Contoh Modul Ajar Kelas 8 SMP Bahasa Inggris Narrative Text

Informasi Umum

Learning Objectives

1. Students can identify the generic structure of narrative text (orientation, complication, resolution, re-orientation).
2. Students can analyze the language features of narrative text (past tense, connectives, descriptive language).
3. Students can write a short narrative text (150–200 words) with correct structure and language features.

Essential Questions

• "What makes a story memorable — the plot or the characters? Why?"
• "Can you retell an Indonesian folktale in English? What would be the challenge?"
• "Why do humans in every culture tell stories? What function do stories serve?"

Learning Activities

Meeting 1: Building Knowledge of the Field

Introduction (10 min)

• Teacher reads aloud a short fairy tale with expression. Students predict what happens next at key moments.

Main Activities (60 min)

• Students read "Malin Kundang" (adapted) and "Cinderella" — compare the two texts using a Venn diagram.
• Identify: Who are the characters? What is the problem? How is it resolved? What is the moral?
• Language focus: Find all the past tense verbs. How does the author make the story vivid? (Descriptive adjectives, dialogue, onomatopoeia)
• Generic structure analysis: label each paragraph as Orientation / Complication / Resolution / Re-orientation.

Meeting 2: Modelling the Text

Main Activities (70 min)

• Teacher deconstructs a model narrative text sentence by sentence — focus on tense consistency, connectives (suddenly, then, finally, in the end), and character development.
• Joint construction: class writes a narrative together (teacher scribes) based on a given story skeleton.
• Students take the skeleton home and expand it individually as homework.

Meeting 3: Independent Writing & Peer Feedback

Main Activities (70 min)

• Students write their own narrative: retell an Indonesian folktale in English, OR create an original story set in Indonesia.
• Peer feedback using checklist: structure, past tense, connectives, descriptive language, moral message.
• Revise and finalize the text. Best stories shared with the class.

Assessment

Formative: Structure identification worksheet, participation in joint construction.

Summative: Written narrative (150–200 words), scored on: content & structure (30%), language accuracy (30%), creativity (20%), moral message (20%).