Example Reading Text and Questions for Elementary School

There are the examples of simple descriptive reading text  and also the questions for elementary students. From reading we can ask the students to translate the text. It can increase their vocabularies.  To make students understand the text, we can use True or False questions.

Look the example Simple Descriptive Text!

Example Reading Text and Question about Sport 

1       Read the following text carefully  and translate the text with your group!

Bacalah text di bawah ini dengan hati-hati dan terjemahkan teks tersebut secara berkelompok!

I love Playing Baseball

Hello, friends. I am Mario. I live at Jl. Sehat No. 12. I love sport very much. One of my favorite sport is baseball. I practice baseball every Friday and Sunday evening.  I usually practice it with my friends in the field. I need a bat and a ball to play  baseball. Besides baseball, I also  like playing volleyball. But, I prefer playing baseball to playing volleyball.

Jawaban Terjemahan dalam Bahasa Indonesia:

Saya Suka Bermain Kasti

Halo, teman-teman. Saya adalah Mario. Saya tinggal di Jalan Sehat Nomor 12. Saya sangat suka sekali berolahraga. Salah satu olahraga favorit saya adalah kasti. Saya latihan kasti setiap Hari Jum’at dan Minggu sore. Saya selalu latihan bersama teman-teman di lapangan. Saya membutuhkan sebuah tongkat dan sebuah bola untuk bermain kasti. Selain kasti, saya juga suka bermain bola voli. Tetapi. Saya lebih suka bermain kasti daripada bermain bola voli.

STUDENTS' WRITING EVALUATION (EVALUASI SISWA)

 Read the following text carefully!

Bacalah text di bawah ini dengan hati-hati!

I love Playing Baseball

Hello, friends. I am Mario. I live at Jl. Sehat No. 12. I love sport very much. One of my favorite sport is baseball. I practice baseball every Friday and Sunday evening.  I usually practice it with my friends in the field. I need a bat and a ball to play  baseball. Besides baseball, I also  like playing volleyball. But, I prefer playing baseball to playing volleyball.

Task I

State T (true) of F (false) to the following statements based on the text “Love Playing Baseball”!

Nyatakan T (benar) atau F (salah) pada pernyataan-pernyataan berikut ini berdasarkan text bacaan  ”I  Love Playing Baseball”!

No.	Statements	True/False
1.	Mario lives at Jl. Sehat No. 12.
2.	He’s one of favorite sport is baseball.
3.	He practices baseball every Saturday and Sunday evening.
4.	He needs a bat and a ball to play baseball.
5.	He prefers playing volleyball to playing baseball.

Answer Keys:

No.	Statements	True/False
1.	Mario lives at Jl. Sehat No. 12.	True
2.	He’s one of favorite sport is baseball.	True
3.	He practices baseball every Saturday and Sunday evening.	False
4.	He needs a bat and a ball to play baseball.	True
5.	He prefers playing volleyball to playing baseball.	False

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.