Student Worksheet ; Descriptive about environment

Student Worksheet

Name :

Class    :

Topic   : Identifications main idea, purpose, and detailed information from Descriptive Text

Theme : Pawn Shops

 

Text 2

You’ve heard the saying that what one man considers to be trash can be another man’s treasure. This is very true and it is for this reason that consignment stores and pawnshops make such a roaring trade. If you have something in your house that is of value you will want to hold on to it. However, not every valuable thing remains useful forever, at some point you will replace this with something else. Over time you might find yourself        with so            much stuff that           is valuable but not useful for you. Instead of hoarding things you know longer need, why not clear it out. Look for a pawn shop near you to sell your stuff to.

Pawn shops can help you get rid of stuff or get more stuff that you actually need for a cheaper price. Brisbane pawnbrokers are more than happy to look at the stuff that you have to sell, more particularly the stuff that they know they can resell for a much higher price and make a killing like gold jewelry.

People love pawnshops because they have a wide selection of items. The stuff that people bring to pawn or sell ends up on the shop floor.      Because the people who use various valuable items to pawn, pawn shops are very eclectic in what they can offer their customers. The stores cater to a variety of tastes and a variety of budgets too.

1.      Find the main idea of each paragraph

Paragraph	Main idea
1
2
3

 

Answer the following question

1. What does “what one man considers to be trash can be another man’s treasure” mean?

2. What is a pawn shop?

3. What is the purpose of the text?

4. The paragraphs tell about?

 

Text 3

 

1. What information can you get from the poster?

2. What are Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle mean?

Student Worksheet : Descriptive Text

Student Worksheet

Nama    :

Class      :

Topic     : Identifications main idea, purpose, and detailed information from Descriptive Text

Theme  : Environment

Text 1

A beach cleanup event is a community-driven effort where volunteers gather to remove litter and debris from a coastline. As the sun rises over the horizon, casting a golden glow on the water, groups of people armed with gloves and trash bags spread out along the sandy shore. The rhythmic sound of waves crashing against the shore serves as a backdrop to the hustle and bustle of activity. Volunteers carefully pick up discarded items—plastic bottles, food wrappers, and fragments of fishing nets—buried in the sand or washed up by the tide.

The salty breeze carries the scent of the ocean, mingled with the faint odor of seaweed. Seagulls circle above, occasionally swooping down to investigate the commotion. Conversations among volunteers are light-hearted, yet focused, as they exchange stories and discuss the importance of keeping the environment clean. Every piece of trash collected is a small victory, reducing the harm to marine life and improving the beauty of the natural landscape.

As the hours pass, the beach slowly transforms from a litter-strewn stretch of sand into a pristine paradise, with clear water lapping against the now-clean shore. At the end of the day, the volunteers gather to weigh the collected trash, tallying the impact of their efforts. The beach cleanup leaves everyone with a sense of accomplishment, knowing they've made a tangible difference in preserving the beauty of the coastline and protecting the delicate ecosystems that call it home.

1.       Identify adjective phrase and noun

Adjective phrase	noun

 

2.       Find the main idea of each paragraph

Paragraph	Main idea
1
2
2

 

3.       Answer the following question

a.       What is the text about?

b.      What is the purpose of beach cleanup?

c.       Beach cleanup keep the environment clean. What does it mean?

            d.      What would happen if there were no beach cleanup? 

Environment : Identifyng Descriptive Text

1.     

     Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. In a broad sense, description, as explained by Kane (2000: 352), is defined like in the following sentence: Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception. But in particular, the descriptive text is, “…… is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.” So, it can be said that this descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its properties, its amount and others.

The purpose of the descriptive text is clear, that is to describe, represent or reveal a person or an object, either abstract or concrete.

Generic Structure (Bagaimana Teks disusun) of Descriptive Text When writing descriptive text, there are some generic structures (actually not mandatory) for our writing to be true.

The arrangement is:

1.    Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or object will be described.)

2.    Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by decribing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe.

Purpose of Descriptive text

1. To describe person, thing or place in specific

2. To describe a particular person, thing or place.

 

Language Feature of Descriptive Text.

1.    Specific participant: has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one). for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jim

 

2.    The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in Jepara, etc.

 

3.    The use of simple present tense: The sentence pattern used is simple present because it tells the fact of the object described.

 

4.    Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc….)

 

 

Text 1.

 Marine Debris

Our ocean is filled with items that do not belong there. Huge amounts of plastics, metals, rubber, paper, textiles, lost fishing gear, abandoned boats, and other items enter the marine environment every day. All of these are marine debris, which is anything human-made and solid that is lost or littered in the ocean or Great Lakes. Our trash has been found in every corner of our ocean, from the most remote shorelines, to ice in the Arctic, and even the deepest parts of the sea floor.

Marine debris comes from littering, poor waste management practices, stormwater discharge, and extreme natural events like tsunamis and hurricanes. Whether it is properly thrown away or dumped on purpose, debris from land can find its way into our ocean and Great Lakes. This could happen at the beach, while boating on the water, or even many miles inland where trash can be blown and swept into waterways.

Marine debris is a global problem. It is very difficult to say how much debris enters the ocean and Great Lakes. Once marine debris is in the ocean, it is challenging to understand where it came from, where it goes, or how much is there.

A study in 2016 estimated that as much as 23 million metric tons of plastic waste entered the ocean and waterways around the world. That is the equivalent of more than 150,000 blue whales in a single year! This number may feel huge, but it’s not the whole picture. It doesn’t include marine debris items not made of plastic or ocean-based marine debris, such as lost fishing gear and vessels.

Marine debris can also come from ocean-based sources, like trash, fishing gear, and other items lost off of boats or platforms at sea.

Some of the most common and harmful types of marine debris are made of plastic, such as cigarette butts, plastic bags, food wrappers, and lost fishing gear. Marine debris can range from tiny plastic pieces that can be too small to be seen with the human eye, to huge abandoned boats, construction materials, and household appliances. Although some of these items may eventually break down, plastics may remain in the environment forever.

 

Exercise

1.    What things belong to marine debris?

2.    What is the difference between marine debris and marine pollution?