Example Arcostric Poem from Name

Special poem for My Lecturer... (Mr. Soetrisman)You are my inspiration

Sometimes, I don’t understand..

Of My life, even tough with brave, where will we end?

Mr. Drs. Soetrisman, M. Sc.

Enter the hell or place full of smell?

Though me the way to get out there...

Rounding, circling of resolving problem

Impossible become readable

“Stop!!!” we scream to stop...

Must we go on top?? ”Yes, we must go there with spirit always out”

And finally, we pray for get a ray...

Never mind, everything gonna be fine and happy the end...

Gamelan Padhang Moncar

We have seen about Gamelan Padhang Moncar Vidioes. It was amazing because the players were foreign people. They can play the gamelan instruments and also can sing in Javanese. Lest’s know about Gamelan Padhang Moncar!

Budi Suroso Putro (images from www.voaindonesia.com)

Indonesia has the traditional music called Gamelan Padhang Moncar. It is original music group of Indonesia especially Javanese percussion orchestra. In the New Zealand School of Music (Called Victoria University campus-red), there is the playing the gamelan percussion orchersta. One of Indonesian who has been there since 1996, he has  directed gamelan perfomance at the university and the Indonesian embassy. He is Budi Surasa Putra who comes from Solo. 

What does Padhang Moncar mean?

Padhang Moncar is from Javanese. It can be translated in some meaning. Padhang is brightness or daylight. Moncar means growing or developing vigorously. Padhang Moncar can refer to the light of morning or as the sunrise (the growing light), and the fact that in Aoteoroa It is the first gamelan in the world to see the new day. Padhang Moncar is as harmony and growth and thus the name can reflect the aspirations of the group.

What will you proud of having Padhang Moncar Orchestra?

Padhang Moncar Gamelan

We as Indonesian  must be rightfully proud of Padhang Moncar Orchestra. It shows that traditional music instruments also can be seen in the world. We should know about traditional art because that is a cultural heritage that should we keep. In the world, traditional art can be well-known. We must introduce the good art to other people. Foreign people also appreciate and enjoy the arts. That proven to be, Padhang Moncar is popular in the world. Padang Moncar shows that the traditional art can become the first gamelan in the world.

What Should You Do with This Cultural Heritage?

We must keep our cultural heritage, as we know that culture will lost if their member do not use and keep the cultural instruments. So, we must open our mind, the traditional arts do not means ancient. Because, the arts is a soul of culture with an esthetic of life that can reflect our mind to live peaceful. Art has a soul that if we come to know the beautifulness of art, we will  see that art is spirit of life.

Purpose of the Text

What is the purpose of the text?
Every text has a purpose to make  the reader know the objective or aim of the text. There are many kinds of genre of the texts. They are narrative text , recount text, report text,  descriptive text, procedure text,  spoof, anecdote, discussion of the text, etc. For the many genres, there are many different purposes of the text.

A text has purposed to make a reader catches the aim of the text.There are many written text that is not following the purpose of the text. Because of without purpose, it can be called bad text. The reader will be confused in reading this text.  And actually, it can make the reader difficult searching the information of the text.  The text will be ambiguous that has many different information.

The following description, there are the purposes of the text;

The purpose of narrative text        : to entertain or amuse the readers or listeners.
The purpose of recount  text        : to retell the past event or past experience in chronological sequence.
The purpose of report text             : to describe something in general.
The purpose of  descriptive          : to describe a particular thing. It can be places, things, or person.
The purpose of  procedure            : to explain / tell how to make something, to explain the way or process making  and using something or certain devices.
The purpose of  news item            : to inform the readers or listeners of the events in details, for example  of something that was happened such as accidents or incident.
The purpose of  explanation           :   to explain the readers to understand the processes of something happen, such as the cultural phenomena or social, etc.
The purpose of  analytical exposition :   to put forward a viewpoint about something.
The purpose of  hortatory exposition :   to persuade the readers to agree with the point of view from writer.
The purpose of  discussion                 : to give arguments or opinions from issue and point of views.
 The purpose of  announcement          : to announce or give a formal written notice of certain events or activity
The purpose of  letter                            : to give information about something or to use communication tools through written symbols
The purpose of advertisement            : to advertise a product or to promote an idea to persuade the reader to buy or use the products.


The purpose  of the text is very important in the text. If there is a text that is not mentioned the kind of the text, and we will know the name of the text based of the contents that is followed by the purpose. Example, Abi writes a story about their experience when He went to Lombok last holiday,  suddenly the teacher asked about the type of the text. So that, from reading Abi's story other students could answer that is a recount text because Abi told about his experience in the past. As we know that the purpose of recount text is retell the past event or past experience in chronological sequence.

Well... The texts have their own purposes, they are not only giving information, but also give the purpose  to the reader. The written text are not just the line of words or phrase, it includes the meaning that makes the reader take the conclusion.

 Regard,


Miss Tita

Example of Narrative and Sample of questions for IX Grade

Example of Narrative Text and the Question

Text 1

Snow White

Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Snow White.  She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were dead.

One day, she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.

Snow White did not want her uncle and aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best if she ran away.  The next morning, she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast.  She ran away into the woods.

She was very tired and hungry.  Then, she saw this little cottage.  She knocked, but no one answered, so she went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work.  They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping.  Then Snow White woke up.  She saw the dwarfs.  The dwarfs said, ”What’s your name?” Snow White answered, “My name is Snow White.”

The other dwarfs asked, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh, could I? Thank you!” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story, and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

1.      What kind of text is it?

a.       Narrative                                 c. News item                           e. Report

b.      Analytical Exposition            d. Hortatory Exposition

2.      What is the communicative purpose of the story?