪︎However

▪︎Furthermore

▪︎Firstly

▪︎Finally

…

Closing Remarks:

▪︎I would therefore be grateful if you could give me a full refund…

▪︎I am not satisfied with…

▪︎I trust the situation will improve…

▪︎I hope the matter will be resolved…

▪︎I look forward to hearing from you in your earliest convenience to offer me a complete refund

▪︎I feel I am entitled to a partial refund in addition to an apology for the inconvenience caused

▪︎I hope that I will not be forced to take further action as taking the case to court.

▪︎I look forward to receiving a prompt reply

This is video materials about writing letter

Book page 146-147

Rancho's house – the lone house in the entire valley – was on the crown of a low hill. From the pinnacle of the hill one could see the rapid flowing stream and next to it vast fields of ripe corn in between the red kidney bean flowers. Looking at it one could predict that it was going to be good harvest but it needed a rainfall, however brief.

All through the morning Rancho kept scanning the sky for signs of rainfall and he was quite confident that it would rain. “You know, woman, now we are finally going to get some rain.” His wife, who was busy preparing food, replied: “Yes, God willing.”

As soon as Rancho's family, his wife and sons, sat for dinner, just as he had predicted big drops of rain started falling. In the Northeast huge clouds were covering the sky like a blanket. The air had the smell of rain combined with the smell of fresh earth. The atmosphere at that time was absolutely heavenly. The boys left their food on pretext of getting one thing and another. All they wanted was to get wet and play in the rain.

Rancho was very happy as he looked at his field, “Ah! now my harvest is going to be wonderful.” He started dreaming about all the things he will be doing once he sells the crops. Suddenly heavy winds began to blow accompanied by big drops of rain, which looked like huge pearls of ice. “Oh my God! This can't be happening,” he thought. “NO!! NO!! I will be destroyed. This is no rain, it is a hailstorm. I hope it will pass soon.” But in front of his family he kept a strong front and said, “I am sure it will pass soon, don't worry.”

Unfortunately it didn't. The hailstorm lasted the whole night. It destroyed entire field of his precious crops. Everything looked so white as if someone had thrown sacks and sacks of pearls all over the place.

Rancho and his wife were worried to death. Everything they had was destroyedand they had no inkling as to what they will do.The boys asked them, “What are we going to do? Everything is destroyed.We don't even have few pieces of corn or beans. Does this mean we are going to die

of hunger?”Rancho said, “ My sons, nobody dies of hunger. Always remember we haveGod. I am sure he will help us.”All through the night Rancho kept on thinking how to ask for help fromGod. “God knows everything but I think I should write to Him and ask directly what Iwant.”Rancho was thankful for the day his parents had sent him to school. Eventhough he wasn't interested in studies but he had grudgingly learned to read andwrite. So he took out paper and pen and started writing.

Rancho Lucas

The Violet Hill

Argentina

18 thMay 1999

Dear God

Hi,

I am writing this letter to you out of extreme urgency, otherwise I

wouldn't have disturbed you. You know about the recent hailstorm in

my place. Well, it has destroyed me. Everything in my farm was

destroyed. My corn and kidney beans were almost ready and all it

needed was a rainfall but instead of rainfall came a storm. If it had

lasted for short period it would have been OK, but unfortunately it

lasted for an entire night. It has put me at a serious disadvantage, you

see God, my sole source of income is that farm and now it is

completely destroyed. Nothing is left. If I leave it like this my family

will die of hunger, since we will not have anything to eat. I can't sit

still and do nothing about it. I need 100 pesos to buy the seeds and

resow my field all over again and buy some food till the next harvest.

So dear God, please help me. I know you will not disappoint me.

Sincerely Yours,

Rancho, the farmer

Bahasa

He put the letter inside an envelope and addressed it to “God, 7 Heaven”

and placed a stamp on it and dropped it in the mailbox. The workers at the post

office were preparing the letters to mail when they came across the letter

addressed to God. The postman who came across this letter became curious

because he had never seen a letter addressed to God. He wanted to open the

letter but his job ethics stopped him from doing so. He decided to take the letter to

the Postmaster. The Postmaster was a very nice and kind gentleman. He always

helped people in any way he could. When the postman gave him the letter, he

looked at it and said, “It takes a man with strong faith to start a communication

with God. I wish I had such strong faith.”

After much thought, he decided to read the letter and perhaps reply it. He

opened Rancho's letter. Little did he know that replying the letter would need

more than good intention, pen and paper. Rancho needed a lot of money but the

postmaster didn't have any. Since he had already decided to help Rancho, he

decided to give part of his salary, and he asked his friends and co-workers to

contribute. But it was impossible for him to collect 100 pesos. He was happy that at

least 70 pesos were collected. So he put the money in an envelope and signed it as

“God” and asked the postman to deliver it to Rancho's house.

When the postman arrived at Rancho's house and delivered the letter to

him, Rancho was exhilarated beyond means. And he kept repeating Thank you

God! Thank you God! I knew you wouldn't let me down.

Rancho had very strong faith in God. He was not surprised when he

opened the envelope. But as he was counting the money he became very angry.

God couldn't have made mistake in sending the money. So he took out paper and

wrote to God again. Then he placed a stamp on it and put it in the mailbox. When

the postman took the letter out, he immediately took it to the postmaster. The

Postmaster quickly opened the letter and everyone in the post office gathered

around him wanting to know what Rancho wrote to God.

Rancho Lucas

The Violet Hill

Argentina

20th May 1999

Dear God

I am really grateful to you for sending the money. I knew you wouldn't let my family

go hungry. Of the money you send me I only received 70 pesos. Please send me the

rest. I really need the money. But, this time please, God don't send it through the

mail, because the people working here in this post office are all a bunch of thieves.

》》》Questions page 150

1. Do you think it is important to have faith? Why? Give reasons to support your answer

Answer : Yes I did because , if we have faith , it can in crease our strong to endure our life. 

2. Do you think it was justified on Rancho's part to consider the post office employees as bunch of thieves? Discuss. Answer: No, I didn’t , it not right because the postmaster actually sent, 70 pesos to rancho’s house

   3. Do you think Rancho did the right thing by asking God for help? Discuss Answer : Yes, he was right, but he was not thank full        

   4. When people go through difficult times, they come out of difficult times stronger and more experienced. Do you think it is god's way of empowering people to fulfill the life's purpose on earth? Give reasons to support you answer. Answer : yes , I do because with trials, we can see one's effort in facing the trials that befall, whether they strive or give up.

5. 5. What do you think of Rancho? Do you sympathize with him and his family? I think Rancho is a patient man. Answer :Yes, I do. Even though his farm was destroyed, he didn't give up easily because he has a strong faith.

6. 6. Did you anticipate that the story would end like this? What were your thoughts about the ending? Answer : No, didn't I think the ending is a plot twist. I thought Rancho would at least be grateful for what he got. Instead, he accused the post office employee of thieving.

7. 7. We always pray to god asking for his help. Describe a time when you asked god for something but he answered your prayer in a way you had not anticipate. How did you feel? Were you happy the way things turned out to be? Answer : There was a time when I felt so hungry. I didn't have any pocket money left. I prayed silently in my heart to god for some food. Then, when I was walking, I found money Rp5.000 on the road. At first, I had a doubt because it wasn't my money, but because I was hungry I used the money to buy a chocolate for Rp2.000 and donated the rest into a charity box in the mosque. I felt so happy. Yes, I was. Because god has answered my prayer in the most unexpected way.

8. 8. If you had a chance to rewrite the story, how would the story end? Write a new ending of the story! Answer : If I had the chance to rewrite the story, I would create a good ending where Rancho found out that it was the post office employee and the postmaster who had helped him in his difficult time. So, he will apologize for accusing them and also be grateful to them for helping him. 

After reading Letter to God story:

1. Have you ever faced a situation in which all odds were against you but you had unflinching faith in God and believed that everything will be resolved? Write about this situation and describe your feelings. (write it in the comment below!)

NARRATIVE TEXT

 Sel, 04 Mei 2021

NARRATIVE TEXT

 A. The definition of narrative text

Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

B. The purpose of narrative text

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

C. Generic Structures of Narrative Text

1) Orientation

In this paragraph, we introduce the main story, character / character, place, also the time of the story that we want to write, friend.

2. Complication

In this section, we can write down the conflict in the story to its climax. In writing a conflict there are also 4 different things, namely:

a. Physical: marked by physical conflict between characters.

b. Natural: marked by conflicts between characters and matters related to natural forces.

c. Social: marked by a meeting between figures, but with different interests.

d. Psychological: characterized by a conflict within oneself between choosing good or bad things, an arrogant or humble nature, it can also be a conflict between being greedy or not.

3. Evaluation 

This section is optional, usually containing an insertion of an assessment or evaluation of the story or conflict.

4. Resolution

Friend, in this section we can show you the solution or resolution of the existing conflict. Well, the ending can be happy or sad. However, the writer can play with this part by providing another problem that makes the reader curious. Usually this curiosity is deliberately raised in the type of mystery story.

5. Re-orientation 

The last part of the narrative text is optional too, buddy. As writers, we can give readers moral messages, suggestions, or lessons learned in the closing section that come from the story.

D. The Characteristics / Language Feature of Narrative Text

– Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)

– Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)

– Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)

– Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc)

– Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)

– Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said,”My name is Snow White). The direct speech uses present tense.

E. Several types of narrative text:

1. Adventure story

2. Fairy tales

Stories where the characters are animals, but show human-like behavior such as talking.

3. Fairy tales

Stories that are generally fantasy in nature or full of magic.

4. Historical narrative

5. Horror stories

6. Legend

The stories are told on facts, but the characters don't really exist.

7. Myth

The story tries to explain about the world and how we should react to it.

8. Mystery

9. Science fiction

10. A slice of life

Example narrative text

THE LAST LEAF

Many artists lived in Greenwich Village in New York City. Sue and Johnsy, two artists, also lived there in a studio apartment. Their rooms were at the top of old building in Greenwich Village.

In November, it was very cold and with it a cold unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Phenumonia, stalked the city, tocuhing one here and there with his icy fingers. The icy finger of Phenumonia also touched Johnsy. She was very ill, lying in her bed and not moving at all. A doctor visited her every day but Johnsy was not getting better. One morning, the doctor spoke to Sue outside johnsy’s room.

“I can’t help her,” the doctor said. “She is very sad and has no desire to live. Someone must make her happy again. What is she interested in?” “Painting!” said the doctor. “That won’t help her!”

Sue was distressed by this news and didn’t know what to do to help Johnsy. She went into in the workroom and cried and then she swaggered into Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime. Johnsy lay silently in her bed with her face towards the window. Sue stopped whistling, thinking Johnsy was asleep.

Sue arrange her board and began drawing to illustrate a magazine story. As Sue was sketching a figure of a hero, an Idaho cowboy, she heard a low sound, several times repeated. She went quickly to the bedside.

Johnsy’s eyes were open wide. She was looking out the window and counting-counting backwards.

“Twelve,” she said, and little later “eleven”; and then “ten,’ and “nine”; and then “eight” and “seven”, almost together.

Sue looked out of the window wondering what was there to count. There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine, gnarled and decayed at the roots, climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn has stricken its leaves from the vine until its skeleton branchesclung, almost barem to the crumbling bricks.

“What is it, dear?” asked Sue.

“Six,” said johnsy, in almost a whisper. ” They’re falling faster now. three days ago there were almost a hundred. My head ached when I was counting them but now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.

“Five what, dear/ tell me.”

“Leaves on the ivy vine. When the last one dalls I must go, too, I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?”

“Oh, i never heard of such nonsense,” complained Sue, with magnificent scorn. “What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old hermit miner. I’ll not be gone a minute. Don’t cry to move till come back.”

Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the same building. He was sizty years old and had always dreamed of painting a masterpiece, but unfortunately till now he was not able to fulfill his dream. Sue found Behrman in his dimly lighted apartment sitting in his chair. She told him of Johnsy’s condition. Old Behrman, with his red eyes plainly streaming, shouted his contempt and derision for such idiotic imaginings.

Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to the windowsill, and motioned Behrman into the other room. in ther they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other for a moment without speaking. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow. When Sue awoke from an hour’s sleep the next morning, she found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at the drawn greens shade.

“Pull it up; I want to see,” she ordered, in whisper. Wearily Sue obeyed. “It is the last one,” said Johnsy. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time.” “Dear, dear!” said Sue, leaning her worn face down to the pillow, “think of me, id you won’t think of yourself. What would I do? But Johnsy did not answer.

The leaf stayed on the vine all day. That night, there was more wind and rain. When it was light enough, Johnsy commanded that shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there.

I’ve been a foolish girl, Sue,” said Johnsy. :I wanted to die but the last leaf stayed on the vine to teach me a lesson. Please bring me some soup now.” “you know Sue, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.”

The doctor visited the girls in the afternoon. “Take good care of your friend,” he said. “She is going to get well. Now I have to go downstairs. I have to visit Mr. Behrman. He has pneumonia too. I must send him to the hospital.

The next day, the doctor said to Sue: “She’s out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now that’s all.” And that afternoon Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, contentedly knitiing a woolen shoulder scarf. “I have something to tell you, dear,” she said. “Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was ill only two days. The janitor found him the morning of the first dat in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold. They couldn’t imagine where he had been on such a dreadful night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and yellow colors mixed on it, and look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn’t you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? ah, darling, it’s Behrman’s masterpiece – he painted it there the night that the last leaf fall. (Adapted from The Last Leaf by O. Henry, 1907).

1. The story is based on multiple themes like love, sacrifice, hope, belief and pessimism. Which one do you think is more obvious in the story? Why? Give evidence to support your answer.

2. Why does Sue call "the last leaf" as Behrman's masterpiece? Do you think it was a masterpiece? 

3. Were you surprised at the ending of the story? Did you think it would differently? Why?

4. Painting the picture on the wall resulted in Mr. Behrman's death. Do you think he would still have painted the leaf if he known that it would result in his death?

5. If you were in Sue's shoes how would you have reacted to Johnsy's irrational thoughts? Describe

6. Why do you think Mr. Behrman made such a sacrifice?

7. What would you have done if you were in Mr. Behrman's place?

8.  What is the greatest sacrifice you have ever made for tour family or friends?

9. Describe Mr. Behrman's personality based on the story?

10. Why do you think Johnsy never noticed that the last leaf never fluttered or moved even though it was raining heavily?

Answer

1. "Hope" is the one that i think more obvious in the story. Because in the end of the story the last leaf gave Jhonsy hope. Jhonsy was believed that she will die when the last leaf fall. But,in the fact,the leaf never fall. And it's gave Jhonsy some extra passion to survive.

2. Because Sue think that it is the leaf that make her friend's "living-desire" returned. And i think it make-sense to call tha last leaf masterpiece.

3. Yes,I was surprised at the ending of the story. I thought the ending will be like Behrman's will not volunteered to help Sue that asked him to draw a leaf on the window. And Johnsy will passed.

4. He had known it would result to his death. He said " some day i shall paint my masterpiece, and we shall all go away from here."

5. I will stay with my friend even though he has an irrational thoughts. Cause we don't know when we will sick or die. We will need someone to take care of us.

6. Because he believed that he was a special duty to do everything possible to help sue and johnsy, and he believed that his masterpiece could help to make johnsy better from her condition.

7. If i were mr behrman, i would have done like it. i am old man and i don't have anything to make me usefulness for the others.

8. The greatest sacrifice i have ever made for my family is: make my parents proud. it's really very hard for me. when my friend asked me to play with them, i should study hard at home. i use my spare time to do something useful, helps my parents, my sisters and do what the best i do.

9. Behrman is a person who wants others to be happy. Although when for the first time sue told him about Jhonsy's fantasies about the leaf he reacted very badly but to give Jhonsy moral support which can be provided to her by preventing the last leaf from falling he risked his life and painted a picture of the last leaf on the opposite wall in the terrible cold weather. he is a down to earth person and a gem in millions.

10. Because Johnsy compared her life with number of leaves. when the number of leaves going to decrease the expectation of life also become decreased. when she looked out side she found that the leaf is there, she felt energetic towards life.

After reading the last leaf story:

1. Have you taken care of a very sick person? How was it like? Describe your

experience. (write it down in the comment below!)

2. Write a short narrative story about your experience. What is the greatest sacrifice you have ever made for your family or friends? Describe it and publish it in your blog!

BIOGRAPHY

 Sel/27/04/21

Biography of Ahmad Dahlan 

Kyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan lahir di Yogyakarta, 1 Agustus 1868, Nama kecil KH Ahmad Dahlan adalah Muhammad Darwis. Ia merupakan anak keempat dari tujuh orang bersaudara yang keseluruhan saudaranya perempuan, kecuali adik bungsunya.

Pendiri Muhammadiyah ini termasuk keturunan yang kedua belas dari Maulana Malik Ibrahim, salah seorang yang terkemuka di antara Walisongo, yaitu pelopor penyebaran agama Islam di Jawa.

Silsilahnya tersebut ialah Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Maulana Ishaq, Maulana ‘Ainul Yaqin, Maulana Muhammad Fadlullah (Sunan Prapen), Maulana Sulaiman Ki Ageng Gribig (Djatinom), Demang Djurung Djuru Sapisan, Demang Djurung Djuru Kapindo, Kyai Ilyas, Kyai Murtadla, KH Muhammad Sulaiman, KH Abu Bakar, dan Muhammad Darwisy (Ahmad Dahlan).

VANITY , WHAT IS THY PRICE?

 

VANITY , WHAT IS THY PRICE?

Sel/20/04/21

Hello guys welcome back with me again. This time I will explain about chapter 4.

Scene 1 

Narrator : 

Madame Loisel was a pretty girl born into a poor family. She had no expectations and she felt so trapped by her situation that she married a little clerk in a goverment office. Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her status; for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm serving them for birth or family. She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its bare walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains.

 

Monsier Loisel : Sweetheart, I have a surprise for you.

Madame Loisel : Really, what is the surprise? 

Monsier Loisel : See for yourself.

  

(He places the invitation on the table.) Swiftly she tears open the envelop and draws out a printed card and reads out.

 

"The Minister and Madame Ramponneau

request the pleasure of the company of

Monsieur and Madame Loisel

at the Ministry on the evening of Monday, January the eighteenth."

 

Monsier Loisel : Isn't it wonderful? 

Madame Loisel : What do you mean? What can I do with it?

 

Madame Loisel : I have nothing suitable to wear to this glamorous occasion? 

Monsier Loisel : Why... Why, you can wear your theater gown, of course. It's really quite suitable. 

Monsier Loisel : What's the matter? Why are you crying? 

Madame Loisel : I'll be humiliated in that old gown. It's so tattered and completely out of style. I can't go to the ball wearing that rag. 

Monsier Loisel : There must be a way! How much do you think a suitable gown would cost, something very simple but elegant as well, of course.

Madame Loisel : I’m not too sure, but maybe 400 francs.

Monsier Loisel : I've been saving and I think I have just about 400 francs you could take it to buy a gown

Scene 2 

Monsier Loisel : You make any dress come to life, my dear. How ravishing you look! 

Madame Loisel : [Pouting and whining] But I'll be disgraced! 

Monsier Loisel : Disgraced? What can you possibly mean? You will be the most beautiful woman there.

Madame Loisel : You just don't understand! It's so annoying! I don't have a single piece of jewelry to wear with my gown.

 

Monsier Loisel : There is one thing, one possibility that you've forgotten.

Madame Loisel : [Sniffs.] What's that? 

Monsier Loisel : Your old classmate! Madame Jeanne Forestier! She is really well off. I'm sure she would be willing to lend you some of her jewelry! 

Madame Loisel : [Her sniffs turn into laughter and joy.] Of course! I can borrow something suitable from Jeanne. Thank you, darling. 

Narrator :

Madame Loisel was absolutely smashing! 

She was prettier than any of the other women: elegant, graceful, smiling and wild with joy. Everyone noticed her, and her husband's boss seemed to want every dance with her!

 

 Scene 3 

Madame Loisel : [Looking in mirror.] Oh my God! Oh no, oh no. I... I have... Oh my God, this can not happen! 

Monsier Loisel : What? What is it? 

Madame Loisel : I have lost Madame Forestier's necklace!

 

Monsier Loisel : It can't be true! It's impossible! 

Madame Loisel : Oh God, help us!

 

Monsier Loisel : It must be here somewhere. Necklaces don't just evaporate. 

Monsier Loisel : I shall go back on foot, over the entire route, to see whether or not I can find it. 

Madame Loisel : Did you find it? Tell me! Did you? 

Monsier Loisel : [Remains silent] 

Madame Loisel : Did you find it or not? 

Monsier Loisel : I am afraid not 

 

Scene 4 

Narrator :

Madame Loisel didn't tell Madame Forestier that she lost her necklace and she chose to replace it. The replacement cost them everything. Madame Loisel came to know the ghastly life of abject poverty. Their previous life seemed downright luxurious compared to what they had now.

Monsier Loisel : Matilda, my love. I have made the last payment on our debt. We have nothing left for ourselves, but at least we are free from the loan of 20,000 francs. 

Madame Loisel : Free at last. 

Monsier Loisel : Look! Isn't that Madame Forestier over there? You have not spoken to her since that day. Go talk to her 

Madame Loisel : Uh... Hello. Good day. 

Madame Forestier : You must have mistaken me for someone else. Excuse me please...

Madame Loisel : Jeanne, don't you recognize me? It's me, Matilda

Madame Forestier : Matilda? But it can't be. You look so worn and old.

Madame Loisel : No really, it's me. I've changed because I have had to endure ten hard years of manual labor, scrubbing floors and taking in laundry.

Madame Forestier : My dear, what could have happened to make you do that? 

Madame Loisel : It was your necklace, or rather my desire to be elegant, that caused this. 

Madame Forestier : But how is that possible? I have the necklace. I wore it to the theater just the other night. 

Madame Loisel : The necklace you have is actually just a replacement. I'm afraid that I lost yours. We borrowed money to purchase a replacement and have spent the past ten years paying off the debt, but today, we have made the last payment. 

Madame Forestier : Ten years? Surely it could not have taken that long to pay off the amount needed to replace the necklace?

 

Madame Loisel : What do you mean?

Madame Forestier : Mine was a fake; the replacement should have cost you nothing more than 500 francs. Oh, my poor, poor, dear Matilda.

Video Material About Vanity, What is Thy Price 

My Comments About The Drama On Mrs. Nur Blog 

After you read the script in your book:

1. Did the ending of the play surprise you? What kind of ending did you expect? Explain it down in the comment below!

= The end of the story which I want is the diamond which is given by madame forestier actually real so madame forestier will be gratefull for his life and he will start to help her husband to work hard. i thought the ending mademe loisel will tell the truth cause she and her husband doesnt have much money to buy a new neckless.

2. from the script from "Vanity, what is thy price". play the drama and record it with you classmates.

3. Have you ever borrowed something and lost it? How did you try to find it? Write it in your blog!

= I once borrowed something from my friend. But I never lost it. Because when I borrow something I will keep it from being lost, because it is not mine. 

However, if suddenly I lose what I borrowed, I will try to find it until I find it. If not found, I will replace the item I borrow with a new one.

HOPES & DREAMS

 Assalamualaikum wr. Wb

Sel/16/03/21

Hello readers on this occasion I want to explain about Hopes and Dreams ,Come on, listen

Hopes and Dreams

Hope is something that we want to happen and we work very hard for it to happen. But we are not sure whether it will happen or not and sometimes we can’t do anything about it. Hopes and dreams signal future intentions (Ben, 2012).

The verb ‘hope’ is to express:

An event that possibly happened (past)

A event that will possibly happen (future)

To say what you hope about the past, you use the simple past:

•I hope she found the restaurant.

•I hope he passed his class last semester.

To say what you hope about the present, you use the present:

•I hope he‘s all right.

•I hope he knows where the clinic is.

•I hope he‘s having a good time in Florida.

•I hope he likes Italian food.

To say what you hope about the future, you use the present (or the future, although it is less common)

•I hope he has a good time in Florida next month. (I hope he’ll have a good time in Florida next month.)

•I hope she comes to see us when she passes through New York.(I hope she’ll come to see us when she passes through New York.)

How to express our hopes:

a. Sentence structure to express hope using ”ing verbs”.

Subject -ing verb Complement

•I am hoping for some good weather tomorrow

•I am hoping for a good grade in English.

b. Sentence structure to express hope using “to” and “that”.

Subject Verb Complement

•I hope to study in America next year.

•I hope to do something beneficial for my country

•I hope that there is enough food for everyone in the party.

c.Sentence structure to express hope using verb tenses.

Subject Verb Complement/object

•I hope Rahmat found the place.

•I hope my brother passed the test.

•I hope Dessy finds my wallet.

•I hope Iwan is having a good time in Bali.

•I hope my brother will have a good time in Jakarta

•I hope Yanti will not see us when she passes by.

Examples to express hope:

– I want to become a doctor.

– I am hoping to finish all my work on time.

– I hope I will realize all my dreams.

– I hope that I will always be honest.

– I hope that I will never lie.

– I hope that I will never smoke.

– I want to get my homework done.

EXAMPLE MATERIAL VIDEO OF HOPES AND DREAMS:

 https://youtu.be/pJWdJW8a7I8

FOR EXAMPLE SPEECH:

Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb

First of all let’s pray and thanks unto our God who has given us mercies and blessings. So we can attend in this program without any trouble and obstacles.

We are the candidates who could be successful in the future. This is the hope of all of us as students, parents and teachers in all schools. You become a successful person if it is a pride for us. The first step to make you a success is having a dream. Make great dreaming and keep it stays upright while hurricane crashing though a hurricane struck. Dream keeps flying on space with dashing like the red-white flag.

If we haven't had a dream then now is the time. Specify the dreams of us from now on. Deduce the dream for us with true and correct. Let the dream enslave us to make come true. Be aware the kids that dream sign someone's life and have hope. His life will be excited and far removed from any disease and stress.

We are great people stories. Then there we will find their success, our success named perceptible in all time history is the beginning of a dream. Look at the Prophet Muhammad, Marcopolo, Leonardo Davinci, Isaac Newton, and hundreds of other great people. They start from a dream.

Therefore at this time, let build dreams of you. What we want in life, it is the time to dream. Your guys are in the golden age. Don't waste the time for your guys.

There are a few tips to be a successful person in reaching goals among us:

1. Become a sturdy that can pass through a variety of obstacles.

2. Add insights/knowledge

3. A person who never give up.

4. Learn to be a better person.

5. Receive foolish gracefully.

6. Always think positive.

7. Always pray to Almighty God

Hopefully, i hope it can be realized. That’s all my speech, may what I have delivered be useful in our life. If you found many mistakes in my speech please forgive me.

Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb

Anti Bullying

 STOP BULLYING!!!! 

Sel/09/03/021

Bullying is an act in which one or more people try to harm or control another person by means of violence. There are many types of bullying. Can hurt in physical form, such as hitting, pushing, and others. In the verbal form is insulting, yelling, and using harsh words.

Bully is physical or mental violence in which one or more people attack or intimidate another person. This violent behavior is common in school environments and generally affects children and adolescents who are physically weaker than their peers.

Bullying does not only occur when the perpetrator physically abuses the victim, such as hitting, slapping, or kicking. Bullying can also be carried out without using physical violence, such as taunting, calling someone slanderous, or it can also spread gossip about the victim or humiliate him in front of many people.

In today's technology era, bullying is getting easier. The perpetrator only needs to use social media to bring down the victim, such as distributing negative themed texts, photos or videos about the victim.

People who bully are usually physically strong. It is likely that he grew up in a violent family or environment.

WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS?

It is possible that those who are being bullied will experience impacts such as:

- Mental health problems, such as depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, difficulty sleeping well, wanting to hurt yourself, or even suicidal thoughts.

- Become a drug user.

- Decreased academic performance. This effect may occur because the victim is afraid to go to school so that it has an impact on their learning activities.

- Joined violence. The bullied person is likely to retaliate or try to abuse himself.

While the negative effects that may be experienced by bullies include:

- Discharged from school.

- Become a drug user.

- Threatened with a criminal sentence for committing violence.

HOW DO I STOP THIS ACTION?

The child who is being bullied may be afraid to tell other people. He might also turn quiet. Therefore, as parents, you must be observant to see changes in their behavior. The following are the characteristics of children who are victims of bullying.

- What used to be enthusiastic, now he refuses to go to school.

- His learning achievement has decreased.

- Suddenly losing friends or avoiding friend requests.

- His belongings disappeared or were destroyed.

- Experiencing changes in appetite.

- Experiencing sleep disturbances.

- Ran away from home.

- Looks stressed when you get home from school or after checking his cellphone.

- There may be wounds on his body.

 

Enchanted Fish

 Assalamualaikum wr. Wb

Hello readers would you like story of narrative text? Lets start it. 

 A. The definition of narrative text

Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

B. The purpose of narrative text

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

C. Generic Structures of Narrative Text

1) Orientation

Sets the scene: where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the story: who and what is involved in the story.

2) Complication

Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.

3) Resolution

The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending

4) Re-orientation/Coda

This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists of a moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer.

The Characteristics / Language Feature of Narrative Text

– Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)

– Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)

– Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)

– Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc)

– Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)

– Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said,”My name is Snow White). The direct speech uses present tense.

Lets see the video material of narrative text. 

Enchanted Fish

I will tell you a story about "Enchanted Fish" and I will also invite you to go to the sea where there are magic goldfish.

Let's read the fairy tale!!

"Enchanted Fish"

There once was a fisherman who lived with his wife in a small hut close by the seaside. The fisherman used to go fishing every day. One day, as he sat in his boat with his rod, looking at the sparkling waves and watching his line, all of a sudden his float was dragged away deep into the water. He quickly started to reel in his line and managed to pull out a huge fish. "Wow! This will feed us for days." Much to his surprise, the fish started to talk and said, "Pray, let me live! I am not a real fish; I am an enchanted prince. Put me in the water again, and let me go! Have mercy o' kind fisherman." The astonished fisherman quickly threw him back, exclaiming, "I don't want to hurt a talking fish! Go on! Go where you came from." 

When the fisherman went home to his wife, he told her everything that had happened and how, on hearing it speak, he had let it go again. "Didn't you ask it for anything?" said the wife. "No, I didn't, what should I have asked for?" replied the fisherman.

"I am surprised you don't realize what you should have asked for. We live very wretchedly here, in this nasty dirty hut. We are poor and I am so miserable. You should have asked for a nice cozy cottage. Now go back and ask the fish that we want a snug little cottage," said his wife.

The fisherman wasn't sure about this but he still went to the seashore, sat in his boat, went to the middle of the sea and said:

"O enchanted beautiful fish!

Hear my plea!

My wife wants not what I want,

and she won't give up till she has her own will,

so come forth and help me!"

The fish immediately came swimming to him, and said, "Well, what is her will? How can I help your wife?" "Ah!" said the fisherman, "she says that when I had caught you, I ought to have asked you for something before I let you go. She does not like living in our little hut, and wants a snug little cottage." "Go home then," said the fish, "She is already in the cottage!" So the fisherman went home, and saw his wife standing at the door of a nice trim little cottage. "Come in, come on in! Look at the beautiful cottage we have." Everything went fine for a while, and then one day fisherman's wife said, "Husband, there is not enough room for us in this cottage, go back to the fish and tell him to make me an emperor." "Wife," said the fisherman , "I don't want to go to him again. Perhaps he will be angry. We ought to be happy with what the fish has given us and not be greedy." "Nonsense!" said the wife; "The fish will do it very willingly, I know. Go along and try!" With a heavy heart the fisherman went to the middle of the sea and said:

"O enchanted beautiful fish!

Hear my plea!

My wife wants not what I want,

and she won't give up till she has her own will,

so come forth and help me!"

"What would she have now?" said the fish. "Ah!" said the fisherman, "she wants to be an emperor." "Go home," said the fish; "She is an emperor already."

So he went home and he saw his wife sitting on a very lofty throne made of solid gold, with a great crown on her head full two yards high. And on each side of her stood her guards and attendants in a row. The fisherman went up to her and said, "Wife, are you an emperor?" "Yes," she said, "I am an emperor." "Ah!" said the man, as he gazed upon her, "What a fine thing it is to be an emperor!" "Husband," she said, "it is goof to be an emperor." They were happy for a while.

Then a time came when she was not able to sleep all night for she was thinking what she should ask next. At last, as she was about to fall asleep, morning broke, and the sun rose. "Ha!" she thought, as she woke up and looked at it through the window, "after all I cannot prevent the sun from rising." At this thought she was very angry, and weakened her husband, and said, "Husband, go to the fish and tell him I must be Lord of the sun and the moon." The fisherman was half asleep, but the thought frightened him so much that he fell out of the bed. "Alas, wife!" he said, "cannot you be happy with being such a powerful emperor?" "No," she said, "I am very uneasy as long as the sun and the moon rise without my permission. Go to the fish at once!" "I don't think this is a good idea," said the fisherman but his wife wouldn't listen to him. "Why don't you just go and ask the fish to make me the Lord of everything," she said.

Then the man went shivering with fear. As he was going down to the shore a dreadful storm arose. The trees and the very rocks shook and the sky became black with stormy clouds. There were great black waves, swelling up like mountains with crowns of white foam upon their heads. Unfortunately the fisherman did not have any choice, so he got onto his boat and rowed to the middle of the sea and cried out as loud as he could:

"O enchanted beautiful fish!

Hear my plea!

My wife wants not what I want,

and she won't give up till she has her own will,

so come forth and help me!"

"What does she want now?" said the fish. "I am truly ashamed of my wife's greed but I can't do anything. She wants to be Lord of the sun and the moon." "Go home," said the fish, "to your small hut." And it is said that they live there to this every day.