AUTHENTIC TEACHING MATERIAL – KLS IX

REPORT TEXT

Report text is a text which provides factual information based on certain investigation or research. Unlike descriptive text, in report text we give general information of certain group of object. If you discuss about cats, you cannot discuss only one cat, but all of them in general. Whereas, in descriptive text, we give specific information of an object. It means that, when you discuss about cats, you must discuss only one cat, not all of them. For example, you describe your own cat.

      The generic structure of report text

1.       Identification            ; in this part, you must identify the objects that you will discuss. You can start from the very general information of the objects, like definition or classification.

2.       General description               ; in this part, you must provide your finding. If you topic is animal, you can write about habitat, dietery, habit, physical feature, and benefit.

Topic	Part	Sentence
SNAKES	Classification	Snakes are reptiles       Snakes are cold blooded animal
	Habitat	Snakes live in a wide variety of habitat, including forest, swamps, grassland, dessert, and both fresh and salt water.
	Dietery	Snakes are predators.       Snakes eat a wide variety of animals, includin rodents, insects, bird eggs, and young birds.
	Habit	Snakes are cold blooded animal       Snakes need external heat to regulate their body temperature.       Snakes always flick their tounge to collect chemicals from the air or ground.
	Physical feature	Snakes have no eyelids       Snakes don’t blink and have to sleep with their eyes open.       Snakes have no feet       Snakes use their stomach to move.
	Benefit	Snakes are hunted for their skin.       Snakes’ skin are expensive.       Snakes’ skin are use to make leather to produce shoes, bag and other accessories.

 

 

SNAKES

                Snakes are reptiles. They are called cold-blooded predator. They live in a wide variety of habitats, including forest, swamp, grassland, dessert and both fresh and salt water. As a predator, they eat a wide variety of animals, including rodents, insects, bird eggs, and young birds.

                Snakes are called the cold-blooded animal because their body temperature are always cool. So, they need external heat to regulate the temperature. Physically, snakes have no eyelids. That’s why, they don’t blink and have to sleep with their eys open. Besides, they have no feet. They use their stomach to move.

                Snakes are hunted for their skin. In the market, the snake skins are expensive. They are used to make leather to produce shoes, bag, and other accessories.