Modul Ajar Bahasa Inggris Kelas 9 SMP: Wonderful Indonesian Legends (Bab 3)

Pembelajaran Narrative Text cerita rakyat dan legenda Nusantara, struktur alur (Orientation, Complication, Resolution, Coda), kalimat langsung/tidak langsung (Direct/Indirect Speech), dan pesan moral budi pekerti.

Capaian dan tujuan pembelajaran

Students are able to identify the narrative stages and moral lessons in Indonesian legends.
Students are able to transform direct speech into reported speech accurately.
Students are able to rewrite and retell a traditional legend using creative narrative techniques.

Materi pokok & uraian konsep pembelajaran

Chapter Wonderful Indonesian Legends mengeksplorasi kekayaan folklor dan warisan sastra lisan Nusantara dari berbagai penjuru pulau melalui penguasaan teks naratif (*Narrative Text*).

Peserta didik menganalisis struktur narasi yang memikat (*Orientation* mengenalkan tokoh dan latar, *Complication* memunculkan krisis konflik akibat keserakahan/kebohongan, *Resolution* meredanya konflik, dan *Coda* hikmah moral).

Materi kebahasaan memperdalam perubahan kalimat langsung (*Direct Speech*) menjadi kalimat tak langsung (*Indirect/Reported Speech*), penggunaan kata keterangan waktu lampau (*once upon a time, long ago*), serta internalisasi karakter berbudi luhur seperti rasa bakti, kejujuran, dan menepati janji.

Peta subtopik bahasan

Generic Structure of Narrative Folktales
Deconstructing Orientation, Major/Minor Complications, Resolution, and Coda in local legends.
Direct and Indirect Speech in Narratives
Converting spoken quotes to reported speech with appropriate tense and pronoun shifts.
Literary Devices: Imagery and Moral Lessons
Identifying descriptive adjectives, sensory language, and extracting cultural values.
Storytelling and Retelling a Local Legend
Practicing expressive vocal storytelling and writing an adapted version of an Indonesian legend.

Istilah kunci dan glosarium

Narrative Text: A text that tells a story of imaginative or realistic events with a complication and a resolution to entertain and educate readers.
Complication: The crisis or problem that arises in the story that drives the plot and challenges the main characters.
Direct Speech: The exact words spoken by a character enclosed in quotation marks (e.g., 'I will help you,' said the prince).
Reported Speech: Reporting what someone said without using their exact words, usually shifting the verb back one tense (e.g., The prince said that he would help her).
Coda: An optional concluding moral lesson or life value explicitly stated at the end of a narrative tale.

Instrumen asesmen formatif & contoh soal pembelajaran

5 butir instrumen soal pilihan ganda berbasis HOTS untuk mengukur pemahaman konsep pada bab ini. Dilengkapi kunci jawaban dan uraian pembahasan analitis.

Soal 1

Transform the direct quote into reported speech: *The fisherman said, 'I cannot catch any fish today.'*

A. The fisherman said that he cannot catch any fish today.
B. The fisherman said that he could not catch any fish that day.
C. The fisherman says that he will not catch fish.
D. The fisherman said that I could not catch fish that day.