WBL SMP Kanisius Wonogiri-Part 1

B.J. Habibie

B.J. Habibie, in full Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, (born June 25, 1936, Parepare, Indonesia—died September 11, 2019, Jakarta), Indonesian aircraft engineer and politician who was  president of Indonesia (1998–99) and a leader in the country’s technological and economic development in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Brilliant in science and mathematics from childhood, Habibie received his postsecondary education at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, Indonesia, and furthered his studies at the Institute of Technology of North Rhine–Westphalia in Aachen, West Germany. After graduating in 1960, he remained in West Germany as an aeronautics researcher and production supervisor.

Suharto took power as Indonesia’s second president in 1966, and in 1974 he asked Habibie—whom he had known for 25 years—to return to the country to help build advanced industries. Suharto assured him that he could do whatever was needed to accomplish that goal. Initially assigned to the state oil company, Pertamina, Habibie became a government adviser and chief of a new aerospace company in 1976. Two years later he became research minister and head of the Agency for Technology Evaluation and Application. In these roles he oversaw a number of ventures involving the production and transportation of heavy machinery, steel, electronics and telecommunications equipment, and arms and ammunition.

Habibie believed his enterprises ultimately would spawn high-tech ventures in the private sector and allow the country to climb the technology ladder. In 1993 he unveiled the first Indonesian-developed plane, which he helped design, and in the following year he launched a plan to refurbish more than three dozen vessels bought from the former East German navy at his initiative. The Finance Ministry balked at the cost of the latter endeavor, while the armed forces thought that its turf had been violated. Nevertheless, Habibie got more than $400 million for refurbishing

Meanwhile, in 1990 Habibie was appointed head of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association, and during the 1993 central-board elections of the country’s ruling party, Golkar, Habibie helped the children and allies of President Suharto rise to top positions, easing out long-standing military-backed power brokers. By the late 1990s Habibie was viewed as one of several possible successors to the aging Suharto.

In March 1998 Suharto appointed Habibie to the vice presidency, and two months later, in the wake of large-scale violence in Jakarta, Suharto announced his resignation. Thrust unexpectedly into the country’s top position, Habibie immediately began to implement major reforms. He appointed a new cabinet; fired Suharto’s eldest daughter as social affairs minister as well as his longtime friend as trade and industry minister; named a committee to draft less-restrictive political laws; allowed a free press; arranged for free parliamentary and presidential elections the following year; and agreed to presidential term limits (two five-year terms). He also granted amnesty to more than 100 political prisoners.

In 1999 Habibie announced that East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that had been invaded by Indonesia in 1975, could choose between special autonomy and independence; the territory chose independence. Indonesia held free general elections (the first since 1955) in June, as promised. Later that year Habibie ran for president, but he withdrew his candidacy shortly before the October election, which was won by Abdurrahman Wahid. After Wahid took office, Habibie essentially stepped out of politics, although in 2000 he established the Habibie Center, a political research institute.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. 

This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray, Associate Editor.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/B-J-Habibie

Recount Text

1.   Personal recount text adalah jenis recount text yang menceritakan pengalaman pribadi si penulis seperti pengalaman liburan, pengalaman di sekolah atau bahkan pengalaman tak terlupakan yang membuat kita terus mengingat kejadian tersebut.

2.   Struktur Recount Text

Terdapat 3 unsur struktur recount text, yaitu:

a.   Orientation (Pembuka)

Orientation berisi awalan cerita. Bagian ini biasanya menjelaskan tentang latar cerita seperti tempat dan waktu kejadian.

b.   Event (Isi)

Event berisi inti cerita dari recount text. Bagian ini menjelaskan kejadian secara berurutan dari kejadian A ke kejadin B.

c.   Reorientation (Kesimpulan atau Penutup Teks).

Reorientation berisi pengulangan dan penutup jalannya cerita.

The three elements of recount text can be explained as follows:

Text elements	Content
Orientation	Information about an event and its setting. It provides details of who, what, when, where, or why.
Record of events	A sequence of events which happened in a chronological order. What happened? First ….. Second ….. Next ….. Soon ….. During ….. After ….. Later ….. Eventually ….. Finally …..
Reorientation (coda)	Closure, conclusion, or summary of the events that explains about what we think, feel, or decide about the events that occurred

Pada saat menulis sebuah recount text, ciri-ciri sebagai berikut :

1. Menggunakan kalimat past tense

Contoh : I spent my summer in Yogyakarta and I was very happy.

2. Menggunakan action verbs

Contoh : spent, went, brought, took, dll

3. Menggunakan adverb dan adverbial phrase untuk mengungkapkan waktu, tempat dan cara.

Contoh : last month, in Malang, lately, dll

4. Menggunakan conjunction dan time connectives untuk mengurutkan peristiwa atau kejadian.

Contoh: and, or, after that, dll

Giving instruction

Giving Instruction for grade VIII

Written Test for Giving Instruction

1.    Read the dialogue and answer the questions!

Chika               : Good Morning, this is Cannon Printer call center.

Vina                : Hello, I need a help. My printer got jammed.

Chika               : Please, turn it off. Wait for a second and turn it on again.

Vina                : All right. Wait a minute.

Chika               : Does it print again?

Vina                : Yes, it does. Thank you.

What is the dialogue about?

      2.    Match the column A with the appropriate response in the column B.

Column A	Column B
1)       May I go to toilet, Sir?	a.       Of course. I will bring it.
2)       My parent will have an anniversary party next week. Would you like to come to my school, please?	b.      Ok. Go on.
3)       The class is messy, let’s clean and arrange it!	c.       I’m very sorry. I can join in the party. I must go to my grandparent’s house next week
4)       It’s rainy day. Can you bring your umbrella?	d.      That’s right. Let’s do it together.

    3.    Fill in the blank!

Gina         : Excuse me, this room is so hot. …..(a),please?.

Mina         : …..(b),

    4.    Arrange the jumble words to be a good expression!

a.       party? - to - you - come - like - to – my - Would

b.      go - off - fan - Turn - you - the - out, - please! - before

    5.    Arrange the jumbled sentence to be a good dialogue!

Helena: Don’t mention it

Helena: I’m so sorry, I use it to write my note.

Helena: All right, just use it. I have another pencil.

Maria: Thank you so much.

Maria: Would you like to lend me your pencil, please?

Maria: I forgot to bring my pencil case… Could you lend me your pen, please?

Warning

Prohibition

Caution

Notice

Task for grade 7

Fill in the blanks.

I want to ... (1) my uncle. His name is Mr. Sanjaya. I usually call ... (2) uncle Jay. He is forty five ... (3) old. He has a square ... (4) and black short hair. He also has a pointed ...(5).

Uncle Jay has several hobbies, such as fishing, reading and ... (6) guitar, but his ...(7) hobby is fishing. When he is fishing, he is very... (8). He sometimes ... (9) fishing at weekend. Uncle Jay and friends usually invite me to go with ... (10).

The Purse of Gold

A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in a market. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted, "A reward! A reward to the one who find my leather purse!"

 Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. Will you keep your word to give a reward now?"

Reward?" scoffed the merchant greedily counting the amount of gold. "The purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward I'll give to you! Go away or I'll tell you to the police."

"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to the court!" In the court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story and said, "I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable cost. But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost.”

(text for grade 8)