Birthday ^-^

what do you do when your friend has birthday?.. how to say happy birthday? may be you give a wonderful gift or a beautiful birthday card. Hmmm, this is an example of saying happy birthday..

Kamal: Happy birth day my sweet Harini! 

Harini : Thank you very much dad 

Kamal : I am going to celebrate my daughter's birthday in a grand manner. 

Harini : Oh! I see. 

Sarika : Well. Happy birthday Harini. 

Harini : Thank you Mom. 

Uncle : Many more happy returns of the day. 

Harini : Thank you Uncle and thank you for coming. 

Inviting a Friend to a Birthday Party

Example-1

A: Hey, Robert, what are you doing this weekend?
B: I didn't have any big plans.
A: We are putting together a birthday party for Mary.
B: That sounds like fun. Where will it be?
A: We thought it would be fun to have a pool party at Jay's house.
B: Oh good!

Example-2

A: Robert, are you going to be in town this weekend?
B: I don't have anything scheduled yet.
A: We were wondering if you would like to come to Mary's birthday party on Saturday.
B: I would enjoy coming to Mary's party.
 

Besides it, you have to know about cardinal, ordinal and nominal number.

A cardinal number tells how many. Cardinal numbers are also known as counting numbers, because they show quantity.

Here are some examples using cardinal numbers: 8 puppies,14 friends

Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set—first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Here are some examples using ordinal numbers:3rd fastest,6th in line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwz12M4-vY

Descriptive Text

To describe a particular place/thing/person
Text Organization:

 Identification (mention the special participant)
 Description (mention the part, quality, and characteristics of subject being described)


Language Features:

 The use of adjectives and compound adjectives.
e.g. :
 a five hundred seated football stadium.
 a beautiful ancient Roman opera house.

 The use of Linking Verbs/ relating verbs.
e.g. :
 The temple is so magnificent.
 The temple consists of five terraces.

 The use of Simple Present Tense
e.g. :
 The museum houses hundreds of Greek Statues.
 The hotel provides 450 rooms and a large swimming pool.

 The use of degree of comparison
e.g. :
 The weather in Jakarta is hotter than Bandung.
 Bogor has the same weather as Ungaran.

 
Example:

Paris

Paris is the capital city of France. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also one of the world's most crowded cities. Lovely gardens and parks are found throughout Paris. At night, many palaces and statues are lit up. For this reason, Paris is often called the City of Light.

Every year, millions of people visit Paris. The most popular place to visit is the Eiffel Tower. This huge structure has become the symbol of Paris. The Louvre, one of the world's largest art museums, draws many visitors. The Cathedral of Notre Dame, a famous church, is another favourite place to visit. ^^

you may watch more about descriptive text here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irI7FghaJa4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ1riOh0y8M

Teaching Media

guys, we usually use media in teaching. there are so many media, but we never notice what media is. hmmm.. lets read the brief explanation below.. ^_^

Media comes from Latin “medius” means that “mediator”. Media is everything which can help to convey information and also can trigger students’ interest to learn, so it creates effective learning process. Learning has communication process between student and teacher, and in that process needs media to deliver the purpose also give feedback. Teaching media has a lot of advantages, they are:

·         Overcome students’ weaknesses in experience, sense, time, and place

·         Create interaction between students and their environment

·         Trigger students to observe and apply the concept correctly, concretely, and realistic.

·         Can motivate students and teacher to learn much

Using teaching media should be based on the purpose and consider it with subject characteristic and curriculum material. The characteristics of teaching media are, fixative property, manipulative property, and distributive property. It develops until now, from printed, audio/audio visual, computer/web, and printed + computer. Developing media should be procedural, conceptual, and theoretical.

Considering teaching media based on ACTION (access, cost, technology, interactivity, organization, novelty). Choosing and considering teaching media can be based on 9 characteristics, such as easy, inexpensive, royal, interesting, up to date, useful, effective, efficient,  and continue. Teaching media will be challenging for teacher to be more creative and innovative in teaching. We can use everything around us as media to teach. It will help us to apply active, creative, effective, and fun learning. Because learning through listening will be easier to forget, learning trough seeing will easier to remember, and learning by doing will understand. ^^