At the end of learning, students are able to:

Identify the main idea of a particular paragraph In the Report Text

Find specific, explicit and implicit information in the Report text
Determine the reference words of the sentence in Report text
Identify generic structure and language features of the Report text
Produce Report text
 WHAT IS THE REPORT TEXT

The first point we should be aware of it the

general definition and the classification
of each subject that we intend to write in the
form of reported text. But, do not forget that
a report text is different from a descriptive
text. Descriptive text has a function to give
an explanation about a specific subject.
 DEFINITION

Report Text is one of the 13 types of

English text (types of text) which
presents information about something
like nature, animals, plants, humans
work and social phenomenon as it is. The
information presented in the Report Text
is the result of systematic observation
and analysis
 RETORIKA

Identification
Definition  tell one object
Classification  Tell two object or
more

Description
Physic
Food
Behavior
Special Feature
 A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia,
although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which
lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New
Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front
legs, but very long and very strong back legs and a tail.
These they use for sitting up on and for jumping. Kangaroos
have been known to make forward jumps of over eight
meters, and leap across fences more than three meters
high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per
hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo
and the Red Kangaroo. Adults grow to a length of 1.60
meters and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the
female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her
body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it
crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five
months of life.
 GENERIC STRUCTURE OF REPORT TEXT

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has

GENERAL a smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the
CLASSIFICATIO Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
N
Kangaroos usually eat grass and plants. They have short front
legs, but very long and very strong back legs and a tail. These
DESCRIPTIO they use for sitting up on and for jumping. Kangaroos have
N been known to make forward jumps of over eight meters, and
leap across fences more than three meters high. They can
also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per hour.

The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the
Red Kangaroo. Adults grow to a length of 1.60 meters and
weigh over 90 kilos.

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female

kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. A
baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at
once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of
life.

Language Features : Use of general nouns

Use of relating verbs
Same use of action verbs when describing behavior
Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness
Use of technical terms
 NOTE

The text KANGAROO is a report text

A report text is used to provide factual information and to

classify and describe the phenomena of our world. We use it
when we talk about a whole class of things

The generic structure of report text consist of two main things

1. General classification : tells what the phenomenon under discussion is
2. Description : tells what the phenomenon under discussion like in terms of:
a. Parts (and their function)
b. Qualities
c. Habits or behavior if living : uses, if non-natural
The lexicogrammatical features of report text

1. Focus an generic participants ( a whole class of things)

2. Use of action verbs, especially when describing behavior
3. Use of linking verb (is, are, have, belongs to)
4. Use of simple present tense
5. Use of adjectives
6. Descriptive language : factual and precise.
a) What they look like (color, shape, size, etc)
b) What when have (body parts, componen, etc
c) What they do (habits, behaviors, function, uses, etc