Reading Practice for Grade VII

Reading Practice for Grade VII - UNIT 1 Missing Person

by

Arwistha Firli Wahyuningsih

A Missing Person

Have you ever read missing person flyer? In some occasions, you have to read them to help people to find their family or to complete assignment related to missing person flyer from your English teacher. Do you know what kind of text in written missing person flyers?

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

1. The Function of descriptive text : To tell you about what the people look like(eyes, skin, hair).

2. What you can find in the descriptive text : Adjective and classifier in nominal group , Simple Present tense.

3. ​Descriptive Text consist of : Identification (It tells us the identification of the people that is going to be described) and Description (It tells us the description of phenomenon

​Simple Present Tense

​What is simple present tense ?

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• ​Simple present tense refers to an action happening in the present moment. It is used to express the unfinished action.

• ​It is used to describe actions that happen on regular basis.

​S + V(s/es) + O

​Example of Simple Present Tense

• I am sad.

• ​(They, We, You) are sad.

• ​(He, She) is sad.

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• ​(I, They, We, You) have dark skin.

• (He, She, It) has dark skin.

Missing Person

His name is Brian Steve. He is 13 years old. He has white skin, brown eyes and brown hair. He is about 158 cm.

If you any information about whereabouts of this person. Please Call Jane : 11224.

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​Descriptive Text Consists of

1. ​Identification : His name is Brian Steve.

2. ​Description : He is 13 years old. He has white skin, brown eyes and brown hair. He is about 158 cm.

TASK 1. Attention!

Read The text below to answer the next questions.

Multiple Choice

The text in the above flyer is to ?

• Entertain the readers.

• Tell past event when Bethanie went missing.

• Describe Bethanie, so that the readers can easily recognize her.

TASK 2. Attention!

Read the following missing person flyer to answer the question below.

Fill in the Blanks

What kind of text is that in the missing flyer ?

Fill in the Blanks

What are the elements/ structure of the text ?

Adjective

​What is an adjective ?

​An adjective is a word that describes a person or thing in a sentence.

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Example : Emma Watson is beautiful.

The word “beautiful” is an adjective. It explains Emma Watson.

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​Physical Appearance

​To describe a person’s physical appearance, you can use the following words.

​Characters

​To describe a person’s characters, you can use the following words.

Task 3

​Match the pictures with the appropriate words that are provided.

Multiple Choice

He is . . .

• Short

• Tall

Multiple Choice

He is . . .

• Tall

• Short

Multiple Choice

He is . . .

• Slim

• Fat

Multiple Choice

She is . . .

• Slim

• Fat

Multiple Choice

She has . . .hair

• Black

• Blonde

Multiple Choice

She has . . . hair

• Short

• Tall

Multiple Choice

He is . . .

• Tall

• Short

Task 4

Multiple Choice

What is the good statement about her ?

• She is fat

• She is slim

Task 5

Missing Person

Shizuka is a student from Korean University. She is 20 years old. She is a white female. She has black hair and black eyes. She stands at 160 cm. She is 50 kg.

​If you any information about whereabouts of this person. Please Call Sally : 1135678

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Multiple Choice

Who is she ?

• She is Shizuka

• She is student

Multiple Choice

What is color of her skin ?

• Dark

• Light-brown

Multiple Choice

What should you do if you see her ?

• Call

• Send message to Shizuka

Multiple Choice

Which sentence are identification of the text ?

• The first sentence

• The second sentence

• The third Sentence

Multiple Choice

You can find the flayer in ?

• Magazine

• Public Places

• Television

Task 6

Please, Read the missing person flyer and answer the question bellow.

Open Ended

What is the text for ?

Open Ended

What does she look like ?

​Pronoun

What is Pronoun ?

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• ​It is a word which is used as an alternative for noun.

• ​It is a word that functions by itself as a noun phrase, which refers to a person, someone or something.

• ​It will also be used as the subject (person, animals, or things in the beginning of sentences).

​Examples of using Pronoun

• She is beautiful : In the above example “she” is a pronoun, which denotes an identity of female.

• ​He went missing last week. I miss him. : In the above example “he” and “him” are pronouns. “he” denotes an identity of a male, and “him” denotes an identity of male which went missing last week.

Task 7

Arrange the following jumbled words into good sentences.

Fill in the Blanks

is - she - sekar

Fill in the Blanks

black - He - curly - hair - short - has

Fill in the Blanks

eyeglass - wear - He

Task 8

Read the missing people flyer to answer the questions below.

Open Ended

What is the text for ?

Open Ended

What is the function of the missing people flyer ?

Open Ended

What does she look like ?

Task 9

Open Ended

List the adjective below ?

Open Ended

List the adjective below ?

Task 10

Missing Person

His name is Avonte Oquendo. He are 25 kg and 140 cm. He have got dark skin, curly hair and dark eyes. He wear a dark blue shirt, black jeans and black sneakers. He have autism and is non-verbal.

If you see him call 089657112

Open Ended

Have you found the mistakes? Correct them here!

Task 11

Open Ended

Describe the person in the below.

Open Ended

Describe the person in the below

Task 12

Game​

Home

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Task 13

Reflection​

Open Ended

What you have done to learn a missing person ?

Multiple Select

I can identify the purpose of descriptive texts about people.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I can identify the generic structure of descriptive texts about people.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I understand what pronouns are.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

I understand what adjectives are.

• Yes

• No