Hi guys.
It's great to see you again and share some stuff dealing with English teaching which I hope can be useful for you or your activities. Today, I'd like to share some samples of report text. I will also give some slight analysis about the texts.
These texts can be used as a part in developing English material (i.e. in a text book), or as passage in designing a language test.
You can freely use all these texts, just note to please attach the reference from http://liteneon.blogspot.com.
Here are the texts.
Text 1: Tarantula
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Tarantula
True tarantulas are a type of wolf spider that belongs to the family Lycosidae in the suborder of Araneomorphae. But most people use the term tarantula to refer to about 700 species of spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae in the suborder Mygalomorphae. Sometimes known as American tarantulas, they are found in tropical regions throughout the world, with many species in the southwestern United States.
These giants of spider world can attain a body length of 10 cm with a leg span up to 20 cm, making it possible for some species to overpower small vertebrates, such as frogs or lizard for their meal. Their large body and longs leg are covered with hairs.
Most tarantulas stay on the ground. As ground hunters, tarantulas are typical sit-and-wait predators –they wait for insects or small vertebrates to come near before they pounce and kill the prey with their strong chelicerae.
Main Idea
1st paragraph: The origin of tarantula is Theraphosidae.
2nd paragraph: The body size of tarantula is large.
3rd paragraph: Tarantula is a passive hunter.
Conclusion
Tarantula is a type of spider which origin is Theraphosidae, which has large body and hunt the prey by waiting, pouncing, and then injecting poison.
Opinion
The text is very simple and easy to understand, except for some term (scientific name) of tarantula or its suborder. However, there is no closing or conclusion part of the text which makes it have little bit lack.
Text 2: Cats
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Cats
Cats, also called domestic cats or house cats are carnivorous
(meat-eating) mammals,
of the family Felidae. Cats have been domesticated
(tame) for nearly 10,000 years. They are currently the most popular pets in the world.
Their origin is probably the African
Wildcat Felis silvestris lybica.
Ancient
Egyptians worshipped cats as gods, and often mummified
them so they could be with their owners "for all of eternity". They
also mummified mice so the cats would have something to eat in the afterlife.
Today, people often keep cats as pets, but there are also cats that live
without being cared for by people. These kinds of cats are called feral cats.
Cats were probably first kept because they ate mice, and this is
still their main job in farms throughout the world. Later they were kept
because they are friendly and good companions.
Cats
are active carnivores, meaning they hunt live prey. Their main
prey is small mammals
like mice. They
will also stalk, and sometimes kill and eat, birds. Cats eat a
wide variety of prey, including insects, and
seem especially to like house flies and bluebottles. Their main method of hunting is stalk
and pounce. While dogs have great stamina and will chase prey over long
distances, cats are extremely fast, but only over short distances. Cats,
especially kittens, practice these instinctive
behaviors in play with each other or on small toys. Today, special food for
cats is widely available in the developed countries. However, there is an
interesting fact; cats cannot taste sweet foods (with sugar) because of
a mutation
(change) in their ancestors which removed the ability to taste sweet things.
Cats
are quiet and well-behaved animals, making them popular pets. Young kittens are
playful. They can easily entertain themselves with a variety of store-bought or
homemade toys. House cats have also been known to teach themselves to use
doorknobs and toilet handles.
Main Idea
1st paragraph: Cat is
carnivore mammals which origin is Felis silvestris lybica.
2nd paragraph: In
the past, cat was taken care to worship, but now is for its friendliness and as
a good companion.
3rd paragraph:
Cats are active carnivore in hunting their prey, like mice and insects; however
now various cat’s food is available on store.
4th paragraph:
Cats are the most popular pets for some reasons.
Conclusion
Cats are carnivore mammals which are
friendly to human. Cats, in the past and present, have been seen and treated
differently. For some reason, cats are now the most popular pet.
Opinion
The text is rich of vocabularies (from
adjective, noun, and some phrases). The text is good for having conclusion in
the last paragraph.
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You can also see Descriptive Text vs. Report Text, or Descriptive Text Samples (Contoh Teks Deskriptif).
Passage adapted and modified from: http://wikipedia.com
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Picture taken from http://lihatilmu.blogspot.com
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