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Learning Objectives for Beginner Reading

Beginner Level (Narrative Text)

Focus: Understanding structure and moral of the story

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

Identify the structure of a narrative text, including orientation, complication, and resolution.
Recognize key elements such as characters, setting, plot, and conflict.
Demonstrate comprehension by answering multiple-choice questions related to the story's content.
Interpret the moral value or lesson conveyed in the narrative text.

Beginner Reading Session

Narrative text essay

Narrative text is a form of writing that tells a story, with the primary purpose of entertaining, or informing, the reader through a structured sequence of events. This type of text typically includes elements such as characters, a setting, a plot with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and often a conflict and resolution. Narrative text can be fictional, such as novels, short stories, and fairy tales, or non-fictional, such as memoirs and biographies. The structure usually begins with an orientation that introduces the characters and setting, followed by a series of events that build up to a climax, and concludes with a resolution that ties up the story. They play a crucial role in literature and communication by providing a framework for sharing experiences, conveying messages, and exploring human nature.

Buffalo and Crocodile

One morning a crocodile was struck by a large piece of wood. The crocodile asks for help to be saved. A buffalo has the intention to help the crocodile. The buffalo raised a piece of wood that fell on the crocodile and moved it to another place. But without being noticed, the kindness of the buffalo carried a catastrophe for him. The buffalo's feet are bitten by a crocodile because he intends to eat the buffalo. The buffalo was in pain and asked the crocodile to release its legs. The crocodile keeps biting the buffalo's feet and tries to drop it.

Then came the wise mouse deer. Deer see a buffalo being bitten by a crocodile. The buffalo asks the deer to help him escape the crocodile. Kancil is very clever and asks buffalos and crocodiles how it can happen. Buffalo and crocodile also told of the incident but his opinion was different. The buffalo told the truth and the crocodile lied that he had moved the large piece of wood. Kancil actually already knew the actual chronology, but he pretended not to know. Kancil also said that he did not believe in the talk of Buffalo and Crocodile.

Then buffaloes and crocodiles showed the mouse deer that he was strong enough to lift the big wood. The buffalo asks the crocodile to release his leg for a moment so he can show his strength to the mouse deer. He lifted the large wood with its horns. Then the crocodile does not want to lose to the buffalo and asks that the big wood be thrown over the crocodile's body. The buffalo threw the large wood over the crocodile's body. Crocodile managed to lift the big wood but not as strong as a buffalo. Because the crocodile was no longer able to hold back the wood, he asked the buffalo to lift the wood back.

The buffalo wants to help lift the wood again. But the deer said, do buffaloes want to die? For a moment the buffalo thought because of the deer's words. He realized that if the wood was lifted again, the buffalo's legs would be bitten by a crocodile. Finally the buffalo did not lift the big wood. Then the buffalo with the mouse deer left the crocodile crushed by the wood.

Exercise: Read the text carefully, take some notes and answer each multiple-choice question by selecting the one correct answer from the choices provided.

Whothe animal that asks for help in the story?

a. The cat

b. The buffalo

c. The crocodile

d. The tiger

What makes the buffalo to be in pain?

a. The cat deer's words

b. The height of the tiger

c. The crocodile's bite

d. The falling tree

How does the mouse deer show its intelligence?

a. By lifting the wood with its horns

b. By pretending not to know the truth

c. By attacking the crocodile

d. By fleeing the scene

Why does the crocodile ask to the buffalo to lift the wood again?

a. To test the buffalo's strength

b. To show off its own strength

c. To help free itself from the wood

d. To crush the mouse deer

What does the buffalo realize after the mouse deer's warning?

a. That the wood is too heavy to lift

b. That the crocodile is stronger than it

c. That lifting the wood would endanger its life

d. That the mouse deer is deceiving them

Answer Key: Buffalo and Crocodile

Key Answers:

C) The crocodile: The story begins with the crocodile asking for help after being struck by a large piece of wood.
C) The crocodile's bite: The buffalo is in pain because its feet are bitten by the crocodile.
B) By pretending not to know the truth: The mouse deer shows its intelligence by pretending not to know the truth about the incident, allowing the buffalo and crocodile to reveal their intentions.
C) To help free itself from the wood: The crocodile asks the buffalo to lift the wood again in an attempt to free itself from being trapped under it.
C) That lifting the wood would endanger its life: The buffalo realizes that lifting the wood again would endanger its life after the mouse deer warns it about the potential danger.

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